New Mexico Highlands University President Jim Fries and leaders from 23 Native American tribes signed an agreement Feb. 19 to promote higher education opportunities for Native American students at Highlands. “One of the most exciting things about Highlands is the rich diversity of the students that attend our university,” said Fries at the signing ceremony….
Hector Hernandez, a New Mexico Highlands University national champion wrestler in 1987, was named to the prestigious RMAC All-Time Wrestling Team.The RMAC is naming its top athletes over the years to All-Time teams as part of the conference’s 100-year anniversary celebration in 2009. Hernandez racked up an impressive record while wrestling for the Cowboys from…
Three outstanding New Mexico Highlands University music students will perform at the Thomas Mishler Scholarship Recital March 1, at 3 p.m., in the Margaret Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave.This year’s scholarship recipients include Eliza Woodyard, Joseph Chavez and Lisa Cisneros. Retired Highlands anthropology professor emeritus Robert Mishler and his wife, Ann, established the scholarship…
The New Mexico Highlands University Music Department presents “Montage,” a collection of bands playing a wide variety of music, Feb. 28, 7 p.m., at Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave.Organizers said rock bands will highlight the concert but there will also be classical, jazz and world music. The first half of the show will feature classical…
Hundreds of students and faculty from the College of Santa Fe rallied at the state capitol Feb. 10 in support of an acquisition by New Mexico Highlands University. “This is a very important time for the college,” said David Chase, chairman of the College of Santa Fe’s Board of Trustees, told hundreds of cheering students…
Each year, millions of ceramic piggies are destroyed in the pursuit of college. As the cost of tuition at colleges and universities across the United States keeps skyrocketing, some experts believe the ceramic piggy might be extinct by the year 2012. That’s the message of New Mexico Highlands University’s new marketing campaign, Save Our Piggies….