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UNM athletics moves Pres. Stokes hosts town hall for new media deal By Alyssa Martinez
By Justin Garcia @Just516garc The University of New Mexico is one step closer to replacing its $4.4 million media-rights contract to broadcast games and images. However, the new contract's value, along with when it can be signed, remain unclear. On Tuesday, the Board of Regents Finances and Facilities Committee approved an agreement between the University and Outfront Media Sports, Inc. to hold the Athletics Department’s media rights . However, F&F committee chair Sandra Begay said the contract may have to be voted on at the full Board next month. According to UNM Athletics Director Eddie Nuñez, the details of the contract are still being drafted. If the contract was not written up before the August 13
meeting, Begay and Nuñez said it would likely be voted on during the September 17 meeting. Nuñez said that UNM may end up using a temporary “bridge” contract while the Outfront deal is finalized and approved, but he declined to give specific details about what that might look like. “I’m not a lawyer,” Nuñez said when asked if it was possible for the contract to be finalized next week. “I will say we are aggressively doing everything we can to get this done,” he added. Nuñez did tell reporters that the Outfront contract would be a “profit share,” which means Outfront and UNM would share the profits generated by UNM Athletics, but said nothing else about how this contract might look. “I’m gonna hold off on my expectations, I think it’s been misrepresented already in the community and the fact is we’re
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@amart4447 University of New Mexico President Garnett Stokes addressed questions about staff retention, enrollment and safety during the hour long employee town hall on August 5. The event was held in the Student Union Building and live-streamed on Facebook. Of the 9 questions asked, the most prevalent concern was focused around retention rates. One of the issues addressed during the town hall was staff at UNM quitting their jobs when they are dissatisfied. “When staff are unhappy at their job, they just leave,” said Mary Clark, Sustainability Manager of Facilities Management. “Sometimes that’s caused by having a manager who is not trained properly in disciplinary actions or in encouraging and promoting faculty,” she added. Clark then directly asked Dorothy Anderson — vice presi-
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President Garnett Stokes delivers her address before the Board of Regents on Monday, April 22, 2019.
dent of Human Resources and panelist at the event — how she planned on making HR more responsive to staff complaints. Anderson said HR recently engaged in an agreement with Facilities Management to create a position in both departments which will serve as an ambassador for department-specific issues in order to develop more appropriate training. Alejandro Mendiaz, El Centro student program special-
ist, asked the panel about the retention of young professionals at UNM. Mendiaz said that although he and his colleagues enjoy their jobs, they often feel “left out or underappreciated and definitely underfunded,” leading many to leave the University in pursuit of a private sector job. see
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Join The University of New Mexico’s College of Nursing and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) for one of two sessions on the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program and learn how you can be included in shaping the future of health care for you, your family, your community, and generations to come.
Tuesday, August 13th 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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at the UNM Main Campus, Dane Smith Hall, Room 127 (between Las Lomas and Roma to the NW of the Duck Pond). Free parking in the “BP” lot at University and Central (do not park in reserved spaces).
Wednesday, August 14th 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the UNM Health Sciences Center, Domenici Center North, Room 3710. Free parking in the “M” lot at UNM HSC (do not park in reserved spaces).