Branch Campuses

One hundred years ago, the nomadic British writer D.H. Lawrence and his wife Frieda Lawrence, also a writer, accepted an invitation from socialite and arts patron Mabel Dodge Luhan to visit her in Taos, N.M. In September, the D. H. Lawrence Ranch...

Dallas Loretto knew he needed to make changes in his life and he knew adult education was the key to opening new doors. The door he opened led him to the Taos Education & Career Center (TECC) at UNM-Taos. “TECC was a refuge where I could forget about my...

Mellon Foundation has awarded The University of New Mexico a $2 million grant to support students in the Humanities at Central New Mexico Community College and UNM branch campuses in transferring to the UNM main campus in Albuquerque. The program is led by UNM Professor Irene Vasquez.

Students from The University of New Mexico-Taos’ (UNM-Taos) Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) programs achieved a 100 percent first-time pass rate on the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX), surpassing both...

There are fall-down, drag-out hard knocks stories, and then there are stories about rising from ashes. This story is full of both. Juan Juarez, 42, who was hired last December as a UNM-Taos academic advisor, is living a life he never dreamed possible....

UNM-Valencia Campus Senior Program Manager Brittany Padilla was selected as a Fellow of La Academia de Liderazgo of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU). La Academia is a one-year program that prepares the next generation of...

A school system’s response to migration influences the financial and social success of all the individuals they serve, regardless of their immigrant background. There are some schools that need to integrate large numbers of migrants and asylum seekers...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Mike Holtzclaw as chancellor for the UNM-Los Alamos branch campus, effective July 18, 2022. Holtzclaw has more than 27 years of experience in...

University of New Mexico Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs James Holloway has named Dr. Samuel Dosumu as chancellor for the UNM Valencia branch campus. “Sam Dosumu will be a wonderful new addition to the UNM Valencia community,”...

Living off-grid is becoming as synonymous with Taos as is art. Five years ago, Taos High School English teacher and author Jim Kristofic set out across the Southwest on a quest to find sustainable building techniques and learn the philosophies of its...