UNM’s Office of Students Affairs Announces 2013 Fellows

The UNM Divi­sion of Stu­dent Affairs recently selected its 2013 Fel­lows includ­ing: Shan­non Gar­biso, Nicholas Lock­wood, Karla Mon­toya Paul, Karen Pryor and Blas Rodriguez. 

Under the direc­tion of Dr. Eliseo “Cheo” Tor­res, the Stu­dent Affairs Fel­low­ship Pro­gram was estab­lished in 1999 with the intent of encour­ag­ing employ­ees within and out of the Divi­sion to learn more about the depart­ments and pro­grams housed in Stu­dent Affairs. 

“Since its incep­tion in 1999, the divi­sion has spon­sored more than 100 fel­lows who have con­tributed much to UNM espe­cially in the Divi­sion of Stu­dent Affairs and our stu­dents,” Tor­res said. “Many of the fel­lows have received their doc­tor­ate degrees and are con­tribut­ing their exper­tise in higher edu­ca­tion both in the State of New Mex­ico and other places through­out the country.”

The fel­lows serve a one-year com­mit­ment in which they take the lead on sev­eral projects under the super­vi­sion of Vice Pres­i­dent Tor­res. One of their major respon­si­bil­i­ties involves coor­di­nat­ing the annual New Mex­ico Asso­ci­a­tion of Stu­dent Affairs Pro­fes­sion­als Symposium. The sym­po­sium draws par­tic­i­pants from not only New Mex­ico but sur­round­ing states as well.

Dur­ing their tenure, fel­lows are expected to work on their degree or pur­sue addi­tional train­ing in areas of inter­est to them. They are also expected to attend UNM Regents and other com­mit­tee meet­ings in order to gain a bet­ter under­stand­ing of how a higher edu­ca­tion insti­tu­tion functions.