Use of technology in the classroom is on the rise, and if it’s up to UNM’s Chief Information Officer, chalkboards will soon become obsolete.
UNM groups are preparing for their day at the Roundhouse to rally in favor of students and the broader University community.
After several years of cuts, UNM may finally see a budget increase during this year’s legislative session. UNM is expected to receive a $9.9 million increase to its budget after the New Mexico House Appropriation Finance Committee selects a higher education budget recommendation on how the increased funds should be used.
Presidential Finalist and UNM alum Robert Frank said Monday that he supports living wages for graduate and teaching assistants, even though he refused to support collective bargaining for graduate assistantships at Kent State University, where he is provost.
Presidential finalist Douglas Baker said during his on-campus forum Wednesday that recent NAACP complaints about discrimination against African Americans at UNM reflect bigger problems at the University. “From what I read, the frustration of African-American students, faculty, and staff seems to be a subset of an inability of the organization to talk about hard stuff,” he said.
This isn’t presidential finalist Meredith Hay’s first time as a top five finalist in a UNM presidential search, but she says she’s better prepared for the job this time around. In 2007 she made it to the final five in the presidential search that ended with President David Schmidly’s appointment. Hay said during her on-campus meet and greet with students and staff Tuesday that now she’s better suited to being UNM’s next president after helping the University of Arizona manage a $180 million cut in state appropriation during her tenure as provost there.
UNM presidential finalist Elizabeth Hoffman said during her campus visit Friday that she learned a lot from her controversy-ridden tenure as University of Colorado president, which ended in 2005.
Students can donate to charity this Wednesday and Thursday and maybe snag a parking spot worth $700 while they’re at it.
Students eating at La Posada dining hall or in the Mercado in the SUB this semester may have eaten food made with ingredients grown right here on campus, in the Lobo Gardens.
UNM’s six-year graduation rate sits well below the national average, but UNM officials said thanks to a new federal program the University has already seen graduation rate statistics improve. At UNM, an average of 45 percent of undergraduate students graduate within six years.
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