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For many students at universities across the country, the prospect of diving into a college level mathematics course is downright terrifying. But, thanks to a program at The University of New Mexico, hundreds of undergraduates every year are tackling these fears head-on and even learning to enjoy a subject they may never have thought they would.

Sonia Rankin, associate dean of University College at the University of New Mexico is one of 10 educators to receive an outstanding first-year student advocate award from the National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in...

On a wet and chilly September morning, President Barack Obama landed in Dillingham, Alaska, where he was greeted warmly by locals. Among them stood Alannah Hurley, UNM alumna (2009), and current executive director of the United Tribes of Bristol Bay...

The University of New Mexico's University College has created new programs that not only assist freshmen academically in their first year, but to also help them feel empowered by their education. Academic Foundations courses are designed to help...

Monica Kowal has been named Associate Dean of the newly designated Office of Community Engaged Learning & Research (CELR) in University of New Mexico’s University College. Formerly the Research Service-Learning Program, CELR will serve as an...

The University of New Mexico’s University College has created the Office of Pre-Health Professions, Student Department, for students interested in healthcare careers. Not long ago, almost all University of New Mexico freshmen were advised through the ...

University of New Mexico’s University College (UC) joined forces with the Anderson School of Management and the Department of Communication and Journalism to offer Business Boot Camp, an eight-week course that connects entrepreneurial minded students ...

The University of New Mexico Bachelor of Liberal Arts (BLA) program offers non-traditional students and UNM staff wishing to complete their degree for advancement in their current position, the opportunity to design a degree that is just the right...

The University of New Mexico Student Orientation Program recently underwent changes to ensure a more academically-focused curriculum. Beginning this summer, the College Enrichment Program (CEP) orientation and New Student Orientation (NSO) unite to ...

Some students enter college knowing exactly what they want to be when they grow up, but the majority of students have no idea. For those students, the new Liberal Arts and Integrative Studies Program offered through the University of New Mexico’s Unive