Dates & Events

Tuesday, Feb. 2: Career Services Etiquette Workshop from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Student Union Ballroom C. Students will practice mixing and mingling through appetizers, beverages and conversation. This will be followed by a formal, three-course dinner emphasizing professional etiquette skills. This workshop is highly recommended for students completing their programs of study and preparing to enter the job market or a graduate program, 277-2531.

Wednesday, Feb. 3: Parent Talk, 6-7 p.m. Dean of Students Conference Room, Student Services Building main campus, free. Marla Wyche-Hall will discuss the importance of undergraduates getting involved with research. Wyche-Hall coordinates University College's Research Quest and Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference, events...

Monday, Nov. 30: Registration for Spring Semester begins (based on credit hours completed).
Friday, Nov. 14: Last day to drop from a course without a dean's approval. Note: A withdraw pass or withdraw fail will be noted on transcript.
Friday, Nov. 13: Last day to withdraw from a course without approval of a college dean, for the 16-week term

Wednesday, Oct. 7: Parent Talk, 6-7 p.m. Dean of Students Conference Room, free. Midterms are coming! UNM's premiere tutoring service, the Center for Academic Program Support (CAPS), and a University College representative will provide information on services to aid student success. View previous talks on unm.live.edu.
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23-24: Family Weekend 2009! Come to the main campus to visit your student and experience "A New Mexico Adventure," filled with fun, food, and friendship. Visit familyweekend.unm.edu, many events are free, but registration is required.
Friday, Oct. 30: Renowned Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes will speak in the UNM Student Union Building Ballroom. Fuentes' talk is titled "Mexico in a Nutshell" and offers a panoramic vision of Mexican history and culture from the pre-Hispanic epoch to the present. Fuentes' talk is the final of a three-part series hosted by the UNM Provost's Office with a theme of Mexican relations and immigration. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Monday, Oct. 19: Second eight-week term courses began.
Thursday and Friday, Oct. 15-16: Fall break, no classes.
Friday, Oct. 23: Last day to add or change classes for the second eight-week term (pink card and $10 fee required after this date).
Friday, Oct 30: Last day to drop a second eight-week term course without a grade (must drop by Oct. 31 to receive full refund).
Monday, Nov. 30: Registration for Spring Semester begins (based on credit hours completed).
Friday, Nov. 14: Last day to drop from a course without dean's approval, a withdraw pass or withdraw fail will be noted on transcript. Drop date for first eight week term, Oct. 2, second eight week term is Friday, Dec. 4.
Thursday-Sunday, Nov. 26-29: Thanksgiving Holiday, no classes/UNM closed.
Friday, Dec. 18: Fall 2009 Commencement
Saturday, Dec. 19: Fall Semester ends

Last day to add courses or change sections

Friday, Sept. 4, for-16-week term
Friday, October 23, for Second 8-week term

Last day to drop a course without a grade
Friday, Sept. 11, for 16-week term (end of third week)
Friday, Sept. 4, for First 8-week term (end of second week)
Friday, October 30, for Second 8-week term (end of second week

Labor Day Holiday
Monday, Sept. 7, no classes

Family Weekend Early Bird Registration Deadline (some events are free, registration is required to attend).
Friday, Oct. 1, http://familyweekend.unm.edu

Events of Interest

Monday, Aug. 31-Friday, Sept. 4
Meal Plan Change Week! Come to the Residence Life and Student Housing Office, 2nd floor, La Posada Dining Hall.

Wednesday, Sept. 2
Parent Talk: Learn about the more than 400 student organizations on campus - parents, students and extended family welcome. Dean of Students Conference Room in the main campus Student Services Building, 6-7 p.m., join us to mingle beginning at 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 15
Engineering and Science Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the SUB ballrooms.

Wednesday, Sept. 16
Business Career Fair from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the SUB ballrooms.

Wednesday, Sept. 16
UNM's first Lobo Reading Experience author Sam Quinones comes to the UNM Bookstore at 3 p.m. to read from his title "Antonion's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration.." Booksigning to follow!

Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 23-24
UNM Family Weekend, many events are free of charge, but all require registration! Read all about it by visiting our exquisitely designed web pages, http://familyweekend.unm.edu