Est. "A Long Time Ago" · Taos, New Mexico Two GoDogs beneath the all-seeing eye — the seal of Taos State University

Taos State University — University of the Mind

You didn't apply to Taos State - You were already admitted. Somewhere between the second green chile and a view that made no logical sense.

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You're already enrolled.

Taos State University is not a school you find. It's a school that finds you, usually after you've decided to stay a few more days than planned.

Founded "A Long Time Ago", TSU runs on a single conviction: that wisdom can't be scheduled, enlightenment doesn't need a parking permit, and 7,000 feet of high desert is, and always has been, an excellent place to think.

We confer no degrees recognized by any accrediting body. We confer something better: the calm, unshakable sense that you've been here before. The GoDogs agree. They've seen everyone come through.

Home of the GoDogs
University of the Mind

The Bookstore Collection

TSU·001 Infinite Wisdom tee in fog grey
Infinite Wisdom
Tee · Fog Grey
The motto, stacked. For the perpetually enlightened.
TSU·002 Mythical Taos State University tee in heather
Mythical
Tee · Heather
Maroon and gold. The closest thing we have to school colors.
TSU·003 Property of Taos State Athletic Department tee in white
Athletic Dept.
Tee · White
Property of a department that has never held a practice.
TSU·004 Athletic Department long sleeve in white
Athletic Dept. L/S
Long Sleeve · White
Same honorary roster. Now with sleeves.
TSU·005 Four GoDogs spelling TAOS, long sleeve in ocean blue
GoDogs Lineup
Long Sleeve · Ocean Blue
Four mascots, one word, zero supervision.
TSU·006 ∞ hover Alumni long sleeve, front, in black Alumni long sleeve, back crest with truck and chile ristras
Alumni
Long Sleeve · Black · Front + Back
For graduates of a program that never officially ended.
TSU·007 Stacked TAOS hoodie in faded charcoal
Stacked TAOS
Hoodie · Faded Charcoal
Quiet on the front. Understood everywhere.
TSU·008 Stacked TAOS pocket tee in black
TAOS Pocket
Tee · Black
The hoodie's lighter, lower-commitment cousin.

The Field Guide

Our Records are incomplete, and archives were never formally kept. What follows is the closest thing to an official account.

TSU — MASCOTS

The GoDogs

Two prairie dogs of opposing temperament. One is mellow, cosmic, unhurried. The other is perpetually alarmed. Together they cover the full emotional range of living in Taos.

TSU — MOTTO

University of the Mind

There is no campus: the mesa is the classroom, altitude is the curriculum, and getting a little lost on the way here counts, officially, as orientation.

TSU — INSIGNIA

The All-Seeing Eye

It sits above the GoDogs on the seal, radiating. We're told it represents infinite wisdom. We're also told not to ask too many follow-up questions about it.

TSU — ENROLLMENT

How You Get In

You don't enroll so much as arrive. There's no application, no tuition, and no graduation. The only way to represent the school is to wear it — and the only way to do that is to come to the TSU bookstore.

From the Registrar's Office

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No syllabus, no spam. We write when there's a new drop or a reason to leave the house.

Est. "A Long Time Ago" · Home of the GoDogs

Enrollment is in person

The Bookstore is at Taos Lifestyle.

Every piece of Taos State gear lives at Taos Lifestyle, our official on-campus bookstore. No online store. No shipping. You have to actually show up — which is, in fact, the entire point.

Visit Taos Lifestyle

815 Paseo del Pueblo
Taos, New Mexico