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By Steve Carr
February 02, 2025
Educators are a special group of people. Their desire, willingness and determination to go the extra mile to improve education is nothing short of heroic—especially in New Mexico, where the educational challenges are plenty.
Viola “Vi” Florez (Tighe)...
By Kim Delker
October 21, 2024
The University of New Mexico has opened a new center focused on an often-overlooked yet significant subset of its students — those who have transferred to UNM from another institution.
The Transfer and Transition Student Center, located at the...
June 17, 2024
The Department of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico-Taos and the New Mexico Higher Education Department presents the UNM-Taos Printmaking Exhibition, an event showcasing 24 artists who have studied under Associate Professor Gary Cook. According...
September 12, 2023
One of UNM’s Communication & Journalism (C&J) students will soon be part of ‘All the News That's Fit to Print.’
Junior Elizabeth Secor has been chosen as one of the upcoming members of The Times Corps, part of none other than worldwide digital and print...
By Steve Carr
September 25, 2019
Two new scholarship opportunities created to help alleviate the teacher shortage in New Mexico have taken shape at The University of New Mexico. Both, the Grow Your Own Teacher (GYOT) Act and the Teacher Preparation Affordability (TPA) Act are...
By Susan McKinsey
December 08, 2015
The Tuesday morning session, when the New Mexico Department of Higher Education presented its funding wish list, evolved into a wide-ranging, sometimes lively discussion on topics like funding formula stabilization, disagreement over performance measures...