UNM collectible ornament features popular Duck Pond

This year's Official UNM Holiday Ornament is now available at the UNM Bookstores.

The second in a series of collectibles, the 2009 ornament features the Duck Pond, designed in 1974 by landscape architect Garrett Eckbo as part of a new mall extending from the east side of the Student Union to the west side of the Alumni Memorial Chapel.

Today, UNM's Duck Pond is in almost constant use by students, faculty, staff, classes, school children, newlyweds and wedding photographers, and of course, picnickers.

The ornament is available in the store and on the website for $18.89, a price set in honor of UNM's founding year. All proceeds benefit the UNM Parent Association.