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Fall Recess November 27—30

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  • 27

    Nov

    Fall Recess November 27—30

  • 07

    Dec

    Sipapu Ski Trip

  • 09

    Dec

    Fall Final Exams

  • 18

    Jan

    Sipapu Ski Trip

  • 25

    Jan

    Sipapu Ski Trip

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FULL TERM: JAN 6 – MAY 10, 2019

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    Nov

    Fall Recess November 27—30

  • 06

    Dec

    Last day for complete school withdrawal (all classes) December 6

  • 09

    Dec

    Fall Final Exams

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Campus News

November 22, 2019

NMHU Anthropology Partnership Produces First Drone Aerial Survey of Anasazi Pueblo

November 22, 2019 Highlands anthropology faculty member Vick Evans, left, and Katie Withnall of the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute hold a NMFWRI drone that was used to help develop the first aerial maps of a prehistoric Navajo site.…

November 21, 2019

Highlands Business Students Win Statewide Ethics Competition

November 21, 2019 Highlands business students who won a statewide ethics competition stand with their business professors and coaches Carla Romero, far left, and Melanie Zollner. The students, beginning third from the left, are Dana Bishop, Olivia Muñiz, Griffin Logan, Miguel…

November 20, 2019

Navajo Social Work Student to Integrate Native Ideology and Western Therapy  

November 20, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Danielle Benally, a Navajo woman and Master of Social Work student at New Mexico Highlands, is determined to become a therapist who integrates Native American ideology with Western therapy methods. Benally drives…

November 18, 2019

Original Music Concerts November 21, 22

November 18, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University department of music presents two original music concerts Nov. 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. in Studio C (Room 10) of the university’s Champ Tyrone Music Building at 1052 11th St. The concerts…

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