TOME â Elizabeth Ramsell, a sophomore at The University of New Mexico-Valencia Campus, has been named a 2021 Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar and will receive a $1,250 scholarship for the fall semester.
The Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation sponsors the Coca-Cola Academic Team program by recognizing 50 Gold, 50 Silver and 50 Bronze Scholars with nearly $200,000 in scholarships annually. Each scholar also receives a commemorative medallion.
Elizabeth Ramsell
Coca-Cola Academic Team Silver Scholar
âThe Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation has a long history of providing financial assistance to outstanding students at community colleges,â said Jane Hale Hopkins, president of the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation. âWe are proud to partner with Phi Theta Kappa and make it possible for deserving students to achieve their educational goals.â
TOME â For the fourth year in a row, the local higher education governing body has voted to keep student tuition costs flat.
At a special meeting last month, The University of New Mexico-Valencia campus Advisory Board voted 3-0 to not increase student tuition in the 2021 school year.
Resident tuition for the 2021-22 school year will remain at $78.25 per credit hour, including fees, and non-resident tuition will remain at $213.75 per credit hour, including fees.
The three board members who participated in the meeting â Chairman Paul Luna, Secretary Belinda Martinez and board member Russell Griego â agreed this wasnât the time for a tuition increase, given the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Albuquerque City Councilor Diane Gibson
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. With mounting homelessness that Albuquerque’s new shelter alone is unlikely to resolve, some local leaders say it is time to follow the lead of other communities by expanding services to include sanctioned encampments.
Such camps, sometimes called “safe outdoor spaces,” are managed sites with tents or low-cost structures where people without homes can sleep and access bathrooms and showers. Unlike unauthorized versions, authorities do not break them up. They have become increasingly common around the U.S.; Seattle, for example, has a series of such villages, while at least one New Mexico community, Las Cruces, has embraced the model with its Camp Hope.
Early voting in the special election to fill the vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico Congressional District 1 began on Tuesday, May 4.
The congressional district includes a small part of Valencia County â voting precincts 6, 16, 22, 28, 49, 50, 56 and 60 â on the east side of the county.
Communities in those precincts include Meadow Lake, Monterey Park, El Cerro Mission, Cypress Gardens and El Cerro.
The seat became vacant when Rep. Deb Haaland left the position when she was selected as Secretary of the Interior earlier this year, and now a special election must be held to fill her seat for the remainder of her term.
The final three candidates include Mary Gutierrez, Robin Kuykendall and Christopher Villa. Interviews begin May 10.
Schedule
Monday, May 10:
3 to 4 p.m. | UNM and community presentation