The ornament features UNM’s oldest tradition, the Hanging of the Greens, which began in the 1930s. Students would travel to the Sandia Mountains to gather greens to decorate the Student Union. They also sang carols, a key part of the tradition that continues to this day. Now more than two dozen student organizations create 10,000 luminarias and decorate the campus with them on the day of the event. Students, families, faculty and staff join carolers near Popejoy Hall and take a tour of the luminaria lit campus, winding back to University House where the president is presented with a wreath.

The ornament features a painting of University House aglow with luminarias. The painting and ornate frame are designed by New Mexico artist Jana Fothergill. It sells for $18.89 in honor of UNM’s founding year. The official ornament is available only through the UNM Bookstore or the Parent Association. For more information, call 277-5915.

And for all of our loyal Lobo fans, don’t miss two ways to SAVE BIG this fall during your shopping expedition to the UNM Bookstore. Purchase the Cherry Crush t-shirt for $7.95 and get a FREE Lobo football ticket to the Lobos vs. TCU game.

Game Day Fridays begin Friday Aug. 29. Save 25 percent on all Lobowear on a Friday before a home game. Save 25 percent off Spirit Merchandise every Friday before an away game, with special savings on Lobowear – see store for details.

This is a great event for students who participated in any CEP orientation to reconnect and meet with other CEP students and staff. “Whether your child is new to UNM or a returning student, the transition into the school year can be a stressful time to not only your child but to you as parents. We at the College Enrichment Program are eager to create a partnership with our parents and their students,” Gonzalez said.

“Whatever your question or concern may be, never hesitate to contact us. Our office is committed to open lines of communication between you, your student and the University. Let’s have a great semester,” Gonzalez added.

For more information, call the CEP desk at 277-5321.

ASUNM: Stands for the Associated Students of UNM, the undergraduate student government. Offices are located in the Student Union Building.

Bursar’s Office: The place to pay University fees and tuition, etc. Located on the first floor of the Student Services Center.

College: The University of New Mexico is divided into 12 colleges or schools, such as Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Fine Arts, Anderson Schools of Management, etc.

Computer Pods, or Pods: Various locations throughout campus where students can use computers to complete assignments, check email and pursue online research. Free printing is available at the pods.

Dorms: We call them “residence halls,” and they are where students live on campus.

Greeks: Students at UNM who are members of a fraternity or sorority. Fraternities and sororities are official student groups and have advisers.

Major/Minor: Your student’s academic specialization, gained by completing a required number of courses. The minor is an academic specialization requiring fewer courses than the major.

Faculty Office Hours: The hours during which professors or teaching assistants are in their offices, available to students. Students may stop by and talk one-on-one about a class or other academic issues they would like to discuss.

SUB: The Student Union Building and crown jewel of University life. Numerous places to eat, study, play, exhibit art and meet friends. The Student Activities Center, as well as offices for the various student organizations, including student government, are in the SUB. The SUB also features a movie theater, arts and crafts studio, workout facilities, a credit union, numerous ATMs and a hair salon.

Syllabus: A class/course outline distributed by the professor or teaching assistant on the first day of class. The syllabus lists the goals of the class, student expectations, office hours, test dates, required books and other information pertinent to successful completion of the class.

TA: Teaching Assistant-the person designated to assist the professor during class. The job varies from leading discussions, labs and study sessions, to being available to answer questions. TAs are graduate students in the field of study associated with the respective course.

The Pit: Home of Lobo Basketball, located at the corner of University Boulevard and Avenida Cesar Chavez. The Pit’s official name is University Arena.

UA: Undergraduate Assistant-an undergraduate student who does the same or similar job as a TA.

Web CT: An online program that aids students in their classes by creating, managing, organizing and housing a Web-based learning environment. Professors can post lecture notes and information, grades and past quizzes, as well as host a chat area and bulletin board. Students have access to information at any time of the day or night.

The event is Sunday, Aug. 24, and is three-fold. It kicks off at 4 p.m. with a Freshman Convocation in Popejoy Hall, followed by a social celebration and class crawl at the UNM Duck Pond, and a movie at sunset on Johnson Field.

Incoming freshman and their families are introduced to administrators, faculty and staff. Students learn that they are about to embark on an academic adventure designed to prepare them for a rewarding life.

The event also demonstrates that the university partners with the family to ensure student success and that UNM values family and does not seek to separate students from familial, cultural and communal roots.

Freshman Convocation is a ceremonial event held at most colleges and universities. The ceremony, usually a combination of the serious and the light-hearted, provides an opportunity for the administration, current students and Parent Association president to address families. Be sure to stop by the parent table to meet members of the association and learn how you can become actively involved with the campus.

For more information and to register, visit Freshman Family Day, an event sponsored by the Office of the University Secretary.

The fair is organized by the Graduation Task Force Student Engagement Committee and UNM’s Career Services. The goal is to communicate student employment opportunities and encourage students to be more connected with campus through the UNM job experience.

Sponsors also include Student Financial Aid, Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, Title V, ENLACE and Information Technology Services.

For more information, call UNM Career Services, 277-2531, or visit the Web site.

Students and parents will meet other families in their area and mingle with UNM representatives, alumni and parents who can serve as a support network. It’s a great chance to meet fellow Lobos and enjoy some refreshments. Each student receives a gift. Door prizes for students and parents include autographed items by famous Lobos. To RSVP, visit the Summer Sendoff site. If you are a parent or alumnus/alumnae interested in hosting a sendoff in summer 2009, call Laura Kelley, 277-5808 (alumni office) or Laurie Mellas, 277-5915 (parent office).

Our primary concern at UNM Parking & Transportation Services is providing access to the University facilities so that students, staff, faculty and visitors may flourish in the learning community. While we offer many services to assist commuters, we also support other resources that offer cost-effective and convenient alternatives to bringing a car to campus everyday.

From the purchase of a vehicle, to the maintenance, upkeep, fuel and insurance costs, cars cost a lot of money.

Interested in knowing exactly how much a car costs? Check out the Commute Cost Calculator at the City of Albuquerque website.

Commuting daily is expensive. Below are a few ways students can save gas, save cash and get to and from campus without relying on a car. With costs on the rise, saving money has never been so important. UNM’s optimal central location and friendly campus environment make alternative commuting convenient. Whether your student can use these options full-time or only some of the time – the savings is worth the consideration.

1. The Lobo Ride Pass with ABQRide

Did you know UNM students can ride the city bus for free? It’s true! The Lobo Ride bus pass program, now in its second year, allows students with a special sticker on their UNM Lobo ID to ride the city bus free of charge. This option is ideal for short distance commuting to and from campus and is great for students who live along the Central corridor and can ride the Rapid Ride Redline. It’s also good for commuter students who live near the Blueline stop at Coors & Montano. Both the Redline and Blueline bus routes stop directly in front of the university. Equipped with wireless internet, students can commute for free and catch up on school work while on the bus.

Students can take their UNM Lobo ID and a copy of their class schedule to the Parking & Transportation Services office (on the NW corner of Central & University) to receive the sticker. Students can also visit the UNM Bookstore and the Lobo Card store in the Student Union Building to receive the Lobo Pass sticker. Students must present both their Lobo ID and current class schedule to be eligible for the Lobo Pass program.

For more information about bus routes visit http://www.cabq.gov/transit/

2. The NM Railrunner

Ideal for commuters from Belen, Los Lunas and Bernalillo, the NMRailrunner train is a fast and convenient way for students to get to campus. Full-time students can buy monthly passes at a discounted rate with their UNM Lobo ID. Rates are as low as $25 a month. Landing at the downtown train station, students can use their NMRailrunner pass to ride the city bus for free to and from UNM or they can use their Lobo Ride pass! In addition, Parking & Transportation Services offers a courtesy shuttle from the downtown station to UNM twice daily.

UNM Parking & Transportation’s
Alvarado Transit Center/NM Railrunner Shuttle Schedule

From the downtown transit center to campus: 6:30 a.m. and 7:40 a.m.
From UNM campus to the downtown transit center: 3:45 p.m. and 5:05 p.m.

For more information, visit http://www.NMrailrunner.com

3. Zipcar: Streamlining Alternative Transportation

Zipcar is a national car sharing service that allows members to reserve and rent cars on an as-needed basis. Low rates of $9/hour include gas, insurance and miles. Whenever a car is needed, members can hop online or call to reserve a vehicle. UNM currently has five vehicles placed around campus for students, staff, faculty and community members to use. Vehicles include three Civic Hybrids, a Mini-Cooper and a Toyota Sienna.

Zipcar is ideal for students who live on campus, but do not keep a vehicle on campus (dorm students pay $242 to park on campus for each 10-month housing contract). Zipcar is also another great cost-effective option for students who use alternative transportation to get to and from campus, but need a car to run errands, go to appointments or for other personal matters while on campus.

If your student is considering living on or around campus you could reduce parking permit and vehicle upkeep costs by encouraging your student to use ABQRide to access the many amenities near the University and signing them up for Zipcar for other transportation needs.

To sign up for Zipcar, students can visit http://www.zipcar.com/unm and initiate an account. Students must be over the age of 18 to participate. An annual membership fee of $35 includes access to Zipcars across the country.

4. Bicycling

With 310 days of sunshine out of the year on average and a temperate, predictable seasonal climate, Albuquerque is a great place for bicycling! Bike lanes border over three-quarters of the University area and even if bicycling is not the number one choice for transportation, it is an excellent option for multi-modal trips. ABQRide buses are equipped with bike racks to help riders complete their trips and UNM is full of bike racks.

In addition to the abundance of bike racks around campus, Parking & Transportation Services rents bike lockers for $16 a semester. To check for availability call 277-0461.

5. Walking

Walking to destinations on or around campus is a beneficial and cost-free alternative to using a vehicle. Walking 20 minutes or more a day has been proven to:
• decrease risk of heart attack or stroke
• reduce risk of breast cancer and type 2 diabetes
• relieve back pain
• reduce stress
• lengthen life-span
• improve emotional well-being

Encouraging your students to walk to destinations in the university vicinity is a great way to improve their health and outlook while reducing transportation costs.

6. Carpooling: Cut Costs in Half

If the options above are not enticing enough, consider the benefits of carpooling. Transportation costs can be reduced at least 50 percent by carpooling. Students often share similar class schedules with their friends and co-workers or have the flexibility to share rides to and from campus. Carpooling greatly reduces the cost of operating a vehicle and commuting to campus.

If you are interested in an Albuquerque rideshare, check out this free service, http://www.erideshare.com.

The One Day a Week Challenge: Try it!

Parking & Transportation Services understands the importance of efficiently getting to and from destinations. Why waste time and money dealing with parking and congestion around campus everyday when all of these great money-saving options are available in the university area? UNM is a great central location for alternative commuting. Why not try it out?

I want to urge you to encourage your student to take the “One Day A Week Challenge.” Using alternative transportation just one day a week can significantly reduce transportation costs and ease the stress of parking on or around campus. It also has the added benefit of reducing emissions and preserving air quality for our community.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact UNM Parking & Transportation Services at parktran@unm.edu or 277-0461 or visit our website at: http://www.unm.edu/parking.

Harrison said the most formative experience in his teaching career came when he had the opportunity to teach an innovative two-semester course in World Literature with four seasoned, creative colleagues, Paul Davis, Patricia Clark Smith, David Johnson and Joseph Zavadil.

As part of a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, they developed what is now the survey of world literatures sequence. The course encompasses a diversified study of the world’s literature for students in an increasingly global culture, including key works from Japanese, Chinese, Indian, African, Arabic, Persian and Latin American writers.

Harrison will use the two-year fellowship to do curriculum development and assist departments in developing assessments of student outcomes. He is also interested in exploring ways to develop e-portfolios for students to electronically store and document their writing and multimedia projects. E-portfolios could be used as electronic resumes and accessed by employers who want examples of students’ work.

Krause, an associate professor of economics, has taught upper division and graduate seminars and teaches teachers about economics through the Albuquerque Teachers’ Institute.
Krause is a behavioral economist, and she considers what people do when faced with economic decisions that don’t have obvious right answers: Should I gamble? Donate to charity? Recycle? Leave a tip? She tries to encourage her students to be curious and skeptical about what economic models tell us about human nature. Krause frequently tells her students to write about their own economic behavior and the economic choices they observe around them.

Martin, a professor of English, was hired to implement a creative nonfiction concentration within the creative writing program. His students, who are all required to submit a manuscript for publication in a magazine, have been published in literary journals and anthologies and have had their work read aloud on National Public Radio.
He wrote “Mountain City,” a memoir of the life of a town of thirty-three people in remote northeastern Nevada. That book received a Washington State Book Award and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.

The Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year Award was given to Jennifer Harriger, developmental psychology; Elizabeth Dickinson, communication and journalism; Jaroslaw Kania, mathematics and statistics; Mark Ralkowski and Carolyn Thomas, philosophy; Jennifer Richer, American studies; and Damian Vergara Wilson, Spanish and Portuguese.

Health Care: As the U.S. population ages, the demand for health care professionals will increase. As well, an emphasis on activities involving physical fitness is creating a need for positions in athletic training and physical therapy. By the year 2014, health care positions are projected to increase by an astounding 52 percent for medical assistants, 40 percent for physical therapists, and 43 percent for dentals assistants – far surpassing the projected growth for most other career fields.

Education: Our nation’s focus on improving education is creating demand for teachers of all levels. Preschool, kindergarten, elementary, middle and secondary school teaching positions are expected to increase 18 percent, while postsecondary careers are predicted to rise 32 percent.

Security: Demand for private detectives and fire fighters will show considerable rise in the next seven years. Police officers and other security positions show growth as well.

Environmental Sciences: It’s not only the Lobo community that is “going green” the entire nation is making efforts to become environmentally friendly. This bodes well for hydrologists, environmental chemists, and ecologists, along with many other positions in the environmental science field.

Government: The Federal Government currently employs more than 1.8 million civilians. To put it simply, the government is the nation’s most stable business. If it goes under, there are probably bigger issues to worry about than unemployment. As employees retire and new positions open up and as departments such as Homeland Security grow, job opportunities in the Federal Government will further bloom.

For more information, visit the following Web sites:

http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs041.htm Government job security

http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos050.htm Environmental scientists job security going up

http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/2006/spring/table.pdf All occupations

http://nces.ed.gov/FastFacts/display.asp?id=37 Most popular college majors; National Center for Education Statistics

To raise funds for the program, the UNM Development office is currently registering a group of 18 adults to experience Italy during a 10-day trip, Sept. 20-29. Costs start at $5,800 and include a $2,500 tax-deductible charitable gift to the Rome Program.

The program signals a new direction in international education at UNM. It is designed so UNM students can fulfill some core degree requirements during a 16-week semester. While not replacing typical foreign exchange programs or short term faculty-led programs, the Rome program allows for experiential learning and personal growth in a setting designed for specific academic and personal needs.

Aside from a mandatory course in Italian language study, courses are in English, carry full UNM credit and are pre-approved by UNM departments.

“It was incredible as an art major to get to see the works of art in person and to have our class lectures on site at museums and monuments,” said Noelle Richardson, a senior who graduates from UNM this summer. “Having a discussion about Caravaggio in front of one of his paintings at the Vatican is much different than seeing a slide of it in a large classroom. It was a once in a lifetime academic experience.”

Less than eight percent of UNM’s recent graduating class studied abroad, compared to the national average of 22 percent. UNM hopes to turn these figures around by the creation of the Rome program and similar programs in other regions.

For more information on the trip or supporting the Rome Program, call Mary Wolford at 277-1088. Students interested in studying in Rome should contact Lauren Fowler Young at 277-4032.