
University Announcements
Important dates:
- The summer semester starts with registration on Monday, June 10, and classes on Tuesday, June 11.
New Mexico Tech in the news.
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The three TV news stations in Albuquerque aired reports about a fire at EMRTC last Monday. Cilck here for the KRQE report. Click here for the KOAT report. Click here for the KOB report. Click here for the Albuquerque Journal report. Note: the TV reports mentioned "an explosion," but there was no explosion. The Tech follow-up report is online on the homepage. As of Monday, the investigation is pending.
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Space.com first published an article online about the concept of humans on Mars, which included comments from Dr. Penny Boston of Tech. Boston was a speaker at the Humans 2 Mars Summit in Washington, D.C., last week. That article was syndicated and appeared on several major news websites, including CBSNews.com and FoxNews.com, and many other news aggregator sites. The Register (U.K.) published a short article, notable only for the headline: "Life on Mars means subsisting on grim diet of turd-garden spinach."
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USA Today published an article about pet ownership among college students. Tech student Shelby Trujillo was quoted in the article.
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The Santa Fe Reporter published an in-depth article about proposed new rules for water pollution and treatment at copper mines. One of the main players is attorney Bruce Frederick of the New Mexico Environmental Law Center. Frederick also has a master's in hydrology from New Mexico Tech.
- The Ruidoso News published an article about new exploration for rare earth elements on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Ginger McLemore of the Bureau of Geology is the expert on rare earth and was quoted at length.
Items of interest:
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The Tech gym has a few T-shirts remaining from intramurals and the Owl Bar Run. T-shirts are $3 on a first-come, first-served basis. Available shirts are in all sizes and various colors, including hot pink, turquoise blue, grey and tan. See Annine Gabaldon at the Gym.
- What can you do with your empty printer and copier ink cartridges, and the cell phones you're no longer using? Put them in a collection box for the Rotary Club of Socorro. This project is partly community service, to keep the cartridges and phones out of the landfill, and partly an effort to raise funds for Rotary's local, national, and international projects. You will find collection boxes on campus in the Fidel Center, Human Resources, NRAO, MRO, and the Bureau of Geology. You will also see them at various locations around Socorro. Rotary thanks you for your help!
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The Property Department would like to remind all university divisions that Tech has many surplus items available to be claimed by any New Mexico Tech office or department. Items range from chairs and chalkboards to Smartboards and spectrometers, some perfectly serviceable and others requiring a bit of tender loving care and do-it-yourself restoration. The technical term for this re-gifting is "Surplus Property Reutilization," and to assist in determining what we have that you may be able to use, the Property website now features a Reutilization Bulletin Board, updated weekly. Take a moment to visit www.nmt.edu/property-control to learn how we can help you stretch your budget. At the Property homepage, click the link to the Bulletin Board, and scroll down to the two downloadable PDF files.
- The SoLLVE Vanpool Express has two immediate openings for new part or full-time riders. The Socorro-Los Lunas Vanpool Express is a not-for-profit group solely formed to provide transportation between the greater Los Lunas area (including Bosque Farms, Belen and the South Valley of Abq) and Socorro for employees and students of New Mexico Tech, the NRAO, and other local Socorro businesses. A few part-time (2 or 3X per week) and full-time positions are presently available. We also have a wait-list for people who plan to join at a future date. For more information, visit the SoLLVE website at NMT or contact Dr. Michelle Creech-Eakman: mce@kestrel.nmt.edu.
- Construction of the new dormitory is nearing completion on the south side of campus. The new dorm will add 150 beds to the campus. The project remains on schedule for a fall 2013 opening.
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The pending construction of a new Bureau of Geology building will remove about 100 parking spaces in the vicinity of ISD, Weir Hall and Skeen Library. Commuters should expect to park along the streets (Bullock or Leroy) or at Macey Center. These parking spaces will be permanently removed from campus. Tech received $100,000 from the state legislature to add parking; however, the location of new parking has yet to be determined.
- More construction news: After the Bureau of Geology building is finished, the existing building will be razed to make room for a new building to replace Jones Hall.
Homes For Sale
- 503 Mesa Place. Contact: Aili, (575) 518-8687, email: li@nmt.edu
- 1218 Apache Drive. Contact Dr. Ashok Ghosh at 575-517-0793 or ashokgho@gmail.com
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1300 Vista Drive. Contact Jeff at jeff.johnson@ees.nmt.edu or (603) 781-7376 or Liz at liz.clabaugh@gmail.com or (603) 781-1269.
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1224 Apache Drive. Contact Keith Cummings at keith3k@gmail.com or 575-317-9726.
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1207 Vista Drive. Contact Rick Aster or Jan Tarr at (575) 835-4596.




