Staff Report
Elizabeth Miller, who was the interim executive director for UNM's Gallup branch campus since January 2002, has been named director of the campus UNM Provost Brian Foster announced recently.
Miller, one of four finalists for the position, will succeed Robert Carlson, who accepted a position as president of Chabot College in Hayward, Calif.
"During the time Elizabeth has been interim director she has tackled a number of different problems effectively," Foster said in a UNM news release. "She is courageous and did not shrink from the most difficult of issues."
Miller joined the Gallup campus as a faculty member in the Business Technology Department in 1986. She was later named chairwoman of the department in 1987. In 1996, she became dean of instruction and assistant professor.
"I'm thrilled to have this opportunity," Miller said in a UNM news release. "I look forward to working with the campus and community at large to meet the educational needs of this area."
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As UNM Gallup interim director Miller developed strategies to address a budget crisis and declining enrollment. She reorganized shared governance processes, conferred regularly with campus leaders and guided completion of capital projects.
Miller will continue to oversee the campus' $11.5 million budget, $5.7 million in grant funds and additional $7 million in financial aid and scholarships.
Miller has served as director of the Gallup McKinley Chamber of Commerce since 2001, a position she also held from 1993-95.
Miller earned an associate degree in liberal arts from Cottey College in Nevada, Mo., in 1968; a bachelor of science in secondary education from Kansas State University in 1970; and a master's in business education from Emporia State University, Emporia, Kan., 1973.