 NMHU/LCC:
Science and Agriculture Summer Experience (SASE) Project
Welcome to the New Mexico Highlands University/Luna Community College Science and
Agricultural Summer Experience (NMHU/LCC-SASE) Project homepage.
Academic Purpose and Objectives
The NMHU/LCC-SASE Project is designed to provide recent high school graduates and
community college transfer students a field science experiential learning opportunity
in an agriculturally related topic.
New Mexico Highlands University recognizes the importance of agriculture to northeastern
New Mexico, as well as the critical need for professionals trained in agricultural
sciences. A grant from the USDA Hispanic Serving Institutions Initiative made possible
creation of the Science Agricultural Summer Experience (SASE) project directed by
Dr. Edward Martinez. This project recruits seniors from high schools in northern
New Mexico and transfer students from Luna Community College to participate in a
summer institute exposing them to agriculturally related scientific activities and
to career options in agencies that fall under the United States Department of Agriculture's
(USDA) umbrella. These agencies include, but are not limited to, the U.S. Forest
Service (USFS), the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), and the Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Services (APHIS). |
