NMCentennialBlueBook

FoundinG dateS oF neW MeXico
inStitutionS oF HiGHeR education
1859 St. Michael's College (a nonresidential program) Santa Fe
1962 Institute of Indian Arts Santa Fe
1971 Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque
1874 St. Michael's College becomes residential Santa Fe
1979 Navajo Technical College (originally Crownpoint Institute of Technology) Crownpoint
1888 New Mexico State University* (originally College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts) Las Cruces
1889 University of New Mexico* Albuquerque
1889 New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology Socorro
1891 New Mexico Military Institute Roswell
1893 New Mexico Highlands University* (originally NM Normal Univ.) Las Vegas
1893 Western New Mexico University (originally NM School of Mines) Silver City
1909 Spanish American Normal School (later became Northern
New Mexico College - See 1977 below) El Rito
1934 Eastern New Mexico University* Portales
1947 St. Michael's College (High School portion remains separate Inst.) Santa Fe
1956 San Juan College Farmington
1961 Clovis Community College Clovis
1962 College of the Southwest Hobbs
1964 St. John's College Santa Fe
1965 New Mexico Junior College Hobbs
1965 Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute Albuquerque
1966 College of Santa Fe Santa Fe
1967 Luna Vocational-Technical Institute* Las Vegas
1968 Diné College* Shiprock
1977 Northern New Mexico College (formerly Spanish American Normal School) Española/El Rito
1979 Mesalands Community College Tucumcari
1982 United World College of the American West Las Vegas
1983 Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe
2010 Santa Fe University of Art & Design (formerly College of Santa Fe) Santa Fe
* These institutions have established, since their founding dates, satellite programs in other communities
around the state. Refer to their individual pages for this information.
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HiGHeR education dePaRtMent
Dr. José Z. Garcia, Cabinet Secretary
Main Office: 2048 Galisteo St.
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505-1650
(505) 476-8400 FAX: (505) 476-8453
www.hed.state.nm.us
The New Mexico Higher Education Department was elevated from a commission level in 2005. Its mission
is to promote and coordinate high quality postsecondary education partnerships that are responsive to
changing needs to serve all New Mexicans.
The newly created Higher Education Department’s Cabinet Secretary of Higher Education shall appoint 14
members giving due regard to geographic representation, cultural diversity and the composition of higher
education institutions in New Mexico. Four members shall represent the four-year public post-secondary
educational institutions, one each from the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New
Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology and one of whom shall represent either New Mexico Highlands
University, Eastern New Mexico University or Western New Mexico University. Three members shall
represent the two-year public post-secondary educational institutions; one member shall represent the
accredited private post-secondary educational institutions; one member shall represent business; one member
shall represent college and university faculty; one member shall represent college and university non-faculty
staff; one member shall be a college or university student; one representative of the tribal colleges in New
Mexico; and one representative of the Indian Nation, Tribes and Pueblos in New Mexico. The members
representing the categories of post-secondary educational institutions shall be the chief executive officers
of the institutions of those categories or the chief executive officers’ designees. The members representing
faculty and non-faculty staff and the student member shall be the leaders of faculty, staff and student
organizations at their respective institutions. The board shall annually elect a chair, vice chair and secretary
from among its membership. The board shall meet at the call of the chair at least quarterly.