Student Life

The Transportation Information Center , a new service housed in the UNM Student Union and offered by UNM Parking and Transportation Services, will be staffed Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. It is intended to enhance and encourage student, staff and faculty use of alternative transportation.

"The TIC will not only make alternative transportation more visible on UNM's campus, but will provide information necessary to make alternative transportation more accessible," said Cynthia Martin, PATS' program planning manager.

"College is more than going to class," says Ryan Lindquist, associate director of the UNM Student Activities Center. "Today's employer isn't necessarily looking at only GPAs." At the September Parent Talk, three stellar students with Lindquist's philosophy joined him to relay their experiences outside of the classroom.

Sevy Gurule, active on campus since freshman year, climbed the student employment ladder. She worked her way up from residence hall advisor (RA) to a student director position overseeing all hall advisors. She also chaired Relay for Life, which raises funds for cancer and provides experience managing human and financial resources...

The next installment in UNM's free Parent Talk series is Wednesday, Sept. 2, from 6-7 p.m. in the Student Services Center, Dean of Students Conference Room (rm. 260). Students and extended family are welcome to attend!

Each semester hundreds of student organizations are active with support from the UNM Student Activities Center - learn what's out there and how your student can get involved and stay connected. Our speakers will include Ryan Lindquist, SAC associate director, and a panel of students active in various organizations.

UNM Parent Talk presentations are held the first Wednesday of each month. Check‐in begins at 5:30 p.m. Parent Association members are on hand to visit with you about their experiences.

The series of talks is sponsored by UNM's Dean of Students' Family Connection Program, Parent Relations Office, Parent Association and Extended University.

Filmed editions of the talks are archived here, http://parent.unm.edu/parent-talks/

Parking is free in "patient parking" on the north side of Mesa Vista Hall after 5 p.m. or for $1.75 per hour in the Cornell Parking Structure near Central and Cornell NE. To get to the Student Services Center (SSC) from the Cornell Parking Structure walk north on Cornell Mall. Pass by Popejoy Hall and the Student Union (SUB). At the SUB's north end, go east to the SSC.

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Welcome to our new and returning UNM families. Our Parent Matters listserv burned past the 5,000 mark after hovering (no pun intended) at 4,300 for the past year. Our columnists say "it's an honor" to write for you and this month we have fine pieces from both our Director of Student Health and Chief of Police. Our goal is to keep you informed, involved, and engaged with the university. Providing timely information is our best way to reach out to parents near and far.

When I talk to parents and students about the increased level of parental involvement during the college years I often make light of the fact that we are known in media circles as "helicopter parents."

UNM Parent and Alumnus Kathy Meadows addresses parents and students from Colorado who attended the Summer Sendoff in Colorado Springs. The sendoffs were also held in several New Mexico towns and cities to help students and families network with UNM representatives, alumni and parents.