Major Jeffrey Meinders
Meinders is an Army aviator who has been on active duty as an officer for 17 years, with four years of enlisted service in the Missouri National Guard while attending college and ROTC. He was most recently stationed in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, serving as mission commander for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Open Skies Treaty.
Meinders said he was drawn to UNM by one of his previous supervisors, Col. Ed Brennan, a UNM Air Force ROTC grad, and Chae.
“Both Chae and Brennan spoke highly of Albuquerque, the university and the ROTC programs, he said. “The community support, alumni connections and opportunities for my family are all things we look forward to here at UNM.”
Major Jeffrey Meinders
Meinders is an Army aviator who has been on active duty as an officer for 17 years, with four years of enlisted service in the Missouri National Guard while attending college and ROTC. He was most recently stationed in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, serving as mission commander for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency Open Skies Treaty.
Meinders said he was drawn to UNM by one of his previous supervisors, Col. Ed Brennan, a UNM Air Force ROTC grad, and Chae.
“Both Chae and Brennan spoke highly of Albuquerque, the university and the ROTC programs, he said. “The community support, alumni connections and opportunities for my family are all things we look forward to here at UNM.”
FRONT lines when COVID-19 ripped through some of the state s most vulnerable communities.
Nicialia Nunez, a senior nursing student, worked with Chinle Indian Health Services, where she trained as a certified contract tracer. Nunez handled daily health check-ins with COVID positive patients; she also relayed quarantine recommendations and offered guidance to help individuals find freshwater resources, groceries and medical supplies.
Nicialia Nunez and Victoria Anderson
Nunez spent the last few months caring for patients within the intensive care unit at UNMH. Nunez said due to strict COVID safety precautions family members and friends weren’t allowed in the hospital, oftentimes this resulted in her serving as a conduit between patients and their loved ones.