Advising Transfer Day

The size of the UNM-Albuquerque campus is vast and the large number of students on campus can be overwhelming.  Who do you turn to?  Can you ask questions without any stigmas?  If so, where do you go and who do you ask?  As freshmen, you are introduced to all of the nuances and instruments needed to be successful at the UNM-Albuquerque Campus.  As Branch Campus Transfer students, it may feel as though you are left to weather the storm alone.

The goal of Advising Transfer Day is to demystify the transfer process.  This way when you do venture onto Main Campus, you have a contact and a safe place to ask questions and someone to turn to for information and resources.

The University of New Mexico-Taos is proud to host Advising Transfer Day this Thursday October 6th 2011 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. in the lobby of Padre Martinez Hall.

For this event, University of New Mexico Admissions Officers and Academic Advisors will visit the UNM-Taos Klauer Campus to answer your questions about transferring from UNM-Taos to UNM-Albuquerque.  You will be provided with information about transition to Main Campus and the application of college credits toward a four-year baccalaureate degree.

Julie Bustamante and Cameron Langner from the College of Arts and Sciences will be on campus to help start the transfer process.  They will look at your degree audit, talk about necessary curriculum, give you a brief overview of what resources are available to you, and help alleviate any unnecessary anxiety…all essential components of a successful transfer and tenure at UNM! Julie has 42 years of UNM experience and loves working with Branch students.  Her energy and attention to detail make her the most knowledgeable resource on campus. Cameron has an extensive knowledge of admissions, financial aid regulations, and the struggles that transfer students face.  As a UNM alum, she can give you the inside scoop on classes and the best places to study.

Mark Cramer will also be attending this event from the Admissions and Recruitment Offices of Main Campus will advise on how to apply and be admitted to Main Campus for the Spring 2012 semester.  He will also waive the $20.00 application fee.

Michael Green, Transition Advisor from the Anderson School of Management will answer questions regarding pre-admission requirements for the Bachelors in Business Administrative Program.  He will also be able to talk about the different concentrations available at the Anderson School.

Kyle Beenhouwer will be on site to represent University College.  University College is a holding place for students who have not yet completed their prerequisites to get admitted into their degree college.  Before students transfer to Main Campus, they should meet with Kyle in order to map out future course-work.  Kyle will assist you in making the best curriculum decisions towards completing your academic goals.

Students interested in attending the event should bring transcripts from all post-secondary institutions they have attended in order to maximize their experience. If you are not ready to apply at this time, you are welcome to come and talk with an Academic Advisor, and explore how you may be able to build upon the college work you have already completed. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, October 6th!

Old Forest Service Building

Known locally as the “Old Forest Service Building,” the UNM-Taos administrative offices at 115 Civic Plaza Drive were built in the WPA era and served as the US Forest Service, Carson National Forest Supervisor’s office until the current Forest Service building was erected on Cruz Alta Street in the early seventies. Now owned by the Town of Taos and leased to UNM-Taos, the solid adobe structure houses the Executive Director and Operations Manager offices as well as the Graphics, Design and Web Manager, the Public Relations Coordinator, Development Director and Grants Manager.



Toward the rear of the complex, former garages have been converted to house the UNM-Taos Library, The Literacy Center serving GED, Adult Education and English as a Second Language students, the Water Institute, the Southwest Research Center, a student lounge, several computer labs and a video production studio.

College and Career Prep Starts Now

As published in the Taos News 09-22-11
By Bill Knief

From Left, College and Career Prep coaches Mayra Gutierrez,

Mireya Rodriguez, Nicole Romero, Andrew E. Gonzales and Julian Suazo will

be on Taos Plaza at 2 p.m. September 24 to support the Walk For

Nonviolence and talk with high school students.

UNM-Taos is already a month into the fall semester, and students are settling into a routine of class work and homework in addition to their family, personal and professional responsibilities. They have adjusted to having more online and hybrid courses this semester, and overall, the transition to an online bookstore has gone smoothly.


At the same time the UNM-Taos College and Career Prep Program has already launched into their mission to increase the number of area high school graduates attending colleges and universities. Over the past four years the Title V-supported program has served 1,262 high school seniors with an overall higher education attendance rate of 74 percent, compared to a statewide rate of only 35 percent. Currently in the fifth year of a federal, five year Title V Hispanic Serving Institution grant through the Department of Education, funding is tenuous but program director Juan Montes and five work studies continue to assist high school students in moving forward with their lives.


“It’s really about reviving kids’ dreams and affirming them,” Montes said, “and then grounding students in the reality that if they are serious, they are going to have to develop what we call ‘achievement ideology’. That means attendance in school, doing the work, preparing for exams, taking exams and finishing successfully. We stress that their GPA is critical. Now you have to have a minimum of a 2.5 GPA to qualify for the New Mexico Lottery Scholarship, and the only way they are going to do that is to show up, prepare for tests and succeed in their courses. It’s all about how much you are willing to invest, and how serious you are.


“We also think parental involvement is key. We want the seniors and their parents to know where they are going and how they are going to pay for it. If the parents know their accessibility and their affordability, they are more likely to support their student.”


“What the work studies do is go into the schools---Taos, Penasco, Questa, Vista Grande, Chrysalis---and do a presentation on the importance of college,” explained Nicole Romero, Training Coordinator. “We individualize it. We work with them one on one to gain that relationship with them. If they need career exploration we put them on a computer-based program to look into various occupations. If they need help finding different colleges, we work with them on that; we are not biased toward UNM. We give them information on scholarships, financial aid, admissions applications, whatever they need. It’s custom-made for each individual because all of them have different needs. That’s what makes it work.”


According to Montez, “If we can get kids to identify with our coaches, see them as role models, the students begin to understand that we are on their side, and that if the coaches can do it, they can too. That’s a big ingredient in our success, and we can replicate this program anywhere. Title V doesn’t just benefit Hispanic students. It has been responsible for a lot of the UNM-Taos infrastructure throughout the ten years it has helped build the college.”


“It’s hard work. Sometimes it’s frustrating.” Romero explained. “But when you work with a student all semester and they keep telling you they’re not going to college, it isn’t for them, and they walk away with a scholarship and end up going to college, that’s what makes our job worthwhile. We teach life skills---tenacity, focus, the ability to work hard and hold on to your dream---not just college prep.”


September 24 at 2 p.m. the College and Career Prep staff will be on Taos Plaza supporting the Walk for Nonviolence and this year’s focus on youth. They would be glad to visit with you.

The Taos Harvest Partnership, in conjunction with UNM-Taos and SMU in Taos, present the: Fall Harvest Festival Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:00am – 4:00pm UNM-Taos Klauer Campus 1157 County Road 110 Ranchos de Taos Please join us for this FREE event, which will be a day of food, fun and outreach involving: Local Food Sustainability-Related Informational Booths Live Music and Other Family Friendly Performances - Including Rudy Baca’s UNM-Taos All-Star Band Arts & Crafts Booths Games and Activities for Kids (including art activities and a yak!) and the Following Sustainability Workshops: Outdoor workshops will be held on the lawn by the horno in front of the Art Building/Fred Peralta Hall Indoor workshops will be held in a classroom in Padre Martinez Hall Louis Elias Moya, J.D. Director of Development UNM-Taos Phone: (575) 737-3737 moya@unm.edu

11:00 – 12:00pm: Water Catchment – to be held outdoors: Ben Maddox/Outdoor Solutions The presentation will include a discussion of various water catchment options and a demonstration of the UNM-Taos water feature at the Kid’s Campus. Rainwater harvesting, collecting rainwater from impervious surfaces and storing it for later use, is a technique that has been used for millennia. Rainwater reuse offers a number of benefits. Harvesting Wild Foods & Wild Medicine – to be held in classroom: John Duncan/UNM-Taos Faculty and Oso Negro School The workshop will be a discussion on the availability and diversity of nourishing wild plants in the Taos area. Examples of local wild foods will be shown as well as a short demonstration on recipes involving these foods. 12:15 – 1:15pm: Independence with Solar Energy – to be held outdoors: Donia Meddings/Enlightend Energy Empowering people to become as energy-independent as possible by educating anyone interested in solar energy as to their options and working with them to find an affordable system. Also, teaching existing system owners how to maintain and keep their systems healthy. Preserving Herbs – to be held in classroom: Lucy McCall/Avala Mesa Miracles We will have demonstrations of herb drying as well as making oils and extracts. Also, usage of a few wild weeds will be discussed. 1:30 – 2:30pm: Making Adobe Bricks – to be held outdoors: Alice Ko Learn the traditional natural building technique of making adobe bricks using clay, sand, and straw, without the use of cement additives or machines. The demonstration will walk you through the steps involved for making a solid brick which can then be used to build with, in a variety of ways. Harvesting Your Roots/Genealogy – to be held in classroom: Nita Murphy/Southwest Research Center A workshop to help you find your ancestor's place in history. Charts and helpful hints to help you work on your family genealogy. Marriage and Baptism records from 1701 for Pueblo and Spanish families are among the many records to consult for Taos County. Harvest your roots from the census, civil war, family tree and other historical records. 2:45 – 3:45pm: Build A House With Bags: The Basics of Earthbag Construction – to be held outdoors: Susan Sims/UNM-Taos Faculty and Illuminated Manuscripts, and Alyssa Webley Join us to learn about how you can build a sturdy, beautiful house inexpensively with earthbags. We will discuss the many reasons why it's an excellent choice for owner-builders with little or no construction experience and a limited budget, and we'll go over the basic tools and methods used. You'll also get to see some examples of what finished earthbag houses look like. Locally Grown Foods – to be held in classroom: Zippy White/chef, Taos Inn This is a talk about farm to table and what that looks like from a restaurant perspective. Developing relations with farmers, menu development, pricing and pros and cons of local vs big agro distributors

Library Newsletter Fall 2011

Fired-up for fall

Sept.15, 2011 Volume 4, Issue 5

A large crowd gathers at the TCA for the lecture series.

In the last newsletter we provided detailed information about the annual Fall Lecture Series co-sponsored by UNM-Taos and SMU-in-Taos. The series is off to a great start with over 200 in attendance at Dr. Greg Cajete’s lecture on Native American Astronomy. Coming right around the corner is our weeklong harvest celebration. This idea is an outgrowth from last year’s lecture series where the most well-attended evening was the night where agriculture and local food production was on the menu. From that we decided to offer a variety of workshops for people to be able to focus on particular interests which then grew to the idea of a whole festival.

The Wednesday, September 21st lecture at the TCA will feature Miguel Santistevan who has a BS in Biology, an MS in Ecology and is a PhD candidate in Biology. He has titled his talk, “Models for Survival in Uncertain Times: traditional agriculture, acequias, and food security”. If that doesn’t satisfy your appetite on Sunday, September 25th from 10am-4pm the T aos Harvest Partnership is sponsoring a Fall Harvest Festival at the UNM-Taos Klauer campus from 10am- 4pm. There will be food, music, activities, vendor booths and a number of workshops to choose from. The menu of workshops includes water catchment, solar energy, earthbag home construction, preserving herbs, picking wild foods, selling locally grown food to restaurants, adobe brick making, and “finding your roots” genealogy research tips.

The entertainment line-up includes Juan Rivera, aka “Taos Crooner”, and performances you won’t see every day from the likes of UNM-Taos All-Stars and the Taos High School “Earthletes”.

The last ingredient in this weeklong harvest celebration is the Sept. 28th Harvest Reception: “ A T aste of T aos” being held in the beautiful setting at SMU-in-Taos, Ft. Burgwin . This will be an evening to experience dishes prepared from locally grown produce while being entertained by the Taos High School Poetry Slam performers and also, a piano recital by CJ Bernal from Taos Pueblo.


The mission of the Taos Harvest Partnership is “to integrate people and resources related to environmental sustainability in T aos County and beyond in order to strengthen and celebrate our collective efforts to live in harmony with the earth and each other, both locally and globally. As we harvest the many resources we already enjoy, we also sow the seeds for a healthier and stronger future.”

To segue from that, we want our community to always remember that this is YOUR community college library and we are here to help you plant the seeds of research and information, help you fertilize them by providing instruction, and guide you through the process of harvesting the information and resources. The UNM-T aos library can provide workshops for your class, your organization or your business. Contact us to see how we can “strengthen and celebrate our collective efforts” and help you “harvest the many resources” available to you through the library.




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3rd annual Fall lecture Series

   Lectures are held at the Taos Center for the Arts Community Auditorium.  All events are free and open to the public. Lectures begin every Wednesday at 7:00pm, followed by a question and answer period from 8:00pm to 8:30pm.  


Schedule of Events
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   Sept. 7 - "Native American Astronomy: An Indigenous Perspective of Science" - Greg Cajete, Ph.D.
Sept. 14 - "Stories Along the High Road y Mas Alla" - Levi Romero
Sept. 21 - "Models for Survival in Uncertain Times" - Miguel Santistevan
Sept. 28 - Harvest Reception: "A Taste of Taos" - The Auditorium at Fort Burgwin, SMU-in-Taos campus /Not at the TCA
Oct. 5 - "What Happens When ..." - Dr. Woohoo
Oct. 12 - "The Internal Language of Art - Jeremy McDonnell
Oct. 19 - "South Africa Meets the Southwest: Arts-in-Medicine Abroad" - Patrice Repar, DMA
Oct. 26 - "50 Billion! - The Search for Life in the Universe" - Val Landi
Nov. 2 - "African Diaspora" - Rich Sanders
Nov. 9 - "History & Identity: Perspectives of a Native Teacher" - Glenabah Martinez, Ph.D.

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Lectures are held at the Taos Center for the Arts Community Auditorium.
All events are free and open to the public.
Lectures begin every Wednesday at 7:00pm, followed by a question and answer period from 8:00pm to 8:30pm.

The purpose of the ten week SMU/UNM-Taos Lecture Series is to share information and ideas about the Taos area – its diverse history, culture, agriculture, arts, mythos, and terrain – with local residents and visitors. We do this through a series of Wednesday evening lectures given by invited speakers who have in-depth knowledge and experience about one or more of these aspects of  Taos. Many of the Lectures are enhanced with visual presentations and will appeal to both young people and adults.

The goal is to have those in attendance gain deeper appreciation of Taos and, more broadly, to strengthen our community bonds and stimulate dialogue and reflection among faculty, students and the wider community.

One week in the series is dedicated tot the Fall Harvest Festival – a celebration with music, food, dance, performances, and demonstrations.

The lectures are free and open to all members of the community.

For more information call 575.737.6242.

www.taoslecture.com

Comedy Show Fundraiser

The UNM-Taos Alumni Association will be the beneficiary of a comedy show fundraiser Friday September 9, 2011 from 7pm-8:30pm at the Hotel Don Fernando de Taos, at 1005 Paseo del Pueblo Sur.

The headlining performer will be "Wolfman" Raymon Ponce de Leon, who was voted "Funniest Person in the Texas Panhandle," and has shared the stage with the likes of George Lopez and Paul Rodriguez. The feature performer will be Marianna Marchenko - "The Raunchy Russian"! Comedy show promoter Marc Kaplan of Taos will be the emcee.

Money raised for the UNM-TAA helps to support UNM-Taos and higher education in Taos County and Northern New Mexico.

Doors to the Don Fernando Restaurant, where each comedy show is held, open at 6:30pm.

Cover charge at the door is $10 with 100% of the profits going to the UNM-TAA.

There will likely be some adult language and the show is for those 21 and older.

Dining before and during the show is welcome. There will be drink specials.

For more information contact Louis Moya, Director of Development, UNM-Taos at (575) 737-3737 or Hotel Don Fernando de Taos Director of Sales Shirley Mondragon (575) 758-4444.