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Educators are a special group of people. Their desire, willingness and determination to go the extra mile to improve education is nothing short of heroic—especially in New Mexico, where the educational challenges are plenty. Viola “Vi” Florez (Tighe)...

The University of New Mexico has opened a new center focused on an often-overlooked yet significant subset of its students — those who have transferred to UNM from another institution. The Transfer and Transition Student Center, located at the...

The Department of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico-Taos and the New Mexico Higher Education Department presents the UNM-Taos Printmaking Exhibition, an event showcasing 24 artists who have studied under Associate Professor Gary Cook. According...

Teaching and learning is a flexible cycle, with no right or wrong way to go about it; behind desks, outdoors, small groups, online, there are many ways to facilitate it.    Online learning is one of the formats which was greatly expanded during the...

One of UNM’s Communication & Journalism (C&J) students will soon be part of ‘All the News That's Fit to Print.’ Junior Elizabeth Secor has been chosen as one of the upcoming members of The Times Corps, part of none other than worldwide digital and print...

Each year, two programs make it their mission to prepare undergraduate students for admission into graduate school to pursue master’s and doctoral degrees. The McNair Scholars and the Research Opportunity Program (ROP) are currently seeking applicants...

Two new scholarship opportunities created to help alleviate the teacher shortage in New Mexico have taken shape at The University of New Mexico. Both, the Grow Your Own Teacher (GYOT) Act and the Teacher Preparation Affordability (TPA) Act are...

Leadership from The University of New Mexico joined others from around the state at the 2019 NM Higher Education Summit, hosted by CNM.  President Garnett S. Stokes was there along with all the UNM branch campus chancellors. Leadership that have joined...

The University of New Mexico is saying goodbye to two employees whose dedication to the institution, the community and each other have left a permanent mark on Main Campus. Amy Wohlert and Joe Cecchi have given UNM more than four decades of combined...

New Mexico has nearly three dozen higher education institutions, which together absorb about $750 million of this year’s general fund budget and service more than 100,000 students. “With 31 public higher education institutions in our state, can we can we afford to have them all?"