Keys & Locks

All keys, whether issued by Facilities Operations Manager Chris Moroney or by the UNM Lockshop, are your responsibility. This includes keys to desks, cabinets, or padlocks. Keys are not transferable. Do not give or loan your keys to anyone.

Department of Physics and Astronomy key policy

Updated July 2022

1. To be authorized to receive keys for any lock controlled by the department you must provide Chris Moroney with the following:

  • Your Lobo Card (First, before all else), email address, and UNM Banner ID (all in person, not via email for security reasons)
  • For Graduate Students ONLY; Stephen Bishop will email Chris with authorization for keys to the GSA Computer room, and any Regener Hall keys required
  • For Graduate Students ONLY; notify Rich Rand, department chair, if you want to be assigned an office and/or a desk (MUST be pre-approved by a Faculty member owning the space, or by the CHAIR for new space)
  • An email message from a faculty member containing a list of the exact keys you will need. (i.e. "161 lab key" is NOT valid, it must state "Room 116 at Regener Hall", or "GTA Master at Regener Hall", or "PAIS Room 3109", or "Campus Observatory Cabinet 220A")
  • You WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW your Lobo Card and UNM Banner ID at the UNM Lockshop before being allowed any keys from them requested by us

2. We will notify you when the key card(s) are ready.

  • NOTE: If you do NOT have an email address to be notified at, please let us know how you are to be notified when the keys are ready (i.e. phone, mail box, note to another individual, etc.)

General Key policy and information (Everyone)

Your approved key request can be processed by Chris Moroney via Remote Key Request at:  https://fm.unm.edu/services/lock-shop.html

Remote Key Request and Green key authorization cards are DATED. You must complete the instructions for the Remote Key Request or pick up Green Cards from Chris, and submit them to the UNM Lockshop, within 30 days from the date on the card, or they will NOT be honored and all procedures to acquire the key(s) will have to be repeated in their entirety. This includes having a faculty member resend their e-mail request for your keys to Operations.

In general all requests MUST come from a FACULTY member of the department, unless a Faculty member has previously given Chris authorization.

Special Notice for Graduate Students

If you are reassigned to a different office, you must return the old key to the lock shop within 3 days of getting a new key and inform Chris by email that you have done so. 

NOTICE: Access to the Lock Shop will change due to the UNMH construction project on Yale Blvd. 3/1/21

Vehicle traffic will access the Lock Shop from University Blvd. From University Blvd., go east on Tucker to Camino Servicio Rd., which is past the Facilities Management fenced yard and just prior to the diversion channel bridge. Travel southeast on Camino Servicio into the parking area. Traffic will exit the same way. Please do not enter or exit via the Facilities Management fenced yard.

Please use caution when traveling in the area.

UNM Lock Shop
1839 Lomas Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM
(505) 277-1062