Getting your UNM LOBO I.D._

LOBO ID cards = Your ticket to clinicals

All UNM-Gallup pre-nursing and nursing students are required to have a LOBO ID card for the entire time they are a pre-nursing and/or nursing student.  A LOBO ID is what the UNM-G Nursing Assistant and Nursing faculty use to make a Clinical ID made for you.  Without this important LOBO ID, the faculty cannot have a Clinical ID made for you.  Therefore, it is mandatory that all UNM-G pre-nursing and nursing students get a LOBO ID card well before they begin classes!  Please keep your LOBO ID in your billfold and bring it with you to pre-nursing and/or nursing classes every day.

This serves as an instruction sheet as to how you can get a LOBO ID card.  You can get it either in Albuquerque (Instructions #1 below) or in Gallup (Instructions #2 below).  However, because the LOBO ID machine is only in Gallup twice a year, it is advisable to get a LOBO ID the next time you are in Albuquerque during regular business hours from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.   

Instructions #1: Getting a Lobo I.D. in Albuquerque

1. Visit the Albuquerque Lobo Card Office. They are located in the lower level in the north end of the Student Union building, room 1077, directly across from Zimmerman library. (See the red arrow on this campus map.)
2. Bring a government-issued form of identification with you, such as your driver's license, passport, or military ID.
3. More info about how and where to Get a LOBO I.D. card at UNM-Albuquerque

Instructions #2: Getting a Lobo I.D. in Gallup

The machine that makes UNM LOBO ID cards comes to Gallup only twice a year, once at the beginning of fall semester and once at the beginning of spring semester.  It is only here for about one week.  It set up in Gurley Hall near the Cashier’s Office.  The lines and the wait-time to get an ID here in Gallup are generally very long.  The only way students know exactly when the ID-making machine is here is through flyers placed around the campus, so students need to be on the look-out for them.  If you are a UNM-G student, you are eligible to get a UNM LOBO ID card.  However, you must bring the same kind of ID as required in Albuquerque:  government-issued form such as your driver’s license, passport, or military ID.  If at all possible, even if you aren’t yet accepted into the UNM-G nursing program but are taking classes at UNM-G, you should get a UNM LOBO ID card when the machine is next here.  If you have a LOBO ID card in advance of starting nursing assistant or ADN nursing school, it is much better for you.  Please try to get a LOBO ID card well in advance of either nursing assistant classes and/or ADN nursing classes.   Please take extra care to keep it as students need it all four semesters of nursing school.  It is difficult to replace.  Please see below for “Lobo Card Replacements” if you have lost your LOBO ID card.

Getting replacement cards if you've had yours stolen or it is lost

Lost Cards:
If your card has been lost, immediately contact the Lobo Card Office at 277-9970. After a card has been reported lost, all card activity will be suspended, and the card will no longer function properly.

A collection of found cards is kept at the Lobo Card Office. If you suspect that your card has been turned in, you can retrieve it during regular office hours. Additional lost & found locations are University Police and the SUB information booth.

Replacement IDs can be issued by visiting the Lobo Card Office during regular office hours. Please bring a government-issued photo ID, as well as a $10 replacement fee.

Stolen Cards:
If your card has been stolen, immediately contact the Lobo Card Office at 277-9970. After a card has been reported missing, all card activity will be suspended, and the card will no longer function properly. Stolen cards should also be reported to the appropriate law enforcement agency.

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