Provost’s Office

UNM’s Center for Teaching Excellence recently named nine UNM faculty members as Teaching Fellows for the 2014-15 academic year. Recipients include Patricia Covarrubias (Communication and Journalism), Cristyn Elder (English), David Gutzler (Earth and ...

The Office of Academic Affairs hosts a forum in the SUB Atrium Tuesday, April 22 from 12 to 1 p.m. The forum, "Moving Forward:  A Conversation about Police Force, Justice and Community," will feature a round table discussion offering multiple ...

University of New Mexico student Ryan Roco was one of 59 scholars awarded the 2014 Truman Scholarship for graduate study announced today by former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, president of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation. Roco, ...

The Provost’s Committee for Staff recently presented the Outstanding Staff Awards 2014. It was the 25th anniversary of the awards, created in 1989, the year UNM celebrated its Centennial. Provost’s Committee for Staff Vice Chair Steven Peralta, ...

  Provost Chaouki Abdallah has invited four finalists for the dean of the College of Education to visit campus April 22 – May 1.  The candidates will meet with faculty, staff, students, and community members during their visits. The Dean Candidates ...

The prestigious Best Buildings Awards, sponsored by the American General Contractors (AGC) of America, recently announced its 2014 AGC New Mexico’s Best Buildings Awards 2014, which included the University of New Mexico’s Collaborative Teaching and ...

Following a nearly four hour budget meeting on Tuesday, the UNM Board of Regents voted to table any decision on tuition and compensation increases for Fiscal Year 2015, but agreed to meet in open session again on Friday, March 28 at noon. In the ...

The idea of locking in a guaranteed tuition cost at the University of New Mexico as an option is under review by the UNM Board of Regents. Regent Bradley Hosmer proposed the static tuition as a way to help students and their parents save money over ...

UNM Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Chaouki Abdallah has been elected to the inaugural Board of Directors of the Association of Chief Academic Officers (ACAO). 

The adage “less is more” could well describe a big change that the University of New Mexico is making in its graduation requirements. While it may now take fewer hours to earn that degree, the quality of that learning experience should be higher. UNM ...