People, Arts & Culture

The Business Computer Certificate Program consists of hands-on training to prepare students for employment, whether in Northern New Mexico or as remote workers. This program also provides a basis for further study. The program emphasizes developing student skills that are useful in a business office environment, including using desktop and web-based applications as well as crucial internet and information literacy skills. Students may choose from electives that expand their knowledge of business and communications skills, or they may focus on further developing their computer skills through electives from the Computer Technology Program core courses.

Key local employers have collaborated with us on the development of this program, ensuring that our students leave with the skills employers want.

The certificate in Information Technology Support provides students with core IT knowledge and technical support skills that lead to positions in local businesses or remote companies. These courses prepare students to pass tests to obtain a range of industry-recognized credentials, covering topics such as Help Desk support, Systems Administration, Networking, Security, and Cloud Technologies. Students will also learn how to apply these skills in a tech support environment, developing the crucial interpersonal skills that will enable them to be valued team members for any organization.

The Natural Resources Management program is for students who love the outdoors and want a job taking care of it. If you love fishing, hiking, and camping, then this is the program for you. We provide you with the education you need to understand environments, human impacts, and management approaches to protect and preserve wildlife, water, and land resources. We partner with federal agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service and local organizations such as Taos Land Trust to provide students with hands-on experience and skills. We support students through transfer to regional colleges/universities to complete bachelor’s degrees. We have an excellent track record of job placement after earning a degree.

joelw@unm.edu

joelw@unm.edu

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Our students, who are of all ages and from all walks of life, work toward the Holistic Health and Healing Arts (HHHA) Certificate for a variety of reasons. Some choose this route purely for self-exploration and self-healing, while others find our classes support them through the stress of college. Other students wish to embark on yoga teaching careers or in the fields of Complementary Alternative Medicine and the Healing Arts. Still others have found our classes complement careers in social work, human services, psychology, and medicine.

This 30-credit certificate has two main tracks. The first track takes students through a variety of healing modalities like meditation, herbs and Chinese medicine, nutrition, and Reiki. The second is a focus on yoga via the 200-Hour Yoga Teacher Training track.

amberburke@unm.edu https://goto.unm.edu/hhha

Community Health Workers (CHWs) are frontline health workers who are trusted members of the communities they serve. CHWs improve the health and well-being of their fellow community members and their community overall. They work and volunteer in community and clinical settings helping people of all ages get the services, knowledge, and tools that they need to live their best lives.

At a broader level, CHWs work with community members and leaders to promote a healthy community environment, social justice, and health equity for all.

UNM-Taos was the first college in New Mexico to offer a creditbearing, standards-based, nationally aligned training program for CHWs in 2010, shaped by decades of on-the-job training of CHWs in healthcare settings.

janastasoff@salud.unm.edu

Massage therapists treat clients by using touch to manipulate the muscles and other soft tissues of the body. With their touch therapists relieve pain, help heal injuries, improve circulation, relieve stress, increase relaxation, and aid in the general wellness of clients.

Since 2007, UNM-Taos has been offering an Integrative Massage Therapy Program with an emphasis in medical massage. This holistic program is designed for students aspiring to become licensed massage therapists in the state of New Mexico.

The program’s mission is to impart the knowledge and experience that will prepare graduates to sit for the state licensure exam required for entry-level employment in massage therapy.

ksegarra@unm.edu

Structural Integration is a holistic approach of bodywork and manipulation that focuses on the connective tissue—the fascia—of the body. Through a series of sessions, Structural Integration (SI) works to restore posture and heal tightened and thickened fascia due to injury, stress, work-related issues, and other factors—all of which can cause chronic pain and limited mobility.

The program is geared toward current Licensed Massage Therapists, as well as instructors of body-centered therapies like Pilates, Feldenkrais, and yoga instructors. The 510 contact hours of training meets the International Association of Structural Integration (IASI) requirements for training in the SI Series work.

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