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One of the largest Native American basketball tournaments for high school and middle school students will take place at UNM.  Striking Eagle Native American Basketball Invitational (SENAI) and Educational Fair is a program run by the College of...

The College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS) honors the life of Dorothy Wooldridge Gram. Gram was a UNM Counselor Education alumna who died earlier this year; she was known for her humor, kindness, and legacy of service to families and...

The College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS) is welcoming 19 new faces to their department this fall, the largest ‘freshman class of faculty’ the college has seen in recent years.  “To have an incoming class of this size is Atypical and a real...

The UNM Foundation has selected nonprofit leader Andréa Cassutt as the new director of Development for the College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS). Cassutt succeeds Mary Wolford, who served as COEHS’ senior development director from 2014 until...

Ruth Luckasson, a Distinguished Professor of Special Education, has retired after serving at The University of New Mexico for more than four decades. Luckasson’s path to becoming the College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS)’s first...

The number one pro-baseball draft pick, a two-time basketball all-star and a gold medal winner in beach volleyball may be the simple answer for the best of the best in a sport. When you remove the sight of the batter, the long legs of the player...

Naadiyahtu Iddrisu hails from a small village in Ghana. A mother of young daughters, one of them born on her first year as a graduate student, she has consistently supported her family while excelling as a graduate student at The University of New...

UNM’s teacher preparation programs have coursework and experiences that “demonstrate a strong commitment to structured literacy and evidence-based practices”, according to a recent state-sponsored review. UNM’s College of Education and Human Sciences...

You wouldn’t believe that after spending an afternoon with Martin Vasquez, he wasn’t heading for ‘So You Think You Can Dance?’ or Major League Baseball. Still, that energy and entertainment are what he carries into his actual career–teaching.   This...

The New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education (NMABE) has named College of Education and Human Sciences (COEHS) Associate Professor Carlos LópezLeiva as its University Bilingual Education Professor of the Year.  “Chair LópezLeiva is a wonderful...