The final whistle will be blown for four University of New Mexico sports next July. After an emotional four and a half hour special Board of Regents meeting, the regents voted unanimously to cut men’s soccer, beach volleyball, women’s diving from the swimming and diving team, and men’s and women’s skiing.
The University of New Mexico Board of Regents Academic/Student Affairs & Research Committee unanimously voted to add three new degree programs to the UNM curriculum. The new additions include a doctorate in geography, and an master’s and doctorate in Chicana and Chicano studies. The latter two degrees only recently passed through the faculty senate with a notable amount of support.
The undergraduate study body elected 10 new students to serve as senators for the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico Wednesday evening. The elected senators, in order of descending vote count, are as follows: Selina Montoya, Téa Salazar, Jacob Silva, Sara AlMidany, Mohammed Jaber, Emerald Goranson, Holly Gallegos, Gabriel Ruja, Nick Morgan and Isez Roybal. In total, 1,402 votes were cast in the Spring 2018 election, which is a decrease from past elections including last Fall when a record breaking 2,149 votes were received.
The University of New Mexico’s Athletic Director Eddie Nuñez answered questions from the Associated Students of UNM during their April 11 full Senate meeting. Nuñez apologized for not visiting the senators earlier and said, “Things have been a little bit crazy,” but added that he wants to work with them as much as possible continuing forward. To solidify his point, Nuñez referenced previous conversations he had with outgoing ASUNM President Noah Brooks and said he wanted to be certain ASUNM voices were being heard.
The Finance Committee of the Associated Students of the University of New Mexico has developed an updated proposal regarding the Spring Budget Bill that will be in effect for the upcoming fiscal year. At the beginning of last week's full Senate meeting Financial Chair Satchel Ben confirmed that nearly $4,000 of unallocated funds remained in the budget. In response to this, senators voted down the proposed bill, so that the Finance Committee could craft a budget that would include this extra money.
The Associated Students of the University of New Mexico full Senate meeting on Wednesday featured a conversation between senators and President Garnett S. Stokes, an update on the incoming UNM taproom and a delay of the Spring Budget Bill, which, at the time of the meeting, featured cuts to almost all student organizations. Questions for Stokes Stokes assured all those present at the meeting that she is “(here) to listen to what’s on the mind from our various constituents.”
The University of New Mexico Board of Regents voted to approve an increase in student tuition proposed by the Budget Leadership Team during Thursday's budget summit. There will be a 2.5 percent tuition increase, along with a $7 premium and 2.39 percent fee increase for each upper division course — this will be applied to all students. The charts supplied by the BLT reflect the following monetary increases after the increased tuition, increased fees and new premiums are applied:
The University of New Mexico’s tuition and controversial athletic debt funding loomed over the March 7 Associated Students of New Mexico meeting. Earlier that day, several high-ranking ASUNM members, including President Noah Brooks and Vice President Sally Midani, met with University Administration members to discuss the Board of Regents’ plan to increase tuition in correlation with the potential increase in the athletic department budget, according to Brooks.
The recent resignation of University of New Mexico Regent Alex Romero leaves the Board of Regents Finance and Facilities Committee with only two members: Regent Chair Marron Lee and Regent Tom Clifford. Both members attended this Tuesday’s meeting and discussed two large-scale proposed projects, each regarding on-campus athletic facilities.
The proposed Student Union Building Taproom and Chaouki Abdallah’s time at the University of New Mexico were discussed at Tuesday’s Board of Regents meeting, among Coronado dorm renovations, communication between regents and athletic debt. Associated Students of University of New Mexico and UNM faculty representatives expressed concerns regarding the proposition that the athletic department’s $4.7 million deficit be forgiven. The concerns involving the athletics department debt were discussed during the public comment section of the meeting. Pamela Pyle, the Faculty Senate president, was the first to speak against the idea of forgiving the debt. She said she received 25 emails from fellow faculty members that agreed with her aversion to the idea.
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