Funds Help Make College Education More Affordable
Gov. Susana Martinez
STATE News:
Gov. Susana Martinez announced the awarding of $750,000 in scholarship funds to New Mexico higher education institutions to help make college education more affordable for New Mexicans.
These scholarships will be given to students in awards of up $1,000. The funding will also be expanded to include fees, books and supplies. The funding, which will be available for Fiscal Year 2015, is a $250,000 increase from funding levels in past years.
“Making these funds available will help more New Mexico students cope with the financial challenges of higher education,” Read More
LANL Employees Pledge Record $327,000 in 2014 LAESF Scholarship Drive
LANL Director Charlie McMillan chats with 2014 LANL Employees’ Scholarship recipient Nicolette Gonzales. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
As of July 1, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employees pledged a record $327,000 during the recently completed 2014 Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund (LAESF) drive.
The drive encourages Laboratory employees, retirees and subcontract personnel to donate to a fund that awards college scholarships to Northern New Mexico students.
The drive encourages Laboratory employees, retirees, and subcontract personnel to donate to a fund Read More
New Atomic Heritage Foundation Website Previews Manhattan Project Historical Park
J. Robert Oppenheimer. Courtesy photo
AHF News:
With prospects looking good this year for a Manhattan Project National Historical Park, the Atomic Heritage Foundation (AHF) is launching a timely new website for prospective visitors to the Manhattan Project communities at www.atomicheritage.org.
The new park is expected to generate 500,000 or more tourists to Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Hanford, Wash., over the next decade. As a preview of coming attractions, prospective visitors can take a virtual tour and immerse themselves in the Manhattan Project online.
With colorful photographs, Read More
UNM-LA’s Executive Director Stepping Down
Cedric PageAfter seven years as executive director of UNM-Los Alamos, Cedric Page is stepping down July 1 and will assume full-time duties as a tenured professor.
“I plan to teach several geography and social science courses and participate in various service, grant and research activities. Engaging students in learning about global, national and regional concepts and contemporary issues will be an exciting way of continuing my contribution to UNM-LA,” Page said.
United Way Launches ‘Born Learning Trail’ to Promote Early Childhood Learning, Family Fun
Photo by Jeremy Varela
UWNNM News:
Learning happens everywhere a child goes, but parents, grandparents and caregivers may not always know how to support that learning.
All that changed when United Way of Northern New Mexico (UWNNM), Los Alamos County, Metzger’s “Do It Best” and the YMCA “YES” Corp, along with community volunteers, came together to create an outdoor early-learning trail at Urban Park to help adults turn excursions with young children into fun, interactive learning moments. The trail was unveiled June 19.
The “Born Learning Trail” is a series of learning activities that any Read More
François Lafond to Speak at SFI on ‘The Evolution of Knowledge Systems’ July 2
François Lafond
SFI News:
The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) will hold a seminar at 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 in the Collins Conference Room at SFI.
François Lafond, Research Fellow, London Institute for Mathematical Scienc (LIMS), and Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School is the featured speaker. He will give a talk entitled “The Evolution of Knowledge Systems.” The SFI host is Doyne Farmer.
Abstract: The creation and allocation of economic wealth ultimately relies on the creation and diffusion of knowledge. As a result, understanding the dynamics, organization Read More
YMCA Holds Scholastic Book Fair Through July 9
PEEC Hosts Summer Family Evening July 1
PEEC NEWS:
Join the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and Valles Caldera Lead Educator Brittney Van Der Werff at PEEC’s Summer Family Evening 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, July 1 to learn how to simulate the rock cycle using aluminum foil and crayons.
Van Der Werff will show participants how to create igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks in this fun hands-on activity. Families are welcome to drop in anytime to try their hand at the activity.
Van Der Werff is the education coordinator for the Valles Caldera National Preserve. She received her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Read More
Los Alamos School Resource Officer Helps 26 Boy Scouts Achieve Merit Badges
School Resource Officer Jordan Redmond is teaching 26 Boy Scouts from throughout Los Alamos and White Rock about Crime Prevention, Emergency Preparedness, Finger Printing, Fire Safety, Law, Safety and Traffic Safety for their merit badges. Photo by Laura Gonzales
Photo by Laura Gonzales
Mountain School Certifies as NWF Schoolyard Habitat
Members of Mountain School Green Team with club sponsor Michele Altherr, third from right. Courtesy photoLAPS News:
Mountain School’s Green Team certified their campus as a Schoolyard Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation.
Certified schools provide the four elements of a habitat: food, water, cover and places to raise young. Elements of a habitat can be natural features such as trees, flowers, rocks, logs and seasonal wet areas, as well as artificial features such as bird feeders, saucers of water and nesting boxes.
The Green Team went to work on certification last spring. Read More
PEEC and New Mexico PBS Present Science Café: Mysterious Life of Caves
A caver explores Lechuguilla Cave. Courtesy/PEEC
Fantastic formations inside Lechuguilla Cave. Courtesy/PEECPEEC News:
Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is once again teaming up with the New Mexico Public Broadcasting System (PBS), to bring to Los Alamos another installation of the popular New Mexico PBS Science Café.
This time the topic will be the mysterious life of caves and will focus on the Lechuguilla Cave in southeastern New Mexico. The free program is 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 28 at PEEC.
Lechuguilla Cave, often considered the most beautiful cave in the Read More
Los Alamos Special School Board Meeting June 26
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos School Board will hold a special board meeting at 5 p.m., June 26 at the Administrative Offices, 2075 Trinity Dr., Suite V.
The agenda will include discussion of the 20-Year Facility Master Plan Committee, updates on the Education Effectiveness System Evaluation Plan, Strategic Plan, Quality of Education Surveys, Policy Review for Policy 1240 School Visitation, Policy Review for Special Education Policies 5200-5212 and Summer School Schedule and School Board Retreats.
Also on the agenda: approval of a price increase for the Hot Lunch Program. The meeting is open Read More
Los Alamos’ Frank Kuzminski Awarded Master’s Degree from Harvard Kennedy School
Frank Kuzminski
EDUCATION News:
Frank Kuzminski of Los Alamos graduated May 29 from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University with a Master’s in Public Administration degree (MPA).
Kuzminski, son of Jozef and Barbara Kuzminski of White Rock, has served on tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom, and in Korea as a U.S. Army Infantry Officer. He is also a West Point graduate. Following graduation, he will be on the Army Staff for Strategic Plans and Policy at the Pentagon.
“The graduating class of 2014 is a dedicated and inspired group of women and men who aspire to make Read More
Kiwanis Awards Kristen Haertling With Jeannette O. Wallace Scholarship
From left, Adult Key Club Mentors Don Casperson and Morrie Pongratz, Kristen Haertling, Jeannette Wallace’s son Terry Wallace, Haertling’s mother Trudy Haertling, Haertling’s father Mike Haertling, Kiwanis President Karen Kendall and Haertling’s brother Daniel. Photo by Sharon Stover
KIWANIS News:
The Los Alamos Kiwanis Club presented Kristen Haertling with a scholarship award Tursday in memory of longtime Kiwanian Jeannette O. Wallace. Haertling will attend Texas Tech University and major in arts and sciences with a minor in music.
Haertling was selected Read More
The Amateur Naturalist: Chamisa Bushes as Insect Nurseries
The Amateur NaturalistEarly summer is a good time to observe the emergence of two kinds of insects on chamisa, also called rabbit bush. The larvae of the picture-winged fly (Aciurina bigeloviae) have been patiently nesting in galls on the chamisa for the past winter. The larvae of a leaf beetle that live specifically on the chamisa also emerge.
Adult picture-winged flies with their brightly patterned wings emerge from their galls in May and promptly lay the next generation of eggs on chamisa plants. The larvae that emerge from the eggs then burrow Read More
Tessa Snyder of Los Alamos Receives $25,000 Scholarship
Tessa Snyder. File photo
UNM News:
ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Leadership Institute will present 29 college-bound students with $25,000 scholarships during a banquet June 28 to celebrate the completion of a year-long leadership program.
The banquet will be on the campus of UNM, in the Student Union Building, Ballroom A. Senior members of the faculty and administration will be in attendance for the graduation.
The New Mexico Leadership Institute is an innovative Read More
Scholarships Available for Medical Students
SCHOLARSHIP News:
Students are invited to apply for scholarship funds available through the John and Willie Mae Helm Scholarship Fund and the Los Alamos Medical Society.
Students are eligible to apply if they are residents of Los Alamos County or have spent the majority of their lives as residents of Los Alamos County. Applicants are required to write a letter about their medical school background, to fill out a scholarship application form, and to send an official copy of their medical school transcript. If the student has not yet completed their first semester of medical school, an undergraduate Read More
PEEC, Bandelier, Fuller Lodge Art Center Partner for ‘Predators and Prey’ June 24
Predators, such as this mountain lion, and prey will be the topic of PEEC’s Summer Family Evening June 24. Photo by Hari Viswanathan with customized critter cam. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
Every Tuesday throughout June and July, the Pajarito Environmental Education Center (PEEC) is offering its popular Summer Family Evenings, each with a different theme and activity. PEEC will team up with Bandelier and the Fuller Lodge Art Center to present “Predators and Prey” 6:30-8 p.m. June 24 at PEEC.
Chris Judson of Bandelier will give a fun and entertaining slide show about predators and prey that kids Read More
Three Groups Team Up For LAHS Landscaping Project
Teacher Kathy Boerigter and Kiwanian Morrie Pongratz at the picnic table recently installed outside Boeringter’s classroom at Los Alamos High School. Courtesy/LAPSF
Luke Kachelmeier, Chuck Kooshian and Don Casperson join others shoveling dirt during the landscaping project at the high school. Courtes/LAPSFA small area of the Los Alamos High School campus was landscaped in a joint effort Read More
LAPS Foundation Celebrates Teacher Achievements
Front row from left, Joline Keeler and Katie Tauxe. Back row from left, Maria Thibodeau, Janet Newton, Stephanie Mitchell, Jeff Lloyd, Tammy Moore and Michelle Carrara. Not pictured are Audrey Juliani, Lana Martin and Margaret Ritchie. Courtesy photoLAPSF News:
The Los Alamos Public School Foundation recently recognized 13 teachers from within the Los Alamos Public Schools for having completed either National Board Certification or New Mexico Teaching Licensure advancement.
“Going through the process for National Board certification was very difficult, but also gratifying. Achieving Read More
