As the fall semester comes into view and Lobos begin in-person instruction after a year of remote learning, one of UNM s most gracious leaders will be noticeably absent. Scholes Hall will feel a little less crowded, Welcome Back Days will have one less cherry blazer in attendance, and the campus in general will notice a considerable figure missing this fall because Eliseo “Cheo” Torres will retire Aug. 1 as the vice president of Student Affairs.
It’s the position he’s held for the last 25 years.
Torres said he’s always had a passion for working with students. Before becoming a Lobo, Torres was the vice president for External Affairs at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, where he also taught within the Bilingual Doctoral Program. He subsequently served as the University’s interim president and vice president for Student Affairs.
Jarrett Gonzales Signs With Washington Nationals
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Jarrett Gonzales of The University of New Mexico baseball team has signed with the Washington Nationals, the senior announced Monday. Gonzales saw action in 20 games this past season and started in 18, posting a .246 average.
In 2021, Gonzales posted 146 putouts and 26 assists as a catcher for the Lobos. Gonzales was a consistent force for the Lobos, posting a 0.982 fielding percentage over two seasons. Prior to coming to New Mexico, Gonzales was a standout at Grayson College.
Gonzales is the third Lobo this season to move on to the MLB.
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This late 19th-century image of a photograph at the Center for Southwest Research at UNM in Albuquerque shows Indigenous students identified as Navajo. (Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press)
They sat inside a dust-covered box that had been stashed away, untouched, for years: black-and-white photographs of Apache students who were among the first sent to a New Mexico boarding school bankrolled by East Coast parishioners and literary fans.
The first showed the girls bundled in blankets with moccasins on their feet. The next, taken just weeks later, was starkly different, the children posing in plaid uniforms, high-laced boots and wide-brimmed straw hats.