Danielle Cummings, who will graduate from The University of New Mexico School of Medicine in May 2026, hasn’t just defied the odds—she has rewritten what people thought those odds were in the first place.

The University of New Mexico Army ROTC program commissioned nine cadets as second lieutenants during its spring 2026 commissioning ceremony at the UNM Continuing Education Auditorium last Saturday.

Mutazz Jaber will become the ninth member of his family to graduate from The University of New Mexico this spring as he walks across the stage with a double major in political science and psychology. 

UNM's undergraduate commencement ceremony. 

with the Presentation of Colors.

after receiving her degree from President Garnett S. Stokes

during a group of distinction call out during UNM's 2026 undergraduate spring commencement ceremony,