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UNM Staff Council members finished out the year in a celebratory mood, awarding tokens of appreciation and brainstorming ideas at their final business meeting of the year.  “This is a time to honor each of you for what outstanding work you have done...

With the holidays around the corner, The University of New Mexico focuses on paying it forward which is why UNM’s IT Department brought the organization, Project Heart Start onto campus recently. Project Heart Start is a collaborative effort between...

Staff at The University of New Mexico are asked to 'pay it forward' at this year’s Staff Service Project by taking some time out of the holiday break to volunteer at The Rock at Noonday, a day shelter that serves the homeless and hungry in...

During the week of the 2018 New Mexico State Fair, while half a million fairgoers were taking in concerts, riding rides, and gobbling down all things fried, Master Gardener Cody Alvstad was at work off the midway in the Floriculture Building.  Alvstad...

The five winners of the 2018 Gerald W. May Outstanding Staff Award will be honored in an upcoming ceremony that all are welcome to attend.  Kevin Brown, John D. Couch, Glenda Johnson, Katherine Love and Tracy Wenzl were named award recipients this year...

In partnership with the Human Resources Department, the Provost's Committee for Staff at The University of New Mexico has created a scholarship designed to help support staff that utilize their tuition remission benefit. UNM employees now have an...

Every year around Thanksgiving break, the UNM Bookstore stocks its shelves with a special item: the annual UNM collectible holiday ornament.  This year, Bandelier Hall is being honored as the featured building on the decoration. Since the inception of...

The University of New Mexico Mortar Board Society presents UNM’s oldest tradition, the Hanging of the Greens, on Friday, Nov. 30 when student organizations come together to light up campus with thousands of luminarias. Once the sun goes down, the campus...

Three recipients from The University of New Mexico community have been recognized with the 2018 Sarah Belle Brown Community Service Award.  Patty Keane, Maia Polinger and Jaelyn deMaria were chosen based on their extensive history of community service,...

The Fall 2018 semester marked the one-year anniversary since The University of New Mexico became a tobacco-free campus. Since adopting this tobacco-free policy, UNM has observed a decreased in tobacco-use from 22.5 percent in 2017 to 13.7 percent one...