Shawna and Isaac Sandoval Distinguished Young Alumni for Homecoming

Shawna and Isaac Sandoval Distinguished Young Alumni for Homecoming

Las Vegas, N.M. – Isaac and Shawna Sandoval, successful restaurant entrepreneurs in Las Vegas, share the distinguished young alumni award. The married couple earned their Bachelor of Fine arts degrees from Highlands in 2010 and their Master of Fine Arts degrees from...
LouElla Marr-Montoya Distinguished Alumna for Homecoming

LouElla Marr-Montoya Distinguished Alumna for Homecoming

Las Vegas, N.M. – LouElla Marr-Montoya distinguished herself as a higher education administrator, educator and counselor, as well as community leader and public servant, for more than 35 years. She served on the Highlands University Board of Regents from 2015 – 2019,...

HU Program to Improve Social Work Access for Native Communities

Las Vegas, NM – The new director for Highlands University’s Native American Social Work Studies Institute will help improve access to trained professionals in Native communities. Melissa Riley, who was hired as the director of the institute July 20, began her career...
Athletes Join Forces With Area Students To Beautify Riverwalk

Athletes Join Forces With Area Students To Beautify Riverwalk

Las Vegas, NM – Approximately 100 Highlands athletes joined forces Oct. 3 with students from Las Vegas’ other educational institutions to clean the Gallinas River Park and paint its historic bridge. The project was part of Las Vegas’ new community-based volunteer...

Professor’s New Book Poetically Explores Movement

Las Vegas, NM – A memorable journey is never limited to the physical act of leaving one place and arriving at another. It is often a hard-to-describe recipe of our experience, sense of place in the present, reflection, and our hopes and ambitions. It’s a path worn by...