Chenoa Velarde left an indelible mark on our campus during her tenure as an advisor for the Senior Student Program and Student Government Association. She also oversaw UNM-Taos’ cultural programming and DEI-related work on campus and in the community. Luckily for us, she’s back. Chenoa started her “semi-new” role as Indigenous Outreach Coordinator on August 4.
UNM-Taos Director of Strategic Initiatives and Research, Ale Villalobos Melendez, who keeps racking up the accolades, has another much-deserved award to display after the “surprise” of being named this year’s UNM Staff Leader of the Pack.
Did you know UNM-Taos developed the first credit-bearing Community Health Worker/Representative (CHW/R) training program in New Mexico? The early UNM-Taos pilot in 2010 set the standards adopted by the state for its certification credential.
Director of Strategic Initiatives and Research, Alejandra Villalobos Melendez, was named a Strategic Data Project (SDP) fellow at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University.
When Abraham “Abe” Brown, a UNM-Taos student pursuing an Associate of Science degree in Pre-Science, realized that his pig’s 5-10 pounds of food-per-day stomach would cost him around $6 a day, he started to consider a less expensive menu.
Nineteen UNM-Taos Lobos, with eight in attendance, joined the esteemed list of Phi Theta Kappa members during an afternoon induction ceremony on May 7 at Padre Martinez Hall. The 2025 members bring the running UNM-Taos total, since 2022, to 87.
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