Education

SFCC Governing Board Selects Rowley As President

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 29, 2019
Rebecca K. Rowley, Ph.D
 
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Community College’s Governing Board announces that it has selected Rebecca K. “Becky” Rowley, Ph.D., as the ninth president of the college.
 
Rowley has been president of Clovis Community College since 2011. Prior to becoming president, she was executive vice president (Academics and Student Services) at CCC. Before moving into administration, she taught English as a fulltime faculty member at Clovis Community College for seven years.
 
Since 2015, Rowley has been chair of the New Mexico Independent Community
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Nature On Tap: Science Vs. Science Fiction April 1

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 29, 2019
Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center and the Los Alamos Creative District for a special April Fool’s Day edition of Nature on Tap at 5:30 p.m. Monday, April 1 at UnQuarked Wine Room.
 
PEEC’s team of astronomers will present several stories and facts to the audience and it’s up to audience members to decide which is science and which is science fiction.
 
After hearing all the presentations, audience members will vote on which they think are real and which is the work of someone’s imagination.
 
On Tap is a
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Two LANL Researchers Win Women In Tech Awards

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 28, 2019

New Mexico Technology Council 2019 Women in Technology Award recipients Laura Monroe, left, and Janette Frigo. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

  • Electrical engineer and mathematician recognized as outstanding contributors to STEM fields

Two researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory were recognized with 2019 Women in Technology Awards by the New Mexico Technology Council.

Janette Frigo, an electrical engineer with the Laboratory’s Intelligence and Space Research division, and Laura Monroe, a mathematician with the Laboratory’s High-Performance Computing division, were recognized Read More

SFCC: EPA Environmental Job Training Program April 9

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 28, 2019
SFCC News:
 
SANTA FE ― Santa Fe Community College will present two information sessions on the New Mexico Environmental Job Training Program at 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 9 in the Administration Building/Eagle Café area on the Northern New Mexico College campus, 921 N. Paseo de Oñate in Española.
 
The free five-week intensive training will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, May 20 through June 21, at NNMC in Española.
 
An Environmental Protection Agency grant will cover the training costs for unemployed, underemployed or low-income applicants who
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Community Invited To UNM-LA Job Fair

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 27, 2019

projectY Cowork Community & Marketing Manager Burgandy Brock learned about her position when she attended the 2018 UNM-LA Job Fair. Courtesy/UNM-LA

UNM-LA News:

UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) and the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce are hosting a free job fair 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, April 2 in the Student Center in Building 2 on the UNM-LA campus.

The job fair features approximately 25 area employers looking to fill current and future positions in their workforce or offering information about internship positions.

UNM-LA students, local high school students, and the greater northern New Mexico Read More

Around The World In White Rock April 3

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 27, 2019

Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The public is invited to travel around the world in two hours during the 8th annual Multicultural Fair at Chamisa Elementary School at 5 p.m. April 3.

Presented jointly by Chamisa Elementary and Piñon Elementary Schools, the fair offers attendees the opportunity to celebrate the cultural diversity in the local community through dance, music, crafts and food tastings.

Students receive a passport to visit the many countries represented at the fair. This year will feature  Brazil, Chile, China, Ethiopia, Germany, Honduras, India, Israel, Jamaica, Mexico, Read More

Santa Fe World Affairs Forum: Symposium April 11-12

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 27, 2019
SFWAF News:
 
Santa Fe World Affairs Forum – Annual Symposium “Rising Authoritarianism: Can Democracy Meet the Challenge” Thursday and Friday, April 11-12 in the Jemez Rooms of the Main Administration Building at Santa Fe Community College.
 
As a new era of international strongmen emerges, this symposium, focuses on Europe, Latin America and the US to examine the global authoritarian threat, its underlying causes, and how authoritarianism can be countered. 
 
LACACIS members are eligible for the two-day $95 member discount, which includes breakfasts and lunches
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‘Sacred Land, Sacred Water’ At Nature Center April 2

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 27, 2019
‘SACRED LAND, SACRED WATER: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley’ screens free at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Los Alamos Nature Center and the director will give a Q & A after the film. Courtesy/PEEC
 

PEEC News:

 
The community is invited to join the Sierra Club and Voices of Los Alamos for a special screening of the film “SACRED LAND, SACRED WATER: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, at the Los Alamos Nature Center.
 
The screening is free to attend and director, editor and producer Lewis Jacobs will be available for a Q & A session after the film.
 
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Meet The Scientists! The Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition Is Hosting An interactive Workshop April 3

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 26, 2019

The Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition is hosting a workshop 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 at the Santa Fe Convention Center. Courtesy photo

SFFC News:

SANTA FE ― The Greater Santa Fe Fireshed Coalition is hosting a workshop based on the recent report “A Statement of Common Ground Regarding the Role of Wildfire in Forested Landscapes of the Western United States.”

The workshop is 3-6 p.m. Wednesday, April 3 at the Santa Fe Convention Center and closely examines the report with the expertise of one of the co-investigators, Craig Allen, as well as scientists Tom Swetnam, Ellis Margolis, Jens Stevens, Read More

LANL Foundation Hires Sylvan Argo As Grants Manager

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 25, 2019

Sylvan Argo

LANL FOUNDATION News:

Española — Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening education in Northern New Mexico, welcomes Sylvan Argo as Grants Manager.

This new position was created to broaden the foundation’s grantmaking impact, build community connection and accommodate program growth.

Argo is a dedicated advocate for social equity, youth voice and redefining success and achievement. She has a diverse background working with schools, governments and nonprofits in Northern New Mexico, as well as with government and nonprofit Read More

School Board Work Session Update: March 21

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 25, 2019

Bailey McVay, a 5th grader at Mountain Elementary School, is pictured with her parents, Troy and Tina McVay, and Mountain Principal Jennifer Kieltyka, left, at the School Board work session. Bailey recently had her head shaved to raise awareness of childhood cancer and the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. She was recognized by the School Board for being an inspiration to her classmates and the community. Courtesy/LAPS

LAPS News:

The Los Alamos Public School’s Board met for a work session Thursday, March 21 in the library at Chamisa Elementary School in White Rock.

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Los Alamos Seventh Grade Student Kaya Loy Receives 2019 Youth Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 25, 2019

From left, Bandelier Superintendent Jason Lott, Emily McLaughlin, 2019 Youth Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award recipient Kaya Loy and  Ranger Sara Milligan. Courtesy/Friends of Bandelier

Kaya Loy

 
By TERRY FOXX
For the Friends of Bandelier

Friends of Bandelier have instituted a Youth Dorothy Hoard Stewardship Award. This first year of the award is given to an enthusiastic and conservation minded 7th Grader, Kaya Loy. 

Kaya is the daughter of Bob and Laura Loy of Los Alamos. Laura was raised in Los Alamos and she moved back to Los Alamos with Bob when their daughter was in the Read More

Historic Churches Of New Mexico By Frank Graziano

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 24, 2019
 
HSSF News:
 
Historic Santa Fe Foundation presents a lecture, book launch, book signing and reception for Frank Graziano on the event of his new publication Historic Churches of New Mexico Today.
 
The talk, “Researching and Writing Historic Churches of New Mexico Today”, is scheduled for at 3 p.m., Tuesday, May 21in the sala of HSFF offices lat 545 Canyon Road, Suite 2 in Santa Fe.
 
There is no admission for the talk, but due to limited seating, RSVP is required.
 
Following the talk is a reception and Graziano will sign copies of his new Oxford University Press book
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New Mexico Highlands Media Arts Technology Students Programming App For Los Alamos Trails

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 24, 2019

Courtesy/NMHU

 

NMHU News:

 

New Mexico Highlands Media Arts and Technology Department students are programming 19 new scenic trails into a popular mobile app that features trails in the Los Alamos area.

 

The Pajarito Environmental Education Center is making the free app available for hikers and mountain bikers via iOS or Android phones. http://www.nmhu.edu/students-in-media-arts-program-app-for-los-alamos-trails/ Read More

Change In Grading Schools Dies In Legislature

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 22, 2019
Kevin Mccullough, a dual-language fifth-grade teacher at Sweeney Elementary School, gives a lesson March 13 about state finances. Students discussed how they’d spend an expected $1.1 billion budget surplus. Photo by Luis Sánchez Saturno/The New Mexican
 
By DILLON MULLAN
Two bills that would have created new guidelines for grading New Mexico’s teachers stalled during the just-completed legislative session, but the state Public Education Department will continue to transition away from the evaluation system implemented by the
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Scenes From BSMA Night With A Nerd

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 22, 2019

Community members gather March 14 at Fuller Lodge for the Bradbury Science Museum Association (BSMA) presentation of Night With A Nerd. Featured speaker Tim Koeth presented ‘The Physicists in the Basement of the High Castle’, an intriguing talk about the race between WW2 United States and Germany to build the world’s first atomic weapon and how the United States succeeded where others failed. www.bradburyassociation.org for more information about the BSMA. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com

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NMHU Alumna To Speak At Commencement

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 22, 2019
Felicia Ortiz
 
NMHU News:
 
LAS VEGAS, NM ― Felicia Ortiz, a New Mexico Highlands alumna and successful businesswoman who serves on the Nevada State Board of Education, will speak at the Highlands University main campus commencement ceremony May 11.
 
Ortiz is a Las Vegas, Nev., entrepreneur who earned her B.A in business administration and accounting cum laudefrom Highlands in 2001. She completed her MBA in 2006 at the Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University. In 2012, the Latin Chamber of Commerce in Las Vegas, Nev., honored her as one of the top 10 Latino Power
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Community Budget Meetings For 2019-20 School Year

Submitted by Carol A. Clark on March 21, 2019

LAPS Superintendent Kurt Steinhaus answers questions at Wednesday’s Budget Committee Meeting. Courtesy/LAPS

Several representatives of the LAPS Budget Committee from left, Aspen Secretary Barbara Poston, School Board Vice President Stephen Boerigter, School Board Secretary Jennifer McCumber, community member Morris Pongratz, Los Alamos Middle School Principal Brian Easton, Healthy Schools Initiative Program Director Kristine Coblentz and Student Services Coordinator Karla Crane are just a few representatives on the LAPS Budget Committee. Courtesy/LAPS

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