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Workshop targets student anxiety
February 7Students will get a chance to try stress- and anxiety-relieving tactics today at the Focused Awareness Workshop.
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Maxwell Museum celebrates 75th anniversary
February 7For the last 75 years, Maxwell Museum has been UNM's time machine for experiencing human evolution and learning about societies of the past.
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Q & A: Herman Lujan
February 7Daily Lobo: What do you think is the most important issue facing higher education? Herman Lujan: I think it's funding. In an information economy, every change is important. If you don't keep pace, you lose, and you may never truly regain your footing. So, I think funding is important. The cost of education ...
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Meet the Presidential Candidates: Herman Lujan
Caleb Fort | February 7Herman Lujan, presidential candidate for UNM, visited campus Tuesday to meet with faculty, students and staff. Lujan is the provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University-Los Angeles. Candidate Robert McGrath will visit campus Friday. Here's a look at Lujan's meetings:
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Daily Lobo spotlight
February 6Mary Catherine Senior Biology Daily Lobo: Where did you go to high school? Mary Catherine: Actually, I'm an exchange student. I went to high school in Quebec. DL: When did you move here from Quebec? MC: Only for this semester. DL: So, you'll be going back home after this semester? MC: Yeah. DL: ...
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ASUNM: Candidates need to know that students care
Caleb Fort | February 6The president of UNM is supposed to define the mission of the institution and gather resources for achieving the University's goals. Students have a chance to meet the finalists in the presidential search to ask questions and learn more about candidates.
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Task force says high schoolers not ready for college demands
February 6Student Jerome Baca wasn't prepared for college when he graduated from high school, but it wasn't because his high school did a poor job. "I wasn't ready to study or take the time to study," he said. "I wanted to party." A report from the Graduation Task Force states that many students are not prepared to go to college after they graduate from high school, and that hurts retention and graduation rates.
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Program helps students find jobs after graduation
Scott Albright | February 5Students preparing for the real world have a helping hand at UNM. The University's Career Services Office in the Student Services Building offers guidance for finding employment upon graduation.
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Ignoring an embargo
February 5Student Travis Cole said he's not worried about being arrested for traveling to Cuba and delivering humanitarian aid. "It's an open form of civil disobedience," he said.
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Newly appointed regent places value on diversity
Marcella Ortega | February 5Gov. Bill Richardson appointed attorney Carolyn Abeita to the Board of Regents on Jan. 26. She will replace Regent Sandra Begay-Campbell. Abeita, who graduated from UNM with a bachelor of arts in 1983 and received her law degree from the UNM School of Law in 1988, said she will bring her experience working with minority issues to UNM.
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Meet the Presidential Candidates: Meredith Hay
Caleb Fort | February 2Meredith Hay, the second of five presidential candidates to visit UNM, spoke with students, staff and faculty Thursday. Candidate Herman Lujan will visit UNM on Tuesday. Here's a look at each of Hay's meetings:
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UNM commemorates Black History Month
Marcella Ortega | February 2Black History Month began Thursday at UNM with the raising of the red, black and green flag of Pan-Africanism. "The red stands for the blood our people have shed for us in our past, present and future," said Scott Carreathers, director of African-American Student Services. "The black is for the people - we as a people - and the green for the land that we have today." The flag, along with the New Mexican and American flags, was lowered to half-staff Thursday outside Scholes Hall.
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daily lobo asks you:
February 2Fay Soucy Junior English It's a brilliant idea. Young people are getting pregnant and either having to get an abortion or raising a child they can't afford. Wally Bennett Freshman Pharmacy I don't know the effects of it, so I don't know if it should be prescribed or not. It could be good. ...
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Q & A: Meredith Hay
February 2Meredith Hay UNM presidential candidate Daily Lobo: What do you think is the most important issue facing higher education? Meredith Hay: There are four issues across the country facing higher education, and they include access, transparency, accountability and innovation. Those are all very important ...
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UNM to improve employee health
Caleb Fort | February 1Fifteen people sitting in a room for three days might not seem healthy. But it's the first step in redesigning UNM's program for employee health and wellness, said Carolyn Thompson, vice president of Human Resources.
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Encouraging graduation
February 1Hiring students to work at UNM might help them graduate sooner. "We know that working off campus correlates negatively with graduation rates," Provost Reed Dasenbrock said. "There's a strong push in here to increase the amount of employment opportunities on campus." Dasenbrock started a committee in June to identify the factors affecting graduation rates at UNM. The six-year graduation rate for entering freshmen in fall 2000 is 43.3 percent. He released the Graduation Task Force's report Jan. 25. The report gives eight strategies to improve graduation and retention rates.
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Lobos beat Aztecs by 30 points in blowout
Steven Fernandez | February 1The UNM women's basketball team rolled through San Diego State on Wednesday, winning 76-46.
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Meet the Presidential Candidates: Daniel L¢pez
Caleb Fort | January 31New Mexico Tech President Daniel L¢pez, a candidate for president of UNM, visited campus Tuesday to meet with students, staff and faculty. Candidate Meredith Hay will visit campus Thursday. Here's a look at each of Tuesday's meetings: Students About 70 students attended the meeting with L¢pez, where he discussed diversity and his successes and failures. Minorities should have full access to education, he said. "The issue is, how do you utilize human capital?" he said. "Not so long ago, we really discouraged women from going to college and getting careers. Can you imagine what would have happened to the country's work force if we had a system that disenfranchised half the population?" In order get more diverse faculty members, UNM has to graduate more minority students, he said.
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Valentines for Richardson
January 31The student chapter of NMPIRG is gathering valentines to send to Gov. Bill Richardson in support of proposed legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The valentines aim to encourage Richardson to sign an executive order that would require public buildings to get 30 percent of their energy from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power. Vicky Scheidler, co-director of PIRG's student chapter, said the valentines are part of the Campus Climate Challenge, a national campaign to raise awareness about global warming. The valentines aim to encourage Richardson to sign an executive order that would require public buildings to get 30 percent of their energy from renewable sources, such as solar and wind power.
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Q & A
Caleb Fort | January 31Daniel L¢pez UNM presidential candidate Daily Lobo: What do you think is the most important issue facing higher education? Daniel L¢pez: In a generic sense, the most difficult issue that we're dealing with is the level of preparation of students coming into universities across this country - ...
