Branch Campuses

Students from The University of New Mexico-Taos’ (UNM-Taos) Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX), surpassing both...

There are fall-down, drag-out hard knocks stories, and then there are stories about rising from ashes. This story is full of both. Juan Juarez, 42, who was hired last December as a UNM-Taos academic advisor, is living a life he never dreamed possible....

UNM-Valencia Campus Senior Program Manager Brittany Padilla was selected as a Fellow of La Academia de Liderazgo of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). La Academia is a one-year program that prepares the next generation of...

A school system’s response to migration influences the financial and social success of all the individuals they serve, regardless of their immigrant background. There are some schools that need to integrate large numbers of migrants and asylum seekers...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Mike Holtzclaw as chancellor for the UNM-Los Alamos branch campus, effective July 18, 2022. Holtzclaw has more than 27 years of experience in...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Samuel Dosumu as chancellor for the UNM Valencia branch campus. “Sam Dosumu will be a wonderful new addition to the UNM Valencia community,”...

Living off-grid is becoming as synonymous with Taos as is art. Five years ago, Taos High School English teacher and author Jim Kristofic set out across the Southwest on a quest to find sustainable building techniques and learn the philosophies of its...

Metalsmithing machines at UNM-Taos are about to be put to work as leadership has found a new instructor Kimberly Thompson for jewelry-making and small metalwork. Thompson, a California native, is a professional goldsmith specializing in producing...

Through July, Millicent Rogers Museum in Taos presents Following the Manito Trail – a cultural heritage exhibition that shares the largely untold histories of nine Manito (Hispanic New Mexican) families from Taos County with public audiences. The...

Last year, the UNM-Taos leadership team began reading "Redesigning America’s Community Colleges," and campus directors led their teams down similar paths sparking new conversations. The initial information has provided a new way of thinking about how...