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Please welcome the members of our incoming graduate class of Fall 2008:
| (Clarion University) | |
| (University of New Mexico) | |
| (Whitman College) | |
| (Williams College) | |
| (University of Utah) |
The astronomy department is actively seeking candidates for a faculty position in Solar Astronomy, at the Assistant Professor level. If interested, please read through the job description, and please do not hesitate to contact us (email: user astfaculty; domain astronomy.nmsu.edu) with any questions.
Congratulations to graduate students Cat Wu, winner of the Pegasus Award for excellence in teaching, and to Glenn Kacprzak and Daniel Ceverino-Rodriguez, who were recently co-awarded the Zia Award for excellence in research.
We also applaud the efforts of Douglas Hoffman, winner of the Rappaport Award for outstanding public service, and Daniel Ceverino-Rodriguez, winner of the Murrell Award for exceptional research and professional development.
Best wishes to Jon Holtzman,
winner of the 2007
Dennis W. Darnall Faculty Achievement Award. This award, named in
honor of a former associate dean, is presented each year to a faculty member for achievements
in teaching and research and for service to the community and the university. Bravo, Jon!
On the evening of Wednesday, February 20, a total lunar eclipse will occur between 7 and 9pm. Come out to the on-campus Tombaugh Observatory at 8pm to join the search for a shadowy moon through NMSU telescopes!
Drop by the campus observatory any time from 8:30pm - 9:30pm on Wednesday September 5th, for some exclusive sky viewing and one-on-one guided tours of the autumn sky!
Looking for a fun science course to fulfill the general education science requirement, or an upper division Viewing the Wider World class that is out of this world? The astronomy department has a host of offerings for Fall 2007:
| ASTR105G: The Planets | (10:30 MWF) |
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| ASTR110G: Introduction to Astronomy | ( 9:30 MWF, 11:30 MWF, 8:55 TTH, or 10:20 TTH) |
| ASTR301G: Revolutionary Ideas in Science | (12:30 MWF) |
| ASTR305G: Life in the Universe | (11:45 TTH) |
Please join us!
Please welcome the members of our incoming graduate class of Fall 2007:
| (US Air Force Academy) | |
| (University of Iowa) | |
| (Emory University) | |
| (University of Nebraska) | |
| (University of Chicago) | |
| (City University of New York) |
Glenn Kacprzak was recently featured in the NMSU Research & Resources magazine, for his work on Probing Galaxies through Quasar Absorption Lines. -->