Kate Becker
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. University of New Mexico Hospitals CEO Kate Becker remembers a time late last year when the hospital was overrun with COVID-19 patients.
It was in November and December, around the time of the state’s deadliest surge of the pandemic.
“We converted our urgent care to in-patient spaces. We converted our science clinic to in-patient spaces. We shut down (operating rooms) and made those into (intensive care units),” Becker said while addressing the Economic Forum of Albuquerque Wednesday morning. “We adapted dramatically in terms of staffing, space and equipment across the entire platform. ⦠It was a heroic effort, and there is no other word for it.”
Hansel Burley
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Creating an education pipeline can be a powerful tool for helping the state grow its economy, according to the new head of University of New Mexico’s College of Education and Human Sciences.
During a webinar hosted by the Economic Forum of Albuquerque Wednesday morning, Hansel Burley, who began as dean of UNM’s education and human sciences department last summer, spoke about the school’s role in educating school teachers and administrators and forming collaborations throughout the community.
Burley said creating a pipeline of talented and caring teachers, counselors and other school staffers can not only improve New Mexico’s perennially low rankings in K-12 education, but also act as an economic development tool for the state.