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- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-12-12 - Congratulations Class of 2022 - New Leadership at Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arora Honored as New Mexico True Hero - 2022 Gerald May Award Winners - Campus Climate Survey Still Open - Staff Council Appreciation Breakfast
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-12-05 - Welcome to December - Franklin Named Coach of the Year - Men's Hoops Remain Undefeated - Leadership Changes at Arts and Sciences - UNM Recognized as Family-Friendly Workplace
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-11-28 - Support and Compassion in the Lobo Community – Giving Tuesday – Hanging of the Greens – Leadership Changes at Engineering, ASM – Campus Climate Survey Open for Faculty – Look Out for Your Health
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-11-14 - Thanks for Your Support of GO Bonds – Celebrating International Education Week – UNM Sandoval Launches Peer-to-Peer Counseling – Preserving Indigenous Language, Honoring Traditions – CCT Includes Native American Health Services Office – First ACE Awards Presented – Masks Recommended on Most Campuses
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-11-07 - Research Discovery Week - Integrated Campus Plan Seeks Input - American Indian Heritage Month Continues - Adobe Creative Common Grand Opening - Celebrating First-Gen Students - Honoring Our Veterans - Registration Begins - Election Day - Masks in McKinley County
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-10-31 - National American Indian Heritage Month — A Culture of Ethics — UNM Team Models Climate Change, Wins Award — Mountain West Titles — Lobo Leader Honored — Gerald May Nominations
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-10-24 - UNM to Host Public Forum on Sexual Harassment – UNM-Taos Receives $1.4 M for HIVE Pollinator – UNM Foundation Seeks Input on Revised Investment Policies – MathWorks Endows Chair in Engineering – Remember Your Benefits
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-10-17 - Exercise Your Right to Vote – UNM Named Fulbright HSI for Second Year – Homecoming 2022 – Celebrate Our Transfer Students – Outstanding Supervisor Award Winners
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-10-10 -
Mental Health Awareness Month – Standing with DREAMERS – Human Rights in Iran – Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Coming Out Day – Lobo Wins LPGA Contest – GNSPI Lecture – Red Rally – Salsa Showdown Winner
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-10-03 - Assessing Basic Needs Statewide – Lobo Food Pantry Needs Donations – Celebrating Jack Dongarra – OVPR Honors First Ovation Winners – Hispanic Heritage Month Continues – UNM Receives Recruitment Retention State Funding – UNM Gives Campaign Kicks Off
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-09-26 - Groundbreaking on Behavioral Health Crisis Center – Fall Enrollment Numbers at Long-Time High – Promoted Faculty Book Program – Lobo Professor Honored by USDOE – Anthropology Spotlights Hispanic Heritage Month – Domestic Violence Month Begins – UNMH Offers Free Flu Shots – Traveling Office Hours
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-09-19 - Foundational Responsibilities and Free Speech – Safety Week 2022 – Statewide Health Equity Summit – Library of America Celebrates Rudolfo Anaya – Lobo Professor Elected AGU Fellow – Sarah Belle Brown Nominations Still Open – This Week’s Traveling Office Hours – Spots Available for the Salsa Showdown
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-09-12 - Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month – New Chief Government Relations Officer – Silent Lights Returns – Lobo Cancer Challenge – Engineering Dean Finalists Visit – The D.H. Lawrence Centennial – Salsa Showdown 2022 – Staff Success Days
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-09-06 - Forbes Ranks UNM Among Best NM Employers – Suicide Awareness Week – Lobos Blank Maine in Home Opener – Faculty with Disabilities Survey – Lobo Rainforest at Five, Looks to Future – HSC Launches Workforce Diversity Center – Nominees Sought for Honorary Degrees
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-08-29 - Defined by Innovation – New Leadership Across Campuses – Nominate a Lobo for the Sarah Belle Brown Award – Labor Day 2022 – Traveling Office Hours – COVID and Monkeypox Updates – Get Vaccinated
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-08-22 - Welcome to Fall 2022 – Jump Into Welcome Back Days – Improving Mental Health & Wellbeing – Lobo Athletes In Action – Black History at UNM at Your Fingertips – HSC Pilots CDC Infectious Diseases Fellowship – An Eye on Masking and Vaxxing
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-08-15 - One Week and Counting – UNM and the Student Excellence Project – Celebrating 50 Years of Title IX – Groundbreaking for College of Nursing & Public Health Excellence – Healing as a Pack
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-08-08 - Standing with the Muslim Community
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-08-01 - Extended Leave Expiring – Lobo Representing MWC for NCAA Woman of the Year – UNM Bringing Lifesaving Equipment to Fire & Rescue – Improvements at Girard & Central – Mask and Vax Update
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-07-25 - Summer Semester Concludes – Nursing Launches New Pathway to Practice - LOBOmotorsports Driving for Excellence – Women’s Golf Leads Nation in GPA – Remember Your Mask
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-07-18 - Part (and Partner) of the New Mexico Community – Back to School Vaccination Clinic – PATS Honored for Environmental Mitigation – Continuing Education Street Food Gala – Remembering Our Fallen BCSO First Responders – Masks/Vaccination Update
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-07-11 - Distinguished Faculty at UNM - UNM Engineers Win Grants - Lobo Team Places Third in National “Solar Splash” - SRMC Celebrates a Decade - Masks Recommended for All UNM Campuses
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-06-27 - The SCOTUS Decision – UNMH Parking Garage Opens – Safety at Lobo Village – ASM Receives Record Support – Dr. Ziedonis Town Hall – Mask Update – Focus on Climate Change – The Fourth of July
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-06-20 - CFA Tells Our Story – Masking Protocols Updated – UNM-Taos Nurses Pass with Perfection – Reading for Pride Month – Physical Therapy Unveils Women’s Health Residency Program – Student-Athletes Succeed Academically – Witkiewitz Named Director of CASAA – Traveling Office Hours
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-06-13 - Celebrating Juneteenth - Cancer Center Grant Covers Travel, Lodging - Lobo Named Chateaubriand Fellow - Anthropology Spotlights Pride - UROC Winners Announced - Track & Field Merits 15 All-Americans
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-06-06 - Welcome to the Summer semester – Lobos Celebrate Pride Month – Sen. Heinrich, UNM Biologist Discuss Forest Management – Lobo Professors Recognized by Mellon Foundation – Ass’t. HHS Secretary Visits UNM Center for Reproductive Health – Staff Council Presents Meritorious Service Award – Addressing Alzheimer’s in Indigenous Patients
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-05-23 - Memorial Day 2022 – CNAH Approved as Public Health Institute – UNM Support Federal Wildfire Science Initiative – Heinrich Calls for HSI R1 Pilot Program – Pitch Deck Winners – Staff Appreciation Week
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-05-16 - Celebrating the Class of 2022 – Leadership Changes at School of Medicine, Branches – Lobo Wins the Pulitzer Prize – Global Accessibility Awareness Day – Staff Appreciation Week – Lobo Professor Named ABA Fellow – Department of Neurology Earns Full Accreditation – Lobo Named Udall Scholar
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-05-09 - Congratulations, Class of 2022! – HSC Librarian Honored – Five Lobo Students Win Fulbright Awards – Lobo Volunteers Rendering Aid, Assistance – UNM 2040 Launches
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-05-02 - UNM 2040 Launches This Week – Fires Continue in Northern New Mexico – New VP for Student Affairs Named – Celebrating Nurses and Health Care Workers – Lobo Wins Grammy Award – Take the LGBTQ+ Assessment Survey – National Mental Health Month
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-04-25 - Celebrating the AAPI Community – Fires Endanger Northern New Mexico – Teacher Residency Program Expands – Architecture Presents Harnar Awards – Run the Steps for AGORA – Counseling Programs Nationally Recognized – Faculty-Mentored Research Award Established
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-04-18 - Celebrating Lobo Alumni – Thinking of Ruidoso – Morales Wins Truman Scholarship – UNM Committed to Accessibility – ASM?CFA Launches Digital Film MBA – Sustainability Expo – Forensic Psychology Goes Global – Maximum Leave Extended – Leadership Updates – President’s Ice Cream Social – Save the Date for UNM2040
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-04-11 - ASUNM Spring Storm Spurs Volunteers – GEO International Festival – Find The Pulse – Lobo Leader Retiring – Registration Week Begins
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-04-04 - First-gen Student Success – Lobo Alum Win Turing Award – Sexual Assault Awareness Month – Graduate Programs Ranked Nationally – Undergraduate Research Opportunity Conference – Lobo Named Goldwater Scholar – GPSA Appreciation Week – Honoring Black Alumni – Traveling Office Hours
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-03-28 - Engineering Receives $5M Gift – 2022 Budget Increases Compensation - Government Relations Update – Avoiding Phishing Scams – UNM Earns Military Friendly Designation – Professors Honored as Fulbright Scholars - National Doctor’s Day – Project ECHO Expands Into Behavioral Health – UNM Gives Raises Over $500K
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-03-21 - Mask Requirement Update – Coonrod Named ACE Fellow – HSC Physicians Among “Top Docs” – ASM Team Wins Marketing Competition – JAR 52nd Distinguished Lecture Series – UNM-Valencia Chancellor Retiring – Lobos Advance in NIT
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-03-14 - Welcome to Spring Break – Lobo Medical Chief Renders Aid in Ukraine – Lobo Faculty Saluted – ASM Hosting Innovation Event – PBS CEO Wins National Honors
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-03-07 - Celebrating Achievements of Faculty and Students – International Health Redesignated as WHO Collaborating Center – UNM-Gallup Chancellor Stepping Down – SMILab Creates RC Rockslide Robot – Women’s History Month Resources – Green Zone Training Available – Lobos at MWC
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-02-22 - Happy 133rd Birthday, UNM – Celebrating Women’s History Month – Ukraine/Russia Conflict Affects Lobo Community – Heinrich Visits Lobo Researchers – FCC Commissioner at ASM Roundtable – Graduate Students Honored – HSC Cultivates Diversity in Young Researchers – Post-Legislative Session Update
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-02-21 - Mask Mandate Remains in Place – Celebrate Lobo Day 2022 – Traveling Office Hours Resume – Lobo Among Truman Finalists – Teacher Residency Partnership Wins Award – UNM Law Ranked Best for Native Students
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-02-14 - Celebrating Lobo Faculty – Mysterious Inner Worlds at UNM Art Museum – Register for the Hackathon – Team Research Symposium – BeKind UNM Week – COVID-19 Protocol Reminders
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-02-07 - Deadline Extended for UNM 2040 Public Engagement – Standing with HBCUs – Lobo Olympian – Cheek Wins Literature Prize – NASA Early Stage Innovation Award – Alumni Honorees Sought
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-01-31 - Black History Month at UNM – Study Abroad Fair – Brooke Owens Fellowship Winner – Bring our Idea(Scale) to UNM 2040 - #WeGiveUNM Campaign Launches - Lobo Alumna Named Director of Museum of American Indian - Legislative Update
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-01-24 - Give Us Your Feedback on UNM 2040 – Adobe Creative Commons in Zimmerman – Athletes Make Their Mark – Lobo Leadership Award Nominees Sought
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-01-18 - Welcome to the Spring Semester! – Update on Vaccination and Masking Policies
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-01-10 - Continuing to Protect the Pack - New Controller Named - Legislative Session Kicks Off - Remembering the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- President's Weekly Perspective 2022-08-15 - One Week and Counting – UNM and the Student Excellence Project – Celebrating 50 Years of Title IX – Groundbreaking for College of Nursing & Public Health Excellence – Healing as a Pack
2021
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-12-13 - Celebrating the Classes of 2021 and 2020 – Gerald May Award Winners Announced – UNM 2040 Survey Extended – Feeling Sick? Stay Home. – “Lucy” Awards – United Way Campaign Extended – State of the University Scheduled
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-12-06 - Dashing Into December – COE Opens in Rio Rancho – Lobo Presents and National Public Health Conference – UNM Hosts International Admissions Conference – UNM 2040 Survey Reminder – Women’s Cross Country Finishes Third in the Nation
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-11-29 - Support for the End of the Fall semester – Celebrate Hanging of the Greens – UNM Gives on Giving Tuesday
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-11-22 - The Season of Giving and Gratitude – Carey Named Dean of School of Law – Alum Donation Supports Sustainability Studies
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-11-15 - The Basic Needs Project – Rainforest Innovation Leads State Economic Summit – Expanding Speech-Language, Audiology Services – Gerald May Awards Nominations Due – International Education Week – Transgender Day of Remembrance – Cross Country, Soccer in Post-Season
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-11-08 - Veteran’s Day 2021 – Sarah Belle Brown Award Winners - “Our Time” at Engineering – Tony Hillerman Subject of 2021 Willard Lecture – Security Updates – Native American Heritage Month Events – Sign Up for Bench Seats at The Pit – Soccer Team Clinches MW Title
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-11-01 - National American Indian Heritage Month – Diversity Summit in Gallup – UNM Designated Fulbright HSI Leader – Registration Begins November 8 – Celebrating Homecoming 2021
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-10-25 - Homecoming 2021 – Silva Named New Police Chief – Compliance Week – Halloween Week – Bush in at Government Relations – COVID-Safe Event Protocols
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-10-18 - A Thanks for Protecting Our Pack – Enrollment Numbers Up – PAIS Achieves LEED Gold – UNM Recognized by Hispanic Outlook – Salsa Showdown Winner – 10 Digit Dialing Begins
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-10-11 - Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day – Lobos Lead on Opioid Research – Chancellor Rooney Honored – Honoring Lobo Supervisors – Ombuds Services Offered – UNM Among Forbes’ Best Employers – Interviewing Law School Dean Candidates – ASM Featured at Lobo Living Room – Flu Clinic a Success
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-10-04 - Save the Date for Fall Commencement – U.S. Poet Laureate Speaks – Biden Nominates Lobo for Assistant Secretary Post – Mobile App Contest Opens – Maximum Annual Leave Accrual Extended
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-09-27 - Vaccination Deadline Looming – Cancer Center Achieves Elite Designation – Domestic Violence Awareness Month – Water Resources Team Leads NSF Project – College of Nursing Commercial – Hispanic Heritage Month Continues – Salsa Showdown – Sarah Belle Brown Award – Flu Shots Available
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-09-20 - Preparing for Autumn – Safety Week 2021 – Lobo Cancer Challenge – National Recovery Month – Medical Aid in Dying Series – Newsroom Immigration Series – Get Vaxxed
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-09-13 - Suicide Awareness Week – Hispanic Heritage Month – Search Underway for Med School Dean – New Accessibility, Inclusion Improvements – UNM Launches COVID-19 Trials for Children – Lobo Athletes Start Strong
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-08-30 - UNM’s Statewide Economic Impact – Changes at Government Relations, HR – Art Museum Reopens – Nominate a Lobo for Sarah Belle Brown Award – Salsa Showdown Kicks Off – Celebrating Labor Day
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-08-23 - Welcome Back – UNM Leads NSF Network for Regional Sustainability – WeR1 in Faculty Success – Welcoming New Research Dean at A&S, ACE Fellow – UNM 2040 Update
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-08-16 - UNM Names 10 Distinguished Professors – Welcome Back Days Begin August 20 – ASM Invests in Diversity – Maxwell Museum Reopens
- President's weekly Perspective 2021-08-09 - More on Our Vaccine Mandate – Nunez Honored by MWC – UNM Doctors Lead Transgender Clinic – Lobo Staff Changes
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-08-02 - UNM Will Require COVID Vaccinations for All Faculty, Staff, and Students by September 30
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-07-26 - A Successful Summer (and Please Get Vaccinated) – Cancer Center Scientist Studies Resurgence – Physiology Lab Preps Lobo Olympian – New IT Security Protocols Coming
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-07-19 - Incentives to #VaxThePack – Honoring Rep. Larry Larrañaga – Health Leaders Recognized by U.S. Surgeon General – New Army ROTC Commander – Student-Athletes Named MWC All-Academics
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-07-12 - Fall 2021 Vaccination Policy – Groundbreaking at Valencia WTC – Working with the NM Congressional Delegation – ECHO Earns More Recognition – “Duration of Status” Rule Withdrawn
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-06-28 - Staff Town Hall Recap – Alumni Association Seeks Nominations – School of Medicine Honored – Celebrate July 4th (and 5th!)
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-06-21 - Lobos Inspire, Innovate – Advance at UNM Women in STEM Winners – New Regents’ Professors – 2021-22 Fulbright Award Winners – Staff Town Hall Teaser – Exercise Physiology Lab – Community Health Leads in Vaccination Effort
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-06-14 - Celebrating the BSME at UNM-LA – Commemorating Juneteenth – UNM Wins DoD Honors – Steering Committee Finalized – Save the Date: Staff Town Hall – COVID Vaccine Incentives
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-06-07 - Welcome to Summer - Celebrate Pride Month - AAPI Center Opening - Welcome New Deans - Lobo Team Logs Stories of COVID Resilience
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-05-24 - Explore Our Campuses (Safely) – Alumni on the Move – Branch Campus Update – Memorial Day Reflections
- President's Weekly Perspective 05-17-2021 - Spring 2021: And That’s a Wrap – Dr. Willman to Mayo Clinic – UNM Advances in QS Rankings – UNM Receives EPA Funding for Water Projects
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-05-10 - Celebrating the Class of 2021 – Inspired by Our Graduates – Thinking of the Global Community - UNM 2040 Gets Under Way – Interviews Begin for Taos Chancellor – The 10 to 100 Challenge – Vaccination Policy
- Presidents Weekly Perspective 2021-05-03 - President's Weekly Perspective 2021-05-03 - A Welcome Spring – Women’s Soccer Marks Record Season, Men’s Golf Wins MWC Title – UNM HSC Studies Vaccine Hesitancy – Brinker Elected to NAS – UNM CHILI HOUSE Wins NASA MINDS – AAPI Heritage Month – Branch Campuses Lead the Way – Student Vaccine Priority
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-04-26 - Strength and Support After Minneapolis – UNM 2040 – Distinguished Professor Elected to Academy of Arts & Sciences – UNM Athletics Shines
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-04-19 - Stronger Together – Hotz Named Truman Scholar – UNM EX-TRA Provides Translation Services – Earth Day 2021 – HSC Launches The Pulse
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-04-12 - A Culture of Innovation – Registration Week – Vaccine Survey – Innovation Academy Database – STEM Career Fair
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-04-05 - A Day of Mourning for the AAPI Community – Sexual Assault Awareness Month – Community Engaged Research Lecture Award – Get Register and Get Ready – Emotional Well-Being Survey – Clinical Law Assists Pueblos for Clean Water
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-03-29 - NM COVID-19 Update – RIMA Survey Reminder – Goldwater Award Winners – Lobo Artists Explore Rio Grande – New Assoc. VP for Research
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-03-22 - A Success Story – Standing with the AAPI Community – Legislative Wrapup – Register for NM Notify – Multi-Factor Authentication Begins – Spring Treat
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-03-15 - Celebrating Lobo Faculty – New Regents Arrive – Haaland Confirmed at Interior – Lobo Life Hits the Road
- President's - Weekly Perspective 2021-3-8 - President's Weekly Perspective 2021-08-02 - UNM Will Require COVID Vaccinations for All Faculty, Staff, and Students by September 30
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-03-01 - Women’s History Month – Multi-Factor Authentication Begins – Mapping Mars – Truman Scholarship Finalist – Team Research Symposium Open
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-02-22 - Perseverance Goes a Long Way – Project ECHO Joins Global Consortium – “Military Friendly” Gold Designation - Law Professor Honored by ABA – Thank a Resident Day – Libraries Open for Business
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-02-15 - BeKind Week – Spring Break – Lobo Day 2021 – Executive MBA – Legislative Update
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-02-08 - Remain Diligent About COVID - Roundhouse Update – UNM HSC Receives AAMC Award – Athletics Posts 3rd Highest GPAs
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-02-01 - Paused at the Pit – Grand Challenges Update – Online Programs Nationally Ranked – OILS Faculty Nationally Acclaimed
- President's Weekly Perspective 2021-01-25 - Black History Month
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- President's Weekly Perspective 05-03-2021 - President's Weekly Perspective 2021-05-03 - A Welcome Spring – Women’s Soccer Marks Record Season, Men’s Golf Wins MWC Title – UNM HSC Studies Vaccine Hesitancy – Brinker Elected to NAS – UNM CHILI HOUSE Wins NASA MINDS – AAPI Heritage Month – Branch Campuses Lead the Way – Student Vaccine Priority
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