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After a two-year hiatus from celebrating in-person due to the pandemic, the UNM Staff Council will feature a series of events to celebrate Staff Appreciation Week May 21-27. The week opens with New Mexico United soccer match and ends with an Albuquerque...

Laura Valdez has played many key roles at The University of New Mexico over the last 34 years. As she enters retirement, Lobos reflect on how she has impacted first-generation college students and advisors.   “Things that we take for granted when we’ve...

UNM Staff Council and President Garnett S. Stokes invite all staff who graduated between spring 2020-22 to join them for a celebratory reception called Staff as Grads.  Staff as Grads recognizes the hard work of UNM staff who have recently earned a...

The Provost Committee for Staff (PCS) is accepting nominations for the Outstanding Staff Award and the Outstanding Workgroup Award now until Friday, April 22.  Each spring semester of the academic year, the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs...

The University of New Mexico has announced the names of the three finalists who will be interviewing for the position of vice president for Student Affairs. The three finalists include, Austin Jamar “JB” Banks, Eric Scott and Eleanor JB Daugherty All...

With more than 50 years of experience working at two-year colleges and 27 years dedicated to The University of New Mexico Valencia Campus, Alice V. Letteney has announced she will step aside as chancellor, effective July 31. “It has been an honor and a...

The Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society recently named UNM-Valencia Chancellor Alice Letteney one of the Michael Bennett Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. PTK, the national honor society of two-year institutions, will recognize Letteney along with six...

America’s Public Television Stations (APTS) recently presented its Pillar of Public Service Award to Franz Joachim, general manager and chief executive officer of New Mexico PBS, for his pioneering work in deploying datacasting technology to enhance...

University of New Mexico Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Cinnamon Blair and UNM Health Sciences Center Chief of Staff Gina Urias-Sandoval were among 24 Women of Influence recognized today by Albuquerque Business First at Sandia Resort &...

After serving as a leader of UNM-Los Alamos since 2015, Cindy Rooney has announced that she will be stepping aside as chancellor, effective on June 30, 2022. The timing of the decision will allow the campus to conduct a nationwide search and...