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CHRISTMAS 
				TOUR

	
Visitas de
				Navidad
 
			 

				 Fundraiser for Scholarships
 
			 
Sunday,
				December 12
2:00-5:00pm

				Tickets $6.00

	
CUSTOM 
	DESIGNED NEW HOMES

	
1007 Cassity Street ~ Jane Adams

	1013 Lopezville Road ~ Eileen Comstock & Warren Marts

	
HISTORIC 
	HOMES IN RESTORATION

	
210 6th Street South ~ Brenda Wilkenson 
	& Patrick Duran

	603 Central Avenue ~ Suzanne Smith ~ Historic home/museum 

	of J.E. Smith, early Socorro photographer

	

	***Refreshments served on 6th Street***

	
***Music 
	performances at Cassity Street***

			 

			 
AAUW-NM FALL
				WORKSHOP
 
			 

				 "Progress Toward Peace"
 
			 
hosted by Socorro
				Branch
 
			 
October 30-31,
				2004
 
			 
Location: New Mexico Tech Campus, Macey Center,
				Galena Room
 
			 
Date: Saturday, October 30th
 
			 
Time: 8:00am registration
 
			 
Information: See
				registration form at bottom of page 
 
			 
                  
				or call Nolina Bryant at (505) 835-5609
 
			 
 
 
			 
The Socorro Branch of the AAUW cordially invites
				you to attend the AAUW-NM Fall Workshop.  Our theme this year is
				“Progress Toward Peace”.   Events to be held on campus at
				New Mexico Tech will include two speakers in the morning session.  First
				will be an overview of the situation in the Middle East and commentary on
				“Is Peace Possible?”  Following will be a presentation on
				“The Homeland Security Approach to Anti-Terrorism.”
 
			 
A presentation by Socorro’s own, well known
				sculptor Sharon Fullingim will accompany a buffet style luncheon of “Baked
				Lemon Herb Chicken” and “Lasagna Bolognese”.  Sharon is the
				artist who created the life size sculpture in the Generations Plaza of Tamaya
				Resort.  She will talk about her path as an artist and explain the
				creation of the sculpture.
 
			 
The afternoon will include an International AAUW
				presentation from Evelyn Cummings and Barbara Carey who attended the IAUW
				Conference in Perth, Australia.  Then, you will have your choice of
				attending two breakout sessions on Computer Skills, Membership, and
				Potpouri.
 
			 
We will attend dinner at the historic Val Verde
				Hotel on Saturday evening, and the Leadership Team meeting will be held on
				Sunday morning.  Come prepared to learn lots, have fun, and purchase
				raffle tickets for really nice prizes which have been contributed to help
				support our mission.
 
			 

				Click here for
				Registration Form & Schedule
 
			 
 
			 
SOCORRO AAUW
				BRANCH TO HOST FALL WORKSHOP AT NEW MEXICO TECH 
 
			 
SOCORRO - For only the second time in its
				55-year history, the Socorro Branch of the American Association of University
				Women (AAUW) will host the AAUW-New Mexico Fall Workshop October 30-31.
				
 
			 

				Registration begins at 8 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 30 in the lobby of New Mexico
				Tech's Macey Conference Center. The event is open to all AAUW members
				statewide, and any others interested in attending. Registration fee is $40, and
				includes a buffet lunch and continental breakfast. 
 
			 
The
				Socorro Branch of AAUW held its first meeting in September, 1949, with 20
				charter members, several of whom are still active within the organization. The
				local organization is known for its annual Christmas Home Tour, and for
				generous scholarships to female students at Socorro High School and New Mexico
				Tech. 
 
			 
This year's Fall Workshop has an international focus, "Progress Toward
				Peace," which is appropriate because of the proximity of the workshop to the
				Nov. 2 Presidential election, said Nolina Bryant, workshop coordinator.
				
 
			 
Geraldine Klinglesmith, president of the Socorro Branch of AAUW, and
				state co-presidents Carol Ann Council and Nancy Scheer will welcome
				participants, followed by "Reflections on the Meeting in Perth, Australia" by
				Evelyn Cumming, AAUW regional director, and Barbara Carey, president of the
				Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF). VGIF is an independent,
				international philanthropy with an international board of directors and
				membership. Its mission states, in part, that it "encourages understanding
				among women worldwide." 
 
			 
The
				focus on international issues continues through the morning with two special
				talks. "Different people have different ideas about the political aspects of
				the peace process," said Bryant, a member of the Socorro Branch of AAUW and
				state membership co-chair of AAUW-New Mexico. 
 
			 
As
				such, Bryant has invited two speakers to present their viewpoints on
				international issues: New Mexico Tech President Dr. Daniel H. López, and
				Dr. Michael Hensley, program manager of the International Law Enforcement
				Agency (ILEA)-Roswell, a program Tech manages for the U.S. Department of State.
				
 
			 
  López, who has a Ph.D. in political science and is
				widely regarded as an authority on Middle East issues, will speak on "Is Peace
				Possible?" at 10 a.m. Saturday. López has served as president of New
				Mexico Tech since 1993, and has accrued innumerable honors for his work in
				government and as a leader in higher education. 
 
			 
  Hensley will speak on "Homeland Security and
				Anti-Terrorism" at 11 a.m. His Ed.D. is from Virginia Tech, and he has done
				post-doctoral studies at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.
				In addition to his role with ILEA, Hensley is involved in the new National
				Emergency Response Training Academy at Playas. 
 
			 
Well-known Socorro artist Sharon Fullingim will reflect on her path to
				becoming an artist at a buffet-style luncheon beginning at noon in the Macey
				Center Galena Room. 
 
			 
New
				Mexico's One Percent for the Arts project started a long list of
				larger-than-life commissions for the artist, including "Past, Present, and the
				Future," which graces the grounds of the New Mexico Tech campus; and four
				traditional Pueblo figures which adorn the courtyard at the exclusive Hyatt
				Regency Tamaya Resort at Santa Ana Pueblo.
 
			 

				Fullingim also recently finished creating another bronze monument for Santa Ana
				Pueblo, and is a co-owner of an art gallery Socorro. 
 
			 
Beginning at 2 p.m., AAUW members will choose from several breakout
				sessions including a hands-on workshop on the basics of email taught by
				students in New Mexico Tech's Technical Communication (TC) program.
				
 
			 
Dr.
				Daniel Jernigan, an assistant professor in the TC program, and Joy Wheeler,
				Tech's webmaster, have volunteered their services to help coordinate the email
				workshop, Bryant said. 
 
			 
Other sessions: 
 
			 
"
				Membership Challenge - "Ideas to Recruit and Retain Members"; " 
Potpourri -
				"Your Choice of Discussion Topic"; and 
 "Reducing the Nuclear Arsenal: My
				Life with Robots," a talk by Nancy Sheer, state AAUW co-president and a
				recently retired scientist with Los Alamos National Laboratory.
				
 
			 
Workshop participants will dine at the historic Val Verde Hotel at
				6:30 p.m. Saturday. A "Leadership Team Meeting" Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
				will close out the workshop. 
 
			 
Contact Bryant with questions, or for bed-and-breakfast reservations,
				at 505-835-5609; or visit the AAUW website at
				http://www.nmt.edu/~aauw/special_events.htm.
				-- NMT - (Valerie Kimble) 
 		 
		
 
		
 
		  


			  
			 
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