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By Bridgette Wagner Jones
November 19, 2025
At the University of New Mexico’s College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS), momentum is building. Across urban and rural communities, on tribal lands and in border towns, more students are choosing to teach - and more seasoned educators are rising...
May 07, 2024
UNM’s College of Education & Human Sciences (COEHS) is celebrating an extra special graduating class this May.
The Educational Leadership Program 2024 spring cohort is one of the largest educational leadership groups in the country, with 25...
By Savannah Peat
February 09, 2023
“A good education can change everyone; a good teacher can change everything.”
That’s one of the many adages about the crucial role a teacher plays in a student’s life. It’s an even more impactful one when the instructor resembles the children who look...
By Savannah Peat
February 06, 2023
The future of the educational landscape for children of the Navajo Nation could be largely improved thanks to the fervor and dedication of one UNM Native American Studies professor and her mother, Dr. Delores Greyeyes. It’s an effort that researcher...
By Sara Velasquez
January 19, 2022
The Indigenous Nations Library Program of University Libraries is excited to announce doctoral student, Nonabah Sam as the recipient of the Michael and Enokena Olson Memorial Scholarship.
Sam is currently in her third year of her doctoral degree in the...
December 22, 2016
UNM College of Education Professor Shawn Secatero with the help of the SENAI committee hosts the 6th Annual Striking Eagle Native American Invitational on Dec. 28-30 at UNM's Johnson Center.
The SENAI event is sanctioned by the New Mexico Activities...
October 13, 2016
The University of New Mexico will receive a $344,325 grant to provide training, licensing and induction services to Native Americans interested in pursuing a career in education announced U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich.
The purpose of the...
By Steve Carr
October 20, 2015
From curricular revisions to standardized testing, it’s no secret that education in New Mexico has been under the microscope. With a diverse population including many people with special needs, education in New Mexico is being re-imagined across many ...