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 …

Cristina Reiser with Amelia the Goose. Photo by Tim Orfield

Each year, The University of New Mexico’s Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee presents awards to exceptional faculty member…

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…

 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 …

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…

People who've never taken online classes before - at least at college level - are curious about the experience. This useful guide will give you some idea of what to expect.

How do I access my classes?

In many fields today, a bachelor’s degree can get your foot in the door but may not be enough to advance your career or lead to a higher salary. Many school districts offer pay bumps for teacher…

Very often, situations come along and force you to put your plans on hold — a job, kids, illness, a pandemic, life. No one starts a college degree thinking that they won’t finish i…

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Since the 2018-2019 academic year, the Faculty Senate Teaching Enhancement Committee has given a deserving faculty member the Online Teacher of the Year award. This a…

Curanderismo, a term describing the practice of curanderas and curanderos, is also the subject of one of the more popular courses available through The University of New Mexico. Curanderas and cura…