Former UNM Visiting Faculty Member Receives Nobel Prize in Literature

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, formerly a visiting faculty member at UNM, is the 2008 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Le Clézio has written more than 30 books since 1963. Le Clézio was visiting faculty of modern and classical languages at UNM, 1977-78 and 1984-85, and visiting faculty in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, 1992-93, when he also held the PNM Endowed Chair.

Photo: Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio, 2008 Nobel Prize recipient in Literature

UNM Working with Sandia Foundation to Build Children’s Campus Expansion and Building in Rio Rancho

University of New Mexico President David J. Schmidly has announced that UNM is working with the Sandia Foundation to finance and build two important projects. Details are still being worked out but the first building on the Rio Rancho campus will be somewhere between 50,000-60,000 sq. feet and will house a combination of administrative and classroom space. The building will also host activities for the UNM Health Sciences Center, Central New Mexico Community College and New Mexico State University.

Barker Proves He’s Still Got Game

Former football player joins Peace Corps

Growing up in Artesia, H Barker decided he had to get good at football if he ever expected to get out of the oilfields. Two years in the oilfields kept him in shape for football, however, and by his senior year in high school, the 6-foot, 185-pounder was All State quarterback for the Bulldogs in 1953.

Photo: H Barker