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This year marks 50 years since El Centro de la Raza at The University of New Mexico was created to support the educational experience of UNM youth. The vision and commitment today is to serve as an agent of change to provide state of the art student...

In New Mexico there are not enough resources to meet the need of our multilingual and multicultural community when it comes to mental/behavioral health. The providers in these fields do not reflect the demographics of the state’s population, meaning...

The residential College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP) was established to identify, recruit, admit, and enroll migrant and seasonal farm worker students and provide them with academic, social, and financial support to enable the completion of their...

Veronica Mendez-Cruz, director of El Centro de la Raza, recently retired after more than 28 years of service. Although she is retiring to take care of her family, many members of the University of New Mexico community who consider her their “second ...

University of New Mexico student Jaen Ugalde recently won the 2013 Hispanic College Quiz TV game show coordinated by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU).  During the event, which was held in Chicago, Ugalde made UNM and New ...

Dreaming about Graduate School: Undocumented Immigrants & Graduate/Professional School 101," is set for Thursday, April 11, from 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. in El Centro de la Raza conference room. The event features a panel and stories of immigrant students from ...

Joel Cruz-EsparzaJoel Cruz-Esparza, assistant attorney general with the Office of the New Mexico Attorney, presents, "Are You Interested to Learn Who Will Benefit Under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals?" on Wednesday, Sept. 19 from 12:30 – 1:30 ...

Communication and collaboration can often be as difficult to organize in a large university as it is in establishing agreements between nations. At UNM, El Centro de la Raza, the Hispanic student support department; Chicano/Hispano/Mexicano Studies, the ...