Security Risk Assessment and Management: A Professional Practice Guide for Protecting Buildings and Infrastructures

Betty Biringer, Rudolph V. Matalucci and Sharon L. O’Connor
Wiley Books 2007

The best practices for security risk assessment and management of buildings and their supporting infrastructures are highlights of this work. The practices are designed to increase the security of workplace environments and to protect the interests of owners and other stakeholders. Readers will learn how to identify likely and credible threats, evaluate the consequences of these threats and assess the effectiveness of physical and cyber security systems. Biringer graduated from NMSU in 1974 with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics. Currently the manager of the Sandia National Laboratories Security Risk Assessment Department, she has developed security risk assessment methodologies for dams, chemical facilities, communities, high-voltage electric power transmission and energy infrastructures.

Alternative Oklahoma: Contrarian Views of the Sooner State

Davis D. Joyce, editor
University of Oklahoma Press 2006

In his new book, Davis D. Joyce presents 14 essays that interpret Oklahoma’s unique populist past and address current political and social issues. Scholars and political activists were invited by Joyce to speak their minds on subjects ranging from the energy industry, economics, and popular music to race, religion and gender. Their views reflect the progressive, libertarian and even radical viewpoints that influenced Oklahoma’s creation. Joyce calls on the alternative approach to history championed by Horace Zinn, a radical historian/activist and the subject of a previous book by Joyce. Joyce earned his master’s degree from New Mexico State University in 1963.

Billy’s Mountain

Steve Richardson
AtlasBooks 2006

Billy’s Mountain is a metaphor about impossible dreams, realizing those dreams, having the vision to see what others cannot see, and the leadership needed to achieve what is thought to be impossible. The story is about Billy, a young boy who grows up on a Kansas farm, dreaming of building a snow-capped mountain next to his farm. This is Billy’s dream, but he needs help to make his dream a reality. How can he let everyone know about his dream? Can they see what he sees? Can they help him achieve the impossible? Richardson, a 1993 graduate of NMSU, has seen his work published in national calendars, postcards and magazines.

Villages and Villagers: Stories from New Mexico Villages

Abe Peña
Rio Grande Books 2006

What was it like to live in Hispanic New Mexico villages between 1920 and 1950? Peña’s readers are transported to an earlier period in New Mexico’s history and entertained by the stories of people who lived in this simple, yet complex, time of American history. The stories speak to the universal themes of striking out on one’s own, coming of age, overcoming hardships and celebrating good times. Peña was awarded an honorary doctorate from NMSU in 1978. He earned a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry from NMSU in 1949 when the university was called New Mexico A&M.

Upriver and Downstream: The Best Fly-Fishing and Angling Adventures from the New York Times

Stephen Sautner, editor
Harmony Books 2007

This book includes 70 columns about fishing – from small ponds to the Great Lakes, from the Pacific Northwest to post-Soviet Russia, from freshwater to saltwater – written for the “Outdoors” column of the New York Times. Sautner joins such celebrated names as Nick Lyons, Peter Kaminsky, and Robert H. Boyle, in reminding us of what fishing is all about: companionship and solitude, challenge and relaxation, nature and technology. These recollections and reflections capture the natural world and one of life’s most challenging, perennial pursuits. In 1991, Sautner was awarded a bachelor’s degree in fisheries science from NMSU.

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