NMHU Resources
Tech Support: ITS Help Desk, 505-426-2215 or ITSHelpDesk@nmhu.edu
- 505-454-3537 or writingcenter@nmhu.edu
- Schedule Las Vegas or online appointments
Food Pantry/Clothing and Toiletries Bank (Available to all NMHU Students)
- Las Vegas Campus
- Rio Rancho Campus (Second Floor, M-F, 8a-5p)
School of Social Work Resources
The SWEEP-Raíces grant provides student activities and educational resources that support the retention and graduation of FVSSW students.
- Project Director: Valerie Valles-Pedroza
- Host Student Success Series:
- Example topics: Writing and Study Skills, Self-Care: Intuitive Art, Social Work Career Panels, Financial Literacy
- Spring 2023: Financial Well-Being
Social Work Library
Can assist with and hosts workshops on essay research and APA formatting
Library Workshops Spring 2024 Schedule- APA and Basic Research Techniques
Social Work Librarian: Helen Robertson
Native American Social Work Studies Institute (NASWSI)
The NASWSI serves as a resource to students, faculty, and staff by offering Native American social work continuing education, research, skills-based activities, and materials.
Director: Dr. Melissa Riley
Center for Excellence in Social Work
At the Center for Excellence in Social Work (CESW), we place relationships and collaboration at the forefront of our mission. We work closely with social work students, practitioners, educators, and community and organizational leaders statewide to respond to emerging challenges impacting New Mexico’s diverse, multicultural peoples, families, and communities. Our commitment lies in growing our workforce while driving innovation in social work education, practice, policy, and research, emphasizing anti-racism, anti-oppression, and cultural responsiveness. Through these efforts, we are dedicated to advancing racially, environmentally, socially and economically just and equitable outcomes for all.
- Director: Anna Nelson, PhD, LCSW
- Social Justice Teach-Ins: offer a space to dialogue around social justice issues and are designed to facilitate collective learning, collaboration, and mobilization for a diverse range of social work students and state-wide community members
- GA Coordinator: Al MacLeod-Bluver
- Continuing Education Program: committed to providing accessible and affordable ongoing learning opportunities for practicing social workers. Workshops focus on a variety of topics that help enhance the skills and knowledge for effective practice with the populations of New Mexico. Current students are able to attend workshops at no cost.
- Coordinator: Amber Vilas, MSW
Field Practicum Resources
Title IV-E CYFD Stipend
Receive tuition assistance and CYFD position post-graduation
Field Education Links
Field Website: access field forms from this site
Student Advisement
Faculty Advisor
Commonly helps with:
- Individualized course planning
- Out of course sequence planning
- Concentration & career consulting
- Change in MSW concentration
- Application for Degree
- Referrals to academic supports
To identify your faculty advisor, visit the my.nmhu.edu portal. Under My Apps, click on the Self-Service Banner. Click on “Student”, then click on “Student Records”. Click on “Degree Audit”, and your Faculty Advisor will be listed under “Advisor”.
Student Support Specialists
Commonly helps with:
- General questions
- Host Advisement Drop-Ins (Designed for campus students)
- Degree Audit
- Registration
- Add/Drop Forms
- Support for transfer students
Contact information for your local student support specialist and/or coordinator:
- Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Roswell: Marian Vargas
- Las Vegas: Lawrence Montaño
- Santa Fe: Mary Angell
- Farmington: Sharon Terry-Doom
- Online MSW program: Janice Dowsett
Student Advisement Tools
If you have questions about course planning, please contact your Faculty Advisor. Online MSW Program students should contact Janice Dowsett, Online MSW Coordinator for advisement resources.
Degree Plan Checklist: Student tool to develop course schedule
- BSW Degree Plan Checklist 2023-2024
- MSW Degree Plan Checklist- Clinical 2023-2024
- MSW Degree Plan Checklist- Leadership & Administration 2023-2024
- MSW Degree Plan Checklist- Bilingual Bicultural Clinical 2023-2024
Course Sequence: Part-time and full-time student degree plans
- Part-Time BSW Course Sequence 2023-2024
- Full-Time BSW Course Sequence 2023-2024
- Part-Time MSW Course Sequence 2023-2024
- Full-Time MSW Course Sequence 2023-2024
- MSW-MBA Dual Degree Course Sequence 2023-2024
Spring 2024 Advisement Drop-In Schedule (Campus Students)
Student Financial Resources
Nusenda Credit Union- Free Financial Literacy/Wellness Resources
- Banzai: Financial Literacy– courses, articles, calculators
- Balance: Financial Fitness– free individual financial counseling, articles, live/recorded monthly webinars, calculators