Monthly Archive for May, 2008

Another awesome Infobyte: Digital Audio Techniques

Published on May 28, 2008 in Computers, Digital Arts, Events and UNM Continuing Education. Closed

Join UNM Continuing Education for a free lecture to help you demystify digital audio recording. Joey Belville, music producer and composer, will demonstrate studio quality audio techniques for the home user and professional using Logic Pro, Apple’s professional-level approach to sound. Learn about recording, editing, mixing, plug ins, and other professional techniques to create sound for your multimedia and film projects.

Monday, June 16, 5:00pm-6:15pm at UNM Continuing Education, 1634 University Blvd. NE. For information call 277-6037. To request a catalog call 277-0077, or visit our web site at dce.unm.edu.

Digital Arts is looking for a few new instructors

Published on May 27, 2008 in Computers, Digital Arts, Of Note and UNM Continuing Education. Closed

UNM Continuing Education Digital Arts Program is looking for a few new instructors, specifically in Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, Filmmaking, Animation, Game Design and related Adobe and Apple software. Positions are part time/temporary. Five years professional experience required. Some teaching experience preferred. Send your resume and cover letter to: Caroline Orcutt at orcutt@unm.edu.

Holistic treatment for women living with depression

Published on May 23, 2008 in Health Care & Human Services, Of Note and UNM Continuing Education. Closed

UNM Continuing Education’ Explorations in Integrative Wellness program has a new course geared to address alternative options available to women living with depression—many women simply don’t know that it may be possible to treat depression without resorting to conventional pharmaceutical treatment. Three practitioners (Javan Oston, Chiropractor, Alyssa Wostrel, Homeopath, and Mark Raterink, Medical Doctor) will present information about various treatment modalities and treatment options for depression, based on their own observations in their practices and general knowledge of the alternative treatment of depression.


Women and Depression: Holistic Options for Treatment, Wednesday June 11 from 6-9pm and Saturday August 23 from 9:30pm-12:30pm. Classes held at UNM Continuing Education, 1634 University Blvd NE. Cost is $59. For information call 277-6025. To register or to request a catalog, call 277-0077 or visit our web site at dce.unm.edu.

Tasty treats for parties & barbecues

Published on May 22, 2008 in UNM Continuing Education. Closed

Bonne Cuisine classes are a natural for learning recipes and techniques you can take home and use right away! Learn the basics of cooking with master chefs so you can prepare great meals with confidence. Explore tastes and cuisines from around the world in our specialty classes.

Our cooking classes are a lot of fun! Most Bonne Cuisine classes take place in one evening. Students cook together with the chef, then sit down to enjoy a “dinner party” with their fellow students to enjoy the food they have prepared together.

This is a great time to pick up some easy and delicious menus to prepare for your next get-together! Here’s the summer schedule (in date order):

Click on the links to go to the course description where you may register online if you choose. Or, obtain the course and section number and call Registration at 277-0077. Date shown is day of session unless otherwise noted:
• Woking-America: Chinese Cooking - June 10
• Foods of New Mexico - June 10
• Extreme Chocolate - June 11
• Nuevo Mexican Cooking - June 11
• Culinary Skills I - June 17
• Northern Italian Cuisine - June 17
• Culinary Skills II - June 18
• The Many Ways of Salads - June 24
• Breakfast and Brunch - June 24
• Grilling and Smoking - June 25
• Paella Valenciana - June 25
• The Art of Baking - July 1
• 29 and Dine - Chinese - July 1
• 29 and Dine - Italian - July 2
• French Bistro Cooking - July 8
• Finger Lickin’ Backyard Favorites - July 9
• The Business of Catering - July 10
• The Intuitive Cook - July 15
• Antojitos and Appetizers - July 15
• Fish and Shellfish - July 16
• 29 and Dine - New Mexican - July 17
• Quick and Easy Cooking - July 22
• Worldwide Vegetarian Cooking - July 22
• Wilderness Cooking - July 22; 2 sessions
• Mediterranean Flavors - July 23
• A Kaleidoscope of Cookies - July 23
• Grains, Beans, Rice - July 29
• Exploring Cuisine of India - August 5
• Nibbles and Bites - August 5
• Oaxacan Specialties - August 6

Yoga is growing strong!

Published on May 20, 2008 in UNM Continuing Education. Closed

Above, students in Patsy Gaetano’s Restorative Yoga class attain deep release and relaxation in a supported pose. Learn more about Patsy here. Learn more about our Health and Relaxation classes here.

Many of the best and most established instructors in town teach classes with our Personal Enrichment Program — for Yoga, Pilates, Martial Arts and other practices. Our Yoga program offers classes for every fitness level.

This summer, the program is growing, and we have many new classes to address a diversity of health conditions.

Learn new ways to practice Yoga with us and enjoy its transformative power to improve mental and physical health and wellbeing. The calendar below will help you plan your schedule. Click on the course link to see the course description, where you may register online if you wish. Or, obtain the course and section number and call Registration at 277-0077. Click here for more Registration instructions.

Yoga with UNM Continuing Education, Summer 2008:
The date shown is the start date of the classes. When more than one date is shown, there is a choice of multiple sections:
• Intro to Yoga - June 9, July 12, July 16
• Yoga: Harmony in Body & Mind (Iyengar Style) - June 9, June 12
• Yoga for Athletes - June 9
• Yoga for Back Care - June 10
• Core Flow: Yoga Pilates Fusion - June 10
• Alignment and Flow Yoga - June 11
• Men’s Yoga - June 12
• Vinyasa Flow Level I / II - June 12
• Yoga for Menopause - June 14
• Restorative Yoga - June 15
• Sloga Yoga: Destressing Body, Mind, Spirit - June 15
• Yoga for the Rest of Us - June 16
• Yoga for Chronic Conditions - June 16
• Explore Hatha Yoga w/ Toddler - June 18
• Yoga for Grief - June 18
• Yoga for Gardeners - June 19
• Yoga Basics 101 - June 22
• Yoga for Scoliosis - June 23
• Yoga for Back Care - June 25, June 26
• Yoga for Arthritis - June 26
• Women’s Yoga - July 1
• Mother Infant Yoga - July 11

See the state in a way that’s great!

Published on May 19, 2008 in UNM Continuing Education. Closed

Brand-new Field Trips for the summer semester: We return to some old favorites and take in some new sights! We hope you can join us.

Here’s the Field Trip schedule for June:

Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, Lunch, and Poeh Museum
Docent-guided tour of the world-famous Georgia O’Keeffe Museum with a current Ansel Adams exhibit. Enjoy lunch at the Georgia O’Keeffe Cafe. Then, north to the Poeh Center, established in 1988 by the Pueblo of Pojoaque’s Tribal Council to promote the arts and cultures of all Pueblo People of the northern Rio Grande Valley — the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, Tesuque, Picuris and Taos.
The stark clarity of O’Keeffe’s work, inspired by the spare beauty and simplicity of her New Mexico surroundings, has created some of the artistic world’s most famous and iconic images.
Tuesday, June 3, 8 am - 6 pm | Cost: $87
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 00401 SGO

St. Anthony’s Feast Day and Two Pueblos
A day visiting Pueblos! Our day begins with the Museum and Visitor’s Center at the San Idelfonso Pueblo, with some homes open for shopping. A stop for lunch; then on to enjoy the Green Corn Dances at the Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo to celebrate the St. Anthony Feast Day.
Fee includes travel and entrance fees.
Friday, June 13, 8 am - 6 pm | Cost: $85
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 00402 STC

Santa Fe Opera Backstage Tour & Two Galleries
Our tour begins in Santa Fe with Nedra Matteucci’s renowned Fenn Gallery and the Gerald Peters Gallery. After lunch in Santa Fe, it’s off to a rare, comprehensive, behind the scenes tour of the Santa Fe Opera. See how operas are put together: scene storage, costumes, prop shop and production. Learn what has made the Santa Fe Opera one of the world’s finest. Fee includes Backstage Tour, transportation and lunch.
Saturday, June 14, 8 am - 6 pm | Cost: $82
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 00292 SBT

Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Tour
Experience what it must have been like in 1880, as we ride North America’s highest and longest narrow gauge railroad. The ride has been chosen as one of the 20 best railway experiences in the world by the International Railway Travelers! This is a beautiful time of year to take this trip. Fee includes transportation to and from Chama, overnight stay in Chama, train tickets, a delicious lunch in Osier and an evening barbeque with live country western music at the Elkhorn Lodge.
Departs: Saturday, June 21, 8 am
Returns: Sunday, June 22 12 pm
Cost | Double Occupancy: $240 | Single Occupancy: $290
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 00049 SCT

Pecos National Monument
The site of the Pecos National Monument was occupied before A.D. 900 and inhabited until the 19th century. In addition to the archaeological excavations at Pecos, there are the foundations of a Spanish mission, the ruins of an 18th-century church, and numerous Pueblo Indian structural remains, including restored kivas. Fee includes travel, visit to the ranch house at Fork Lightning Ranch, entrance fees and tour of the monument.
Thursday, June 26, 8 am - 7 pm | Cost: $79
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 00407 SPM

Digital Photography / Sugarite Butterflies
Join award-winning digital photographer Lisa Tannenbaum and Steve Cary, New Mexico State Parks Chief Naturalist, at the annual butterfly count at Sugarite Canyon State Park. Besides a large number of butterfly species, Sugarite Canyon State Park is also the home of two lakes, numerous wildflowers, and the ruins of a once-thriving coal camp. If time permits, we’ll take a spin through Raton, an old railroad town. Fee includes instruction in digital photography, lodging, travel and a memorable getaway.
Departs: Saturday, June 28, 8 am
Returns: Sunday, June 29, 8 pm | Cost: $240
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 00294 SSB

Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals = success with clients

Published on May 16, 2008 in UNM Continuing Education. Closed

Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals
9 am - 1 pm, Saturdays: May 31, June 7, 14, 28
Now enrolling! Cost: $269 For: 16 hours
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 38199 SQA
Download a PDF for the course here

Enhance your communication skills! Motivational interviewing is a unique style of communication that has demonstrated success with very resistant clients, such as those recovering from drug and alcohol addiction.

More recent adaptations of this approach to medical settings have been effective in improving a wide range of problem behaviors, including physical inactivity. This motivational approach is well suited to the daily practice of a busy clinic, where improved patient compliance is a priority. Skillful application by a clinician provides a platform for patients to follow a healthful treatment plan instead of exhibiting resistance. Consequently, clinical consultations are not only more effective, but also less frustrating to the provider.

Instructor Robert Scales, PhD, has a doctorate degree in Health Education and he is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Medicine at the University of New Mexico, where he conducts research and teaches cardiac rehabilitation and motivational interviewing in the physical therapy and pharmacy school programs. He was the Principal Investigator in the Cardiovascular Health Initiative and Lifestyle Education Study, otherwise known as the CHILE Study, the first study to investigate the impact of motivational interviewing on the behaviors of patients attending cardiac rehabilitation. Dr. Scales has received outstanding achievements awards for his research and he has presented his work in North and South America, Europe and Australia.

In his role of coordinating cardiac rehab programs at various hospitals in New Mexico, he has counseled more than 3500 patients over the past 10 years who were recovering from heart disease. Adaptations of his work using motivational interviewing with clinical populations have focused on the prevention and management of diabetes in Native American communities and he continues to work extensively with the Indian Health Service as a consultant.

Dr. Scales is an experienced trainer in motivational interviewing and he has trained both students and clinicians from a variety of healthcare disciplines to use the approach within their own clinical settings. He is a member of the International Association of Motivational Interviewing Trainers and he was trained by the originators of the approach, William Miller and Stephen Rollnick.

Motivational Interviewing for Healthcare Professionals
9 am - 1 pm, Saturdays: May 31, June 7, 14, 28
Now enrolling! Cost: $269 For: 16 hours
Enroll online here or call Registration at 277-0077 with course # 38199 SQA
Download a PDF for the course here

Online Course for Everyone

Published on May 16, 2008 in UNM Continuing Education. Closed

UNM Continuing Education has online courses for every interest and budget!
We’ve partnered with national leaders to offer a comprehensive library of courses
available right at your own desktop—when you want to take them!

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Certified Financial Planning (CFP)
Grant Writing and Nonprofit Management
Networking/CompTIA
Career Development
Compliance
Video Game Design
Oracle
Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI)
Business/Legal
and more!

Classes are available in August, 2008. For information call 277-0723. To register or to request a catalog, call 277-0077 or visit our web site at dce.unm.edu.

UNM Young Writers Conference coming soon!

Published on May 16, 2008 in Personal Enrichment and UNM Continuing Education. Closed

UNM Young Writers Conference
Saturday, June 7, 9 am - 3 pm
Enroll online here or call Registration with course #17180 SAA
Cost: $55 includes keynote, choice of workshops, boxed lunch

Calling all writers ages 10 - 17! Spend a day in the company of professional writers and publishers. Learn about writing and getting published.

Keynote presented by award-winning author-illustrator Betsy James. Workshops are hands-on and conducted by experienced writers in an intimate, encouraging environment. There will be opportunities for participants to share their work if they wish.

Choose from a variety of workshop topics, including how to:
• develop characters and dialogue
• write screenplays
• create and publish comic books
• write for newspapers
• revise and publish your work

Learn more about the Young Writers Conference here
Enroll online here or call Registration with course #17180 SAA

Big test? Get some help from Kaplan.

Published on May 15, 2008 in Business, Of Note and UNM Continuing Education. Closed

UNM Continuing Education is pleased to add a partnership with Kaplan, the world leader in the test prep industry, to our repertoire of Professional Exam Preparation services. Courses will focus on preparation for:

ACT, GRE, GMAT, LSAT & MCAT

With more than 3 million students to their credit, Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions offers complete preparation for students taking college and graduate school entrance exams. Kaplan’s method features realistic test-taking strategies and practice.

For information call 277-0723. To register or to request a catalog, call 277-0077, or visit our web site at dce.unm.edu.