SPIRIT AWARD: Shantini Ramakrishnan 

Although Las Vegas is a long way from where Shantini Ramakrishnan was born and raised in Malaysia, she has come to think of it as home. “I came for a summer position, a seasonal position in the field working with rodents and plague in waters at what at the time was...

DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNA AWARD: Carmelita Sanchez

Dealing first with the COVID pandemic, then later the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak Fire, Carmelita Sanchez learned how to fight through adversity during her New Mexico Highlands University academic life. And what that has done has made her stronger, she says, in large...

NMHU DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD : Linda Valencia Martinez

It was more than 40 years ago that Linda Valencia Martinez graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with an undergraduate degree in journalism and a minor in art. But what followed was a distinguished career helping her community and New Mexico. So much so that...

FOREVER COWBOY STUDENT AWARD: Cody Rivera

Although Cody Rivera still has two semesters to go to finish up his undergraduate degree in business administration, he was always destined to go to New Mexico Highlands University. Rivera’s mom earned both an undergraduate degree and a master’s in social work from...

New Mexico Highlands University Adds Supply Chain Management Emphasis To Business Degree Options

When COVID became a worldwide epidemic, one of the many issues it revealed was the importance of the supply chain. Until then, supply chain management was one of those unseen disciplines that most Americans simply took for granted. Now, New Mexico Highlands...