Education

Digging Up Ancient Astronomy In Desert Southwest June 6

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NMDCA News:

ALAMOGORDO — Explore how ancient New Mexico communities aligned with the stars at the New Mexico Museum of Space History’s upcoming Launch Pad Lecture Archaeoastronomy Associations of the Great Kiva at Creekside Village. David Greenwald’s presentation will focus on the Jornada Mogollon agricultural community (A.D. 600-900) and their use of astronomy in daily life.

Excavations have revealed a large, great kiva aligned with the eastern horizon, allowing observation of solstice, equinox sunrises, and other celestial events. “Creekside Village was both a scientific Read More

Lunch With A Leader: Think New Mexico’s Kristina Fisher Addresses State’s Growing Health Care Worker Shortage

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Think New Mexico Associate Director Kristina G. Fisher, speaking at the League of Women Voters ‘Lunch with a Leader’ event held May 15 at the Unitarian Church. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

Think New Mexico Associate Director Kristina G. Fisher discusses the state’s serious and growing shortage of health care workers during the May 15 ‘Lunch with a Leader’ event. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Think New Mexico Associate Director Kristina G. Fisher was the featured speaker at the monthly League of Women Voters Read More

Business Scholar Luncheon And Workshop: ‘Crisis-Proof Your Business’ Wednesday May 28 At SALA

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UNM-LA News:

The UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) Title V PASE grant, Small Business Development Center at UNM-LA and Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce are hosting a Business Scholar Luncheon and workshop on Crisis-Proof Your Business: Incident Response & Readiness.

The workshop, presented by Jay Christianson, founder and chief strategic officer of the business cultivation agency Tin Sheets, is 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, May 28 at the SALA Los Alamos Event Center.

Lunch will be provided and includes a talk about how to protect your organization against anything from a natural disaster Read More

Vacation Bible School At White Rock Baptist Church June 2-6

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COMMUNITY News:

White Rock Baptist Church is hosting its annual Vacation Bible School (VBS), 8:45 a.m. to noon Monday, June 2 through Friday, June 6. This year’s theme is “Magnified!”

Magnified! VBS will encourage kids to look closely at the details of God’s amazing world and magnify, or proclaim, the greatness of God. God made us, cares about us, loves us, forgives us, and is faithful to keep all His promises to us. We can praise God together! We were made to magnify God!

Registration is free and open to children from Pre-K (born in or after September 2019) through completed 5th grade. To register, Read More

Kiwanis Hears About Children’s Literacy From McCurdy Ministries’ Kercida McClain

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Kercida McClain, McCurdy Ministries

By BROOKE DAVIS
Kiwanis Club

At their May 5 meeting, the Kiwanis Club enjoyed a presentation by Kercida McClain of the McCurdy Ministries who described the work of the Children’s Literacy Program in the Espanola Valley. The program is called LEER, the Spanish word for “to read”, was started in January to address the serious literacy issues in the area and the challenges they present.

The situation in the Espanola school district is troubling. There is only one public library which is only open until 5 p.m., only one elementary school has a library and a librarian, Read More

Rotary Honors Distinguished LAHS Student Hailey Duran

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Rotarian Vincent Chiravalle, left, presents a Distinguished Student of Service certificate to Los Alamos High School (LAHS) junior Hailey Duran, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, as her parents James and Agoyo Duran, and her grandmother Pearl Talachy share the moment, May 13, during the Rotary Club of Los Alamos meeting at the United Church of Los Alamos. Photo by Victoria Garcia. 

By VINCENT CHIRAVALLE
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

On May 13 the Rotary Club of Los Alamos presented Hailey Duran, a Los Alamos High School junior with a Distinguished Student of Service award. Hailey is indeed Read More

CHESS Names Dr. Shaun McAlmont As The Next CEO

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Dr. Shaun McAlmont

CHESS News:

SANTA FE — The Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services (CHESS) is proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Shaun McAlmont as its new Chief Executive Officer. Dr. McAlmont will succeed founding CEO Kathy Ulibarri, who will retire after guiding CHESS from its formation in 2021 to its emergence as a national model for shared services in higher education.

Dr. McAlmont brings more than 25 years of senior leadership experience in education and workforce development, including serving as CEO of NINJIO, President of Career Learning at Stride, Inc., and CEO Read More

Rotary Honors Distinguished LAHS Student James Ito

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Rotarian Vincent Chiravalle presents a Distinguished Student of Service certificate to LAHS junior James Ito, on behalf of the Rotary Club of Los Alamos as his mother Megan Lee shares the moment, May 13, at the United Church of Los Alamos. Photo by Victoria Garcia.

By VINCENT CHIRAVALLE
Rotary Club of Los Alamos

The motto of Rotary is Service above Self. To support this motto in each academic year, the Rotary Club of Los Alamos honors “Distinguished Students of Service” in their junior year of high school.

Students are first nominated by their teachers asked to select those who:

  • Have given positive
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Scenes From UNM-Los Alamos 44th Annual Graduation Convocation May 16 At Duane Smith Auditorium

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UNM-Los Alamos Chancellor Dr. Mike Holtzclaw welcomes dignitaries, faculty, graduates, and their families and friends to the 44th annual Graduation Convocation Friday evening, May 16, 2025, at Duane Smith Auditorium. Sixty-eight students will have earned certificates and degrees this year, with more than 20 attending Friday’s ceremony. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Special guest Frances Chadwick, staff director at Los Alamos National Laboratory, presents an inspirational talk to the graduates. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com

Los Alamos Daily Post Publisher Carol Read More