Collaborations & Partnerships
CEOP’s work is strengthened by partnerships across UNM and throughout New Mexico.
Student success is not the work of one program, department, college, foundation, or community organization. It takes people sharing information, contributing resources, and working together around the needs of students and families.
CEOP’s partners help students enter college, succeed in challenging courses, receive scholarships, participate in research, gain meaningful experience, and prepare for life after graduation.
Academic and University Partnerships
CEOP works with academic leaders, colleges, faculty, advisors, instructors, and student-support professionals to connect students with the people, resources, and opportunities they need.
College of Education and Human Sciences
The College of Education and Human Sciences is a key partner in the Peer Learning Facilitator program. Faculty help prepare new PLFs through EDPY 330, support weekly professional development, and connect peer learning with research-informed teaching practices.
College of Arts & Sciences
Departments and faculty within Arts & Sciences partner with CEOP on gateway-course support, Peer Learning Facilitators, undergraduate research, faculty mentoring, course planning, and student transition efforts.
Academic Advisement
Academic advisors are central partners in New Student Orientation, registration, course planning, placement conversations, and helping students understand the academic requirements connected to their degree goals.
CEOP works closely with advisors across UNM to prepare for incoming classes, identify student needs, strengthen communication, and help students begin their first semester with a clearer academic plan.
University College Academic Communities
University College Academic Communities provide students with smaller learning environments, stronger faculty and peer connections, and coordinated support during the transition into college.
CEOP partners with Academic Communities to connect orientation, first-year engagement, mentoring, academic support, and retention efforts throughout the student’s first year.
Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs
Academic Affairs partners with CEOP on student-success planning, gateway-course support, active learning, course-based research, enrollment planning, retention strategies, and efforts that improve outcomes for first-generation and historically underserved students.
Center for Teaching and Learning
CEOP and the Center for Teaching and Learning work together to connect instructors with peer-learning support that fits the needs of their courses, classrooms, and students.
Enrollment Management
CEOP works closely with Enrollment Management to strengthen the transition from admission to enrollment, improve onboarding, understand incoming student needs, reduce barriers, and support students through orientation and registration.
Through the Rapid Response Team, CEOP also works with Enrollment Management, Academic Affairs, advisors, and colleges to anticipate course demand, improve placement, and respond to enrollment barriers.
Faculty, Schools, and Colleges
Faculty mentors, instructors, department leaders, and representatives from UNM’s schools and colleges contribute to orientation, academic planning, course support, undergraduate research, registration initiatives, and student-success programming.
University-Wide Collaboration
New Student Orientation brings together partners from across UNM to welcome each incoming class and help students begin college prepared to succeed.
Schools and colleges, academic departments, Division of Student Affairs programs, Enrollment Management offices, resource centers, administrative departments, faculty, staff, student organizations, and volunteers all contribute to the orientation and transition experience.
Foundation and Community Partners
Foundations, community organizations, businesses, donors, and alumni help turn educational opportunity into something students can afford and fully participate in.
El Mezquite Markets
El Mezquite Markets, the Bermudez family, tournament sponsors, and community supporters help raise scholarship funding through the annual El Mezquite Golf Tournament.
Chase Foundation
The Chase Foundation and CEOP support students from Artesia as they transition to UNM, build community, receive mentoring, and work toward graduation with reduced financial barriers.
Daniels Fund
The Daniels Fund provides scholarship and enrichment opportunities for students who demonstrate leadership, character, academic promise, and a commitment to serving their communities.
The Bernard Osher Foundation
The Osher Reentry Scholarship helps returning adult students who experienced a significant interruption in their education complete their first bachelor’s degree.
LANL Foundation and Los Alamos National Laboratory
The LANL Foundation and Los Alamos Employees’ Scholarship Fund help students from Northern New Mexico access scholarships, mentoring, campus connection, and academic support.
Simon Charitable Foundation
New Mexico Simon Scholars and the Simon Charitable Foundation support students who demonstrate resilience, leadership, and determination while navigating financial and personal challenges.
Alumni, Donors, and the UNM Foundation
Alumni, individual donors, the UNM Foundation, event sponsors, employers, and community supporters help fund scholarships, emergency assistance, undergraduate research, student travel, professional development, events, and new opportunities for students.
Public, Grant, and Research Partners
Public funding and sponsored initiatives allow CEOP to provide specialized services, educational opportunities, and academic support at a scale that would not be possible through institutional funding alone.
U.S. Department of Education
Federal TRIO funding supports the Educational Opportunity Center, Student Support Services, and the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. These programs expand college access, strengthen persistence, and prepare students for graduation and advanced study.
Research and Sponsored Initiatives
CEOP collaborates with faculty and university initiatives connected to externally funded research, course-based undergraduate research, active learning, peer support, and more equitable student participation.
There is always room for another partner.
New partners can help expand scholarships, strengthen academic support, create student employment, support campus initiatives, provide mentors, and open new pathways for students.
