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UNM joins city on Route 66 revamp
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Collaboration gives students real-world experience by Avicra Luckey
Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning Geraldine Forbes said the city will pay the A new partnership between $50,000 annual lease for the faUNM and the city of Albuquerque cility. She said the University will will allow graduate students in use resources it already has to the University’s School of Archi- staff the facility. She said the parttecture and Planning to help plan nership provides a formal venue for students to plan with city Albuquerque’s cityscape. Officials at the city Planning officials. “We’ll be doing research and Department said ABQ + UNM CityLab is a partnership that will collecting data that is available take place in a 3,000-square-foot for city use as well as our own facility Downtown at 505 Central use, so we’ll be sharing data and ideally design ideas,” she said. Ave N.W. Project manager Linda Rumpf “They’re really excited about the said graduate students will work prospect of working Downtown, to redesign Route 66 as part of collaborating with the city (and) ABQ the Plan, a city improvement trying to work on projects that they feel would initiative that incontribute to the cludes improveenvironment and ments for the the growth of the Rio Grande, Bus city.” Rapid Transit Forbes said (BRT) line and the project althe Paseo Del lows students to Norte and I-25 gain real-world interchange. experience and She said stuoffer the city new dents will also design and planwork on projects ning ideas. She that address othis working with er issues, such ~Richard Berry University proas a city neighdirectors to borhood or city mayor of Albuquerque gram design the curcorridor, potenriculum and detial development cide which classes would suit the zones or infrastructure issues. Improvements to the river will Downtown space. “Provost (Chaouki) Abdallah make it more accessible along major crossings. The Paseo Del pointed out that we’re all part of Norte interchange improvements one giant ecosystem (and) that’s will make travel times shorter for the city of Albuquerque,” she said. morning and evening commut- “UNM is part of the community ers and a BRT will connect east and so it’s an advantage to us to to west from Tramway to 98th see Architecture PAGE 2 Street.
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“This is a phenomenal opportunity for the city of Albuquerque to connect with our flagship university.”
Juan Labreche / Daily Lobo Kyle Powers, a trip leader for the UNM Recreation Services’ Getaway Adventures group, climbs the Cattle Call Wall Route in Jemez Springs, N.M. to secure a rope on a novice climbing “problem.” Climbing “problems” this day ranged from novice to intermediate. The Getaway group also organizes other outdoor trips such as kayaking, hiking, snowshoeing also offers an outdoor survival course. See full story on page 3.
Students treat alcohol abuse at UNM clinic by Avicra Luckey
avicraluckey@gmail.com Clinical psychology graduate students receive real-life training at an alcohol abuse treatment clinic provided by the Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse and Addictions (CASAA). Psychology graduate student Kevin Hallgren, a student clinician at the clinic, Alcohol Treatment @ UNM, said he has worked at the center since it opened in March 2011. He said the program, which has provided services to about 40 clients, is useful for the community and the University because it serves as both a training facility for students and a treatment center for those in need. “It was a service that we can provide that would be helpful to the community because a lot of people want help with alcohol-
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related problems, but it’s oftentimes difficult to find services for that,” he said. Hallgren said the outcome of alcohol treatment depends on whether the patient has a desire to stop drinking. He said he uses strategies such as motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy to help patients make the decision and better understand how to overcome addiction. “Motivational interviewing (is) usually to help clients figure out where they want to go in terms of their drinking; so, if they want to stop drinking or not,” he said. “Cognitive behavior therapy is for when the client already knows what they want to do, but we’re going to work on skills together to make sure they can do that effectively.” Hallgren said although he first majored in engineering, he
switched to psychology because he enjoyed problem-solving more when the solutions directly benefited other people. “It’s given me a bigger picture of what it is that we as psychologists can do to help people with drinking problems in talking to people with such diverse experiences,” he said. Director of CASAA Barbara McCrady said the clinic offers several different types of therapy, including community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT), in which patients learn to identify positive things in their lives instead of drinking. McCrady said the clinic was recently approved by Access to Recovery, a federal program that provides support to people with alcohol and substance abuse issues, to continue serving lowincome clients in Albuquerque.
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She said Access to Recovery pays about $1,000 per client for three months of treatment. Hallgren said treatment costs are determined on a sliding scale that is based on the client’s ability to pay. He said the clinic never turns away patients who can’t pay for treatment. “We’re willing to keep going lower and lower until it’s something the client can afford,” Hallgren said. “Whether it’s $5, $10 or the change in their pockets … we just try to establish it so that the cost isn’t a barrier to treatment.” Hallgren said he is excited about the possibility of hosting group therapy sessions to give clinicians experience with it as well as serve more patients. He said the clinic could provide group therapy as early as this fall. “That can be a really helpful
way to see more clients at once,” he said. “We have some really effective group therapies that exist in the world, but we just haven’t been able to implement them yet, but we want to start a group therapy program in the near future.”
For more information about Alcohol Treatment @ UNM, call (505) 277-5165 or follow the QR code.
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