ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — Central New Mexico Community College is celebrating its 60th anniversary educating New Mexico. Beginning in 1965 with only 150 students, the Technical Vocation Institute, or CNM as it’s known today, offered just a handful of classes in trade industries like electrician training and carpentry.
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On Wednesday, officials introduced a graduate from the electrical trade program who is now a faculty member teaching the next generation. “Once again CNM was there with an answer. I returned to campus, but not as a student this time,” said CNM Electrical Trades Program Faculty Member Anthony Ramirez. “But as an instructor. Thanks to the relationships I had built with my former instructors, the decision to come back and teach was easy.”
CNM continues growing, with over 30-thousand student currently enrolled. Guests at the ribbon cutting ceremony included speakers from the colleges past and present, alongside an exhibit showcasing the history of the college throughout the decades.
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