Fall Semester Begins at Highlands

  Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands University Mariah White, a Highlands University junior biology major from Surprise, Ariz., studies at the Achieving in Research Math and Science center on campus Aug. 22. White, 20, is also a middle hitter for the Cowgirl...

Rehab Counseling Program Receives Accreditation

Doug Main  Las Vegas, N.M. — The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education’s Rehabilitation Counseling Program received official notice of accreditation from the Council on Rehabilitation Education. The accreditation is for eight years, the...

Author, Journalist Writes Cowboy Code for Highlands

Slim Randles Las Vegas, N.M. — Award-winning author and journalist Slim Randles wrote a Cowboy Code this summer for New Mexico Highlands University’s students. “I was delighted and honored to be asked to write the Cowboy Code for Highlands,”...

Renowned Poet, Daughter at Ilfeld August 19

Tara Tudell Las Vegas, N.M — World-renowned poet John Trudell will join his poet daughter, New Mexico Highlands University student Tara Evonne Trudell, on stage at Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium Aug. 19 at 5 p.m. for an evening of spoken...

Fries Joins Football Team in Annual Run

Photo by Sean Weaver/NMHU New Mexico Highlands President Jim Fries, in blue shirt, joins the HU football team Aug. 9 in the traditional run from the university stadium to H Hill near the interstate.