Miera Named Interim Dean of Continuing Education; Tenclay Interim Associate Dean

Joe Miera

Uni­ver­sity of New Mex­ico Provost and Exec­u­tive Vice Pres­i­dent Chaouki Abdal­lah has announced the appoint­ments of Joseph Miera as interim dean of Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion and Sharon Ten­clay as interim asso­ciate dean of Con­tin­u­ing Education.

“I am pleased to announce Joseph Miera as interim dean, and Sharon Ten­clay as interim asso­ciate dean of Con­tin­u­ing Education. Joseph and Sharon’s will­ing­ness to lead the Divi­sion of Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion dur­ing the lead­er­ship tran­si­tion has been very help­ful,” said Abdallah.

“They will be key advi­sors in dis­cus­sions regard­ing the future of the Divi­sion of Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion, and are strongly sup­ported by the exec­u­tive lead­er­ship team, staff and fac­ulty. I believe they will both do an excel­lent job in the interim roles as we work to advance our goals in trans­form­ing con­tin­u­ing edu­ca­tion at the Uni­ver­sity of New Mexico.”

Miera is work­ing toward a Ph.D. in Edu­ca­tional Lead­er­ship at UNM.  He has earned his B.S. in Accoun­tancy from Ari­zona State Uni­ver­sity, as well as a Mas­ter of Pub­lic Admin­is­tra­tion degree from UNM. In addi­tion, he is cur­rently serv­ing as Past Chair of the Learn­ing Resources Net­work Board for 2011–2012 and has served on the Board of the Greater Albu­querque Hous­ing Part­ner­ship in var­i­ous capac­i­ties dur­ing the last 15 years, includ­ing the last six years as Pres­i­dent of the Board.

Ten­clay received her B.A. in Edu­ca­tion, Human­i­ties and Music from North­west­ern Col­lege and is cur­rently enrolled in the Mas­ter of Pub­lic Admin­is­tra­tion Pro­gram at UNM.  She rep­re­sents UNM Con­tin­u­ing Edu­ca­tion on the Work­force Board of Cen­tral New Mex­ico (WCCNM), serves as the Bernalillo County rep­re­sen­ta­tive on the WCCNM Exec­u­tive Board, and chairs the Work­force Boards Train­ing Provider Com­mit­tee.  Ten­clay also chaired the New Mex­ico Career Path­ways team to work with the US Depart­ments of Labor, Edu­ca­tion and Health & Human Ser­vices to develop new pat­terns and approaches to career lad­ders through life­long learning.

Ques­tions and/or com­ments should be directed to Sr. Vice Provost for Aca­d­e­mic Affairs Michael Dougher.

Media con­tact: Karen Went­worth (505) 277‑5627; kwent2@unm.edu