We are a large service unit that facilitates international linkages, cultural exchange, global diversity, and the development of international expertise across all sectors of the university. GEO is responsible for international recruitment and admissions, creates opportunities to study and work overseas through exchange and education abroad programs, offers immigrationn, orientation and co-curricular advising services for international students and scholars who study and work at UNM, provides intensive English language programs at the intermediate to advanced level, and develops short-term certificate programs for adult learners. Welcome to the Global Education Office (GEO)!
Welcome International ACAC Participants!
We would like to welcome everyone who is participating in the 2022 International ACAC conference!
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Global Highlights
Winner of the Globally-Engaged Research Award
The Globally-Engaged Research Award is offered by the Global Education Office (GEO) and the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) at The University of New Mexico (UNM) to highlight the dynamic international research conducted by UNM faculty and students...
GEO Annual Report 2021
Despite the ongoing pandemic, we worked together to support both current andincoming students, and found meaningful ways to connect with our global partnersto ensure that international education would continue to be a part of UNM’steaching, research and outreach...
Online graduate programs in engineering ranked in ‘U.S. News’ poll
The University of New Mexico was ranked No. 196 in the Best National Universities in the 2022 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Rankings released today. The ranking includes more than 390 surveyed institutions and marks the second year in a row UNM was ranked among the top-200 in the nation...UNM Students, Staff, and Faculty are Global!
Hooi-Ling Lee
Malaysia. Chemical Security Education Program
Dr. Hooi-Ling Lee is an Associate Professor and researcher at the School of Chemical Sciences, Universities Sains Malaysia (USM) since 2012. She holds a Ph.D. (Surface Science) degree from Dublin City University (DCU) in the Republic of Ireland. Dr. Lee focuses her research on nanotechnology for wastewater treatment and drug delivery system applications. Dr. Lee is the recipient of the 2021-2022 US Fulbright-ASEAN Visiting Scholar from Malaysia. She has her Fulbright research attachment at the Global and National Security Policy Institute, University of New Mexico (UNM), hosted by Dr. Emile Nakhleh on Chemical Security Education topic. The work will be in collaboration with the Global Chemical and Biological Security Group at Sandia National Laboratories, ABQ. Besides, she is also an Endeavor Research Fellow awarded by the Australian Government in 2018.
Karishma Bansal
India. Physics (Concentration: Astrophysics)
Karishma Bansal, an Indian Lobo who works on Binary Supermassive Black Holes for her Ph.D. Her work was published across more than 100 online journals. She is also a member of the organizing committee of the Astronomy on Tap, Albuquerque. Motto: "Be true to yourself and fight for what you believe in even when it comes at a great price.”
Message to the other international students in UNM:
"If you choose to come to a foreign land, put in some effort to mingle with those who are different from you. Explore and be more accepting and open. As learning is not limited to just your field, it also means widening your horizons and appreciating other aspects of your life."
Dr. Emmanuel Ihechi Asonye
Nigeria. Scholar - Foreign Languages & Literature
Dr. Asonye is a pioneer Sign Linguist in Africa. In the past 6 years, him and his team have been documenting the Indigenous Nigerian Sign Languages for Deaf literacy. Dr. Asonye is working to developing the first indigenous sign language app called Naija SignApp. The app will target deaf children born by non-signing hearing parents, who also have little or no language access in the first five years of their life. Message to the other international scholars of UNM: I encourage all International students and scholars to be diligent and serious with their studies and above all to give some of their time to community service. They should understand that though they are studying abroad, they represent their cultural identities. Nothing and nobody can take that away from them. Motto: Creating Language Access to the Culturally and Linguistically Marginalized Communities
Barbora Tomanova
Slovakia. Business – International Management
Barbora is a UNM student athlete on the swim team. She is a member of the Slovak National Swimming Team, Slovak record holder in swimming, and a national champion in Slovakia. Barbora has participated in the European Youth Olympic Festival and placed forth. She has also competed in the World Junior and European Championships. Personal Motto: You get out of it, what you put in it.
Tohid Khalili
Iran. Electrical Engineering
Tohid is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Power and Energy Society (PES), and Industry Applications Society (IAS). He has received the Best Paper Award in the "2020 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference", Manhattan, Kansas, USA. Lastly, he has reviewed more than 280 high impact journal papers. As a result, he has the most verified reviews among the whole UNM student scholars according to the Publon. Message to the other international students of UNM: We are here to make changes. All of us have a role in making the world a better place to live regardless of our position. Motto: It is feasible to reach dreams.
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