Honors College

Spenser Willden, an honors interdisciplinary liberal arts and English creative writing major at the University of New Mexico, has shared his positive experience with the UNM Honors College. Willden, originally from Roswell, N.M., praised the Honors...

If you ask UNM senior Abrianna Morales for a moment of her time, she’ll give it to you. You may be both shocked and amazed, however, when you see how much each day is booked up–and that she’s still finding time to do more– but it wasn’t always this...

Combining art, storytelling and something personal: that’s the final product coming from UNM Honors College Professor.  Amaris Feland Ketcham has just published Unfiltered: A Cancer Year Diary, through Casa Urraca Press. Ketcham wrote and illustrated a...

It’s getting to be a full list of UNM Fulbright recipients. The latest honors from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program goes to UNM senior Charlotte Gates and UNM master’s student Lauren-Martin Alasandagutti. Both incredible Lobos will be traveling...

It’s three years in a row now that the University of New Mexico can proudly say it has a Truman Scholar.  For 2023, that incredibly prestigious honor goes to senior and Honors College student Andrew Schumann. Schumann was selected as just one out of 62...

Creativity and outside-the-box inspiration is filling the Honors College this semester.  On April 6, The Honors College said goodbye to its latest Spectra Gallery Exhibition, while also launching the next part of its Discovery Series.  The Discovery...

Women’s History Month may be over, but two University of New Mexico students are still reaching landmark achievements. Kelsey Adler and Melissa Rudden, have been chosen as 2023-2024 Goldwater Scholars, a prestigious honor only 413 students in the U.S....

One University of New Mexico student is joining the rare ranks of Fulbright recipients for the 2023-2024 academic year.  Latin American Studies master’s student Miguel Sabol just received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant (ETA) award to...

The Friends of Fulbright at UNM may be headed home, but they will remain true to the name–longtime companions of the university. For five years now, UNM has hosted the Friends of Fulbright Argentina Undergraduate Student Exchange Program through the...

Every year, hundreds of students are nominated by their institutions based on their records of leadership, public service and academic achievement. Two University of New Mexico nominees, Lizbeth Olivarez and Andrew Schumann, were selected and announced...