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Budget Summit to tackle enrollment, tuition By Danielle Prokop @ProkopDani Despite a bump in state funding, the University of New Mexico still feels budget pressure due to enrollment shortfalls, resulting in declining tuition and student fee revenues. Those concerns are front and center in UNM’s 2020 fiscal year proposals, which include a tuition increase, a pay bump for employees and an additional fee for technology. Proposals will be vetted on Tuesday at the Budget Summit, which will bein the Student Union Building in Ballroom C at 9:00 a.m. The summit will be incorporated into the regularly scheduled Board of Regents meeting. The Budget Leadership Team (BLT) is responsible for developing the fiscal year 2020 projections and recommendations for managing a multi-million dollar budget. The group is made up of various department deans, administrators, constituency groups (faculty, staff, Associated Students of UNM, and
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By Danielle Prokop/ @ProkopDani/ Daily Lobo
The Board of Regents at the regular meeting on March 11, 2019.
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Fiestas 2019 packs Johnson Field
Muhammad Afzaal elected president of GPSA By Justin Garcia @just516garc Graduate and professional students at the University of New Mexico now have a new president. Muhammad Afzaal was elected as President of the Graduate and Professional Student Association. Afzaal swept opponent Sara Gutierrez, collecting 72 percent of the vote. Gutierrez received 136 votes, while Afzaal picked up 391 votes. Including eight writein votes, 537 people voted in the election — about 8.8 percent of all graduate and professional students at UNM. Vote totals are unofficial until April 12. Afzaal is studying community outreach and planning. His previous experience with GPSA is limited, serving as a volunteer
OOKAY during his performance at Fiestas at Johnson Field on Saturday, April 6, 2019.
By Anthony Jackson/ @TonyAnjackson/ Daily Lobo
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