El Día De Los Libros / El Día De Los Niños

Join Us In Celebrating …. April 30, 2010

El Día De Los Libros / El Día De Los Niños (Children’s Day- Book Day)

This celebration has been designated by UNICEF and honored for over 85 years internationally. With the endorsement of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking, the National Association of Bilingual Education and the National Council of Teachers of English, Pat Mora, nationally acclaimed author of books for children and adults, proposed linking the celebration of childhood and children with literacy. “Its goals are to honor children, their languages and culture; to encourage reading and literacy and to promote library collections and programs that reflect our plurality.” American Library Association

In acknowledgment of Día de los Libros/Día de los Niños, UNM-Taos Library is hosting a visit with Roberto Mondragon. Mr. Mondragon is on the Board of the National Hispanic Cultural Center, serves as special water projects coordinator for the New Mexico state engineer’s office and the Interstate Stream Commission and is partner in Aspectos Culturales, a Santa Fe based firm dedicated to maintaining and sharing various aspects of Hispano Heritage.

_______________SCHEDULE FOR FRIDAY- APRIL 30, 2010________________________

9:30 a.m. - 10:30a.m. – Reading and face-painting at the UNM-Taos

Childcare Center- UNM-Taos Students and Staff

11:30 a.m. - KXMT Radio interview 99.1FM

12noon-1pm- Presentation in Larry Torres UNM-Taos class-Klauer Campus

1:30-2:30- Informal meeting with teachers and students- Klauer Campus Room 109

3:30- 5:30pm- Reception with students and community. Music by Taos Middle School Mariachi Band. Refreshments donated by DMC Broadcasting and Applebees. Location: Taos Middle School Library

Roberto Mondragon will be presenting in many of the day’s events, as well as the closing reception.

Read It to the Mountain!

This Thursday, April 29, 2010 7:00 PM

at UNM-Taos Klauer Campus is

The 5th annual UNM-Taos “Read It to the Mountain” event is
an enchanting way to familiarize yourself with the
specialties of faculty poets, authors, essayists and
journalists who teach creative and professional writing
every spring, summer, and fall semester at UNM-Taos. Among
the many dedicated members of the lower-division
English/C&J faculty, there are currently several
instructors who are also professional, published writers.
This annual “Read It to the Mountain” event showcases the
professors’ creative talents in a breathtaking setting at
Klauer.

** FREE for the whole community **

Confirmed readers include:
Ellie Behrstock teaches creative writing classes at
UNM-Taos. She is writing a memoir, "The Eye of the Moon,"
about her life in New England and the Southwest. Ellie is
co-executive director of Open Hearth Arts and co-owner of
the Plaza Theater.

Steve Fox's nonfiction book "Toxic Work--Women Workers at
GTE Lenkurt" was published in 1991. He is finishing a
memoir of his experiences in Greece while a U.S. Air Force
officer in the late 1960s. He teaches writing and American
Studies at UNM-Taos and writes for the Horse Fly.

Robin Powlesland is an educator, writer and painter. After
attending California College of the Arts in San Francisco
and earning her MFA she relocated to New Mexico where she
has taught at Questa High School, UNM-Taos and the
Institute of American Indian Arts. You can find her
writing in her locally produced chapbook, “Double-Shot
Straight.”

Susan Carpenter Sims is an instructor and grantwriter at
UNM-Taos, the mother of three teenagers and a
two-year-old, and the owner of Illuminated Manuscripts, a
professional writing and editing business. Somehow, she
also finds time to keep up with her blog, The Whole
Blooming World, which can be found at
http://thepollinatrix.blogspot.com.

Bonnie Lee Black recently completed her third memoir,
tentatively titled The Patchwork Project: A Memoir of
Mali, about her life and humanitarian work in Segou, Mali,
West Africa. She teaches English composition and Creative
Nonfiction Writing at UNM-Taos.
A fairly recent photo is attached.

Anne MacNaughton teaches in the Literacy and Cultural
Studies Academy at UNM-Taos, and has been published in
numerous journals and anthologies including The Best
Poetry of 1989, The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart, and In
Company: an Anthology of New Mexico Poets after 1960.
Past-director of the Taos Poetry Circus literary festival
as well as the Poetry Education Project that created the
first poetry performance team competition for teens, she
was co-recipient with Mary McGinnis and Peter Rabbit of
the New Mexico Literary Association’s first annual
Appreciation Award last year. A founding member of The
Luminous Animal jazz-poetry performance ensemble, she also
spends time working as an editor, visual artist and
organic farmer.

Sam Richardson teaches communications and journalism for
The University of New Mexico. He is also a free-lance
artist and writer, publishing in newspapers and magazines
in Texas and New Mexico. As a storyteller and emcee he
occasionally does public performances in Taos. Among his
topics is presidential humor. He is vice president of the
Friends of D.H. Lawrence and has served on the UNM faculty
senate and the Fall Arts Festival board. Currently, his
artwork is on display at Eskes Brew Pub in Taos.

UNM Taos Library Newsletter

Phase 1 is complete!

The Department of Student Success is in the process of moving to Taos Pueblo Hall East (the green building on the east side), and Phase 1 is complete!

In Phase 1 we moved the Student Advisors, Damon Montclare and Mildred Young, and the Student Success Director, Amie Chávez-Aguilar.

Advising 737-6202

Please call 737-6202 to schedule an advising appointment with Damon Montclare or Mildred Young.

Accessibility Services 737-6202

If you are a student who needs accommodations based on a disability, or if you think you may have a disability, please contact Amie Chávez-Aguilar. Call 737-6202 to schedule an appointment.

Graduation 737-6202

In order to graduate, you must submit a Petition to Graduate. Please contact Mildred Young to begin the process.

Student Government 737-3699

Student Government has also moved to Taos Pueblo Hall East and has a new phone number. Call your senators at 737-3699. Damon Montclare or Bill Knief can also be contacted for additional information regarding Student Government.

In Phase 2 of the move to Taos Pueblo Hall East we will be moving CASA, with Kathy Spess, CASA Manager and all the tutoring staff!

CASA Tutoring and COMPASS Placement Testing 737-3695

CASA will be located in Taos Pueblo Hall East, in the Department of Student Success. As of March 8^th their new number is 737-3695. Until then, CASA will remain at 758-5904. Please call to schedule an appointment so that the staff will be ready to help you with your tutoring needs.

COME SEE US AT OUR NEW HOME!