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The University of New Mexico celebrated a significant milestone on Thursday, May 11 with the ribbon cutting ceremony for its newly constructed ROTC Education Complex. The state-of-the-art facility, dedicated to the training and development of future...

The Veterans Resource Center (VRC), in collaboration with the President’s office, hosts its Green Zone Training Program for UNM faculty and staff on Friday, Feb. 3 from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Trailblazer/Spirit room in the Student Union Building...

Under brilliant blue skies, the bright New Mexico sunshine and the majestic Sandia Mountains in the background to the east, Friday, May 13 was a day that won’t soon be forgotten for 11 newly commissioned 2nd Lieutenants for The University of New Mexico’s...

The University of New Mexico Army ROTC program recently welcomed Maj. Jeffrey Meinders as its new leader following the departure of Lt. Col. Thomas Chae.  Major Jeffrey Meinders Meinders is an Army aviator who has been on active duty as an officer...

Lt. Col. Thomas Chae is departing as head of the UNM Army ROTC program at the end of the month to continue his military service at Fort Sill in Oklahoma. Chae worked at UNM for two years—over half of which was encompassed by the pandemic.  “It wasn’t...

Two University of New Mexico Army ROTC cadets put it all out on the FRONT lines when COVID-19 ripped through some of the First Nation Communities throughout the state. Nicialia Nunez, a senior nursing student, worked with Chinle Indian Health Services,...

Adjusting to new surroundings is nothing new for UNM senior Grant Atencio. His dad’s military career took the family across the United States to Hawaii, Georgia, Texas, Arizona and Colorado, just to name a few. New schools, new friends, new cities and...

In Spring 2020 UNM Graduate Studies announced a new initiative that will waive fees for active military personnel and veterans on applications to graduate school. The cost to submit an application...

Across the Albuquerque Metro, groups continue answering the call to create masks needed to help curb the spread of COVID-19. In April, when the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommended cloth masks should be worn in public settings, UNM staff members...

The University of New Mexico’s Army ROTC finished the semester by commissioning more than a dozen cadets to second lieutenants during a virtual ceremony. Lt. Col. Tommy Chae said they wanted to make sure the hard work and accomplishments of these...