The Anderson School of Management is starting a new master's program aimed at students who have an undergraduate degree in business. The Accelerated Master of Business Administration program is a response to a significant increase in the number of MBA applications at universities across the country, according to a news release from the school.
The Lobo Spirit Club has set out to rethink the way UNM is perceived. The group began as a homecoming committee, but it has developed over time and started activities such as Red Rally, where club members create and burn a giant papier-mache NMSU Aggie. Junior Cate Wisdom, director of Lobo Spirit, said the club has steadily gained momentum.
With only two weeks before finals, students may want to consider starting on papers now and getting help from the Center for Academic Program Support. CAPS is being used by more students as final exams and paper deadlines near, said Alicia Lacovara, a senior intern in the program.
Student Health and Counseling might extend its hours of operation to accommodate students with later classes and tighter schedules. SHAC surveyed students last month and found that 34 percent said they wanted the center to stay open longer. Beverly Kloeppel, director of SHAC, said students might favor extending the center's hours but that they will have to pay more for the service.
UNM's on-campus housing policies prohibit sleepovers between students of the opposite sex, but the rules may fail to address same-sex relationships. The "sleepover policy," which RAs are charged with enforcing, states that a person of the opposite sex cannot spend the night in a student's dorm room, but a person of the same sex can sleep over for up to three days as long as he or she checks in with the front desk.
If you find yourself seeing the glass as half full and looking for ways to help community members who are less fortunate, the Lobo Optimist Club could be the place for you. The club is a chapter of the nationwide organization that advocates a better lifestyle through community service.
In a time of economic contraction, Hewlett-Packard has chosen to build a new facility in Rio Rancho. Company executives said they are looking to fill as many entry-level positions as possible with recent college graduates. The move to Rio Rancho will bring an estimated 1,350 jobs to Albuquerque and Rio Rancho by 2012, said Jim Payne, Rio Rancho city manager.
The pink forms students use to add or drop a class after deadline will go from $10 to $75 next semester, a decision the Office of the Registrar hasn't publicized. The new cards will be a lighter pink and will have slightly different information on them, said Paula Smith-Hawkins, supervisor for student records in the Office of the Registrar.
An electrical fire started in the George Pearl Hall architecture building late Wednesday night, setting off alarms and leading authorities to evacuate the building. Albuquerque Fire Department battalion commander Victor Marquez said the small fire was started by defective wiring in the building, which created smoke in the basement.
Barack Obama ended his historic run for president with a landslide win Tuesday. He will be the 44th president of the United States and the first black president in the nation's history. Media outlets declared Obama the winner after a string of projected wins in battleground states including Ohio, Florida, Virginia and Iowa.
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