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Because of the “nerd” association, Taos Academy instructor Lee Shawver thinks computer science gets a bad rap. But that doesn’t deter him or his students from learning how to manipulate, manage, transform, and encode computer software information. The...

The onset of COVID-19 crashed many parties. One of those celebrations was the ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the new STEM-H (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Health) building on Klauer campus, which would’ve happened a couple of years ago...

The University of New Mexico-Taos Hub of Internet-Based Vocation and Education (UNM-Taos HIVE) has secured a Venture Challenge grant of $1.4 million via the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Build to Scale (B2S) program. UNM-Taos HIVE...

This year voters in New Mexico have the opportunity to vote on General Obligation Bond 3 which is designed to help provide funding for statewide higher education institutions to finance projects including building upgrades and renovations. New Mexico...

August marked the year anniversary of Mary Gutierrez, Ed.D., being at the helm of UNM-Taos. As chancellor, she maintains community, legislative, state, and federal relations; provides leadership for strategic planning; and assures the institution’s...

Chelsea Travers, UNM-Taos Holistic Health & Healing Arts student, has brought a new product to market. Created at the Taos Community Economic Development Corporation’s industrial kitchen, Taos Sprouted Hummus is “created with love and care to make...

Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UNM-Taos Director Anwar Kaelin’s successes and accolades just keep growing. The 2022 State Stars were chosen by their SBDC networks. The State Stars, according to America’s SBDC, “... are among the best of the...

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...

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....