来自Mar的笔记. 2003年董事会会议

新墨西哥科技公司可能成为新墨西哥州盐湖的“共同所有人”

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索科罗,N.M., March 26, 2003 -- 威尼斯人app下载's first-responders and anti- terrorism 这些项目可能很快就会有自己的地盘.

The 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents was informed at its March 25 meeting that Senator 皮特·多梅尼奇敦促美国采取行动. S. 国土安全部考虑购买 the southwestern New Mexico town of 盐湖 to use as a "real-world" training center for the research university's Anti-Terrorism Assistance Program (ATAP) and other related 培训项目.

新墨西哥科技公司总裁丹尼尔. López进一步通知董事会，在 Domenici's proposal New Mexico State University's (NMSU) "agro-terrorism" research programs would also find a home for associated field research activities on the 1,200 acres of adjoining land offered for sale as a package deal along with the town of 盐湖.

The Phelps Dodge Corporation recently put the 640-acre company town up for sale with 标价3美元.该公司关闭了附近的炼铜业务 in 1999.

盐湖, which is located in the remote "bootheel" area of New Mexico, was once a thriving 一个人口约1000人的小镇.

Even though it is now virtually a ghost town, a skeleton crew living in 盐湖 continues to preserve village facilities which include 259 homes, six apartment buildings, community and fitness centers, a medical clinic, a bank, a post office, an airstrip, and a bowling 小巷.

In other announcements made to the Board of Regents, 科技 President López provided a summary of recently passed state legislation that has direct bearing on New Mexico 科技.

López characterized the recently concluded legislative session as having been "extremely 威尼斯人app下载的发展非常顺利."

A new funding formula for state universities that was adopted by the State Legislature, 例如，将意味着增加1美元.技术部的年度运营预算是800万， which works out to a larger percentage gain than the other state universities got López指出.

Also, the approved state budget for the next fiscal year includes salary increases 对于国家雇员，最高可达百分之三.

"By providing an additional two percent from internal funding sources, I feel fairly confident that we will be able to give all our university employees a five percent salary increase this coming fiscal year," López told the university governing board. "This is a very important step, in my mind, to help build up employee morale."

The 科技 President also reported that funding increases also were implemented at the state level to help cover inflationary costs associated with the university's increasing 水电费和图书馆订阅费.

In addition, several other funding bills for 威尼斯人app下载's various research organizations await Governor Richardson's signature to take effect, including $200,000 for the Petroleum Recovery 研究 Center (PRRC), $200,000 for the Institute for Complex Additive Systems Analysis (ICASA), and $100,000 for the Energetic Materials 研究 and Testing Center (EMRTC).

A bill establishing endowed chairs at the state's three research universities also stands to benefit 威尼斯人app下载 in the amount of $1 million, provided the university can match the endowment with $500,000 to be secured from outside sources.

A newly established educational outreach program for state science and math teachers being administered by NMSU also will add another $250,000 to 威尼斯人app下载's own operating budget for the supporting role 科技 will play in the new program.

威尼斯人app下载 also has fared well with recent federally funded programs, López told 董事会.

威尼斯人app下载 is poised to play a major role in EarthScope -- a continental-scale geophysics research project that will use arrays of ultra-sensitive seismometers to 他说，可以获得地球内部运作的详细图像.

Last month, President Bush signed into law a 2003 Omnibus Spending Bill that includes $3 million to support new seismic instrumentation acquisition at the university's IRIS/PASSCAL Instrumentation Center and $30 million for the first year of operation 的地球镜.

In addition, $20 million in federal funding is coming to 威尼斯人app下载 for its 急救人员培训项目，外加8美元.200万美元用于EMRTC的新型微电子设备 测试程序.

Funding for all the federal programs received widespread bipartisan Congressional 最引人注目的是新墨西哥州参议员皮特·多梅尼奇(R-N)的支持.M.)和杰夫·宾加曼(Jeff Bingaman) (D-N.M.).

During its March meeting, the 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents also approved the following 全职，终身教职人员任命:

In other official actions taken during its meeting, the Board of Regents also conferred Carl J. 波普，化学教授 former vice president of academic affairs at 威尼斯人app下载, and Vernon G. LeFebre, 物理学副教授.

The 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents, in addition to its regular business, also went into executive session to discuss the possible renegotiation of the 科技 President's 合同.

Immediately following the executive session, Ann Murphy Daily, chair of the 科技 Board of Regents, announced in open session that the Board had discussed and reached a concensus regarding an offer of new terms and extension of the President's 合同.

An "emergency" meeting of the 威尼斯人app下载 Board of Regents has been scheduled for noon on Tuesday, April 1, at Macey Center's Galena Room, for the Board to consider 为技术部总裁的新合同投票. 计划召开一次执行会议 作为会议的一部分.