UNM Alumni Relations & Alumni Association

Early University of New Mexico students weathered much more than sandstorms and poor budgets.

They defied critics who thought the university wouldn't survive without a public high school.

For four years they shared a common goal-education.

For a lifetime they shared an affection for their alma mater.

UNM was created by Territorial Act on February 28, 1889.

The first students graduated in 1894.

On March 30, 1897, seven of the university’s 18 graduates formed an executive committee of the Alumni Association.

Charles Hodgin, for whom Hodgin Hall is named, was the first president.

The UNM Alumni Association has grown from the original 18 to more than 110,000 alumni since its early days.

Its purpose remains to serve as a link between alumni and the university, sharing ideas, needs, and support.

Alumni are guardians of the university's heritage and achievements, and provide continuity and perspective to the university.

They are joined with the university in a partnership whose common goal is the education of our citizenry.

UNM Alumni Association

The University of New Mexico Alumni Association serves its members from the oldest building on campus, Hodgin Hall.

The Association and its professional staff in the Alumni Relations Office coordinates activities designed to inform and involve UNM’s 143,000 alumni in every state and 89 foreign countries.

The Association participates in policy and decision making, student support programs, government relations, student recruitment, career placement and planning, administrator search committees, faculty support, and continuing education programs.

The Association works to ensure college memories are kept alive alongside important plans for the future.

Success of the Alumni Association depends on the interest and commitment of all UNM alumni.

The wide variety of activities, programs, committees and chapters offer something for everyone.

There are no dues.

Your attendance at UNM makes you a member!

For more information on what the Alumni Association offers to its members, please contact the association.

The University of New Mexico Alumni Association
1 University of New Mexico
MSC 01 - 1160
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
505.277.5808 | 1.800.ALUM.UNM
505.277.6844 fax | alumni@unm.edu