Higher Education + New Mexico Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)

September 8, 2009

Margaret Montoya, a longtime member of the University of New Mexico law school faculty, was the first Latina to be admitted to Harvard Law School.

June 11, 2009

Dr. Filipe de Ortego y Gasca, considered the founder of Chicano literary history, will teach a course on Chicano studies this summer at Western New Mexico University.

December 10, 2008

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it will give nearly $70 million in grants to aid Hispanic education efforts concentrating in New York City, New Mexico and California.

October 17, 2008

The number of Hispanic students enrolled at Eastern New Mexico University has increased 7 percent in the past 10 years, according to school officials, which means more than a quarter of the school’s 4,000 students are Hispanic.

September 17, 2008

The Hispanic Affairs Office at Eastern New Mexico University is holding 20 events in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

September 3, 2008

Danizete Martinez, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of English, received a $15,000 University of New Mexico Center for Regional Studies Graduate Fellowship for 2008-09.

August 26, 2008

University of New Mexico has 15 National Merit Scholars and 24 National Hispanic Scholars in the freshman class this fall.

July 17, 2008

New Mexico State University names Waded Cruzado as interim president

July 13, 2008

University of New Mexico to Host National LULAC Leadership Program

June 26, 2008

New Mexico Hispanic Youth Symposium Set for July

June 9, 2008

Over the weekend University of New Mexico hosted the Latino Higher Education National Policy Summit, gathering more than 100 administrators, officials and students from across the nation.

May 15, 2008

Faculty and Staff Member Get HACU-HHD Appointment – University of New Mexico

March 9, 2008

University of New Mexico to Host Latino Higher Education National Policy Summit

February 26, 2008

Gonzales Takes on Role as Associate Dean for Faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences – University of New Mexico

January 15, 2008

University of New Mexico Professor Emeritus Ángel González Dies in Spain

October 16, 2007

The University of New Mexico Mexican Flag Incident

October 11, 2007

Latina leader to speak at New Mexico State University – Anna Cabral

October 3, 2007

Student pleads not guilty in Mexican flag incident – University of New Mexico

September 25, 2007

Latino Leadership Summit at Eastern New Mexico University – Friday, October 26, 2007

September 24, 2007

Regina Chavez to Receive Alumni of the Year Award from University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning

September 19, 2007

Student tears Mexican flag; suspect remains at large – New Mexico University

September 7, 2007

University of New Mexico’s law school ranked No. 1 for Hispanics

August 1, 2007

University of New Mexico, Mexican Students Study Immigration

July 16, 2007

Colorado illegal immigrants will get college aid in New Mexico

June 28, 2007

University of New Mexico professor working on new Hispanic business journal

June 4, 2007

Need for workplace Spanish skills prompts new classes at San Juan College: Business center to offer 8-week courses – New Mexico

April 5, 2007

New Mexico Tech Language professor Rafael Lara-Martinez awarded a Fulbright

January 30, 2007

New Mexico Tech President Dr. Daniel Lopez was named Wednesday as one of five finalists for the vacant position of president of the University of New Mexico.

January 12, 2007

Gift to University of New Mexico to create minority health foundation