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January

Let’s Bust Some Myths About Online Learning
January 29, 2024

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While distance learning has been around for decades, online classes and degree programs have come into their own over the past 20 years. UNM Online facilitates an array of standalone online classes as…


February

Overcoming Adversity to Succeed
February 20, 2024

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 This is the first in a series of guest blog posts by online students. We hope you’ll be able to get a sense of the diversity of experiences online students encounter at The University of …


June

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Part 1
June 25, 2024

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Remember when you were a kid, and grownups would ask what you wanted to be when you grew up? You may have said things like “an astronaut” or “a ballerina” or “a basketba…


August

What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up? Part 2
August 27, 2024

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In a previous post we looked at the Japanese concept of Ikigai, your “reason for being,” and how you can use that to discover possible personally fulfilling careers. In this post we will …


October

November

Interview with Bruce W Smith
November 22, 2024

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What would you think about a college class that could help you approach life and school in a more positive way? In my last post, I wrote about the accelerated online (AOP) Bachelors’…