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Surveying Student Fueled by Passion

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By: Hilary Broman

Staff Reporter,   January 17, 2017

Anaissa Salgado has found her passion in the surveying program at CNM, she said.

The field of surveying combines Salgado’s love for math and her desire to have a job where she can work outdoors, she said.

“I didn’t know if there was a career for that,” she said.

Salgado discussed her career interests with one of her instructors who introduced her to Ron Forstbaur, a CNM surveying instructor.

Forstbaur introduced Salgado to the surveying program and showed her the equipment that they use as well as how they use trigonometry and angles out in the field, she said.

“It was amazing,” she said. “I knew that this was it!”

Salgado immediately decided to change her major, she said.

“She came into my office and said ‘I found what I want to do with the rest of my life,’ said Joe Schaub, an achievement coach for the school of applied technologies.

When Salgado decided to join the surveying program it had already been two weeks into the semester and Joe Schaub went above and beyond to help her get into the program, she said.

“As an achievement coach, I work with students to help them find what they want to do and Anaissa exudes what I hope every student will find and that’s doing something you love,” Schaub said.

After the first week in the program Salgado was already caught up because she was excited about what she was learning, she said.

Salgado regularly attends New Mexico Professional Surveyors meetings to network and gain experience, she said.

“She’s hanging out with professionals right now, she’s acting like one of them, she’s not walking in and acting like an intimidated student,” said Schaub.

Salgado is also the leader of the CNM team that is scheduled to attend the National surveying competition in Washington, D.C. this March, Forstbaur said.

“I want to lead,” Salgado said, “I was a little bit nervous at the beginning but it’s like being thrown into the water, that’s the best way to learn how to swim.”

Salgado recognizes that surveying is a male dominated profession but that inspires her even more to become a licensed surveyor, she said.

“Surveying is an excellent opportunity for women and to see a young woman getting in here and being excited about it is just wonderful for the profession,” said Forstbaur.

Salgado also is helping with the recruiting process for the program and hopes to get high school students excited about the surveying program at CNM, she said.

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“I know when I was in high school I never stopped to think about what I wanted to do after high school I just wanted to be done. I hope that we can change that mindset for students,” she said.

The third major was the charm for Salgado, she switched from business to drafting and finally found her passion in the surveying program, she said.

Salgado is an excellent example of a student who goes after what they want and always gives one hundred percent, said Schaub.

Salgado has almost completed the surveying program at CNM and hopes to complete her four-year degree at NMSU and graduate as a licensed surveyor, she said.

“I want to be the new face of surveying,” she said.

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The Late O.W.L. Gets The Cookie

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Story and Photos by Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

The Library on main campus is staying open until 11PM until Thursday December 1, Varina Kosovich library outreach coordinator said.

The Open Way Late (OWL)  program provides library resources, tutors, and study spaces to students in the week before finals week, she said.

Along with the normal resources available to students, the library staff is offering free cookies and coffee to help keep the students going, she said.

OWL is expected to serve over 400 students this week, with most students seeking help with science classes, Kosovish said.

Tutors for math, science and English are on hand the whole night to help students, she said.

The OWL program keeps the library open late at the end of Fall and Spring terms, she said.

In the study room across from the library main desk, physical therapy student Adam Peacock studied slides for anatomy and physiology lab, he said.

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Student Adam Peacock takes advantage of the additional hours to study slides not available outside the library.

Outside of OWL hours, Peacock finds it hard to make it to the library for quality study time, he works during the day and has class until 9pm, he said.

Alex Theodorou a math and physics tutor worked with CNM students Jackie Lovato and Pearla Franco on advanced math classes, he said.

Theodorou said he has been busy every night so far and he is grateful to have the extra hours available to assist students in their final weeks of the semester.

Jackie Lovato is applying for the radiologic technologist program in spring of 2017, she said.

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Alex Theodorou tutors students Jackie Lovato and Perla Franco

“The x-ray tech program is very hard to get into but the extra hours of tutoring and studying are making a big difference” she said.

Lovato said she arrives at eight in the morning and stays until 11pm only leaving for class.

Working with other students, the tutors and being surrounded by other working helps her stay awake late into the night and get more studying done than if she was at home, Perla Franco said.

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Students Ching Lu and Makayla Beach use a study room and whiteboard to work out complex energy problems for their shared chemistry 1810 class.

CNM Students Ching Lu and Makayla Beach took advantage of the study rooms on the main floor, utilizing the large white board for working out complex problems for their Chemistry 1810 class.

They work together frequently at the library, usually getting kicked out at 9pm, Lu said.

“Studying at home can be difficult with do many distractions and other things that need to get done, like laundry” he said.

The extended hours help by offering not only a distraction free environment, but the resources such as the whiteboards and reference material, all at student’s fingertips, he said.

 

The Open Way Late program is also available at the Montoya campus .

 

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The Walking Wounded

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Story and Photos by Wade Faast.

Over 200 students along with staff and outside personnel worked together to stage a large scale mock disaster and response at CNM’s Main Campus, Director of Simulation at CNM Richard Gentile said.

Students involved were from six programs from the School of Health, Wellness and Public Safety, he said.

Outside personnel and resources include the Albuquerque Police Department and PHI Air Medical which provided a helicopter ambulance free of charge for the exercise, he said.

The scenario played out was one of domestic violence turned into a mass shooting, he said.

Students from the Public Safety programs worked with APD officers to secure the scene, then students from the EMS program came in and tended to the simulated victims, Gentile said.

The victims of the mock shooting included both live students with fabricated injuries, and human patient simulator manikins, he said.

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CNM EMS program students (left to right) Jasmine Garza, Brandon Vasco and Robbie Vigil work on a human simulation manikin in the back of a moving ambulance.

Students in the EMS program then had to triage the victims, the victims where then transported by ambulance or helicopter to a mock hospital housed in the JS building, Gentile said.

“It was challenging with the ambulance moving, but the better you keep your cool, the better you will be able to treat your patient,” EMS student Brandon Vasco said.

EMS students got a chance to work under pressure in a moving ambulance and put their learning to use on the simulator manikins which allowed them to administer medications, intubate, and insert IV’s, all with instant feedback and monitoring, Gentile said.

From the ambulance the victims were taken to a staged hospital where students from the Nursing program would determine how to treat them and send them to a simulated operating room, radiology imaging center, or intensive care unit, he said.

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CNM Surgical Technician students Angela Kau (left) and Desiree Gomez conduct a mock surgery on a human simulation manikin in the CNM surgery simulation lab.

The mock disaster response was designed and implemented to bridge the gap between the class room education and real world working conditions, Gentile said.
Students had a chance to work under pressure and stressful conditions while being monitored inside a controlled setting, he said.

The human patient simulator manikins allowed a level of realism not achievable with standard dummies or even live human actors, he said.

The manikins have the ability to breath, talk, move and react to the treatments the students use, Gentile said.

One of the most important aspect of the mock exercise was communication, said CNM instructor and retired USAF Lt. Colonel Bruce Hosea.

Communicating with each other under stress, and learning how to communicate with other fields in a disaster is an extremely important skill, he said.

Moving real people was a great experience for the students as well, a manikin can be dropped or fumbled, but dropping a live person has consequences, he said.

This was the second mock disaster drill CNM’s School of Health, Wellness and Public Safety hosted, the first being a smaller drill this past spring, Gentile said.

CNM plans to continue hosting two such drills a year, one in spring semester and one in fall semester, each growing with success and lessons learned from the previous, he said.

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CNM EMS program student Robbie Vigil works to maintain respiration while running with an intubated human simulation manikin.
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CNM instructor Shannon Lopez applies a simulation gunshot wound to CNM nursing student Monet Clarke.
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PHI employees along with CNM staff work with EMS students to practice a “hot load”, a fast loading of a patient where the helicopter keeps the rotor blades spinning for a quicker take off.

A Bite of The Big Apple at CNM

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Hotdog Heaven’s daily offerings, left to right, New York dog, nachos and a Chili Cheese dog.
Michael Fichera (right) chats with CNM students Kristi Brooks (center) and Aperal Mitchell while the hot dogs cook.
Michael Fichera, owner of Hotdog Heaven, hands off a fresh New York dog to CNM criminology student Jordon Scott.

Michael Fichera, owner of Hotdog Heaven serves New York inspired hotdogs on the CNM Main Campus Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Fichera offers fresh made hot dogs and nachos every day and regularly offers specials like Italian sausage with peppers, onions heros and meatball heros, he said.

Surgery Technologist student Kristi Brooks has been getting a hot dog a week for the past three weeks from Hotdog Heaven, she said.

Brooks said her hot dog of choice is the New York Dog, a hotdog served with spicy mustard, sauerkraut, and red onions.

“The food is great, and it’s a fun place to spend sometime between classes,” Brooks said.

Fichera has been bringing his food cart to CNM since April 2016 and regularly serves 50-75 hotdogs a day, he said.

According to Fichera, he stumbled into the hot dog vending market.

He was meeting with a client for his other business when he noticed a hot dog cart that was not being used, and bought it, he said.

Growing up in New Jersey and making frequent trips to New York City, Fichera said he regularly ate at hotdog carts and knew he could bring the same flavors to New Mexico.

Starting with genuine New York Sabrett hot dogs he builds a hotdog that would be home on any New York street corner, he said.

The red onions found in Fichera’s cart are not store bought or mass produced, they are cooked following a family recipe, he said.

Fichera also sells his hotdogs on Saturdays at the New Mexico Soccer Tournament Complex, he said.

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Lights, Camera, Degree

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By Wade Faast, Staff Reporter

CNM now offers an associate’s degree in film technology for working in the TV and movie industries, CNM film instructor Jim Graebner said.

The new Film Technology AAS degree is designed to get students ready for gainful employment in the motion picture industry, he said.

After graduation students will be ready to work in any department on a production such as directing, editing, writing, acting and producing, he said.

Students will also be eligible to continue on to four-year programs at many of the universities around the state, he said.

“It’s like working for a well paid circus,” Graebner said.

Flexibility, stamina and sociability are important factors for success in the film industry, he said.

A sense of adventure is a must as well, tomorrow you could find yourself shooting all over the state, the country or across the world, he said.

This is not a career with predictability, every day will present new challenges and tell different stories, he said.

First year film technician student, Fernando Bustillos is pursuing the degree so he can work as a Foley artist, he said.

A Foley artist creates all the sound effects and noises you hear in a movie such as a dinosaur roar from Jurassic Park, he said.

Bustillos was drawn to the program and industry because it is not a corporate job that does the same thing everyday.

“I worked in the corporate world, I never want to do that again,” he said.

Bustillos started taking classes in film technology this summer term and has already put them to use as a grip and gaffer on a film project for the 48 Hour Film Festival this past July, he said.

The project was “Meow Meow, You’re Dead” produced by the CNM Cinecats, he said.

He was able to take the lessons he was learning in class and directly apply them to the project, he said.

He eventually wants to move into writing and directing his own projects and feels confident the new Film Technician degree will put him on the right track, Bustillos said.

The new AAS degree is an expansion of the two semester Film Crew Technician certificate that CNM has been offering since 2005, CNM instructor Charlie O’Dowd said.

The certificate program prepares students for an entry-level position as a production assistant for movies, TV shows or live theater, he said.

It is great for persons wanting to get a quick start into the industry, for those that want to continue on to other programs either at CNM or a university, or people who want a fun side job, he said.

O’Dowd is still active in the industry and will be directing the behind the scenes videos for the upcoming season of Better Call Saul for AMC, he said.

“You get to meet and work with people you would only get to read about in magazines,” he said.

Actors Bryan Cranston and Jonathan Banks of AMC’s Breaking Bad both worked with the CNM film program to create multiple videos, he said.

New Mexico began offering tax credits and incentives to the film industry over 12 years ago, with one major stipulation, in order to qualify at least 60% of the crew had to be New Mexico residents, Graebner said.

At that time New Mexico did not have enough trained crewmembers to keep up with demand so CNM worked with the State of New Mexico to organize and build a program to train the crews, he said.

Intel, Eclipse Aviation, many of the good paying industries in the Albuquerque area are either closing down or shrinking their work force, but the film industry is constantly growing, he said.

Every year for the past three years the film industry has grown in New Mexico, and they need qualified crew members more now than ever before, he said.

CNM Student Employee and Film Technician Student Fernando Bustillos is pursuing a career in the film industry as a Foley artist
The CNM Film Technician studio, offering a full sound stage, lighting and camera equipment, class room space, and all tools necessary to produce a motion picture.
CNM Film Technician students Kandice Montoya (left), Benjamin Ginsburg (center) and Breauna Choy (right) work on a mock video shoot.
CNM Film Technician students Benjamin Ginsburg (top left), Breauna Choy (top right) and Kandice Montoya (bottom center) work on a mock video shoot.
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Stop and Smell The Basil

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By Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

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Student Bio Gardener Gregory Dugay (left) gives advise to CNM Student Nereyda Ruiz about caring for her home garden.  Photo credit, Wade Faast
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CNM liberal arts student Nereyda Ruiz stops to check out the compost garden beds.  Photo credit, Wade Faast
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Student Bio Gardener Gregory Dugay channels the water from a dripping faucet into a well he dug for an apple tree.  Photo credit, Wade Faast

Each morning student bio gardener Gregory Dugay takes care of the compost garden beds in the community commons at CNM main campus, he said.

Dugay cares for the six garden beds containing a variety of plants from ornamental flowers like the primrose, to eggplants and basil that are harvested for the culinary program, he said.

CNM groups applied to adopt a bed in early 2016 and had to demonstrate how the beds could be tied into their curriculum, Dugay said.

The groups that adopt the beds are responsible for the majority of the maintenance, planting, and upkeep, he said.

Dugay takes care of the daily chores such as managing the irrigation, pruning the plants and being vigilant for any issues that may arise, he said.

“Gardening is a process of observing and applying common sense to solve problems,” he said.

Instead of using harmful pesticides with neurotoxins, the garden beds are organic and use deterrents such as soap products to keep insects and pests away, Dugay said.

One of the garden beds uses a traditional Native American planting method known as the three sisters method; planting corn, pinto beans and squash together, he said.

The corn grows tall and straight, the pinto beans then grow up the stalks of the corn and the squash provides ground cover to limit water loss through evaporation, he said.

The CNM culinary program has several beds they adopted through the program, they are able to harvest basil, eggplants, culinary sage, kale and other fresh produce from the gardens to help increase their fresh organic options, he said.

CNM liberal arts student Nereyda Ruiz stopped by the garden beds to smell the fresh produce and get some advice from Dugay, she said.

“I enjoy smelling the fresh plants on campus, it is nice to have a connection to nature,” Ruiz said.

Dugay started as the student bio gardener in June, and a good day is when he goes home covered in sweat with dirt under his fingernails, he said.

Majoring in biology, Dugay intends to complete his associates degree here at CNM and transfer to UNM for a bachelors degree and work in environmental planning and design.

Working as a bio gardener gives Dugay valuable hands on experience maintaining a garden in an arid climate, he said.

If groups are interested in adopting a garden bed they should contact the compost to garden committee, Campus as a Living Lab Sustainability Manager Molly Blomhoefer said.

Students groups need to have a faculty adviser to adopt a garden bed, she said.

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CNM Makerspace offers opportunity to inventors and entrepreneurs.

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3D printed ring positive designed to be used in making jewelry molds.
Marty Bonacci adjusts a router for finishing the guitar bodies he manufactures at Makerspace.
Wooden guitar body made by Marty Bonacci at CNM Makerspace.
A quadcopter drone built in the Makerspace lab by student employee Odaro Ehiman.

Photos and story by Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

Open to CNM Students and the public through membership, Makerspace offers advanced equipment and training for inventors and hobbyist who could not otherwise afford the tools necessary, CNM instructor James Berry said.

Students and members are currently working on a wide range of projects including skateboards, snowboards, guitars, signs, guitar amps, and drone quadcopters, he said.

The Makerspace offers most of the tools needed for modern fabrication including a CNC mill, CNC plasma cutter, laser cutter, 3D printers and more, he said.

Part of the program focus is Made in America, Berry said.

Member and instructor Marty Bonacci makes custom snowboards and wooded guitar bodies that are sold to enthusiasts looking to build their own guitars, Bonacci said.

Bonacci used to manufacture large quantities for major snowboard companies, unfortunately he could not compete with Chinese companies on price, he said.

Now Bonacci makes custom one of a kind snowboards using the tools at makerspace, these single order custom snowboards are something that Chinese manufacturers can not do, he said.

CNM Student Employee Odaro Ehiman, is currently working on a quadcopter drone for personal use, he said.

Using CNC water jet cutter for the aluminum chassis, laser cutter for the wooden arms and soldering tools for electronic connections Ehiman has built a working drone at a fraction of the cost, he said.

Ehiman is a second year Radiologic Technology major, as such is routinely exposed to x-rays and other radiation, personal dosimeters and exposure indicators can be very expensive costing between $300-1400 a piece, he said.

For less than $5 in parts and the tools available at Makerspace he was able to build a small battery powered x-ray exposure indicator that flashes when exposed to x-rays, Ehiman said.

CNM’s makerspace opened in the fall of 2015 with a $100,000 grant from Intel and an additional $40,000 in grants from other sources, James Berry said.

Monthly membership fees are $75 for the general public or $50 for CNM students, he said.

To use the equipment in Makerspace members must attend workshops hosted by Makerspace that teach members how to safely use the equipment he said.

CNM students enrolled in Rapid Prototyping classes will have more in-depth instruction on how to operate the equipment and create using the tools available, Berry said.

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Calling All Extras, Acting opportunities for students

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Image and information from website Lathamcasting.com, previous films the agencey has cast for include: The Reach, Gunslingers:Icons of the Old West, Cosmos: A SpaceTime Odyssey, The Sixth Gun, Frontera, Sweetwater, SEAL Team 6: The Hunt for Osama bin Laden, Blaze You Out, This Must Be The Place, Truth Be Told, Stargate Universe: Malice.

By Wade Faast

Staff Reporter

The New Mexico film industry is in full swing with projects across the state and they need background actors, which is an opportunity for CNM students to make some extra money said Lorrie Latham with Latham Casting.

Latham casting is looking to cast extras for an upcoming six part western series that will start shooting in mid-August and run through early December, she said.

The production will require at least 2,200 actors, with many being recurring roles she said.

According to Latham that is not the only major project going on, other local casting firms are looking for extras daily.

Extras should be prepared for long days though because most days will require twelve or more hours of filming, she said.

Most background roles pay minimum wage, which can add up quickly with any time over 8 hours in one day paying overtime, said former CNM and current UNM student Clayton Salberg.

“It’s not a way to make a living, but more of a hobby,” he said.

Clayton started doing background work in April of 2015 during his last year at CNM, he said.

In the summer of 2015 he landed the role of a fighter pilot on Independence Day Resurgence, he said.

The days are long and many times there can be hours of downtime, which allowed him to work on homework in-between scenes, Salberg said.

Salberg majored in Health Sciences while at CNM but after working on movie and television sets he switched his major to theater when he transferred to UNM, he said.

Networking through Facebook groups for local casting calls can allow students to keep an eye out for extra casting calls that need actors, he said.

Facebook background actor groups offer people new to the industry a chance to ask questions and get advice from more experienced individuals, casting directors will also use these groups to put out casting calls especially ones that come up at the last minute, Latham said.

If interested in getting started in background acting, Latham recommended going to the City of Albuquerque’s How to be an Extra information webpage, the page provides FAQ’s on being an extra along with links to several casting companies here in New Mexico.

One of the important pieces of getting into the field is a headshot, it doesn’t need to be professional or high quality, it should not be a selfie though, she said.

Latham advised that the most important aspects in a headshot are that it be clear and not too close up, casting directors want to see your hair, face, and body type, she said.

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Find more great information at the city of Albuquerque’s

‘How to be an Extra’ information webpage.

Paws Up for College

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The Dean of Students office and the security department partnered with the Children’s cancer fund of New Mexico to host Paws Up for College, said Libby Fatta, the Paws Up for College event coordinator.

“We wanted to organize a full day of college for all of the children who are battling cancer and who are associated with the Cancer Fund of New Mexico,” she stated.

CNM hosted the event on July 29 at Main Campus.

They arrived on campus between 7:30 and 8:00 a.m., they had an orientation where they checked in and got students IDs as well as backpacks with school supplies, water bottles and a T-shirt, she said.

About 30 students attended on Friday, ranging from ages 6 to 18, she said.

“We were really excited to have the variety of age groups” she stated, “We paired some of the older teenagers with the younger ones so they could have that mentorship within the day.”

The levels of illness of the children were also varied, Fatta said, “Some were healthier than others.”

There were between 30 and 40 volunteers including staff and students from the dean of student’s office, the security department, the marketing and communications office, the foundations office and the executive council of students, Fatta explained.

Chief Corvino from the security department had the idea for this event, Fatta said.

“He previously organized a hero academy with the Albuquerque Police Academy where they did a similar event.” Fatta explained “They would have the children from the Cancer Fund of New Mexico do a day of police training and at the end of the day they were rewarded a badge. We wanted to do something similar but in a college setting.”

Fatta’s motivation for the event was to provide an enriching experience for the children, she said.

“I feel terrible that cancer is something that they have to go through especially at such a young age but I hope they were inspired to keep dreaming about college and pursuing a degree,” she expressed.

Fatta stated that she is optimistic that this will become an annual event.

The Grove Café and the Executive Council of Students sponsored breakfast, she said.

After breakfast the students attended five classes throughout the day, she said.

The first class was a fitness class where they learned basic fitness information and participated in fitness activities, she said.

The second class was in the simulation lab where the students learned how to do different medical simulations, Fatta said.

After that they went to lunch, which was sponsored by Saggios, she said.

At lunch they participated in a painting activity where the students painted their hands and put their handprints on a large piece of butcher paper, Fatta explained.

In the third class of the day the students learned how to use Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVAC) equipment.

The fourth class was a truck-driving demo and they ended the day in a culinary class where they made chocolate dipped strawberries, Fatta said.

“We wanted to give them different types of program options throughout the day so they could know that there are more than just the normal degree options,” Fatta expressed.

At the end of the day there was a graduation ceremony where the students earned a Suncat studies certificate, Fatta stated, each student was allowed to invite two family members to the ceremony.

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Diving Deep Into Code

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By Wade Faast, Staff Reporter

Students from CNM’s Deep Dive Coding Bootcamp presented their projects that included a New Mexico focused craft beer recommendation website and a site that relates information about NASA’s Curiosity Probe.

According to CNM Career Coach Karen Grandinetti, the students have been laboring and learning for 10 weeks and each of the four teams produced websites with coding skills learned at the Deep Dive Coding Bootcamp.

The Deep Dive Coding Bootcamp is an intense 10 week, 60+ hour course offered through the STEMulus Center that teaches students the fundamentals of modern web development and prepares them for jobs as coders and web designers, she said.

Each student builds their own project website and works with a group to build a capstone project website.

This term’s projects are:

Real Time Scout: A website designed to collect data from coaches and scouts on players for possible Major League Baseball recruitment.

Craft Brew Compass: A website that makes recommendations on New Mexico craft beers.

Red Rover: A website that collects information regarding the NASA Curiosity Probe and makes it east to access.

ROMuless: A website for buying and selling classic video games.

Kate McGaughey with Craft Brew Compass said they wanted to build a website that would focus on New Mexico’s large selection of craft brewers and help people find the right local beer for them.

“My only previous experience with coding was HTML on MySpace,” she said.

While few of the capstone projects will go onto become a live website, McGauhey said the Craft Brew Compass team is dedicated to launching their program and are currently working on their business plan and logistics.

Grandinetti works with all of the students to help them find employment utilizing their new skills.

Some students will go to work for local companies or even work for themselves as freelance designers, she said.

Alonso Indacochea, president of Hermes Development and a former student of the Deep Dive Bootcamp said “It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done” but it gave him the skills and opportunity to build his own career.

After Indacochea completed the boot camp, he teamed up with two other graduates and founded Hermes Development and within 2 months they were turning a profit, he said.

Hermes Development is constantly acquiring new business and growing, including just hiring an intern who recently completed the Deep Dive Bootcamp, he said.

John Mierzwa, director of STEMulus initiates, founded Deep Dive Bootcamp as an independent company and eventually sold the program to CNM in May of 2014.

A new boot camp starts every 4 months in January, April, July and October, he said.

Mierzwa stated that so far they have conducted 18 boot camps averaging between fourteen and eighteen students per class.

The cost of the boot camp is about $6,000, according to Karen Grandinetti.

The program is not covered by financial aid but is eligible for coverage under the G.I. Bill.

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Members of Craft Brew Compass from left to right, Kate McGaughey, Merri Zibert, Arlene Graha, and Alicia Broadhurst answer questions from the audience.

More Information:

Program Website: Deepdivecoding.com 

Website for Hermes Development:hermesdev.io