Volunteering

Thank You for Your Time!

Join UNM alumni who give thousands of hours to serve our university students and community by volunteering. There's no cost, other than your time; the reward is that you help make our community stronger and you make your UNM degree more meaningful.

Volunteer roles can vary from mentoring students to serving on a governing board to helping organize Alumni Association events and even serving hotdogs! There is something for every interest and Alumni volunteers get the satisfaction of giving back to the University while networking with fellow alumni.

First:
Tell people in the community you are a UNM alum. Wherever you are active, let them know you are a UNM grad. Wear that UNM lapel pin, hang that diploma and show your lobo colors on those casual Fridays!

Second:
Contact us to explore current opportunities.

Third:
Take a look at these popular volunteer options and step-up to be a part of our community:

• Sign up to be an online career mentor for current students and new graduates.
• Get involved with your local alumni chapter by recruiting students to UNM and celebrating and cheering with other lobos.
• Young Alumni participate in university and community service activities throughout the year. If you have graduated in the last 10 years, check out our plans for volunteering.
• Join the Lobo Advocacy program and help UNM with the Legislature.
• Host or attend a Dinner for 12 Strangers and celebrate UNM’s birthday. This program builds and strengthens the UNM community by creating an informal environment for UNM alums to make connections with students and faculty. Contact the Alumni office in December to be a part of these dinners.
• Serve hotdogs to students, faculty & staff and celebrate the beginning of a new semester during Welcome back days. Contact the Alumni office in July to volunteer for this August event.
• Homecoming brings many opportunities for involvement: contributing to the Silent Auction, planning and participating in a reunion, judging the decorating contest and many more! Contact us in the summer to plan your involvement.
• Fold bags, shovel sand and light candles as we celebrate the traditional Hanging of the Greens. Let us know in November if you’d like to help decorate Hodgin Hall or the Alumni Chapel.
• Nominate alumni for an award, a committee appointment or an appointment to the UNM Alumni Association Board of Directors. The Alumni Association needs to know what you and other alumni are doing so take a minute to tell us!