UNM Taos is a Non-Smoking Campus

As you may already know the University of New Mexico-Taos will become tobacco free starting August 24, 2009. There will be no smoking allowed on any campus property. We are all proud of your commitment on becoming a Non-smoking campus. Thank you again Students, Faculty and Staff.

H1N1

Recently several colleges and universities around the country have experienced outbreaks of H1N1 flu, and although UNM-Taos does not fit their profile, we want our faculty, staff and students to be fully informed about this disease.

The following basic information about H1N1 (swine) flu has been excerpted from the Center for Disease Control website. For more detailed information go to http://www.flu.gov.

What is H1N1 (swine) flu?

H1N1 (referred to as “swine flu” early on) is a new influenza virus causing illness in people. This new virus was first detected in people in the United States in April 2009. Other countries, including Mexico and Canada, have reported people sick with this new virus. This virus is spreading from person-to-person, probably in much the same way that regular seasonal influenza viruses spread.

How do you catch H1N1 (swine) flu?

Spread of H1N1 (swine) flu can occur in two ways:

 Through contact with infected pigs or environments contaminated with swine flu viruses.

 Through contact with a person with H1N1 (swine) flu. Human-to-human spread of H1N1 (swine) flu has been documented also and is thought to occur in the same way as seasonal flu. Influenza is thought to spread mainly person-to-person through coughing or sneezing of infected people.

What should I do if I get sick?

If you live in areas where people have been identified with new H1N1 flu and become ill with influenza-like symptoms, including fever, body aches, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, nausea, or vomiting or diarrhea, you should stay home and avoid contact with other people, except to seek medical care. If you have severe illness or you are at high risk for flu complications, contact your health care provider or seek medical care. Your health care provider will determine whether flu testing or treatment is needed.

What are the signs and symptoms of H1N1 (swine) flu in people?

The symptoms of H1N1 (swine) flu in people are similar to the symptoms of regular human flu and include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some people have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with H1N1 (swine) flu. In the past, severe illness (pneumonia and respiratory failure) and deaths have been reported with H1N1 (swine) flu infection in people. Like seasonal flu, H1N1 (swine) flu may cause a worsening of underlying chronic medical conditions.

In children emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

 Fast breathing or trouble breathing

 Bluish or gray skin color

 Not drinking enough fluids

 Severe or persistent vomiting

 Not waking up or not interacting

 Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held

 Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

In adults, emergency warning signs that need urgent medical attention include:

 Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath

 Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen

 Sudden dizziness

 Confusion

 Severe or persistent vomiting

 Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough

Reducing the risk of infection

In areas with confirmed human cases of novel influenza A (H1N1) virus infection, the risk for infection can be reduced through a combination of actions. No single action will provide complete protection, but an approach combining the following steps can help decrease the likelihood of transmission. These recommended actions are:

 Wash hands frequently with soap and water or use alcohol-based hand cleaner* when soap and water are not available.

 Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing.

 Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth

 People who are sick with an influenza-like illness (ILI) (fever plus at least cough or sore throat and possibly other symptoms like runny nose, body aches, headaches, chills, fatigue, vomiting and diarrhea) should stay home and keep away from others as much as possible, including avoiding travel, for at least 24 hours after fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Fever should be gone without the use of fever-reducing medicine).

 Avoid close contact (i.e. being within about 6 feet) with persons with ILI.

In addition, influenza antiviral medications are an important tool for the treatment and prevention of influenza, including novel H1N1. Also see Guidance on the use of antiviral medications.

UNM Taos Art Professor, Paula King

Thursday evening, September 17th, textbook publisher McGraw Hill hosted an "Evening with Author Mark Getlein" in San Antonio, Texas. UNM Taos Art Professor, Paula King, was invited to the publisher's reception to meet with Mark and to hear him speak about the his newest project, Living with Art, version 9. The reception was held to promote the 9th version of his textbook releasing in October of this year.

As a writer and development editor, Getlein has created a series of ground-breaking college textbooks in art and literature, including Art History (Abrams, 1995), A History of Art in Africa (Abrams, 2001), The HarperCollins World Reader, The Longman Anthology of British Literature, and The Longman Anthology of World Literature. The release of version 9 will be his 4th edition, as author of Living with Art.

"Mark Getlein's textbook, Living with Art, is the backbone of my ArtH 101 course. This excellent textbook serves to organize and support the learning objectives of our Art Appreciation class,” said King. The course introduces students to visual arts and culture and meets requirements for the university core curriculum. One of the favorite course assignments includes the production of an original portfolio of photography. In this hands on learning activity the student becomes the artist in order to really understand the elements of art and principles of design used by all artists they study.

Professor King's class is taught online, all learning activities are completed using WebCT. Students registering for Art H 101 live across Northern New Mexico and are enjoying the convenience of studying from home, wherever home might be.

With the release of version 9, students can look forward to an optional "etextbook" available through Coursesmart, yet another way to make the cost of education more affordable.

For more information about ArtH 101 or learning online, contact Paula King @ pk1ng@unm.edu

Paula King, UNM, Taos Art Appreciation Visual Arts / Distance Learning

Taos Chamber Music Group's 17th Season

Dear UNM-Taos students, I am very pleased to be able to invite you to the Taos Chamber Music Group's 17th Season series of concerts. This year for the first time we will be offering a discounted ticket price of $10 to UNM-Taos students. Please visit TCMG's web site www.taoschambermusicgroup.orgwhere you will find our full season's schedule, ticket and artist information, and lots more. You can charge you tickets online by checking the child price of $10, noting that you are a UNM student in the description, and bringing your student ID with you to the concert. You can also present your ID at the Harwood Museum where tickets go on sale two weeks in advance of each program. In the mean time here is a a sneak preview! TCMG's Seventeenth Season Overview

OPENING WEEKEND! Among Friends Saturday, September 26, 2009, 7:30 pm Sunday, September 27, 2009, 5:30 pm The Harwood Museum of Art South of the Border - Music of Latin America Saturday, November 7, 2009, 7:30 pm Sunday, November 8, 2009, 5:30 pm The Harwood Museum of Art Basically Baroque - Music of the 17th, 18th & 20th centuries Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7:30 pm Sunday, December 6, 2009, 5:30 pm The Harwood Museum of Art Winter Lyricism - with special guest pianist Robert McDonald Saturday, January 16, 2010, 7:30 pm Sunday, January 17, 2010, 5:30 pm The Harwood Museum of Art Equinox - Music & dance celebrating spring Sunday, March 21, 2010, 5:30 pm Taos Community Auditorium The Next Step - A world premiere, music and the moving image, & music informed by the written word Saturday, June 5, 2010, 7:30 pm Taos Community Auditorium Visit www.taoschambermusicgroup.org for details!

I look forward to sharing these wonderful programs with you! Best, Nancy Laupheimer, Director nancy@taoschambermusicgroup.org www.taoschambermusicgroup.org

UNM Professor/Artist James Rannefeld Reception

the taos gallery is proud to present a reception in honor of “*Living Master” James Rannefeld, Saturday, September 19 from 5-7 p.m. at the taos gallery.

“Clients are fascinated by James’ work which clearly demonstrate that he is a master of his craft,” says Jan Mellor, the taos gallery owner.

No stranger to the Taos functional art scene, James Rannefeld has been creating wooden objects since 1972-- first as a carpenter, then cabinetmaker, furniture designer, master craftsman and sculptor. As a self-taught artist he is also published, collected nationally, and has achieved numerous awards and recognition: most recently as a Living Master at the 2007 Annual Taos Fall Arts Festival.

As Associate Professor of Woodworking at UNM-Taos, James teaches and heads the Trades and Industries Academy. In the ongoing SMU/UNM-Taos Lecture series on September 24, 7 pm, at the Klauer Campus, he will present a talk and slide show: The World of Wood: 5000 Years of Wooden Objects looking at the interwoven history of Man and Wood over the last 5000 years. With an extensive array of visual images of carved and constructed wooden objects and a variety of examples from his private collection, he will demonstrate the beauty, utility and diversity of man-made wooden objects.

“Wood is a magical material that can be transmuted through the power of the imagination and the ability of skilled hands, into fine art, craft or ubiquitous utilitarian objects. Wood symbolizes rebirth. The tree sacrifices its life and its wood is transformed into a chair that lives on.” JR

Rannefeld’s most recent works are featured at the taos gallery including his signature ribbon furniture, wall and figurative sculptures. * Other Living Masters associated with the taos gallery include: Carlos Barela, Tupper and Richard Hawley and most recently, Steven Gootgeld and Jeffrey Hills.

www.thetaosgallery.com 758-3911 103 paseo del pueblo norte

Celebrating 5 years of International Programs at UNM Taos

In 2005 , I led a group of UNM Taos students to China and visited Master Lin at a Daoist Temple in Fujian Province. Master Lin talked with us about the philosophy of Daoist meditative and healing practice. He is a man in his late fifties; but his appearance was very youthful and serene. The following year we went to another Daoist Temple in Beijing and experienced a concert by Daoist musicians with traditional instruments. Situated usually at high levels in mountains, Daoist temples and ceremonies are considered the height of spiritual meditation with much healing and cleansing results. We observed the Daoist priest all keep their hair long and tied up in a knot on their heads. Sometimes they wear a cloth hat. The wear traditional clothing and appeared very peaceful and healthy. Of course, our trek up the Great Wall outside of Beijing was quite a spiritual experience for us also. This year, we will travel to Fujian Province again as well as go to other ancient World Heritage Sites in Sichuan and Hubei Provinces to study Chinese cultural and holistic healing traditions. In 2007 we traveled to the southwest of China to study ethnic culture in Guizhou Province where tribal Chinese continue to live in their traditional life styles and practice their own rituals and cermonies. In 2008 we traveled to the northwest to follow along the Silk Road passages of Tang Dynasty Buddhist Monk, Xuan Zuan when he went on foot to India to study Buddhism and translated Buddhist teachings into Chinese. We visited the famous Mogao Caves in Dunghuang and saw another Great Wall site in Jia Yu Guan. For a native from China who has lived in the United States over forty years, each trip to China is GOING HOME! I have enjoyed sharing my heritage with our program participants. Through their eyes, I saw China again and again in many different aspects and they are all interesting and stimulating.
This being our 5th anniversary of study abroad programs at UNM Taos, as Program Coordinator and facilitator, I feel very privileged and grateful for these opportunities to learn and serve. Our program in the past five years also included trips to Peru, Belize, Spain, and Mexico. In 2008, we began our first year of Exchange with Xi Bei University in Xi'an, China.
I would like to clarify that study abroad programs have been offered long before 2005 and students at the high school level, or at UNM Taos have traveled with their teachers to various parts of the world for summer programs, etc. I do know that Taos is a multicultural community with many talented residents and rich culture resources. It was just very fortunate that in 2005 we were able to formally establish International Programs at UNM Taos Branch to make study abroad courses more possible for our students and community. Our efforts to raise scholarship funds for our students to study abroad started in 2005 at the then Western Sky Cafe on Weimer Road. Virginia and Arthur, owners of Western Sky Cafe were very supportive of our efforts. They let us use their kitchen to prepare a dinner which was a joint efforts of students, faculty, family and friends. We almost ran out of food and had to turn people away. Our art auction, door prize raffle tickets, fashion show, musical performance and demonstrations raised enough scholarship to support five UNM Taos students for their China trip expenses. Since 2005, we had scholarship fund raise event at the Taos Convention Center with support from the Town of Taos and the community. Many people have helped make these programs possible in the last five years and I am grateful to them though they are too numerous for me to list all on this page. I thank you all for myself and our students from the depth of my heart.
On this occasion of our anniversary, I wish also to acknowledge some of our wonderful instructors and group leaders who have made our programs rich and worthwhile: James Rannefeld, Phil Aldritt- Belize Ecology Program; Andrea Heckman- Peruvian Culture Program; Tom Shaw- Our Lady of Guadalupe Mexico Program; Barri Sanders- Spain Program. We have also new programs to Bali, India, Greece, Italy to be offered in the future.
In closing, I feel quite happy about our efforts to take UNM Taos classrooms to other parts of the world. I would like to invite every one to our anniversay celebration on Saturday, September 19th, 2009 at the Don Fernando Hall at 124 Civic Plaza Drive from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Please come join us to view exhibits, get information on our programs, meet and talk with our faculty and students who has traveled and hope to travel again soon. UNM Taos Holistic Healing Arts Academy which sponsored all my classes to China will be celebrating its 10th anniversary also at this event. There will be great door prizes and a silent auction for a lot of wonderful items donated generously by local artist, faculty and community. Thank you all and I hope to see you at our celebration and at our next study abroad program.
With appreciation,
Pearl Huang
For more information: huang@unm.edu, 575-776-5126, 575-737-6258

UNM-Taos and SMU to present lecture series

“Evolution as a science is not in conflict with religion,” says Dr. Hewlett of UNM-Taos. “They’re dug in on both sides but my colleagues and I say you can celebrate evolution as the best science but at the same time have room for religion. Our position is called theistic evolution and I will defend it,” he said.

Dr. Hewlett’s lecture will part of a collaborative effort between UNM-Taos and SMU to present a fall lecture series beginning Sept. 10 with “Agua y Cultura” and finishing with “Taos Traditional Foods – Chili vs. Chile” on Nov. 12. Eight other lectures are scheduled in the series which will rotate between SMU’s Fort Burgwin campus and UNM’s Klauer Campus. The public is invited and encouraged to attend.

“This is for the community,” said series coordinator Kathleen Knoth, Library Director at UNM/Taos. Knoth said the goal of the project is allow Taoseños from all quarters to meet and enjoy the wealth of interesting and scholarly people who are associated not only with UNM and SMU but who are retired here and live in Taos year round.

Marie-Elena Reyes will moderate the first program, “Agua y Cultura.” She is director of UNM’s Instituto de Agua y Cultura: Water Institute for the Northern Rio Grande. Her panelists will include Sylvia Rodriguez, Enrique Lamadrid and Esteván Arrellano.

The next three lectures in the series are “Herbs and Pharmaceuticals: How they can compliment each other” on Sept. 17 at Ft. Burgwin, moderated by Jean Ellis –Sankari, Academy Head for Health and Human Serives at UNM; “The Word of Wood–5,000 Years of Handmade Wooden Objects” on Sept. 24 at Klauer with furniture maker James Rannefeld who is Academy Head of Trades and Industries at UNM; and “Taos–People, Place and Time,” moderated by Nita Murphy, Head of UNM’s Southwest Research Center.

Murphy’s panel for “Taos People” with include a group who call themselves “The Book Team.” They are Corina Santistevan, Julia Moore, Bob Romero, Corky Hawke and Ernestina Cordova. The team is finishing a book on Taos history, soon to be published.

A meeting hosted a year and a half ago by Taos author and book store owner Art Bachrach brought together Dr. Kate O’Neil and Dr. Mike Adler, executive directors of UNM/Taos and SMU’s Burgwin campuses respectively and produced the idea for a group effort between the two schools. Library Director Knoth then proposed a number of ideas on what could be done. She was joined on the project by Pam Brody, UNM/Taos’ Director of Developmental Studies Program and the two put together the series.

In other presentations, author Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Torres will deliver a talk called “Curanderismo in the Southwest” on Oct. 8 at Klauer. Dr. Ted Dyman, retired from the U.S. Geological Survey, will present the Oct. 15 lecture at Ft. Burgwin entitled “America’s Energy Crisis and the Future of Petroleum.” UNM faculty member Dr. Marty Hewlett will talk about “Creationism and Evolution” on Oct. 22 at Klauer.

Novelist Sean Murphy will host a writer’s roundtable on Nov. 5. His panelists will be novelist John Nichols and authors Mirabai Starr and Rick Collignon. The final program in the series, “Taos Traditional Foods – Chile vs. Chili,” will be moderated by Larry Torres who teaches languages and culture at UNM and who is a weekly columnist for The Taos News. His panelists will be restaurateurs Ben Sandoval (Tiwa Kitchen), Joseph Wrede (Joseph’s Table, Lambert’s and the OBL) and Adam Medina (Ranchos Plaza Grille).

“Our focus in planning this series is to spotlight some of the interesting people and cultures of Northern New Mexico,” said Pam Brody.

All presentations are open to the public and free of charge.



Contact: Pam Brody 737-6237

Kathleen Knoth 737-6200

Sam Richardson 758-9539