Leah Sneider - Arts & Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence

Leah Sneider has been chosen to receive the 2009-2010 Arts and Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence. This award, made to a single Teaching Assistant from among all the departments of the College of Arts and Sciences, recognizes the awardee's excellence in the classroom and as a colleague in the program, the department, and the university.

Jim Burbank - Outstanding Faculty Recognition Award

Congratulations to Jim Burbank who has received the American Indian Student Services Outstanding Faculty and Staff Recognition Award in recognition of valuable contributions to the UNM Native Student community. He has also been elected Vice President of the UNM Chapter of the AAUP.

Academy of Poets Prize Winners Announced

Academy of American Poets Prize, 2010 Winners

We are pleased to announce the winners and honorable mentions of the 2010 Academy of American Poets Prize Competition! 39 UNM poets participated in both the grad and undergrad contests. Winners
each receive $75. Thanks to everyone who submitted work!

Dana Levin, Contest Coordinator

Graduate Competition:

Winner: Tommy Archuleta, for "Jack's Creek Soliloquy"
Hon Mention: Erika Sanchez, for "Earthquake"

Judge: Amy Beeder

Undergraduate Competition:

Winner: Katlyn McKinney, for "Water Passing"
Hon Mention: Oakley Merideth, for "Vulgar Latin"

Judge: Lisa Chavez

Transparency Statement:
All submissions were presented to judges with identifying marks removed. The contest coordinator did no pre-screening, ranking or evaluation, added no commentary on submissions, and engaged in no conversation with the judges regarding submissions. For more information on the contest and the Academy of American Poets, see the organization web page.

Reading: May-lee Chai

Tonight! April 30th, 7 p.m.
Humanities 108

May-lee Chai is the award-winning author of six books, including Hapa Girl: A Memoir, Glamorous Asians,  and The Girl From Purple Mountain. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Literature Fellowship in Prose. She has published short stories and essays in many journals, magazines and anthologies, including Seventeen, Missouri Review, North American Review, and The Jakarta Post Weekender Magazine. Her new novel, Dragon Chica, is coming out this fall.

Anglo Saxon Manuscripts Digitized

The Parker Library, held at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge, has been digitized and can now be seen on the internet. The collection of over 550 manuscripts includes the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, the earliest written history in English.

Visit the Parker Library website here.

History Department Colloquium Event: Dr. Maria Lane

You are invited to Dr. Maria Lane's presentation of her work "Water, Technology, and
the Courtroom: New Mexicans Resist the Reclamation Era" as the final History Department Colloquium Event for Spring 2010.

Friday April 30th. 
Time: 2-4 pm,
Location: History Department Commons Room, Mesa Vista Hall.

Works in Progress Seminar: Geoffrey R. Russom

Tuesday, May 4, 12:45 - 2:00 PM
Mesa Vista Hall 1104 (History Department Commons)

Ancient Poems and Universalist Poetics
With Dr. Geoffrey R. Russom, Brown University, Visiting Scholar in Medieval Scandinavian Studies

Refreshment will be served