** 2024 Commencement Updates **

** 2024 Commencement Updates **

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  1. Latino Education Collaborative Meets at HU

    Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands UniversityTeresita Aguilar, vice president of academic affairs, speaks at the ENLACE Statewide Collaborative annual meeting at Highlands June 5.   Las Vegas — The Engaging Latino Communities for Education (ENLACE) Statewide Collaborative held its annual meeting June 4 — 5 at New Mexico Highlands University for a strategic planning and budget summit….

  2. Drive Begins to Endow Dr. Amai Chemistry Fund

    Dr. Robert Amai  Las Vegas, N.M. — The Highlands University Foundation launched a fundraising campaign to raise $2,800 to make the Dr. Robert Amai Fund for Chemistry Students a permanent endowment. The fund, named after a popular Highlands professor emeritus, has provided dozens of scholarships for outstanding chemistry students. The university’s Chemistry Department and the…

  3. Art Exhibit for Legendary Art Professor Ray Drew

    Ray Drew’s Pecos River Valley. Las Vegas, N.M. — New Mexico Highlands University presents an exhibit of artwork by the legendary former Highlands fine arts professor, Ray Drew. The show is in the Ray Drew Gallery named for the professor who taught at Highlands from 1958 — 1980. The gallery is in the university’s Donnelly…

  4. Martí­nez Tapped for USDA Fellowship and NSF Program

    Edward Martí­nez Las Vegas, NM –Highlands University professor Edward Martí­nez was tapped for a summer fellowship with the U.S. Department of Agriculture aimed at advancing excellence at Hispanic serving institutions and developing a well-prepared Hispanic workforce. Martí­nez was also selected to participate in the new Undergraduate Visualization and Modeling Network (UVMN) program funded by the…

  5. Blythe Publishes Book on Victorian-Era British Lit

    Helen Blythe Las Vegas, N.M. — New Mexico Highlands University English professor Helen Blythe published a book that explores Victorian-era British writers’ work inspired by their adventures in colonial New Zealand. Palgrave Macmillan published Blythe’s 256-page book The Victorian Colonial Romance with the Antipodes, which was released May 21. “I write about Victorian era emigration…

  6. HU Signs Degree Agreement with Russian University

    Tatiana Timofeeva Las Vegas, N.M. — New Mexico Highlands University signed an agreement with a Russian university for a dual master’s degree in the rapidly growing chemistry field of photonics. The memorandum of agreement is with the National Research University of Information Technologies,  Mechanics and Optics (ITMO) in St. Petersburg, Russia. It is aimed at…

  7. Professor Emerita Loretta Salazar Wins Bilingual Award

  8. Education Grad Paul Howard Receives Tech Champ Award

  9. Professor’s Book Examines Shakespeare in Cuba

    Las Vegas, N.M. — Highlands University English professor Donna Woodford-Gormley was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend to complete her book that explores Cuban cultural adaptations of Shakespeare. Woodford-Gormley is the only Shakespeare scholar conducting research in Cuba. The National Endowment for the Humanities award will allow Woodford-Gormley to complete her book…

  10. Students, Faculty Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi

    Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands UniversityStacie Waters, left, and Barbara Salazar hug after being inducted into the Phi Kappa Phi academic honor society May 9. Waters and Salazar both earned their master’s of social work at the Highlands main campus, graduating May 10. Las Vegas, N.M. — The New Mexico Highlands University chapter of the Phi Kappa…

  11. Geology Student Conducts Fieldwork in Scotland

    Sarah Trevino Las Vegas, NM — Highlands University geology senior Sarah Trevino participated in a two-week fieldwork experience in the Isle of Mull, Scotland, to study and map where tectonic plates collided on the island. The Isle of Mull is in the Inner Hebrides archipelago — a 45-minute ferry ride from the western coast of…

  12. Media Arts Students Showcase Seabury Fellowship Work

    Media Arts Students Analicia Casaus, left, Craig Cassidy and Gabriela Herní¡ndez received $2,500 fellowships from the Seabury Foundation. Las Vegas, N.M. — Three New Mexico Highlands University media arts students received $2,500 fellowships this academic year thanks to the Seabury Foundation and a full match from the university’s foundation. Gabriela Herní¡ndez, Craig Cassidy, and Analicia…

  13. Students Earn Bloomberg Businessweek Scholarships

    Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands UniversityBusiness junior Denise Lujan, center, was awarded the top Bloomberg Business week scholarship May 1. At left is business professor Melanie Zollner, with Margaret Young, dean of the School of Business, Media, and Technology, at right.   Las Vegas, N.M. — Three New Mexico Highlands University business students earned scholarships from Bloomberg Businessweek…

  14. Students Join Professors on Research Expedition

    Highlands students Lisa McBride, left, Steven Salinas, Rose Peralta, and Justin Saiz hold a 156-pound anaconda during a research expedition to the Venezuelan Llanos led by Highlands biology professors Jesíºs Rivas and Sarah Corey-Rivas. Las Vegas, N.M. — Four New Mexico Highlands University students joined their biology professors on a two-week research expedition deep in…

  15. Mariachi Cinco de Mayo Concert May 4 in Ilfeld

  16. Rugby Club Paints Historic Building for Faí§ade Squad

    Margaret McKinney/Highlands University Jeremy Misailegalu, left, and José Cervantes, right, of the Highlands University Vatos Rugby Club scrape old paint on the pressed metal faí§ade of the historic Fram Building on Bridge Street April 26 for the MainStreet de Las Faí§ade Squad project. Misailegalu is an elementary education sophomore from Seattle and Cervantes is a…

  17. Psychology Graduate Accepted to University of Edinburgh

      Joanna Tsyitee Las Vegas, N.M. — New Mexico Highlands University psychology graduate Joanna Tsyitee is headed to the prestigious University of Edinburgh for a graduate program in counseling psychology. Founded in 1583, the University of Edinburgh is ranked in the top 20 universities in the world. The 23-year-old Las Vegas native will begin her…

  18. Students, Faculty Honored at Student Leadership Banquet

  19. Original Music Concert May 2 at 7 p.m. in Ilfeld

      Music students Rock Ullibarri, foreground, Janika Jaramillo and Quintin Leger work in the university’s recording studios.  Las Vegas, N.M. — The New Mexico Highlands University Music Technology Program presents an Original Music Concert May 2 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. The styles of music featured are as…

  20. Autumn Woods Named Student of the Year

    Autumn Woods  Las Vegas, N.M. — New Mexico Highlands University English/vocal performance junior Autumn Woods was named Student of the Year at the 16th Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet April 9. The Office of Campus Life coordinates the recognition event, and a committee of faculty, staff and students selected Woods from other nominees. The 20-year-old…