ANNUAL REPORT 2007 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

ACADEMIC SUCCESS
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Nearly $3,000 in scholarship money was
given out at the 4th Annual Mercer Speech
Tournament. The winner of the tournament
addressed the personal effects of DWI in
our society.
At UNM’s second Technology Business Plan
Competition, a who’s who of New Mexico venture capitalists awarded
first, second and third place prizes worth $25,000, $10,000 and $5,000
to the top three teams. Of the nine teams, Zia Scientific took the top
prize and UNM Anderson MBA candidates swept the field.
Fifteen members of the UNM Student World Affairs Delegation team
participated in the Harvard World Model United Nations conference in
Switzerland, returning with three awards for excellence in diplomacy.
Dohnia Dorman,
UNM senior in
Communication
and Journalism,
was selected as
a finalist for the
American Advertising
Federation’s
Most Promising
Minority Students
Program. She and
nominator/faculty
adviser Karolyn
Cannata-Winge
were acknowledged
at the New
York Athletic Club
in New York City.
Along with other
finalists, Dorman
was featured in
Advertising Age
and USA Today.
Cotillion Sneddy
earned her bachelor
of science from
University of New
Mexico-Gallup in
2007. Like many
of her classmates,
Sneddy is Navajo.
As a parent educator
who brings
materials into the
home to show parents
how to work
with their children,
she is making a
difference in how
Native Americans
in her community
are educated.
Will Consuegra,
third-year law
student at the
UNM School of
Law, is one of a
handful of young
real estate experts
throughout the
United States
accepted into the
National Association
of Industrial
and Office Properties’
(NAIOP)
Leadership Discovery
Program
for Emerging
Professionals.
The winners
were picked from
a group of 100
participants
from across
the country.
UNM chose
2002 Mesa
Vista High School
graduate Jenelle
Manzanares to
receive the 2007
UNM Ronald E.
McNair Top
Scholar Award.
Manzanares went
on to graduate
from UNM’s
College of Education
with a bachelor
of science
in elementary
education in the
spring of 2007,
specializing in K-8
mathematics and
teaching English
to speakers of
other languages
(TESOL).
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