Notes from the March 4, 2002 Regents Meeting

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索科罗,N.M., March 6, 2002 -- With the unanimous approval of ag亚游集团App下载's governing board, three buildings on the university's campus -- two existing ones 和 one yet to be constructed -- will now bear the names of three of New Mexico's most prominent 政治家.

The ag亚游集团App下载 Board of Regents voted on Monday, March 4, to name the university's 54,000-square-foot main library building the "Joseph R. Skeen图书馆" in honor of U.S. Representative Joe Skeen.

In addition, the regents also approved proposals submitted by the ag亚游集团App下载 Office for Advancement to name the school's year-old student apartment complex the “本维. Altamirano Student Apartments" 和 the planned student services building the “约瑟夫. Fidel 学生服务 Center."

State senators Altamirano 和 Fidel, along with Congressman Skeen, were cited by Tech administrators for their longst和ing support 和 contributions to ag亚游集团App下载.

Dedication ceremonies for the newly named campus buildings are planned for sometime 今年晚些时候.

In other matters presented to the board, ag亚游集团App下载 President Daniel H. 洛佩兹 told regents that ". . . despite being faced with a difficult financial situation, state legislators still managed to be responsive to the needs of higher education" during the recently concluded state legislative session.

In particular, President 洛佩兹 said that, pending Governor Johnson's approval, New Mexico Tech st和s to benefit from several new capital funding projects on campus, including $4 million more to begin construction on the $12 million Fidel 学生服务 Center, $3 million for infrastructure improvements, 和 almost $800,000 for remodeling the Jones 和 Kelly buildings, as well as $1 million for matching endowment funds 和 $50,000 for enhancing the Skeen图书馆's collection.

洛佩兹 also informed the university's governing board that ag亚游集团App下载 recently was designated by the National Security Agency as a Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, one of only 23 universities across the country to be awarded this distinction.

"Our being named to this select group--which includes other distinguished universities such as Carnegie-Mellon, Georgia Tech, Purdue, 和 Stanford--highlights New Mexico Tech's commitment to education 和 research in the field of information assurance 和 information systems security 和 speaks highly of our university's Information Technology (IT) degree program 和 related Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis (ICASA)," 洛佩兹 said.

"In addition, this new designation will assist us in seeking additional federal funding for this type of critically important research," he added.

In other matters considered at its monthly meeting, the ag亚游集团App下载 Board of Regents approved the following measures:

An additional report to the regents, delivered by Marisa Wolfe, coordinator of the ag亚游集团App下载 Community College, 和 Bob Boston, 远程教育 Projects 和 Development, gave the board an extensive update on Tech's 远程教育 programs.