Monthly Archive for November, 2007

Director of Albuquerque Studios to present at Digital Arts Conference!

Digital Arts Conference:
Studio Strategies & Techniques

Saturday, March 1, 2008, 9 am - 4pm

Digital photography and filmmaking, graphic design & web design. Network with professionals and discover how to implement the latest developments into your own creative and technical repertoire!

Jason Hariton, Director of Albuquerque Studios, will give us the inside scoop on this new facility, preeminent in its field, with state-of-the-art infrastructure. His talk will include insights into day-to-day operations. Best of all, Jason will explain the unlimited potential in job growth triggered by this exciting facility and new incentives in the entertainment industry!

Jason’s background includes responsibilities in all aspects of studio operations and coordination for major motion picture, television, commercial and music productions, more recently including Paramount’s “Beowulf,” DreamWorks’ “Blades of Glory,” NBC TV’s “Las Vegas” and “Deal or No Deal,” New Line’s “Rush Hour 3,” and Madonna, Barbra Streisand, and Mariah Carey.

It’s for real, folks! New Mexico has opportunities for creative careers like never before.

Stay tuned for additional updates on the exciting features of the Digital Arts Conference in March, and how it can benefit you as a working creative design professional.

Register online for the Conference here.
Learn more about the Conference here.
Digital Arts Conference:
Studio Strategies & Techniques
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 9 am - 4pm

Use course # 55800 RQA to register by other methods.

Questions?
Contact the Digital Arts Program Supervisor at digitalarts@dce.unm.edu.

Free Info Session: Executive Certificate in Financial Planning

FREE Information Session
Executive Certificate in Financial Planning
Tuesday, December 4, 5:30 pm - 7 pm

In partnership with Kaplan Financial, the nation’s leading provider of financial planning and education materials, UNM Continuing Education is proud to offer the Executive Certificate in Financial Planning. Please join us to learn more about the opportunities for Certified Financial Planners.

The financial planning field is experiencing tremendous growth. Employment for Financial Advisors in New Mexico is projected to grow 30.1% by 2012 according to the New Mexico Department of Labor.

This 9-month certificate program will provide students with a strong foundation of professional knowledge about financial planning theory, concepts and practice. Students pay one price for the full six-course program.

Learn more about this Program here.
Download a PDF brochure about the Program.

Contact for information and assistance: Sherry Tenclay, Program Supervisor. Call (505) 277-0723 or email prodev@dce.unm.edu.
We may also mail a printed program brochure to you upon request.

Please join us for this free information session.
We will also offer a session on the following date:
Tuesday, January 8, 5:30 - 7 pm

Give the gift of learning!

Registration for the Spring 2008 semester has just begun at UNM Continuing Education. There are so many new possibilities in our Spring 2008 catalog of courses. This is your chance to register early and plan for some great things in your new year!

A thoughtful gift of unlimited possiblities: It’s simple and convenient to share all of this knowledge with someone you care about this holiday season.

gift certificateInspire someone to grow with classes in art, sports, cooking, languages, travel, computer technology or career skills. We have classes for everyone! In fact, you can share an entire community of like-minded lifelong learners with someone age 50 and over with an Osher membership.

We’re branching out to keep up with exciting trends. There is the exciting filmmaking scene in New Mexico, new developments in multimedia and Digital Arts, new Personal Enrichment classes, Project Management, imaginative field trips, and so much more.

A Gift Certificate from UNM Continuing Education is a gift people will remember and treasure.

Pick up before 3 pm, Friday, December 21, if you wish to present the Gift Certificate for the holiday.

Find out more, including how to purchase, here.

Questions? Call Registration at 277-0077.

Spring registration begins & new catalogs arrive Nov. 26!

SpringAmong the things we look forward to this season is the first crack at the Spring courses at UNM Continuing Education. Get your first look at what’s hot and what’s not for the New Year in our Spring 2008 catalog of courses. This is your chance to register early and plan some great things in your new year!

New Spring catalogs and registration for the Spring 2008 semester began Monday, November 26!

Courses are ongoing and start up throughout the semester, so you can still get in on some great Fall classes through December. Click on the current courses link (on the left) on our home page to see what’s current in your area of interest.

Maybe it’s time to take the Fast Track Web Design Intensive to get an overview of website building technology, to learn about Website Marketing and Promotion, or to brush up your skills in Microsoft Office software. Check out a Crafts & Hobbies course for ideas on making your own gifts for the holidays!

Digital Arts Conference presenter reports on World Design Congress in Cuba

Digital Arts Conference:
Studio Strategies & Techniques

Saturday, March 1, 2008, 9 am - 4pm

Maggie Macnab, UNM Continuing Education instructor and one of our workshop presenters for the Digital Arts Conference on March 1, 2008, recently attended the 2007 Icograda World Design Congress in Havana, Cuba.

As Maggie reports, “Over 600 designers, teachers and related professionals gathered from 57 countries to discuss the current state of design, how we teach and how we learn. Cross-pollinating ideas between peers always infuses creativity, but Cuba provided the unlikely backdrop of international connections within a communist country.”

The other distinctive quality was a setting with no visual pollution from advertisements — no storefronts other than a few bars, restaurants and hotels — no McDonalds, Starbucks, or Gap. Read more in Maggie’s online article about her eight days in Cuba: “La Revolutión Interior.”

Maggie has been an identity designer for over 25 years and has had her work published in Communication Arts, Graphis, Step by Step, and Print. She has taught logo design and symbolism as visual literacy for designers for over ten years with UNM Continuing Education, and is past president of the Communication Artists of New Mexico. Her new book, “Decoding Design: Understanding and Using Symbols in Visual Communication,” is published by HOW Design Books and will be released worldwide in January 2008. For more information, please visit Maggie’s website at macnabdesign.com.

Stay tuned for additional updates on the exciting features of the Digital Arts Conference in March, and how it can benefit you as a working creative design professional.

Register online for the Conference here.
Learn more about the Conference here.
Digital Arts Conference:
Studio Strategies & Techniques

Saturday, March 1, 2008, 9 am - 4pm

Use course # 55800 RQA to register by other methods.

Questions?
Contact the Digital Arts Program Supervisor at digitalarts@dce.unm.edu.

Ciclo de Conferencias Sobre la Paz - Diciembre

Flag of SpainCiclo de Conferencias Sobre la Paz — Diciembre 2007

3 diciembre de 2007 a las 19:00 h.
Consenso y paz en la Constitución Española de 1978

4 de diciembre de 2007 a las 19:00 h.
Libertad y seguridad como condiciones de paz

Lugar: WellsFargo Auditórium
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
1702 4th St. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Tel. (505) 246-2261 x 124

Admisión: Gratis
Idioma: Español
Ponente: Dr. D. Pedro Julio Tenorio Sánchez
Profesor de Derecho Constitucional de la Universidad Nacional a Distancia.

Lectures about Peace — December 2007

December 3rd, 2007, 7:00 pm
Consenso y paz en la Constitución Española de 1978

December 4th, 2007, 7:00 pm
Libertad y seguridad como condiciones de paz

Venue: Wells Fargo Auditorium
NATIONAL HISPANIC CULTURAL CENTER
1702 4th St. SW
Albuquerque, NM 87102
Tel. (505) 246-2261 x 124

Admission: Free
Language: Spanish
Lecturer: Dr. D. Pedro Julio Tenorio Sánchez

Agency partner & Creative Director to keynote Digital Arts Conference

Digital Arts Conference:
Studio Strategies & Techniques

Saturday, March 1, 2008, 9 am - 4pm

The Digital Arts Program is excited to announce the appearance of Bart Cleveland, partner and Creative Director of award-winning agency McKee Wallwork Cleveland, as our Keynote speaker for this event.

Bart is Creative Director and a partner of McKee Wallwork Cleveland. His work for clients such as Coca-Cola, CNN, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company, and Dow has appeared in markets across the globe. His work has received awards from the industry’s most prestigious shows including The One Show, CA, D&AD, and Clios. Bart also has been published in some of the industry’s most regarded creative publications, including Communication Arts, Creativity, and One, A Magazine. He currently writes a small agency blog for Advertising Age. He sits on the executive Board of Directors of the New Mexico Advertising Federation and the advisory board for the Creative Circus Advertising School in Atlanta, GA.

Click here to visit the website for the McKee Wallwork Cleveland agency.

Keynote: Why Design and Advertising Are Not Mutually Exclusive in Successful Branding Bart Cleveland will discuss what is important in successful branding and show examples of major campaigns that demonstrate what is important from an advertising standpoint.

Stay tuned for additional updates on the exciting features of this conference, and how it can benefit you as a working creative design professional.

Register online for the Conference here.
Learn more about the Conference here.
Digital Arts Conference:
Studio Strategies & Techniques

Saturday, March 1, 2008, 9 am - 4pm

Use course # 55800 RQA to register by other methods.

Questions?
Contact the Digital Arts Program Supervisor at digitalarts@dce.unm.edu.

Free Info Session: Executive Certificate in Financial Planning

FREE Information Session
Executive Certificate in Financial Planning
Thursday, November 15, 12 noon - 1 pm

In partnership with Kaplan Financial, the nation’s leading provider of financial planning and education materials, UNM Continuing Education is proud to offer the Executive Certificate in Financial Planning. Please join us to learn more about the opportunities for Certified Financial Planners.

The financial planning field is experiencing tremendous growth. Employment for Financial Advisors in New Mexico is projected to grow 30.1% by 2012 according to the New Mexico Department of Labor.

This 9-month certificate program will provide students with a strong foundation of professional knowledge about financial planning theory, concepts and practice. Students pay one price for the full six-course program.

Learn more about this Program here.
Download a PDF brochure about the Program.

Contact for information and assistance: Sherry Tenclay, Program Supervisor. Call (505) 277-0723 or email prodev@dce.unm.edu.
We may also mail a printed program brochure to you upon request.

Please join us for this free information session.
We will also offer sessions on the following dates:
Tuesday, December 4, 5:30 - 7 pm
Tuesday, January 8, 5:50 - 7 pm

Make your own high quality Holiday Gifts!

Just in time! Many people love receiving hand made gifts and actually prefer them, because they treasure the gift of time. In Personal Enrichment courses, skilled artisans show you a new craft. Learn to make gift baskets, traditional punched tinwork, lovely stained glass pieces or your own soaps and lotions.

Home-made lotions, salves, soaps and balms are actually higher quality and better for you than most name brand items, which contain long lists of chemicals and organic solvents.

Use the links below to go to the course description, where you may register online if you choose. You may also obtain the course number to register by other methods. Call Registration at 277-0077. Starting soon:

Start date(s), course titles linked to descriptions:
Nov 2, 10 or Dec 2 Body Products Made at Home I
Nov 2, 10 or Dec 2 Body Products Made at Home II
Nov 3 Calendar Scrapbook
Nov 3 or Dec 1 Early NM Punched Tin Work
Nov 4 or Dec 1 The Pampered Lady
Nov 3 Mosaic with Vintage China & Found Objects
Nov 3 Herbal Hair Coloring
Nov 10 Bead Stringing
Nov 10 Beginning Gourd Crafting
Nov 11 Stained Glass: Beginning
Dec 1 Christmas Stamp-a-Stack
Dec 5 Gift Baskets
Dec 8 Herbal Soapmaking - Cold Process
Dec 9 Liquid Soapmaking & Shampoo
Dec 12 Soapmaking: Melt & Pour
Dec 15 The Luminous Collage

Learn more about our talented punched tinwork instructors here.
Learn more about our instructor for natural body products here.

Spanish Resource Center Welcomes New Director

The Spanish Resource Center is proud to announce the arrival of their new Director, Fernando Martín, who will administrate their educational programs by working with state and local school districts, teachers and the public to promote awareness of Spanish language and Spanish Culture. His background in education will enhance the center’s efforts to place teachers from Spain throughout the state. Mr. Martín will also oversee monthly workshops on Spanish culture and cinema and a second Resource Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mr. Martín was born in Zaragoza, Spain. His life has been dedicated to education and he has been an instructor of English, Spanish and Environmental Education. During his first year in the USA, he sold ice cream in Andy Warhol’s hometown, and during his second year he lived near Bodega Bay, the place where Hitchcock filmed ‘The Birds’. He finally came to New Mexico, the Land of Enchantment and his favorite cartoon characters, Coyote and Roadrunner.

Flag of SpainThe Spanish Resource Center is a learning program designed to create awareness of the Spanish language and cultures throughout New Mexico, with a special emphasis on bilingualism. The program is offered by UNM Continuing Education in partnership with The Ministry of Education and Science of Spain and The New Mexico Department of Education. The center’s library is open to students, teachers and the general public and serves 2000 users annually with over 6000 titles. The library is one of eight Resource Libraries in the nation.

The Spanish Resource Center is located at the National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street NW, 87102. To learn more about the center, please click here.

If you have questions about the center, please email ddel@unm.edu.