Daily Lobo 04/29/2019

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Albuquerque celebrates

Gathering of Nations

By Danielle Prokop & Justin Garcia @ProkopDani @Just516garc The cost of attendance at the University of New Mexico is going up. That much is clear. However, it’s not a simple student fee increase, base tuition increase or some additional fees; it’s all that and more. On April 22, the Board of Regents approved a plan to increase the cost of attendance for UNM students taking a full course load— undergraduates by $166.64 and graduates by $302.09. The updated plan was recommended by the Budget Leadership Team — a cohort of students and staff from units across UNM — after a last minute letter from the Higher Education Department

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By Anthony Jackson/ @TonyAnjackson/ Daily Lobo

A dancer holds a small child at the Gathering of Nations in Tingley Coliseum on Friday, April 26, 2019.

UNM licences Adobe Creative Cloud By Shayla Cunico @ShaylaCunico The University of New Mexico has announced the school secured a licensing agreement with Adobe Creative Cloud. The Budget Leadership Team had a plan approved by the Board of Regents last week. The plan includes a $50 technology fee for both undergraduate and graduate students to pay for the agreement. This licensing agreement would consider UNM a part of Adobe's "Creative Campus," making the Creative Cloud products downloadable, and accessible on personal devices for students at the University. Creative Cloud will include programs such as Photoshop, Lightroom, Premiere Pro, InDesign and Illustrator, in effort to broaden digital literacy across UNM campus. Many students across campus are

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Pres. Stokes discusses budget UNM announces new provost By Kyle Land

@kyleoftheland

By Anthony Jackson/ @TonyAnjackson/ Daily Lobo

UNM President Garnett Stokes, left, listens to Interim Provost of Academic Affairs, Rich Wood, answer a question in the SUB Ballroom A on Friday, April 26, 2019.

By Anthony Jackson @TonyAnjackson Unions, salaries, tuition, campus safety and ethics were all topics University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes discussed at a presentation on Friday, April 26. Stokes was joined by a panel of five people on her left: Dorothy Anderson vice president

of human resources; Craig White, interim senior vice president of the Anderson School of Management; Mike Richards, vice chancellor for clinical affairs; Scott Sander, deputy counsel for health sciences; Rich Wood, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. Stokes’ live-streamed event, was delivered in the Student Union

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Building Ballroom A. Stokes invited audience members to ask questions after delivering her 20 minute speech. In a room with about 30 people, seven UNM staff and faculty members asked questions. Stokes kicked off the event with an update about open positions in UNM’s administration. She said she would soon meet with the four

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James Holloway was officially named the new provost for the University of New Mexico, according to an announcement made by the University last week. “Dr. Holloway is an inspired choice for UNM Provost and we are thrilled to welcome him and his family to Albuquerque and to the Lobo community,” said President Garnett Stokes in a written statement. Holloway previously served as Vice Provost for Global Engagement and Interdisciplinary Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan, and was selected for the position at UNM following a nearly six-month long search process. “It’s exciting for me to think about the idea of coming and helping and supporting the mission of an institution that is so important,” Holloway said during a forum with UNM faculty on March 25. A 20-person search team — consisting of UNM professors, students and administrators — selected Holloway for the position. Holloway was one of the final two candidates for the position, with the other one being Michael Benedik of Texas A&M University. The duties of the provost cover many different areas. According to UNM, these responsibilities include overseeing faculty, community

engagement and research. The provost also oversees the University’s accreditation process with the Higher Learning Commission, who recently completed their visit to UNM in early March. Holloway spent most of his childhood in Thailand before earning degrees at the University of Illinois and the University of Virginia. He has worked at Michigan since 1990, first as an assistant professor of nuclear engineering, according to his biography. The last person to hold the position was former-provost and University president, Chaouki Abdallah, who became the Vice President of Research at Georgia Tech in June, last year. Rich Wood has served as interim provost since then. He will fill the position during a turbulent time at UNM. The University is experiencing low revenue due to declining enrollments, issues with faculty retention, and part-time and full-time faculty attempting to organize a union. Holloway’s contract at UNM is set at five years at $320,000 per year and will begin his appointment July 1, according to a statement by University spokesperson Cinnamon Blair. Kyle Land is a senior reporter for the Daily Lobo. He can be contacted by email at news@dailylobo.com or on Twitter @kyleoftheland.


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