Integrated Programs
One department brings together multiple programs to help students and families access higher education, transition into UNM, build academic momentum, and move toward graduation and future opportunities.
College Enrichment & Outreach Programs brings together federally funded, institutionally supported, self-sustaining, and donor-supported programs that help students and families move through important points in the educational journey.
Each program has its own focus, eligibility requirements, funding structure, and services. Together, they form a connected system of support that expands access to higher education, strengthens the transition into UNM, supports persistence, and creates pathways toward graduation and future opportunities.
One department. Multiple programs. A shared commitment to helping students access higher education, succeed at UNM, and finish strong.
Access & Opportunity
These programs help students and families explore higher education, understand their options, and take the next steps toward college or training.
College Prep Programs
Students Served: Middle school and high school students, families, and community partners.
Primary Focus: Early college awareness, youth outreach, and college readiness.
College Prep Programs promotes higher education to youth across New Mexico by creating opportunities for students to experience campus, explore college pathways, and begin seeing higher education as possible.
- Summer camps and college-readiness programming
- Campus tours and early exposure to the university experience
- Family and community engagement
- College-going awareness for youth across New Mexico
Funding Snapshot: Institutional funding with donor-designated support for college-access and youth-outreach initiatives.
Educational Opportunity Center
Students Served: Adults seeking to enter, return to, or continue postsecondary education.
Primary Focus: College access, admissions guidance, financial-aid navigation, and GED or postsecondary pathways.
The Educational Opportunity Center helps adults and community members explore higher-education options and take the next steps toward college, training, or degree completion.
- Admissions and enrollment guidance
- Financial-aid and FAFSA support
- GED and postsecondary pathway information
- Individualized support for adults entering or returning to higher education
Funding Snapshot: Federally funded TRIO program.
Onboarding, Transition & Belonging
These programs welcome students into the university, help them build relationships, and provide support during the important transition into college.
New Student Orientation
Students Served: Incoming first-year, transfer, returning, and online students; families and supporters; and student employees who help deliver the orientation experience.
Primary Focus: Student onboarding, transition support, family connection, registration preparation, and early student success.
New Student Orientation welcomes new Lobos and their families to UNM while helping students understand expectations, connect with resources, prepare for registration, and begin college with greater confidence.
- Orientation programming for new students and families
- Pre-arrival communication and onboarding support
- Connection to academic advisement and campus resources
- Family Connection programming
- Student employment and leadership opportunities
Funding Snapshot: Orientation fee-supported program with institutional coordination.
College Enrichment Program
Students Served: Undergraduate students, with a particular focus on first-generation, low-income, rural, and historically underserved populations.
Primary Focus: First-year transition, belonging, peer learning, mentoring, academic support, and student engagement.
The College Enrichment Program provides connected academic and transition support that helps students build community, strengthen confidence, and continue moving toward graduation.
- Lobo Companions and first-year transition outreach
- Cohort-based academic and peer support
- Peer Learning Facilitators in key courses
- Mentoring and leadership development
- Scholarship and enrichment programs
- Targeted support for designated student populations
Funding Snapshot: Institutional funding, student-fee support, grant funding, and donor-designated support for student cohorts and enrichment initiatives.
Persistence, Research & Future Pathways
These programs provide individualized support, academic guidance, research opportunities, and preparation for degree completion and advanced study.
Student Support Services
Students Served: Eligible undergraduate students, including first-generation students, students from low-income backgrounds, and students with documented disabilities.
Primary Focus: Academic guidance, individualized support, persistence, and graduation.
Student Support Services provides structured, long-term support to eligible undergraduate students as they navigate college, strengthen academic progress, and continue toward degree completion.
- Academic guidance and individualized support
- Success planning and connection to campus resources
- Mentoring, tutoring, and academic-development opportunities
- Support for persistence and graduation
Funding Snapshot: Federally funded TRIO program.
McNair / Research Opportunity Program
Students Served: Undergraduate students preparing for research, graduate school, and advanced academic study.
Primary Focus: Undergraduate research, graduate-school preparation, faculty mentorship, and postgraduate pathways.
The McNair and Research Opportunity Program prepares undergraduate students to participate in research, present scholarly work, explore graduate education, and pursue master’s and doctoral pathways.
- Undergraduate research preparation and scholarly development
- Graduate-school exploration and application support
- Faculty mentorship and research presentations
- Professional conferences and academic networking
- Preparation for doctoral and other postgraduate pathways
Funding Snapshot: Federally funded TRIO program with institutional support for undergraduate research pathways.
Primary DSA Goal Contribution(s) identify the most direct connections between each CEOP program and the Division of Student Affairs strategic plan, Innovating the Student Experience.
Find the Right Starting Place
Program eligibility, applications, events, services, and contact information vary. Visit each program website for details, or use Student Pathways to identify the CEOP support that best matches your current needs.
