The Board of Regents approved a 3 percent increase in faculty pay last week, but the Faculty Senate said that's not enough. The organization asked the regents in February for a 6 percent increase, which would make faculty compensation competitive with peer institutions, said Jacqueline Hood, president of the Faculty Senate.
If Aramark employees want to continue working at UNM, they will need to apply to the new food-service company. About 200 food-service employees can stay and work for Chartwells or relocate to another location served by Aramark. In March, the Board of Regents unanimously voted to give the University's food-service contract to Chartwells, choosing not to renew an eight-year contract with Aramark.
State imposes restrictions in face of high fire danger SANTA FE (AP) - The state is putting restrictions on campfires, open fires, smoking and fireworks in 23 of New Mexico's 33 counties starting Friday. Restrictions are being imposed because of high winds, low humidity and low precipitation that have increased fire danger across the state.
President David Schmidly discussed the future of UNM during a Web cast Tuesday. Students, staff and faculty tuned in and watched the Web cast around campus. About 15 people watched the Web cast in the SUB Theater. Schmidly said UNM must become a role model for higher education.
When Martha Bedard took over as dean of University Libraries a year ago, one of her goals was to extend the hours of UNM's libraries. She's one step closer thanks to a $200,000 allocation in the budget for the 2008-09 fiscal year. Bedard said getting funding is the first step in the process.
President David Schmidly will produce a live Web cast today for students, staff and faculty. Schmidly said he will talk about his strategic plans for UNM and its future. "If the University tends to just live year to year, I think that's a real mistake with no clear vision or sense of where you're trying to go," he said.
UNM's Model United Nations team brought home five awards at a conference in Puebla, Mexico. Among the 160 university teams and graduate programs that competed in the Harvard World Model U.N., UNM was the only school to win more than one award in the same committee.
Firefighters make progress against wind-fueled blaze CAPITAN (AP) - The strong winds driving a fire that has burned an estimated 10,000 acres of grass and brush in south-central New Mexico were dying down late Monday afternoon, allowing firefighters to make progress against the blaze.
Junior Business enterprise program Daily Lobo: What is the business enterprise program? Michelle Gallegos: It's kind of complicated. It's specifically for blind people. DL: How long have you been blind? MG: I was born completely blind. I was born really early.
UNM sports physician Chris McGrew sets an example for his patients. He treats people from ages 7 to 70 who want to stay active. On his 50th birthday, McGrew ran Florida's Grayton Beach Seaside Half Marathon with no advance preparation, finishing in sixth place for his age group and 77th overall.
Jerusalem Post correspondent Khaled Abu Toameh will speak to UNM students about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today. Toameh is an Arab-Israeli journalist who reports from the West Bank and Gaza. He was invited to speak on the conflict by Stand With Us, a nonprofit.
Rep. Steve Pearce met with students in the National Society of Black Engineers pre-college program Saturday. Pearce talked about the importance of using education to rise to the top in a forum discussion at UNM. Pearce asked students why it's important to get an education, what they were going to do with it and how they're working on achieving it.
Students can expect to pay an extra $262.79 for a year's tuition and fees next semester. The Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously approved a 5.75 percent increase in tuition and fees for next year. President David Schmidly recommended a 2.85 percent tuition increase on top of the state-mandated 2 percent increase established by the New Mexico Legislature.
In the upcoming April issue of Fortune's Small Business Magazine, Rio Rancho ranked 83rd in the magazine's "100 best places to live and launch." The top spot on the list was rewarded to Bellevue, Wash. Georgetown, Texas; Burford, Ga.; Marina del Rey, Calif.
Kris Gebhard of Dartmouth College practices before performing in the College Unions Poetry Slam Invite preliminaries held in the SUB on Thursday. The UNM slam team is hosting the event. Check out DailyLobo.com for video related to this event.
The UNM Smoke-Free Campus Coalition held an open-mic forum Thursday, allowing people to voice their opinions on creating designated smoking areas on campus. Monica Patten, of the American Lung Association of New Mexico, said the point of the forum was not to pit smokers and nonsmokers against each other, but to identify solutions and ideas.
Kelly Baca Sophomore Broadcast journalism I think he should. I think that it was kind of a harsh punishment. He didn't do it as an act of hate, and he made that very clear. Tayler Pearson Sophomore Philosophy I would say no. But if he believes as strongly as he says he believes in the reason for why he tore it down, then of course he would want do that.
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