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UNM Anderson School of Management team placed first overall in the 2025-2026 Chicago Quantitative Alliance (CQA) Investment Challenge. Students – David Dávila and Samuel Landis – competed in the six-month equity portfolio management challenge among...

“My perspective on UNM has definitely changed throughout my time here and has become more and more positive each year.” While Taya Perales calls Albuquerque home, she has also found a new one at The University of New Mexico. Originally drawn to the...

The first-ever Lobo Venture Capital Cup concluded with a ceremony awarding up to $36,000 in total to top-performing student teams. The recent six-week competition provided students with the opportunity to experience both sides of the startup funding...

Craig Reeves never planned to go to college — let alone spend more than three decades leading a bank. Reeves grew up on a ranch in Clayton, New Mexico, where college was not part of the conversation. One hot summer day, while building a fence with a...

An undergraduate team from the University of New Mexico will compete as semifinalists in the 2026 National Ethics Case Competition, scheduled for April 16–18 in Washington, D.C.

Scott Page didn’t plan on a career in banking — but leadership, adaptability and strategy ultimately led him there. Today, Page serves as regional president of Busey Bank, based in Champaign, Illinois. His path to executive leadership, however, began in...

Ron Moorehead didn’t set out to become the president and CEO of a financial institution. In fact, when he first arrived at The University of New Mexico, he thought law school might be his future. Instead, a passion for accounting, sparked by a professor...

For Michelle Coons, leadership has never been about a single title — it has been about adaptability, relationships and understanding people. Coons, Executive Director at WaFd Bank and previous NM Regional President at WaFD, graduated...

For decades, working mothers have been judged by a quiet assumption: that caregiving makes them less committed employees. In many workplaces, unconscious bias continues to shape how working parents—particularly mothers—are perceived.

On March 6, the Anderson School of Management at the University of New Mexico hosted the first-ever in-person New Mexico regional qualifier for the 2026 Global Scaling Challenge (GSC), marking a major milestone in the program’s continued expansion.