Yearly Archives: 2011

1. Geothermal Well Drilling for New Student Center Causes Groundwater Runoff

2. First Presbyterian, HU Recycling Program Clean Up Gallinas River Walk June 11

3. Free Computer Science Camp for Youth, Teachers at Highlands June 27 — July 1

4. Two Las Vegas High Schools Pilot NASA and SRI International Climate Change Education Project

   Two Las Vegas High Schools Pilot NASA and SRI International Climate Change Education Project West Las Vegas and Robertson High Schools are among six high schools nationwide selected to participate in an innovative NASA and SRI International pilot project for climate change education through a partnership with the New Mexico Highlands University GEAR-UP Program.  …

5. Biology Students Join Professors on Venezuelan Llanos Research Expedition

   Three New Mexico Highlands University biology students joined their professors on a 13-day research expedition deep in the Venezuelan Llanos to study anacondas, caimans and turtles. In April, biology professors Jesus Rivas and Sarah Corey-Rivas took their students Jennie Guilez, Adrian Carter and Ana Caudillo on a journey of scientific inquiry into the Llanos, a…

6. Students, Faculty Inducted Into Phi Kappa Phi Academic Honor Society

7. Three Business Students Receive Scholarships from Bloomberg Businessweek

   Three Business Students Receive Scholarships from Bloomberg Businessweek Three New Mexico Highlands University undergraduate business students received scholarships from Bloomberg Businessweek for writing outstanding business case studies.   Ines Molina won the $600 gold scholarship, Desiree Romero won the $400 silver scholarship, and Ashley Bryan won the $200 bronze scholarship. The students will all be…

8. Salif Mahamane Wins Top Research Award at Regional Psychology Convention

   Salif Mahamane Wins Top Research Award at Regional Psychology Convention New Mexico Highlands University psychology graduate student Salif Mahamane won a top Psi Chi Regional Research Award at the Western Psychological Association annual convention in Los Angeles in May.   Psi Chi is the international honor society for psychology students. Highlands University Psi Chi students…

9. School of Education Names Outstanding Student Teachers

10. Geology Graduate Student Rhonda Trujillo Travels to France for Research

    Geology Graduate Student Rhonda Trujillo Travels to France for Research New Mexico Highlands University geology graduate student Rhonda Trujillo will conduct field research this summer on extinct volcanoes in the Chaine du Puys mountains of south-central France through Highlands’ exchange program with Blaise Pascal University.   This is the first year for the exchange program,…

11. HU Recycling Center Closed Saturdays

12. Humorist to Graduates: Live Beyond Yourself

    Photo: Rick Loffredo/NMHU Slim Randles delivers the keynote address to the Albuquerque and Rio Rancho centers’ commencement ceremony on May 12 at the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho. Humorist to Graduates: Live Beyond Yourself There are many people who sit around and wait to see what life brings to them. Cowboys are not those…

13. Hernandez To Graduates: Your Degree Can Show You The World

    Hernandez To Graduates: Your Degree Can Show You The World He has protected presidents and a former pope, met Nelson Mandela and other world leaders and traveled the world.   “If a small town kid like me with a couple of degrees from Highlands University can stand with the president of the United States of…

14. Media Arts Students Rianne Trujillo, Arianna Andreatta Receive Seabury Fellowships

    Media Arts Students Rianne Trujillo, Arianna Andreatta Receive Seabury Fellowships Two New Mexico Highlands University media arts students received $2,500 fellowships spring  semester, thanks to the Seabury Foundation and a full match from the university’s foundation.   Spring 2011 graduate Rianne Trujillo and junior Arianna Andreatta were tapped for the honor. They showcased their video…

15. Two Archaeology Graduate Students Receive Scholarships for Groundbreaking Research

    Two Archaeology Graduate Students Receive Scholarships for Groundbreaking Research Two New Mexico Highlands University archaeology graduate students received scholarships from the Archaeological Society of New Mexico that will help fund their groundbreaking thesis research.   Jason Nevins and Aaron Roth are the first to conduct in-depth forensic anthropological studies of human remains from the Sangre…

16. Chemistry Graduate Alexandr Fonari Accepted into Ph.D. Program at Georgia Tech

    Chemistry Graduate Alexandr Fonari Accepted into Ph.D. Program at Georgia Tech New Mexico Highlands University graduate student Alexandr Fonari has been accepted into a Ph.D. program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.   Fonari’s studies at Highlands emphasized computational chemistry. Georgia Tech is one of the leading scientific research institutions in the country and has…

17. Dr. Roy Lujan Retires After 29 Years of Distinguished Service to Highlands

    Photo Margaret McKinney/Highlands University Dr. Roy Lujan Retires After 29 Years of Distinguished Service to Highlands Dr. Roy Lujan, left, dean of the New Mexico Highlands University College of Arts and Sciences,  talks with anthropology professor emeritus Robert Mishler at Lujan’s retirement reception May 10. Lujan, who is a history and political science professor, gave…

18. Media Arts Students Create Exhibit for NM Museum of Natural History and Science

    Photo: Sean Weaver/Highlands University Highlands University media arts student Gabriel Garcia discusses his timeline illustration during a presentation at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science.   New Mexico Highlands University media arts students developed the bulk of a new cutting-edge multimedia exhibit, “Emergence: A New View of Life’s Origins,” for the New…

19. Three BFA Candidates Showing Work

20. HU Students Present Studies at Emerging Researchers Conference in Washington, D.C.

            HU Students Present Studies at Emerging Researchers Conference in Washington, D.C. Two outstanding New Mexico Highlands University student researchers presented at the Emerging Researchers National Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math in Washington, D.C., with one taking home first prize in the ecology division. Antonio Garcia, a junior majoring in forestry with a…