As the spring semester winds down, UNM President Chris Garcia enters the final months of his one-year term. Garcia, who will give way to the next president July 31, said he had no intention of becoming president and initially refused the notion when approached.
Louis Caldera will be UNM's next president after signing a four-year contract with the University May 13 - a deal regents say will usher in "a different type of leadership" for the state's largest university. "This institution needs leadership that is innovative and can reach out beyond the University," Reg.
by Lisa J. Tabet Daily Lobo The UNM community is split over the findings of a recent study by the American Psychological Association that claims young adults may experience a surge in aggression-related thoughts and feelings after listening to music with violent lyrics.
Sixteen UNM School of Architecture graduate students are preparing to present their semester projects - concepts for the new Angel Fire Performing Arts Center building - that could eventually impact the building's design. Sharon Floyd, executive director of the Angel Fire Chamber of Commerce and president of its arts foundation, said the village of Angel Fire received a donation in the form of property last year.
UNM police are investigating an armed robbery that took place on Johnson Field Thursday after two men reportedly robbed three students at gunpoint and then fired two shots in the direction of the victims. The two men reportedly jumped out of a black SUV, then demanded the wallets of the three male students.
The office of Latin American programs in education has been awarded a four-year, $200,000 grant to facilitate the exchange of 21 students from three universities in Canada and three in Mexico to study at UNM. The grant, funded through the Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education, will support the North American Student Mobility Project, a cultural exchange program for graduate students in educational research.
by Melanie Roybal Daily Lobo UNM Hospital's new Outpatient and Surgery Imaging Building, unveiled last week, provides patients greater accessibility to outpatient services, surgery and imaging services such as CT scans and MRIs. The new 38,000 square foot freestanding building is located at 1213 University Blvd.
The ASUNM Senate passed a slew of last minute legislation Wednesday at its final meeting of the semester. The Senate approved funding for 11 student groups for a total of $9,006 by a bloc vote of 14 appropriations. Groups receiving funding were the College Democrats, the ASUNM Safety Promotions ad hoc committee, the Technological Commercial Organization, Beta Alpha Psi, Warhawk Booster Club, Phi Alpha Delta, Hui O Hawaii, the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting, the Mountaineering Club, Wardroom Society and UNM Fair Trade.
Campus police are investigating a series of "smash and grab" auto burglaries at UNM's South Lot that left six people scratching their heads while estimating the damage to their vehicles. The burglaries took place May 1 between 8 and 10 a.m. "They are all connected, there is no doubt about that," said UNM Police Department Cmdr.
The 2003 Outstanding Teachers of the Year Awards, designed to reward professorial excellence and accomplishment by UNM faculty, will be presented today to several instructors who have excelled in their positions. Created to honor the most important activities performed by professors, the awards also recognize the hard work and dedication of faculty members, said Susan Deese Roberts, director of the Center for Scholarship, Teaching and Learning at UNM, which sponsors the annual awards.
Eliseo Torres, the UNM vice president for Student Affairs, will travel to Cuernavaca, Mexico this summer to teach a course in what he calls his passion, Mexican folk healing. The course, offered in conjunction with the Institute of Traditional Medicine and the Universidad de Morelos, is called "Our Ancestors' Medicine: A Traditional Integrative Medicine Approach.
The UNM Division of Continuing Education, home to almost 40,000 non-degree seeking students, will have a new dean, chosen from a list of three finalists, sometime in the next two months. Associate Provost David Stewart, who is also chairman of the search committee, said there were 90 inquiries about the position and 74 complete applications.
University biology professor Cliff Dahm has been elected president of the North American Benthological Society, a professional association for freshwater researchers. The society is the world's largest organization of stream and river ecologists and has more than 2,000 members.
The UNM Foundation, the University's management body for all contributions to UNM programs, has announced the election of five new members to its board of directors and the re-election of five more members to second terms. New members were formally introduced to the board at its annual meeting April 25.
UNM Athletic Director Rudy Davalos is among the 101 most influential minority figures in sports, according to the May 5 issue of Sports Illustrated. Ranked 94 on the list that includes such recognizable people as golf great Tiger Woods and tennis phenom Serena Williams, Davalos said that while he is honored by the recognition, he has never been one to use his minority status to his advantage.
Parents and high school juniors visit information booths from a number of UNM departments Monday evening inside the Center for the Arts. The event awarded Star Scholars, students in the top ten percent of their class, and helped orient them to UNM services.
The Cities for Peace resolution, designed to ultimately change the United States' foreign policies regarding armed conflict, that came to the ASUNM Steering and Rules committee failed to pass on April 30. The resolution was put together by a group of five UNM students including senior theatre arts major Matthew Lerma, and was introduced by ASUNM Sen.
The UNM Board of Regents announced Monday that, pending the outcome of non-binding discussions and contract negotiations taking place this week, Louis Caldera will be offered the position of University president on May 13. Caldera said that he would accept the job if offered it and that he and his family "are delighted to be here in the final stretch of this process and we look forward to starting our life in Albuquerque.
The University was alive with the sights and sounds of Hispanic history and culture as the UNM community converged on Smith Plaza to celebrate Cinco de Mayo Monday. "This is in honor of our culture," said David Padilla, co-chairman of UNM's chapter of MEChA, a national student organization designed to educate the masses about the Chicano movement.
UNM students turned out by the hundreds Saturday to party at Fiestas 2003, an annual music and entertainment event sponsored by the special events arm of ASUNM. The crowd, which included people of all ages from the Albuquerque community, heard a number of local and national bands, played games and visited political, volunteer, cultural and recreational booths.
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