Schools and Colleges

“Amazingh Arts: Women Shaping Berber Identity,” a Moroccan art history lecture presented by the Art Education Graduate Student Association, is set for Monday, March 7 from 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. in Mitchell Hall Room 101. Cynthia Becker, a Moroccan art...

As a student and an educator, Dr. Daisy Thompson has seen firsthand that it takes both academic excellence and cultural competency for Native American students to be successful. She says that no matter how much Native American students may achieve...

“Something needs to be different.” That was the reaction of Laurel Semsch (now Laurel Lane) after 9/11. After the horrific events of that day in 2001, she decided to do something positive and make a difference in the world—by becoming a teacher. So in...

Dr. Pauline (Polly) Turner, a longtime faculty member in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico, died at her home on Monday, Jan. 26, 2016. A memorial service for Turner will be held Friday, Feb. 26 at 1:30 at the UNM Alumni Memorial...

With participants coming from Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico, the annual Lobo Triathlon, Kids Race and Wellness Fair has become a top-notch regional event. Last year, more than 300 athletes competed in the triathlon. This year's Lobo Triathlon is also...

One of the many programs in the College of Education at the University of New Mexico is the Manzanita Counseling Center. For 25 years, the Manzanita Counseling Center (MCC) has served as a counselor training facility affiliated with the Counselor...

Sen. Martin Heinrich announced that University of New Mexico student Carielle Bahe from the Navajo Nation will be his special guest at President Barack Obama's final State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Jan. 12. Bahe grew up in Crownpoint, N.M., and...

We’ve all been there – reaching for another heap of potatoes or ambrosia, sampling everything on the dessert tray, maybe one too many eggnogs, and suddenly we’re more stuffed than the rib roast and feeling guilty. Don’t beat yourself up, it happens to...

Meriah Heredia-Griego has been appointed director of the UNM Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) by UNM Vice President for Research Michael Dougher. Heredia-Griego was associate director and research assistant professor at CEPR prior to her...

A new project at the University of New Mexico College of Education, designed to help transform the lives of students and their families by improving outcomes in community-based schools, is one of three new initiatives funded by the ECMC Foundation. Total...