A MP students are excelling outside theclassroom, too. New Mexico Junior College AMP students, Chris Aguilar and Yvonne Flores were elected Homecoming King and Queen for the 1999 year. U NM-LA sponsored its annual Plan Your Future Day Program which hosts graduating high school students from the northern New Mexico area. Four-year institutions and 18 area employers were represented. The fair was free and open to the public with positive response from all participants.
Plans are to make the fair an annual event.
Several activities taught skills which enabled the UNM mentors and SIPI mentees to establish rapport with each other. Students went to the bookstores to buy books for a sample schedule, with practical tips from the mentors about where to go, what to ask for, and how much to allow for books. The coordinators from UNM and SIPI challenged the teams to build a tower out of one sheet of paper and 12 inches of masking tape. Students problem solved, used personal resources, and built rapport. Earlier that week, SIPI, UNM and IBM enjoyed lunch on the SIPI campus.