• We value integrity, empathy, transparency, and innovation.
• We have served as our students' primary advocate at UNM for over 100 years, and have a deep respect and appreciation for the rich history and traditions of the Lobo community.
• We celebrate diversity through inclusion and serve all students with respect, compassion, and absent of any judgment.
• We believe that in order for students to achieve success, they must learn to self-regulate and self-manage.
• We enrich the academic experience by engaging and involving students through authentic outreach and services.

• Our long-standing history and understanding of the UNM landscape provides us with the knowledge to educate students about campus resources, help students become UNM-savvy, and orient students toward the tools required for their success.
• As members of the greater campus community, we collaborate with the whole university by utilizing our academic and institutional connections to help students build knowledge, develop marketable skills, and grow both personally and socially.
• We are here to serve students and place a premium on providing exceptional customer service that is both compassionate and holistic.
• As a team, our strengths include a wealth of diverse experiences, backgrounds, and institutional knowledge, thus equipping us to best serve students during critical moments.

History

The Dean of Student's Office, once the single entity responsible for all of student life, has undergone major changes in the past thirty years. As universities expanded and became more accessible, the responsibilities, for example, of one Assistant Dean of Men who handled scholarships, became a large department known as Student Financial Aid while the Senior Student Affairs Officer became the Vice President for Student Affairs. What is now the Dean of Students Office at most large universities usually includes the remaining generalist responsibilities such as student withdrawal from the university during a semester, some short-term student loans, general counseling, advising and advocacy, and class absences. Such is the case at The University of New Mexico. Below is a timeline of the many Deans to serve UNM students and a representation of how the role has evolved over the last 110 years.