Wellbeing and Belonging

Counseling, Assistance & Referral Services (CARS)

CARS promotes a healthy work-life balance by providing confidential on-site and remote services to assist UNM faculty and staff members with professional and personal concerns. Services include counseling on a wide range of issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, stress, job burnout, coworker conflict, eldercare, parenting, alcohol and drug use, grief and loss, managing change and preparing for retirement. CARS provides other services, such as workshops and training, supervisor and manager workplace consultations, critical incident debriefing and grief intervention and referrals for services within the UNM Community and in the larger communities the client resides in.

Ombuds Services

The UNM University Ombuds office provides faculty with confidential consultation and facilitation services for workplace concerns and conflicts. The purpose of Ombuds services is to help resolve problems early, informally, and confidentially. Effective fall 2023, all ombuds services for faculty, staff, and graduate students will be consolidated through a single office.

Ombuds Services is a no-barrier, first-stop for UNM employees, their co-workers, and graduate students seeking a safe place and a trustworthy process that supports visitors' efforts to figure out how to best move forward. We can be your skilled neutral sounding board and help you navigate UNM resources and systems. Visits are free, off-the-record, confidential, independent, and informal.

Americans with Disabilities Acts (ADA) Policies

Under the ADA, the University must make reasonable accommodations to accommodate qualified individuals with a disability unless the accommodations would create an “undue hardship.” Whether accommodation constitutes undue hardship will be determined on a case-by-case basis. UNM Policies can be found at www.policy.unm.edu.

Policy 3100, regarding Reasonable Accommodation for Employees, Job Applicants, and Participants with Disabilities, can be found here.

Policy 2310, regarding Reasonable Accommodation for Students with Disabilities, can be found here. 

Office of Compliance, Ethics & Equal Opportunity

CEEO supports University compliance initiatives aligned with its core values. Our commitment to the UNM community is demonstrated through our actions, such as addressing claims of discrimination and sexual harassment, providing guidance to leaders and departments, facilitating workplace accommodations, collecting and reporting compliance and safety data, and serving as a resource to the UNM and broader communities. CEEO envisions a campus where every person’s actions are guided by our shared ethics and values: delivering a world-class education, contributing to the greater community, fostering equal opportunity, prioritizing safety, and upholding integrity.

The Division for Change and Empowerment

The Division for Change and Empowerment (DICE) envisions a university where all Lobos are empowered to pursue success without barriers.

DICE seeks to elevate and strengthen UNM’s core values by creating access, cultivating the potential of, and inspiring all Lobos. DICE endeavors to learn from our legacies and foster connections for synergy, hope, and joy.