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LAFD Hosts EMS Facility Tour At UNM-Los Alamos

Los Alamos Fire Department EMS Division Chief Ben Stone chats with Bonnie Olsen during the EMS Training Facility Tour today at UNM-Los Alamos. The tour, which is part of ScienceFest, highlighted the training facility, comprised of areas for scenario-based training with high tech mannequins, including an emergency room and ambulance simulator. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More

PEEC Celebrates ScienceFest Discovery Day!

Come see the Electric Vehicle Show at Discovery Day 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, July 13. PEEC is organizing this event, which is made possible by the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities. PEEC also is hosting the July New Mexico PBS Science Café 2-4 p.m. Stop by to watch a segment of ‘NOVA Wonders: What’s the Universe Made Of?’ and hear from a panel of experts. Courtesy photo
 
Photo by Thomas Graves
 
PEEC News:
 
Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center for two special events this Saturday, July 13 for Los Alamos ScienceFest’s Discovery Day.
 
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New Mexico Highlands University To Help Develop Statewide Early Childhood Learning Needs Assessment

Patricia Jiménez-Latham
 
NMHU News:
 
LAS VEGAS, NM The Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations at New Mexico Highlands University will play a lead role in developing a statewide early childhood learning needs assessment.
 
The New Mexico Early Childhood Development Partnership contracted with CESDP to help develop the State of New Mexico’s Early Learning Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan.
 
“The New Mexico Early Childhood Development Partnership will analyze the information and data gathered through the needs assessment for a 3-year statewide
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Aspiring New Mexico Teachers Now Eligible For More Than $10 Million In New Scholarship Funds

NMHED News:
 
SANTA FE The New Mexico Higher Education Department announced Wednesday that it is awarding millions in scholarship funds to New Mexico colleges and universities for teacher education scholarships, providing up to $3,000 per semester toward each eligible applicant’s tuition, fees, books, course supplies and other costs beginning with the fall 2019 semester.
 
House Bill 275, which has been referred to commonly as the Teacher Preparation Affordability Act and was signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham this year, provides up to $10 million for students
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Two Navajo Women Awarded Los Alamos-based Julie’s Helpers Memorial Scholarships

Chantell Yazzie
 
JHMS News:
 
Presleigh Smiley has a 10-year plan to become one of the first Navajo clinical psychologists to serve her people. Chantell Yazzie is equally determined to serve the Navajo Nation as a registered nurse, specializing in labor and delivery.
 
Both young women are receiving scholarship aid from the Los Alamos-based Julie’s Helpers Memorial Scholarship, administered through White Rock Presbyterian Church.
 
Presleigh Smiley
 
The scholarship honors the memory of Julie Meadows, a young mother and LANL employee who died of a brain tumor
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Santa Fe Summer Shakespeare Offers Stage Combat Workshop With Ambrose Ferber Saturday July 13

Fight Director Ambrose Ferber guides state combat workshop Saturday in Santa Fe. Courtesy/SFSS
 
SFSS News:
 
Whether you are completely new to stage combat, a seasoned SAFD/LAMDA graduate, an actor looking to expand your skill set, or just looking for a fun new workout, come and experience the joys of stage combat!
  • Saturday, July 13, 2019
  • 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
  • Shakespeare Reading Room 3209 Calle Marie in Santa Fe (map)
Under the expert guidance of experienced Fight Director Ambrose Ferber you will learn:
  • Falling Down;
  • Unarmed Combat;
  • Swordplay;
  • Running Into Things;
  • Ugly Fights;
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ScienceFest Activities Through Sunday July 14

A chemistry experiment from the American Chemical Society was on display Tuesday at the ScienceFest Kickoff Party at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/Los Alamos Creative District

Stilt walkers and hoolahoopers get active Tuesday at the ScienceFest Kickoff Party at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy/Los Alamos Creative District

A couple takes a selfie with the fractal hot air balloon, Infinitude, from The Fractal Foundation provided Tuesday as part of the ScienceFest Kickoff Party at the pond. Courtesy/Los Alamos Creative District

 

Los Alamos Creative District News:

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Quorum Notice: At PEC Hearing For Charter Schools

LAPS News:

Members of the Los Alamos School Board may attend the Public Education Commission Hearing for New Charter School Applicants at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 at UNM-Los Alamos, 4000 University Dr.

A Quorum may be present, however, no action will be taken. Read More

Rotary: Galen Gisler On Threat Of Near-Earth Asteroids

Dr. Galen Gisler, retired LANL astrophysicist and community volunteer, recently spoke at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos about the threat of near-Earth asteroids. He described the impacts of the Chicxulub impact in present-day Yucatan that is responsible for the extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, as well as those impacts in our modern age: Tunguska, Siberia in 1908 and Chelyabinsk, Russia in 2013. To study the threat, scientists find potentially hazardous asteroids, calculate their orbits, monitor and characterize them, and if necessary, develop and execute a deflection Read More

‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ At Los Alamos Nature Center Planetarium For ScienceFest Thursday

Watch 2001: A Space Odyssey at the Los Alamos Nature Center Thursday as part of Suds & Shows summer movie and beer night series. Courtesy/PEEC

PEEC News:

The coomunity is invited to watch  2001: A Space Odyssey on Thursday, July 11 in the Los Alamos Nature Center’s planetarium for the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s summer movie series “Suds & Shows.”

This event is a part of PEEC’s programming for Los Alamos ScienceFest. Doors will open and beer and wine will be available from Pajarito Brewpub & Grill at a cash bar starting at 6 p.m. The movie will start in the planetarium Read More

Connor Hoch: My Experience As A Leader In Training

View of Submarine Rock during recent leader In Training backpacking trip. Photo by Connor Hoch/ladailypost.com
 
By CONNOR HOCH
Student Intern
Los Alamos Daily Post

Being a leader is something that can be either exhilarating or catastrophic. Even though a leadership role can be exhausting, it will teach you life experience, leadership and responsibility.

Especially when being a leader at a summer camp like I have. My experience being a Leader In Training (LIT) at the YMCA Camp Shaver has forever changed my perspective of taking care of people. I do not regret a second of it though, for the Read More

Lauritzen: Life After 50 … So Many Events This Week

Lauren Sherwood is co-presenting the 8-week program, Paint Strokes Through Grief, 2-4 p.m. beginning Thursday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Courtesy photo

Jane Mackenzie McConnell is co-presenting the 8-week program, Paint Strokes Through Grief, 2-4 p.m. beginning Thursday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Courtesy photo

 

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Executive Director
LARSO

This month is flying by already, and so many great new things are happening locally, that I thought I would share a few.

On Wednesday, the White Rock Senior Center will host a presentation by Kendra Henning, Read More

Los Alamos ScienceFest 2019 Is Underway!

SCIENCEFEST News:
 
Los Alamos ScienceFest began Tuesday and continues for six days in a row, with a variety of highlights throughout the week.
 
Friday is themed, “Health Day,” as the events will include many based on, “Fitness in the Great Outdoors”. Several local instructors, of a variety of different backgrounds, have teamed up to teach free outdoor classes that will pop up at different spots around town.
 
The entire schedule is posted on the website, www.LosAlamosScienceFest.com and on the ScienceFest Facebook page. Los Alamos is delighted to highlight
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Nan & Jeffrey Sauer Endow Science Scholarship With Donation To Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund

Nan and Jeff Sauer in their home in Los Alamos. Courtesy/LANLF
 
Nan Sauer with Nancy & Jeffrey Sauer Scholarship recipient Amadeo Suazo. Courtesy/LANLF
 
LANLF News:
 
Nancy and Jeffrey Sauer know the importance of education. Through their own experiences, they understand that while some students have clear direction and assistance along the path to college and career, many others, especially those in Northern New Mexico, face greater obstacles to get there.
 
It is the resiliency of local students, the couple’s lifelong commitment to science, and their desire
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UNM; LANL Sign Cooperative Joint Faculty Agreement

Los Alamos National Laboratory is coordinating with the University of New Mexico with a new joint faculty agreement to increase learning and research opportunities. Image credit, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Courtesy/LANL

 

LANL News:

 

The University of New Mexico (UNM) and Los Alamos National Laboratory signed a landmark Institutional Agreement that provides staff from both institutions unprecedented access to collaborative research and allows for academic appointments for LANL staff and scientific staff appointments for UNM faculty. Laboratory staff Read More

SFCC Announces Tekla Johnson Is New Director Of Statewide First Born® Program Based At College

Tekla Johnson

SFCC News:

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College announces Tekla Johnson is the new director of the statewide First Born® Home Visiting program – based at the college.

The home visiting educational program supports families with first-born children ages prenatal to three. The program’s mission is to increase the health and wellness of women pregnant for the first time, families parenting for the first time and families adopting their first baby. Housed at SFCC’s Early Childhood Center of Excellence, the program provides statewide training, curriculum, technical assistance Read More

Warren Houghteling Memorial Scholarships Announced

The Los Alamos Little Theatre has announced that Jessica Erkkila and Nora Cullinan have been award $1,000 Warren Houghteling Memorial Scholarships. Warren’s love of theatre and devotion to the community will be carried on by these talented young thespians. Courtesy/LALT

Portrait of Warren Houghteling. Courtesy/LALT Read More

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