Women in Non-Traditional Careers

• Architecture
• Architectural/Engineering Drafting Technology
• Automotive Technology
• Aviation Technology
• Biotechnology
• Beverage Production & Management
• Business Administration
• Carpentry and Construction
• Chemistry
• CNM Law Enforcement Academy
• Computer Information Systems
• Computer Science
• Construction Management
• Criminal Justice
• Criminology
• Culinary Arts
• Diesel Equipment Technology
• Electrical Trades
• Engineering
• Film and Digital Media
• Fine Arts
• Fire Science
• Geographic Information Technology
• Geology
• Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration
• Machine Tool Technology
• Mathematical Sciences
• Physics
• Plumbing and Gas Fitting
• Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
• Truck Driving
• Welding

Non-Traditional Career Student of the Year
This award is to recognize a student who has achieved a skill level respected by their peers and instructors that show a passion for their chosen field. This individual will exemplify CNM's core values of being caring, ethical, inspiring, courageous, connected, and exceptional. Preference is given to a student in their last year/term of any non-traditional program.

Emerging Leader
This award is to recognize a student in a non-traditional program who shows leadership characteristics in their given program/career. A leader is someone who is responsible, accountable, honest, and willing to share best practices with their fellow students. The student nominated for this award may be in any year/term of a non-traditional program.

The Rosie Award
This award is to recognize a first-year student (including dual credit students) enrolled in a non-traditional program that shows a sign of future excellence and achievement in their program and field. The student nominated for this award will be optimistic, an agent of change, and a mentor to other students. They will display integrity, civility, and respect.

Community Outreach and Engagement
This award is to recognize a student who has encouraged and supported women at CNM and/or in the community in pursuing non-traditional pathways. This student can be seen volunteering in the classroom, community, or locally. They engage with CNM and other students in their program, demonstrate exceptional leadership, and have the highest ethical standards. The student nominated for this award may be in any year/term of a non-traditional program.

Outstanding Student
This award is to honor a student who shows the qualities of an outstanding and successful student in a non-traditional program. This student should show exceptional work ethic, tenacity, and determination in the achievement of their goals. The student nominated for this award may be in any year/term of a non-traditional program.

The WINograd Award
The WINograd Award is to honor a person in the industry who has increased the number of women in their trade field. This person will show high integrity and passion for changing the culture of the industry while creating an equitable environment for women. This award expresses our gratitude to anyone in the industry with the courage to make a change in the culture by creating a place where women can thrive.

CNM Employee Advocate
This award will be presented to a CNM faculty or staff member of any gender who has played a positive role as a teacher, mentor, and/or advocate for women's success in a specific non-traditional career or program at CNM.