Message from the President

The Board of Regents approved a plan to consolidate Georgia Southern University and Armstrong State University. The combined institution will be named Georgia Southern University

Consolidation Implementation Committee Approves Four Recommendations

The Armstrong State University/Georgia Southern University Consolidation Implementation Committee (CIC), met and approved four recommendations submitted by various Operational Working Groups (OWG)

News Article: “UNM researchers help redefine Grand Canyon’s rock layers”

A news article reporting on a group of university researchers and their important work on Grand Canyon formations

News Article: Incoming freshmen benefit from program aimed at cutting down course load

A news article reporting on undergraduate placement at UNM in 2017. Among other things, it explains the how CEP\u27s initiative in 2017 led to work with the ACCUPLACER system, and the standard procedures for determining the proper reading and math courses a given freshmen student must take for their chosen major

News article: “Gutzler honored with 4th annual Community-Engaged Research Lectureship Award”

An article reporting on the 2018 recipient of the Community-Engaged Research Lectureship Award. Information on the award itself, and how it originates from the Faculty Senate Research Policy Committee, is provided

News Article: Regents approve first of its kind graduate certificate in race & social justice

An article detailing the 2016 addition of the “Race & Social Justice Interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate,” which was put forward by the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Justice, and approved by the Board of Regents in 2016

News Article: “LoboCard system updated to reflect Preferred/Affirmed Name Initiative”

An article reporting on the 2018 change to the university student ID system, LoboCard. Starting at the beginning of 2018, those members of the university community with a LoboCard were enabled to choose their preferred first name to appear on the card

News Article: “Advancing diversity in higher education”

An article from the UNM Newsroom giving a short notice on the DEI sponsored summit, 2018 Diversity Summit: Advancing Diversity Curriculum in Higher Education

News Article: UNM CAPS earns certification as a Learning Center of Excellence

An article from the UNM Newsroom publication reporting on the then recent certification of the CAPS program by the National College Learning Center Association (NCLCA). This certification credited the campus CAPS program as a Learning Center of Excellence (LCE), one of four centers at the time to receive this recognition

News article: UNM awarded NSF ADVANCE grant to create institutional transformation across STEM fields

This is a news article detailing UNM being awarded the NSF ADVANCE grant in 2017. This includes some details of the grant and how it relates to hiring practices of the institution as a whole