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The Division of Student Affairs has announced the appointment of Dr. James Wilterding as executive director of University of New Mexico Student Health and Counseling (SHAC).  Wilterding initially joined SHAC as a medical provider in 2012 and served as...

A health education years in the making and culminating with a final semester of remote learning due to a worldwide pandemic. But time and time again, with every calibrated move, Tiffany Martinez-Durant has strategized ways to further her educational...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and state health officials implemented a new public health order, instructing New Mexicans to shelter in place through Nov. 30. College students around the country, including Lobos, usually travel home during Thanksgiving...

With the constraints surrounding COVID-19 and limited face-to-face interactions, The University of New Mexico’s Student Health and Counseling Health Promotion team has taken the initiative to find a new way to reach students, a podcast called HonesTea...

A parking lot on the University of New Mexico’s Central Campus has been partially turned into a COVID-19 testing site for students. “This is a preventative measure as part of our Bring Back the Pack initiative,” said Byron Piatt, the UNM Emergency...

UNM President Garnett S. Stokes and members of her leadership team answered questions from the campus community in a virtual town hall.  “The limits we find ourselves operating under now are unprecedented and we all recognize this is unchartered...

For years The University of New Mexico’s Honors College has been lacking a permanent home on main campus, until now. “I’m really pleased with the big sign we have out in the front of the building, that’s something I’ve wanted from the beginning,” Dean...

SHAC’s annual Take One for Raymond Flu Shot Clinics were held recently at the SUB Atrium. SHAC dedicates their annual flu shot clinics in memory of UNM student Raymond Plotkin, who passed away from the H1N1 virus in 2009. Raymond’s parents established...

The University of New Mexico’s Student Health and Counseling (SHAC) office hosts its annual free flu shot clinic Tuesday & Wednesday, Oct. 1-2 in the SUB Atrium from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or while supplies last. The shots are available to anyone 18 years of...

Since 1929, The University of New Mexico has provided medical and counseling services to students in need. The Student Health & Counseling, or SHAC, still delivers these services with extraordinary quality and value. During Welcome Back Days on campus,...