The New Mexico pharmacy schools were built for those who own a bachelor degree and want to pursue a four-year advanced degree of Doctor of Pharmacy (or PharmD) in New Mexico. Please note that PCAT which stands for Pharmacy College Admissions Test is required for applicants for admissions to pharmacy schools, while Doctor of Pharmacy is a must for those who want to consider working as a pharmacist in New Mexico.
This page lists all New Mexico pharmacy colleges that are accredited by the ACPE – Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education. Included are complete contact information and website addresses of all Pharmacy schools, colleges, and universities within the state of New Mexico.
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| 1 | University of New Mexico College of Pharmacy Address: MSC 09 5360, Albuquerque, NM 87131 Phone: (505) 272-3241 E-mail: pharmacy@salud.unm.edu Website: http://hsc.unm.edu/pharmacy/ |
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New Mexico
New Mexico (English New mexico; Spanish Nuevo México) is a mountainous state in the southwestern United States, one of the so-called Mountain States. The population is 1.819 million people (36th place among the states; 2000 data). The capital is Santa Fe and the largest city is Albuquerque. Other major cities are Las Cruces, Roswell, Farmington and Rio Rancho.
Official nickname – “Land of Wonders” (Eng. Land of Enchantment)
Geography
The area of New Mexico is 315.194 thousand km 2 (5th place among the states of the country), and almost all of this area is occupied by land. New Mexico borders Colorado to the north, Oklahoma and Texas to the east, Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua and Sonora to the south, and Arizona to the west. Through the central part of the state are the ridges of the Rocky Mountains – San Juan and Sangre de Cristo. The Colorado Plateau is to the west and the Great Plains to the east. The main rivers of the state are the Rio Grande and its tributary, the Pecos. Both flow in deep gorges. The climate is continental, arid.
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument
In New Mexico, near the town of Mountainair, there are the remains of the Salinas Pueblo Mission, built in the 17th century by Spanish Franciscans. The Salinas Valley was settled as early as the 10th century, first by the Mogollon culture, and later by the Anasazi Indians, who established large trading centers here for trade between the villages in the Rio Grande and the Indian tribes living in the plains here. The Franciscan missionaries built their compounds in almost every Pueblo in Salinas.
The largest of all the puebels was Gran Quivira, from which the ruins and the central square from the period around 1300 have been preserved to this day. Here we also find the remains of the church and the remains of the Mission district of the Mission de San Buenaventura. The church of San Isidro, built in the 17th century, has also been preserved.
Another mission that the Franciscans left here is the Misión de la Concepción de Purísima Cuarac in Quarai. Built between 1629 and 1674, this mission served as the ecclesiastical headquarters of the Spanish Inquisition in New Mexico. The third pueblo is Abo, home to an extensive red sandstone ruin from 1300 and the monastery of San Gregorio de Abo from 1629-1630. Unbearable heat, constant Apache attacks and numerous epidemics finally forced the Franciscans to leave the area in the 1670s .
Today, Salinas Pueblo Missions NM is protected by the National Park Service (NPS) and the visitor center is located in the town of Mountainair. Today, these national monuments are a reminder of the ancient contacts between the local Indians and the Spanish colonizers. The Pueblo of Gran Quivira was the first to be declared a National Monument in November 1909. Like all other historic sites under NPS protection, Gran Quivira was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. In 1980, two other pueblos – Quarai and Abo – were declared national monuments.
History
Before the arrival of Europeans, Indian tribes lived in New Mexico, creating the Folsom, Sandia, and Anasazi cultures. By the time the Spaniards arrived, the Apache, Comanche, Navajo and Pueblo Indians lived here.
In 1536, the Spaniards Cabeza de Vaca and Estabanico appeared here. In the late 1530s, Franciscan missionaries came here in search of the legendary gold reserves of Cibola. In 1540-1542, the expedition of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado visited here. In 1598, the Spanish conquistadors founded the settlement of San Juan Pueblo on the Rio Grande, in 1609 the conquistador Pedro de Peralta built the settlement of Santa Fe at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. In 1680, the Pueblo Indians rebelled against the domination of the Spanish newcomers. In 1706, the city of Albuquerque arose on the site of scattered settlements.
In 1803 Napoleon sold northern New Mexico to the United States. In 1821, the territory of New Mexico became part of the Mexican state. At the same time, merchants from the southern states of the United States paved the way to Santa Fe.
In 1846, during the US war with Mexico, American General Stephen Kearney occupied Santa Fe and, as a result of negotiations with the Mexicans, gained control of the region.
In 1850 (as a result of the so-called Compromise of 1850) the Territory of New Mexico was formed. It was subsequently enlarged in 1853 as a result of the Gadsden Purchase. The final boundaries of New Mexico were established in 1863.
At the beginning of the Civil War, most of the New Mexico Territory was under the control of the southerners, but after the victory of the Union army at the Battle of Glorieta Pass in March 1862, power here passed to the northerners.
January 6, 1912 New Mexico became the 47th US state.
During World War II, New Mexico became a testing ground for atomic weapons – on July 16, 1945, the first test of an atomic bomb was carried out in the desert near Alamogordo.
Economy
According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, in 2003 the state’s GDP was 57 billion. There are agricultural enterprises, and irrigation is developed. The role of tourism and the service sector is significant.