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Aug

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24
Aug

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26
Aug

President's Welcome Back BBQ
27
Aug

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FULL TERM: JAN 6 – MAY 10, 2019

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Oct

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August 19, 2019

Sixth New Mexico Invitational Painters Exhibition Opens Sept. 8

Las Vegas, N.M. – This year marks the sixth New Mexico Invitational Painters Exhibition at Highlands University in Las Vegas beginning with an opening reception Sept. 8 from 4–7 p.m. “For the past five years, Highlands has hosted this one-of-a-kind juried exhibition as an invitational…

August 16, 2019

President Minner Urges Highlands Colleagues to Make the World a Better Place

Las Vegas, N.M. – Transeamus ad mundum meliorem. Let us move forward to make the world a better place. With those words, New…

August 14, 2019

Local Youth to Screen Their Films August 25 at Highlands

August 14, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – On Aug. 25 Las Vegas-area youth…

August 13, 2019

Highlands Paleomagnetic Lab Expands, Only One in the Region

August 13, 2019 Las Vegas, New Mexico –…

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Local Youth to Screen Their Films August 25 at Highlands

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