Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.3, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # New Mexico Highlands University ## Posts - [NMHU Campus News](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-hot-news/) - [New Mexico Highlands University Announces Appointment of Two Regents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-announces-appointment-of-two-regents/) - New Mexico Highlands University announced the appointment of two members to its Board of Regents. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Grace Herrera as Student Regent, and Elaine V. Luna has been appointed to a full term on the Board of Regents. - [Independent Study Shows Nearly a Quarter-Billion Dollars in Damages to Highlands from Federally Caused Fire](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/independent-study-shows-nearly-a-quarter-billion-dollars-in-damages-to-highlands-from-federally-caused-fire/) - Nearly four years after the federally caused Hermits Peak–Calf Canyon Fire devastated northern New Mexico, a new independent economic analysis confirms that New Mexico Highlands University sustained between $209 million and $277 million in damages as a direct result of the disaster—losses the University continues to carry while awaiting full federal compensation. - [New Mexico Students Address Natural Disasters Through STEM Innovation at Statewide Competition](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-students-address-natural-disasters-through-stem-innovation-at-statewide-competition/) - Students from more than 30 schools competing in Governor’s STEM ChallengeThe STEM Innovation Network, in collaboration with the LANL Foundation, is proud to announce the Seventh annual New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge, a statewide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) competition that empowers high school students to work in teams to design innovative, STEM-based solutions to - [NMHU Undergraduate Research Project Explores Fungal Communities Across New Mexico Ecosystems](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-undergraduate-research-project-explores-fungal-communities-across-new-mexico-ecosystems/) - New Mexico Highlands University Forestry Professor Dr. Michael Remke has been awarded $16,500 to support an undergraduate research project focused on cultivating, sequencing, and studying fungi from diverse environments across Northern New Mexico. The project, The Fungus Among Us: Cultivating and Sequencing Fungi from Diverse Environments, will provide stipends and research materials for NMHU undergraduates while - [NMHU, American Samoa Announce In-State Tuition Now Available to American Samoa Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-american-samoa-announce-in-state-tuition-now-available-to-american-samoa-students/) - American Samoa Governor Pulaali'i Nikolao Pula and Lt. Governor Pulumataala Ae Ae, Jr. announced today a landmark educational partnership with New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU), culminating in a Joint Proclamation that grants in-state tuition classification to all legal residents of American Samoa pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees at NMHU, effective immediately. - [NMHU’s Parboteeah to Speak on Workforce Training at Creative Santa Fe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhus-parboteeah-to-speak-on-workforce-training-at-creative-santa-fe/) - With New Mexico’s commitment to developing and utilizing sustainable energy, providing a workforce proficient in that emerging new economy is the focus of New Mexico Highlands University’s Dr. D. Veena Parboteeah’s discussion during an upcoming Creative Santa Fe Beyond Profit session. - [New Mexico Highlands University Expands Polynesian Recruitment Efforts Following Enrollment Growth](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-expands-polynesian-recruitment-efforts-following-enrollment-growth/) - For New Mexico Highlands University head football coach Kurt Taufa’asau, returning to the Pacific Islands this month represents both a personal homecoming and the next step in Highlands’ expanding outreach and recruitment efforts in the region. - [NMHU’s Munro Recently Awarded American Association of University Women’s American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/munro-recently-awarded-aauw-postdoctoral-fellowship/) - The Indiana Jones epic archeological movie adventures are well known. They are just not steeped in too much reality. So imagine Dr. Kimberly Munro’s surprise when she experienced just such a moment on her research dig in Peru in 2023. Dr. Kimberly MunroMunro, an Assistant Professor in the New Mexico Highlands University’s Department of Sociology, - [Doctoral Degree Addresses Need for Nurses](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/doctoral-degree-addresses-need-for-nurses/) - Adapting to the educational needs of New Mexico has been the core of New Mexico Highlands University’s mission since it was established as the New Mexico Normal School in 1893. As the first institution of high education in the New Mexico, it educated teachers for schools throughout the Territory. In 2026, NMHU will launch a - [New Mexico Highlands University Expands Federal Presence, Highlights Research Growth and Rural Priorities in Washington, D.C.](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-expands-federal-presence-highlights-research-growth-and-rural-priorities-in-washington-d-c/) - Across the country, colleges and universities are dramatically increasing their federal lobbying efforts as they face complex policy environments, shifting funding streams, and rising national competition. Recent reporting shows that some of the nation’s top universities collectively spend tens of millions of dollars each year on lobbying in Washington—an investment that ensures their priorities are - [New Mexico Highlands University Earns National Research College and University Designation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-earns-national-research-college-and-university-designation/) - New classification highlights Highlands’ expanding research activity and growing doctoral programs The American Council on Education has designated New Mexico Highlands University as a Research College and University (R3), recognizing the university’s growing research activity and expanding portfolio of doctoral programs. This marks Highlands’ first classification as a research institution and places it among only four - [New Mexico Highland University’s Matanza Celebration has a long, successful history](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highland-universitys-matanza-celebration-has-a-long-successful-history/) - La Matanza has a long and successful history at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU). This year’s matanza, sponsored by NMHU and supported by the City of Las Vegas Lodgers’ Tax, will take place on November 1, 2025, at the Cultural Center at Melody Park for a celebration of northern New Mexican heritage. With more than 65% of the - [New Mexico Highlands University Hosts the 2025 Biennial Matanza](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-hosts-the-2025-biennial-matanza/) - New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) invites the public to the 2025 Biennial Matanza, a time-honored gathering that bonds tradition, culture, and community in a day of celebration! On November 1, 2025, the Cultural Center at Melody Park will come alive with the sights, scents, and sounds of northern New Mexican heritage. This year’s Matanza, sponsored - [NMHU senior Jolene Tsinnajinnie sees herself as a role model after recently being crowned Miss Indian New Mexico LVI.](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-senior-jolene-tsinnajinnie-sees-herself-as-a-role-model-after-recently-being-crowned-miss-indian-new-mexico-lvi/) - Image credit: Matt Foster Studio, photographer Matt Foster“I’ve always wanted to be an inspiration to young girls in the community,” Tsinnajinnie said. “I get to represent not just New Mexico Highlands and Las Vegas, but all 24 tribes that reside here in New Mexico. I wanted to take that initiative and be that inspiration for - [NMHU and Universidad Anáhuac Puebla Sign International Academic Agreement](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-and-universidad-anahuac-puebla-sign-international-academic-agreement/) - Partnership expands international learning, research capacity, and workforce readiness New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) and Universidad Anáhuac Puebla have signed an international academic collaboration agreement establishing student and faculty exchanges, joint research projects, and broader academic cooperation. Formalized on September 10, 2025, at Anáhuac Puebla’s campus in Puebla, Mexico, this partnership strengthens cross-border learning opportunities - [NMHU Increases Student Enrollment for Fall 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-increases-student-enrollment-for-fall-2025/) - Increase driven by 34% rise in new freshmen New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) is proud to announce an increase in student enrollment for Fall 2025 across on-campus and online platforms. Overall undergraduate enrollment increased by 4% compared with Fall 2024. The growth is driven by a 34% rise in new freshmen and a 22% increase - [NMHU Announces Carla O’Neil as this Year’s Homecoming Grand Marshal](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-announces-carla-oneil-as-this-years-homecoming-grand-marshal/) - Amid the Homecoming glow—banners up, horns tuning, sidewalks shuffling—Carla O’Neil’s smile represents what the season is all about: ordinary people doing extraordinary things. This year’s Homecoming grand marshal, O’Neil, carries a message she repeats with characteristic humility: “Highlands has always embraced the little people.” She means people like herself—neighbors, parents, grandparents—who might never expect public - [New Mexico Highlands University Welcomes Inaugural General Counsel, Doajo Hicks](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-welcomes-inaugural-general-counsel-doajo-hicks/) - New Mexico Highlands University is pleased to announce the appointment of Doajo Hicks as the University’s inaugural General Counsel, a new role created to strengthen governance, compliance, and legal strategy across the institution. Previously, the University contracted with an outside law firm to provide legal services. Mr. Hicks brings more than 15 years of extensive - [NMHU Awarded the Largest Social Work Allocation in the State of New Mexico to Support Student Scholarships and Paid Practicums](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-awarded-largest-social-work-allocation-in-the-state-of-new-mexico/) - The Facundo Valdez School of Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University has been awarded $1,624,654, the largest allocation granted to any social work program in the state, from the $3 million appropriated by the 57th New Mexico Legislature and signed by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham for Fiscal Year 2026. The funds are designated to - [Steve Jones Returns to Lead New Mexico Highlands University Baseball](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/steve-jones-returns-to-lead-new-mexico-highlands-university-baseball/) - New Mexico Highlands University has named Steve Jones its head baseball coach, marking a return to the program for Coach Jones. He led the Highlands baseball squad for 17 years and was inducted into the H-Club Hall of Honor in 2019. Jones’s NMHU teams qualified for the RMAC conference tournament 15 times and qualified for - [New Mexico Highlands University Names New Athletic Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-names-new-athletic-director/) - Scott Noble brings over 20 years of collegiate athletics experience to NMHU New Mexico Highlands University has named Scott Noble the new Athletic Director. Noble comes to NMHU from Western New Mexico University, where he has served as the Executive Director of Athletics since 2018. He brings a wealth of collegiate athletics experience to the - [Kali Pugh Named NMHU Softball Coach](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kali-pugh-named-nmhu-softball-coach/) - Pugh comes to the Cowgirls after a successful tenure at Yavapai College Kali PughNew Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) has named Kali Pugh the new coach of the Cowgirls’ softball program. Pugh comes to NMHU from Arizona’s Yavapai College, where she just led the Roughriders to the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference playoffs for the first - [NMHU Appointments Dr. Geri Glover Interim Dean of the School of Education](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-appointments-dr-geri-glover-interim-dean-of-the-school-of-education/) - New Mexico Highlands University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Geri Glover as the Interim Dean of the School of Education. Dr. Glover brings over 16 years of dedicated service to the School of Education and over two decades of expertise in mental health, play therapy, and diversity training. Dr. Glover currently serves - [NMHU Names Dr. Dann Brown Provost](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-names-dr-dann-brown-provost/) - Dr. Brown brings 20 years of higher education administration experience to NMHU New Mexico Highlands University is excited to announce the hiring of Dr. Dann Brown as its new Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs. Dr. Brown will begin his term on June 30. Dr. Brown is an experienced higher education administrator with nearly - [NMHU Names New Dean of the Facundo Valdez School of Social Work ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-names-new-dean-of-the-facundo-valdez-school-of-social-work/) - Dr. Anna Nelson previously served as NMHU’s Executive Director of the New Mexico Center for Excellence in Social Work New Mexico Highlands University is pleased to announce Anna Nelson, PhD, LCSW, as the new Dean of the Facundo Valdez School of Social Work. Dr. Nelson has been serving as interim dean. She’s served NMHU as - [Pitching for Success: The Cowboy-Up Business Competition!](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/pitching-for-success-the-cowboy-up-business-competition/) - New Mexico Highlands University is proud to present the Cowboy-Up Business Pitch Competition, a showcase of creativity, entrepreneurship, and achievement. Sponsored by the School of Business, this three-day event takes place from April 22 to April 24. By integrating digital components like Zoom, the competition fosters ingenuity and enhances competitiveness, showcasing the innovative ideas of - [Embracing Diversity: PRIDE Week at New Mexico Highlands University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/embracing-diversity-pride-week-at-new-mexico-highlands-university/) - New Mexico Highlands University hosted its first annual PRIDE Week, a celebration of the LGBTQ+ community that formed part of the President’s Council on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiative. This event marked a historic milestone showcasing commitment to an inclusive environment where all identities are embraced and respected. The week-long celebration featured a diverse array - [NMHU Names Zach Settembre to Lead Men’s Basketball Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-names-zach-settembre-to-lead-mens-basketball-program/) - New Mexico Highlands University is excited to announce that Zach Settembre has been named the next head men’s basketball coach. Settembre comes to Las Vegas from Tarleton State University in Stephenville, TX, where he was an assistant coach during the previous academic year. - [A Cultural Celebration: The 27th Annual "La Fiesta de la Hispanidad"](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/a-cultural-celebration-the-27th-annual-la-fiesta-de-la-hispanidad/) - As the vibrant colors of spring blossom across the northern landscape, New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) prepares for a much-anticipated celebration—the 27th Annual “La Fiesta de la Hispanidad.” This cherished event celebrates Hispanic heritage and traditions, bringing together families, music, and performers from all walks of life. Join us on Sunday, April 13th and experience - [Enhancing Athletic and Academic Excellence at New Mexico Highlands University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/enhancing-athletic-and-academic-excellence-at-new-mexico-highlands-university/) - New Mexico Highlands University is making waves in its pursuit of athletic and academic excellence through an exciting new recruitment initiative in American Samoa, specifically on the island of Tutuila. A specialized team, comprised of representatives from Admissions, Athletics, School of Social Work, and the Office of the Registrar embarked on a mission to engage - [Dr. P.J. Sedillo's Pioneering Research on Suicide Resiliency Receives International Acclaim](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/dr-p-j-sedillos-pioneering-research-on-suicide-resiliency-receives-international-acclaim/) - New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) is proud to celebrate the achievements of Dr. Paul James “PJ” Sedillo, whose peer-reviewed article on risk and resiliency factors related to suicide and suicidal ideation has been recognized by the International Journal of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (IJAHSS) as one of the best papers of 2025. This prestigious acknowledgment highlights Sedillo’s groundbreaking contributions to mental health research and advocacy. - [Leadership in Action: Dr. Jennifer Lindline Appointed as NMHU Faculty Senate Chair](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/leadership-in-action-dr-jennifer-lindline-appointed-as-nmhu-faculty-senate-chair/) - New Mexico Highlands University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jennifer Lindline as the new Faculty Senate Chair. Dr. Lindline, a Professor of Geology and the Environmental Science and Water Resources Program Coordinator, has been a dedicated member of the NMHU community for over 25 years. Known for her passion for teaching, research, - [Transforming Social Work in New Mexico: Highlights from the Facundo Valdez School's Center of Excellence](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/transforming-social-work-in-new-mexico-highlights-from-the-facundo-valdez-schools-center-of-excellence/) - The Facundo Valdez School of Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University proudly announces the recent achievements of its Center of Excellence, presented to the Research and Public Service Project (RPSP) committee. In partnership with the New Mexico Office of Family Representation and Advocacy (OFRA), the Center aims to enhance social work practices for LGBTQ+ - [Carla O’Neil: A Heart for Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/carla-oneil-a-heart-for-highlands/) - In the heart of Las Vegas, one spirited alumna shines bright for her unwavering dedication to New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU). Carla O’Neil, a proud member of the class of 1993, embodies the values of education and family that resonate within the campus community. Carla's connection to Highlands runs deep; she is one of 15 siblings, including ten sisters and five brothers, fostering a culture of higher education that has transcended five generations. - [Halalilo to Lead NMHU Athletics](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/halalilo-to-lead-nmhu-athletics/) - LAS VEGAS, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University University President Dr. Neil Woolf has named Shanna Halalilo NMHU’s Athletic Director. As a result, NMHU will no longer have co-athletic directors overseeing its Athletic Department as it has for the past two years. The job had been shared with co-athletic director Jim Deisler, who will now - [A Legacy of Libraries: Leadership Reflections from NMLA 2024](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/leadership-reflections-from-nmla-2024/) - The outstanding efforts of New Mexico Highlands University Donnelly Library Director Ruben Aragón and Associate Library Director April Kent were recognized with prestigious awards by the New Mexico Library Association at its recent annual conference. The 2024 conference in Carlsbad was an enriching, dynamic event for library professionals across the state, featuring diverse array of - [Gina Von Hartmann: The Art of Curating Connections](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/gina-von-hartmann-the-art-of-curating-connections/) - Gina Von Hartmann is a vibrant force in the contemporary art scene, and she is currently serving as the Head Curator of the Ray Drew & Kennedy Galleries and University Art Collections at New Mexico Highlands University. - [Bridging Communities: NMHU's Environmental Stewardship in Action](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/bridging-communities-nmhus-environmental-stewardship-in-action/) - The Pecos River is a cleaner and healthier place thanks to the dedicated efforts of Environmental Geology students and faculty from New Mexico Highlands University. Several students and faculty participated in the Pecos River Cleanup Day, an impactful event, highlighting the importance of community engagement and environmental stewardship. Visiting Professor of Environmental Geology, Marine Foucher, - [Paul Grindstaff Announced as NMHU’s New Vice President for Advancement](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/paul-grindstaff-announced-as-nmhus-new-vice-president-for-advancement/) - Dr. Paul Grindstaff, the new vice president for Advancement, brings a unique and diverse background to New Mexico Highlands University. Originally from Dallas and deeply rooted in the vibrant community of Las Cruces, Grindstaff embarked on his academic journey at New Mexico Highlands University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in Biology in 1994. Arriving - [Vote on GO Bond 3](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/vote-on-go-bond-3/) - On Nov. 5th, General Obligation (GO) Bond 3 will fund facilities on campus to improve student learning outcomes. GO Bond 3 will also advance education in healthcare, science, agriculture and provide critical job training. This election, remember to vote on GO Bond 3 - [Vote on GO Bond 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/vote-on-go-bond-2/) - This election, General Obligation (GO) Bond 2 will provide libraries with funds for print and digital materials, new student learning resources among other new innovations. All without raising your taxes! Remember to vote on GO Bond 2 on Nov. 5th - [Celebrating the Legacy of Professor David Lobdell: A Remarkable 33-Year Journey at New Mexico Highlands University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/celebrating-the-legacy-of-professor-david-lobdell-a-remarkable-33-year-journey-at-new-mexico-highlands-university/) - After an illustrious 33-year journey, Professor David Lobdell is set to retire from the Fine Arts Department at New Mexico Highlands University, leaving behind a profound legacy that has shaped the lives of countless students and colleagues. Known for his unwavering passion for art and education, David made significant contributions to the academic community while - [NMHU Welcomes Dr. Carmella Scorcia Pacheco](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-welcomes-dr-carmella-scorcia-pacheco/) - New Mexico Highlands University welcomes Dr. Carmella Scorcia Pacheco as an assistant professor in Interdisciplinary Studies as part of the Bachelor of University Studies program. Scorcia Pacheco, a proud Nuevo Mexicana with roots in northern New Mexico, joins the NMHU community from the University of Cincinnati, where she served as a visiting assistant professor of - [New Mexico Highlands University’s Human Resources Management Student Chapter Nationally Recognized](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-universitys-human-resources-management-student-chapter-nationally-recognized/) - The New Mexico Highlands University’s student chapter of the Society for Human Resources Management is on an unprecedented three-year roll of national recognition. The NMHU SHRM chapter recently received the Merit Award for the 2023-2024 school year from SHRM national. Dr. Melanie C. Zollner “I think it’s a big thing,” Dr. Melanie C. Zollner, an - [Celebrating Achievement: New Mexico Highlands University Students’ Proposal Accepted at the International Writing Centers Association Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/celebrating-achievement-new-mexico-highlands-university-students-proposal-accepted-at-the-international-writing-centers-association-conference/) - In an exciting development for the academic community, a group of students from New Mexico Highlands University has received confirmation that their proposal, “Training Tutors with Technologies: Operational Systems, Asynchronous Models, and Generative AI,” has been accepted for presentation at the prestigious International Writing Centers Association (IWCA) Conference this month. The IWCA Conference is an - [New Mexico Highlands University Facundo Valdez School of Social Work Receives $750,000 to Prepare Social Workers in the State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-facundo-valdez-school-of-social-work-receives-750000-to-prepare-social-workers-in-the-state/) - A Foundations for Growing Our Own Initiative to Address Social Work Deserts New Mexico Highlands University is proud to announce that the Facundo Valdez School of Social Work (FVSSW) has received $750,000 from the U.S. Department of Labor to fund the Foundations for Growing Our Own initiative. This program strives to support communities across New - [New Mexico Highlands University's Registrar's Office To Take Reins As Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/2024-homecoming-grand-marshal/) - Back Row: Angel Benavidez Graduate Records and Center Coordinator (Graduate Liaison to the Office of the Registrar) , Michael Montoya, Assistant Registrar, Cheryl Trujillo, Transfer Analyst & Systems Administrator, Andrea Crespin, Scheduling & Special Projects Coordinator Front Row: Dr. Henrietta Romero, University Registrar, Deborah Gonzales, Senior Administrative Assistant, Sara Duran, Student Transcript Specialist Not Pictured: - [SPIRIT AWARD: Shantini Ramakrishnan ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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 called Wind River Ranch. - [DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNA AWARD: Carmelita Sanchez](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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 part because of what Highlands University means to its students. Sanchez, who graduated - [NMHU DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD : Linda Valencia Martinez](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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 earlier this year she was honored with the “Sí Se - [FOREVER COWBOY STUDENT AWARD: Cody Rivera](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/forever-cowboy-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 Highlands University and his dad has been a fulltime staff member as - [New Mexico Highlands University Adds Supply Chain Management Emphasis To Business Degree Options](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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 University’s Department of Business Administration has established new coursework in its curriculum designed - [New Mexico Highlands Reading Program Working for Elementary Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-reading-program-working-for-elementary-students/) - Image: New Mexico Highlands University President Neil Woolf meets with 9-year-old Arianna Martinez of Las Vegas during the school’s new summer reading literacy program. One of New Mexico Highlands University President Neil Woolf’s goals is to expand the community presence of the school and this week he got a first-hand glimpse of just that, visiting - [New Mexico Highlands University recognized for commitment to improving experiences and advancing outcomes for first-generation college students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-recognized-for-commitment-to-improving-experiences-and-advancing-outcomes-for-first-generation-college-students/) - NMHU Selected for Inclusion in the FirstGen Forward NetworkFirstGen Forward, formerly the Center for First-generation Student Success, recently announced New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) as one of eighty new members of the FirstGen Forward Network for 2024-25. To be selected as a FirstGen Forward Network Member, NMHU displayed a demonstrated commitment to improving experiences and - [NMHU’S CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE RELEASES THE FIRST SOCIAL WORKERS OF NEW MEXICO SURVEY, SHOWING A HIGHLY COMMITTED BUT OVERWHELMED WORKFORCE](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhus-center-for-excellence-releases-the-first-social-workers-of-new-mexico-survey-showing-a-highly-committed-but-overwhelmed-workforce/) - The Social Workers of New Mexico Survey Helps Legislators Understanding the Needs of New Mexico’s Social WorkersNMHU’s Center for Excellence in Social Work, a statewide research and professional development resource for social workers and behavioral health providers, released findings today from the first survey to look at New Mexico’s social workers’ professional wellbeing and factors - [New Mexico Highlands University Women’s Track Athletes Earn All-American Honors](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-womens-track-athletes-earn-all-american-honors/) - Two individuals and a relay team from the New Mexico Highlands University female athletes took home All-American honors at the NCAA DII Track and and Field National Championships held May 23-25 in at Emporia State University. NMHU’s Sophomore Patreece Clarke Sophomore Patreece Clarke earned All-American status in the 100 hurdles, qualifying for the finals and - [New Mexico Highlands Recognizes Top Student-Athletes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-recognizes-top-student-athletes/) - Ashley Barrett, left and Patreece Clarke, right - [Fiesta De La Hispanidad a Success](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fiesta-de-la-hispanidad-a-success/) - Local Music Showcases the Culture of Northern New Mexico LAS VEGAS, NM- Local musicians, community members, and local school children alike participated in the 26th Annual Fiesta de la Hispanidad at Ilfeld Auditorium on the New Mexico Highlands University campus on Sunday, April 14, 2024. The event, a showcase of Northern New Mexican culture, music, - [Social Work Leaders, Educators, and Students from Across New Mexico Joining Together to Combat Workforce Challenges](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/social-work-leaders-educators-and-students-from-across-new-mexico-joining-together-to-combat-workforce-challenges/) - New Mexico Highlands University Center for Excellence in Social Work convenes inaugural Social Work Education Summit Social Work Education Summit webpage Las Vegas, NM – The New Mexico Highlands University Center for Excellence in Social Work will host New Mexico’s inaugural Social Work Education Summit on Friday, April 12. The summit, which will take place - [Fiesta De La Hispanidad to Showcase Northern New Mexican Culture](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fiesta-de-la-hispanidad-to-showcase-northern-new-mexican-culture/) - 26th Annual Fiesta to Take Place at Ilfeld Auditorium LAS VEGAS, NM — The Department of Languages and Culture at New Mexico Highlands University invites you to join them on Sunday, April 14th at 2 PM for the Fiesta De La Hispanidad, a popular event that features artists and performances that showcase Northern New Mexican - [New Mexico Highlands University Ranked Among Top 100 Most Affordable Colleges Nationally](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-ranked-among-top-100-most-affordable-colleges-nationally/) - NMHU is the only New Mexico higher education institution ranked in the Top 100 for both online and overall affordability by College Consensus Las Vegas, NM–New Mexico Highlands University has been ranked No. 28 nationally among the 100 Most Affordable Online Colleges for 2024 by College Consensus. NMHU is the only public college or university - [NMHU Researchers Discover New Species of Giant Anaconda in South America](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-researchers-discover-new-species-of-giant-anaconda-in-south-america/) - Northern Green Anaconda Found on Study Led By Dr. Jesus Rivas and Dr. Sarah Corey-Rivas Read the complete study here (PDF) Las Vegas, NM– Researchers from New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) have identified a new species of Giant Anaconda, the Northern Green Anaconda (Eunectes akayima), in South America. The range of the Northern Green Anaconda - [School of Education Sponsors National Summit June 21 - 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/school-of-education-sponsors-national-summit-june-21-24/) - April 27, 2021 Mary Earick Las Vegas, N.M – The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education presents a national summit June 21 – June 24 that offers a practical approach to redesigning schools to meet children’s current needs. The first Problems of Practice Summit at Highlands will focus on developing innovative plans for solving - [New Grant Funds Best Practices in Teacher Training](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-grant-funds-best-practices-in-teacher-training/) - September 9, 2020 Students from New Mexico Highlands University embark on paid 10-month residencies in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, Pojoaque Valley, and Santa Fe public school districts. Mary Earick, Dean, Highlands University School of Education Los Alamos, N.M. —Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico Highlands University join forces with four public school districts to increase the - [Mary Earick New School of Education Dean at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mary-earick-new-school-of-education-dean-at-highlands/) - June 10, 2020 Mary Earick Las Vegas, N.M. – Mary Earick is the new dean of the School of Education at New Mexico Highlands University after a national search. Earick comes to Highlands July 1 from Plymouth State University in New Hampshire, where she has served as the director for the Holmes Center for School - [Summer Semester Registration for Highlands Available Online](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/summer-semester-registration-highlands-available-online/) - New Mexico Highlands is offering early online registration for summer semester 2018. “It’s exciting to give our current and prospective Highlands students a big head start on summer registration,” said Thomasinia Ortiz-Gallegos, the Highlands registrar. “What I like about online registration is the convenience for our students wherever they might be. Early registration helps students - [New Mexico Highlands University Names Dr. Neil Woolf its Next President](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-names-dr-neil-woolf-its-next-president/) - Dr. Woolf brings over 22 years of higher education administrative experience to NMHU LAS VEGAS, NM–The New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents has selected Dr. Neil Woolf to be the institution’s 19th president. Dr. Woolf has been appointed to a conditional five-year term with an annual salary of $290,000, and he will begin his - [Students Receive Free Laptops from Technology Connected Communities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-receive-free-laptops-from-technology-connected-communities/) - NMHU/Technology Connected Communities Collaboration Provides 43 Laptops Las Vegas, NM - January 18, 2024 - The Technology Connected Communities (TCC) presented free laptops to 43 NMHU students this past Thursday. Organized in collaboration with New Mexico Highlands University, the event supported eligible students who were recipients of a Pell Grant, over the age of 18, - [NMHU Hires Familiar Name as Head Volleyball Coach](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-hires-familiar-name-as-head-volleyball-coach/) - Former Assistant Coach Meg Grose will Lead the Cowgirls Las Vegas, NM—Meg Grose has been named the head volleyball coach at New Mexico Highlands University. Grose was the assistant coach at New Mexico Highlands from 2020-2022, where she served as the team’s offensive coordinator and primary setter’s coach. Grose returns to New Mexico Highlands - [Damian L. Martinez: Distinguished Alumnus](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/damian-l-martinez-distinguished-alumnus/) - Damian Martinez is a newly appointed United States Magistrate Judge for the District of New Mexico. And although he says there isn’t a direct career path to becoming a federal judge, Martinez’s journey to becoming one began at NMHU. Martinez began his college career at UNM, but when his dad was deployed to the Gulf - [Victoria Stark-Romero: Distinguished Young Alumna](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/victoria-stark-romero-distinguished-young-alumna/) - Victoria Stark-Romero is a three-time graduate of NMHU and currently works as the Nursing Program Coordinator for NMHU’s new online master's degree in nursing. Her role is busy and hands-on, from student advising, to coordinating program details and clinicals, to overseeing orientation. “What don’t I do at my job?” Stark-Romero said, laughing. Although it - [President Sam Minner: Homecoming Parade Grand Marshal](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/president-sam-minner-homecoming-parade-grand-marshal/) - Highlands University president, Sam Minner, doesn’t currently have any tattoos but this year he’s going to get his first. The tattoo will be a small, purple square with the white Highlands “H” inside of it. As he finishes his 9th and final year as the president of NMHU, Minner wants a permanent commemoration of the - [Sylvester "Syl" Perez: Highlands Spirit Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sylvester-syl-perez-highlands-spirit-award/) - Long after he graduated from NMHU, Sylvester “Syl” Perez took over the helm of the NMHU Athletic Alumni H Club team. He was recognized as a Distinguished Alumnus and is a member of the H Club Hall of Fame. Perez received his doctorate in Educational Administration from Texas A&M University. He was an educator for - [Travis McKenzie: Forever Cowboy Student Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/travis-mckenzie-forever-cowboy-student-award/) - Travis McKenzie, a middle school teacher in Bernalillo County, is a strong proponent of culturally relevant education. As a lifelong student himself, McKenzie’s route to NMHU was a winding one filled with the pursuit of hands-on learning. “I went into the college of education but got burnout with Western civilization classes,” McKenzie said. “I was - [NMHU’s Technology Connected Communities Project Provided Computers for Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhus-technology-connected-communities-project-provided-computers-for-students/) - 86 students received new laptops thanks to a federal grant The new laptops were provided through a federal grant from the National Telecommunication and Information Administration (NTIA), a division of the US Department of Commerce. The NMHU School of Education received the grant in September 2022, which led to the creation of the Technology Connected - [NMHU Society for Human Resource Management Student Chapter Receives Merit Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-society-for-human-resource-management-student-chapter-receives-merit-award/) - Las Vegas, NM—The New Mexico Highlands University Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) student chapter received a 2022-2023 Merit Award Wednesday for providing superior growth and development opportunities to its student members. The SHRM Student Chapter Merit Award program encourages the development of more effective student chapters and distinguishes outstanding activities and projects. Chapters are - [NMHU Alumna Named Santa Fe School District Teacher of the Year](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-alumna-named-santa-fe-school-district-teacher-of-the-year/) - SANTA FE, NM–New Mexico Highlands alumna, Tara Hughes, was honored earlier this year with the Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award and she was named the 2023 Santa Fe District Teacher of the Year. Hughes has been teaching in New Mexico for ten years and graduated from NMHU in 2014 with a master’s degree in - [New Photo Stand Provides Professional Headshots to Highlands Community ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-photo-stand-provides-professional-headshots-to-highlands-community/) - The photo stand adds to a range of tools to help students with career readiness August 7, 2023 The latest addition to the Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness is a photo stand that all students, faculty, and staff at NMHU can use, free of charge, to take professional headshots. According to Reynaldo Maestas, - [Highlands University to Host 10th Annual Painters Exhibition  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-to-host-10th-annual-painters-exhibition/) - The popular show brings together student artists and established artists from Northern New Mexico August 24, 2023 The 10th Annual Painters Exhibition will open on Sept. 10, 2023, at Kennedy Hall on the NMHU campus, and will run through Oct. 31. This year’s invitational show will feature 41 artists and 123 paintings. An opening reception - [HU Student Social Engagement Club Supports Campus and Community ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-student-social-engagement-club-supports-campus-and-community/) - The newly named NMHU club hopes to recruit new members who want to give back August 8, 2023 When the pandemic hit, many clubs at NMHU disappeared, including the former Undergraduate Social Work Student Association. During the spring semester of 2023, clubs began to reappear. The former Social Work-affiliated club is now named the HU - [New Mexico Highlands University Early Childhood Class Produces Children's Books ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-early-childhood-class-produces-childrens-books/) - The professionally bound student books are on display at NMHU’s School of Education August 2, 2023 Lorraine Martinez has worked in early childhood education for nearly 50 years and taught at New Mexico Highlands University’s School of Education for nearly 30 years. Her Young Children with Diverse Abilities class requires students to produce a final project - [NMHU Natural Resources Management Department Receives $705,000 in Research Grants ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-natural-resources-management-department-receives-705000-in-research-grants/) - The funding enables students to conduct relevant, hands-on research locally and internationally July 25, 2023 Over the last three years, the Natural Resources Management Department has received three grants totaling $705,000—one from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and two from the National Science Foundation. The water resources science studies were supported - [NMHU Receives Reaffirmation of Accreditation from Higher Learning Commission](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-receives-reaffirmation-of-accreditation-from-higher-learning-commission/) - Dr. Minner lauds work by staff, faculty, administrators, and regents as key for the effort June 30, 2023 New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) received a Reaffirmation of Accreditation letter from the Higher Learning Commision (HLC) Board of Trustees on Monday, June 26, 2023. This letter reaffirmed the HLC’s accreditation of the institution through the 2027-28 - [NMHU Social Work Professor Dr. Dolores Ortega Honored with Statewide Education Award ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-social-work-professor-dr-dolores-ortega-honored-with-statewide-education-award/) - The award recognizes Ortega's work in addressing food insecurity and preserving Northern New Mexican heritage May 31, 2023 Dr. Dolores Ortega, professor of Social Work at New Mexico Highlands University, was honored last month with an Excellence in Student Achievement Award by the New Mexico School Boards (NMSBA) Association. Ortega was recognized for her work - [Highlands University to Host an Education/Reintegration Summit  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-to-host-an-education-reintegration-summit/) - The event focuses on re-entry through higher education and workforce development April 19, 2023 The Facundo Valdez School of Social Work, in collaboration with the South-Southwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (SSWATTC), will be hosting an Educational/Reintegration Summit on Sunday, April 23, from 3 to 5 p.m. and on Monday, April 24, from 7:30 a.m. to - [NMHU Kicks Off Geek Week on April 16 ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-kicks-off-geek-week-on-april-16/) - The annual event offers a broad range of activities and events open to the community April 12, 2023 New Mexico Highlands University is celebrating Geek Week from Sunday, April 16 to Friday, April 21. The slate of events for Geek Week is sponsored by the NMHU English department. All events are open to the - [Diné Poet Dr. Luci Tapahonso to Give Reading at Highlands University ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/dine-poet-dr-luci-tapahonso-to-give-reading-at-highlands-university/) - Tapahonso’s poems celebrate Diné culture and heritage April 10, 2023 Dr. Luci Tapahonso, the former Diné Poet Laureate, will be giving a public reading at 12 p.m. on April 11, on the third floor of Donelly Library and on Zoom: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/98374003502. “This is an exciting opportunity for our students and community to engage with an - [Stephanie Gonzales Named New Mexico Highlands University’s Next Vice President for Finance and Administration](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/stephanie-gonzales-named-new-mexico-highlands-universitys-next-vice-president-for-finance-and-administration/) - Gonzales promoted from NMHU’s Finance and Budget/Comptroller Office April 5, 2023 Stephanie Gonzales, CPA, has agreed to accept the New Mexico Highlands University Vice President of Finance and Administration position effective July 1, 2023. Gonzales is succeeding Max Baca, who has served as NMHU’s Vice President for Finance, Administration, and Government Relations for NMHU since - [New Mexico Highlands University Awarded $2.9 Million in Federal Funding to Increase Access to Digital Technology and Education ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-awarded-2-9-million-in-federal-funding-to-increase-access-to-digital-technology-and-education/) - The funding will increase access to digital technology and culturally responsive education in rural New Mexico March 24, 2023 The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has awarded $2.9 million in grant funding to NMHU as a part of its Connecting Minority Communities (CMC) pilot grant program. NMHU is just one of - [NMHU to Host Second Annual Cowboy Up! Business Pitch Competition ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-to-host-second-annual-cowboy-up-business-pitch-competition/) - The community event promotes entrepreneurship in New Mexico March 23, 2023 The New Mexico Highlands University Department of Business Administration is hosting the second annual Cowboy Up! Pitch competition on April 20, 2023. The competition will feature the business ideas of the top ten finalists and will be judged by a panel of professors and - [New Mexico Highlands University Names New Co-Directors of Athletics](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-names-new-co-directors-of-athletics/) - Shanna Halalilo, Jim Deisler promoted to lead HU Athletics March 13, 2023 New Mexico Highlands University President Dr. Sam Minner has named Shanna Halalilo and Jim Deisler co-Directors of Athletics, effective Saturday, March 18. Halalilo and Deisler succeed Andrew Ehling, who concludes his tenure Friday, March 17. “The combined creativity, experience, and dedication of Jim - [NMHU and SFCC sign articulation agreement for SFCC Business and Accounting associate graduates to easily transfer into NMHU business bachelor’s degree programs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-and-sfcc-sign-articulation-agreement-for-sfcc-business-and-accounting-associate-graduates-to-easily-transfer-into-nmhu-business-bachelors-degree-programs/) - March 8, 2023 New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) and Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) have signed an articulation agreement so SFCC students who complete either an Associate in Arts in Accounting or Business Administration can easily transfer to NMHU to pursue either a Bachelor of Business Administration or a Bachelor of Sciences in General Business. - [The Loyola Project to Screen at NMHU for Black History Month ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/the-loyola-project-to-screen-at-nmhu-for-black-history-month/) - The film documents civil rights protests to desegregate college basketball March 1, 2023 The Loyola Project, a film about the 1963 desegregation efforts of the Loyola men’s college basketball team, the Loyola Ramblers, will screen on March 7 at 6 p.m. at the NMHU Ilfeld Auditorium. The screening will be followed by a discussion facilitated - [Highlands University Brings Community Together with Love and Chocolate](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-brings-community-together-with-love-and-chocolate/) - The annual Love & War chocolate dessert contest at NMHU supports student services on campus February 28, 2023 Earlier this month, chocolate dessert creators from around Las Vegas came together in the NMHU Student Center ballroom to battle it out for first place in the annual competition. This year, competitors included Charlie’s Café, Buffalo Hall, - [Iron Tribe Exhibition and Gathering Reconvenes at New Mexico Highlands University ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/iron-tribe-exhibition-and-gathering-reconvenes-at-new-mexico-highlands-university/) - Following a pandemic hiatus, in-person events will culminate in a public performance and iron pour February 15, 2023 The biannual Iron Tribe Exhibition and Gathering kicked off on Monday, Feb. 6, with the opening of the art exhibition featuring a range of work by metal casting artists from across the United States. The exhibition can - [Ehling to step down as Athletic Director in March](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ehling-to-step-down-as-athletic-director-in-march/) - February 9, 2023 Andrew Ehling will conclude his term as athletic director on March 17. He leaves Highlands University in order to attend to personal responsibilities closer to family. HU Athletics will be led by interim leadership until a new athletic director is named. Andrew said he is grateful for the opportunit​​y President Minner gave - [NMHU Professor Blanca Céspedes Advocates for More Women in Fire and Forest Management ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-professor-blanca-cespedes-advocates-for-more-women-in-fire-and-forest-management/) - Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires show need for more women in fields like firefighting February 2, 2023 According to Dr. Blancas Céspedes, gender discrimination is a widespread problem in academia, and when it comes to fire and forest management, it can be a barrier for women entering those fields. Only four percent of firefighters - [NMHU Launches New Social Justice Concentration in Sociology and Anthropology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-launches-new-social-justice-concentration-in-sociology-and-anthropology/) - The new focus will provide prepare students interested in pursuing jobs in justice and human rights January 12, 2023 New Mexico Highlands University launched a new social justice concentration in Sociology and Anthropology this fall. Students from any discipline interested in social justice can also choose to add it as a minor. The concentration in - [NMHU’s De’Scoville and Sloan Garner Awards at 2022 SAF Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhus-descoville-and-sloan-garner-awards-at-2022-saf-conference/) - Stewardship, Education, and Reforestation Win the Day January 11, 2023 New Mexico Highlands University’s Peggy De’Scoville was named forestry student of the year and Professor Joshua Sloan won recognition as forest manager of the year at the Southwest Section of the Society of American Foresters (SAF) annual gathering on Friday, October 28, 2022. The Southwest - [NMHU English Professor Lauren Fath Publishes Memoir](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-english-professor-lauren-fath-publishes-memoir/) - Fath’s second book investigates relationships and the things we do—and make—for love January 10, 2023 NMHU’s Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Department of English and Philosophy, Dr. Lauren Fath, has published a new book, My Hands, Remembering: A Memoir. The memoir, which consists of linked essays, was released on November 11, 2022. - [NMHU Native American Social Work Studies Institute Partners with UNM School of Medicine ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-native-american-social-work-studies-institute-partners-with-unm-school-of-medicine/) - Highlands University social work students develop case review skills in intimate partner violence January 9, 2023 The Native American Social Work Studies Institute (NASWSI) is working in partnership with the University of New Mexico School of Medicine to provide social work students with an opportunity to develop case review skills in addressing intimate partner violence - [NMHU Associate VP Denise Montoya Named Vice-Chair of LANL Foundation Board](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-associate-vp-denise-montoya-named-vice-chair-of-lanl-foundation-board/) - Montoya is working to bring more resources to rural communities in Northern New Mexico November 8, 2022 Dr. Denise Montoya, New Mexico Highlands University’s Associate Vice President for Finance, Administration, and Government Relations was named the new Vice-Chair of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Foundation Board. Montoya served as the LANL Foundation Board’s Secretary - [New Mexico Highlands University Launches Three New Business Degrees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-launches-three-new-business-degrees/) - Online programs designed to meet the demands of working professionals strengthening their skillset November 7, 2022 The Department of Business Administration at Highlands University is pleased to announce three new degree programs: a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in healthcare administration, a Bachelor of Applied Science in General Business, and a Bachelor of - [New Mexico Highlands University Offers New Degree in Wildlife Biology and Conservation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-offers-new-degree-in-wildlife-biology-and-conservation/) - The new degree provides foundational skills for professions in wildlife and animal management. LAS VEGAS, NM—Following a soft launch in the spring, New Mexico Highlands University has now fully launched its new bachelor of science degree in wildlife biology and conservation. Biology professor and department chair Dr. Jesus Rivas said creating the program was a - [Katie Christianson Organizes January 23 Santa Fe Virtual Women’s March](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/katie-christianson-organizes-january-23-santa-fe-virtual-womens-march/) - January 22, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University graduate student Katie Christianson organized the Santa Fe Virtual Women’s March set for Jan. 23 at 11 a.m. Deb Haaland, U.S. Rep. New Mexico and nominee for the Secretary of the Interior, will introduce the online march. The theme for the march this year - [NMHU’s Santos-Medina wins prestigious AMP award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhus-santos-medina-wins-prestigious-amp-award/) - Non-traditional NMHU biology student’s research takes home top prize LAS VEGAS, NM – New Mexico Highlands University biology major Laura Santos-Medina’s research poster won first place at the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation (NMAMP) conference on Friday, October 7, in Las Cruces, NM. The poster, which explains the influence of arsenic on various blood - [Free Community COVID Testing Continues at NMHU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-community-covid-testing-continues-at-nmhu/) - New Mexico Highlands University continues to offer twice-weekly COVID testing in Melody Park for the campus and Las Vegas community. The free testing is held on Tuesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Thursdays from 2 until 3:30 p.m. “Testing started in the fall of 2021 and will continue as long as we can,” said - [Fire- and Flood-related Assistance](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fire-and-flood-related-assistance/) - LAS VEGAS, NM -- The Mora-San Miguel Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG) has paired with Neighbors Helping Neighbors (NHN) at New Mexico Highlands University to assist those affected by the recent fire and water disasters. The two groups – which share many of the same volunteers – have been collecting information on specific unmet needs - [Highlands University Students Launch Water Conservation Campaign](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-students-launch-water-conservation-campaign/) - After the fires and flooding, students at NMHU are working to educate others about how to reduce water use September 30, 2022 In response to the dwindling clean water supply in Las Vegas, New Mexico, students at New Mexico Highlands University have created a water conservation campaign to help educate the campus and wider community - [NMHU Professor, Dr. PJ Sedillo Receives Advocate of the Year Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-professor-dr-pj-sedillo-receives-advocate-of-the-year-award/) - In his research, teaching, and advocacy, Dr. Sedillo champions LGBTQ+ students and Gifted students October 3, 2022 Highlands University Professor Dr. PJ Sedillo has been selected by the New Mexico Association for the Gifted as the 2022-2023 Advocate of the Year. Sedillo is an Associate Professor of Special Education and the Gifted Department Chair at - [Highlands University Student Chapter Receives Merit Award from Society of Human Resource Management](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-student-chapter-receives-merit-award-from-society-of-human-resource-management/) - Chapter recognized for providing student opportunities September 24, 2022 Las Vegas, NM, September 22, 2022—The student chapter of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) at Highlands University received a 2021-2022 Merit Award from the international SHRM organization for their excellence in programming opportunities for members. Dr. Melanie Zollner, Assistant Professor of Management and faculty - [NMHU awarded $50,000 for College Food Security Initiative](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-awarded-50000-for-college-food-security-initiative/) - Initiative will include a digital campaign, workshops, and speaking events to destigmatize hunger September 23, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University has received $50,000 from the Higher Education Department’s Addressing College Food Security grant. The funding will be used to support Highlands CAFÉ (Caring About Food Equity), which will address food security, destigmatize hunger, and emphasize - [New Mexico Highlands University Awarded $20.5 Million in State Endowment Funds](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-awarded-20-5-million-in-state-endowment-funds/) - Funding to boost critical needs in New Mexico’s rural and Native communities September 21, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University has been awarded $20.5 million in endowment funding from New Mexico’s Higher Education Department (HED) to bolster its education, social work, and nursing degree programs. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Roxanne Gonzales, said - [NMHU Spirit Award 2022: Rosemarie Montoya](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-spirit-award-2022-rosemarie-montoya/) - When the Hermits Peak Fire started, Rosemarie Montoya, a Highlands University alumna and long-time agent with State Farm, began working with the many community members who lost property. “Every day since April 6 I’ve cried with people because they lost their homes,” Montoya said. “And before that it was COVID and crying with people when - [NMHU Celebrates Homecoming and Perseverance Following Wildfires](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-celebrates-homecoming-and-perseverance-following-wildfires/) - September 9, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University is celebrating Homecoming with a wide range of events beginning on September 10 and culminating with the NMHU Cowboys vs. Fort Lewis Skyhawks football game on September 17 and the NMHU women's soccer game against the Colorado School of Mines on September 18. Juli Salman, Director of Alumni - [Distinguished Alumnus Award 2022: Max Baca](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/distinguished-alumnus-award-2022-max-baca/) - Max Baca has been a fixture of the New Mexico Highlands University community since he enrolled at the school in 1982 on a football scholarship. Although he has now served as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for nine years, Baca is responsible for bringing the university into the computer age much earlier than - [Distinguished Young Alumnus Award 2022: Justin Montoya](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/distinguished-young-alumnus-award-2022-justin-montoya/) - Justin Montoya attended Highlands University for both his bachelor’s degree in exercise science and his master’s degree in exercise physiology. A Las Vegas native, Montoya hoped to use his degrees in his hometown. “When I got out of college and sought out employment in Las Vegas, I didn't have any avenues in terms of health - [Forever Cowboy Student Award 2022: Carmelita Sanchez](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/forever-cowboy-student-award-2022-carmelita-sanchez/) - When Carmelita Sanchez enrolled at New Mexico Highlands University in the fall of 2019, she had no idea she would complete her entire undergraduate education during a pandemic. Despite her unusual college experience, Sanchez said taking online classes helped her accelerate her studies. She graduated this year with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and minor - [Highlands University Celebrates Faculty for Teaching and Scholarship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-celebrates-faculty-for-teaching-and-scholarship/) - September 2, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University kicked off the fall semester by honoring university faculty at an event Wednesday evening. Faculty members were acknowledged for their teaching and scholarship and for going above and beyond during the last few challenging years. President Sam Minner expressed his particular admiration for the scope of research and - [New Mexico Fire Viewer Provides Valuable Information on Wildfires](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-fire-viewer-provides-valuable-information-on-wildfires/) - June 1, 2022 The New Mexico Fire Viewer is an easy-to-use, free web map showing active and past fires in the state. The interactive map was built by Patti Dappen, the Geographic Information Systems program manager at the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute, or NMFWRI. The map is populated with data from satellites - [Funding for Highlands University School of Social Work Supports Child Well-Being in New Mexico](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/funding-for-highlands-university-school-of-social-work-supports-child-well-being-in-new-mexico/) - August 30, 2022 The New Mexico Highlands University Facundo Valdez School of Social Work receives $1.6 million in federal funding annually through Title IV-E. The grant is issued in three-year cycles, and on July 1, 2022, Highlands University renewed its regular Title IV-E funding for the beginning of another three-year cycle. Title IV-E funding is - [NMHU Media Arts Pop-Up Event in Tucumcari, Sept. 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-media-arts-pop-up-event-in-tucumcari-sept-2/) - August 29, 2022 Lauren Addario, faculty in Media Arts & Technology at New Mexico Highlands University and Director of the Cultural Technology Internship Program, will bring her Media Arts Seminar class and four faculty members to Tucumcari for a pop-up projection event with visiting artist Craig Winslow. The event will be held Friday, September 2, - [Highlands University Offers Animal Control Certification Scholarships to Six Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-offers-animal-control-certification-scholarships-to-six-students/) - August 16, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University President Sam Minner has awarded six scholarships to members of the Highlands community to take the Animal Care and Control course from the National Animal Control and Care Association, or NACA. Six people were chosen for the opportunity out of sixty applications, and they are being supported to - [Fire Relief Center Moved to New Mexico Highlands University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fire-relief-center-moved-to-new-mexico-highlands-university/) - August 15, 2022 The Fire Relief Center once located at the old Memorial Middle School gymnasium was moved to Sala de Madrid on the New Mexico Highlands University campus at the end of July. The Center will continue to provide hot meals twice a day at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. And a range of - [New Mexico Highlands University Celebrates a Belated Commencement Ceremony After a Challenging Spring Semester](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-celebrates-a-belated-commencement-ceremony-after-a-challenging-spring-semester/) - August 6, 2022 Graduate and undergraduate students at New Mexico Highlands University celebrated a belated commencement ceremony on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at the John A. Wilson Complex in Las Vegas. The ceremony, which is typically held in May each year, was postponed due to the Calf Canyon/Hermits Peak Wildfires. The wildfires brought a - [New Mexico Highlands University Houses Wildfire Evacuees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-houses-wildfire-evacuees/) - When the Hermit's Peak and Calf Canyon Wildfires began, Highlands University stepped in to help July 28, 2022 Kathryn Mahan, the ecological monitoring program manager for the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute at Highlands University, has been splitting her time between Kansas and her home in Las Dispensas. Mahan said she was in - [New Mexico Highlands University Launches Mental Health Initiative   ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-launches-mental-health-initiative/) - With funding from the New Mexico Department of Higher Education, Highlands is implementing a pilot program to support student wellness July 27, 2022 Across the United States, mental health challenges in college students have been steadily increasing. The pandemic has only compounded those challenges, and students at Highlands University are no exception. To complicate - [Highlands University Alumnus Wins Award for University Video Ad ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-alumnus-wins-award-for-university-video-ad/) - June 28, 2022 A New Mexico Highlands University video ad, “You’re Family,” has received the 2022 Award of Excellence from the Communicator Awards. The ad was created in partnership between former Highlands University Director of University Relations, Sean Weaver, and the Albuquerque-based ad agency, Mya Kai Creative. Highlands University alumnus Michael Jackson, founder and creative - [NMHU’s Gene Torres Golf Course Resumes Operation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhus-gene-torres-golf-course-resumes-operation/) - Highlands partners with City of Las Vegas and San Miguel County to reopen community course for the first time since 2019 June 24, 2022 LAS VEGAS, N.M.-- The New Mexico Highlands University’s Gene Torres Golf Course is reopening for play Saturday, June 25. The reopening is the result of a three-way partnership between San Miguel - [Maj. Gen. Melvyn Montaño Commencement Speaker May 12](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/maj-gen-melvyn-montano-commencement-speaker-may-12/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highly decorated retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Melvyn Montaño of Albuquerque will be the speaker for the Highlands University main campus commencement ceremony May 12. Montaño’s distinguished military career spanned more than 45 years, culminating with being named for the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Award. He retired in 1999 - [High School Equivalence Test Offered at Highlands Beginning June 21 – 22](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/high-school-equivalence-test-offered-highlands-beginning-june-21-22/) - Las Vegas, N.M. , June 6 2017– Highlands University begins offering New Mexico HISET, a high school equivalency exam, June 21 – 22 at the university’s main campus in Las Vegas. The Highlands Office of Academic Support will offer the test, which is also scheduled at Highlands for July 5 – 6 and August - [New Mexico Highlands University Supports Fire Relief Efforts](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-supports-fire-relief-efforts/) - May 11, 2022 When news of the Hermit’s Peak Fire reached Las Vegas on April 6, New Mexico Highlands University jumped in to help with relief efforts. In coordination with Dennis Esquibel, the San Miguel County/City of Las Vegas City Emergency Manager and the New Mexico Highlands University Emergency Operations Command team for the combined - [Highlands University Organizes Donation Drive to Support Evacuees ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-organizes-donation-drive-to-support-evacuees/) - April 28, 2022 In collaboration with faculty, staff, and students, the Highlands University community has organized a donation drive to collect the most urgently needed items for evacuees of the Hermit’s Peak, Calf Canyon, and Cook’s Peak fires. The collection site is in the Center for Teaching Excellence, located in the Victoria Sanchez Teacher Education - [Proceeds from Love & War Best Chocolate Dessert Contest Will Support Fire Evacuees ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/proceeds-from-love-war-best-chocolate-dessert-contest-will-support-fire-evacuees/) - April 26, 2022 The annual Highlands University Love & War Best Chocolate Dessert Contest will take place on Thurs., April 28, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Highlands Student Center. Proceeds from the event will benefit Highlands community members affected by the Hermit’s Peak and Calf Canyon fires. Participating businesses competing for the best chocolate - [Highlands University Statement on Hermit's Peak Fire](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-statement-on-hermits-peak-fire/) - April 14, 2022 The New Mexico Highlands University campus community is saddened by the growing Hermit’s Peak Fire, and we are in communication with the City of Las Vegas and San Miguel County Emergency Management and on standby to provide accommodations to evacuees if the need arises. Highlands University is also ready to accommodate the - [Three New Mexico Highlands University Fine Art Shows on Exhibit](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/three-new-mexico-highlands-university-fine-art-shows-on-exhibit/) - April 20, 2022 Two Highlands University students graduating with their Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees and one Highlands faculty member completing a post-baccalaureate certificate, will exhibit consecutive solo art shows through mid-May. The three artists exhibiting work are Louise la Plante, Erika Derkas, and Estrella “Star” Encinias. The first exhibition, “Creative Quest from an Empty - [College and Career Night 2019 October 16 at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/college-and-career-night-2019-october-16-at-hu/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Prospective college students can learn about career opportunities related to fields of study and more at College and Career Night 2019 on Oct. 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Las Vegas. New Mexico Highlands University and Luna Community College are sponsoring the 21st Annual College and Career Night. It will - [Kip Coggins Social Work Scholarship Announced](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kip-coggins-social-work-scholarship-announced/) - February 8, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will establish a scholarship in memory of Kip Coggins, a professor in the Facundo Valdez School of Social Work who died Sept. 1, 2020. The scholarship will be for undergraduate and graduate social work students who are Hispanic and/or from lower socio-economic backgrounds at - [Federal Funding Supports the New Mexico Reforestation Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/federal-funding-supports-the-new-mexico-reforestation-center/) - April 5, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University has received $1 million from the federal government to support the New Mexico Reforestation Center’s seed bank and seed collection efforts. The New Mexico Reforestation Center is a partnership between New Mexico Highlands University, New Mexico State University, University of New Mexico, and the New Mexico Energy, Minerals, - [On Exhibit at Highlands University: Photography of Contemporary Life in Las Vegas, New Mexico ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/on-exhibit-at-highlands-university-photography-of-contemporary-life-in-las-vegas-new-mexico/) - March 23, 2022 Beginning April 8, 2022, a photography exhibition featuring black-and-white photographs of contemporary Las Vegas will be on view at the Highlands University Kennedy Hall Gallery. The exhibition, titled “The Las Vegas Project: Contemporary Life on the Historic Santa Fe Trail in New Mexico,” will open with a reception from 6 to 8 - [Northern New Mexico Devotional Show on Exhibit at Highlands University ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/northern-new-mexico-devotional-show-on-exhibit-at-highlands-university/) - March 16, 2022 The annual Northern New Mexico Devotional Show is now on exhibit at the Highlands University Ray Drew Gallery through April 18. An opening reception is scheduled from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, March 18. Masks and social distancing will be encouraged. The exhibition features 26 different pieces by seven artists from Northern - [New Mexico Highlands University Presents Music Festival Featuring the Kumbia Kings All Starz ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-presents-music-festival-featuring-the-kumbia-kings-all-starz/) - March 8, 2022 Highlands University is hosting a music festival on April 30, 2022. The festival features headliners Kumbia Kings All Starz, Latin Grammy award winners Ellas, and country singer Bri Bagwell. According to Reynaldo Maestas, director for the Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness, the festival will feature a wide variety of - [Director of Online Learning at Highlands University Named to National Advisory Committee ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/director-of-online-learning-at-highlands-university-named-to-national-advisory-committee/) - March 1, 2022 Patrick Wilson, the director of Online & Extended Learning, has been selected to serve on the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements, also known as the NC-SARA Institution Advisory Committee. In this role, Wilson hopes to acquire a deeper understanding of how to best serve students in New Mexico. Wilson said - [New Mexico Highlands University Purple Grill Grand Reopening March 10](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-purple-grill-grand-reopening-march-10/) - February 28, 2022 The New Mexico Highlands University Purple Grill will be reopening to the public on March 10 at noon with a special menu, entertainment, and a chance to win Highlands swag through a raffle drawing. The Purple Grill is a new name for the Highlands University dining hall and was chosen by Highlands - [Author and Photographer Traer Scott to Present on Shelter Dogs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/author-and-photographer-traer-scott-to-present-on-shelter-dogs/) - January 25, 2022 Photographer Traer Scott will be sharing her photographs and stories of shelter dogs featured in her book “Finding Home: Shelter Dogs and Their Stories.” The lecture will take place on March 9, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union Building ballroom at 800 National Ave. Admission is free, but seating will be limited to - [Highlands President Sam Minner Receives City of Las Vegas Buen Vecino Award ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-president-sam-minner-receives-city-of-las-vegas-buen-vecino-award/) - February 23, 2022 On Monday, February 21, 2022, Las Vegas Mayor Louie Trujillo honored Highlands University President Sam Minner with the Buen Vecino award in ceremony at the train station. Mayor Trujillo said he began giving out Buen Vecino awards when he was elected in 2020. “The awards are given to people who - [Highlands University Seeks Input on Facilities Planning  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-seeks-input-on-facilities-planning /) - February 21, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University is in the process of updating its capital outlay master plan and seeks community input to guide decision-making in the renovation and use of its campus facilities. The community survey can be found here: https://www.arcforms.info/nmhu2022survey/. Community members will have until March 18, 2022 to respond to the survey. - [Alex Traube to Exhibit a Portrait of Las Vegas from 1981](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alex-traube-to-exhibit-a-portrait-of-las-vegas-from-1981/) - February 15, 2022 Alex Traube, a Santa Fe photographer who spent two years as an artist in residence at Robertson High School, in 1981 and 1982, will be presenting photographs taken in the early 1980s of Las Vegas in an exhibition at the Kennedy Gallery at New Mexico Highlands University. The exhibition will open March - [Highlands University Students Gain Practical Experience Through Legislative Leadership Fellowship Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-students-gain-practical-experience-through-legislative-leadership-fellowship-program/) - February 3, 2022 Seven students at New Mexico Highlands University have been selected for the Legislative Leadership Fellowship Program, which allows them to participate in New Mexico’s legislative session and learn about state politics and legislative processes: Ginger Anderson, Staci Bostic-Baros, Andrea N. Gomez, Jordan Kroeter, Manuel Luna, Julius McDade, and Michael Plantenberg. Denise Montoya, - [Highlands University Professor Donna Woodford-Gormley Publishes Book about Shakespeare in Cuba ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-professor-donna-woodford-gormley-publishes-book-about-shakespeare-in-cuba/) - January 28, 2022 Donna Woodford-Gormley, an English professor at New Mexico Highlands University, has published “Shakespeare in Cuba: Caliban’s Books” and will be giving a reading as a part of the Highlands Speaker Series and in conjunction with the Highlands Gender & Women’s Studies Brown Bag Lecture series at 12 p.m. on Friday, March 4 - [Forest Restoration Institutes to Receive $20 Million for Wildfire Mitigation and National Database](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/forest-restoration-institutes-to-receive-20-million-for-wildfire-mitigation-and-national-database/) - January 26, 2021 Three institutes working to improve forest health and reduce catastrophic wildfires in the West will get a $20 million financial boost from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress in November. The funding will help expand a vegetation treatment database nationwide and measure the effectiveness of forest treatments. The funds - [Highlands University Enhances Free Program Offering Micro Courses for Online Learners  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-enhances-free-program-offering-micro-courses-for-online-learners/) - January 24, 2022 (Leer este artículo en español) A free online learning program offered by New Mexico Highlands University and sponsored by other New Mexico colleges and organizations has some new features to enhance user experience. When school and work moved online at the beginning of the pandemic, Highlands University stepped in to offer - [New Mexican Historical Artifacts on View at Highlands University Ray Drew Gallery ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexican-historical-artifacts-on-view-at-highlands-university-ray-drew-gallery/) - January 14, 2022 An exhibition featuring TT Hagaman’s Southwest Collection, which includes a wide range of historical artifacts from across New Mexico, is open to visitors in the Highlands University Ray Drew Gallery through Feb. 18, 2022. The Rarities of New Mexico Territory exhibition includes artifacts such as illustrative oil paintings, old newspapers, Thomas Mullarky’s early twentieth century Native American photographs, and furniture—including the - [New Mexico Highlands University Adopts Updated COVID Protocols ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-adopts-updated-covid-protocols/) - January 11, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University is implementing new COVID protocols to ensure the safety of all students, staff, and faculty on campus. These changes are being implemented at on the main campus and the Highlands University centers in an effort to curb the spread of the Omicron variant, but leadership at the university anticipates that these measures will help to keep the campus - [Professors at New Mexico Highlands University Publish Research on Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professors-at-new-mexico-highlands-university-publish-research-on-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-classroom/) - January 6, 2022 Four professors at New Mexico Highlands University have published recent research articles in national education journals assessing a variety of strategies needed to implement culturally sustaining classroom instruction. In 2018, findings from the Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico lawsuit determined that public education in the state was lacking the funding and quality programming needed to - [Highlands University Professor Sebastian Medina Publishes Research on the Effects of Arsenic and Uranium on Human Health ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-professor-sebastian-medina-publishes-research-on-the-effects-of-arsenic-and-uranium-on-human-health/) - January 4, 2022 Sebastian Medina, biology professor and alumnus of Highlands University, is on a roll. In 2021 alone, he published eight research articles and one book chapter that investigate the correlation between arsenic and anemia, and the effects of arsenic and uranium on immune system disorders. Medina, who began teaching at Highlands University in the fall of 2020, said - [Giving Tuesday a Success at New Mexico Highlands University ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/giving-tuesday-a-success-at-new-mexico-highlands-university/) - December 9, 2021 Giving Tuesday, which typically brings in 10 percent of Highlands University’s annual fundraising, brought in $198,403 this year. According to Theresa Law, the university began participating in Giving Tuesday in 2016, and although they did not surpass their 2019 record of $300,000, she is pleased by the amount Highlands brought in during a pandemic year. Law said each Giving Tuesday, - [Shop Small Mall a Recipe for Success](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/shop-small-mall-a-recipe-for-success/) - December 8, 2021 The Shop Small Mall event, hosted by Highlands University on Dec. 1, helped to bring in much-needed support for local businesses who have been impacted by the pandemic and Bridge Street construction. The event was so successful that organizers plan to expand Shop Small Mall next year. The Shop Small Mall event - [Highlands University Advances Bilingual Education through Partnership with International Conference ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-advances-bilingual-education-through-partnership-with-international-conference/) - December 7, 2021 This year, Highlands University partnered with La Cosecha Conference to promote bilingual education and increase the number of bilingual teachers across New Mexico, the U.S., and internationally. According to its website, La Cosecha is a conference “by teachers for teachers,” which is held annually in Albuquerque. This year’s agenda included keynote speaker - [Highlands University Graduating Senior Offers Closing Reception Art Exhibition on Friday, Dec. 3  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-graduating-senior-offers-closing-reception-art-exhibition-on-friday-dec-3/) - December 1, 2021 Taylor Kuiper, a graduating senior at New Mexico Highlands University, will be hosting a closing reception for her fine arts exhibit, Interpretations of Nature, at the Ray Drew Gallery on Dec. 3, from 5 to 7 p.m. Kuiper will be giving an artist talk at 6 p.m. Kuiper grew up in her family’s - [Highlands University to Host Event to Promote Local Shopping on Dec. 1 ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-to-host-event-to-promote-local-shopping-on-dec-1/) - November 19, 2021 Highlands University is hosting Shop Small Mall—a convenient one-stop shop where people can do their holiday shopping and support Las Vegas’ businesses. The Shop Small Mall event will take place in the Highlands University Student Center on Dec. 1, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Director of Alumni Affairs Juli Salman came up with the idea as a way to help - [Highlands University will Celebrate Homecoming with a Mix of In-Person and Online Events ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-will-celebrate-homecoming-with-a-mix-of-in-person-and-online-events/) - September 10, 2021 Homecoming week at New Mexico Highlands University begins Monday, September 27, and will feature a range of events and activities both online and in person. In 2020, Highlands Homecoming was held almost entirely virtually, but this year’s hybrid schedule of events offers in-person activities alongside online options. Due to the surge in Delta, - [Highlands University Offers Events Celebrating Hispanic and Indigenous Cultures ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-offers-events-celebrating-hispanic-and-indigenous-cultures/) - November 18, 2021 To honor both the National Hispanic American Heritage Month and the National Native American Heritage Month, Highlands University has offered a range of events to students and the public. The events began Oct. 22, and several remaining events are scheduled through Dec. 3, 2021. Collectively, the events offered in honor of Hispanic and - [Highlands University Jazz Ensemble to Perform December 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-jazz-ensemble-to-perform-november-18/) - November 15, 2021 The Highlands University Jazz Ensemble will be performing in concert on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. at Ilfeld Auditorium. The concert is free, and attendees will be required to wear masks. Edward Harrington, professor of music technology and education, said the jazz ensemble is composed of students, faculty, and - [Highlands University to Offer Viewings of Deportation Documentary and Q&A with Filmmaker](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-to-offer-viewings-of-deportation-documentary-and-qa-with-filmmaker/) - November 12, 2021 When documentary filmmaker David Sutherland visited Cleveland, Ohio, he did not yet know that the woman who picked him up, Elizabeth Perez, would be the focus of his documentary about deportation. Sutherland said he had the idea to make a film about immigration and visited Cleveland frequently to spend time with - [Madrigal Choir at Highlands University to Perform “All About Music and Song” November 14 ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/madrigal-choir-at-highlands-university-to-perform-all-about-music-and-song-november-14/) - November 11, 2021 The Highlands University madrigal choir will be performing “All About Music and Song” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 14 at Ilfeld Auditorium. The concert is free, and masks will be required of singers and attendees. According to André García-Nuthmann, director of the choral program at Highlands, the concert will feature the madrigal choir as well as eight - [Highlands University Librarian, Ruben Aragón, Receives New Mexico Library Leadership Award ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-librarian-ruben-aragon-receives-new-mexico-library-leadership-award/) - November 11, 2021 Ruben Aragón, director of the Donnelly Library at Highlands University, received the 2021 New Mexico Leadership Award from the New Mexico Library Association, or NMLA. Aragón has served as the director of Donnelly Library for 30 years and has worked at the library for 37 years. This is the first time he has received the NMLA Leadership Award—a fact that Valerie Nye, president of the - [New Mexico Highlands University Receives Instrument Donation ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-receives-instrument-donation/) - November 8, 2021 When Miamon Miller, a musician and resident of Montezuma, moved away, he donated a number of orchestral instruments and music books to the Highlands University music department. Miller is an ethnomusicologist and composer who has arranged music for film, composed for theatre, and has played with classical and folk groups, including mariachi. As a musician, Miller owned - [Highlands University English Professor Benjamin Villarreal Receives Faculty Fellowship  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-english-professor-benjamin-villarreal-receives-faculty-fellowship/) - November 4, 2021 Benjamin Villarreal, an English professor at New Mexico Highlands University, has been awarded a faculty fellowship by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education, or AAHHE. The national fellowship is intended for Hispanic tenure-track faculty in order to provide support in career goals, build community, and foster faculty fellow leadership. The group of faculty - [Highlands University to Participate in Statewide Esports Showcase ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-to-participate-in-statewide-esports-showcase/) - November 2, 2021 A four-student team from Highlands University will be participating in the first New Mexico Educational Esports Classic showcase beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Eleven teams from high schools and colleges in New Mexico will be competing in the video game competition this week. Playoffs on Friday, Nov. 5, will determine which teams will advance to the finals - [New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute Hires New Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-forest-and-watershed-restoration-institute-hires-new-director/) - November 1, 2021 Alan Barton, previously the manager of the collaboration program at the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute, stepped into the role of director in October. The new leadership comes at a time when the Institute’s budget has grown substantially due to increased Forest Service funding, which previous Institute director, Kent Reid, attributed to good past performance by the Institute staff and to the advocacy of - [Highlands Senior Benito Vigil Awarded Federal Internship  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-senior-benito-vigil-awarded-federal-internship/) - October 7, 2021 Benito Vigil, a senior double majoring in Spanish and business, was one of just two New Mexico students selected to participate in the internship program facilitated by the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, or HACU. Vigil is a native of Las Vegas and said he learned of the internship opportunities - [Robert Henssler’s Exhibition at Ray Drew Gallery Gives Insight to Daily Life ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/robert-hensslers-exhibition-at-ray-drew-gallery-gives-insight-to-daily-life/) - October 20, 2021 Las Vegas resident Robert Henssler’s art is now on view at the Ray Drew Gallery at Highlands University. The exhibition, titled Flora, Fauna and Somewhere In Between, can also be viewed online, and features photography, painting, ceramic work, and wood prints. Henssler said he picked up his first camera at age five and started painting in junior - [Highlands University Matanza Will Be Ticketed to Ensure COVID-19 Safety Precautions ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-matanza-will-be-ticketed-to-ensure-covid-19-safety-precautions/) - October 19, 2021 Highlands University is hosting a traditional Matanza event at the Cultural Park and Melody Park on Saturday, October 23 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free activities, including music and food, will begin at 1 p.m. Attendees to the Matanza this weekend will need to have tickets. A limited number of tickets are available to ensure adherence to COVID-19 social distancing and safety protocols. Tickets are - [Highlands Students Engage in Hands-On Learning in Las Vegas Community Garden ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-students-engage-in-hands-on-learning-in-las-vegas-community-garden/) - October 18, 2021 Students in the Highlands forestry class Ecosystems and Humans are volunteering in the Las Vegas Community Garden this fall to acquire a first-hand understanding of the reciprocal relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world. The class, which is taught by professor Tomasz Falkowski, will help students build skills they can use in future employment, network with community partners, - [Highlands University Offers Debt-Free Four-Year Education to Students from Partner High Schools ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-offers-debt-free-four-year-education-to-students-from-partner-high-schools/) - October 14, 2021 A new partnership between Highlands University and nine regional high schools will provide current high school juniors and seniors with four-year funding to attend Highlands. Highlands is partnering with Santa Fe Public Schools, Denver Public Schools, and most of the schools in the Northeast Regional Education Cooperative, including Mora, Santa Rosa, Wagon Mound, West Las Vegas, and Las Vegas City school - [New Honor Society at Highlands University Expands Opportunities for Students Studying Spanish ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-honor-society-at-highlands-university-expands-opportunities-for-students-studying-spanish/) - October 13, 2021 Highlands University has been chartered through the national Spanish honor society, the Sociedad Nacional Honoraria Hispánica Alpha Beta Lambda chapter of Sigma Delta Pi. The honor society provides a wide range of opportunities to members, including scholarships, internships, and study abroad programs. Spanish professor Norma A Valenzuela and bilingual education professor Elisabeth Valenzuela serve as co-advisors for Sigma Delta Pi and they said they hope the honor society will - [Free Business Course at Highlands Promotes Entrepreneurship ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-business-course-at-highlands-promotes-entrepreneurship/) - October 12, 2021 After taking the free course, Launching Your Own Business, at Highlands University last summer, 74-year-old student Jewll Powdrell is on course to finish the degree he started in 1966 and to launch his own accounting business. Launching Your Own Business was a four-week class offered to students and community members at no cost. The Regional Development - [Highlands University Awarded Grant to Boost College Graduates in the Sciences ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-awarded-grant-to-boost-college-graduates-in-the-sciences/) - September 30, 2021 Highlands University has been awarded nearly $300,000 in grant funding for a program dedicated to increasing the number of students graduating in science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, fields. The grant was issued by the United States Department of Agriculture’s research branch, the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, or NIFA. The grant will fund three years of summer - [Highlands University Hosts Annual STEM Showdown for Northern New Mexico Youth ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-hosts-annual-stem-showdown-for-northern-new-mexico-youth/) - September 29, 2021 Students from middle schools and high schools across Northern New Mexico are participating in the annual STEM Showdown, hosted by the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute at Highlands University. The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, or STEM, Showdown is run by Shantini Ramakrishnan, conservation and restoration education program manager at the Conservation Science Center @HU. The - [Highlands President Sam Minner: Improved Compensation is a Matter of Human Dignity ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-president-sam-minner-improved-compensation-is-a-matter-of-human-dignity/) - September 28, 2021 Hourly employees at Highlands who were a part of the non-exempt union bargaining agreement will soon see their hourly wages jump from $12 to $15 an hour. During a special Board of Regents meeting that convened Sept. 27, board members voted unanimously to approve the wage increase. The vote came after months of collective bargaining. According to Labor and - [Spotlight on Highlands Graduate Savannah Padilla](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spotlight-on-highlands-graduate-savannah-padilla/) - September 21, 2021 Highlands graduate Savannah Padilla said she started thinking about going into medicine when her 5-year-old sister was hospitalized. Helping to care for her much younger siblings and witnessing the limited medical resources in Las Vegas made Padilla aware of how few doctors are from Las Vegas. “She never got a specific diagnosis, but she did develop sepsis,” said Padilla, remembering her - [Highlands Senior Wins Gold Glove: Spotlight on Estevan De La O](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-senior-wins-gold-glove-spotlight-on-estevan-de-la-o/) - September 23, 2021 Estevan De La O didn’t know he had won the Gold Glove until his friends posted about it on Instagram. The New Mexico Highlands senior received the national award for National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II teams for 2021. De La O is one of just nine outfielders among 263 Division II schools to receive the - [Highlands University Kicks Off Annual Power of Service Event](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-kicks-off-annual-power-of-service-event/) - September 15, 2021 The Highlands University customer service group, Power of Service, will celebrate its fifth year with a virtual lineup of speakers to kick off a new year of training across campus. The Power of Service kickoff event will take place on September 23 from 9-11 a.m. and will be accessible via Zoom. Power of Service is - [New Mexico Association of Museums Teams Up with the Highlands Cultural Technology Program for Virtual Tech Showcase ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-association-of-museums-teams-up-with-the-highlands-cultural-technology-program-for-virtual-tech-showcase/) - September 13, 2021 An interactive map, new websites, short-form videos and animations, digital illustrations, an interactive title wall, and an augmented reality web app are among the multimedia projects that will be featured in this year’s New Mexico Association of Museums, or NMAM, Tech Showcase. The projects were created by student interns from the - [Highlands University Offering COVID-19 Testing Site ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-offering-covid-19-testing-site/) - September 2, 2021 Starting on Saturday, September 4, Highlands University will be offering free testing for COVID-19 for the campus and community. Rapid Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR, tests will be available at Melody Park. The tests detect genetic material in the virus. Testing will be available at this site Tuesdays 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., Thursdays 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., and - [University closed on Labor Day - Sept 6](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/university-closed-on-labor-day-sept-6/) - University will be closed on Monday, September 6th for the Labor Day weekend! Enjoy and see you for the opening of Cineflix in Ilfeld on September 8 @ 7pm! - [Highlands Librarian Receives Academic Librarian of the Year Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-librarian-receives-academic-librarian-of-the-year-award/) - August 30, 2021 Highlands Public Services Librarian, April Kent, has received the 2021 Academic Librarian of the Year award from the New Mexico Consortium of Academic Libraries. Kent was nominated for the award for her dedicated work with the consortium and her investment in resources and programming at Donnelly Library. She is the first librarian - [Highlands Professor Ali Arshad Assesses Effect of Pandemic on Economy ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-professor-ali-arshad-assesses-effect-of-pandemic-on-economy/) - August 27, 2021 Highlands professor of economics Ali Arshad is not a fortune teller, but his economic models in December of 2020 were accurate enough to predict how New Mexico’s economy would fare in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. As the pandemic rages on, Arshad’s assessment of the tight labor market, and back-to-work incentives - [Highlands University Awarded National Science Foundation Grant to Advance Research and Representation in the Sciences  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-awarded-national-science-foundation-grant to-advance-research-and-representation-in-the-sciences /) - August 18, 2021 The National Science Foundation awarded a $3.8 million grant to New Mexico Highlands University that will help advance the creation of high-performance plastics made from biomaterials and expand access to research, labs, and equipment for underrepresented students in the field. The grant will fund a Partnership for Research and Education in Materials, or PREM, for Highlands and partner - [Highlands’ 8th Annual Painters Exhibition to be Held Live and Virtually ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-8th-annual-painters-exhibition-to-be-held-live-and-virtually/) - August 16, 2021 Highlands University will host the 8th annual Painters Exhibition featuring 40 painters from across New Mexico. Although the event was only held virtually last year, the 2021 exhibition will be held both virtually and in person. The opening for the live event will take place on Sunday, September 12 from 4 to 7 p.m. Light - [Highlands University President Minner Urges Campus to Dream Big](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-president-minner-urges-campus-to-dream-big/) - August 12, 2021 As Highlands University embarks upon the new school year, university president Sam Minner called on the Highlands family to hold fast to their hopes and dreams and invited them to engage in conversation about their big ideas for the coming year. Minner referenced the poem “Dreams,” by Langston Hughes, as he laid - [Fourth Annual Cowboy Art Show on View Virtually at Highlands University ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fourth-annual-cowboy-art-show-on-view-virtually-at-highlands-university/) - July 30, 2021 The Ray Drew Gallery at Highlands University has contemporary cowboy art on exhibit in honor of the National Day of the Cowboy. The show is virtual and will be on view through the end of August. The National Day of the Cowboy was created in 2005 to celebrate both historical and contemporary cowboy culture. The day falls every fourth Saturday - [Six Highlands Graduate Students Earn a Degree in a Pilot Program in Math Leadership ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/six-highlands-graduate-students-earn-a-degree-in-a-pilot-program-in-math-leadership/) - July 28, 2021 Six Highlands graduate students have earned a degree from a new pilot program designed to help improve math education in New Mexico. The cohort will receive their diplomas in Educational Leadership with a math teacher leader concentration in a small ceremony scheduled for August 4. Highlands already offered a master’s degree in Educational Leadership but worked in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory to - [Highlands Loves Virtual Gala February 10](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-loves-virtual-gala-february-10/) - January 20, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – This year the Highlands Loves Virtual Gala will be Feb. 10 at 6 p.m., featuring chocolate from Señor Murphy’s candy maker and New Mexico wines from the Castañeda Hotel in Las Vegas. “The community knows this event for the amazing chocolate desserts, delicious wine, and lively auctions to - [BFA Media Arts Student Projects Online](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/bfa-media-arts-student-projects-online/) - May 5, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology Bachelor of Fine Arts graduates will showcase their final projects online. With the COVID-19 pandemic preventing the customary spring BFA exhibits, media arts and technology will instead share the graduates’ exhibits via their personal websites so the public can still - [Highlands to Offer New Emerging Business Markets Certificate in Industrial Hemp ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-to-offer-new-emerging-business-markets-certificate-in-industrial-hemp/) - July 19, 2021 This fall, entrepreneurs will be able to enroll in a new undergraduate certificate program at Highlands focused on the business and production of industrial hemp. Highlands developed the Emerging Business Markets certificate in response to the growth of the industrial hemp industry following the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, which legalized industrial hemp growing at the federal level. The industry is growing across the U.S., - [New Program at Highlands University Provides Free Support for Online Learners across New Mexico](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-program-at-highlands-university-provides-free-support-for-online-learners-across-new-mexico/) - July 15, 2021 Highlands University is launching a free program to provide skills to parents, teachers, and caregivers who are navigating the changing online learning landscape. Highlands is participating in the Technology Learning Support Specialists program with other New Mexico colleges and organizations. As part of the learning support program, instructional mentors will work with - [Highlands Professors Awarded $150,000 Grant for a Raman Microscope](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-professors-awarded-150000-grant-for-a-raman-microscope/) - July 7, 2021 This fall, New Mexico Highlands University will acquire a Raman microscope, giving students an opportunity to use cutting-edge technology. The Raman microscope functions as both a microscope and a spectrometer, which means it can measure things at the micron scale and it can collect light waves to measure variation in physical characteristics - [Highlands Professor Publishes on the Importance of Indigenous Leadership in Improving Water Quality](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-professor-publishes-on-the-importance-of-indigenous-leadership-in-improving-water-quality/) - July 1, 2021 Forestry professor Julie Tsatsaros published research about the vital role played by aboriginal people in Australia in the protection and improvement of water quality. Tsatsaros spent five years in Australia, between 2009 and 2013, where she helped implement a community-led pilot water quality monitoring program in the Tully River basin. The freshwater basin is adjacent to the - [Highlands Launches New Online Professional MA in Cultural Resource Management Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-launches-new-online-professional-ma-in-cultural-resource-management-program/) - June 30, 2021 Ongoing demand for project management training in Cultural Resource Management (CRM) led Dr. Orit Tamir, professor of cultural anthropology at New Mexico Highlands University, to design a new online master’s program for professional anthropologists. In addition to providing comprehensive training, this new master’s in CRM will help graduates earn higher salaries in - [Online Criminology Master's Program to Launch Fall Semester](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/online-criminology-masters-program-to-launch-fall-semester/) - New Mexico Highlands University’s brand-new Master of Arts degree in criminology is ready to begin enrolling students for the fall semester. Designed to provide students with a comprehensive academic foundation, the program will help professionals working in criminal justice and social service fields to pursue federal jobs, gain promotions, and increase their salaries. The criminology program will be offered through Highlands University’s Department of - [Free STEAMM Day Camp for Local Middle School Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-steamm-day-camp-for-local-middle-school-students/) - June 29, 2021 Middle school students from Las Vegas and Mora will have a chance to learn to fly fish, tie flies, and make art in free, three-day science, technology, engineering, art, music, and math, or STEAMM, camp. The camp will run on July 20, 21, and 22. Registration is open now and closes on July - [NSF Grant to Study Microbes and Tree Diversity](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nsf-grant-to-study-microbes-and-tree-diversity/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is a partner in a National Science Foundation grant that will explore how microbes like fungi and bacteria influence forest diversity and health. The four-year NSF grant is for $913,236 and will involve a partnership between scientists from Highlands, the University of Maryland and the Smithsonian Environmental - [Professor Recognized for GLBTQ Advocacy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-recognized-for-glbtq-advocacy/) - Las Vegas, NM – As PJ Sedillo stood on the pitcher’s mound, he was “scared as heck.” All eyes, it seemed, were on him as Sedillo held the baseball in his hand, ready to make the first pitch in the minor-league matchup between the Albuquerque Isotopes and the Las Vegas, Nevada Aviators. There was a time - [New Course Helps Parents Navigate Online Learning](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-course-helps-parents-navigate-online-learning/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Parents and guardians of school-age children can develop skills on navigating online learning with their students thanks to a new summer course offered at New Mexico Highlands University. Scholarships are available for 20 participants in the Supporting Online Schooling course, which will begin June 4 and meet weekly online through June - [Competition winners receive business idea seed money](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/competition-winners-receive-business-idea-seed-money/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Five people won a combined $5,000 in seed money for their business ideas during Highlands University’s Department of Business Administration’s first ever business pitch competition. The awards ceremony for the competition, COWBOY UP!, was conducted virtually April 19. “We were amazed reviewing the submitted pitches, which ranged from initiatives to help - [Dolores Huerta to HU Grads: Education is the Key to Change](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/dolores-huerta-to-hu-grads-education-is-the-key-to-change/) - Las Vegas, NM – Be engaged in your communities, labor activist Dolores Huerta told the classes of 2020 and 2021 during a virtual commencement ceremony May 15. “We never know what our destiny holds for us,” Huerta told the 1,610 Highlands graduates participating in the virtual ceremony. “The one thing we do know for sure - [Student Art Exhibition Highlights Social Justice](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-art-exhibition-highlights-social-justice/) - Las Vegas, NM – The current virtual exhibition at New Mexico Highlands’ Ray Drew Gallery explores the concepts of justice, resilience, identity, and growth through the artwork of the university’s social work students. The virtual exhibition, Envisioning Social Justice, on display through June 18 on the Ray Drew Gallery webpage at http://galleries.nmhu.edu/ray-drew-gallery, began as a - [Tilson Uses Data to Drive Student Success](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/tilson-uses-data-to-drive-student-success/) - Las Vegas, NM – For Heather Tilson, data is more than numbers and trends. Data is a story about real people and their successes and struggles. For Tilson, who joined Highlands May 3 as the university’s director of institutional effectiveness and research, the institution’s data and the lives reflected in the numbers painted a compelling narrative. “The - [João Lages Pursues Postdoctoral Geology Studies on Active Volcanoes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/joao-lages-pursues-postdoctoral-geology-studies-on-active-volcanoes/) - May 12, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – João Lages earned his master’s degree in geology from New Mexico Highlands University and is now pursuing postdoctoral studies in geology with a focus on monitoring the hazards of active volcanoes. Lages completed his Ph.D. in volcanology and geochemistry in the Department of Earth and Marine Sciences at - [Dolores Huerta to Speak at Virtual HU Commencement May 15](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/dolores-huerta-to-speak-at-virtual-hu-commencement-may-15/) - April 27, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Dolores Huerta, a legendary American labor leader, civil rights activist and co-founder of the United Farm Workers union with Cesar Chavez, is the guest speaker for New Mexico Highlands University’s virtual commencement ceremony May 15. “We are very fortunate to have someone of Dolores Huertas’ stature speak at - [Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt Museum Honors Media Arts Project](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/smithsonians-cooper-hewitt-museum-honors-media-arts-project/) - April 23, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Media Arts and Technology Department received an award from the Smithsonian’s Cooper Hewitt museum for an interactive web app that will generate 3-D butterflies for mobile phones or computers. The 3-D web app model created by a team of Highlands media arts faculty - [School of Education Offers Free Distance Learning Micro Credential](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/school-of-education-offers-free-distance-learning-micro-credential/) - April 20, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education will begin offering short instructional modules that prepare participants to use technology effectively for teaching distance learning. The free modules are part of the Technology Learning Support Specialists (TLSS) program at Highlands that is the first of its kind in - [Highlands Employees Volunteer With Las Vegas COVID-19 Test Site](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-employees-volunteer-with-las-vegas-covid-19-test-site/) - April 19, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Employees from New Mexico Highlands University are lending a hand with the COVID-19 drive-through test site the City of Las Vegas is offering Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. The COVID-19 drive-through test site is at the city’s Abe Montoya Recreation Center at 1751 North Grand - [Students Design Educational Kits for Santa Fe Children’s Museum](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-design-educational-kits-for-santa-fe-childrens-museum/) - April 15, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Media Arts and Technology students at New Mexico Highlands University designed new hands-on learning kits for the Santa Fe Children’s Museum to distribute to children and families throughout New Mexico. The grab-and-go kits were created for children without access to the internet and include art-based and science-based topics. - [Craig Winston Accepted to DU Graduate School of Music](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/craig-winston-accepted-to-du-graduate-school-of-music/) - April 12, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University Department of music graduating senior Craig Winston received a scholarship to pursue graduate studies in classical guitar at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music. Winston, a Las Vegas, New Mexico native, completes his bachelor’s degree in music from Highlands in May 2021 - [San Miguel County Youth Substance Abuse Summit April 23](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/san-miguel-county-youth-substance-abuse-summit-april-23/) - April 13, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University and the San Miguel Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition present a virtual Spring Community Summit: Exploring Youth Substance Abuse/Misuse in San Miguel County April 23 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Linda Palos, a graduating social work senior at Highlands, is organizing the summit. Another - [Computer Science COVID-19 Data Presented at Anthropology Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/computer-science-covid-19-data-presented-at-anthropology-conference/) - April 9, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University faculty and students presented their findings on using artificial intelligence and machine learning to model the spread of COVID-19 on the Navajo Nation at the Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Conference in March. The ongoing research project was featured in the prestigious Anthony Paredes - [Highlands Sponsors Business “Pitch” Competition ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-sponsors-business-pitch-competition/) - April 8, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – The School of Business, Media and Technology at New Mexico Highlands University is sponsoring the first COWBOY UP! business “pitch” competition, giving students and alumni the chance to present business plan ideas and be eligible for cash prizes. “COWBOY UP! is a ‘pitch’ competition that provides participants with - [Kayt Peck is the First Las Vegas Poet Laureate](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kayt-peck-is-the-first-las-vegas-poet-laureate/) - April 7, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Prolific novelist, playwright, screenwriter and poet Kayt Peck is the first poet laureate for the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico. Las Vegas Mayor Louie Trujillo was a driving force for establishing a poet laureate in Las Vegas with Highlands University President Sam Minner joining him in supporting - [Isaac Lord Yamoah Accepted into Top Ph.D. Accounting Program ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/isaac-lord-yamoah-accepted-into-top-ph-d-accounting-program/) - April 5, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University business graduate Isaac Yamoah is headed to the accountancy Ph.D. program in the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana – Champaign, one of the top accounting doctoral programs in the country. “My ultimate goal is to become an academic scholar - [Activist Loretta J. Ross Virtual Talk April 5 at HU  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/activist-loretta-j-ross-virtual-talk-april-5-at-hu/) - April 1, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents a virtual conversation with noted scholar and activist Loretta J. Ross April 5 from 3 – 4:30 p.m. on the topic of “Calling in the Calling Out Culture.” Ross is a longtime activist for women of color, social justice and reproductive rights. She - [Highlands Hosts Virtual Northeastern New Mexico Science Fair for Youth](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-hosts-virtual-northeastern-new-mexico-science-fair-for-youth/) - March 30, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University hosted a virtual Northeastern New Mexico Science Fair March 27, giving high school and middle school students the opportunity to present their projects despite the coronavirus pandemic. Highlands has sponsored the Northeastern New Mexico Science Fair since 1958. This year, 83 students represented eight - [Julie Tsatsaros Water Quality Publication Receives Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/julie-tsatsaros-water-quality-publication-receives-award/) - March 25, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University forestry professor Julie Tsatsaros’ publication on research that explores water quality improvement adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia received an Editor’s Choice Award from the scholarly journal, Water. Tsatsaros is the lead author on the paper titled, Improving Water Quality in the - [Kimberly Blea Leads Small Colleges and Universities in Organization](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kimberly-blea-leads-small-colleges-and-universities-in-organization/) - March 24, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University Dean of Students Kimberly Blea is serving in a top leadership role with the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA). Blea is the director of NASPA’s Small College and Universities Division. NASPA is an international organization that is the professional home to student affairs - [Dr. Frank Sanchez Confirmed as Highlands Regent](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/dr-frank-sanchez-confirmed-as-highlands-regent/) - March 23, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Dr. Frank Sanchez to the Highlands University Board of Regents with the State Senate confirming the appointment March 13, 2021. Sanchez is a retired dentist from Las Vegas, New Mexico. His term on the Highlands University Board of Regents continues to - [Highlands Receives Grant for Conservation Science Center @ HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-receives-grant-for-conservation-science-center-hu/) - March 17, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University received a grant for its Conservation Science Center @ HU to build new partnerships with community conservation organizations. The McCune Charitable Foundation awarded the grant to the Highlands University Foundation in March 2021. “Our school-aged and undergraduate college students are the future stewards of - [Provost Roxanne Gonzales Selected for National Board for Online Education](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/provost-roxanne-gonzales-selected-for-national-board-for-online-education/) - March 15, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University provost and vice president for academic affairs Roxanne Gonzales is a new board member for the University Professionals and Continuing Education Association (UPCEA). Gonzales assumes her role on the UPCEA board in April 2021. This American nonprofit focuses on professional, continuing and online higher - [Four School of Education Counseling Programs Receive Accreditation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/four-school-of-education-counseling-programs-receive-accreditation/) - March 11, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education received official notice of accreditation March 1 for all four of its counseling programs from the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). The School of Education received accreditation for its master’s degree programs for Clinical Mental - [HU Receives Grant to Create Distance Learning Site in Mora](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-receives-grant-to-create-distance-learning-site-in-mora/) - March 10, 2021 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University received a $510,363 grant that will be used to create a distance learning site in Mora, New Mexico for the university’s students and the community. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Highlands the grant, which is a partnership with Collaborative Visions, a nonprofit - [Graduate Students to Present Santa Fe Trail History at Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/graduate-students-to-present-santa-fe-trail-history-at-conference/) - March 8, 2021 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Three New Mexico Highlands University graduate students will present their research at the 63rd Annual Missouri Conference on History March 12 at 9:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time. The three students are part of a virtual panel titled, “Stories from the Santa Fe Trail: Migrants, Jews and Painted - [New Las Vegas Mobile App Features Historic Sites for Visitors](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-las-vegas-mobile-app-features-historic-sites-for-visitors/) - March 4, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – A new mobile app visitors guide features historic sites throughout Las Vegas, New Mexico, including Ilfeld Auditorium and other historic buildings on the New Mexico Highlands University campus. The mobile application is available on both Apple and Android cell phones by searching for Connect Las Vegas NM. The - [Two Environmental Geology Students Receive Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/two-environmental-geology-students-receive-scholarships/) - March 1, 2021 Las Vegas, N. M. – Two New Mexico Highlands University environmental geology majors each received $12,500 scholarships, thanks to a U.S. Department of Agriculture water resources science grant award to the university. Megan Begay, an environmental geology senior, and Christopher Ulibarri, a triple major junior in environmental geology, history and political science, - [Virtual Devotional Art Exhibition at Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/virtual-devotional-art-exhibition-at-ray-drew-gallery/) - March 1, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents its annual Northern New Mexico Devotional Art exhibition in a virtual format through April 30 in the Ray Drew Gallery. The virtual exhibition started Feb. 22 and features the work of 12 Northern New Mexico artists. The 9-minute video of the art exhibition can - [Social Work Student Ericka John Creates Drama Club for Shiprock Youth](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/social-work-student-ericka-john-creates-drama-club-for-shiprock-youth/) - February 24, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Eighth-grade students in Shiprock, New Mexico, have the chance to express themselves artistically in an after-school drama club, thanks to New Mexico Highlands University social work student Ericka John. Going forward, John plans to build on the success of the drama club once COVID health orders make it - [Highlands Offers Three Little Free Libraries to Public](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-offers-three-little-free-libraries-to-public/) - February 24, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University joined the worldwide little free library book sharing movement with three boxes installed on the Las Vegas campus Feb. 23 and Feb. 24. The Highlands University little free library book boxes are located in parks on campus, including the west side of Melody Park, - [Brooklyn Aragon Wins National Institutes of Health Fellowship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/brooklyn-aragon-wins-national-institutes-of-health-fellowship/) - February 17, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University chemistry senior Brooklyn Aragon received a biomedical post-baccalaureate fellowship at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. Aragon of Las Vegas, New Mexico, has earned a 4.0 GPA to date and is the first in her family to attend college. Her concentration - [Joedy Quintana Headed to Veterinary School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/joedy-quintana-headed-to-veterinary-school/) - February 16, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University biology graduate Joedy Quintana will follow her dreams to veterinary school with Massey University in New Zealand and Michigan State University both accepting her to their veterinary programs. Quintana, a Sapello, New Mexico native, graduated from Highlands in May 2019 with a B.S. in - [Mellon Foundation Grant for Media Arts to Preserve New Mexico Community Histories](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mellon-foundation-grant-for-media-arts-to-preserve-new-mexico-community-histories/) - February 5, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Media Arts and Technology Department will build a digital community-based archive to preserve the histories of villages and towns of Northern New Mexico, thanks to a $970,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Some of the communities that will benefit include Las - [Highlands Loves Virtual Gala Participants Pledge More Than $61,000](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-loves-virtual-gala-participants-pledge-more-than-61000/) - February 12, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Participants at the Highlands Loves Virtual Gala Feb. 10 pledged more than $61,000 for student scholarships and other programs, including ones related to COVID-19 hardships. “People seemed relaxed and eager to participate and do something out-of-the-ordinary,” said Juli Salman, Highlands alumni director. “The Virtual Gala was very engaging - [Highlands to Build A Cultural Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-to-build-a-cultural-park/) - February 10, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will break ground later this month for a cultural park designed for events such as traditional Matanza pig roasts. Matanzas have been a part of New Mexican culture and history since the first Spanish conquistadors arrived in the area in the 16th century. Highlands - [KEDP and KANW Radio To Collaborate](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kedp-and-kanw-radio-to-collaborate/) - February 4, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highland University and Albuquerque Public Schools are collaborating to bring KEDP radio back to the airwaves in Las Vegas. The collaboration brings KEDP together with KANW from Albuquerque. KEDP 91.1 will be rebroadcasting KANW New Mexico Public Radio later this month. “KANW is respected across New - [Becky Kappus Leads Teacher Licensure Fast Track Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/becky-kappus-leads-teacher-licensure-fast-track-program/) - February 3, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M – Becky Kappus now leads the New Mexico Highlands University’s fast track online teacher licensure program aimed at getting professionals with bachelor’s degrees or higher into education careers faster. Kappus has more than 30 years of educator experience, including working as a university education professor and administrator, education program - [Virtual Career Fair Feb. 10 for Highlands Students and Alumni](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/virtual-career-fair-feb-10-for-highlands-students-and-alumni/) - January 29, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will host a free virtual career fair for its students and alumni Feb. 10 from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. More than 40 employers will participate in the Highlands virtual career fair. “The first step to participating in the virtual career fair is to - [Jennifer Lindline Serves on Upper Pecos Watershed Association Board](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jennifer-lindline-serves-on-upper-pecos-watershed-association-board/) - February 1, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University geology professor Jennifer Lindline was appointed to serve on the Upper Pecos Watershed Association (UPWA) board of directors. “The Upper Pecos Watershed Association is the main group with their boots-on-the-ground identifying stretches of the Upper Pecos River in Northern New Mexico that are impaired - [Professor Lewis Borck to Talk on Virtual Archaeology Panel](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-lewis-borck-to-talk-on-virtual-archaeology-panel/) - February 1, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University anthropology professor Lewis Borck is a panelist at a Feb. 3 virtual discussion that explores how renewed organizing among Black, Indigenous and other heritage professionals happened globally in 2020. Sapiens, an anthropology magazine, is sponsoring the event. It is part of a webinar series - [Adrian Sandoval New CESDP Director at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/adrian-sandoval-new-cesdp-director-at-highlands/) - January 28, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Adrian Sandoval is the new director for the Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations (CESDP) at New Mexico Highlands University. Founded in 1993, CESDP is an educational diversity center that provides professional learning for teachers, students, administrators and families. “Our mission at the Center for - [Attorney General Hector Balderas and Denise Balderas Give Back to Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/attorney-general-hector-balderas-and-denise-balderas-give-back-to-highlands/) - January 21, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University alumnus Hector Balderas, the New Mexico Attorney General, is giving back to his alma mater through working with students in the university’s Legislative Fellowship Program. Denise Balderas, the attorney general’s wife, is also a Highlands alumna. She is working with the university’s Facundo Valdez - [Spanish Professor Publishes About Three Chicana and Mexicana Playwrights](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spanish-professor-publishes-about-three-chicana-and-mexicana-playwrights/) - January 19, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University Spanish professor Norma A. Valenzuela published an essay that explores how three influential Chicana and Mexicana playwrights of the late 20th century built their work on earlier women’s work with a focus on societal and cultural change. Valenzuela’s essay is published in Teaching Late-Twentieth - [Sebastian Medina Publishes on Environmental Metals and Blood Disorders](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sebastian-medina-publishes-on-environmental-metals-and-blood-disorders/) - January 14, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University biology professor Sebastian Medina published research that sheds new light on how environmental metals like arsenic contribute to blood disorders such as anemia. Medina is the lead author of several studies on this subject published from 2016 to 2020 in journals like Scientific Reports - [Las Vegas New Mexico Community Foundation Awards Grant to Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/las-vegas-new-mexico-community-foundation-awards-grant-to-highlands/) - January 12, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Middle and high school students in New Mexico will learn about successful scientists and science careers in the state through a video, thanks to a grant from the Las Vegas New Mexico Community Foundation. The New Mexico Highlands University Foundation received the $1,000 grant, which will be used - [Linda Alaniz Virtual Art Exhibition in Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/linda-alaniz-virtual-art-exhibition-in-ray-drew-gallery/) - January 11, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents the New Mexico Churches and Traditions virtual art exhibition in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery. The virtual exhibition started January 11 and features the artwork of Linda Alaniz, a Highlands University fine arts alumna. The five-minute video of the art exhibition can be - [Two Social Work Students Receive AAUW Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/two-social-work-students-receive-aauw-scholarships/) - January 8, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – Two social work students from New Mexico Highlands University received scholarships from the Las Vegas chapter of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Michelle Maestas and Elsa Aguirre both received $1,000 scholarships. “The scholarship committee was very impressed with how these young women have achieved so much - [Foundation Announces new Friends of Art at Highlands University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/foundation-announces-new-friends-of-art-at-highlands-university/) - January 5, 2021 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Foundation announced a new opportunity for art lovers to contribute to the university’s unique fine art print collection. The new Friends of Art at Highlands University entity will focus upon prints by Willard Clark, a Santa Fe, New Mexico, printmaker known for his - [Student Teachers Overcome Pandemic to Succeed in Virtual Education](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-teachers-overcome-pandemic-to-succeed-in-virtual-education/) - December 14, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M – Student teachers from New Mexico Highlands University didn’t let the pandemic and the need for virtual education stop them during the fall semester, 2020, completing their training with excellence as demonstrated by improved K-12 student test scores and receiving teaching job offers. “Our student teachers stepped up and - [Partnership Provides Bus Service Between Mora and Las Vegas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/partnership-provides-bus-service-between-mora-and-las-vegas/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – A ten-month pilot project for a bus route between Holman, New Mexico and Las Vegas will begin Dec. 17 thanks to a partnership between Highlands University, the city of Las Vegas, Mora County and Luna Community College. The North Central Regional Transit District’s Blue Bus will service 11 stops along the - [Ali Arshad Publishes on New Mexico Economy and COVID-19](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ali-arshad-publishes-on-new-mexico-economy-and-covid-19/) - December 10, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The 2020 pandemic poses a grave danger to the New Mexico economy and increases the potential unemployment rate throughout the state, according to a New Mexico Highlands University business professor’s study. Economic professor Ali Arshad’s research will be published in the International Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives later this - [Music Students Earn Recording Industry Certification ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/music-students-earn-media-recording-industry-certification/) - December 9, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music is celebrating the accomplishments of students who earned Avid Pro Tools certification. Pro Tools is the industry standard software used in professional recording studios. Avid Pro Tools certification serves as a validation of a person’s expertise and is recognized by top music, - [Virtual Fall Exhibit December 10 for Media Arts and Technology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/virtual-fall-exhibit-december-10-for-media-arts-and-technology/) - December 8, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology students will showcase their work in the department’s annual fall exhibit, which will be virtual this year. This year’s web-based virtual exhibition in the McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building is using the platform Gather.Town and will be available online beginning Dec. - [Julie Tsatsaros Publishes on Improving Water Quality Near Great Barrier Reef](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/julie-tsatsaros-publishes-on-improving-water-quality-near-great-barrier-reef/) - December 2, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University forestry professor Julie Tsatsaros published research that highlights water quality improvement for the Wet Tropics in Australia adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef, with an Aboriginal organization playing a key role. Tsatsaros is the lead author on the paper in the scholarly journal, Water, - [Kimberly Blea to Speak on National Higher Education Panel](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kimberly-blea-to-speak-on-national-higher-education-panel/) - November 30, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University Dean of Students Kimberly Blea is part of a national virtual panel Dec. 9 that will discuss supporting campus communities in a polarized environment following the 2020 election. The National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) is presenting the panel for the higher education community. - [Native American Virtual Art Exhibition in Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/native-american-virtual-art-exhibition-in-ray-drew-gallery/) - November 24, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents the Native American Heritage virtual art exhibition in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery. The seven-minute video of the art exhibition can be viewed online at http://galleries.nmhu.edu/ray-drew-gallery/ It features four Native American artists from New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Canada. “There are four artists exhibiting - [Lewis Borck Has Special Issue Devoted to His Archaeology Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/lewis-borck-has-special-issue-devoted-to-his-archaeology-research/) - November 23, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University anthropology professor Lewis Borck had a special issue of Critical Archaeology Forum in 2020 devoted to his archaeology research that explores how Indigenous history is often erased when creating world heritage sites. The Critical Archaeology Forum special issue is a response to Borck’s Journal - [Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness Expands Services](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/center-for-professional-development-and-career-readiness-expands-services/) - November 18, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness at Highlands is expanding its services to students and alumni of the university to better prepare them to succeed in the job market. “We are expanding our services to instill more comprehensive skills for students to be successful on many - [Social Work Programs Reaccredited for Eight Years](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/social-work-programs-reaccredited-for-eight-years/) - November 17, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The Council on Social Work Education reaccredited the New Mexico Highlands University Facundo Valdez School of Social work for eight years through 2028. The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) accredits social work programs nationally. According to the CSWE, this reaccreditation signifies that Highlands University’s social work programs - [New Entrepreneurship Program Focuses on Industrial Hemp](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-entrepreneurship-program-focuses-on-industrial-hemp/) - November 13, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents approved a new program in Emerging Business Markets Entrepreneurship. The program’s initial concentration will offer students a certificate in industrial hemp entrepreneurship. Before launching, the program must still go through any required state and accreditor approvals with final approval from - [More November Talks Scheduled for Indigenous People’s Month](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/more-november-talks-scheduled-for-indigenous-peoples-month/) - November 10, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents four more virtual talks for Indigenous People’s Month in November, with presentations on Nov. 12, 17, 18, and 19. The Zoom link for all the talks in the series titled, “Indigenous Voices – Counter Narratives” is https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/5054262053 Nov. 12 from 12 – 1 - [Three Alarid Brothers Build Successful Technology Careers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/three-alarid-brothers-build-successful-technology-careers/) - November 9, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Three brothers who are New Mexico Highlands University alumni grew up with a passion for computer science and technology, developing video games together as children. All three have built successful professional careers based upon this early computer interest and their Highlands education. Eric Alarid, 45, Jason Alarid, 43, and - [Grant Portfolio Increases Sharply at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/grant-portfolio-increases-sharply-at-highlands/) - November 4, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University’s grant portfolio rose sharply this year, growing from approximately $27 million in total value in 2019 to approximately $41.5 million in 2020, the largest yearly increase in the last five years. “We’ve seen a big shift in grants awarded to Highlands this year, a - [Highlands to Install Electric Charging Station and Add Electric Vehicle to its Fleet](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-to-install-electric-charging-station-and-add-electric-vehicle-to-its-fleet/) - Las Vegas, NM – New Mexico Highlands is continuing to adopt more green energy technologies with its planned installation of an electric vehicle charging station and purchase of an all-electric vehicle for the university’s fleet. The charging station will be installed in the parking lot next to Highlands’ Sala de Madrid Building on University Avenue - [Indigenous Art and Activism Virtual Conversation November 4](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/indigenous-art-and-activism-virtual-conversation-november-4/) - November 3, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents a virtual conversation Nov. 4 at 12 p.m. titled, “Art and Activism: An Indigenous Voice,” with Dallin Maybee of the Northern Arapaho and Seneca nations. Maybee, an artist who is an attorney and assistant director of development for the Native American Rights Fund, - [Becca Sharp Forever Cowboy Student Award for Homecoming](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/becca-sharp-forever-cowboy-student-award-for-homecoming/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Becca Sharp is an exceptional leader and student in the Media Arts and Technology Department who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in summer 2020 with an emphasis in multimedia and interactivity. A trio of media arts and technology professors joined forces to nominate Sharp for the Forever Cowboy - [Student Lobbying Secures Funds for New Gym Equipment](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-lobbying-secures-funds-for-new-gym-equipment/) - Las Vegas, NM – New Mexico Highlands students have new exercise equipment in the campus’ Archuleta Fitness Center thanks to legislative funding secured by participants in the university’s Legislative Fellows Program. The Legislative Fellows Program, launched during the 2019 New Mexico legislative session, gives Highlands students first-hand, practical experience on how the legislative process works - [Sara Mathews Spirit Award for Homecoming](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sara-mathews-spirit-award-for-homecoming/) - Sara Mathews, founder of the successful Borracho’s Craft Booze and Brews LLC business in Las Vegas, received the Spirit Award for her dedication to the Las Vegas community and Highlands. Mathews grew up north of Las Vegas on a ranch riding horses and participating in 4-H and FFA. She said traveling as an adult made - [Shawna and Isaac Sandoval Distinguished Young Alumni for Homecoming](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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 Ft. Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, in 2013. “We decided there was - [LouElla Marr-Montoya Distinguished Alumna for Homecoming](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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, serving two years as the vice-chair. Marr-Montoya has been honored numerous times, including - [Professor's New Book Poetically Explores Movement](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professors-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 those who have stepped before us, where - [HU Program to Improve Social Work Access for Native Communities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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 as a lay social worker and brings broad experience in education, social services, - [Athletes Join Forces With Area Students To Beautify Riverwalk](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/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 organization, Vecinos Juntos. Vecinos Juntos, meaning, “neighbors together,” is a partnership between the City - [HU Student Unearths Post-Civil War Injustice](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-student-unearths-post-civil-war-injustice/) - Las Vegas, NM – A new window into the lives of post-Civil War African Americans in Texas has been opened thanks in part to the work of a Highlands student. Reign Clark, a graduate student in Highlands’ Southwest Studies program, is the project lead for an excavation project of Texas prison cemetery, which was forgotten - [HU Professor’s Book Explores Vigilante Mob Violence Against Women](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-professors-book-explores-vigilante-mob-violence-against-women/) - Las Vegas, NM – The likelihood of vigilante mob violence against women increases when economic inequality rises and governments discontinue enforcing gender norms, according to a recently published book by a Highlands University sociologist. Rebecca Álvarez, an assistant professor in Highlands’ Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice, studied cases across the globe where women - [Students help preserve important wetlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-help-preserve-important-wetlands/) - Las Vegas, NM – A wetland habitat near Watrous, New Mexico, is healthier thanks in part to Highlands student volunteers. Along with members of the Hermit’s Peak Watershed Alliance, the Albuquerque Wildlife Federation and Ft. Union Ranch, the students helped restore a section of Wolf Creek approximately 20 miles northeast of Las Vegas. “Our most - [Grant Helps HU's Social Work Program Expand Access](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/grant-helps-hus-social-work-program-expand-access/) - Las Vegas, NM – Hispanic and low-income students will have increased access to social work fields thanks to a pilot project funded by a five-year grant at New Mexico Highlands University. The $3-million Developing Hispanic Serving Institution grant from the U.S. Department of Education will help the university’s Facundo Valdez School of Social Work undertake - [Highlands Joins Citywide Volunteer Effort](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-joins-citywide-volunteer-effort/) - Las Vegas, NM – Las Vegas’ educational institutions joined forces with the city’s government to promote volunteer opportunities for the community’s students. Representatives from the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands, Luna Community College, the United World College and the two city school districts signed an agreement during a small ceremony Sept. 11 to - [HU Kicks Off Fourth Year of Power of Service Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-kicks-off-fourth-year-of-power-of-service-program/) - September 10, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will kick off its fourth year of Power of Service Sept. 24, a program that works to train employees to provide exceptional customer service to students. This year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Power of Service trainings will be delivered via the Zoom - [School of Education Joins Honorary Society for Teachers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/school-of-education-joins-honorary-society-for-teachers/) - September 9, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education joined the Kappa Delta Pi honorary society for teachers. Since 1911, Kappa Delta Pi has worked to foster excellence in education and promote fellowship among those dedicated to teaching. “Teachers are foundational to a democratic and just society,” said Mary - [Reynaldo Maestas New Director for Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/reynaldo-maestas-new-career-services-director/) - September 8, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Reynaldo Maestas is the new director for the Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness at New Mexico Highlands University and will lead an expansion of the office, thanks to additional funding from the New Mexico State Legislature. The legislative award is for $165,000 and comes from Research and - [Highlands Joins City Volunteer Effort](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-joins-city-volunteer-effort/) - Las Vegas NM – Las Vegas’ educational institutions and government will officially join forces to promote volunteerism from the community’s students. Representatives from the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico Highlands, Luna Community College, the United World College and the two city school districts will sign an agreement to formally create Vecinos Juntos de Las - [Spintz Harrison New Native American Liaison](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spintz-harrison-new-native-american-liaison/) - September 3, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Spintz Harrison is the new Native American liaison at New Mexico Highlands University. Harrison, whose heritage is Shoshone and Navajo, comes to Highlands from Kansas State University, where he taught in the Department of American Ethnic Studies from 2017 to 2020. “I am Native American and understand - [Highlands Virtual Homecoming Oct. 19 – 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-virtual-homecoming-oct-19-24/) - September 2, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Mark your calendars for an exciting week of virtual Highlands Homecoming 2020 events the university is planning for Oct. 19 through Oct. 24. The theme for homecoming this year is “Cowboy Connection” and all the virtual events are free. “My biggest goal for virtual Highlands Homecoming 2020 is - [Free Online Fall Classes at Highlands for Community](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-online-fall-classes-at-highlands-for-community/) - August 18, 2020 Las Vegas, NM – Community members who are not currently enrolled at Highlands University can take one free online course for the fall semester. The free course may be chosen as one of four undergraduate offerings: Indigenous People of North America, Art of the Americas, Aerobic Dance, or Introduction to Native American/Hispano - [Alumnus Isaac Roybal Creates Mobile App for Higher Education](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumnus-isaac-roybal-creates-mobile-app-for-higher-education/) - August 28, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University business alumnus Isaac Roybal launched a new mobile app for higher education that connects students with their professors via short video exchanges, expanding face-to-face interaction during the coronavirus pandemic when many courses are delivered online. Some universities piloting Roybal’s new smart phone technology tool, - [Geology Students Win Grants for Pecos River Water Quality Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/geology-students-win-grants-for-pecos-river-water-quality-research/) - July 22, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Two New Mexico Highlands University geology students will work as a team to study water quality in the Upper Pecos River with the goal of protecting the watershed, thanks to grants from the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute. Letisha Mailboy and Megan Begay, both geology seniors, each - [Seventh New Mexico Painters Exhibition Will Be Virtual](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/seventh-new-mexico-painters-exhibition-will-be-virtual/) - August 26, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M – This year marks the seventh New Mexico Painters Exhibition at Highlands University, which will be virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The virtual exhibition will be launched online Oct. 18 at http://galleries.nmhu.edu/currently-at-the-kennedy-gallery/ “The most important thing about the virtual exhibition is that in this difficult time, we're still - [Political Science Professor Elaine Rodriquez Appointed to Las Vegas City Council](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/political-science-professor-elaine-rodriguez-appointed-to-las-vegas-city-council/) - August 24, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University political science professor Elaine Rodriquez was appointed to the Las Vegas City Council for Ward 3 at a public hearing Aug. 19. After a unanimous vote by the city council, Rodriquez was sworn into the position, which she begins officially in September. Las Vegas - [Rodgers Hall Renovation Receives Architectural Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/rodgers-hall-renovation-receives-architectural-award/) - August 17, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – The historic Rodgers Hall renovation at New Mexico Highlands University received a top architectural award. The project architects, Baker Architecture + Design, won a Distinguished Architecture Merit Award from the American Association of Architects of New Mexico in August 2020. The firm is based in Albuquerque. The - [Science Equipment Grant Give Students More Hands-On Learning](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/science-equipment-grant-give-students-more-hands-on-learning/) - August 13, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Science students at New Mexico Highlands University will increase hands-on learning with new state-of-the art science instrumentation and technology tools, thanks to a grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation. The three-year grant totals $272,945 and began in July 2020. It was awarded to the Highlands University Foundation. - [Spanish Professor Publishes in Anthology on the New Mexico Homeland](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spanish-professor-publishes-in-anthology-on-the-new-mexico-homeland/) - August 11, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University Spanish professor Norma A. Valenzuela published a chapter in an anthology, Querencia: Reflections on the New Mexico Homeland. The University of New Mexico Press published the book in May 2020. “The Querencia anthology represents the diverse issues Hispano and Indigenous communities within the state - [New Mexico Painters Exhibition Will Be Virtual](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-painters-exhibition-will-be-virtual/) - August 6, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M – This year marks the seventh New Mexico Painters Exhibition at Highlands University, which will be virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Planning is well underway to launch the virtual exhibition Oct. 18. The website link for the exhibition will be announced closer to the launch. “The most important - [HU Social Work Professor to Serve on Governor’s Racial Justice Council](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-to-serve-on-governors-racial-justice-council/) - August 5, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Highlands University social work professor Ben Bencomo to serve on her new Racial Justice Council. In a July 31 statement, Lujan Grisham said the advisory group is tasked with counseling the administration and monitoring state institutions, holding them accountable for taking - [HU Receives Grant Aimed at Preparing Students for Water Resources Careers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-receives-grant-aimed-at-preparing-students-for-water-resources-careers/) - August 4, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University received a $275,000 grant aimed at preparing underrepresented minority students for water resources science and management careers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded Highlands the four-year grant with an Aug. 1 start date. “This grant is exciting because it will allow us to - [Strategic Enrollment Management to Launch Recruit 1 Initiative to Help Enrollment Grow](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/strategic-enrollment-management-to-launch-recruit-1-initiative-to-help-enrollment-grow/) - July 29, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University is launching the Recruit 1 Initiative, a staff-led effort to recruit new students to the university to help its enrollment grow. The Office of Strategic Enrollment Management at Highlands will start the recruitment campaign Sept. 1. All staff and faculty at Highlands are - [Jemez Historic Site Student Video Accepted to New Mexico Film Festival](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jemez-historic-site-student-video-accepted-to-new-mexico-film-festival/) - July 21, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology students created an oral history documentary video about the Jemez Pueblo people that was accepted to a New Mexico film festival on Sept. 12, 2020. The Madrid Film Festival in Madrid, New Mexico, has a mission to encourage local filmmaking - [Highlands Students Complete Emergency Cultural Projects for New Mexico Museums](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-students-complete-emergency-cultural-projects-for-new-mexico-museums/) - July 15, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Children who visit the Santa Fe Children’s Museum website during the COVID 19 pandemic can learn how to make a stop motion animated video about bees, thanks to Natasha Vasquez, a New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology graduate. Vasquez’ “We Bee Buzzin’” video project is among - [HU Receives Grant to Increase Financial Aid Application Completion](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-receives-grant-to-increase-financial-aid-application-completion/) - July 14, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will help more people in the state complete FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, thanks to a grant from the New Mexico Higher Education Department. The NMHED FAFSA initiative grant award to Highlands totals $45,750. It began July 1 and continues through - [Enterprise Rent-A-Car Donates to HU Foundation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/enterprise-ren-car-donates-hu-foundation/) - Enterprise Holdings Foundation is pleased to award Highlands University with a $3,000 gift to be equally divided between the School of Business and Media Arts Technology and the NMHU Athletics Department. - [Enterprise Rent-A-Car Donates to HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/enterprise-rent-a-car-donates-to-hu/) - Enterprise Holdings Foundation is pleased to award Highlands University with a $3,000 gift to be equally divided between the School of Business and Media Arts Technology and the NMHU Athletics Department. - [Highlands Foundation Establishes George Floyd Memorial Scholarship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-establishes-george-floyd-memorial-scholarship/) - July 8, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Foundation established the George Floyd Memorial Scholarship in June to benefit African American students, thanks to a generous donor. “This new scholarship will benefit African American Highlands University students who are leaders on campus or in their communities, or who are working on - [Highlands Summer Enrollment Increases](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-summer-enrollment-increases/) - July 2, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Summer enrollment at New Mexico Highlands University increased 3% despite the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to teamwork and maximizing the use of technology. “First and foremost, the reason we were able to increase enrollment is that we had a collaborative and targeted effort between Strategic Enrollment Management, the Registrar’s - [Virtual Cowboy Art Exhibition in Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/virtual-cowboy-art-exhibition-in-ray-drew-gallery/) - July 1, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents a virtual National Day of the Cowboy Art Exhibition in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery. The 15-minute video of the art exhibition can be viewed online at http://galleries.nmhu.edu/ray-drew-gallery/ It features 14 cowboy artists from New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona. “The art displayed consists of - [HU Alumna Shanea Strachan Receives UK Scholarship for Film Study](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-alumna-shanea-strachan-receives-uk-scholarship-for-film-study/) - June 30, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Shanea Strachan, a New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology alumna, received a United Kingdom Chevening Scholarship to enroll at Bournemouth University in Dorset, England to pursue a master’s degree in producing film and television. The British High Commission Nassau awarded Strachan, a Freeport, Grand Bahama native, - [NMHU Gets CARES Act Grant for Cultural Preservation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-gets-cares-act-grant-for-cultural-preservation/) - June 24, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology faculty and graduates will help preserve Indigenous and Hispanic cultural memories in Northern New Mexico, thanks to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant from the U.S. Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Miriam Langer, chair of the - [Ambassador Program Aims to Graduate Students for Health Careers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ambassador-program-aims-to-graduate-students-for-health-careers/) - June 22, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is joining forces with the University of New Mexico for a program aimed at graduating Highlands students into health careers. The Health Sciences Ambassadors Program will be implemented at the Achieving in Research, Math and Science (ARMAS) Center at Highlands and is sponsored by - [Statewide Diversity Summit at NMHU May 21 - 22](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/statewide-diversity-summit-at-nmhu-may-21-22/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University is sponsoring a statewide diversity summit May 21 – 22 titled “Envisioning Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Higher Education.” The free summit will be held in the Highlands Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave., from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. May 21 and from 8 a.m. to - [Highlands Restructures Recruitment, Admissions and Retention](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-restructures-recruitment-admissions-and-retention/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University has made structural changes in its recruitment, admissions and retention offices, making it easier for students to apply to Highlands and stay actively engaged throughout their student experience until they graduate. Theresa Law, formerly the vice president of advancement, is now the vice president of student and - [Graduates Give Highlands High Marks in Survey](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/graduates-give-highlands-high-marks-in-survey/) - June 15, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University graduates gave the university high marks for quality of instruction and satisfaction with their college experience, meeting and exceeding 95% satisfaction on these and other measures. The Highlands Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research administered the survey online in spring 2020 to students that - [Highlands and Las Vegas Mourn Death of Bob Mishler, Professor Emeritus](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-and-las-vegas-mourn-death-of-bob-mishler-professor-emeritus/) - June 8, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University and the Las Vegas community are mourning the May 24 death of Bob Mishler, a beloved anthropology professor emeritus and community leader. He was 83. Mishler joined Highlands in 1969 as the university’s first full-time anthropology faculty member, the beginning of a distinguished - [Plans for Reopening Highlands Campus Stress Health and Safety](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/plans-for-reopening-highlands-campus-stress-health-and-safety/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University is moving ahead cautiously to reopen its campus for fall semester 2020, according to Sam Minner, the university’s president. “The health and safety of the Highlands family will be honored above all else,” Minner said. “Although I anticipate some form of face to face instruction this - [Criminology Master’s Degree Program in Development](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/criminology-masters-degree-program-in-development/) - June 4, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is developing the first criminology master’s degree program in New Mexico that will be offered through distance education. Gloria Gadsden, a criminal justice associate professor at Highlands, developed the criminology master’s program proposal within the university’s Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice. “The - [Alumnus Michael Jackson Receives Awards for Highlands Marketing Video](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumnus-michael-jackson-receives-awards-for-highlands-marketing-video/) - June 2, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology alumnus Michael Jackson won a 2020 Telly Award and a 2020 New Mexico ADDY award for a marketing video his creative agency produced for Highlands. The award-winning “Together We Are One” video can be seen at https://vimeo.com/377662679 Jackson co-founded Mya - [School of Education Receives Accreditation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/school-of-education-receives-accreditation/) - May 27, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University School of Education received official notice of full accreditation May 15 from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP). The School of Education received accreditation at both the initial-licensure level for bachelor’s degree graduates as well as advanced-level licensure for master’s - [Highlands Receives COVID-19 Grant for Financial Literacy Seminars](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-receives-covid-19-grant-for-financial-literacy-seminars/) - May 29, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will present free financial literacy seminars that aim to help people cope with COVID-19 impacts thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Regional Development Corporation. Professors in the Highlands School of Business, Media and Technology will teach the financial literacy seminars along with business - [Estrella Encinias Virtual Art Exhibition Through June 19](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/estrella-encinias-virtual-art-exhibition-through-june-19/) - May 26, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents a virtual art exhibition, “Between the Lights,” featuring the work of Estrella Encinias through June 19. Encinias, a Las Vegas, New Mexico, native, is a sophomore fine arts student at Highlands. The link for her online exhibition is http://galleries.nmhu.edu/ray-drew-gallery/ Encinias, 20, said in - [Ali and Chris Romero Design Reopening Seal for New Mexico](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ali-and-chris-romero-design-reopening-seal-for-new-mexico/) - May 20, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Ali and Chris Romero, New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology alumni, designed a seal that will be used to help reopen businesses in New Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic. The siblings, who live in Las Vegas, New Mexico, submitted their idea for a seal to the - [Two Criminal Justice Alumnae Accepted to UNM Law School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/two-criminal-justice-alumnae-accepted-to-unm-law-school/) - May 18, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Two New Mexico Highlands University criminal justice alumnae who studied together as undergraduates are both headed to law school at the University of New Mexico in August. Brittany Dutton-Leyda and Joanna Velasquez both graduated summa cum laude in 2019 from the Highlands Santa Fe Center with their bachelor’s - [Veena Parboteeah New Dean of School of Business, Media and Technology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/veena-parboteeah-new-dean-of-school-of-business-media-and-technology/) - May 15, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Veena Parboteeah is the new dean of the School of Business, Media and Technology at New Mexico Highlands University after a national search. Parboteeah comes to Highlands July 1 from Eastern New Mexico University, where she has served as assistant dean of the College of Business since May - [Highlands Asks For Public Input on Strategic Objectives for Strategic Plan](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-asks-for-public-input-on-strategic-objectives-for-strategic-plan/) - May 13, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is asking for the public’s input on proposed strategic objectives for its strategic plan update. The survey may be found online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PRGYDSZ “Please help us with our next university-wide strategic plan by completing our second survey on strategic objectives,” said Ian Williamson, associate - [Geology Students Receive Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/geology-students-receive-scholarships/) - May 13, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Geological Society awarded scholarships to four top geology students at New Mexico Highlands University. “I’m very proud of the geology students who received these monetary awards,” said Jennifer Lindline, geology professor and chair of the Natural Resources Management Department at Highlands. “It was a very - [HU Recycling Center Open 7 to 11 a.m. Monday Through Friday](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-recycling-center-open-7-to-11-a-m-monday-through-friday/) - May 8, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Recycling Center is open 7 to 11 a.m. Monday through Friday. The Highlands Recycling Center is at 9th and Raynolds adjacent to the Gallinas River Walk. It is west of the university’s John A. Wilson Complex and behind the tennis court parking lot. - [HU Computer Science Grant to Help Navajo Nation With COVID-19 Data](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-computer-science-grant-to-help-navajo-nation-with-covid-19-data/) - May 7, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will use the latest machine learning and artificial intelligence data analysis aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus on the Navajo Nation, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant. The NSF awarded Highlands a “rapid-response” $187,094 grant May 4. Highlands wrote the grant - [Spanish Prof’s KEDP Radio Show Highlights Contemporary Spanish Music](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spanish-profs-kedp-radio-show-highlights-contemporary-spanish-music/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University’s KEDP 91.1 FM listeners can tune in for top contemporary Spanish singers from around the globe, thanks to a Highlands Spanish professor’s weekly show. Edgar Vargas Blanco, who also directs the Highlands University Language Learning Center, is the KEDP DJ every Wednesday from 2 – 3 p.m. “There are - [Jesús Rivas Publishes Book on Giant Anaconda Snakes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jesus-rivas-publishes-book-on-giant-anaconda-snakes/) - May 5, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University biology professor Jesús Rivas’ book is the first to help nonscience readers explore the life of giant green anaconda snakes in the wild. In June 2020, Oxford University Press will publish Rivas’ book, Anaconda – The Secret Life of the World’s Largest Snake. His - [Virtual Lecture Series Inspires Media Arts and Technology Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/virtual-lecture-series-inspires-media-arts-and-technology-students/) - May 1, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Media arts and technology students at New Mexico Highlands University received inspiration from top media artists during the COVID-19 pandemic through a virtual lecture series. The students had the opportunity to learn from prominent design educators such as Ellen Lupton and Clio advertising award winning digital art director - [HU Receives NSF Grant Aimed at Retaining and Graduating STEM Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-receives-nsf-grant-aimed-at-retaining-and-graduating-stem-students/) - May 1, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Life sciences students at New Mexico Highlands University will receive new services early in their education, like culturally relevant teaching and more research opportunities, aimed at helping them persist and graduate thanks to a $1.8 million National Science Foundation grant. The five-year NSF grant begins August 2020 - [Jenna Bustos Has Pick of Seven Chemistry Doctoral Programs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jenna-bustos-has-pick-of-seven-chemistry-doctoral-programs/) - April 29, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Jenna Bustos, a chemistry and biology senior at New Mexico Highlands University, has her pick of seven top doctoral chemistry programs across the country. In January, Bustos’ letters of acceptance started rolling in from Ph.D. programs at Purdue University, Penn State University, Ohio State University, Georgia Institute of - [Henrietta Romero New Registrar at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/henrietta-romero-new-registrar-at-highlands/) - April 27, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Henrietta Romero is the new registrar at New Mexico Highlands University, bringing more than 16 years of higher education work experience to her new position. Most recently, Romero was the registrar at Luna Community College from 2016 to 2020. Previously, she worked at Highlands University in a number of - [Highlands Alumna’s Art Receives Acclaim in Publications](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-alumnas-art-receives-acclaim-in-publications/) - April 24, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Artist Dawnique Savala, an alumna of New Mexico Highlands University, has received international recognition for her work. Savala, who suffers chronic pain due to several rare illnesses, has had her artwork featured in publications such as Pain-Free Living in January 2019 and Art Quench Magazine’s Best International Creatives - [Highlands Presents Facebook Live SPiVEY Music Concert April 30](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-presents-facebook-live-spivey-music-concert-april-30/) - April 21, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University presents a Facebook Live concert of the electronic folk artist SPiVEY April 30 at 7 p.m. Mountain Standard Time. The link for the concert is https://www.facebook.com/HighlandsUniversity/ Watch for the live feed for the concert that begins at 7 p.m. “We decided to have this - [Highlands Chemistry Students Make Hand Sanitizer for COVID-19 Pandemic](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-chemistry-students-make-hand-sanitizer-for-covid-19-pandemic/) - April 20, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Students in the Chemistry Department at New Mexico Highlands University used an FDA-approved formula to produce hand sanitizer for the COVID-19 pandemic. The students’ first batch of hand sanitizer went to the Highlands University Police Department April 16 and then the local jail. “The San Miguel County Detention - [Mary Basler Sews Up a Storm Making Cloth Face Masks](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mary-basler-sews-up-a-storm-making-cloth-face-masks/) - April 16, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Mary Basler of New Mexico Highlands University is sewing up a storm making cotton face masks for the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’ll keep making the masks as long as they’re needed,” said Basler, who is the administrator for the Media Arts and Technology Department at Highlands. “I’m thankful for - [Navajo RN-BSN Student Works on Front Lines of COVID-19 Pandemic](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/navajo-rn-bsn-student-works-on-front-lines-of-covid-19-pandemic-2/) - April 15, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Tanya Tohtsoni, a Navajo woman and RN-BSN student at New Mexico Highlands University, is on the front lines as a nurse serving the hard-hit Navajo Nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Tohtsoni also won a $1,000 Florence Nightingale Foundation scholarship in April 2020, the second year in a row - [Highlands Employee Uses 3-D Printer to Make Protective Face Masks ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-employee-uses-3-d-printer-to-make-protective-face-masks-2/) - April 14, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Mariano Ulibarri of New Mexico Highlands University is producing reusable plastic protective face masks on a 3-D printer for the campus and broader community to use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Ulibarri is making the masks at home on his kitchen counter using the 3-D printer he uses for - [Quilters Make Cloth Face Masks for HU Police Department](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/quilters-make-cloth-face-masks-for-hu-police-department/) - April 13, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – A group of quilters in Las Vegas joined forces to make face masks for the New Mexico Highlands University Police Department and others in the community. The Tea Time Quilters group made and donated the colorful cotton protective masks that Highlands police and security officers are wearing on - [Pajama Gala Foundation Fundraiser for Students March 16](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/pajama-gala-foundation-fundraiser-for-students-march-16/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands Foundation is sponsoring a pajama gala fundraiser March 16 where you don’t need to leave your house to raise money for student success. “You’re invited to put on your comfiest jammies, stay on your couch, and raise money for an important cause -- our Highlands students,” - [Send us your Random Acts of Kindness stories!](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/send-us-your-random-acts-of-kindness-stories/) - Dear Members of New Mexico Highlands University, During this time of isolation and a great deal of bad news, we would like to share with you community moments and self-care thoughts for the week. Random acts of kindness, also known as "RAKs," are popping up everywhere, too. We'd like to hear your stories! Send them - [Emergency Funds Available for HU Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/emergency-funds-available-for-hu-students/) - April 9, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Student relief funds for emergencies in place at New Mexico Highlands University are taking on new importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Office of Campus Life offers a student extreme hardship fund and the Foundation Office offers the Ray Farmer Fund. Eligible students do not need to repay - [Brandon Kempner Named Dean of College of Arts and Sciences](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/brandon-kempner-named-dean-of-college-of-arts-and-sciences/) - April 8, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University named Brandon Kempner the new dean of the university’s College of Arts and Sciences April 6. Kempner was chosen after a national search. He served as the interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences since July 2019 and is also a longtime - [HU to Offer Teacher Licensure Fast Track Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-to-offer-teacher-licensure-fast-track-program/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University will begin offering a new online teacher licensure fast track program aimed at getting professionals with bachelor’s degrees or higher into education careers faster. Applications for the Highlands School of Education Alternative Teacher Certification Program will be available on the Highlands University website at nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com in early - [Highlands to Hold Virtual QuaranTEAM Parade April 10](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-to-hold-virtual-quaranteam-parade-april-10/) - April 6, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University will hold a virtual parade on Facebook April 10 at 4 p.m. The idea is to help lighten the mood during the COVID-19 pandemic by posting a parade “float” entry that showcases remote fun during these difficult times. The virtual event has been dubbed - [Highlands Students Create More Online Content for Museums in New Mexico](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-students-create-more-online-content-for-museums-in-new-mexico/) - April 6, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Online visitors to New Mexico museums will have access later this spring to more exhibits and other content during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to students from New Mexico Highlands University and the state’s Department of Cultural Affairs. Students in the university’s Media Arts and Technology Department are offering - [Morgan Apperson Headed to Chemistry Doctoral Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/morgan-apperson-headed-to-chemistry-doctoral-program/) - April 3, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Morgan Apperson, a chemistry graduate of New Mexico Highlands University, is headed to a chemistry doctoral program at New Mexico Tech in Socorro. Apperson, 22, graduates from Highlands in May with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, earning a 3.85 GPA to date. She begins her Ph.D. studies in - [Geology Prof’s Fulbright Highlights Research and Teaching in the Czech Republic  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/geology-profs-fulbright-highlights-research-and-teaching-in-the-czech-republic/) - April 2, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University geology professor Michael Petronis’ Fulbright Scholar Award to study ancient volcanos in the Czech Republic aims to help predict eruptions in active volcanoes worldwide. Petronis is known globally for his research on volcanology. His geology fieldwork for his Fulbright will be focused on the - [Monthly Accreditation Forum January 23, 2017](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/monthly-accreditation-forum-january-23-2017/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University’s monthly accreditation forum Jan. 23 highlighted the new contingent faculty handbook, evaluation process, and orientation. Contingent faculty include part-time and full-time non-tenure track faculty. “The contingent faculty handbook is the resource they need to succeed as teachers for our students,” said Brandon Kempner, a Highlands English professor who is - [Monthly Accreditation Forum February 20](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/monthly-accreditation-forum-february-20/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University’s monthly accreditation forum Feb. 20 highlighted student retention, persistence and degree completion. In addition, the date for the Higher Learning Commission’s campus visit to Highlands will be Nov. 6 – 8, 2017. “The Office of Strategic Enrollment Management is now using extensive student data to target our retention efforts - [Monthly Accreditation Forum March 28](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/monthly-accreditation-forum-march-28/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University’s monthly accreditation forum March 28 focused on fiscal and budget matters. “The composite financial index, or CFI, shows the fiscal health of the university,” said Brandon Kempner, who is directing the university’s Higher Learning Commission accreditation and presented the forum. “The HLC requires target CFI levels.” Kempner and Sam - [Christopher Ulibarri Appointed New Student Regent](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/christopher-ulibarri-appointed-new-student-regent/) - March 31, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Christopher Ulibarri, a student government leader at New Mexico Highlands University, is the university’s newest student regent. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham made Ulibarri’s appointment official March 13. Ulibarri’s term extends to the adjournment of the next regular session of the New Mexico State Legislature in 2021. - [Southwest Literature and Film Class Helps With Social Isolation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/southwest-literature-and-film-class-helps-with-social-isolation/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – During the necessary social isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic, students of all ages are connecting with each other thanks to a free online Southwest Literature and Film class New Mexico Highlands University is offering to the community. Students in the new class earn three college credits for the course, which filled - [HU Offers Free Southwest Literature and Film Course](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-offers-free-southwest-literature-and-film-course/) - March 19, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is offering a new and free online Southwest Literature and Film course beginning March 30 as a way to stay engaged during the COVID-19 pandemic. The six-week course will be available to dual credit high school students, current Highlands University students and the public. - [Rebekah Peoble Accepted to UNM Law School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/rebekah-peoble-accepted-to-unm-law-school/) - March 17, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Rebekah Peoble, a New Mexico Highlands University graduate and former member of the university’s Board of Regents, is headed to law school at the University of New Mexico in August 2020. Peoble, who also served as student body president at Highlands, graduated summa cum laude with a 4.0 - [Fiesta de la Hispanidad March 22 in Ilfeld ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fiesta-de-la-hispanidad-march-22-in-ilfeld/) - March 10, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The 25th anniversary of New Mexico Highlands University’s Fiesta de la Hispanidad brings music and dance center stage to Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave., March 22 at 2 p.m. The doors open at 1 p.m. Fiesta de la Hispanidad is a beloved community event that celebrates the local - [Northeastern Regional Science Fair Attracts 200 Middle and High School Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/northeastern-regional-science-fair-attracts-200-middle-and-high-school-students/) - March 9, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – More than 200 middle and high school students had the opportunity to express their own scientific creations at New Mexico Highlands University’s Northeastern Regional Science Fair March 7. Students from communities like Las Vegas, Taos, Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Roy and Wagon Mound gathered at Highlands to present - [Highlands Presents Bach and Vivaldi Concert March 22](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-presents-bach-and-vivaldi-concert-march-22/) - March 6, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Department of Music presents a Bach and Vivaldi concert March 22 at 3 p.m. in the First United Presbyterian Church in Las Vegas at 1000 Douglas Ave. The concert features five soloists from the New Mexico Bach Society based in Santa Fe, New - [Navajo Recording Artist Speaker for March 8 International Women’s Day Celebration](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/navajo-recording-artist-speaker-for-march-8-international-womens-day-celebration/) - March 4, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Kansas Begaye, an internationally known Navajo recording artist and inspirational speaker, is the keynote speaker for the New Mexico Highlands University International Women’s Day Celebration March 8. The free public celebration will be from 3 to 5 p.m. in the Margaret Kennedy Alumni Hall at 905 University Ave. - [Featured Alum: Rubi Murillo-Fernandez, BSW](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/featured-alum-rubi-murillo-fernandez-bsw/) - A Q&A with NMHU Albuquerque graduate Rubi Murillo-Fernandez, BSW March 4, 2020 NMHU Albuquerque: What did you love about NMHU during the years you worked toward your BSW? Rubi Murillo-Fernandez: What I loved about NMHU during the years I worked toward my BSW was that it allowed me to connect with other students that were - [Danelle Smith is Confirmed For the Highlands Board of Regents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/danelle-smith-is-confirmed-for-the-highlands-board-of-regents/) - March 3, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham appointed Las Vegas, New Mexico attorney Danelle Smith to the Highlands University Board of Regents with the State Senate confirming the appointment Feb. 17, 2020. Smith’s term on the Highlands University Board of Regents continues to Dec. 31, 2025. “I’ve worked in - [Devotional Art Exhibition at Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/devotional-art-exhibition-at-ray-drew-gallery-2/) - March 2, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents its annual Northern New Mexico Devotional Art exhibition Feb. 26 through April 3 in the Ray Drew Gallery in Donnelly Library at 802 National Ave. The opening artists reception is March 6 from 4 to 6 p.m. “Northern New Mexico devotional art is - [Erica Herrera Headed to Medical School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/erica-herrera-headed-to-medical-school/) - February 28, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University biology graduate Erica Herrera will follow her dreams to medical school at Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine in Parker, Colorado in July 2020. Herrera, a Las Vegas, New Mexico native, graduated cum laude from Highlands in May 2019. “I like the philosophy of - [Alumni Give Highlands High Marks In Survey](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumni-give-highlands-high-marks-in-survey/) - February 26, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University’s alumni who graduated in the 2016–2017 academic year gave the university high marks for the quality of education within their major, with 95 percent reporting being very satisfied or satisfied. The Highlands University Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research administered the alumni survey in - [Highlands Presents Antonia Apodaca Tribute Concert March 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-presents-antonia-apodaca-tribute-concert-march-8/) - February 24, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Department of Music presents an “Antonia Apodaca Tribute Concert” March 8 at 2 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. The free concert features New Mexico folk musical groups Bayou Seco, Trio Jalapeño, Lone Piñon and La Rondalla. Antonia - [Cowboy Tea at Highlands March 7 for Big Read Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cowboy-tea-at-highlands-march-7-for-big-read-program/) - February 20, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents a free Cowboy Tea March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. as part of its Big Read program, which aims to foster a love of reading in Las Vegas. The Cowboy Tea will be in the Margaret Kennedy Alumni Hall at 905 University - [Catapult Dance Company Performs at Ilfeld March 12](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/catapult-dance-company-performs-at-ilfeld-march-12/) - February 19, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents the Catapult dance company’s “Magic Shadows” performance March 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Catapult performed on season eight of NBC-TV’s “America’s Got Talent” competition in 2013, earning its way to the finals. The innovative dance company has - [Conference, Art Exhibition Explore World of Printmaking](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/conference-art-exhibition-explore-world-of-printmaking/) - February 18, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – The sixth biennial Print, Printed, Printing printmaking conference will be at New Mexico Highlands University Feb. 21 and 22. The conference will feature printmaking demonstrating and artist presentations. The conference also includes a printmaking art exhibition with an opening reception Feb. 21 from 5 to 7 p.m. The - [Thomas Mishler Scholarship Music Recital February 23](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/thomas-mishler-scholarship-music-recital-february-23/) - February 17, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Six of New Mexico Highlands University’s top music students will perform in a free recital Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. in the Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. The program for the Thomas Mishler Scholarship Recital includes a wide variety of musical selections, ranging from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - [Highlands Kicks Off NEA Big Read Program February 7  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-kicks-off-nea-big-read-program-february-7/) - January 28, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – [Update 2.14.19: There will be a change in schedule for the Little Reads events scheduled at the Las Vegas Carnegie Library on the date of February 19 at 2 p.m. The new starting time will be February 19, 3:30 p.m. All other Little Reads events occur as scheduled.] - [Special Agent Hector Hernández Receives NMHU's 2019 Distinguished Alumnus award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/special-agent-hector-hernandez-receives-nmhus-2019-distinguished-alumnus-award/) - United States Secret Service Special Agent Hector Hernández, left, stopped by President Sam Minner's office Friday, Feb. 14, 2020 to receive his 2019 Distinguished Alumnus award. He wasn’t able to attend the award ceremony in September due to his busy schedule. - [Zuni Pueblo Student Pursues Social Work](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/zuni-pueblo-student-pursues-social-work/) - February 14, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Kiara Zunie said her heritage as a member of the Zuni Pueblo motivated her to study social work at New Mexico Highlands University. “I am a born helper and raised on important morals my family taught me,” Zunie said. “Of the 13 Zuni morals I carry, the one - [HU Takes Top Spot For Women's Salaries Compared With Men's](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-takes-top-spot-for-womens-salaries-compared-with-mens/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The Chronicle of Higher Education listed New Mexico Highlands University as the top institution of its kind that paid female full professors the most relative to male full professors. In its Feb. 2 article, The Chronicle listed the top universities for female pay by the level of degrees each university awards - [Professor Leads Reading Group About Culture, Place and Perseverance](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-leads-reading-group-about-culture-place-and-perseverance/) - February 12, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M – An upcoming reading group at New Mexico Highlands University will explore three American novels that delve into culture, place and perseverance. The “True Grit, True Culture, True Place” reading and discussion group begins Feb. 27. Eric Romero, faculty member in the Native American/Hispano Cultural Studies program at Highlands, - [Professor to Present at Environmental History Conference in Canada](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-to-present-at-environmental-history-conference-in-canada/) - February 12, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University forestry professor Julie Tsatsaros will present at the American Society for Environmental History annual conference in Ottawa, Canada March 24-29. Tsatsaros is part of an invited international scholar panel titled, “Water Rights: Beyond Ownership and Allotment.” “This panel expands upon traditional topics such as - ['Love and War' Chocolate Competition Draws Crowd](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/love-and-war-chocolate-competition-draws-crowd/) - February 7, 2020 Isaac Sandoval, left, co-owner of The Skillet restaurant in Las Vegas, serves a chocolate dessert to Highlands alumna and physical therapist Roberta Lucero at the Highlands Foundation Office’s “Love and War” chocolate competition Feb. 6. The Range Café in the historic Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas took first place honors. The fundraiser - [Monthly Accreditation Forum May 23 Focuses on Mission, Strategic Plan](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/monthly-accreditation-forum-may-23-focuses-mission-strategic-plan/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University’s monthly accreditation forum May 23 focused on accomplishments for the mission and strategic plan. “Over the past two years, we’ve focused on closing the loop of moving from the strategic plan to concrete accomplishments to improve the student experience at Highlands,” said Brandon Kempner, who directs the university’s - [Andre García-Nuthmann Featured in February 14 Concert](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/andre-garcia-nuthmann-featured-in-february-14-concert/) - February 6, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University music professor and tenor vocalist Andre García-Nuthmann will be a featured soloist in the “Mad About Love” concert and dessert Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Plaza Hotel Ballroom. Also starring in the concert is VanAnn Moore, a Belen, New Mexico soprano vocalist - [New Grant Will Prepare More Highlands Students for Natural Resources Management Careers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-grant-will-prepare-more-highlands-students-for-natural-resources-management-careers/) - February 5, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M.– New Mexico Highlands University will prepare more students for careers in natural resources management thanks to a new U.S. Department of Agriculture Hispanic Serving Institution grant. The Leadership in Forestry Training (LIFT) grant project is a partnership with the University of New Mexico-Taos. “LIFT is designed to increase the - [Biology Prof’s Paper Sheds Light on Tree Diversity and Pathogen Resilience](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/biology-profs-paper-sheds-light-on-tree-diversity-and-pathogen-resilience/) - January 31, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. –New Mexico Highlands University biology professor Eric Griffin is the first author on a paper that was published in “Diversity” in December 2019, shedding new light on how tree diversity makes trees potentially more resilient to harmful pathogens. “For this paper in ‘Diversity,’ we used a large-scale tree diversity - [New NMHU Admissions Counselors Bring Student Insight](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-nmhu-admissions-counselors-bring-student-insight/) - January 24, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Three new admissions counselors at New Mexico Highlands University bring special insight to their positions, thanks to being Highlands alumni and current students. Jasmine Archuleta, Rebekah Peoble, and Roberto Martínez joined the office of admissions in January 2020. “These three outstanding admissions employees will play a key role - [Highlands Foundation Print and Painting Collection Opens Jan. 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-foundation-print-and-painting-collection-opens-jan-24/) - January 22, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents “Selections from the Highlands Foundation Print and Painting Collection,” an art exhibition in the Burris Hall Gallery at 903 National Ave., with an opening reception Jan. 24 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition continues through Feb. 14. Highlands fine arts faculty members - [Highlands' 'Love and War' Chocolate Competition February 6](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-love-and-war-chocolate-competition-february-6/) - January 21, 2020 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Who will win the battle of the best chocolate dessert in Las Vegas? Find out on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 5:30 p.m. when the Highlands Foundation Office hosts a chocolate tasting competition and fundraiser for student success. The Highlands Loves Family “Love and War” event is in - [Students Create Installation for La Posada Hotel in Arizona](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-create-installation-for-la-posada-hotel-in-arizona/) - January 16, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – Students at New Mexico Highlands University created a temporary projection installation for La Posada Hotel in Winslow, Arizona that highlights the hotel’s rich railroad history. During one weekend in January, the Highlands University students in the Media Arts and Technology Department designed a montage of typography and maps, - [New Career Clothing Closet for Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-career-clothing-closet-for-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Career Services Office has started a free career clothing closet to help the university’s students look their best at job interviews. “With their other college expenses, many students cannot afford professional outfits to wear to an interview or job,” said Jennifer Hooper of Career Services. “We are starting - [NMHU Student Angelica Aragon Accepted to UNM Law School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-student-angelica-aragon-accepted-to-unm-law-school/) - January 14, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University psychology senior and student government leader Angelica Aragon is headed to law school at the University of New Mexico in August 2020. Aragon, a Mora, New Mexico native, has earned a 4.0 GPA at Highlands and is on track to graduate in May 2020. - [$5-Million Grant To Improve Forest Health in New Mexico and Southwest](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/5-million-grant-to-improve-forest-health-in-new-mexico-and-southwest/) - January 13, 2020 Las Vegas, N.M.– The New Mexico Highlands University forestry program joins two other forestry organizations in a partnership to improve forest management in New Mexico and the Southwest, thanks to a five-year $5-million grant from the National Science Foundation. The overall goal of the grant, which extends through 2024, is to improve - [Highlands’ Forestry Program Accredited Through 2029](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-forestry-program-accredited-through-2029/) - December 16, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The Society of American Foresters announced full accreditation for the New Mexico Highlands University forestry program through Dec. 31, 2029. Highlands has the only accredited post-secondary forestry program in the state of New Mexico. Highlands offers a Bachelor of Science degree in forestry. “Accreditation is inherently a mark - [Highlands Legislative Fellows Attend State Capitol Hearing](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-legislative-fellows-attend-state-capitol-hearing/) - December 13, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Legislative Fellows Program students began learning about the legislative process during a visit to the New Mexico State Capitol Dec. 11. Eleven Highlands students, accompanied by their staff and faculty leaders, listened to a hearing of the New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee, which heard a - [Legislative Fellows Visit State Capitol December 11](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/legislative-fellows-visit-state-capitol-december-11/) - Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands University New Mexico State Sen. Pete Campos, left, talks to Highlands Legislative Fellows Aailinn Martínez and Xochilt Ramos Gonzalez during a visit to the State Capitol Dec. 11, 2019. Eleven Highlands Legislative Fellows visited the capitol as part of a program aimed at introducing students to leadership opportunities at the state level. - [Ehling to Begin as HU Athletic Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ehling-to-begin-as-hu-athletic-director/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – When Andrew Ehling thinks about his past, he is grateful to have a long list of coaches and mentors who have helped him become the person he is today. “I’ve been blessed being surrounded by great people and great leaders,” Ehling said. Ehling, who will be Highlands University’s next athletic director, - [Reynaldo Maestas New Assistant Director of Admissions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/reynaldo-maestas-new-assistant-director-of-admissions/) - December 10, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – For the new assistant director of admissions at New Mexico Highlands University, the position feels like coming home. Reynaldo Maestas grew up on a horse ranch in Rociada, New Mexico, northwest of Las Vegas. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Highlands in 2006 and his - [Highlands Alumna’s Book Headed to Becoming a Movie](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-alumnas-book-headed-to-becoming-a-movie/) - December 9, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University alumna Clarissa Rudolph-Hastings’ novel, “The Healing Basket,” is headed toward becoming a movie. “Writing for me is medicine for the soul,” said Rudolph-Hastings, a Las Vegas, New Mexico native who graduated from Highlands in 1998 with a master’s degree in counseling. Trilogy Christian Publishing - [Two Native American MBA Students Receive Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/two-native-american-mba-students-receive-scholarships/) - December 4, 2019 Las Vegas, New Mexico – Two New Mexico Highlands University MBA students have received scholarships from REDW, LLC accounting through the American Indian Graduate Center. Jessica Coriz, of San Ildefonso Pueblo and Jasmine Jishie, of the Navajo Nation each received $2,500 scholarships. Jessica Coriz, 32, earned her bachelor’s degree in business with - [Media Arts and Technology Fall Exhibit December 11](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fall-exhibit-december-11/) - December 4, 2018 Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology students will showcase their work in the department’s annual fall exhibit December 11 at 5:30 p.m. in the university’s McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building at 1183 San Francisco Ave. The exhibit is open to the public. “We welcome visitors to the - [Foundation’s Hogwarts Holiday Family Tea Party December 14](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/foundations-hogwarts-holiday-family-tea-party-december-14/) - December 2, 2019 Las Vegas, New Mexico – The New Mexico Highlands Foundation presents a Hogwarts Holiday Family Tea Party Dec. 14 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the university’s Sala de Madrid building at 801 University Ave. “The popularity of the Harry Potter books transcends generation and age,” said Juli Salman, alumni affairs director. - [Highlands Requests Public Input on Strategic Plan Goals](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-requests-public-input-on-strategic-plan-goals/) - November 26, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is asking for the public’s input on goals for its strategic plan update. The survey may be found online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JY7BFGC. “We are soliciting feedback and information from anyone with a stake in the future of Highlands as to what you think our strategic - [‘A Christmas Carol’ Live at HU December 13](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/a-christmas-carol-live-at-hu-december-13/) - November 25, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University presents a theatrical production of “A Christmas Carol” Dec. 13 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. PerSeverance Productions of New Hampshire is in its sixth national tour presenting “A Christmas Carol.” Scott Severance is the executive artistic - [NMHU Anthropology Partnership Produces First Drone Aerial Survey of Anasazi Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-anthropology-partnership-produces-first-drone-aerial-survey-of-anasazi-pueblo/) - November 22, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Drones recorded the first aerial imagery of a prehistoric Anasazi Pueblo on the Navajo Nation in Northwest New Mexico, thanks to a unique partnership the New Mexico Highlands University anthropology program developed. Highlands worked with the Navajo National Heritage and Historic Preservation Department on the project in October, - [Highlands Business Students Win Statewide Ethics Competition](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-business-students-win-statewide-ethics-competition/) - November 21, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University business students took first place in the Seventh New Mexico Business Ethics Case Competition Nov. 13–14 at the University of New Mexico. The five students from the Highlands main campus included Miguel García, Ali Shabaneh, Olivia Muñiz, Griffin Logan, and Warren Roybal, as well - [Navajo Social Work Student to Integrate Native Ideology and Western Therapy  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/navajo-social-work-student-to-integrate-native-ideology-and-western-therapy/) - November 20, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Danielle Benally, a Navajo woman and Master of Social Work student at New Mexico Highlands, is determined to become a therapist who integrates Native American ideology with Western therapy methods. Benally drives one and a half hours each way in the evenings from her home in Aneth, Utah - [Original Music Concerts November 21, 22](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/original-music-concerts-november-21-22/) - November 18, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University department of music presents two original music concerts Nov. 21 and 22 at 7 p.m. in Studio C (Room 10) of the university’s Champ Tyrone Music Building at 1052 11th St. The concerts feature original works written and produced by Highlands University music - [Ray Drew Gallery Shows Pueblo, Tribal Art](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ray-drew-gallery-shows-pueblo-tribal-art/) - November 15, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents an exhibition of Native American art in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery in Donnelly Library at 802 National Ave. through Dec. 13, with an opening artist’s reception Nov. 15 from 5 to 7 p.m. “Native American artists from New Mexico, Arizona and Kentucky - [NMHU's Anthropology Cultural Resource Management Program in Development](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhus-anthropology-cultural-resource-management-program-in-development/) - November 14, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is developing New Mexico’s first anthropology master’s degree program in cultural resource management. It will be among a handful of such programs in the nation. The cultural resource management degree program will be delivered through distance learning. It will prepare students to develop, direct, - [HU Madrigal Choir Performs With Taos Community Chorus November 17, 23, 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-madrigal-choir-performs-with-taos-community-chorus-november-17-23-24/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Taos Community Chorus and the Highlands University Madrigal Choir present a concert series titled “Love” beginning Nov. 17 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. The cost for the concert is $5. It will also be performed Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. and Nov. - [Thanksgiving Food Drive Underway](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/thanksgiving-food-drive-underway/) - Las Vegas, N.M. –Social work students and student government leaders at New Mexico Highlands have joined forces for a Thanksgiving canned food drive. Each year, the Undergraduate Social Work Association at Highlands organizes a Thanksgiving Meal Basket Drive for Las Vegas, Taos, and Santa Fe. This year, the Associated Students of New Mexico Highlands University - [U.S. Army Maj. John Vanderhee delivers the keynote address](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/u-s-army-maj-john-vanderhee-delivers-the-keynote-address/) - U.S. Army Maj. John Vanderhee delivers the keynote address at a Veterans Day Yellow Ribbon event Nov. 11 at Highlands. The Student Veterans of America chapter at Highlands hosted the event to honor veterans. It also included an HU-CARES and Student Veterans of America information session. The Las Vegas, New Mexico chapter of the - [Talk to Explore Brony Culture](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/talk-to-explore-brony-culture/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – A New Mexico Highlands professor will give a talk Nov. 14 on his research and book surrounding the Brony community. Bronies are a mostly online community, mostly about 75 to 80 percent male, who have a passion for the television series My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Many of them attend - [National Hispanic Cultural Center Curator to Speak at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/national-hispanic-cultural-center-curator-to-speak-at-hu/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The National Hispanic Cultural Center’s art museum curator will present a lecture at Highlands University discussing two of the center’s recent exhibitions that focused on racial, cultural and gender identity. Jadira Gurulé curated the exhibitions “Qué Chola,” which was on display last spring and summer at the NHCC, and the 2018 - [ITS Director: New Mexico Community Helped Mitigate Cyberattack](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/its-director-new-mexico-community-helped-mitigate-cyberattack/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – New Mexico Highlands’ work to recover from its recent cyberattack was made easier thanks to support from the Las Vegas community and throughout New Mexico, according to the university’s director of information technology. IT Director Joe Gieri said experts from the United World College, West Las Vegas Schools, the City of - [Poet Joaquin Zihuatanejo performs in SUB](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/poet-joaquin-zihuatanejo-performs-in-sub/) - Poet Joaquin Zihuatanejo, winner of the Individual World Poetry Slam and the World Cup of Poetry Slam, performed at the Highlands University SUB theater November 5. The event was sponsored by the NMHU English Department. - [Former U.S. Ambassador Mari-Luci Jaramillo Speaks at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/former-u-s-ambassador-mari-luci-jaramillo-speaks-at-hu/) - October 31, 2019 Photo Margaret McKinney/University Relations Mari-Luci Jaramillo, former U.S. ambassador to Honduras, HU alumna, educator and former HU regent, addresses a large audience at Highlands during the Oct. 30 book signing for her latest book, “Sacred Seeds.” Jaramillo co-wrote “Sacred Seeds” with Cecilia Navarrete. - [HU Concert Choir Performs ‘Christmas is Coming’ Concert November 10](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-concert-choir-performs-christmas-is-coming-concert-november-10/) - October 31, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Concert Choir presents a free “Christmas is Coming” concert Nov. 10 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Some of the musical selections include songs such as “Silver Bells,” “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” - [Jazz Ensemble Concert November 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jazz-ensemble-concert-november-8/) - October 29, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University department of music presents the university’s Jazz Ensemble in concert Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. in the historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Highlands University music professor Edward Harrington directs the Jazz Ensemble. Music faculty member Kevin Zoernig is the concert co-director and - [Halloween Pumpkin Carving in Student Center October 29, 2019](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/halloween-pumpkin-carving-in-student-center-october-29-2019/) - October 29, 2019 Photo Margaret McKinney/University Relations - [Career Fair Nov. 7 for NMHU Students and Alumni](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/career-fair-nov-7-for-nmhu-students-and-alumni/) - October 29, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – More than 40 employment recruiters will be at New Mexico Highlands University Nov. 7 looking to hire the university’s students and alumni. The free career fair will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave. “The purpose of the career fair - [Students Present Jemez Historic Site Project at International Museum Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-present-jemez-historic-site-project-at-international-museum-conference/) - October 28, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Students at New Mexico Highlands University will present their state-of-the-art multimedia work for the Jemez Historic Site at the Museum Computer Network (MCN) international conference in San Diego, Nov. 5-8. The students redesigned the site’s visitor center to help people experience the site in new ways. Being selected - [Robertson High School Students Experience HU Chemistry Labs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/robertson-high-school-students-experience-hu-chemistry-labs/) - October 23, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Chemistry students at Robertson High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico are getting a taste of completing their laboratory assignments in a college setting at New Mexico Highlands University, thanks to a collaboration between the two schools. The chemistry students receive dual high school and college credit in - [HU Recycling Center No Longer Accepting Plastic](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-recycling-center-no-longer-accepting-plastic/) - October 24, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is no longer accepting plastic for recycling at its university and public Recycling Center at 9th and Raynolds in Las Vegas. “Due to a downshift in the price of plastic, the vendor who was previously accepting plastics from our Recycling Center will no longer - [Highlands Presents Free Hospitality Industry Seminars](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-presents-free-hospitality-industry-seminars/) - October 22, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents a series of free seminars to prepare individuals for work in the growing Northern New Mexico hospitality industry, thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Regional Development Corporation. Leon Bustos, the interim director of the Highlands Undergraduate Enrichment (HUE) program, is organizing the - [Three Students Receive MANA del Norte Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/three-students-receive-mana-del-norte-scholarships/) - October 22, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Three New Mexico Highlands University students each received $1,ooo scholarships, thanks to a MANA del Norte program. The del Norte chapter of MANA, a nonprofit organization formerly known as the Mexican American Women’s National Association, provides scholarships that help Latinas from Northern New Mexico complete postsecondary education. Jessica - [Art Exhibition of Aztec Deities in Burris Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/art-exhibition-of-aztec-deities-in-burris-hall/) - Oct. 21, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. - New Mexico Highlands University presents the art exhibit "Ye Gods! Icons of Aztec Deities" in the Burris Hall Gallery, 903 National Ave., through Nov. 1, with a closing reception that day from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception features live music from the Northern New Mexico acoustic ensemble - [Counselors Workshop at Highlands October 18](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/counselors-workshop-at-highlands-october-18/) - October 18, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico high school counselors, community college advisers, and tribal education leaders learned more about what New Mexico Highlands University has to offer at a free workshop Oct. 18. “Our intent is for these professionals to gain first-hand experience into the support services and academic opportunities at Highlands - [Former U.S. Ambassador, Alumna Mari-Luci Jaramillo Gives Book Talk Oct. 30](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/former-u-s-ambassador-alumna-mari-luci-jaramillo-gives-book-talk-oct-30/) - October 17, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Mari-Luci Jaramillo, the first U.S. Latina ambassador and a New Mexico Highlands University alumna and former regent, will talk about her new book Oct. 30 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at Margaret Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. Jaramillo will also sign copies of her 2019 Barranca Press - [College and Career Night 2019](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/college-and-career-night-2019/) - October 17, 2019 Sharon Gordon, right, assistant director of Financial Aid at Highlands, talks with Robertson High School student Gabrielle Mattox Oct. 16 at College and Career Night 2019. The Highlands University Admissions Office and Luna Community College sponsored the 21st Annual College and Career Night. Prospective college students learned about career opportunities related to - [Alumni Office Oktoberfest Fundraiser October 26](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumni-office-oktoberfest-fundraiser-october-26/) - October 15, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Alumni Office is presenting a festive Highlands Oktoberfest fundraiser Oct. 26 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom at 800 National Ave. “Oktoberfest events are a fun way to celebrate the autumn season in a lighthearted way,” said Juli Salman, alumni affairs - [Prescription Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day October 26  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prescription-drug-take-back-family-fun-day-october-26/) - Oct. 9, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University and the San Miguel Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition are sponsoring a day for the community to come together Oct. 26 to safely dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The sixth Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at - [HU Alumna Discusses Recovery Efforts for Hurricane Dorian](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-alumna-discusses-recovery-efforts-for-hurricane-dorian/) - October 8, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Shanea Strachan, a New Mexico Highlands 2014 media arts alumna and Bahamas native, will be at Highlands Oct. 9 to give a talk titled “Hurricane Dorian: The Road to Recovery.” The free talk and screening of Strachan’s short documentary film and other visuals about Hurricane Dorian will be - [HU Hosts Six-County Substance Abuse Prevention Youth Summit October 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-hosts-six-county-substance-abuse-prevention-youth-summit-october-24/) - October 7, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – There will be a six-county Youth Summit focused on substance abuse prevention at New Mexico Highlands University Oct. 24 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the university’s John Wilson Complex at 1241 9th St. “Together We Are Stronger” is the theme for the Youth Summit, which will - [HU Marks National Customer Service Week With Activities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-marks-national-customer-service-week-with-activities/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands is marking National Customer Service Week beginning Oct. 7 with a slate of activities aimed at enhancing the vibrancy of the campus community. The Power of Service Stars developed the week of activities and issued a challenge to Highlands University staff to participate. Highlands kicked off its third - [Geology Makes Strong Showing at International Geoscience Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/geology-makes-strong-showing-at-international-geoscience-conference/) - October 3, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Environmental Geology Program students and faculty made a strong showing at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Phoenix, Arizona Sept. 22 – 25. Sindy Lauricella, a geology graduate student, presented her research on the long-dormant Krasny Vrch volcano in the Czech - [Maria Moreno Documentary at HU October 9](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/maria-moreno-documentary-at-hu-october-9/) - October 2, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University’s Donnelly Library and New Mexico PBS present a free documentary screening of the film “Adios Amor: The Search for Maria Moreno” Oct. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. The screening takes place in the university’s McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building at 1120 San Francisco Ave. - [HU Kicks Off Third Year of Power of Service Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-kicks-off-third-year-of-power-of-service-program/) - September 26, 2017 Las Vegas, New Mexico – On Sept. 26, New Mexico Highlands University kicked off its third year of Power of Service, a program that works to provide exceptional customer service to students. “Service leadership puts customer service representatives as the top priority,” said Highlands University President Sam Minner. “How we treat each - [State Donates Water Quality Instruments to Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/state-donates-water-quality-instruments-to-highlands/) - September 25, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University students are conducting more water quality research, thanks to a donation of scientific instruments from the State of New Mexico Department of Energy Oversight Bureau. “This equipment is instrumental for our students and faculty to be able to do surface and groundwater sampling in - [Pakistani Exchange Student Appreciates Kindness of Americans](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/pakistani-exchange-student-appreciates-kindness-of-americans/) - September 25, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – When Mariam Naseer, a Highlands University international exchange student from Pakistan, returns home she will tell people about the kindness of Americans. “I’m in awe of the generosity and kindness American people show,” Naseer said. “I wear hijab, a traditional scarf Muslim women wear, and was concerned I’d - [Sodexo Organizes Homecoming Horse Painting](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sodexo-organizes-homecoming-horse-painting/) - September 20, 2019 Audree Urioste, a Highlands history freshman, helps paint the homecoming horse, which will lead the Homecoming 2019 parade Sept. 21. Denise Davenport, operations manager for both Sodexo, the university’s food service, and the campus bookstore, took the lead in organizing the painting of the horse. Davenport praised the campus-wide effort from students - [HU Sponsors Hurricane Relief Drive For the Bahamas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-sponsors-hurricane-relief-drive-for-the-bahamas/) - September 19, 2019 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University is sponsoring a hurricane relief drive for the people of the Bahamas who survived Hurricane Dorian. Erika Derkas, Highlands sociology professor, and Ruthy Watson, HU-CARES director, are leading the relief effort. “We are doing this because the Bahamian community is struggling after the - [Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival Performs 'Winter’s Tale' September 27, 28](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/flagstaff-shakespeare-festival-performs-winters-tale-september-27-28/) - September 18, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents the Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival performance of Shakespeare’s “Winter’s Tale” Sept. 27 at 7 p.m. and Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. The plays are free to the public. Both performances are in Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. “We’re very excited - [Homecoming Underway at Highlands With Parade, Game Sept. 21](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/homecoming-underway-at-highlands-with-parade-game-sept-21/) - September 18, 2019 New Mexico Highlands student Kendell Jordan helps decorate the Student Success Center windows for homecoming. Jordan is a psychology/sociology senior. All the Highlands Homecoming 2019 festivities, including the Sept. 21 parade at 10 a.m. and football game at 1 p.m., are listed online at nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/homecoming. Photo Margaret McKinney/Highlands University - [Olivia Lovato Art Exhibition in Ray Drew Gallery Through October 18](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/olivia-lovato-art-exhibition-in-ray-drew-gallery-through-october-18/) - Sept. 17, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents Las Vegas artist Olivia Lovato’s exhibition, “It’s a Fandango,” through Oct. 18 in the Ray Drew Gallery in Donnelly Library, 802 National Ave. The opening reception is Sept. 22 from 3 to 5 p.m. “Nature is a strong theme in my art - [HU Implements New Success Coaching Model For Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-implements-new-success-coaching-model-for-students/) - September 16, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M.– New Mexico Highlands University is implementing a new student success coaching model aimed at empowering students in reaching their educational goals in a positive and supportive environment. As part of the change, the Office of Academic Support is changing its name to the Student Success Center. “Success coaches identify - [Homecoming at Sashing](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/homecoming-at-sashing/) - Homecoming Royalty Candidates (left to right, Joseph Estrada, Rejoice Uzo-Hez, Leah Osborn, Maryssa Loera Madrid and Brianna Stewart) held court at today's Sashing Barbecue. Photo by Rick Loffredo / University Relations - [Homecoming 2019 Distinguished Honorees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/homecoming-2019-distinguished-honorees/) - September 13, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is recognizing four outstanding individuals for Homecoming 2019. Hector Hernández, Distinguished Alumnus Hector Hernández’ distinguished career with the United States Secret Service has spanned 28 years, including protecting three U.S. presidents and serving now as the special agent in charge of the protective detail for - [Fiesta de la Hispanidad 2020 Planning Underway](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fiesta-de-la-hispanidad-2020-planning-underway/) - September 13, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Organizers for the 25th New Mexico Highlands University Fiesta de la Hispanidad on March 8, 2020 are asking the community to begin thinking about musicians, dancers, and other entertainers who want to participate. Fiesta de la Hispanidad brings music and dance center stage to Ilfeld Auditorium and is - [Donnelly Library Offers Fun, Informative Activities Sept. 17 – 20](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/donnelly-library-offers-fun-informative-activities-sept-17-20/) - September 11, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M – The Thomas C. Donnelly Library at New Mexico Highlands joins other campus entities in offering a number of fun and informative activities during homecoming week at Highlands. The public is welcome at the free events Sept. 17 – 20. Tuesday, Sept. 17, 6:00 p.m. – U.S. Constitution Jeopardy - [Forest Restoration Field Day September 14](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/forest-restoration-field-day-september-14/) - September 11, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University will join two other organizations Sept. 14 to share current research and management ideas to promote forest health in the state. The free public Forest Restoration Field Day is from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center that - [Crimmin Scholarship Helps Las Vegas Students Succeed](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/crimmin-scholarship-helps-las-vegas-students-succeed/) - LAS VEGAS – With a gift of $130,000 more than 30 years ago, Ken Crimmin has made it possible for generations of Highlands students from Las Vegas succeed in college. The Ken and Sue Crimmin Memorial Scholarship is typically awarded to six graduating seniors from Robertson High School and West Las Vegas High School, chosen - [Denise Montoya Completes Higher Education Leadership Program at the HERS Institute](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/denise-montoya-completes-higher-education-institute/) - September 5, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. –Denise Montoya, the department of human resources director at New Mexico Highlands, has completed the 2019 HERS Institute, a leadership development offering provided by HERS (Higher Education Resource Services). Montoya joined 63 competitively selected women leaders from across the United States and Canada to take part in the intensive - [PBS Documentary “The Pushouts” to Screen at HU Sept. 18 ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/pbs-documentary-the-pushouts-to-screen-at-hu-sept-18/) - September 9, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents the 2018 PBS documentary film “The Pushouts” Sept. 18 at 1 p.m. in the Highlands Student Center Theater at 800 National Ave. The free film concerns the life of Victor Rios, a high school dropout and gang member who went on to become - [HU Named Among Most Diverse Universities in the Western U.S.](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-named-among-most-diverse-universities-in-the-western-u-s/) - September 9, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. “U.S. News & World Report” included New Mexico Highlands on its list of most diverse regional universities in the Western United States. The magazine released the Highlands and other rankings Sept. 9. “The demography of the nation is rapidly changing, and New Mexico Highlands is pleased to be at - [New Mexico Painters Exhibition Opens](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-painters-exhibition-opens-2/) - September 9, 2019 - [Andre García-Nuthmann Featured in September 20 Zarzuela Concert](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/andre-garcia-nuthmann-featured-in-september-20-zarzuela-concert/) - September 4, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University music professor and tenor vocalist Andre García-Nuthmann will be a featured soloist in the “Zarzuela at the Plaza Ballroom” concert Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. The Highlands department of music and the New Mexico Performing Arts Society (NMPAS) are co-sponsoring the Zarzuela concert. Franz - [Justine García to Publish Research in “Ecology and Evolution”](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/justine-garcia-to-publish-research-in-ecology-and-evolution/) - September 4, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University biology professor Justine García will publish a research study that helps shed new light on how microbes, microscopic lifeforms, and the organisms they live in can help each other grow. García is the lead author of the paper in “Ecology and Evolution.” “In this - [HU Homecoming September 13 – 21](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-homecoming-september-13-21/) - August 29, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University’s homecoming festivities kick off Sept. 13 and continue through Sept. 21. The theme for homecoming this year is “The Heart of Highlands – Inspiring diversity, pride and legacy.” “Highlands is about the diversity of people from many backgrounds coming together to form a family,” - [Students Give HU High Marks for Educational Experience](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-give-hu-high-marks-for-educational-experience/) - August 28, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Eighty-nine percent of seniors and 83 percent of freshmen rated their entire educational experience at Highlands as excellent or good, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE). “This very high score for how our students rate their educational experience at Highlands speaks volumes for the work - [Jacqueline Porter Joins Staff at HU-CARES](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jacqueline-porter-joins-staff-at-hu-cares/) - August 27, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Jacqueline Porter is the is the new advocacy and education coordinator at the main Las Vegas campus for HU–CARES, the Center for Advocacy, Resources, Education and Support. Porter brings 17 years as a mental health professional and teacher to her position at HU–CARES. “Jacqueline’s biggest strengths are her - [Filmmakers Encourage Students at Ilfeld Screenings](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/filmmakers-encourage-students-at-ilfeld-screenings/) - August 26, 2019 Members of New Mexico’s film industry were on stage at Ilfeld Auditorium Aug. 25 to encourage the middle and high school participants in New Mexico Highlands University’s “Film on a Phone” summer camps as they debuted their projects to a live audience. Presented by the Las Vegas Arts Council and New Mexico - [Spanish Professor Leads Reading Group on Immigration](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spanish-professor-leads-reading-group-on-immigration/) - August 22, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M – An upcoming reading group at New Mexico Highlands University will explore immigration to the United States over the centuries as well as Indigenous sovereignty. The “No History is Illegal: A Multicultural American History” reading and discussion group begins Sept. 26. Norma Valenzuela, a Spanish professor in Highlands’ Languages - [NMHU Screens Made-in-NM Films and Summer Camp Entries](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-screens-made-in-nm-films-and-summer-camp-entries/) - August 21 This weekend, August 24 and 25, Highlands University is celebrating made-in-New-Mexico films at Ilfeld Auditorium with free public screenings of student-created shorts, a trio of blockbusters, and guest speakers from the state's film industry. Saturday, there will be showings of "The Lone Ranger" at 10 a.m., "The Astronaut Farmer" at 12:45, and "Cowboys - [First Day of Fall Semester at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/first-day-of-fall-semester-at-highlands/) - August 21, 2019 Maria Armijo works on financial aid forms at the New Mexico Highlands Student Center Aug. 21, the first day of fall semester. Armijo is a biochemistry senior from Las Vegas, New Mexico. Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands University - [Residence Halls at HU See More Students for Fall Semester](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/residence-halls-at-hu-see-more-students-for-fall-semester/) - August 20, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – There will be more students in the residence halls at New Mexico Highlands University this fall, thanks to what the university’s housing director, Yvette Wilkes, calls a record number of both new and renewal applications for fall semester 2019. The university is opening a new wing of the - [Sixth New Mexico Invitational Painters Exhibition Opens Sept. 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sixth-new-mexico-invitational-painters-exhibition-opens-sept-8/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – This year marks the sixth New Mexico Invitational Painters Exhibition at Highlands University in Las Vegas beginning with an opening reception Sept. 8 from 4–7 p.m. “For the past five years, Highlands has hosted this one-of-a-kind juried exhibition as an invitational survey of contemporary Northern New Mexico painting that Dr. Robert - [President Minner Urges Highlands Colleagues to Make the World a Better Place](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/president-minner-urges-highlands-colleagues-to-make-the-world-a-better-place/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Transeamus ad mundum meliorem. Let us move forward to make the world a better place. With those words, New Mexico Highlands University President Sam Minner launched the fall 2019 semester. Minner delivered his state of the university address at the annual faculty and staff welcome back breakfast Aug. 15. “Highlands University - [Local Youth to Screen Their Films August 25 at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/local-youth-to-screen-their-films-august-25-at-highlands/) - August 14, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – On Aug. 25 Las Vegas-area youth will showcase smartphone films they created at a free summer film camp, thanks to a partnership between New Mexico Highlands University and the Las Vegas Arts Council. The student films will be shown at 2 p.m. in Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium - [Highlands Paleomagnetic Lab Expands, Only One in the Region](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-paleomagnetic-lab-expands-only-one-in-the-region/) - August 13, 2019 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University has a teaching and research facility unmatched in New Mexico and surrounding states, thanks to more than $1.1 million in instrument grants since 2008 from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The latest $153,915 NSF grant adds a vibrating sample magnetometer to Highlands University’s - [Marrujo Receives Doctoral Fellowship at Notre Dame](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/marrujo-receives-doctoral-fellowship-at-notre-dame/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Santiana Marrujo, a New Mexico Highlands University chemistry graduate, chose Notre Dame for her doctoral studies and received the prestigious Arthur J. Schmitt Leadership Fellow in Science and Engineering from the university. Marrujo, a 23-year-old from Mora, New Mexico, graduated from Highlands magna cum laude in May 2018 with a bachelor’s - [NMHU Community Liaisons Connect With Las Vegas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-community-liaisons-connect-with-las-vegas/) - August 5, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is strengthening ties and creating relationships with Las Vegas businesses, organizations and individuals through a new community liaison position. Juli Salman, alumni affairs director at Highlands, and Linda Anderle, administrative assistant in the University Relations Office, are sharing the part-time position. Both will also - [Kelly Trujillo Named New ARMAS Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kelly-trujillo-named-new-armas-director/) - August 7, 2019 Las Vegas, N.M. – Kelly Trujillo is the new director for the Achieving in Research, Math and Science Center (ARMAS) at New Mexico Highlands University. The nationally acclaimed ARMAS Center provides comprehensive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) support services to students. “My whole career has been about mentoring, whether it’s in - [Quadri Kelani to Help Manage Family’s School in Nigeria](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/quadri-kelani-to-help-manage-familys-school-in-nigeria/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Quadri Kelani, a New Mexico Highlands educational leadership graduate student, aims to use his new knowledge to help manage his family’s school in his native Lagos, Nigeria. Kelani’s family owns Vintage Plus, a kindergarten through sixth grade Montessori school that also cares for babies in a nursery. One of his older - [Highlands Golf Pro to Play in 2019 Challenge Cup](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-golf-pro-to-play-in-2019-challenge-cup/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Justin Aragón, head golf professional at the New Mexico Highlands Gene Torres Golf Course, will play in the 2019 Challenge Cup Aug. 4. Billed as Sun Country Golf House’s version of the Ryder Cup, the 2019 Challenge Cup will take place at the Paradise Hills Golf Club in Albuquerque. Aragón will - [Monte Roybal Lands Computer Science Position at LANL](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/monte-roybal-lands-computer-science-position-at-lanl/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Monte Roybal, a New Mexico Highlands computer science graduate student and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has landed a coveted permanent software developer position at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), calling it a dream come true. Roybal is among six Highlands University graduates with a Master of Science in computer science whom - [Coach Gibson's Ashes Spread in Quiet Ceremony at Leveo and Patricia Sanchez Family Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/coach-gibsons-ashes-spread-in-quiet-ceremony-at-leveo-and-patricia-sanchez-family-stadium/) - Las Vegas, NM -- Don Gibson, physical education teacher, athletic director and legendary Highlands University football and basketball coach from 1953 to 1964, passed away in Lakewood Ranch, Florida, on Jan. 20, 2019, at the age of 94. His ashes were placed at the Leveo and Patricia Sanchez Family Stadium at New Mexico Highlands University. - [Graduate Student Gets Scholarship for Drone Wetlands Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/graduate-student-gets-scholarship-for-drone-wetlands-research/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University environmental science management graduate student Katherine Ottmers will be using drones to conduct innovative New Mexico wetlands research, thanks to a scholarship from the New Mexico Geographic Information Council. This is the first known time that drones, unmanned aerial systems, will be used to monitor wetlands in - [Jane Clark Wins National Recognition at Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/36498-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands campus visit specialist Jane Clark won national recognition at the 26th Annual National Collegiate Information and Visitors Services Association conference June 4 – 9 in Portland, Oregon. Clark received a Conference Footprint Award for leaving a lasting impact on the professional organization and for being an outstanding participant - [Cowboy Art Exhibition in Ray Drew Gallery Through August 30](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cowboy-art-exhibition-in-ray-drew-gallery-through-august-30/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents a National Day of the Cowboy Art Exhibition at the university’s Ray Drew Gallery in the Donnelly Library, 802 National Ave., through August 30. The artists’ reception is July 19 from 4 to 6 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibit features New Mexico artists who have - [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Top Priorities for NMHU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-top-priorities-for-nmhu/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is strengthening its diversity, equity and inclusion practices to increase student success, thanks to participation in the 2019 Unidos Equity Leadership Institute July 8 – 13 in Alamosa, Colorado. A partnership among Highlands, the University of New Mexico – Taos, and Adams State University, Unidos is a - [Free Youth Drawing Art Camp at Highlands July 22–25](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-youth-drawing-art-camp-at-highlands-july-22-25/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Middle and high school students will be taking drawing classes and learning about artistic masters during a free summer art camp at Highlands University, thanks to Willie Ann Lansing, a generous Las Vegas donor. “We are very grateful to Willie Anne Lansing for the donation that is making this local art - [Three Generations of Trudells, All NMHU Alumni, Open onesixsix Art Space](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/three-generations-of-trudells-all-nmhu-alumni-open-onesixsix-art-space/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University alumnus Wovoka Trudell’s art exhibition, “I Am the Lost Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell,” is featured at the new onesixsix art space at 166 Bridge St. in Las Vegas, New Mexico July 17 – 27. The artist’s reception for the exhibition is July 20 from 5 - [Highlands to Help Develop Statewide Early Childhood Learning Needs Assessment](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-to-help-develop-statewide-early-childhood-learning-needs-assessment/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Center for the Education and Study of Diverse Populations at New Mexico Highlands University will play a lead role in developing a statewide early childhood learning needs assessment. The New Mexico Early Childhood Development Partnership contracted with CESDP to help develop the State of New Mexico’s Early Learning Needs Assessment - [Diana Venegas Solidifies Career Path to Social Work Policy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/diana-venegas-solidifies-career-path-to-social-work-policy/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Diana Venegas, the new student body president at New Mexico Highlands University, solidified her career path to develop social work policy during a new Legislative Fellowship program the university sponsored. “My professional goal is to attend law school and then work as an attorney on children and family policy issues,” Venegas - [HU School of Education Awarded $525,970 in Teacher Education Scholarship Funds](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-school-of-education-awarded-525970-in-teacher-education-scholarship-funds/) - test - [Tyler Mills Receives Tupelo Press 2019 Snowbound Chapbook Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/tyler-mills-receives-tupelo-press-2019-snowbound-chapbook-award/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University Department of English professor Tyler Mills’ latest poetry book has received the Tupelo Press 2019 Snowbound Chapbook Award. Tupelo Press will publish Mills’ 2018 poetry book, “The City Scattered.” Mills is also the author of two other books of poems, “Hawk Parable,” winner of the prestigious 2017 - [Johnson Adio Wins Grant For Rio Mora Water Quality Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/johnson-adio-wins-grant-for-rio-mora-water-quality-research/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University geology graduate student Johnson Adio is researching water quality at the Rio Mora northeast of Las Vegas, New Mexico, thanks to a $6,500 grant from the New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute. Adio’s thesis research focuses upon an 8-kilometer stretch of the Rio Mora at the Rio - [Tuition-free Film Camp Week at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/tuition-free-film-camp-week-at-highlands/) - Middle- and high-school students are having a hands-on opportunity to learn filmmaking skills June 17-27 at New Mexico Highlands University’s free film-school camp, called “Film on a Phone.” Subjects range from screenwriting to editing videos using smart-phone technology. Students are learning to write, develop, film and edit a one-or two-minute piece that will also be - [Alumni Art Exhibition Continues Through June 28](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumni-art-exhibition-continues-through-june-28/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University presents the second Highlands Alumni Art Exhibition through June 28 in the Kennedy Alumni Hall at 905 University Ave. “We received an excellent response in this second year of the Alumni Art Exhibition, with 23 artists submitting more than 60 works of painting and photography,” said Renee Buchanan, the - [David Lobdell’s Sculptures Featured in Granite City, Illinois and Poland](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/david-lobdells-sculptures-featured-in-granite-city-illinois-and-poland/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University fine arts professor David Lobdell’s steel sculpture “Blue Rail” is being featured in a Six Mile Sculpture Works exhibit in Granite City, Illinois. Lobdell’s piece was cast at the Amsted Rail Company in Granite City in the summer of 2017 for an industry meets the artist program. - [Siblings Ali and Chris Romero Debut Art Exhibition](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/siblings-ali-and-chris-romero-debut-art-exhibition/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Siblings Ali and Chris Romero, students in New Mexico Highlands University’s media arts and technology program, joined forces this month for an art exhibition at 2Ten Galeria in Las Vegas, New Mexico. In their artist statement, the duo describes their “Lukewarm Mess” exhibition as absurd, playful and offbeat, focusing on the - [Anthropology Students First to Map Anasazi Pueblo on Navajo Nation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/anthropology-students-first-to-map-anasazi-pueblo-on-navajo-nation/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Anthropology students from New Mexico Highlands University were the first to document a site and analyze artifacts of a prehistoric Anasazi Pueblo on the banks of the San Juan River on the Navajo Nation in Northwest New Mexico. The three students were participating in a three-week Highlands anthropology program field school - [HU Vatos Rugby Club Wins Third National Championship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-vatos-rugby-club-wins-third-national-championship/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – The New Mexico Highlands University Vatos rugby club won another national championship June 2 in Philadelphia at the 2019 national tournament. It was the third time in five years the Vatos were victorious at the national level, with the club taking home national titles in 2015 and 2016. The Vatos - [Educator: Adapt To The Changing Face Of Higher Education](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/educator-adapt-to-the-changing-face-of-higher-education/) - ALBUQUERQUE, NM – American universities need to look inward to develop solutions to help more students graduate, a noted educator told an audience of university and government officials from across New Mexico. “There’s no excuse for sitting on the sidelines, because you can make big changes,” said Timothy Renick, whom Washington Monthly magazine named as - [Martín Montoya Art Exhibition at Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/martin-montoya-art-exhibition-at-ray-drew-gallery/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents the work of Las Vegas, New Mexico artist Martín Montoya through June 21 in the Ray Drew Gallery in Donnelly Library at 802 National Ave. The closing artist’s reception is June 16 from 3 to 5 p.m. Montoya said he’s always been an artist. “I drew pictures - [Kent Reid: USAID Volunteer Adviser in the Dominican Republic          ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/kent-reid-usaid-volunteer-adviser-in-the-dominican-republic/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Kent Reid, director of the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute at New Mexico Highlands University, volunteered May 5 – 19 in the Dominican Republic providing advice on strategic planning to protect water resources. Reid was on assignment with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as part - [High Marks to Highlands in Alumni Survey](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/high-marks-to-highlands-in-alumni-survey/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University’s alumni who graduated in 2015 and 2016 gave the university high marks for the value of their education relative to cost, with a total of 93 percent reporting being satisfied or very satisfied. The Highlands Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research administered the alumni survey in March - [Board of Regents Meeting Friday, June 7](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/board-of-regents-meeting-friday-june-7/) - The New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents will hold a meeting on Friday, June 7, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., in the Margaret J. Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Avenue, NMHU Main Campus. The meeting will be zoomed: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/122824474 The meeting agenda will be available seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting in the Office - [Vatos Rugby Player Nominated for Life of Significance Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/vatos-rugby-player-nominated-for-life-of-significance-award/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico ­– New Mexico Highlands University graduate Justin Stallworth has been nominated for a Life of Significance Award for his volunteer service. Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company named Stallworth as a finalist for the national award, writing that he “exemplifies great commitment to each and every one of his purposes in life.” - [Music Grad Reyes Montoya Inducted into Latin Grammy Association](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/35055-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Reyes Montoya, who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in music production from New Mexico Highlands University in May 2019, was inducted into the Latin Grammy Association in April. The 22-year-old native of the tiny village of Sunshine, New Mexico, near Ribera started a recording career with his first release - [Gabi Hernandez Addresses Diversity Summit](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/35042-2/) - Highlands alumna Gabi Hernandez speaks about organizing for resistance and change at Highlands' statewide Diversity Summit May 22. Hernandez is a nationally and internationally known social justice advocate and graphic artist. More than 110 people participated in the two-day Diversity Summit, which the Highlands Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Council sponsored. - [New Homeland Security Course at NMHU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-homeland-security-course-at-nmhu/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University is offering a new Introduction to Homeland Security course through a partnership with the Santa Fe Police Department. Robert Vasquez, deputy chief of police of the Santa Fe Police Department and an expert in homeland security, will teach the course, which begins June 3 and continues - [NMHU Hosts ‘Girls Can’ with AAUW](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-hosts-girls-can-with-aauw/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – More than 140 fifth-grade girls from the Las Vegas, New Mexico, area and Pecos schools gained hands-on career knowledge from New Mexico Highlands University science faculty and community members at an American Association of University Women (AAUW) “Girls Can” program May 16 at the university. The Las Vegas Chapter of the - [Elisabeth Valenzuela Coordinates New Regional School Partnership](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/elisabeth-valenzuela-coordinates-new-regional-school-partnership/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Elisabeth Valenzuela is the first coordinator for the Regional School Partnership, a collaboration among Pojoaque Valley Public Schools, Los Alamos National Laboratory and New Mexico Highlands University that aims to support improved teaching and learning. The innovative partnership, launched in October 2018, is the first of its kind in New Mexico - [Alumna Felicia Ortiz adresses NMHU's 2019 grads](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumna-felicia-ortiz-adresses-nmhus-2019-grads/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Take advantage of opportunities to give back to your community and mentor others, Highlands alumna and successful businesswoman Felicia Ortiz told graduates at the Highlands University main campus commencement May 11. A total of 984 students are on track to graduate in 2019 from Highlands and its centers, with 425 students - [NMHU Students Win New Mexico Geological Society Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-students-win-new-mexico-geological-society-scholarships/) - Las Vegas, N.M. -- New Mexico Highlands University environmental geology students, from left, Kate Diem, Donavan Kandjii, James Boyle and Eric Martínez received scholarships May 8 from the New Mexico Geological Society for the coming academic year. Diem, Kandjii and Martínez each received $100 book scholarships and Boyle received a $500 outstanding senior scholarship. - [Veronica Black Named Center for Teaching Excellence Coordinator](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/veronica-black-named-center-for-teaching-excellence-coordinator/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Veronica Black is the new interim coordinator for the Center for Teaching Excellence at New Mexico Highlands University. “The most appealing thing about this position is the opportunity to champion faculty to design experiences for their learning,” Black said. “This directly ties to my experience at the Teacher’s College at Columbia - [NMHU Students Create Multimedia Experience at Jemez Historic Site](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-students-create-multimedia-experience-at-jemez-historic-site/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Fifteen media arts students in New Mexico Highlands University’s one-of-a-kind Program for Interactive Cultural Technology (PICT) have redesigned the Jemez Historic Site visitor center with immersive media for an in-depth look at the region’s cultural history. The new exhibit will open to the public May 18. The PICT students created floor-to-ceiling - [West Las Vegas Students Visit Highlands for Jimmy Santiago Baca Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/west-las-vegas-students-visit-highlands-for-jimmy-santiago-baca-workshop/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – World-renowned poet and author Jimmy Santiago Baca taught a writing workshop to 100 West Las Vegas High School students May 6 at New Mexico Highlands University. “Write your own book,” Baca told the students. “I could be looking at the next Pulitzer Prize winner.” West Las Vegas High School English - [Becca Sharp, Jamie García Awarded Seabury Fellowships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/becca-sharp-jamie-garcia-awarded-seabury-fellowships/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Two New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology students have each received $2,500 fellowships to develop independent projects, thanks to the Seabury Foundation and the Highlands Foundation. Becca Sharp, an Albuquerque native and third-generation Highlands student, received the 2018-2019 Seabury Fellowship and Jamie García, a native of Las Vegas, New - [Edward Martínez Named American Council on Education Fellow](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/edward-martinez-named-american-council-on-education-fellow/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The American Council on Education (ACE) has announced that Edward Martínez, Ph.D., interim vice president for strategic enrollment management at New Mexico Highlands University, is an ACE Fellow for the academic year 2019-2020. ACE is the largest coordinating body for the nation’s higher education institutions, representing more than 1,700 college and - [Mikayla Roybal Wins Internship at National Institute of Drug Addiction](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mikayla-roybal-wins-internship-at-national-institute-of-drug-addiction/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University biology sophomore Mikayla Roybal has won a competitive paid internship with the National Institute of Drug Addiction at the University of California–Irvine for the summer of 2019. “From this internship, I am hoping to learn more about the underlying psychological and neurological effects that drug abuse has - [Las Vegas Pride!](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/las-vegas-pride/) - [Highlands Honors Scholar Athletes at Banquet](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-honors-scholar-athletes-at-banquet/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – High school scholar athletes from Northern New Mexico were recognized at Highlands University April 28 at the inaugural Scholar Athlete Honors Banquet. The Northwest Regional Education Cooperative #2 and Northeast Regional Cooperative #3 sponsored the banquet in collaboration with Highlands. Scholar athletes from the following communities received the honor: Randy Ferrell - [HU Science Students Receive $10,000 NSF Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-science-students-receive-10000-nsf-scholarships/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Eight promising New Mexico Highlands University science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) students have received $10,000 scholarships, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant. The five-year, $661,868 NSF grant aims to prepare students for academic and career success in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, environmental geology or forestry. Richard Medina, - [Free Screening of College-Dropout Documentary ‘Unlikely’ May 30 in Albuquerque](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-screening-of-college-dropout-documentary-unlikely-may-30-in-albuquerque/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – The New Mexico Council of University Presidents is hosting a free screening of the documentary “Unlikely,” which investigates the nation’s college dropout problem and explores the barriers students face in their pursuit of a college education and a meaningful career. The film will show May 30 at 1 p.m. at - [Highlands to Honor Incoming Freshmen Scholarship Recipients](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-to-honor-incoming-freshmen-scholarship-recipients/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands will honor incoming freshmen earning academic scholarships at the university’s Scholars' Night Banquet April 26. “This banquet is the highlight of our year in the Highlands Financial Aid and Scholarships Office,” said Susan Chavez, director of Highlands Financial Aid and Scholarships. “We hope the evening these scholars experience - [NMHU Media Arts & Technology Spring 2019 Exhibit](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-media-arts-technology-spring-2019-exhibit/) - Media Arts and Technology students will proudly showcase recent graphic design, multimedia-interactivity, videography and cultural technology-museum installation work in their end-of-year-exhibit. The event takes place at the university’s McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building, 1183 San Francisco Ave, on May 8th, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. This semester’s graduating BFA class will present comprehensive branding and multimedia in - [Original Music Concert May 3 in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/original-music-concert-may-3-in-ilfeld/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents its Original Music Concert May 3 at7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Highlands music professor Edward Harrington directs the both the Music Technology Program and the concert, which features original works written and produced by Highlands University music - [Jazz Ensemble Concert May 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jazz-ensemble-concert-may-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents the university’s Jazz Ensemble in concert May 2 at 7 p.m. in the Plaza Hotel Ballroom on the Historic Las Vegas Plaza. Highlands University music professor Edward Harrington directs the Jazz Ensemble and plays bass and trombone for the ensemble. Music faculty member Kevin - [HU Students Organize First Las Vegas Pride Parade April 27](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-students-organize-first-las-vegas-pride-parade-april-27/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Las Vegas, New Mexico will have its first Pride parade April 27 at 12 p.m., thanks to a group of New Mexico Highlands students who organized the parade and other Pride events. Lineup for the Pride parade starts at 10 a.m. at 5th Street and National Avenue. The parade will proceed - [Cowboy Poetry and Music at Donnelly Library April 25](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cowboy-poetry-and-music-at-donnelly-library-april-25/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands Donnelly Library presents a free night of cowboy poetry and music April 25 from 5 to 7 p.m. at 802 National Ave. Karlene Martínez, Ray Drew Gallery Curator at Donnelly Library, said the Center for Western and Cowboy Poetry asked her to plan an event to commemorate - [HU Madrigal Choir Performs ‘Peace Love and Joy’ Concert April 28](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-madrigal-choir-performs-peace-love-and-joy-concert-april-28/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Madrigal Choir presents “Peace, Love and Joy” April 28 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. The Madrigal Choir includes Highlands University students and Las Vegas community members. “This concert focuses upon the greater love of God for humanity and the pursuit - [Brittney Mares Co-publishes Biology Research Paper](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/brittney-mares-co-publishes-biology-research-paper/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands graduating biology major Brittney Mares has co-authored a research paper with nine scientists from the University of New Mexico. The paper was published in Developmental Neuroscience March 28, 2019. “I was part of a research team at the University of New Mexico in the summer of 2018 - [Sarah Corey-Rivas Named Professor of the Year](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sarah-corey-rivas-named-professor-of-the-year/) - Las Vegas, N.M.– New Mexico Highlands University has named biology professor Sarah Corey-Rivas Professor of the Year for the 2018 – 2019 academic year. Each spring an independent selection committee composed of students, faculty and staff reviews the nominations for Professor of the Year and selects a winner. Corey-Rivas said she is touched that her - [Derrick Lente to Speak at Albuquerque, Rio Rancho Commencement](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/derrick-lente-to-speak-at-albuquerque-rio-rancho-commencement/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Political leader, lawyer and businessman Derrick Lente of Sandia Pueblo, New Mexico, will deliver the commencement address for the Highlands University Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Centers May 9 at 6 p.m. Commencement will be in the Santa Ana Star Center in Rio Rancho at 3001 Civic Center Circle N.E. “I’m honored - [Students Learn From Indigenous Pottery, Basket Donation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-learn-from-indigenous-pottery-basket-donation/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Anthropology students at New Mexico Highlands are learning first-hand about Indigenous Southwest pottery and baskets, thanks to the generosity of two sisters. Margaret Hermann and Kathleen Walz have donated their mother’s collection of Southwest Native American pottery and baskets as well as Guatemalan Mayan huipiles, embroidered women’s blouses, to the Highlands - [Megan Thursby Accepted to Five Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Programs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/megan-thursby-accepted-to-five-biomedical-sciences-ph-d-programs/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University 2018 biology graduate Megan Thursby had the enviable challenge of choosing from five doctoral programs in biomedical sciences that accepted her, all offering full financial rides. “I’m interested in biomedical sciences because the field is always changing because technology is providing us with tools to investigate answers - [Highlands Marks Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 15 – 30](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-marks-sexual-assault-awareness-month-april-15-30/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University is marking Sexual Assault Awareness Month April 15 – 30 with a slate of activities aimed at reinforcing awareness of sexual assault issues. “We are encouraging people to take action by taking steps to prevent sexual assault and support victims,” said Ruthy Watson, director of the university’s HU-Center for - [HU Concert Choir Performs ‘Anthems’ Concert April 14](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-concert-choir-performs-anthems-concert-april-14/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Concert Choir presents an “Anthems” concert April 14 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Some of the musical selections include “Rejoice in the Lord,” “He, Watching Over Israel,” “Glory to God Forever,” “Kyrie,” “Be Thou My Vision,” “Hymn of Peace” and - [Students, Faculty Honored for Outstanding Leadership](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-faculty-honored-for-outstanding-leadership-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University students, faculty and staff were honored for their outstanding leadership and other contributions to the university at the 21st Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet April 3. The Office of Campus Life, directed by Margaret Gonzales, organizes the event each year. “The student leadership banquet is one of the most - [Highlands English Professor’s Poetry Wins Acclaim  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-english-professors-poetry-wins-acclaim/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University Department of English professor’s poetry book has won critical acclaim from Publishers Weekly. Tyler Mills’ poetry book “Hawk Parable” was published in March 2019 by the University of Akron Press after winning the prestigious 2017 Akron Poetry Prize. “This book is about a family mystery, with - [Brooklyn Aragon Wins National Institutes of Health Internship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/brooklyn-aragon-wins-national-institutes-of-health-internship/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Brooklyn Aragon, a New Mexico Highlands biochemistry student from Las Vegas, New Mexico, has received a competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) paid biomedical internship for summer 2019 in Bethesda, Maryland. Aragon is a sophomore who has earned a 4.0 GPA to date and is the first in her family to - [ ‘Eurydice’ at Highlands April 5, 6](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/eurydice-at-highlands-april-5-6/) - Las Vegas, N.M. –The Highlands University Visual and Performing Arts Department presents a free production of the play “Eurydice” April 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. in the Sala de Madrid Building at 801 University Ave. Don Evans, Highlands University theater instructor, directs the university’s production of the play written by Sarah Rhul. “This ‘Eurydice’ - [NMHU Welcomes Dr. Patrick Wilson, Director of Online and Extended Learning](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-welcomes-dr-patrick-wilson-director-of-online-and-extended-learning/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University has hired an online education veteran with a passion for increasing access to higher education for adult learners via online learning. Patrick Wilson, Ph.D., is the founding director of Highlands University’s new Online and Extended Learning Office. “Dr. Wilson comes with a solid background in the administration - [What a Voice! Winner Chevel Shepherd Sings at HU April 27](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/what-a-voice-winner-chevel-shepherd-sings-at-hu-april-27/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Rising country music artist Chevel Shepherd, winner of the 2018 “The Voice” competition, will perform April 27 at 7 p.m. in Highlands University’s Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Advance tickets will go on sale April 1 at the university’s radio station KEDP-FM, 901 University Ave., Monday through Friday from 1 - [Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Students Visit HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/southwestern-indian-polytechnic-institute-students-visit-hu/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Students from the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute (SIPI) got a taste of being Highlands University students March 26 during a visit coordinated by the Highlands Office of Recruitment and Undergraduate Admissions. The Indigenous students were welcomed by recruitment and other staff, took a campus tour, met with natural resources management faculty, - [English Department Geek Week March 31 – April 6](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/english-department-geek-week-march-31-april-6/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University English Department offers a smorgasbord of free creative endeavors during its second Geek Week March 31to April 6. “Our second annual Geek Week is a weeklong celebration of all the geeky things we love in English,” said Donna Woodford-Gormley, Highlands English professor. “The week will feature presentations on - [Students in Media Arts Program App for Los Alamos Trails](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-in-media-arts-program-app-for-los-alamos-trails/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands Media Arts and Technology Department students are programming 19 new scenic trails into a popular mobile app that features trails in the Los Alamos area. The Pajarito Environmental Education Center is making the free app available for hikers and mountain bikers via iOS or Android phones. “The - [Alumna Felicia Ortiz To Speak at Commencement](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumna-felicia-ortiz-to-speak-at-commencement/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Felicia Ortiz, a New Mexico Highlands alumna and successful businesswoman who serves on the Nevada State Board of Education, will speak at the Highlands University main campus commencement ceremony May 11, 2019. Ortiz is a Las Vegas, Nevada, entrepreneur who earned her B.A in business administration and accounting cum laude - [Alumna Patricia Crespín’s Play Premieres at HU March 29](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumna-patricia-crespins-play-premieres-at-hu-march-29/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University alumna and playwright Patricia Crespín’s new play, Fall Out, will premiere at the university March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. The play, which is free and open to the public, contains adult themes and language. It will be performed primarily by Highlands students - [Joe Moreno New Manager for Highlands Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Centers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/joe-moreno-new-manager-for-highlands-albuquerque-and-rio-rancho-centers/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Joe Moreno is the new manager for the Highlands University Albuquerque and Rio Rancho Centers. “Joe joins us with a strong background in leading centers and working with the community,” said Roxanne Gonzales, Highlands provost and vice president for academic affairs. “I think there’s a tremendous potential for the Highlands Albuquerque - [García and Sánchez Confirmed as Highlands Regents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/garcia-and-sanchez-confirmed-as-highlands-regents/) - Las Vegas, N.M. The New Mexico State Senate confirmed William E. García’s new appointment to the Highlands University Board of Regents March 13 and also confirmed Regent Leveo Sanchez’ reappointment to the board. Their terms extend through Dec. 31, 2024. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan-Grisham nominated García and Sánchez for the Highlands Board of Regents. - [Highlands Student Coordinates State Rep. Andrea Romero's Speech](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-student-coordinates-state-rep-andrea-romeros-speech/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico State Rep. Andrea Romero will speak to Highlands University social work students and the public in Santa Fe March 22 at 9 a.m. Romero’s free talk will be in the Higher Education Center atrium at 1950 Siringo Road in Santa Fe, which houses the Highlands Santa Fe Center and - [Come and Plant Trees at Rio Mora](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/come-and-plant-trees-at-rio-mora/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Community volunteers will have the opportunity to plant native cottonwood trees at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge on March 21 to help restore river habitat. New Mexico Highlands is one of the partners sponsoring the tree planting. “We invite the community to join us in planting cottonwood trees as part - [NMHU Students Receive AAUW Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nmhu-students-receive-aauw-scholarships/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Three outstanding New Mexico Highlands University students received scholarships from the Las Vegas chapter of the American Association of University Women. Samantha Urioste, Brittany Dutton-Leyda, and Jennifer Smith each received $1,000 scholarships. “These three outstanding women impressed the scholarship committee with their strong determination to complete their education while juggling - [Recruitment Receptions at NMHU Centers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/recruitment-receptions-at-nmhu-centers/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands is hosting receptions for potential students in the university’s centers in Farmington, Rio Rancho and Santa Fe. The Highlands application fee will be waived at all the receptions, which include a free dinner for participants as well as their families and friends. Highlands Farmington Center: March 7 from - [Clothing Drive Honors International Women’s Day](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/clothing-drive-to-commemorate-international-womens-day/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – To commemorate International Women’s Day, HU-CARES is holding a clothing and toiletries drive March 27 to benefit clients at the Tri-County Family Justice Center in Las Vegas. “Our staff at HU-CARES reached out to the Tri-County Family Justice Center because they do so much for women in the community,” said Ruthy - [Board of Regents Retreat Friday, March 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/board-of-regents-retreat-friday-march-8/) - UPDATE The New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents retreat scheduled for March 8, 2019 is canceled. The retreat will be scheduled at a later date. The New Mexico Highlands University Board of Regents will hold a retreat on Friday, March 8, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., in the Margaret J. Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 - [Iron Tribe 2019 Performance Pour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/33707-2/) - Photo: Margaret McKinney/Highlands University An iron artist flings molten metal against a wall to create a fiery display at the Feb. 28 performance pour for Highlands University’s Iron Tribe 2019. The biennial Iron Tribe is an internationally known iron art event established by Highlands fine arts professor David Lobdell in 2001. Iron Tribe also - [West Las Vegas and Robertson High Students Register for HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/west-las-vegas-and-robertson-high-students-register-for-hu/) - Nazeki Greene, left, a Robertson High School senior, talks with Jane Clark, Highlands University campus visits specialist about financial aid options. Photo by Rick Loffredo Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands visited West Las Vegas High and Robertson High students Feb. 27 at their schools for a college application blitz. Local - [HU to Offer MFA in Media Arts and Cultural Technology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-to-offer-mfa-in-media-arts-and-cultural-technology/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University will begin offering a Master of Fine Arts degree in Media Arts and Cultural Technology, making it the first university in the state to offer this kind of degree. Applications for the Highlands MFA in media arts and cultural technology degree will be available on the Highlands - [María Villarreal Haase, New to Bilingual Education and Spanish Faculty](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/maria-villarreal-haase-new-to-bilingual-education-and-spanish-faculty/) - Las Vegas, N.M – María Villarreal Haase said it’s a dream come true to be teaching bilingual education and Spanish at New Mexico Highlands University. Villarreal Haase, a veteran college bilingual education professor who started her career as an educator teaching kindergarten through high school Spanish and bilingual education, joined the Highlands faculty spring semester - [Devotional Art Exhibition at Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/devotional-art-exhibition-at-ray-drew-gallery/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents its annual Northern New Mexico Devotional Art exhibition February 18 to March 29 in the Ray Drew Gallery in Donnelly Library at 802 National Ave. The closing artists’ reception is March 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. “Northern New Mexico devotional art is artistic expression that reflects - [Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular Show at Ilfeld March 1](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/pink-floyd-laser-spectacular-show-at-ilfeld-march-1/) - Image Courtesy of MEM Productions LLC Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents a Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular show March 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. “This is the perfect show for classic rock fans of all ages,” said Donna Martínez, Ilfeld Auditorium manager. “This show combines - [Highlands Hosts Business Ethics Workshop March 1](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-hosts-business-ethics-workshop-march-1/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is hosting a free business ethics workshop March 1 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the university’s Student Center, 800 National Ave., Room 322. Las Vegas business community members are welcome at the workshop along with Highlands University business students and faculty. Melanie Zollner, a Highlands - [February 28 Iron Tribe Performance Pour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/february-28-scheduled-iron-tribe-performance/) - https://vimeo.com/317114004 Las Vegas, N.M. – Molten metal flung against a wall will burst into a spectacular display of pyrotechnics during Highlands University’s Iron Tribe 2019 performance casting event on Feb. 28 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Students from 10 universities will participate in Iron Tribe 2019. The sparkling highlight of the iron pour performance is - [Be part of the NMHU website redesign. Your input is vital.](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/be-part-of-the-nmhu-website-redesign-your-input-is-vital/) - Las Vegas - Highland University's web strategy consultant, Chantal Forster, will be on campus Feb. 20 and 21 to give an overview of the website overhaul process to students, faculty and staff; conduct listening sessions; and perform usability studies. Ms. Forster will conduct three listening sessions: Feb. 20, 12 p.m. in Lora Shields Room 265 - [Highlands Welcomes New Website Content Manager](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-welcomes-new-website-content-manager/) - Las Vegas, NM – As part of President Sam Minner’s top priorities for this fiscal year, New Mexico Highlands University has hired a web content manager and a website consultant to oversee the creation of a new website for the university. Anne Maclachlan has a background in online journalism, print publishing and website content development, - [New Mexico Highlands University Welcomes New Staff](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-highlands-university-welcomes-new-staff/) - The following people joined the Highlands family in January: - [Thomas Mishler Scholarship Music Recital February 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/thomas-mishler-scholarship-music-recital-february-24/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Eleven of Highlands University’s top music students will perform in a free recital February 24 at 3 p.m. in the Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. The program for the Thomas Mishler Scholarship Recital includes a wide variety of musical selections, ranging from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to Frédéric Chopin and Giacomo - [Latina Alumna’s Play Produced in Santa Fe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/latina-alumnas-play-produced-in-santa-fe/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A play written by Highlands University alumna Patricia Crespin is running in Santa Fe through February 24. We Are Hispanic-American Women…Okay? premiered at Highlands in 2006. It was the Latina playwright’s first play; she is now completing her 12th. Crespin summarized We Are Hispanic-American Women…Okay? this way: “Four generations of women - [Marrujo Accepted to Eight Chemistry Doctoral Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/marrujo-accepted-to-eight-chemistry-doctoral-program/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University chemistry graduate has her pick of eight doctoral programs around the country. In December, Santiana Marrujo’s letters of acceptance started rolling in from Ph.D. programs at Notre Dame, Purdue University, Iowa State University, Colorado State University, Brigham Young University, Kansas State University, New Mexico State - [International Iron Tribe Exhibit Showcases Contemporary Cast Iron Art](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/international-iron-tribe-exhibit-showcases-contemporary-cast-iron-art-3/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Leading international and American contemporary iron artists are featured in a sculpture exhibit that is part of the Iron Tribe 2019 event at Highlands University. The Iron Tribe art exhibit opens February 8 in the university’s Burris Hall Gallery, 903 National Ave. It continues through Friday, March 1 with a closing - [HU Presents Free Vocal Master Class February 13](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-presents-free-vocal-master-class-february-13/) - Las Vegas, NM – The New Mexico Highlands Department of Music presents a free vocal master class with two world-renowned vocalists on Feb. 13 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Plaza Hotel Ballroom on the historic Las Vegas Plaza. The vocalists teaching the class are soprano Cynthia Lawrence, a Pavarotti Competition winner who has - [Lula Washington Dance Theatre Performs at Highlands Feb. 15.](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/lula-washington-dance-theatre-performs-at-highlands-feb-15/) - Image Courtesy of Lula Washington Dance Theatre Las Vegas, N.M – As part of Black History Month, the Arts @HU initiative at Highlands University is sponsoring the Lula Washington Dance Theatre on February 15 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. The Lula Washington Dance Theatre is one of - [NSF S-Stem Scholarship II Program Deadline March 1, 2019](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nsf-s-stem-scholarship-ii-program-deadline-march-1-2019/) - Las Vegas, NM – The deadline to apply for the NFS S-STEM Scholarship II Program is March 1, 2019. The program is funded to provide scholarships of $10,000 per year for up to three years to promising junior and senior STEM majors. It aims to prepare students to enter a career or graduate program with a - [New Officers Elected for HU Staff Advisory Senate](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-officers-elected-for-hu-staff-advisory-senate/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The New Mexico Highlands Staff Advisory Senate elected a new slate of officers in January to lead the organization in the new year. Adele Ludi is the new Staff Advisory Senate president. The Highlands alumna is the technology support services manager for Information Technology Services. “The purpose of the Staff - [New Geologic Research Instrument Opens Up Exciting Research Opportunities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-geologic-research-instrument-opens-up-exciting-research-opportunities/) - Rick Loffredo/Highlands University Las Vegas, New Mexico – A new geologic research instrument at New Mexico Highlands University will open up opportunities for student research that will advance knowledge across the science disciplines of geology, chemistry and physics. Thanks to a $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, Highlands has added a superconducting rock - [HU Receives NSF Grant for Science Student Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-receives-nsf-grant-for-science-student-scholarships/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Promising New Mexico Highlands science, technology, engineering and math students will receive multiyear scholarships with a special focus on research using data science, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant. The five-year $661,868 NSF grant aims to prepare students in biology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, environmental geology or forestry for - [Martínez to Lead New Teacher Licensure Fast Track Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/martinez-to-lead-new-teacher-licensure-fast-track-program/) - Lorraine Martínez Las Vegas, N.M – A veteran teacher and administrator with a passion for education will lead New Mexico Highlands University’s new fast track teacher licensure program aimed at getting professionals with bachelor’s degrees or higher into education careers faster. Lorraine Martínez, who has more than 30 years of experience as a classroom teacher - [President Minner Launches Lunch and Listen Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/president-minner-launches-lunch-and-listen-program/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University President Sam Minner has launched a new Lunch and Listen program aimed at learning more about offices and programs at the university. His first Lunch and Listen was January 18 with the Financial Aid Office; his next one is February 15 with the Registrar’s Office. - [Highlands Loves Family “Love and War” Chocolate Event February 7](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-loves-family-love-and-war-chocolate-event-february-7/) - Photo: Margaret McKinney/University Relations Las Vegas, New Mexico – Who will win the battle of the best chocolate dessert in Las Vegas? Find out Feb. 7 at 5:30 p.m. when the Highlands Foundation Office hosts a chocolate tasting competition and fundraiser for student success. The Highlands Loves Family “Love and War” event takes place - [Natasha Howard Speaks February 7 For Black History Month](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/natasha-howard-speaks-february-7-for-black-history-month/) - Courtesy Photo: Natasha Howard Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands presents African-American scholar Natasha Howard in a talk Feb. 7 at 5 p.m. as part of the university’s lecture series and Black History Month activities. Howard, a professor in the Africana Studies Program at the University of New Mexico, will speak on - [Daisy Trudell-Mills Wins National Art Scholarship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/daisy-trudell-mills-wins-national-art-scholarship/) - Photo: Rick Loffredo/University Relations Las Vegas, New Mexico – Daisy Trudell-Mills is the first New Mexico Highlands student to receive a National Museum of Women in the Arts scholarship, which is awarded in the amount of $2,500. The 20-year-old fine arts senior from Las Vegas will complete her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in - [Donnelly Reading Group Explores Links Between Human and Forest Communities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/donnelly-reading-group-explores-links-between-human-and-forest-communities/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – An upcoming reading group at New Mexico Highlands will explore the interaction between and among forest and human communities. Kyle Rose, a Highlands University forestry professor, will lead the Forest Communities reading group. “We live in New Mexico surrounded by forests and we both recreate in them and depend - [Professor Sedillo to Present Safe Zone Trainings January 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-sedillo-to-present-safe-zone-trainings-january-24/) - Paul James (“PJ”) Sedillo Las Vegas, New Mexico – A New Mexico Highlands University special education professor will present two free Safe Zone training workshops Jan. 24 aimed at creating a network of support for the LGBTQ community. Paul James (“PJ”) Sedillo will present the public Safe Zone trainings from 10 a.m. - [Benefit Dance for Furloughed Federal Workers at HU Jan. 27](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/benefit-dance-for-furloughed-federal-workers-at-hu-jan-27/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – There will be a dance party to benefit local furloughed federal workers Jan. 27 from 3 – 6 p.m. at the Highlands University Sala de Madrid building at 801 University Ave. Victoria Evans, the anthropology laboratory director at Highlands, is one of the community members spearheading the benefit. “We have - [Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival Performs "Fool for Love" Feb. 1, 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/flagstaff-shakespeare-festival-performs-fool-for-love-feb-1-2/) - Image Courtesy Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival January 17, 2019 Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands presents the Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival performance of Fool for Love Feb. 1 and 2 at 7:30 p.m. Both performances are in Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. “We’re excited to have a play written by - [Hector Montenegro Leads Social and Emotional Learning Workshop January 22](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hector-montenegro-leads-social-and-emotional-learning-workshop-january-22/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – An internationally known expert on social and emotional learning will lead a free all-day interactive workshop at New Mexico Highlands on Tuesday, January 22. Hector Montenegro will present the topic “Building an Inclusive and Restorative Culture Around Social and - [Ruthy Watson Keynote Speaker at Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Event](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ruthy-watson-keynote-speaker-at-martin-luther-king-jr-day-event/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Ruthy Watson of New Mexico Highlands will deliver the keynote address for the Santa Fe Branch of the N.A.A.C.P. event commemorating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Jan. 21. Watson directs the HU – Center for Advocacy, Resources, Education and Support at Highlands. She speaks at the New Mexico Roundhouse rotunda - [Surrealism Art Exhibition Features Local High School Student Work](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/surrealism-art-exhibition-features-local-high-school-student-work/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands presents an art exhibition, Surreal Interpretations, in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery through Feb. 1. The exhibition features artwork created by art students from Robertson High School and West Las Vegas High School. “A high level of creativity and skill are represented in this exhibition,” said Karlene - [Community Opioid Forum at Highlands January 19](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/community-opioid-forum-at-highlands-january-19/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – There will be a Community Opioid Forum at New Mexico Highlands University Jan. 19 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. The free public forum will be in the Highlands University Student Center at 800 National Ave. Lunch will be provided and all ages are welcome. “The primary goal of this - [Luna Students Can Now Use Highlands Health Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/luna-students-can-now-use-highlands-health-center/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Students at Luna Community College now have access to services at the Student Health Center at New Mexico Highlands, thanks to a new agreement between the institutions. The memorandum of understanding signed Jan. 8 between Highlands and Luna also includes El Centro Family Health, which currently delivers medical and behavioral - [HU: Learning Happens Here Announces Spring Schedule](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-learning-happens-here-announces-spring-schedule/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A lifelong learning program at New Mexico Highlands kicks off a new year with a slate of faculty presentations designed to engage the university’s staff. Denise Montoya, Highlands University’s human resources/payroll director, coordinates the HU: Learning Happens Here program in partnership with Sam Minner, Highlands’ president. The program begins its - [Tranquilino “Kino” Hurtado New Career Services Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/tranquilino-kino-hurtado-new-career-services-director/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Tranquilino “Kino” Hurtado is on a personal mission to be a catalyst for helping launch Highlands University students into rewarding and successful professional careers. Hurtado, a Mora, New Mexico, native, is the new interim career services director at New Mexico Highlands. “My philosophy as a career counselor is designed to - [Johnny Tuineau Headed for Physician Assistant Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/johnny-tuineau-headed-for-physician-assistant-program/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Highlands University graduate Johnny Tuineau aims to become a rural primary care provider after he completes his physician assistant studies at Touro University in Las Vegas, Nevada. “It’s my steadfast ambition to give back to the people of rural, medically underserved communities like the one I live in now that - [Prof in Media Arts Edits and Designs Book About Street Art Pioneer](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prof-in-media-arts-edits-and-designs-book-about-street-art-pioneer/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico p – A New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology professor edited and designed a book about the creative life of Al Díaz, legendary New York City street art pioneer. Mariah Fox Hausman’s work is featured in Díaz’ October 2018 book, SAMO© … Since 1978. “Al Díaz is one of - [Sessyon Crawford New on Staff at HU CARES](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sessyon-crawford-new-on-staff-at-hu-cares/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands alumna Sessyon Crawford is the new advocacy and education coordinator at the main campus for HU CARES, the Center for Advocacy, Resources, Education and Support. “Sessyon’s experience in crisis management gives her the ability to remain calm and assess situations appropriately,” said Ruthy Watson, HU CARES director. “Because - [Fall Media Arts Exhibit December 12](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fall-media-arts-exhibit-december-12/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University media arts and technology students will showcase their work in the department’s fall exhibit December 12 at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit is open to the public and is in the university’s McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building at 1183 San Francisco. “We expect a large exhibit in the Trolley Building this - [Cristina Durán Appointed to Governor-Elect’s Transition Team](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cristina-duran-appointed-to-governor-elects-transition-team/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Governor-Elect Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed the dean of the New Mexico Highlands University Facundo Valdez School of Social Work to her government transition team. Cristina Durán will serve on the transition team for New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department. “My focus on this team will include training and - [Prof in Anthropology’s Paper Sheds Light on Nontraditional Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prof-in-anthropologys-paper-sheds-light-on-nontraditional-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University anthropology professor will publish a research study that sheds new light on what matters morally to nontraditional college students 25 and older. Orit Tamir authors the paper, “On Being Nontraditional Students: What Really Matters,” that will be published in the scholarly journal, Teaching and Learning Anthropology. - [Monique Esquibel Sena Passionate About STEM Student Opportunities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/monique-esquibel-sena-passionate-about-stem-student-opportunities/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Monique Esquibel Sena brings the same fierce work ethic she learned growing up on a ranch in Northeastern New Mexico to helping provide New Mexico Highlands students with opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math fields, collectively known as STEM. Esquibel Sena is the STEM grants project coordinator at - [Contract Awarded for Historic Rodgers Hall Renovation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/contract-awarded-for-historic-rodgers-hall-renovation/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – The New Mexico Highlands Board of Regents awarded the primary construction contract for the historic Rodgers Hall renovation to Franken Construction Company at a public hearing Nov. 19. Over the years, Franken Construction of Las Vegas has completed historical renovations at Highlands such as the award-winning McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building - [Original Music Concert December 7 in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/original-music-concert-december-7-in-ilfeld/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents its Original Music Concert Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. The concert features original works written and produced by Highlands University music students in the Music Technology Program and special guest musicians from the Las - [García-Nuthmann Receives Media Praise for Vocal Performance](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/garcia-nuthmann-receives-media-praise-for-vocal-performance/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A New Mexico Highlands music professor received media praise for his vocal performance in the New Mexico Bach Society Chorale Winter Solstice concerts in Santa Fe and Albuquerque. Andre García-Nuthmann, a tenor, directs the vocal and choral program in the Highlands Department of Music. He is a longtime member of - [HU Students in Cultural Exchange With Kazakhstan University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-students-in-cultural-exchange-with-kazakhstan-university/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University students are increasing their cultural understanding of Kazakhstan in Central Asia, thanks to a Spanish professor’s Fulbright-Hays Scholar Award experience in the country in summer 2018. Students in Edgar Vargas Blanco’s Intermediate Spanish as a Heritage Language and Advanced Spanish for Health classes at Highlands are - [Highlands a Navajo Family Tradition for Rushanna Sándoval](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-a-navajo-family-tradition-for-rushanna-sandoval/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – For Rushanna Sándoval of the Navajo Nation, coming to New Mexico Highlands University is a family tradition with two of her cousins graduating from the university. Sándoval, a junior psychology major, is born into the Zia Weaver clan and Red Running Into the Water clan. Her maternal clan is - [Fine Arts Student Work in Exhibition With Reception December 7](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fine-arts-student-work-in-exhibition-with-reception-december-7/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – The New Mexico Highlands Fine Arts Department presents the 2018 Student Art Show with an artists’ reception Dec. 7 from 4 – 7 p.m. The exhibition is in the university’s Burris Hall Gallery at 903 National Ave. and is already on display. “The student show is a snapshot of what’s - [HU Singers Present Production, A Variety Show, Dec. 1 and 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-singers-present-production-a-variety-show-dec-1-and-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University HU Singers present a production titled, A Variety Show, Dec. 1 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 2 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. The majority of the musical selections include Elton John songs such as “Philadelphia Freedom” and “I Know the Truth.” - [Business Students Participate in Ethics Competition](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/business-students-participate-in-ethics-competition/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University business students participated in the Fourth New Mexico Business Ethics Case Competition Nov. 9 – 10 at the University of New Mexico. Students in business faculty Melanie Zollner’s Business Ethics course represented Highlands at the competition. Zollner coached the students for the competition along with business - [HU Student-Athletes Post Strong Graduation Rates](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-student-athletes-post-strong-graduation-rates/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Student-athletes at New Mexico Highlands posted some strong graduation rates, according to the NCAA. The NCCA released the Academic Success Rate report in a Nov. 14 news release, referencing graduation rates for the Division II 2008-2011 student-athlete cohort. Some highlights of the report for Highlands graduation rates include: Women’s volleyball - [HU Psychology Professor Works With Farmington Police Department on Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-psychology-professor-works-with-farmington-police-department-on-research/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A Highlands University psychology professor collaborated with the Farmington Police Department on research that determines its Victim Advocate Program increases conviction rates. Sarah Tracy, who teaches at the Highlands University Farmington Center, studied the Farmington Police Department victim advocate database to examine domestic violence cases from 2016. “Our major finding - [Social Work Student to Speak November 9](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/social-work-student-to-speak-november-9/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A social work graduate student at New Mexico Highlands will give a talk about her Washington, D.C. internship Nov. 9 from 12 – 12:50 p.m. in the university’s Student Center at 800 National Ave. Jennifer Smith, the recipient of the Joseph Montoya $5,000 stipend, worked as an intern with the Community - [Madrigal Choir Concert November 17](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/madrigal-choir-concert-november-17/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – The Highlands University Madrigal Choir presents a concert, Nuestra Musica, Nov. 17 at 3 p.m.in the First United Methodist Church in Las Vegas at the corner of 8th Street and National Avenue. The musical selections encompass the history of Hispanic choral music from the early Renaissance through the folk tradition and - [Jazz Ensemble Concert Nov. 16](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jazz-ensemble-concert-nov-16/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – The Highlands University Department of Music presents the university’s Jazz Ensemble in concert Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Highlands University music professor Edward Harrington directs the Jazz Ensemble and plays bass and trombone for the ensemble. Music faculty member Kevin Zoernig - [HU Anthropology Club Visits School for Advanced Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-anthropology-club-visits-school-for-advanced-research/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The New Mexico Highlands Anthropology Club visited the Santa Fe-based School for Advanced Research Oct. 26 to learn more about anthropological research resources. The School for Advanced Research, founded in 1907, supports advanced scholarship and creativity in the social sciences, humanities and Native American art. “It’s valuable that Highlands has - [Greg Lukianoff to Speak at Highlands November 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/greg-lukianoff-to-speak-at-highlands-november-8/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Greg Lukianoff, a campus free speech advocate, will speak at New Mexico Highlands Nov. 8 at 4:30 p.m. Lukianoff’s free public talk, Unlearning Liberty and Free Speech, will be in the Highlands Student Center Theater, 800 National Ave. Lukianoff, a New York Times bestselling author and attorney, founded the Foundation for - [Barbara Davis Lawrence Painting Retrospective Exhibit at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/barbara-davis-lawrence-painting-retrospective-exhibit-at-hu/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents an oil painting retrospective exhibition for Barbara Davis Lawrence titled, Take Me Home by the Fire Road. The exhibition opens Nov. 2 in the Kennedy Alumni Hall at 905 University Ave. and continues through Dec. 4. There will be a reception Nov. 18 from 2 – - [HU Concert Choir Performs Country Chorale Concert November 4](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-concert-choir-performs-country-chorale-concert-november-4/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Concert Choir presents a Country Chorale concert Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Some of the musical selections include “America the Beautiful,” “Cotton Eye Joe,” “Red River Valley,” “Your Cheatin’ Heart,” “I Saw the Light,” “Pray for Peace,” and - [HU Alumna Named New Mexico Teacher of the Year](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-alumna-named-new-mexico-teacher-of-the-year/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A New Mexico Highlands alumna said she loves going to teach every day ready to empower young scientists to pursue science careers. New Mexico’s Public Education Department selected Jessica Sanders, a science teacher at Roswell’s Berrendo Middle School, as its 2019 Teacher of the Year. Licia Hillman is the principal - [American Poet and Designer a Visiting Ballen Scholar at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/american-poet-and-designer-a-visiting-ballen-scholar-at-hu/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – Aldrena Corder, an American poet, designer and writer, will give an artist talk at New Mexico Highlands as a visiting Ballen Scholar Oct. 25 at 6 p.m. The university’s Media Arts and Technology Department presents Corder in the McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building at 1120 San Francisco Ave. A reception follows - [Ice Cube to Perform at HU November 9](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ice-cube-to-perform-at-hu-november-9/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Multiplatinum rap music legend, actor and producer Ice Cube will perform in Highlands University’s Wilson Complex Nov. 9. Tickets are on sale online at www.outhousetickets.com or at the university’s radio station, KEDP, Studio 103, at 901 University Ave. “Whether you’re making music or you’re making a movie, you do whatever you - [Track and Basketball Athletes Receive Cowgirl Way Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/track-and-basketball-athletes-receive-cowgirl-way-scholarships/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Two hard-working Highlands University women athletes received Cowgirl Way scholarships. Christina Mbadie, a hammer thrower for the track and field team, and Arianna Baca, a forward for the basketball team, both received $500 scholarships from Southwest Capital Bank. Mbadie is a senior business major from Cameroon who maintains a 3.9 GPA - [Prescription Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day October 27](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prescription-drug-take-back-family-fun-day-october-27/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University and the San Miguel County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition are sponsoring a day for the community to come together Oct. 27 to safely dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The fifth Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day is from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Highlands University’s Melody Park. - [Students From HU Conduct New Czech Volcanic Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-from-hu-conduct-new-czech-volcanic-research/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University geology students conducted five weeks of groundbreaking research aimed at understanding the legendary Krasny Vrch volcano in the Czech Republic. Highlands University’s three-year $250,000 National Science Foundation Grant, titled From the Roots to the Roof: the Anatomy of Volcanoes, funded three geology students to conduct research in the summer - [HU Round Up – Senior Day October 24](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-round-up-senior-day-october-24/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University is offering high school seniors a chance to experience a day in the life of a new college student Oct. 24. From 12:30 – 4:30 p.m. The HU Round Up – Senior day begins at 12:30 a.m. in Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. “Our Highlands faculty, staff, and students - [College Night 2018 on October 24 in Wilson Complex](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/college-night-2018-on-october-24-in-wilson-complex/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Prospective college students can learn about career opportunities related to fields of study and more at College Night 2018 on Oct. 24 from 5–8 p.m. in Las Vegas. Highlands University and Luna Community College are sponsoring the 20th Annual College Night. It will be in Highlands’ John A. Wilson Complex at - [2018 Homecoming Honorees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/2018-homecoming-honorees/) - Stephanie Gurule-Leyba has taught medical sciences for 22 years at Capital High School in Santa Fe and received the New Mexico Educator of the Year Award in 2017 from the New Mexico Public Education Department. Gurule-Leyba also received the 2012 Noah C. Rodriguez Award for Excellence in Teaching from Santa Fe Partners in Education. Channel - [Native American Art Exhibit in Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/native-american-art-exhibit-in-ray-drew-gallery/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents an exhibition of Native American art in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery with an artists and donor recognition reception Oct. 22 from 5 – 7 p.m. The Ray Drew Gallery is in the university’s Donnelly Library at 802 National Ave. “Work from selected Native American artists from - [HU Revitalizes Its Campus With Public Art](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-revitalizes-its-campus-with-public-art/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands is revitalizing its main campus through public artwork, thanks to the state’s Art in Public Places Program. Ten artworks ranging from soaring outdoor sculptures to stoneware pottery and a series of bird paintings are being installed throughout the university. “We wanted a variety of diverse artistic aesthetics,” said - [Bond D Will Benefit Local Economy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/bond-d-will-benefit-local-economy/) - Las Vegas, N.M. –Four million dollars will be added to the Las Vegas economy if New Mexico voters approve Higher Education Bond D. “During the past decade, general obligation higher education bonds have brought about $21 million to the Las Vegas economy,” said Highlands University President Sam Minner. “If approved this year, Bond D includes - [HU Employee Wins Regional Drag Racing Title](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-employee-wins-regional-drag-racing-title/) - Las Vegas, N.M – A Highlands University employee won a regional championship for drag racing at the Pueblo Motorsports Park in Colorado Oct. 6. Manuel Baca, Jr. a plumber in the university Facilities Services Division, brought home the top honors for the National Drag Racing Association Summit Elapsed Time (ET) finals, which featured 28 racers - [High School Counselors Gather at Highlands October 4](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/high-school-counselors-gather-at-highlands-october-4/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico high school counselors, community college advisers, and tribal education leaders learned more about what Highlands University has to offer at a free workshop Oct. 4. “Our goal with these higher education supporters was to share how to help their student transition to a successful college experience at Highlands,” said - [Highlands Presents Narcissus and Echo Opera October 20](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-presents-narcissus-and-echo-opera-october-20/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands Department of Music presents the premier of the opera Narcissus and Echo Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Santa Fe composer Janice Simmons composed Narcissus and Echo, which is based upon Greek mythology. Simmons is also the librettist - [New Partnership Aims to Increase Success for 4th Through 8th Graders](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-partnership-aims-to-increase-success-for-4th-through-8th-graders/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Pojoaque Valley Public Schools, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and New Mexico Highlands launched a Regional Partnership School initiative Sept. 26 aimed at supporting improved teaching and learning. The innovative partnership is the first of its kind in New Mexico to combine a school district, a major employer, and a university teacher - [HU Nursing Program Accreditation Extended Through 2024](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-nursing-program-accreditation-extended-through-2024/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education announced continued accreditation for the New Mexico Highlands RN-BSN Program, extending the accreditation through December 2024. The university’s bachelor of science degree in nursing has been accredited by CCNE since 2009 and has remained in good standing since its initial accreditation. “We met all the - [Culinary Adventure Under the Stars October 5](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/culinary-adventure-under-the-stars-october-5/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands university is presenting a one-of-kind culinary experience under the stars Oct. 5 at 6 p.m. at the university’s observatory. The Molecular G-Astronomy dinner is a Highlands Foundation fundraiser to benefit programs that support student success at the university. “Join us for a culinary adventure through the solar system,” said Juli - [Student’s Study Aims to Help Preserve Harpy Eagles in Brazil](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-study-aims-to-help-preserve-harpy-eagles-in-brazil/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands graduate biology student’s research aims to help conserve harpy eagles in Brazil through better understanding the raptor’s prey. Nickolas Lormand spent the summer of 2018 in the central Amazonian rainforest monitoring video and still cameras in the nests of harpy eagles to learn what the parents feed - [HU Launches New Power of Service Season](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-launches-new-power-of-service-season/) - Rosemary Sanchez, Super 8 Motel general manager, left, Sara Mathews, Borrachos manager, and Sylvia Baca, Highlands facilities and planning director, were among the panelists who spoke about customer service Sept. 27 when Highlands launched its second season of the Power of Service program aimed at providing exceptional customer service. Other panelists included Christine Ludi, State - [Highlands Undergraduate Enrichment Has New Location, Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-undergraduate-enrichment-has-new-location-director/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands Undergraduate Enrichment program at New Mexico Highlands has a new location and a new interim director. Melissa Williamson is the interim director for the program that aims to boosts students into successful college careers. It is now located in the Engineering Building at 916 11th St. The name is - [Japanese Techno-Dance Troupe Siro-A at Highlands October 16](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/japanese-techno-dance-troupe-siro-a-at-highlands-october-16/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Siro-A, the Japanese technology infused dance troupe, performs Oct. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in New Mexico Highlands University’s historic Ilfled Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Siro-A is a revolution in live entertainment that fuses modern dance, mime, groundbreaking visual effects, and a techno soundtrack. The troupe tours internationally, electrifying audiences across the - [Goat Helps Control Weeds at Highlands Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/goat-helps-control-weeds-at-highlands-stadium/) - A miniature goat named Brownie munches weeds in the south end of the Highlands University Leveo and Patricia Sánchez Family Stadium Sept. 24. The university’s Facilities Services division enlisted Brownie’s help as part of a natural weed control experiment. Brownie belongs to Alejandro Branch of Facilities Services. - [HU Homecoming October 10 – 21](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-homecoming-october-10-21/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University’s homecoming festivities kick off Oct. 10 and continue through Oct. 21. The theme for homecoming this year is “Celebrating 125 Years – Highlands Strong” in commemoration of the university’s quasquicentennial. “Highlands has been a vital part of the Las Vegas community for 125 years and we also - [Grant in Media Arts Supports Libraries in Developing Cultural Heritage Hubs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/grant-in-media-arts-supports-libraries-in-developing-cultural-heritage-hubs/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University media arts and technology students and faculty will support the creation of cultural heritage hubs at rural libraries in Northern New Mexico, thanks to a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Miriam Langer, chair of the Media Arts and Technology Department, co-wrote the $250,000 grant - [Author and Professor Gabriel Meléndez Presents at Highlands September 26](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/author-and-professor-gabriel-melendez-presents-at-highlands-september-26/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents native New Mexican author and professor Gabriel Meléndez in a talk at Donnelly Library Sept. 26 at 6 p.m. at 802 National Ave. Meléndez will also read from his award-winning 2017 book, The Book of Archives and Other Stories from the Mora Valley, New Mexico. “This book honors - [Recent Retention and Graduation Rates Increase at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/recent-retention-and-graduation-rates-increase-at-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Recent retention and graduation rates at New Mexico Highlands have increased. According to the university’s Office of Institutional Research, overall fall-to-fall retention rates for first-time freshmen increased from 45.2 percent for the 2016 freshmen cohort to 51.6 percent for the fall 2017 cohort. In the area of four-year graduation rates, the - [Art Opening at ARMAS September 21](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/art-opening-at-armas-september-21/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands Art @ ARMAS exhibition opens Sept. 21 at 4:30 p.m. and features the work of Santa Fe painter Eli Levin and others. The public reception is for the new permanent art loan at the Achieving in Research, Math and Science Center in the university’s Engineering Building at - [Student Mary Miller Donates Celestial Tree Sculpture to Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-mary-miller-donates-celestial-tree-sculpture-to-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – An 11-foot-tall steel tree sculpture depicting the total solar eclipse of 2018 is planted firmly in the earth in front of New Mexico Highlands’ Burris Hall, thanks to a donation from a fine arts student. The university’s Board of Regents voted unanimously to approve Mary’s Miller’s Celestial Tree sculpture installation - [Katrina Ortiz in Social Work Lands Social Policy Internship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/katrina-ortiz-in-social-work-lands-social-policy-internship/) - Las Vegas, N.M. ­– A New Mexico Highlands social work graduate student landed an internship aimed at helping develop social policy in New Mexico through the lens of global social justice. Katrina Ortiz is a second-year Master of Social Work student at Highlands who will complete a fall 2018 and spring 2019 internship at the - [New Mexico Painters Exhibition Opens](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-painters-exhibition-opens/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico, artists from the left Meredith Britt, Nacho Jaramillo, and Kimberly Reed-Deemer talk at the opening reception for the Fifth Invitational New Mexico Painters Exhibition at Highlands Sept. 9. Jaramillo’s paintings are at the right. The exhibition continues through Sept. 28 in the Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. It is open - [President Minner Greets Students at Robertson High School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/president-minner-greets-students-at-robertson-high-school/) - [Donnelly Reading Group Explores Magic in Literature](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/donnelly-reading-group-explores-magic-in-literature/) - Las Vegas, N.M. - An upcoming reading group at New Mexico Highlands will explore magic in literature such as a Harry Potter book. Donna Woodford-Gormley, a Highlands University English professor, will lead the “Entering Magical Worlds” reading group. The free book discussions are from 12 – 1 p.m. in Donnelly Library, 802 National Ave., on - [Two Concurrent Fine Arts Exhibitions in Burris Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/two-concurrent-fine-arts-exhibitions-in-burris-hall/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents two concurrent fine arts exhibitions that feature portraits by a Polish artist and paintings that are a collaboration between national artists and former students from Adams State University. Portraits is a painting exhibition from Karol Babicz, a professor at the Academy of Fine Art in Wroclow, - [Highlands Celebrates 125th Anniversary With Traditional Matanza](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-celebrates-125th-anniversary-with-traditional-matanza/) - Edward Martínez, left, Rico Blea, and Eric Romero lift a kettle of roasted pork head from the matanza pit at New Mexico Highlands’ 125th anniversary celebration, a traditional matanza, Aug. 25 at the Leveo and Patricia Sánchez Family Stadium. Approximately 1,000 people from the Highlands campus and Las Vegas community turned out to enjoy the - [Public Forum August 30 About HU’s Golf Course](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/public-forum-august-30-about-hus-golf-course/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands will host a public forum Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. to receive comment about the university’s Gene Torres Golf Course. The public forum is in the university’s Student Center Ballroom at 800 National Ave. “I’m reaching out to invite the public to help New Mexico Highlands explore - [Convocation Ceremony Welcomes Freshmen to Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/convocation-ceremony-welcomes-freshmen-to-highlands/) - Charise Romero, right, and Mariah Fischer-Corn talk Aug. 21 at Fall Convocation 2018, a ceremony which welcomes freshmen and transfer students to the Highlands family. Romero is a criminal justice major from Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Fischer-Corn is a history and secondary education major from Albuquerque. The convocation ceremony is organized by the university’s - [President Minner Says University Is In Much Better Position](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/president-minner-says-university-is-in-much-better-position/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands is in a much better position moving forward than it was a year ago, said the university’s president. “Things are so very different at the beginning of this academic year,” President Sam Minner told approximately 300 faculty and staff during a welcome back breakfast Aug. 16.“The state - [Cherie Romero Panelist at Dominici Public Policy Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cherie-romero-panelist-at-dominici-public-policy-conference/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico ­– A New Mexico Highlands graduate student in educational leadership will be a student panelist at the Dominici Public Policy Conference Sept. 12 – 13. Cherie Romero received the Dominici Scholar honor and is working with mentors to develop rigorous questions for the conference speakers. Romero is a first-grade teacher at - [Esports Club to Launch at Highlands Fall Semester](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/esports-club-to-launch-at-highlands-fall-semester/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A new esports initiative at New Mexico Highlands aims to get students involved in competitive video gaming via a club at the university that will launch fall semester 2018. The Esports Club will focus on League of Legends and Overwatch, two of the most popular video games with tens of millions - [Fifth New Mexico Invitational Painters Exhibition Opens Sept. 9 at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fifth-new-mexico-invitational-painters-exhibition-opens-sept-9-at-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – This year marks the Fifth New Mexico Invitational Painters Exhibition at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas beginning Sept. 9 and will be the first year the show travels to Santa Fe. “For the past four years Highlands has hosted this one-of-a-kind exhibition as an invitational survey of contemporary Northern - [Matanza August 25 to Celebrate Highlands 125th Anniversary](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/matanza-august-25-to-celebrate-highlands-125th-anniversary-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands will celebrate its 125th anniversary with a traditional matanza pig roast meal with music for the community and campus Aug. 25 at the university’s Leveo and Patricia Sanchez Family Stadium at 906 Baca Ave. The ticket prices for the community are $5 each, with children three and younger - [Jim Abreu Earns Administrator of the Year Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jim-abreu-earns-administrator-of-the-year-award/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Jim Abreu, a former School of Education dean at New Mexico Highlands, received the Administrator of the Year award from the New Mexico Coalition of Educational Leaders. Abreu’s distinguished career as an educator spans 43 years, with 26 of those years spent on the Highlands faculty. For the last eight years, - [Highlands Heritage Exhibition Opens August 9](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-heritage-exhibition-opens-august-9/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents the Highlands Heritage Exhibition with a public opening reception Aug. 9 from 4 – 7 p.m. The exhibition is in the Kennedy Alumni Hall at 905 University Ave. and is part of Heritage Week in Las Vegas. “The exhibit includes archival photos from the Donnelly Library collection - [Mariachi Vaqueros de Highlands to Perform Again](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mariachi-vaqueros-de-highlands-to-perform-again/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University mariachi group has a long history of award-winning excellence and will resume performing fall semester 2018. “Mariachi music is a beloved and vital aspect of Hispanic culture in our region,” said Kimberly Blea, dean of students at Highlands. “Because Highlands is a federally designated Hispanic-Serving Institution, - [Students Create Digital Online Exhibits of Donnelly Library Archives](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-create-digital-online-exhibits-of-donnelly-library-archives/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – History of the Las Vegas community and Highlands University come to life, thanks to a digital online special collections exhibits project the university’s media arts and technology students created for Donnelly Library. Graduate media arts students in Lucia Duncan’s spring semester 2018 class, Synthesis of Media Arts and Computer Science, created - [Professor in Fine Arts Wins Sculpture Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-in-fine-arts-wins-sculpture-award/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands fine arts professor took home first place honors in a juried Rocky Mountain Region sculpture show. David Lobdell’s steel and iron piece, “Nesting Book #1,” was recognized at the Creede Sculpture Show in Creede, Colorado, July 20. “My piece is a book made out of steel that - [Highlands Foundation Holds Art Summer Camp](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-foundation-holds-art-summer-camp/) - Renee Buchanan the art curator for the NMHU Foundation teaches drawing to middle and high school students. The class is based on university’s art collection donated by Robert Bell. The Foundation is holding the summer drawing camp at Kennedy Alumni Hall from July 23 - 27. - [Prof in Biology Receives American Heart Association Grant for Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prof-in-biology-receives-american-heart-association-grant-for-research/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University biology professor received an American Heart Association grant for research aimed at shedding new light on the role the estrogen hormone plays in pulmonary hypertension. Jessica Snow’s two-year American Heart Association grant totals $155,000. “Pulmonary hypertension, or high blood pressure in the lungs, puts a - [Matanza August 25 to Celebrate Highlands 125th Anniversary](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/matanza-august-25-to-celebrate-highlands-125th-anniversary/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands will celebrate its 125th anniversary with a traditional matanza pig roast meal for the community and campus Aug. 25 at the university’s Leveo and Patricia Sanchez Family Stadium at 906 Baca Ave. Matanzas have been part of New Mexican culture and history since the first Spanish conquistadors arrived - [Agreement Helps Students Graduate On Time](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/agreement-helps-students-graduate-on-time/) - SANTA FE, NM – Students at Northern New Mexico College and New Mexico Highlands University will have a more streamlined avenue to graduation thanks to a new agreement between the two institutions. The agreement, signed by the institutions’ respective presidents at the Santa Fe Higher Education Center, creates a partnership that allows students to enroll - [Roadrunner Bar and Grill Opens at Gene Torres Golf Course](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/roadrunner-bar-and-grill-opens-at-gene-torres-golf-course/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Roadrunner Bar and Grill is now open to golfers and the community at the New Mexico Highlands Gene Torres Golf Course. The grill is serving up breakfast, lunch and dinner every day of the week at 1 Country Club Dr. in Las Vegas. “The golfers are pretty excited that the - [Cowboy Art Exhibition in Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cowboy-art-exhibition-in-ray-drew-gallery/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents a National Day of the Cowboy Art Exhibition in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery from July 9 – Aug. 22. The exhibit features New Mexico artists who have lived the cowboy way. The artists reception will be July 22 from 1 – 3 p.m. in the gallery, - [HU Moves Forward on Several Initiatives](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-moves-forward-on-several-initiatives/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Following a successful accreditation reaffirmation by the Higher Learning Commission, New Mexico Highlands is positioning itself to be a stronger university through several significant improvements across all of its operations. The initiative, HU Futures, is a directive from Highlands’ president, Sam Minner, to create a more vibrant and effective university by - [Stuart Gelzer’s Himalayan Photography Exhibit at 2 Ten Galeria](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/stuart-gelzers-himalayan-photography-exhibit-at-2-ten-galeria/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University media arts faculty member’s photography exhibition titled, Kumanoni: People of the Indian Himalayas, is in the 2 Ten Galeria on the Historic Las Vegas Plaza. Stuart Gelzer’s solo exhibition of portraits taken during five weeks in the mountains of India in spring 2018 continues through Aug. 8. Gelzer, - [Graduates and Alumni Give Highlands High Marks In Surveys](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/graduates-and-alumni-give-highlands-high-marks-in-surveys/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands’ 2018 graduates gave the university high marks for quality of instruction and value of their education relative to cost in a recent survey, meeting and exceeding 95 percent satisfaction on these and other measures. The Student Satisfaction Survey is a state-mandated survey distributed to graduating students. The - [Men's cross-country earns GPA accolades](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-coach-earns-brechler-award/) - LAS VEGAS – New Mexico Highlands’ men’s cross-country team received the Rocky Mountain Athletics Conferences’ 2017-18 Brechler Award for the athletes’ academic performance. Coach Bob DeVries’ team earned a collective GPA of 3.522, the best of all men’s cross-country squads in the conference. During the 2017-18 academic year, the cross-country runners posted a GPA average - [Art Club Installs Butterfly Public Art Project in Las Vegas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/art-club-installs-butterfly-public-art-project-in-las-vegas/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – More than 2,000 colorful biodegradable paper and sheet metal butterflies are fluttering in Las Vegas, thanks to a public art installation by the Highlands University Art Club. The students received a grant for the project from the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs Art in Public Places T.I.M.E. program, which - [Free Isotopes Game July 7 for HU Alumni](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-isotopes-game-july-7-for-hu-alumni/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – July 7 is a free day for Highlands Alumni at the Isotopes baseball game in Albuquerque at 6:35 p.m. when the team takes on the Tacoma Rainiers. Faculty, students and staff from the Highlands Rio Rancho Center are also invited to the game at Isotopes Park at 1601 Avenida Cesar Chavez - [Jessica Jaramillo Attends Harvard Management Institute](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jessica-jaramillo-attends-harvard-management-institute/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands director learned about higher education management best practices at a Harvard Graduate School of Education Management Development Institute. Jessica Jaramillo, Highlands University’s director of recruitment and undergraduate admissions, participated in the Harvard training June 3 – June 15 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “The major takeaway for me at - [Student Service Club Lends Help After Guatemala Volcano Eruption](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-service-club-lends-help-after-guatemala-volcano-eruption/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands students lent a hand sweeping and shoveling volcanic ash from the streets following the deadly Fuego volcano eruptions that started June 3 in Guatemala and continued for more than a week. The students also volunteered in a residential hospital for special needs children and adults. The Highlands 10-member - [Graduate of Media Arts Plays Key Role in Building New Meow Wolf Exhibits](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/graduate-of-media-arts-plays-key-role-in-building-new-meow-wolf-exhibits/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University media arts and technology graduate is playing a key role in building new exhibits for Meow Wolf, a highly successful Santa Fe immersive and interactive art installation that is expanding to two new cities. Dré Gallegos is the lead technical fabricator for Meow Wolf’s team of eight employees - [Theater Costume Exhibit Opens at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/theater-costume-exhibit-opens-at-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – An exhibition of theater costume concepts by an Albuquerque-based designer are on display at Highlands University’s Kennedy Alumni Hall. Carmen Schein, who has designed theater costume designs in London and the United States, donated the 47 costume design artworks in the exhibition to Highlands. The designs include costume concepts from Alice in - [Professor To Publish Paper Examining Popular Cuban Art Form](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-to-publish-paper-examining-popular-cuban-art-form/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University English professor will publish a paper about a popular Cuban art form called repentismo or improvised poetry. Donna Woodford-Gormley, the only Shakespeare scholar conducting research in Cuba and is internationally known for her work, wrote the upcoming paper for the Shakespeare Survey. “Cuba is at the - [Professor to Deliver Keynote at Medieval History Conference in Prague](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-to-deliver-keynote-at-medieval-history-conference-in-prague/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexican Highlands history professor will deliver the keynote address at an international medieval history conference in Prague that focuses on literacy during the later Middle Ages. Steven Williams, an internationally known scholar of medieval intellectual history, will speak at Charles University’s Centre for Medieval Studies at the conference, “Books - [Media Arts Interns Make Their Mark at Cultural Institutions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/interns-make-their-mark-at-cultural-institutions/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Fifteen New Mexico Highlands media arts and technology students will make their mark at cultural institutions throughout the state this summer using the latest multimedia technology. The paid internships are thanks to a collaborative funding model between the Newman’s Own Foundation, the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs, and New Mexico - [Drawing Art Camp for Youth July 23 – 27](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/drawing-art-camp-for-youth-july-23-27/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Middle and high school students will have the chance to take drawing classes and learn about artistic masters such as Rembrandt at a free summer art camp at Highlands University, thanks to a grant from the First Presbyterian Church in Las Vegas. The Highlands University Foundation presents the art camp July - [Graduate Geology Student Conducts Research on Santa Fe River Water](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/graduate-geology-student-conducts-research-on-santa-fe-river-water/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands geology graduate student will conduct a hydrogeology research study of the lower Santa Fe River that aims to measure the quantity and quality of the water as it flows into the Rio Grande. Ryan Mann, a 41-year-old Albuquerque native and Santa Fe resident, received a grant from - [Jessica Johnsen Will Attend Largest Conference for Women Computer Scientists](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jessica-johnsen-will-attend-largest-conference-for-women-computer-scientists/) - Las Vegas, N.M. ­­– A New Mexico Highlands computer science professor received a faculty scholarship to participate in the world’s largest gathering of women computer scientists. Jessica Johnsen competed with applicants from across the globe to attend the 2018 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Houston from Sept. 26 – 28. “I think - [Rubber Duck Race at Highlands Swimming Pool June 15](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/rubber-duck-race-at-highlands-swimming-pool-june-15/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Rubber ducks will be swimming the waters of the Highlands University swimming pool June 15 to raise money for student success. Meet at 11 a.m. at the university’s swimming pool in its natatorium at 908 Baca Ave. to cheer for your little ducky in the race. “The duck race is a - [Rebecca Sena Headed for Biomedical Sciences Doctoral Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/rebecca-sena-headed-for-biomedical-sciences-doctoral-program/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Rebecca Sena aims to delve into the mysteries of the brain and neuropharmacology during her doctoral studies in biomedical sciences at the University of New Mexico. “I have always had a fascination with the brain,” Sena said. “At Highlands, I became intrigued with the fundamental neurobiology of mental health disorders. My - [Alumna Wins Teacher Who Inspires Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumna-wins-teacher-who-inspires-award/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University alumna named for a 2018 Teacher Who Inspires Award said success at teaching middle school math is about relationships not just numbers. Melissa Romero, a 7th and 8th grade mathematics teacher at El Camino Real Academy in Santa Fe Public Schools for the past four years, received the - [President Minner Moves to Communications East Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/president-minner-moves-to-communications-east-building/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University President Sam Minner’s office is now in the Communications East Building at 901 University Ave. Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Roxanne Gonzales and the Academic Affairs Office as well as Vice President of Finance and Administration Max Baca and the Finance and Administration Office also - [HU Athletes Continue Academic Streak](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-athletes-continue-academic-streak/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – New Mexico Highlands’ athletes demonstrated their commitment on the field and in the classroom with 121 Cowboys and Cowgirls earning a 3.0 GPA or better. The women’s track and field and volleyball teams earned the highest average GPAs, 3.41. "We are very proud of our student-athletes for their success in the - [Highlands education dean named to national leadership fellowship](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-education-dean-named-to-national-leadership-fellowship/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The dean of Highlands University’s School of Education will join 12 colleagues from across the country as an Impact Academy fellow, chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation. “Deans of education are facing complex challenges,” said Dean Virginia Padilla-Vigil. “Through the Impact Academy fellowship, I will become part of a - [AAUW Girls Can Event at Highlands May 17](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/aauw-girls-can-event-at-highlands-may-17/) - Highlands forestry professor Julie Tsatsaros, left, shows 5th grade girls Yesenia Esquibel, Taylor Quintana and Alexis Pachecho how to conduct a water cycle experiment simulating rainfall and water quality during an AAUW Girls Can event at Highlands May 17. Forestry professor Blanca Cespedes also presented the experiment. More than 130 local 5th grade girls participated - [Vatos Rugby Captain Nominated for Life of Significance Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/vatos-rugby-captain-nominated-for-life-of-significance-award/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico ­– Earl Smith, the New Mexico Highlands Vatos Rugby Club captain and president, is a champion on an off the field. His team is headed back to the national sevens rugby championship tournament in June looking for a three-peat win and he is nominated for a Life of Significance Award for - [García-Nuthmann to Conduct Santa Fe Symphony May 30](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/garcia-nuthmann-to-conduct-santa-fe-symphony-may-30/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands music professor will conduct the Santa Fe Symphony and Chorus May 30 at 7 p.m. in a free concert commemorating Memorial Day. Andre García-Nuthmann is the guest conductor for the concert, which will be at St. Francis Cathedral at 131 Cathedral Place, also known as the Cathedral - [Students From HU Only Americans to Participate in German Geology Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-from-hu-only-americans-to-participate-in-german-geology-conference/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University students are the only U.S. students participating in a geology conference in Germany in June focused on how ancient mountain ranges and volcanoes grew at the border between Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Highlands University’s three-year $250,000 National Science Foundation Grant, titled From the Roots to - [Maj. Gen. Melvyn Montaño Delivers Commencement Address](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/maj-gen-melvyn-montano-delivers-commencement-address/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Be the kind of leaders that adhere to the highest standard for integrity, highly decorated Maj. Gen. Melvyn Montaño told graduates at the Highlands University main campus commencement May 12. A total of 983 students are on track to graduate from Highlands and its centers, with 489 students earning their diplomas - [Chien-Chung Chen Named Professor of the Year](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/chien-chung-chen-named-professor-of-the-year/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University named marketing professor Chien-Chung Chen Professor of the Year for 2017 – 2018. Each spring an independent selection committee composed of students, faculty and staff reviews the nominations for Professor of the Year and selects a winner. Joshlyn Simasingh is a Highlands MBA candidate who will - [HU Announces Faculty Promotions and Tenure](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-announces-faculty-promotions-and-tenure/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Two Highlands associate professors have been promoted to full professors and eight faculty members have received tenure. Associate professors Todd Christensen, art, and Jesus Rivas, biology, were promoted to full professor. Assistant professors Sarah Corey-Rivas, biology, Mariah Fox Hausman, media arts, William Hayward, exercise science, Lara Heflin, clinical psychology, Jason McIntosh, - [Masks from the Congo Exhibit Opens at Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/masks-from-the-congo-exhibit-opens-at-ray-drew-gallery/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands presents an art exhibition, Masks and Artifacts from the Congo, in the university’s Ray Drew Gallery with an artist opening reception May 30 from 4 – 6 p.m. The exhibition also features masks created by art students from Robertson High School. “The 11 wooden masks in the Highlands - [Alumni Art Exhibition Opening Reception May 13](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumni-art-exhibition-opening-reception-may-13/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University presents the first Highlands Alumni Art Exhibition with a public opening reception May 13 from 1 – 3 p.m. The exhibition is in the Kennedy Alumni Hall at 905 University Ave. “We haven't had an alumni art show at Kennedy Hall before, but received an excellent response with 20 - [HU Alumnus Appointed to Board of Regents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-alumnus-appointed-to-board-of-regents/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Dan Padilla knows how Highlands University transforms lives. He is living proof. “It’s enriched me in the knowledge that there’s a lot out there for anyone who has a dream or desire to do something,” said Padilla, whom Gov. Suzanna Martinez named as a recess appointment to the Highlands Board of - [Susan Decker Named New ARMAS Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/susan-decker-named-new-armas-director/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Susan Decker is the new director for the Achieving in Research, Math and Science Center at New Mexico Highlands University. The nationally acclaimed ARMAS Center provides comprehensive science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) support services to students. “Throughout my career, my goal has always been to support student success through helping - [Historic Photo Campaign Part of Highlands 125-Year Anniversary Celebration](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/historic-photo-campaign-part-of-highlands-125-year-anniversary-celebration/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University launched an historic photo campaign on social media in celebration of the university’s 125th year anniversary or quasquicentennial. Every week Facebook users can visit the Highlands University Facebook page at www.facebook.com/HighlandsUniversity to see what new images have been posted, with many drawn from the university’s Southwest - [Registration Underway for Summer Spanish Immersion Institute](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/registration-underway-for-summer-spanish-immersion-institute/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Registration is underway for the New Mexico Highlands Summer Spanish Immersion Institute that prepares teachers to take the New Mexico bilingual certification La Prueba exam. The university’s School of Education is presenting the institute May 29 – June 5 on its main campus in Las Vegas, New Mexico. “Highlands is proud - [Students Enjoy Rez Fest Carnival at Melody Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-enjoy-rez-fest-carnival-at-melody-park/) - Highlands University Freshman Malik Brown, from Chicago, IL bounces on the Euro Bungy during the annual Rez Fest Spring Carnival held each year at Melody park. The university’s Office of Housing and Student Conduct sponsors the event. - [Spring Exhibit for Media Arts and Technology May 9](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spring-exhibit-for-media-arts-and-technology-may-9/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University media arts and technology students will showcase their work in the department’s Spring Exhibit May 9 at 5:30 p.m. with film screenings beginning at 6:30 p.m. The exhibit is open to the public and is in the university’s McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building at 1183 San Francisco Ave. “The spring - [Children Learn About Recycling at Highlands’ Recycling Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/children-learn-about-recycling-at-highlands-recycling-center/) - [LANL Hires Computer Science Graduate For Position](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/lanl-hires-computer-science-graduate-for-position/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University computer science master’s degree candidate has landed a career position at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Rosario Vasquez, who also earned her bachelor’s degree in computer science at Highlands, will work at LANL in a position that focuses on computer support and system administration. “My position at LANL will - [Highlands Recognized Faculty for Excellence](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-recognized-faculty-for-excellence/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Faculty members at New Mexico Highlands received recognition for academic excellence ranging from scholarly research papers to conference presentations at a reception April 18. “The main driver of learning outcomes in a university is the quality of its faculty,” said Highlands University President Sam Minner, “The excellence of faculty accomplishments highlighted - [HU Singers Presents Blast From the Past Musical Production April 28-29](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-singers-presents-blast-from-the-past-musical-production-april-28-29/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University HU Singers presents a Blast From the Past April 28 at 7 p.m. and April 29 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. The musical production features an extravaganza of different styles of popular music from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. - [Prescription Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day April 28  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prescription-drug-take-back-family-fun-day-october-april-28/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The San Miguel County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and Highlands University are sponsoring a day for the community to come together April 28 to safely dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The fourth Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day is from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Highlands University’s Melody Park. - [Sociology Prof’s Fulbright Award Will Expand Students’ Global Understanding](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sociology-profs-fulbright-award-will-expand-students-global-understanding/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University professor’s Fulbright-Hays Scholar Award collaborates with the University of Arizona to develop curriculum that aims to expand high school and college students’ global understanding of Central Asia, particularly Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Highlands sociology professor Erika Derkas is the project director for the Fulbright that will - [Vatos Heading to Championships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/vatos-heading-to-championships/) - The Vatos are going back to Pennsylvania. New Mexico Highlands University’s rugby club has made a habit of playing in the national sevens championship tournament, and that’s exactly what the Vatos will be doing in June. The Vatos defeated Wabash University 29-7 to claim the top spot in the Oak Leaf 7s Qualifier hosted by - [Gordon-Moffett Will Speak at Albuquerque/Rio Rancho Center Commencement](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/gordon-moffett-will-speak-at-albuquerque-rio-rancho-center-commencement/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Director of Service Learning at Central New Mexico Community College will address students at the Highlands University Albuquerque/Rio Rancho commencement ceremony May 10 about the importance of persistence and service. Sharon Gordon-Moffett is a national leader in career and technical education as well as service learning. She is also the - [HU Researcher to Lecture on Urraca Man Remains](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-researcher-to-lecture-on-urraca-man-remains/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – A New Mexico Highlands researcher will lecture April 21 on her work with a set of human remains found on the Urraca Mesa outside of Cimarron, New Mexico. Victoria Evans’ lecture will be at 11 a.m. at the City of Las Vegas Museum and Rough Rider Memorial at 727 Grand Ave. - [Jazz Ensemble Concert April 20](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jazz-ensemble-concert-april-20/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents the university’s Jazz Ensemble in concert April 20 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, 800 National Ave. Highlands University music professor Edward Harrington directs the Jazz Ensemble and plays bass and trombone for the ensemble. Music faculty member Kevin Zoernig is the - [Junior Day April 28 Gives Students a Head Start for College Planning](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/junior-day-april-28-gives-students-a-head-start-for-college-planning/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Junior Day at Highlands University April 28 gives high school juniors an opportunity to jump-start their plan to attend college and enjoy some fun in the sun at the university. The new event is geared toward students beginning their college search. The day begins at 9:30 a.m. at the Highlands John - [Fiesta de la Hispanidad April 22 in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fiesta-de-la-hispanidad-april-22-in-ilfeld/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The 24th Annual New Mexico Highlands University Fiesta de la Hispanidad brings music and dance center stage to Ilfeld Auditorium April 22 at 2 p.m. “This beloved community event celebrates the local Hispanic culture and Spanish language,” said Sara Harris, emcee. “It promotes the talented participants who appear year after year - [Climate Change Awareness Summit at HU April 28](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/climate-change-awareness-summit-at-hu-april-28/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The second annual Climate Change Awareness Summit at Highlands University April 28 aims to raise awareness about slowing climate change and spark activism for environmental issues. The day of free public events is a community collaboration that includes a Gallinas River cleanup, climate change awareness march, guest speakers, Highlands faculty - [Students Receive Recognition for Outstanding Leadership](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-receive-recognition-for-outstanding-leadership/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University students received recognition for their outstanding leadership in and out of the classroom and other contributions to the university at the 20th Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet April 4. The Office of Campus Life, directed by Margaret Gonzales, organizes the event each year. “Our theme for the banquet this - [English Department Offers Geek Week April 9 - 14](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/english-department-offers-geek-week-april-9-14/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University English Department offers a smorgasbord of creative endeavors during its first Geek Week April 9 – 14. “We are celebrating the creative and scholarly activities that we love in the English Department and sharing our enthusiasm for literature, writing and much more,” said Donna Woodford-Gormley, department chair. “We’ll - [Madrigal Choir Concert, Sing We and Chant It, April 14](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/madrigal-choir-concert-sing-we-and-chant-it-april-14/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Madrigal Choir presents a concert, Sing We and Chant It, April 14 at 3 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Las Vegas at the corner of 8th Street and National Avenue. Some of the musical selections include “Con Amores La Mi Madre,” “Fa Una Canzona,” “Sing - [Employees Recognized at Awards Ceremony](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/employees-recognized-at-awards-ceremony-2/) - Yvonne Quintana, right, receives the President’s Choice Award for exceptional service from Highlands University President Sam Minner at the university’s 19th Annual Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony breakfast April 4. Quintana is an executive assistant in the Finance and Administration Office. Highlands retirees were also honored along with those who have served the university for - [Town and Gown Photography Show Opening Reception April 7](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/town-and-gown-photography-show-opening-reception-april-7/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University presents the third annual Town and Gown Photography Show in Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave., with an opening reception April 7 from 1 – 3 p.m. The exhibit features the work of the university’s Media Arts and Technology Department students as well as the Meadow City Camera Club. - [Free Day at the Albuquerque BioPark Zoo April 14 for HU Alumni](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/free-day-at-the-albuquerque-biopark-zoo-april-14-for-hu-alumni/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is sponsoring a free day at Albuquerque BioPark Zoo April 14 for its alumni and their families. Located next to the Rio Grand River, the 64-acre zoo has offered guests close encounters with exotic and native animals since 1927. The address is 903 10 St. S. W. - [Original Music Concert April 6 in the Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/original-music-concert-april-6-in-the-student-center/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents its Original Music Concert April 6 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave. The concert features original works written and produced by Highlands University music students in the Music Technology Program and special guest musicians from the Las Vegas community. - [Concert Choir Performs “Let’s Fall in Love” Concert April 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/concert-choir-performs-lets-fall-in-love-concert-april-8/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Love will be in the air April 8 when the Highlands University Concert Choir presents “Let’s Fall in Love,” a concert of George Gershwin and Cole Porter favorites. The concert will be at 3 p.m. in Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. “This concert will feature timeless swing-era - [Vargas Blanco Publishes Paper on Spanish Language Preservation in U.S.](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/vargas-blanco-publishes-paper-spanish-language-preservation-u-s/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University Spanish professor published a research study that sheds new light on Hispanic parents raising bilingual children in the United States. Spanish professor Edgar Vargas Blanco’s paper, “Linguistic Attitudes of Parents in Colombian and Mexican Families in Houston,” is published in Forma y Función, a scholarly journal - [Franz Schubert, A Winter’s Journey, Concert at Highlands March 23](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/franz-schubert-winters-journey-concert-highlands-march-23/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Performing Arts Society presents a free concert of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert’s music at Highlands University March 23 at 5:30 p.m. The concert features Schubert’s song cycle, A Winter’s Journey, Schubertiade Die Wintereise. It is in the Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. Schubert is considered to - [Entertainment Series Arts @ HU Boosts Las Vegas Economy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/entertainment-series-arts-hu-boosts-las-vegas-economy/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Businesses in Las Vegas say New Mexico Highlands University’s Arts @ HU initiative that brings big-name music and culture events onto campus is having a positive impact on the economy. Merchants on and near Bridge Street, which is walking distance from campus, have received some of the biggest boosts when Highlands - [Poet and Professor Manuel Montoya Presents at Highlands March 22](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/poet-professor-manuel-montoya-presents-highlands-march-22/) - Las Vegas, N.M Highlands University presents New Mexican poet and professor Manuel Montoya March 22. Montoya’s public talk and poetry reading titled, “Who Am I? - Exploring Cultural Identity,” begins at 3:30 p.m. in the Highlands Student Center Theater, 800 National Ave. “I believe cultural identity is an important part of our world,” Montoya said. - [Financial Literacy Workshop at West Las Vegas High March 21](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-literacy-workshop-west-las-vegas-high-march-21/) - The New Mexico Highlands Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships will give West Las Vegas High School students tools to help navigate ways to finance college at a March 21 workshop at the school. The workshop, “Paying for College: Financial Literacy and FAFSA,” will be in the Career Lab at the high school from 5:30 - [Blooming for Hope Suicide Awareness Event March 24 at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/blooming-hope-suicide-awareness-event-march-24-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands joins the community in sponsoring a Blooming for Hope Suicide Awareness and Prevention day March 24 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. The free public event will be in the Highlands John Wilson Complex at 1241 9th St. Corilia Ortega, interim director for Highlands University’s HU­-CARES, said there - [Professor of Biology Will Help Edit Journal of Herpetology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-biology-will-help-edit-journal-herpetology/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands biology professor will become a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Herpetology, a leading international publication for original research on the biology of amphibians and reptiles. Highlands biology professor Jesús Rivas, who is known globally for his research on green anacondas that aims to - [State Street Ballet Performs Cinderella at Highlands April 13, 14](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/state-street-ballet-performs-cinderella-highlands-april-13-14/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands presents the State Street Ballet performance of Cinderella April 13 at 7:30 p.m. with a children’s matinee April 14 at 2 p.m. Both performances are in Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Now in its 23rd season, State Street Ballet Santa Barbara is an - [Mexican Activist Speaks March 8 for International Women’s Day Celebration](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mexican-activist-speaks-march-8-international-womens-day-celebration/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Atenea Rosado-Viurques, Mexican educator, activist and public policy expert, is the keynote speaker for the New Mexico Highlands International Women’s Day Celebration March 8. The free public celebration will be from 4 – 7 p.m. in the Highlands Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave. “Atenea Rosado-Viruques is a Bartos Institute Fellow - [Highlands alumna receives award for addiction prevention](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-alumna-receives-award-addiction-prevention/) - LAS VEGAS –Desiree Martínez thought she was saying good-bye to her father for the last time. She walked out of the hospital room where her father Rey lay in a coma, sat on the floor in the hallway and quietly cried. It all happened so fast. Rey was driving to Farmington from Las Vegas and - [African Rugby Player Aims to Help Highlands Win More National Championships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/african-rugby-player-aims-help-highlands-win-national-championships/) - Ever since Donavan Kandjii set foot on a rugby field as a 10-year-old in Namibia, Africa, he said he felt the joy of the game surge through his body. Now the standout rugby player is looking to help the New Mexico Highlands Vatos Rugby Club win more national championships. “From the beginning, I loved the - [Record Number of Students Visit Highlands for GEAR UP Event](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/record-number-students-visit-highlands-gear-event/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A record number of approximately 900 middle and high school students from across the state visited the New Mexico Highlands campus Feb. 28 to get a head start on becoming college students. The students were on campus for a GEAR UP New Mexico college visit Highlands co-hosted. GEAR UP stands for - [Virginia Padilla-Vigil Will Lead State Teacher Preparation Council](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/virginia-padilla-vigil-will-lead-state-teacher-preparation-council/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands School of Education dean will lead the state’s Professional Practices and Standards Council that oversees teacher preparation in the state. The New Mexico Public Education Department appointed Virginia Padilla-Vigil as chair of the council for a three-year term. “Dr. Padilla-Vigil was highly recommended to Secretary of Education - [Gloria Gadsden Named as Mentor Who Empowers Black Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/gloria-gadsden-named-mentor-empowers-black-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Office of African American Affairs honored a Highlands University professor for being a mentor who empowers her black students. Gloria Gadsden, a Highlands criminal justice professor, received the office’s Everyday Hero Award. “I went to a predominantly white institution for both undergraduate and graduate school and know the - [Birth of a Movement Screens Feb. 28 During Black History Month](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/birth-movement-screens-feb-28-black-history-month/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands presents the 2016 historical documentary, Birth of a Movement, Feb. 28 at 6 p.m. as part of the university’s Black History Month activities. Birth of a Movement: The Battle Against America’s First Blockbuster tells the little-known story of how William Monroe Trotter, an editor of a black newspaper in Boston, - [Hypnotist Show in Ilfeld February 22](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hypnotist-show-ilfeld-february-22/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents an award-winning hypnotist show Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. General admission tickets for the chrisjones performance are $5. Highlands students with valid HU IDs are free. “This is sure to be a fun and intriguing show for our Highlands - [Highlands Loves Alumni Event Successful Fundraiser for Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-loves-alumni-event-successful-fundraiser-scholarships/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – People who attended the third annual Highlands Loves Alumni event Feb. 10 helped raise close to $4,000 for student scholarships and recruiting activities. “We’re excited about the money raised that will make a difference in our Highlands students’ lives,” said Juli Salman, Alumni Office director. “We are so grateful for the - [Prof in Biology’s Paper Helps Shed Light on Diagnosing Pulmonary Hypertension](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prof-biologys-paper-helps-shed-light-diagnosing-pulmonary-hypertension/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University biology professor will publish a research study that helps shed new light on better diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension. Jessica Snow co-authors the paper that will be published in the American Journal of Physiology. “We probed the microscopic details of the body that underlie pulmonary - [Conference Explores World of Printmaking](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/conference-explores-world-printmaking/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The fifth biennial Print, Printed, Printing printmaking and book arts conference will be at Highlands University Feb. 16 and 17. The conference will feature printmaking demonstrations, print olympics and artist presentations. All events are free and open to the public in the university’s Burris Hall at 903 National Ave. “People can - [Grad in Chemistry Earns Coveted Early Acceptance to UNM Medical School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/grad-chemistry-earns-coveted-early-acceptance-unm-medical-school/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands chemistry graduate gained coveted early acceptance to the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. Logan Wolfel will begin medical school at UNM in July 2018, saying his long-term goal is to serve New Mexico communities as a physician. “My strong science education at Highlands definitely helped - [Teacher of the Year Recognition Sets New Course for Highlands Alumna](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/teacher-year-recognition-sets-new-course-highlands-alumna/) - LAS VEGAS – NM, Receiving a New Mexico Teacher of the Year award was much more than an honor for a Highlands University alumna; it was an opportunity to be a voice for the state’s teachers and students. New Mexico’s Public Education Department selected Stephanie Gurulé-Leyba, a medical science teacher at Santa Fe’s Capital High - [Reading Group to Focus on Social Mobility](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/reading-group-focus-social-mobility/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – An upcoming reading group at Highlands University will focus on social mobility in the United States. The reading group, led by Highlands professor Rebecca Álvarez, is the latest reading group programs sponsored by the Donnelly Library. The three books in this spring’s reading group are Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a - [Biology Prof’s Fulbright Award to Expand Knowledge of Anaconda Snakes in Brazil](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/biology-profs-fulbright-award-expand-knowledge-anaconda-snakes-brazil/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University professor’s Fulbright Scholar Award to study green anaconda snakes in Brazil aims to shed light on possible new species of the largest snake in the world, aiding conservation efforts. Highlands biology professor Jesús Rivas will collaborate in his research with Brazilian scientists in 2018 and 2019 - [Black Violin to Perform at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/black-violin-perform-hu/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Two classically trained musicians who blend traditional strings music with hip hop beats will perform at Highlands University’s Ilfeld Auditorium March 2. Musicians Wil B. and Kev Marcus form Black Violin, which creates a distinctive multigenre sound is often described as “classical boom.” Black Violin has shared stages with top names - [Highlands Offices Move to Make Way for Historic Rodgers Hall Renovation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-offices-move-make-way-historic-rodgers-hall-renovation/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Highlands University Business Office and Human Resources Office are now open in the university’s Communications West Building at 901 University Ave. directly across from the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium. The two offices are among the university offices relocating to make way for the historic Rodgers Hall renovation slated - [Project Aims to Make Earth Science Approachable](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/project-aims-make-earth-science-approachable/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The general public may more easily understand complex earth science processes thanks to the work of a Highlands researcher and his colleagues around the globe. Highlands geology professor Michael Petronis, along with 17 earth scientists from Europe, the Americas, Africa and Oceana published an article in the December issue of the - [Third annual Highlands Loves Alumni Event Feb. 10](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/third-annual-highlands-loves-alumni-event-feb-10/) - Las Vegas, NM – Valentine’s Romance – with a cause – will be in the air Feb. 10 from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at the third annual Highlands Loves Alumni event Feb. 10 in the university’s Student Center Ballroom. Proceeds from the free event help fund Highlands scholarships, recruitment activities and help promote a stronger - [Program Offers Activities to Bring the Spanish Language Alive](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/program-offers-activities-bring-spanish-language-alive/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The New Mexico Highlands University Spanish Program is planning activities for 2018 that aim to bring the language alive through enriching students’ understanding of Hispanic history and culture in Northern New Mexico and the U.S. “We’re offering activities like a field trip to the Taos Pueblo, Hispanic movie nights, guest speakers - [HU Business Program Reaccredited for 10-Year Term](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-business-program-reaccredited-10-year-term/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The Accreditation Council for Business Schools & Programs announced the continued accreditation of New Mexico Highlands Department of Business Administration. The university’s graduate and undergraduate programs have been accredited by ACBSP for 20 years and have remained in good standing since their initial accreditation. “We’ve always been confident in our business - [Josh Turner to Perform at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/josh-turner-perform-hu/) - Las Vegas, NM – Multiplatinum country artist Josh Turner will perform in Highlands University’s Wilson A. Complex Feb. 3. Tickets are on sale online at www.outhousetickets.com or at the university’s radio station, KEDP at 901 University Ave. Turner received several Grammy, Country Music Association, and Academy of Country Music nominations starting with his 2003 platinum-selling - [HU Student Seeks Signs of Pre-Columbian Habitation in Western Costa Rica](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-student-seeks-signs-pre-columbian-habitation-western-costa-rica/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – A discovery of jade necklaces in Costa Rica inspired a quest by a Highlands student to find evidence of a human settlement lost to history. Elena Jimenez, a senior majoring in anthropology, will travel to Costa Rica during the holiday break along with Maysie Bucklin, a fellow Highlands anthropology student, to - [Art Auction to Promote Student Success](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/art-auction-promote-student-success/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Selected artwork from the New Mexico Highlands Foundation art collection will be available for bid in an online auction Dec. 4 – 15. The auction includes works by Marc Chagall and Joan Miró to fashion prints from Harper’s Bazaar magazine and limited-edition stamp prints. Prints by Willard Clark, a Santa Fe - [Photographs of New Deal murals on display at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/photographs-new-deal-murals-display-highlands/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – A photographic journey of New Deal-era murals across New Mexico will be on display in Highlands’ Kennedy Alumni Hall Dec. 1 – Feb. 28. The photographs include both current reproductions of murals across New Mexico as well as black and white photographs taken during the Great Depression. “I wanted examples of - [Native American Poet Lyla June Johnston to Perform at Highlands November 14](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/native-american-poet-lyla-june-johnston-perform-highlands-november-14/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents internationally known Native American performance poet and musician Lyla June Johnston Nov. 14 at 10 a.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave. Johnston is an anthropologist of Navajo (Diné) and Cheyenne (Tsétsêhéstâhese) lineage. Her presentation is titled, “Regeneration: Transforming Pain and Trauma into Power - [HU Singers Present Disney: Through Light and Dark Nov. 18 – 19](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-singers-present-disney-light-dark-nov-18-19/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University HU Singers present Disney: Through Light and Dark Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. – Nov. 19 at 4 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. The Disney extravaganza includes a two-act medley of songs from 15 Disney musical movies through the years ranging from Cinderella, - [Concert Choir Performs Memorial Concert November 12](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/concert-choir-performs-memorial-concert-november-12/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Concert Choir presents The Christel García Memorial Concert Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church at 403 Valencia St. The concert features the well-known work of three of the most famed composers of the 18th and 19th centuries, including Camille Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio - [Students Turn Out For Career and Internship Fair](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-turn-career-internship-fair/) - Highlands University business administration junior Vanessa Chung, left, gets information about accounting careers from Christine Wright, CPA, at the university’s Fall Career and Internship Fair Nov. 2 in the Student Union Ballroom. Wright, a Highlands alumna, is a partner in Beasley, Mitchell & Co., an accounting firm in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The Office of - [HU Students Learn About Career Building at HACU Conference](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-students-learn-career-building-hacu-conference/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A contingent of four students from New Mexico Highlands University learned best practices for career building and networking at the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ annual conference. The students participated in the HACU conference Oct. 28 - 30 in San Diego. John Ramon Vigil, the student regent on the Highlands - [Jazz Ensemble Concert November 10](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jazz-ensemble-concert-november-10/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents the university’s Jazz Ensemble in concert Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, 800 National Ave. Highlands University music professor Edward Harrington directs the Jazz Ensemble. Music faculty member Kevin Zoernig is the pianist and concert co-director. “This year's Jazz Ensemble - [Tailgating November 11 for Cowboy’s Basketball Game at “The Pit”](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/tailgating-november-11-cowboys-basketball-game-pit/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Cowboys are playing in the New Mexico Classic Basketball Series Nov. 11 – 12 with the university’s Alumni Office sponsoring a tailgate event and other festivities. The tailgating Nov. 11 will be from 1 – 3 p.m. at the University of New Mexico’s Dreamstyle Basketball Arena in Albuquerque - [Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles Concert November 11 in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mariachi-reyna-de-los-angeles-concert-november-11-ilfeld/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University presents Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles in concert Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Established in 1994, Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles is the first all-female mariachi ensemble in America and is internationally known. The ensemble is known for - [Madrigal Choir Concert November 5 in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/madrigal-choir-concert-november-5-ilfeld/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Madrigal Choir presents a concert, Come Fly With Me, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. The musical selections include popular jazz choral works ranging from “A Nightingale Sang in Barkley Square” by Manhattan Transfer to “Mas Que Nada” by Sergio - [November 2 Career Fair for Students and Alumni ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/november-2-career-fair-students-alumni/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Eighty employment recruiters will be at New Mexico Highlands University Nov. 2 looking to hire the university’s students and alumni. The free Career and Internship Fair will be from 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave. “Students and alumni can get the inside scoop on - [Prescription Drug Take Back and Family Fun Day October 28](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prescription-drug-take-back-family-fun-day-october-28/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The San Miguel County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and Highlands University are sponsoring a day for the community to come together to safely dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day is Oct. 28 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Highlands University’s Melody Park. Desiree - [American Poet a Visiting Ballen Scholar at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/american-poet-visiting-ballen-scholar-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M – An internationally known American poet will share her craft with New Mexico Highlands University and the community beginning Oct. 24. Diane Seuss, winner of the prestigious Juniper Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, is at Highlands thanks to the Ballen Visiting Scholar Program. According to - [Michelle Bencomo is New Customer Relations Coordinator](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/michelle-bencomo-new-customer-relations-coordinator/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands launched a one-stop-office for students to receive answers regarding student services like financial aid and registration. Michelle Bencomo is the new customer relations coordinator. “Michelle will be leading this initiative for our students both on our main campus and our statewide centers,” said Edward Martínez, vice president of - [Convenient Online HU Bill Payment Now Available for Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/convenient-online-hu-bill-payment-now-available-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University launched a program that gives its students the convenience of paying their university bills online through a user friendly and secure service. TouchNet is the new web-based payment gateway Highlands is using. “The biggest advantage of TouchNet is that it’s completely online, meaning students can control - [Jessica Johnsen Will be Latina Technology Ambassador](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jessica-johnsen-will-latina-technology-ambassador/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University computer science faculty member will be an ambassador for increasing the number of Latina women in technology. TECHNOLOchicas, an initiative of the National Center for Women and Information Technology, chose Jessica Johnsen for the honor. “I recommend exploring careers in science and technology to other - [Three Media Arts Students Receive Seabury Fellowships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/three-media-arts-students-receive-seabury-fellowships-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Three outstanding New Mexico Highlands University media arts students received $2,500 fellowships this academic year to develop independent projects, thanks to the Seabury Foundation. Elizabeth Lynch, Jamie García, and Brittany Hayes are the 2017 – 2018 Seabury Fellows. “Each of these student’s proposals stood out for their strength, uniqueness, and connection - [College Night 2017 October 25 in Wilson Complex](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/college-night-2017-october-25-wilson-complex/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Prospective college students can learn about career opportunities related to fields of study and more at College Night 2017 Oct. 25 from 5–7:30 p.m. in Las Vegas. Highlands University and Luna Community College are sponsoring the 19th Annual College Night. It will be in Highlands’ John A. Wilson Complex at 1241 - [Reception for Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition October 13](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/reception-fine-arts-faculty-exhibition-october-13/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University fine arts faculty work is featured in an exhibition that closes with an artist’s reception Oct. 13 from 4 – 6 p.m. The exhibition is in the university’s Burris Hall Gallery at 903 National Ave. Todd Christensen’s printmaking, David Lobdell’s sculpture, Shereen Lobdell’s pottery, and Jim Cohen’s jewelry and - [Highlands students help those affected by Hurricane Harvey](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-students-help-affected-hurricane-harvey/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – There were rats. Insects. Mounds of wet, warped drywall and drenched furniture and family heirlooms. But the one thing each of the 35 Highlands students will remember most about their time in Rockport, Texas is the people – the strangers – they helped in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. “The - [Rod Sanchez Publishes Hands-On Learning Book for Children](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/rod-sanchez-publishes-another-hands-learning-book-children/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A business professor at Highlands University published a book designed to get children interested in the world around them through hands-on learning. Rod Sanchez’ new book, Ben and IQ Explore Hot Air Ballooning, will make its debut at the Albuquerque International Balloon Museum Oct. 7. “My character Ben is based upon - [Professor Publishes Paper Aimed at Advancing Diversity Curriculums](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-publishes-paper-aimed-advancing-diversity-curriculums/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University Spanish professor published a study aimed at advancing higher education curriculums anchored in diversity, equity and inclusion. Norma Valenzuela co-authored the paper in the International Journal of Curriculum and Social Justice. “Diversity curriculums and courses help students understand the world through a different lens,” Valenzuela said. - [Season Tickets for Arts @ HU Season Available](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/season-tickets-arts-hu-season-available/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University is offering season passes for its 2017 – 2018 Arts @ HU series. The season passes are available for $164 per person and include reserved seating for all events. “For this year’s Arts @ HU series we have scheduled a lineup that is culturally diverse, and will - [Native Voices Interactive Exhibition Opens at Highlands Oct. 12](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/native-voices-interactive-exhibition-opens-highlands-oct-12/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University presents an interactive exhibition, Native Voices: Native Peoples’ Concepts of Health and Illness, with an opening reception Oct. 12 from 5 – 7 p.m. The exhibition is in the University’s Ray Drew Gallery in Donnelly Library at 802 National Ave. Roxanne Swentzell, an internationally known Santa Clara Pueblo sculptor - [New Initiative Aims to Provide Exceptional Customer Service](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-initiative-aims-provide-exceptional-customer-service/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A new initiative at New Mexico Highlands University aims to provide exceptional customer service to students. Highlands launched its campuswide Power of Service program Sept. 28 with a “How May I Help You?” kickoff event and three-hour customer service training offered in two sessions. “In my view, we provide a - [HU Names Kimberly Blea Dean of Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-names-kimberly-blea-dean-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Kimberly Blea knows firsthand how an education at New Mexico Highlands University can lift individuals out of poverty. Blea, a Las Vegas, New Mexico native, is the new permanent dean of students at Highlands. “Highlands provides access to education to all students, especially those who are first-generation, low income, and underprepared,” - [HU Round Up Draws High School Students From Across State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-round-draws-high-school-students-across-state/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – High school students from across New Mexico visited Highlands University Sept. 23 for the HU Roundup to learn what the university has to offer. The Zuni Pueblo was well represented along with students from Las Vegas, Silver City, Española and Farmington. “This is the first time high school students from across - [Department of English Professor Wins Prestigious Poetry Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/department-english-professor-wins-prestigious-poetry-award/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A New Mexico Highlands University Department of English professor is the winner of the prestigious 2017 Akron Poetry Prize. Tyler Mills’ poetry book, Hawk Parable, was selected from among 606 national entries for the award. The University of Akron Press will publish Mills’ book. “This book is about a family mystery, - [High School Students Learn About Science Disciplines at National Wildlife Refuge](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/high-school-students-learn-science-disciplines-national-wildlife-refuge/) - Las Vegas, N.M – High school students from Northern New Mexico experienced science disciplines firsthand at a national wildlife refuge, thanks to a partnership between Highlands University and the Denver Zoo. The STEM Showdown event took place at the Rio Mora National Wildlife Refuge, a 4,224-acre property on the Mora River 30 minutes north of - ["Dreamer" Neyli Castillo Thrives at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/dreamer-neyli-castillo-thrives-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Neyli Castillo said New Mexico Highlands University has always been a safe haven and a place of opportunity for her. The 22-year-old undocumented “dreamer” earned both her MBA and bachelor’s degree in business from Highlands. She works as an assistant to the university’s finance director. “I came to Highlands in 2012, - [Track and Soccer Athletes Receive Cowgirl Way Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/track-soccer-athletes-receive-cowgirl-way-scholarships/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Two hard-working Highlands University women athletes received Cowgirl Way scholarships. Joedy Quintana, a 400-meter hurdler for the track team, and Andrea Medina, a defender for the soccer team, both received $500 scholarships from Southwest Capital Bank. Quintana is a junior from Sapello, New Mexico, majoring in biology. She maintains a 3.0 - [Highlands Sends Team to Texas for Hurricane Harvey Relief](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-sends-team-texas-hurricane-harvey-relief/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is sending a 40-member team of faculty, students and staff to Texas to provide aid to the survivors of Hurricane Harvey, which experts are calling the largest natural disaster in U.S. history. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in south-central Texas late Aug. 25 as a category-four hurricane, - [Highlands a Leader in Best Bang for the Buck Category](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-leader-best-bang-buck-category/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University is a leading college in the best bang for the buck category, according to Washington Monthly magazine. In a study published in August 2017, Washington Monthly ranked Highlands 74th in the Western United States for colleges that help non-wealthy students attain a marketable degree at affordable prices. - [Cheech and Chong Perform at Highlands October 13](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cheech-chong-perform-highlands-october-13/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The legendary comedy duo Cheech and Chong will perform Oct. 13 at 8 p.m. in New Mexico Highlands’ Wilson Complex, 1241 9th St. Over the course of their career, Cheech and Chong have starred in seven films together and recorded six gold comedy albums, including the 1974 Grammy Award-winning Los - [Highlands Mourns Death of Chemistry Professor Emeritus Robert Amai](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-mourns-death-chemistry-professor-emeritus-robert-amai/) - New Mexico Highlands University is mourning the Sept. 4 death of Robert Amai, a beloved chemistry professor emeritus. Amai taught full time at Highlands from 1962 – 1988, chairing the Chemistry Department from 1969 – 1974. In 1986, he became the first faculty member to receive both the Professor of the Year Award and Distinguished - [2017 Homecoming Honorees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/2017-homecoming-honorees/) - Tomás Salazar 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Tomás Salazar, the first Hispanic from New Mexico to earn a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of New Mexico, is a lifelong education leader and former dean of Highlands’ College of Arts and Sciences. Salazar is also a New Mexico legislator, serving with distinction since 2013 in the House - [Las Vegas Part of 1960s Community Storytelling Project](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/las-vegas-part-1960s-community-storytelling-project/) - Las Vegas, N.M – If you have a story to tell about your involvement in the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s, Highlands University wants to hear it. The New Mexico History Museum chose Las Vegas as one of five communities statewide to participate in the Turn On, Tune In Community Storytelling Project. Highlands is - [Legendary NYC Graffiti Artist Al Díaz Visits Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/legendary-nyc-graffiti-artist-al-diaz-visits-highlands/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Legendary New York City subway graffiti artist Al Díaz told media arts students at New Mexico Highlands to look within when creating art. “The most authentic art people create is art that reflects your own experiences and what you believe,” said Díaz, whose work is exhibited and collected internationally. Díaz was - [HU Safety Director Adviser for Granite Mountain Hotshots Tragedy Film](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-safety-director-adviser-granite-mountain-hotshots-tragedy-film/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The environmental health and safety director at New Mexico Highlands University is the safety and technical adviser for an upcoming movie about firefighters killed in a wildland fire. For Brian Henington, his work on the film hit close to home. In June 2013, Henington’s wildland fire crew relieved the elite - [HU Homecoming Festivities Begin September 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-homecoming-festivities-begin-september-8/) - Las Vegas, N.M – This year’s Highlands University homecoming festivities kickoff Sept. 8 and continue through Sept. 17. Some highlights include the Sept. 16 homecoming parade at 10 a.m. and homecoming football game at 2 p.m. with the Cowboys taking on the Texas Wesleyan University Rams. The homecoming game will be played at the West - [Mike Super Magic & Illusion Show in Ilfeld September 15](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mike-super-magic-illusion-show-ilfeld-september-15/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Mystifier Mike Super performs a Magic & Illusion Show Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. in New Mexico Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Super’s appeal to audiences of all ages has made him one of the most sought after magicians in the United States and internationally. “The Ilfeld audience - [Community-Based Center Aims to Increase Native American Graduation Rates](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/community-based-center-aims-increase-native-american-graduation-rates/) - Las Vegas, NM – A new program at New Mexico Highlands will use a community-based approach to help Native American students complete their college degrees. The Community Center for Indigeneity officially opened its doors Aug. 17 in Highlands’ Melody Residence Hall and will host presentations and workshops to help students adapt to college life. About - [Convocation Ceremony Welcomes New Freshmen](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/convocation-ceremony-welcomes-new-freshmen-3/) - Highlands University students stand during the singing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” at Fall Convocation 2017, which welcomes freshmen and transfer students to the Highlands family. The convocation ceremony is organized by the university’s Office of Academic Affairs, Office of Academic Support, Dean of Students Office, and Office of Academic Enrichment and Retention. Fall semester - [Public Comment Sought for Highlands Accreditation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/public-comment-sought-highlands-accreditation/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is seeking comments from the public about the university in preparation for its periodic evaluation by its regional accrediting agency. The university will host a visit Nov. 6 - 8, 2017, with a team representing the Higher Learning Commission. Highlands University has been accredited by the HLC - [Workshop August 31 for High School Counselors and Advisers](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/workshop-august-31-high-school-counselors-advisers/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico high school counselors, community college advisers, and tribal education leaders will learn more about what Highlands University has to offer at a free workshop Aug. 31. The workshop will be from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Highlands main campus in Las Vegas in the Student Center, 800 - [Highlands Invites Community to August 26 Welcome Back Fiesta for Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-invites-community-august-26-welcome-back-fiesta-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University is sponsoring a Welcome Back Fiesta for its students Aug. 26 at Melody Park with live music, food and games, and the public is invited to the free event. The fiesta will be from 1 – 6 p.m. “This will be a fun day for the Las Vegas community - [Workshop on Funding Innovative Research at Highlands Sept. 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/workshop-funding-innovative-research-highlands-sept-8/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Exploring federal programs that fund innovative research and small business initiatives is the topic of a free workshop open to the public at Highlands University Sept. 8 from 12 to 2 p.m. The workshop will provide an overview of how the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology - [HU President Says University is Poised to Engineer Exciting New Programs for Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-president-says-university-poised-engineer-exciting-new-programs-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is poised to move forward to engineer exciting programs and services for its students, said the university’s president. “I look forward to harnessing the many assets here at Highlands – the commitment and dedication of faculty, staff, administrators, board members, alumni, friends of HU and others - [New Initiative Launched to Help Prepare Students for Science Degrees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-initiative-launched-help-prepare-students-science-degrees/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands launched a new mathematics initiative aimed at preparing more students to succeed in science and math disciplines, thanks to a $2.9 million U.S. Department of Education grant. When fall semester begins Aug. 16, Highlands University students will benefit from a host of new mathematics services like a 25-computer - [Fourth Invitational New Mexico Painters Exhibition Opens Sept. 17](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fourth-invitational-new-mexico-painters-exhibition-opens-sept-17/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A 15-year-old violinist concentrates on his complex music in Nacho Jaramillo’s painting Virtuoso. Foreboding rust-colored clouds approach in Johanna Keenan’s painting Sand Dunes Before a Storm. A Brazilian educator and American linguist, both renowned philosophers, are depicted in Erin Currier’s painting Paolo Freire y Noam Chomsky. Golden aspens shimmer on a - [Dining Hall to Offer Lunches to Community Beginning August 21](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/dining-hall-offer-lunches-community-beginning-august-21/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – There will be a new place in Las Vegas to enjoy lunch, thanks to Highlands University. Beginning Aug. 21, Highlands will offer $5 lunches every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. in the university’s dining hall in the Student Center at 800 National Ave. “We want to - [Highlands a National Leader in Boosting Students Social Mobility and Earnings](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-national-leader-boosting-students-social-mobility-earnings/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Highlands University is one of the leading colleges in the country for boosting its students’ social mobility, according to the Brookings Institution. In a study published in July 2017, the Brookings Institution ranked Highlands 19th among 342 four-year public teaching colleges nationwide that help push students up the income - [HU Homecoming Sept. 8 – 17](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-homecoming-sept-8-17/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University’s homecoming festivities begin early this year, kicking off Sept. 8 and continuing through Sept. 17. The theme this year is “Highlands Home Field Advantage – Blazing New Trails” in recognition of the the successful campaign the Highlands Foundation conducted to replace the university’s 14-year-old artificial football field - [Susan Chavez New Financial Aid Director](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/susan-chavez-new-financial-aid-director/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Susan Chavez knows firsthand the power financial aid has to help achieve a higher education with most of her 11 siblings completing degrees, thanks in part to financial support from New Mexico. Chavez, a Bloomfield, New Mexico native, is the new financial aid director for New Mexico Highlands University. “My siblings - [Professor Publishes Albuquerque Gay Pride Book](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/professor-publishes-albuquerque-gay-pride-book/) - Las Vegas, N.M – A Highlands University special education professor earned national recognition for his book which is the first to chronicle the gay pride movement in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Paul James, “PJ,” Sedillo and his 2017 book, Solidarity Through Pride: LGBT Pride in Albuquerque 1976 – 2016,” were featured in USA Today’s Faces of - [Reflections of the West Exhibit Opens August 4 in Kennedy Alumni Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/reflections-west-exhibit-opens-august-4-kennedy-alumni/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University presents the art exhibit, Reflections of the West, featuring artists such as nationally known sculptor Duke Sundt, with an opening reception Aug. 4 from 4 – 7 p.m. The free exhibit, which coincides with Las Vegas Heritage Week, is in the university’s Kennedy Alumni Hall at 905 - [Students in Media Arts Create Manhattan Project Exhibits for Bradbury Science Museum](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-media-arts-create-manhattan-project-exhibits-bradbury-science-museum/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Visitors to the Bradbury Science Museum will experience the history of the Manhattan Project in a visually compelling way, thanks to new multimedia exhibits created by New Mexico Highlands University students. The interactive exhibit, Manhattan on the Mesa: Manhattan Project Properties at Los Alamos, opens July 14 at the museum at - [Students in Anthropology Explore Famous Native American Archaeological Sites](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-anthropology-explore-famous-native-american-archaeological-sites/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University students explored some of the most famous Native American archaeology sites in the world like Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde during a summer field experience. The students in anthropology professor Warren Lail’s course, World Heritage Archaeology of the American West, experienced 13 sites in 17 days, from - [Ruben Aragón Named to Two Library Leadership Positions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/named-two-library-leadership-positions/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University Donnelly Library director Ruben Aragón leads the 22-state consortium Amigos Library Services as the new chairman for its board of directors. The consortium is a nonprofit that represents 800 libraries and works to help them obtain affordable information technology to facilitate collaboration and resource sharing among its - [Pharmacy Student Grateful For Highlands University President’s Mentoring](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/pharmacy-student-grateful-highlands-university-presidents-mentoring/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University graduate and second-year doctor of pharmacy student Marcus García said his most important mentor is Highlands President Sam Minner. “Dr. Minner has provided me with valuable insight on my career goals and helps keep me motivated,” García said. “He has given me added inspiration to always work hard and - [Highlands Offers Only Dedicated K-12 Computer Science Maker Space in State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-offers-dedicated-k-12-computer-science-maker-space-state/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University offers the only dedicated computer science maker space in the state where K-12 youth get hands-on experience creating their own projects from robots to exploring virtual reality, thanks to an investment from Los Alamos National Laboratory. “Our new computer science classrooms for youth at Highlands are what’s - [Biology Graduate Finds Career Success in Homeland of Vietnam](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/biology-graduate-finds-career-success-homeland-vietnam/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University biology graduate returned to his homeland of Vietnam to work as a technical development project manager for a leading seafood company that is increasing food supplies for his country and internationally. Son Tran, B.S. biology 2015, joined Viet-UC Seafood in January 2016. “My company is conducting trials on - [Students Volunteer in Africa to Teach Revolutionary Ultrasound Device to Medical Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-volunteer-africa-teach-revolutionary-ultrasound-device-medical-students/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University students are volunteering in Namibia, Africa, this summer teaching medical students and others how to use a revolutionary hand-held portable diagnostic ultrasound device that has the power to save lives. Molly Enenbach, a 2016 Highlands biology graduate who begins medical school in August, and James Foster, a - [Cowboys to Play on New Turf Thanks to Donors](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/cowboys-play-new-turf-thanks-donors/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – New Mexico Highlands’ will have a new football field thanks to a couple with a long history of giving to Las Vegas and the university. Leveo Sanchez and his wife Patricia donated $500,000 to replace the football field along with another $100,000 to renovate the Stu Clark athletics building. “From my - [HU Professor's Sculpture to be Featured in International Festival](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-professors-sculpture-featured-international-festival/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University fine arts professor David Lobdell’s fire sculpture will be featured at the international Festival of High Temperatures June 23 – 25 in the heart of the medieval city of Wroclow, Poland. Lobdell is among the internationally acclaimed artists the Academy of Art and Design in Wroclow invited - [Media Arts Facility Named McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mccaffrey-historic-trolley-building/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The new state-of-the-art Media Arts and Technology Department facility at New Mexico Highlands University has been named the McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building in honor of a generous alumni couple. The university’s Board of Regents unanimously approved the building name at a public meeting May 31, with Leveo Sánchez, board chairman, making - [Clarence Romero New Chief of Police](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/clarence-romero-new-chief-police/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Clarence Romero is the new police chief at New Mexico Highlands University, bringing more than 30 years of law enforcement experience, including 20 years in management, to the university. Romero is already a familiar face at Highlands. He joined the Police Department in 2012 as a patrol officer and served as - [New Initiative Aims to Spark Lifelong Learning Culture](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-initiative-aims-spark-lifelong-learning-culture/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A new initiative at New Mexico Highlands University aims to spark a culture of lifelong learning. Highlands President Sam Minner launched HU: Learning Happens Here this spring. “One of the great advantages of working at a university is being around smart people who are interested in their own intellectual development,” - [Planning Ahead Can Help Reduce College Debt](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/planning-ahead-can-help-reduce-college-debt/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Despite earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree, Joseph Dominguez left college without something many people feel is part of a university experience: debt. “It’s freedom,” said Dominguez, a Highlands University alumnus. “Now that I’m in the work world, it’s beneficial to me since I’m not sending a part of my - [Gil Gallegos Named Professor of the Year](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/gil-gallegos-named-professor-year/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – New Mexico Highlands University named computer science and engineering professor Gil Gallegos Professor of the Year for 2016 – 2017. Each spring an independent selection committee composed of students, faculty and staff reviews the nominations for Professor of the Year and selects a winner. A coalition of Highlands students nominated - [AAUW Girls Can Program at Highlands May 19](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/aauw-girls-can-program-highlands-may-19/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Fifth grade girls from Las Vegas, New Mexico gained hands-on career knowledge from Highlands University science faculty and community members at an AAUW Girls Can program May 19 at the university. The Las Vegas Chapter of the American Association of University Women joined forces with Highlands to present Girls Can, which - [Endangered Boreal Toads Donated to Zoos](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/endangered-boreal-toads-donated-to-zoos/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands University is donating endangered boreal toads raised from eggs in a biology laboratory at the university to zoos in the U.S. for conservation efforts and education. Boreal toads are extinct in New Mexico. The Detroit Zoo National Amphibian Center, Denver Zoo, and Staten Island Zoo are accepting the - [Javier Gonzales Mayor of Santa Fe Delivers Commencement Address](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/javier-gonzales-mayor-santa-fe-delivers-commencement-address/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Resist division and hatred, Santa Fe New Mexico Mayor Javier Gonzales told graduates at the Highlands University main campus commencement May 13. A record number of 1,051 students graduated from Highlands and its centers, with 633 earning their diplomas in Las Vegas. Of these total graduates, 66 percent earned bachelor’s degrees and 34 percent - [Retired Biology Professor to Serve in Peace Corps](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/retired-biology-professor-serve-peace-corps/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A retired Highlands University biology professor will devote her experience teaching science to high school students in Ghana through Peace Corps service. Mary Shaw, who taught at Highlands from 1993 – 2016, begins her Peace Corps training May 27. “I have always been drawn to international service and the chance to - [First Climate Awareness Summit at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/first-climate-awareness-summit-highlands/) - Highlands University adjunct biology professor Brian Miller, left, talks with Michael Soulé, Michael’s wife June Soulé, and Highlands psychology professor Linda LaGrange before Highlands’ first Climate Awareness Summit April 29 in the Student Center. Soulé was the keynote speaker at the summit. He helped found the Society for Conservation Biology and the Wildlands Project and - [Photo Exhibit Explores Views on Landscape](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/photo-exhibit-explores-views-landscape/) - Las Vegas, NM – A photo exhibit at Highlands University explores the impact of landscape on humans and humans’ impact on the landscape. Places, on display Highlands’ Kennedy Alumni Hall Gallery from May 8 – July 7, features photographs by Christine Hauber and Sean Weaver. “In a world of constant movement, I am drawn to - [Ph.D. Bound Graduate Will Focus on Literature With Timely Themes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ph-d-bound-graduate-will-focus-literature-timely-themes/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Justin Rogers said he will focus on 19th century British and Irish literature in his doctoral studies because it’s pertinent to modern-day issues. Rogers graduates from Highlands University May 13 with a master’s degree from the Department of English with an emphasis in literature. He begins his Ph.D. studies in - [Spring Media Arts Exhibit May 10](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spring-media-arts-exhibit-may-10/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University media arts and technology students will showcase their work in the department’s Spring Exhibit May 10 at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit is open to the public and is in the Media Arts Trolley Building at 1183 San Francisco Ave., which opened in August 2017. “This exhibit will be an - [Students Raise Their Country’s Flag at Ceremony](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-raise-countrys-flag-ceremony/) - Highlands University students Narendra Boppana, left, Shabari Bejagam, Swaroop Raja Marni, Lavanya Chigurupati, Jhansirani Munukuri, and Poonampreet Kaur salute the flag of their home country, India, at the International Flag Raising Ceremony May 4 at the university’s Centennial Tower. The university’s International Education Center sponsors the flag ceremony each year. Students from 35 countries attend - [Iron Tribe 2017](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/iron-tribe-2017/) - Margaret McKinney/Highlands University An iron artist creates a firestorm of molten iron during the Highlands University performance casting event March 2. The performance was part of Iron Tribe, a biennial event fine arts professor David Lobdell established in 2001 that has gained an international reputation. Iron Tribe also includes an iron art exhibit featuring the - [HU’s New Provost Outlines Goals](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hus-new-provost-outlines-goals/) - Las Vegas, NM – Ensuring the ongoing focus on mission-driven planning is one of the top priorities for Highlands University’s new provost. “Working with the Higher Learning Commission, the university’s accrediting agency, to shape Highlands’ future is the utmost of importance,” said Roxanne Gonzales, who became Highlands’ provost and vice president of academic affairs in - [Alumna Mary Jean Habermann López Wins Top Bilingual Education Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumna-mary-jean-habermann-lopez-wins-top-bilingual-education-award/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The New Mexico Association for Bilingual Education recognized Highlands University alumna Mary Jean Habermann López with its highest honor for her lifelong impact on bilingual education. Habermann López received the Ben Luján Lifetime Achievement Award at the NMABE annual conference April 29. Lujan, who died in 2012, was the longtime New - [Faculty Research Day 2017](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-research-day-2017/) - Highlands biology professor Sarah Corey-Rivas presents her research study, “Population-Level Variation in Host Susceptibility to an Emerging Fungal Pathogen in the Endangered Boreal Toad,” at the 14th annual Faculty Research Day April 28 in the Student Center. Corey-Rivas’ study is about the genes behind tolerance to a new disease in endangered amphibians. School of Education - [Student Follows Her Dreams to Pharmacy School](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-follows-dreams-pharmacy-school/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Alma García is headed to doctor of pharmacy school to pursue her childhood dream. “New Mexico is one of only a few states that offer pharmacy clinician licensure, making it possible to prescribe medications,” García said. “My goal is to obtain this licensure and work one-on-one with physicians in a hospital - [Students Showcase Media Arts Seabury Fellowship Projects](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-showcase-media-arts-seabury-fellowship-projects/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Three Highlands University media arts students each received $2,500 fellowships to develop independent multimedia projects, thanks to the Seabury Foundation and a full match from the Highlands Foundation. Patricia Chavez, Mackenzie Gruenig, and Andrew LaPointe received the 2016 – 2017 Seabury Fellowships, showcasing their projects April 27 at an awards - [HU’s Media Arts Trolley Building Receives Architectural Heritage Award](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hus-media-arts-trolley-building-receives-architectural-heritage-award/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University received a New Mexico Architectural Heritage award for transforming a unique Las Vegas historical landmark into a state-of-the art facility for the university’s Media Arts and Technology Department. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs Historic Preservation Division tapped the Highlands Trolley Building for the honor. “The project is - [Public Affairs Graduate Plans to Practice Public Interest Law](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/public-affairs-graduate-plans-practice-public-interest-law/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Isaac Lopez wants to use his future law degree to help those who struggle. “I plan to practice public interest law, which addresses a broad class of concerns that affect people’s everyday lives and have societal impacts,” Lopez said. “This type of law ranges from helping immigrants from being unlawfully deported - [Research Shows Walking Increases Blood Flow in the Brain](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/research-shows-walking-increases-blood-flow-brain/) - Chicago – Walking can increase the supply of blood to the brain, according to a New Mexico Highlands study presented at the American Physiological Society annual meeting at Experimental Biology 2017 in Chicago. Highlands biology and physics professor Earnest Greene presented his findings in a poster session April 24 in Chicago. “The dynamic effects - [Students Showcase Research and Creative Work](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/students-showcase-research-creative-work/) - Highlands psychology graduate student Jennifer Treacy talks about her master’s thesis study, The Effect of Altitude on Concussions in College Football Players, with psychology professor David Pan April 21 at Student Research and Creative Day 2017. Treacy graduates in May, and her thesis adviser is Lara Heflin. ARMAS scholars in chemistry professor Brooks Maki’s cross-disciplinary - [Original Music Concert April 28 in the Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/original-music-concert-april-28-student-center/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents its Original Music Concert April 28 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave. The concert features original works written and produced by Highlands University music students, many of whom are in the Music Technology Program. The musical styles include a - [Prescription Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day April 29](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/prescription-drug-take-backfamily-fun-day-april-29/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The San Miguel County Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition and Highlands University are sponsoring a day for the community to come together April 29 to safely dispose of unused and unwanted prescription drugs. The second Drug Take Back/Family Fun Day is from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. at Highlands University’s Melody Park. - [PTSD in Vets Inspires Graduate in Psychology at Doctoral Level](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ptsd-vets-inspires-graduate-psychology-doctoral-level/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Growing up in a military family influenced Mackenzie May to focus her doctoral studies on treatment for veterans with post traumatic stress disorder. “Military culture is part of my identity, and I’d like to give back to the military community by working with veterans with PTSD who have sacrificed so much - [First Climate Awareness Summit at HU April 29](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/first-climate-awareness-summit-hu-april-29/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The first Climate Awareness Summit at Highlands University April 29 aims to raise awareness about climate change and spark activism for environmental issues. “While some people continue to deny climate change, many years of scientific evidence and published data show there is a significant change in global climate due to human - [Madrigal Choir Concert April 23 in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/madrigal-choir-concert-april-23-ilfeld/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Madrigal Choir presents a concert, Music Here and Now, April 23 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Some of the musical selections include Ron Strauss’ Adon Olam, and Bob Chilcott’s compositions Jazz Song of Innocence and Ophelia, Caliban and Miranda. “The main - [Reggae Artist J Boog Performs at Highlands April 29](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/reggae-artist-j-boog-performs-highlands-april-29-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents J Boog, a world-renowned reggae singer and songwriter of Samoan descent, April 29 at 8 p.m. in the John A. Wilson Complex, 1241 9th St. Doors open for the concert at 6 p.m. The pre-show from 6 – 8 p.m. is the DJ Papa Luca of Big Toes - [Jazz Ensemble Concert April 21](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/jazz-ensemble-concert-april-21/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Department of Music presents the university’s Jazz Ensemble in concert April 21 at 7 p.m. in the Student Center Theater, 800 National Ave. Highlands University music professor Edward Harrington directs the Jazz Ensemble and plays bass and trombone for the ensemble. Music faculty member Kevin Zoernig is the - [Faculty and Staff Honored at Awards Ceremony](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-staff-honored-awards-ceremony/) - Marka Trujillo, above left, receives the Outstanding Service Award, Elizabeth Ratzlaff receives President Minner’s Choice Award, and Melissa Bassett receives the Outstanding Performance Award at the 18th Annual Employee Recognition Awards Ceremony breakfast April 12. Trujillo is a human resources generalist in the Human Resources Office, Ratzlaff is the Achieving in Research Math and Science - [All-Time NM Prep Basketball Scorer D.J. Bustos Signs With HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/time-nm-prep-basketball-scorer-d-j-bustos-signs-hu/) - Las Vegas, N.M – All-time leading New Mexico prep basketball scorer D.J. Bustos said he can’t remember a time when he wasn’t in a gym. Now he’s poised to make his mark on the basketball court at Highlands University. The West Las Vegas High School senior standout made it official with Highlands April 12, signing - [Day as a Cowboy Open House April 22 at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/day-cowboy-open-house-april-22-hu/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Day as a Cowboy open house at Highlands University April 22 will be a fun and informative day for high school seniors to experience college life. From touring the residence halls to a carnival fair and free lunch in Melody Park, prospective students and their parents can get a taste - [Leadership Banquet Honors Students and Faculty](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/leadership-banquet-honors-students-faulty/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University students, faculty and staff were honored for their outstanding leadership and other contributions to the university at the 19th Annual Student Leadership Recognition Banquet April 6. The Office of Campus Life, directed by Margaret Gonzales, organizes the event each year. “Our theme for the banquet this is year - [Native American Day at Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/native-american-day-highlands/) - Jess Mermejo, left, an elder in the Picuris Pueblo, performs a social drum dance during Native American Day at Highlands University April 7. Julia Geffroy, right, is Mermejo’s niece and also the coordinator for the Native American Center at Highlands. The center organized the slate of activities for Native American Day. The Picuris Pueblo is - [Town and Gown Photography Show at Highlands Opens April 11](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/town-gown-photography-show-highlands-opens-april-11/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University presents the second Town and Gown Photography Show opening April 11 in Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. with a reception April 21 from 5 – 7 p.m. The exhibit features the work of the university’s Media Arts and Technology Department students and faculty as well as the Meadow - [New Partnership Between Highlands, NMSU Aims to Improve Forest Health](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-partnership-highlands-nmsu-aims-improve-forest-health/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A new partnership between Highlands University and New Mexico State University aims to improve forest health in New Mexico. The partnership will give students and faculty at both universities more opportunities for collaborative research and education at the John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center in Mora, New Mexico that NMSU - [Robertson High Students Visit Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/robertson-high-students-visit-highlands/) - Robertson High School students from the left Renee Saavedra, Isaiah Lujan, Diego Chavez, Daniel Baca, and Cheyenne Osage talk with Highlands University President Sam Minner during a campus visit March 28. Geralyn Montoya, a Robertson guidance counselor, brought 22 seniors from the Las Vegas school to learn more about what Highlands has to offer in - [Fiesta de la Hispanidad April 7 in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/fiesta-de-la-hispanidad-april-7-ilfeld/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The 23rd Annual New Mexico Highlands University Fiesta de la Hispanidad brings music and dance center stage to Ilfeld Auditorium April 7 at 5:30 p.m. “Over the past 23 years, the fiesta has become a multigenerational event that feels almost like a family reunion,” said Sara Harris, emcee. “It has earned - [Mayor of Albuquerque Proclaims March National Social Work Month](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/mayor-albuquerque-proclaims-march-national-social-work-month/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Albuquerque, New Mexico Mayor Richard J. Berry proclaimed March National Social Work Month. “This proclamation shows a local commitment to the social work profession and social work education,” said Cristina Durán, dean of the Highlands University Facundo Valdez School of School Work. “Having the Albuquerque Mayor’s Office come to our school - [Concert Choir Performs The Beatles Tribute April 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/concert-choir-performs-beatles-tribute-april-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands University Concert Choir presents The Beatles Tribute concert April 2 at 3 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium at 900 University Ave. Some of the 16 selections include Penny Lane, The Long and Winding Road, Can’t Buy Me Love, Yesterday, Blackbird and Michelle. “The Beatles are one of - [New Mexico AG Launches College Sexual Assault Prevention Initiative April 4 at HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/new-mexico-ag-launches-college-sexual-assault-prevention-initiative-april-4-hu/) - Las Vegas, N.M – New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas will kick off a new initiative April 4 at Highlands University aimed at reducing sexual violence on campuses. "I am proud to announce my office’s launch of the statewide Conscious Campus initiative to address the issue of sexual violence on New Mexico college campuses,” Balderas - [Grad Student Aims to Help Women Become Healthy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/grad-student-aims-help-women-become-healthy/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Osei Bissau felt helpless as he watched his friends and family struggle with heart disease. He felt powerless seeing relatives afflicted by cancer and diabetes. Now he’s fighting back. Bissau, a Highlands graduate student completing a human performance and sport degree with a concentration in wellness, is working to start a - [Education Prof Creates Running Wellness Program for Youth](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/education-prof-creates-running-wellness-program-youth/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University education professor created Running 505, a youth program that promotes health and emotional wellness through the joy of running. Melani Buchanan Farmer, who teaches in the School of Education at Highlands’ Rio Rancho Center, said the overall goal of Running 505 is promoting long-term wellness for youth in - [Two Grads Accepted to A.T. Still University Medical Programs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/two-grads-accepted-t-still-university-medical-programs/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Two Highlands University graduates will follow their dreams at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences medical programs in Mesa, Arizona. Molly Enenbach, B.S. biology 2016, was accepted to the School of Osteopathic Medicine at A.T. Still, and Jivomir Siarov, B.A. pre-professional allied health 2016, was accepted to the Doctor of Physical - [Poet Kyla Lacey Performs at Highlands March 28](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/poet-kyla-lacey-performs-highlands-march-28/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents Kyla Lacey, a nationally known poet and spoken word artist, March 28 at 7 p.m. The free public performance will be in the university’s Student Center Ballroom, 800 National Ave. “Kyla Lacey is an African-American poet who has made her mark as one of the few voices of - [Geology Graduate Accepted to a Top Geoscience Doctoral Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/geology-graduate-accepted-top-geoscience-doctoral-program/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A Highlands University geology graduate student will begin her doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, one of the top geoscience research universities in the country. Sarah Shields earned a master’s degree in geology from Highlands in December 2016 with a 3.9 GPA and a bachelor’s degree in environmental - [Author Bruce Berlin Talks About Big Money in Politics March 9](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/author-bruce-berlin-talks-big-money-politics-march-9/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – An expert and author on public-sector ethics will lead a symposium March 9 from 6 – 7:30 p.m. on big money in American politics. Bruce Berlin, bestselling author of Breaking Big Money’s Grip on America, said his book and the symposium in Highlands University’s Donnelly Library Annex, Lecture Room G-35, 802 - [Nigerian Scholar Speaks at International Women’s Day March 8](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nigerian-scholar-speaks-international-womens-day-march-8/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Nigerian sociology scholar Chine Onuegbu will talk March 8 about the Nigerian girls from Chibok who were kidnapped in 2014 by the extremist group Boko Haram. Onuegbu, a Bartos Institute Fellow at the United World College – USA, will deliver the keynote address at Highlands University’s International Women’s Day Celebration. - [Marchi Reappointed as Regent, Vigil New Student Regent](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/marchi-reappointed-regent-vigil-new-student-regent/) - Las Vegas, N.M. The New Mexico Senate confirmed Frank Marchi’s reappointment to the Highlands University Board of Regents March 3 and John Ramon Vigil as the new student regent. Marchi, a lifelong business leader in New Mexico, was first appointed a regent by Gov. Susana Martínez in 2011. His second term extends through Dec. 31, - [Student Play Circumstance Presented March 10, 11](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-play-circumstance-presented-march-10-11/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University presents Circumstance, a student’s original play about teenagers with mental illness, March 10 and March 11 at 7 p.m. Brandi Aragon, a Highlands music performance senior, wrote Circumstance and directs the production performed by the university’s Zero Theatre Club in the Sala de Madrid Building, 801 University Ave. “My - [Pakistani Exchange Student Grateful For Kindness of New Mexicans](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/pakistani-exchange-student-grateful-kindness-new-mexicans/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – When a Highlands University international exchange student from Pakistan returns home she will tell people about the kindness of strangers in New Mexico. “I’ve had many random strangers help me in New Mexico, which is very refreshing,” Rija Ahmed said. “Once when I was on the bus from Santa Fe to - [Reggae Artist J Boog Performs at Highlands April 29](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/reggae-artist-j-boog-performs-highlands-april-29/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents J Boog, a renowned reggae singer and songwriter of Samoan descent, April 29 at 7 p.m. in the John A. Wilson Complex, 1241 9th St. J Boog’s popularity has soared since his debut album Hear Me Roar in 2007. His 2011 album Backyard Boogie earned him the Best - [Iron Tribe Performance Pour March 2, Iron Art Exhibit Reception March 3](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/iron-tribe-performance-pour-march-2-iron-art-exhibit-reception-march/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Molten metal flung against a wall will burst into a spectacular display like fireworks during Highlands University’s Iron Tribe 2017 performance casting event March 2 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The iron pour performance is based upon Dashuhua, the ancient Chinese Festival of Lights tradition that is still popular during the - [Santa Fe Mayor to Address HU’s Class of 2017](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/santa-fe-mayor-address-hus-class-2017/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The mayor of Santa Fe will be New Mexico Highlands commencement speaker for the main campus’ 2017 ceremony. Mayor Javier Gonzales served as the chairman of the Highlands University Board of Regents from 2005 – 2010. “I’m a big believer in New Mexico Highlands and the education it provides,” Gonzales said. - [Santa Fe Councilwoman Talks About Leadership March 2](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/santa-fe-councilwoman-talks-leadership-march-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Santa Fe Councilwoman Renee Villarreal will talk at Highlands University about leadership March 2 in honor of Women’s History Month. The free conversation and lunch with Villarreal will be from 12 – 1 p.m. in the university’s Student Center, Room 322, 800 National Ave. “My talk will center around what it - [Thomas Mishler Scholarship Music Recital March 5](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/thomas-mishler-scholarship-music-recital-march-5/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Seven of Highlands University’s top music students will perform in a recital March 5 at 3 p.m. in the Kennedy Alumni Hall, 905 University Ave. The program for the Thomas Mishler Scholarship Recital includes a wide variety of musical selections, ranging from Chopin to Schubert, Mozart and Mendelssohn. Music faculty Andre - [Geology Students Will Conduct Volcano Research in Central Europe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/geology-students-will-conduct-volcano-research-central-europe/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University geology students will have the opportunity to conduct research in Central Europe that will shed new light on how extinct volcanoes grew, thanks to a National Science Foundation grant. The three-year $250,000 NSF grant is titled From the Roots to the Roof: the Anatomy of Volcanoes. It will fund - [Franken Construction Earns Award for Highlands’ Media Arts Trolley Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/franken-construction-earns-award-highlands-media-arts-trolley-building/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Franken Construction earned a New Mexico Best Buildings 2017 Award for transforming a unique historic Las Vegas, New Mexico, landmark into a state-of-the-art facility for Highlands University’s Media Arts and Technology Department. The Associated General Contractors of New Mexico made the award to Franken Construction of Las Vegas for its work - [West Las Vegas High Students Visit Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/west-las-vegas-high-students-visit-highlands/) - West Las Vegas High School seniors from Las Vegas, New Mexico, Jamie Sandoval, left, Rosalinda Jaramillo, Brooklyn Aragon, Liam Lopez and Moses Esquibel talk with Highlands University President Sam Minner during a visit to campus Feb. 13. Melissa Lopez, a West Las Vegas High guidance counselor, brought 28 students to Highlands to learn more about - [NASA Scientist Talks February 15 About International Space Station](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/nasa-scientist-talks-february-15-international-space-station/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – A free public lecture at Highlands University Feb. 15 features a NASA scientist who will shed light on the indoor air quality environment of the International Space Station. Marit Meyer, a NASA Glenn Research Center scientist, will talk at 5 p.m. at Sininger Hall, Room 100, 904 University Ave. Sininger is - [Community Turns Out for HU Loves Alumni Event](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/community-turns-hu-loves-alumni-event/) - Highlands University alumni Mark Cassidy, ’81, center, and his wife, Geri, ’82, ’86, right, visit with Bill Hayward, exercise and sport sciences professor, at the Highlands Loves Alumni event Feb. 9 in the Student Center Ballroom. The free Valentine’s celebration was also a fundraiser for the Home Field Advantage Campaign aimed at replacing the 14-year-old - [Lightwire Theater Presents Moon Mouse in Ilfeld Jan. 27](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/lightwire-theater-presents-moon-mouse-ilfeld-jan-27/) - Las Vegas, N.M – The Lightwire Theater performs Moon Mouse: A Space Odyssey Jan. 27 at 6:30 p.m. in Highlands University’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Moon Mouse is a theatrical production for children and adults that tells the story of Marvin the Mouse and his adventures flying to the moon. Forty luminous characters - [HU Professor Named Jefferson Fellow](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-professor-named-jefferson-fellow/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine named a Highlands University professor as one of its 2017-18 Jefferson Science Fellows. Ernest Greene, a professor of engineering and biology at Highlands, will begin his fellowship work in August, influencing science policy at the U.S. Department of State. Greene is one of - [Graduate Student Helps Implement New Mexico Cultural Atlas Mobile App](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/graduate-student-helps-implement-new-mexico-cultural-atlas-mobile-app/) - Las Vegas, New Mexico – A Highlands University student helped implement an interactive mobile app that puts New Mexico’s cultural and historical sites at the finger tips of travelers and state residents though their smart phones. The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs created the Cultural Atlas of New Mexico app with technical support from - [Alumna Desiree Martínez Loves Her Highlands Family](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/alumna-desiree-martinez-loves-highlands-family/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Highlands University alumna Desiree Martínez said she felt love from the Highlands family when her father, social work professor Rey Martínez, survived a deadly head-on car collision July 11, 2014. Martínez’ heartfelt tale is just one of the stories featured in the Highlands Loves Alumni Valentine’s celebration Feb. 9 from 5:30 - [Education Department Report Shows Value of Highlands Education](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/education-department-report-shows-value-highlands-education/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – Median salaries for graduates of New Mexico Highlands University are higher than graduates of University of New Mexico and New Mexico State University, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Education. Highlands graduates earned a median income of $35,200 in the 10-year span after graduation, according to the Department - [Highlands Loves Alumni Feb. 9 Benefits Campaign for Football Field](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-loves-alumni-feb-9-benefits-campaign-football-field/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – The Highlands Loves Alumni event Feb. 9 is a festive and free evening of food, music, fun and a silent auction that benefits the Home Field Advantage Campaign aimed at replacing the university’s 14-year-old football field. The Valentine’s celebration will be in the Student Center, 800 National Ave., from 5:30 - - [Anthropology Prof Advises New Latino Studies Program at Santa Fe Nonprofit](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/anthropology-prof-advises-new-latino-studies-program-santa-fe-nonprofit/) - Las Vegas, N.M – A Highlands University cultural anthropology professor is advising the Santa Fe-based School for Advanced Research in creating a new Latino Studies Program aimed at increasing the pipeline for Latino scholars from throughout the United States. Highlands cultural anthropology professor Mario Gonzales shared his expertise in U.S. and Mexican immigration and border - [Irish Rhythm of the Dance Performs in Ilfeld February 15](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/irish-rhythm-dance-performs-ilfeld-february-15/) - Las Vegas, N.M – Highlands University presents Rhythm of the Dance, the National Dance Company of Ireland, in concert Feb. 15 at 7 p.m. in the university’s historic Ilfeld Auditorium, 900 University Ave. Rhythm of the Dance showcases the journey of Irish Celts throughout history, combining dance and music to unite the contemporary and - [Highlands Alumnus Named to San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-alumnus-named-san-antonio-sports-hall-fame/) - LAS VEGAS, NM – The San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame inducted a New Mexico Highlands alumnus into its 2017 class. Sylvester Perez completed his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Highlands in the ’70s, received a Distinguished Alumni award in 2013, and was the university’s commencement speaker in 2014. He joins four other inductees to - [First Counselors Workshop at Highlands February 1](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/first-counselors-workshop-highlands-february-1/) - Guidance counselors from Robertson High School in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Amadee Duran, left, and Geralyn Montoya participated in the free workshop at Highlands Feb. 1 for high school and community college counselors and education leaders. Duran and Montoya are both Highlands alumnae, earning their master’s degrees in guidance and counseling as well as - [International Iron Tribe Exhibit Showcases Contemporary Cast Iron Art](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/international-iron-tribe-exhibit-showcases-contemporary-cast-iron-art-2/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – Leading international and American contemporary iron artists are featured in a sculpture exhibit that is part of the Iron Tribe 2017 event at Highlands University. The Iron Tribe exhibit is in the university’s Burris Hall Gallery, 903 National Ave., though March 3, with a closing reception that day from 4 – - [Gieri Named HU Director of Information Technology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/gieri-named-hu-director-information-technology/) - LAS VEGAS, N.M. – New Mexico Highlands can be at the forefront of making technology more efficient for the state’s colleges and universities, according to the university’s new director of information technology. “To me, higher education is paramount,” said Joe Gieri, who became Highlands’ director of information technology in January. “We have to have a - [Workshop Feb. 1 for Counselors and Education Leaders](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/workshop-feb-1-counselors-education-leaders/) - Las Vegas, N.M. – New Mexico high school and community college counselors along with education leaders will learn more about what Highlands University has to offer at a free workshop Feb. 1. The workshop will be from 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. at the Highlands main campus in Las Vegas in the Student Center, 800 - [Spring Semester 2017 Begins](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/spring-semester-2017-begins/) - Margaret McKinney/Highlands University Highlands University sophomores Javier Espinoza, left, and Maeli García talk on their way to class Jan. 18 on the first day of spring semester at Highlands. Espinoza is a social work major and García is a secondary education major. Both students are from Coachella, California. ## Pages - [New Mexico Highlands University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/) - New Mexico Highlands University's mission is to provide opportunities for students to attain an exceptional education by fostering creativity, critical thinking and research within a diverse community. - [NMHU Sustainability and Conservation Committee](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/sustainability-conservation-committee/) - The mission of the New Mexico Highlands University Sustainability and Conservation Committee is to minimize negative socioecological impacts and maximize the integrity, resilience, and beauty of the landscape and its human and non-human constituent communities. The Sustainability and Conservation Committee is comprised of administrators, faculty, staff, and students who want to help NMHU foster sustainability - [President's Message: November 14, 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/presidents-office/pm-nov-14-2025/) - November 14, 2025 Dear NMHU Community, The Matanza on November 1 was a fantastic event that showcased our ability to come together as a community and serve one another. It was wonderful to see so many people enjoying our Northern New Mexico traditions. With the help of more than 100 volunteers, our team prepared and - [Advancement and University Relations](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/aur/) - Advancement and University Relations HU Today NMHU Foundation Department Resources NMHU Advancement The mission of the New Mexico Highlands University Foundation is to provide support to benefit students of the University and the University as a whole through the acquisition, development and administration of financial and other resources. The Foundation & Alumni Engagement Offices are - [Resources](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/aur/resources/) - ResourcesNew Mexico Highlands’ Office of Advancement and University Relations’ mission is to disseminate relevant information about the university to external and internal audiences, promote collaboration between the university and external organizations, and support the overall mission, vision and goals of the university. Global Email Request FormNMHU Global Email Request FormGraphic Design Request FormGraphic design is - [President's Message: October 31, 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/presidents-office/pm-oct-31-2025/) - October 31, 2025Dear NMHU Community, Happy Halloween and Happy Matanza! It’s shaping up to be a busy end to the week—on Thursday and Friday, the Board of Regents held a retreat in Rodgers Hall to take a deep dive into the important issues facing Highlands, Las Vegas, and our students. I’ve worked at many universities, - [NMHU Employment](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/human-resources/nmhu-jobs/) - [President's Message: October 17, 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/presidents-office/pm-oct-17-2025/) - October 17, 2025Dear NMHU Community, On Monday, October 6, the New Mexico Forest and Watershed Restoration Institute (NMFWRI) celebrated its 20th anniversary with an open house in the Student Union Building. Housed on the Las Vegas campus in the Lora Shields and Industrial Arts buildings, the NMFWRI has grown from three employees in 2005 to - [President's Message: October 3, 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/presidents-office/pm-oct-3-2025/) - October 3, 2025Dear NMHU Community, Fall is here, and campus has been especially beautiful over the past few weeks. Many of us are still catching up on all the energy and excitement from Homecoming—thank you to our sponsor, Quality Care, for supporting Highlands and making the celebration possible. Below are a few more photos from - [President's Message: September 19, 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/presidents-office/pm-sept-19-2025/) - September 19, 2025Dear NMHU Community, Quite a lot is happening here at Highlands and in the world today, so here are a few thoughts and some updates on exciting activities here. First, I’ll start with why I believe Highlands is so important. 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While we won’t know the final enrollment numbers until after census day in a few days, it’s looking like approximately 2% overall enrollment growth and 5% enrollment growth here on the Las Vegas - [Clinical Counseling Psychology Program Information](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/landing-psychology/program-information/) - Psychology M.S. Program Information Clinical/Counseling Psychology Track Information The Clinical/Counseling Psychology track is an MPCAC-accredited 66-credit hour program which is unique in that it is one of the only programs in the U.S. that provides comprehensive training in psychological therapy and assessment. This emphasis area takes a minimum of two years (including summer semesters) to - [President's Message: August 25, 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/presidents-office/pm-august-25-2025/) - August 25, 2025 Dear NMHU Community, Welcome back! As President, I like to say that I’ve completed my freshmen year at Highlands. 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Undergraduate Programs Business Administration – Accounting, Finance, Mangement, Marketing – Main Campus and Online Only Education (Early Childhood, Elementary Education, Multicultural Education, Special Education)PsychologySocial Work Graduate Programs Business - [Highlands Farmington Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/statewide-centers/highlands-farmington-center/) - Highlands FarmingtonNew Mexico Highlands University–Farmington Center is located near the Four Corners of northwestern New Mexico, northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and southwestern Colorado. Our students represent a diverse body of ethnic groups as varied as our landscape. Outdoor activities like hiking, kayaking, swimming and climbing give you plenty of opportunity to relax after studying. 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Procurement is the purchase of any tangible goods, equipment, services, and construction. Procurement regulations/codes - [Proposed Sole Source Purchases](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/purchasing-department/proposed-sole-source-purchases/) - Proposed Sole Source PurchasesThe Proposed Sole Source Purchases page provides current information about proposed Sole Source purchases by New Mexico Highlands University in accordance with §13-1-126 N.M.S.A. 1978. 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This will help to ensure an efficient and cost savings process for you to - [President's Office](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/presidents-office/) - Office of the PresidentQuick Links | Staff | Messages |University Mission Statement Neil Woolf, Ed.D.As a young adult, I decided on a career in higher education through a transformative experience serving a two-year service mission in Detroit, Michigan. There, I saw first-hand how access to education expands the opportunities available for social and economic mobility. It - [Parents - FAQs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/parents-counselors/parents-faqs/) - Parents – FAQs What is the cost of attendance including tuition, books, housing, and meals? Tuition is $2,250 for 12 to 18 undergraduate hours and $2,388.00 for 12 to 18 graduate hours for instate students. Books range from $350 to $600 a semester. Housing for freshman men and women is $1,413.00. 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This report culminates a yearlong process that began with careful attention to feedback from numerous - [University Master Plan](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/institutional-research/university-master-plan/) - NMHU Master PlanNew Mexico Highlands University is planning its future! As a neighbor to the Las Vegas community for more than 115 years, Highlands University understands the importance of our shared history and culture. We therefore thank you for reviewing the PDF documents at the link below and sending us your feedback. New Mexico Highlands - [Official Institutional Factbook](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/institutional-research/fact-book/) - Official Institutional FactbookThe Annual NMHU Fact book is a publication of the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research in the Office of Academic Affairs. 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To check NMHU’s accreditation status, please see the NMHU Institutional Accreditation on the official HLC web page. Faculty, staff, students, parents, and others from the general public with questions regarding HLC’s work should contact - [The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Research](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/institutional-research/) - Office of Institutional Research & Data ManagementAccreditation | Strategic Plan 2025 | Strategic Plan 2025 KPIs | Master Plan | Outcomes Assessment | Unit Strategic Planning Data RequestData Request InformationSubmit your request to IRDM via the form Note: You need to be logged into your NMHU account to access the request form Critical Reporting CalendarCritical Reporting - [Tickets](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ilfeld-auditorium/tickets/) - Calendar of Events | Cineflix | Contact | Directions | Facility | Rental Agreement | Support All tickets for this show are online only. If you require assistance, please contact our Assistant Director of Student Life Leticia Trujillo at 505-454-3201; by email at leticiatrujillo@nmhu.edu; or by visiting Leticia’s office, #105 in the SUB Game Room. - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ilfeld-auditorium/) - Ilfeld AuditoriumCalendar of Events | Cineflix | Contact | Directions | Facility | Rental Agreement | Support | Tickets Note: Ilfeld Auditorium is currently closed while maintenance and repair work is being planned and scheduled. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we work to prepare the space for future use. Updates - [HU Mobile Instructions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/hu-mobile-instructions/) - HU Mobile InstructionsKeep up with Highlands University with our new mobile app, HU Mobile. Follow these directions to download the app and check your grades, register for classes, get the latest news and more! Android Devices: Select Google Play Search for Ellucian Go Install and run the app Once the school list - [HR Documents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/human-resources/hr-documents/) - HR DocumentsListed Alphabetically: Acknowledgement of 31 Day Benefit Enrollment Period(Human Resources:Forms to complete) This document describes the 31 day period for enrollment in benefits. *SNH *FNHView PDF document – (178.3Kb) Agreement for Salary Reduction Under Section 403(b)(Human Resources:Forms to complete) This form is used to either increase or decrease your current 403(b) bi-weekly payroll deduction. Form - [Holiday Schedule](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/calendars/holiday-schedule/) - Holiday Schedule2026 Holiday Schedule Thursday, January 1, 2026New Years Day Monday, January 19, 2026Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Friday, April 3, 2026Spring Recess Monday, May 25, 2026Memorial Day Friday, July 3, 2026Independence Day Monday, September 7, 2026Labor Day Thursday, November 26 – Friday, November 27, 2026Thanksgiving Monday, December 21, 2026 – Friday, January 1, 2027Holiday - [Human Resources/Payroll](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/human-resources/) - Human ResourcesEmployment || HR Documents || Holidays || 2026 Staff & Student Payroll Schedule || 2026 Faculty Payroll Schedule Welcome to Human Resources and Payroll! We support New Mexico Highlands University’s values, vision, and mission. Human Resources/Payroll delivers resources to faculty, staff, and students to recruit, engage, and retain employees. 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It depends on what you choose and where you might qualify - [Kennedy Halls](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-housing/kennedy-halls/) - Kennedy HallsNorth and South Kennedy are open to students of at least sophomore standing. The second floor of North Kennedy is designated for women and the first floor for men. East, South and West Kennedy halls have private rooms with private bathrooms. Students with at least junior standing are given preference in East Kennedy, while - [Housing and Student Conduct Contact Information](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-housing/housing-contact-information/) - University Housing Contact InformationRESIDENCE LIFE AND HOUSING OPERATIONS 505.454.3544 Fax: 426-2042 Student Union Building-3rd floor. Joseph Dominguez Associate Vice President for Student AffairsPhone: 505-454-3553Room: SUB-302 Jacinda Woodruff Director of Resident Life and Housing OperationsPhone: 505-454-3526Room: SUB-303 CustodiansMichael Shivers Housing and Student ConductCustodial SupervisorPhone: 505-454-3193Room: STU Natasha Quintana Housing and Student ConductLead CustodianPhone: 505-454-3193Room: STU - [Residence Hall Amenities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-housing/residence-hall-amenities/) - Resident Hall AmenitiesConnor Hall is a traditional residence hall that is coed by floor, with students sharing a common bathroom on each floor. All floors are same gender and rooms are private occupancy. All students are eligible for Connor Hall. Kennedy Hall is a complex of four buildings: East, North, South and West Kennedy. Freshmen - [End-of-Year Instructions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-housing/end-of-year-instructions/) - End-of-Year InstructionsClosing All students are to move from the halls as follows: If your last final exam is scheduled in the morning, you are to move from the residence hall before 5 p.m. on the last day of school. If your last final exam is scheduled in the afternoon, you are to move from the - [Connor Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-housing/connor-hall/) - Connor HallConnor Hall is a more traditional hall with students sharing a common bathroom on each floor. Both double and private rooms are available. Preference is given to freshmen, although all students are eligible for Connor. - [Arrott and Gregg House](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/highlands-university-housing/arrott-and-gregg-house/) - Arrott and Gregg HouseArrott and Gregg House primarily serve students with families. 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What financial aid programs are available at New Mexico Highlands University. The deadlines for submitting applications for each of the programs. How financial aid is distributed, how decisions on distributions are made, and the basis for these decisions. How your financial need - [Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/office-of-financial-aid/) - Office of Financial Aid and ScholarshipsOffice HoursMonday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact InformationWe are located in the Felix Martinez Building, Room 240. You may contact us via telephone at 505-454-3318 or 800-379-4038 or by email. What We DoThe Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships is here to assist students in finding ways - [Loans](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/loans/) - LoansCOVID-19 Emergency Relief and Federal Student Aid The U.S. Department of Education’ COVID-19 relief for student loans has ended. The 0% interest rate ended September 1, 2023, and pays restarted in October 2023. View the Federal Student Aid website for more information. Student loans held by banks are not included in this relief. A federal student loan - [TEACH Grant](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/teach-grant/) - TEACH GrantGrants Page | Financial Aid Homepage The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program provides grants of up to $4,000 per year to students who agree to teach for four years at an elementary school, secondary school, or educational service agency that serves students from low-income families and to meet - [Pell Grant](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/pell-grant/) - Pell GrantQualifications: Undergraduate students only Annual Amount: Up to $6,345 (2020-21 award year) Deadlines & Application: Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) Description: Pell Grants are given to both in-state and out-of-state undergraduates with financial need. 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Maximum of $500 per year. - [Grants](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/grants/) - GrantsPell Grant | Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) | State Student Incentive Grant (SSIG) | TEACH Grant The average cost of college with living expenses can get expensive. The purpose of a college grants is to make your education more affordable. These grants are available to students who need and qualify for financial assistance. - [FAFSA Help](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/fafsa-help/) - FAFSA HelpFSA ID You will need a FSA ID to sign your FAFSA electronically. If you are providing parents’ information, your parents may also sign your FAFSA with their own FSA ID. If you do not have a FSA ID, or if you have forgotten your FSA ID, you may request your FSA ID at - [Free Application for Federal Student Aid](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/free-application-for-federal-student-aid/) - Free Application for Federal Student AidThe FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) is the first step in the financial aid process. You use it to apply for federal student financial aid, such as grants, loans, and work study. In addition, most states and schools use information from the FAFSA to award non federal aid. Important Note: - [Financial Aid Made Easy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/financial-aid-made-easy/) - Financial Aid Made EasyOur office staff is here to help you! You are not a number to us at New Mexico Highlands University, you are a very important person who has chosen Highlands as your school! Here are some general hints for a pain-free financial aid process: Apply early for financial aid. Complete the Free - [Financial Aid Documents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/financial-aid-documents/) - Financial Aid Documents2025-2026 Documents 2025-2026 Loan Request 2025-2026 Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) 2025-2026 Teach Grant Application 2025-2026 V1 Dependent 2025-2026 V1 Independent Worksheet 2025-2026 V4 Dependent 2025-2026 V4 Independent 2025-2026 V5 Dependent 2025-2026 V5 Independent Worksheet 2526 Loan Request 2526 V1 Worksheet Dep BO FA Auth Terms and Conditions - [Important Dates](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/important-dates/) - Important DatesOctober Use 2-year prior federal tax returns and end-of-the-year benefit statements to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) (ex. 2022-2023 FAFSA use 2020 taxes) or update your Renewal Application. It may take anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks (depending on whether it is a web application or paper application) to - [Cost of Attending](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/cost-of-attending/) - Cost of AttendingCollege Affordability Estimator For first-time entering freshmen, the cost calculator is available to help you estimate what it will cost to attend New Mexico Highlands University. The cost of attendance is considered in awarding Pell Grant and other sources of financial aid and scholarships. It is calculated each year after the cost - [Scholarship Checklist](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/scholarship-checklist/) - Scholarship Checklist Admission to the university (Degree Seeking) Receipt of high school transcript (or GED scores), ACT/SAT scores, and/or official college transcripts. - [Financial Aid](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/financial-aid/) - Financial AidWelcome to Highlands! NMHU’s President Woolf and Vice President Brown welcome students and encourage everyone to complete their current FAFSA. Concepcion Perez-Carrillo and Damien DeRego also provide testimonials on how financial aid assisted with completing their degrees at NMHU. The Office of Financial Aid and ScholarshipsOffice of Financial Aid and Scholarships Staff DirectoryMain Office - [Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/faculty-senate/faculty-senate-meeting-minutes/) - Zoom link for Faculty Senate Meetings: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/94149997087 2025-26 Faculty Senate meeting minutes in PDF format August 27, 2025 Faculty Senate Meeting minutes September 10, 2025 Faculty Senate Meeting minutes September 24, 2025 Faculty Senate Meeting minutes October 8, 2025 Faculty Senate Meeting minutes October 22, 2025 Faculty Senate Meeting minutes November 12, 2025 Faculty Senate - [General Faculty Minutes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/faculty-senate/general-faculty-minutes/) - List by year of General Faculty Minutes in PDF format. 2024-25 General Faculty Meeting Minutes in PDF format August 8, 2024 General Faculty meeting minutes September 25, 2024 General Faculty meeting minutes October 23, 2024 General Faculty meeting minutes 2023-24 General Faculty Meeting Minutes in PDF format August 23, 2023 General Faculty meeting minutes September - [Faculty Senate Committees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/faculty-senate/faculty-senate-committees/) - Academic Affairs Committee || Athletic Committee || Faculty Affairs Committee|| Financial Planning Committee || Grievance & Conciliation Committee|| International Education Committee || Library Committee || Outcomes Assessment Committee || Research Committee || Student Affairs Committee ||Technology Committee ||Graduate Council || 2025-2025 Committee Membership Academic Affairs CommitteeOne member from each college department, plus two members from - [Faculty Academic Calendar](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/calendars/faculty-academic-calendar/) - Faculty Academic CalendarACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022 Proposed Faculty Academic Calendar 2021-2022 Faculty contractual obligations for the academic year 2021-2022 begin on August 11, 2021, and end on May 17, 2022. Please be reminded that attendance at professional development activities and Commencement is mandatory. During periods when classes are not in session, but the University is open, - [Action and Information Items](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/faculty-senate/action-and-information-items/) - Informational Items Faculty Senate Committee Membership 2023-2024 Faculty Senate Strategic Plan Faculty List Academic Year 2023-2024 AAUP Shared Governance Program Faculty Senate Meeting Schedule Faculty Senate Year in Review 2023-2024 2022-2023 2016-2017 2015-2016 - [Academic Affairs Committee Minutes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/faculty-senate/academic-affairs-committee-minutes/) - Link to: Academic Affairs Committee Documents List of Academic Affairs Meeting Minutes (by year) xx 2025-26 Meeting and Committee meetings August 20, 2025 Academic Affairs Committee meeting minutes September 03, 2025 Academic Affairs Committee meeting minutes September 17, 2025 Academic Affairs Committee meeting minutes October 01, 2025 Academic Affairs Committee meeting minutes October 15, - [Academic Affairs Committee Documents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/faculty-senate/academic-affairs-committee-documents/) - Academic Affairs Documents Academic Affairs Committee Minutes || Course and Program Forms ||Program Review || FORMS Changes to Courses: AAC New Course Form 2025 (PDF Template) – Do not forget to include a syllabus as an attachment. AAC_Course_Revision_Deletion_Reactivation_Deactivation_Form_2025 (PDF Template) – Do not forget to include syllabi for relevant course revisions. Changes to Programs: New - [Faculty Senate](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/faculty-senate/) - Faculty SenateAction and Information Items | Academic Affairs Documents | Academic Affairs Meeting Minutes | Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes | General Faculty Meeting Minutes | Faculty Resources | Faculty Senate Strategic Plan | Faculty Senate Committees The Faculty Senate is the primary way that faculty participate in university governance. It is elected in accordance with its own - [English Faculty and Staff](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/our-faculty/english-faculty-and-staff/) - English Faculty and Staff Donna Woodford-Gormley ProfessorPh.D. Washington University, 1999dwoodford@nmhu.edu505-454-3253Webpage Teaching and research interests include British literature to 1700, international Shakespeare, early modern Renaissance women writers, Isabella Whitney, orphans and foster children in Renaissance literature, motherhood in Renaissance literature, Harry Potter and fairy tales. Peter Buchanan Visiting Associate Professor of EnglishPh.D. Medieval Studies, University - [Campus Services](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/campus-services/) - A Accessibility ServicesAccounts Payable B Building AddressesBusiness Office C Career Services F Facilities Services Work Order Facilities Scheduling Approved Facilities Policy (Word doc.) Procedures for Use of Campus Facilities (Word doc.) NMHU Application for Use of University Facilities (PDF) Sample Set ups (Ballroom, Sala de Madrid, Kennedy Lounge) (Word doc.) Conference Contract(Word doc.) Ilfeld Contract - [Campus Services](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/campus-services/campus-building-addresses/campus-services/) - Campus BuildingsAddresses General Campus HoursMonday – Friday 8 – 5 p.m., except for classes BookstoreLocated in the Student Union buildingMonday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Perkins StadiumClosed for construction/Hours dependent on event Fitness FacilityLocated in the Wilson ComplexMonday – Thursday 8 a.m. – 6 p.mFriday 8 a.m. – 5 - [Building Addresses](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/campus-services/campus-building-addresses/) - Building Addresses Building Name Building Address Art Foundry 914 11th Street Archuleta Hall 902 Columbia Avenue Arrott House 1016 Mora Avenue Athletic Field House 906 Baca Avenue Burris Hall 903 National Avenue Champ Tyrone Music Center 1052 11th St. Connor Hall 900 Columbia Avenue Donnelly Library Annex 802 National Avenue Douglas Hall 805 University Avenue - [Campus Life](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/campus-life-2/) - Campus LifeWhat would you like to do on campus? We have an array of clubs, sports, art exhibits, concerts and films for you to enjoy. A Art Exhibitions | Athletics C Campus Events | CARES | Campus Hours | Cineflix at Ilfeld | Clubs and Organizations | Coffee Shop | Cowboy Code D Dining Hall E Events Calendar H Housing I IDs | Ilfeld - [Counseling Faculty and Staff](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/faculty-and-staff/) - Home Counseling Concentrations Clinical Experience Student Resources Faculty & Staff Apply Counseling Faculty and StaffFacultyAnna M. Koch, Ph.D. PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT CHAIRREHABILITATION & CLINICAL COUNSELINGTele: 505-891-6941Email: amkoch@nmhu.eduRio Rancho Center, Rm. 120 Heather L. Smith, Ph.D. (click for faculty page) ASSOCIATE PROFESSORCLINICAL MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELINGTele: 505-891-6909Email: hlsmith@nmhu.eduRio Rancho Center, Rm. 106 Sulema Perales, Ph.D. ASSISTANT PROFESSORCLINICAL & REHABILITATION COUNSELINGTele: - [Emergency Alert Sign Up](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/emergency-alert-sign-up/) - Emergency Alert Sign UpThe safety of students, faculty and staff is of paramount importance to New Mexico Highlands University. In the event of an emergency, the university will disseminate information via e-mail, text message, Facebook, Twitter and the university’s website. The university uses all or a combination of some media depending on the severity of - [Emergency Weather Policy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/emergency-weather-policy/) - Emergency Weather PolicyNMHU INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY As of September 21, 2015 General Practice Facilities General Maintenance will notify the Facilities Director if there is four or more inches of snow measured on main campus as of 5:00am. If conditions warrant, the Facilities Director will notify the President who will decide no later than 6:00am whether - [Office of the Dean of Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/office-of-the-dean-of-students/) - HU-CARES Career Services Housing Food Services Campus Police Student Health Center ASNMHU Student Affairs OfficeVice President for Student AffairsDr. Kimberly Blea can be reached at 505-454-3020 or kjvaldez@nmhu.edu . Student Handbook and Grievance Form Student handbook Student Grievance Form New Mexico Highlands University Vaccination PolicyImmunizations are not required for admission to New Mexico Highlands University, - [Student Government, Administration and Board of Regents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/student-government/) - Student Government, Administration and Board of Regents A Associated Students of New Mexico Highlands University (Student Senate) B Board of Regents D Dean of Students P President’s Office V Vice President of Academic Affairs - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/frequently-asked-questions/) - Frequently Asked QuestionsIf you are having problems locating information, here are some frequently asked questions. If these don’t help, please feel free to contact us. How do I get a transcript? What courses are being offered? What courses are being offered at the sites? Are online courses being offered? Is X course being offered? Where - [E-mail and Campus Computing](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/e-mail-and-campus-computing/) - E-mail and Campus ComputingE E-mail | Emergency Text Alerts F FAQs I Information Technology at Highlands O Online Documents P Password Help S Self-Service Banner T Technical Help - [Resources](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/counseling-services/resources/) - ResourcesWe all need a little help and support. Here’s how to find it, in person, by phone and online. Emergency phone numbers Highlands Police: 454.3278 Las Vegas Police: 425.7504 N.M State. 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Presidential Campus Visit Schedule Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Dr. Teresita Aguilar, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico Dr. Teresita Aguilar: CV Dr. Teresita Aguilar: Itinerary - [HLC Committee Archives](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/accreditation-information-2/hlc-committee-archives/) - This is historical data. HLC Focused Visit 2020: Committee Membership Steering Committee In academic year 2019-20, Highlands University will host a focused visit from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) to address three areas of continuing concern. A steering committee has been formed to oversee the preparation process for this focused visit. Steering Committee members include: - [Cineflix in Ilfeld](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ilfeld-auditorium/cineflix-in-ilfeld/) - There are currently no movie showings. Please stay tuned for updates. NO outside food or drink. 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Our vision is to be a premier comprehensive university transforming lives and communities now and for generations to come. - [Business Office Policies](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/campus-services/business-office/business-office-policies/) - Business Office Policies Adopted by Board of Regents 4-27-18 Financial Accounting Significant Accounting Policies Accounts Payable Review Guide Student Account Receivable Policies Cash Management Policy Grants and Contracts Capital Project Accounting Endowment Accounting Investment Policy Financial Accounting General The accounting policies of this University are guidelines to ensure that the financial statements are accurate, - [Department of Business Administration Undergraduate Requirements](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/catalog/undergraduate/catalog-undergraduate-department-of-business-administration-undergraduate-requirements/) - School of Business, Media and Technology Dr. D. 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Award letters for scholarships will be sent as soon as possible after April 1, but if you are not initially chosen, you might ## Soliloquy Sliders - [The Wild West Saloons of Las Vegas NM](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=soliloquy&p=29033) - [Las Vegas 100 Years Ago](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=soliloquy&p=28973) - [Final History of Springer Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=soliloquy&p=28956) - [Life at Fort Union Two](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=soliloquy&p=28583) - [NMHU Theater Archives](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/?post_type=soliloquy&p=28497) ## FAQs - [Ongoing Support/Contact Information](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/ongoing-support-contact-information/) - New Mexico Highlands University Veronica Black: veronica@nmhu.edu (Program Coordinator for Center for Teaching Excellence available for Drop-in Hours) Dr. Ben Villarreal: bjvillarreal@nmhu.edu (Director of Center for Teaching Excellence available for Drop-in Hours) Megan Shudde: mwshudde@nmhu.edu (Senior Instructional Design available for Drop-in Hours) Dr. Patrick Wilson: patrickwilson@nmhu.edu (Director of Online and Extended Learning) ITS Service Desk: - [ITS Help Desk](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/its-help-desk/) - ITS provide support for students, faculty, and staff. Support staff will be available by phone and email. Reach out to the Help Desk at 505-426-2215 or itshelpdesk@nmhu.edu for support. Please be informed that ALL IT Support Services and request must be channeled through the ITS Help Desk. ITS is experiencing extraordinarily high volume of support - [Graduate Office FAQs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/graduate-office-faqs/) - Frequently asked questions Q: Where do I find the graduate application? A: We are no longer using paper forms. Please apply here: https://apply.nmhu.edu/apply/ Q: What are the tuition and fees? A: Current tuition and fees are online at nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/office-of-the-registrar/tuition-and-fees Q: What is the GPA requirement for admissions? A: 3.0 Q: Are official transcripts needed? A: Yes, - [GI Bill®](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/g-i-bill/) - Q. Will the rules about attending class apply for the regular and post-9/11 GI Bill®? Unless stated otherwise, normal rules as found in the SCO Handbook apply for all VA reporting requirements. COVID-19: IHL SCO FAQs (includes foreign IHLs) Q1) IHL – S.3503 Enacted: What impact does the enactment of this Senate Bill have - [Accessibility Resources ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/accessibility-resources/) - Accessibility and Navigation in Brightspace Brightspace Accessibility Checker Section 508 Compliance Accessibility tools in Zoom: Here is the recording Zoom Accessibility - [Daily Updates](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/information-updates/) - Update for students in residence halls UPDATE 5/15/2020: PICKING UP BELONGINGS AND MOVING OUT OF RESIDENCE HALLS We are tentatively planning for students to move out of the residence halls during the first and second weeks of June. This is subject to change pursuant to guidance provided by Governor Lujan-Grisham. Restrictions on travel from out - [Center for Teaching Excellence  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/center-for-teaching-excellence/) - Support Services: cte.nmhu.edu/about Development Days: cte.nmhu.edu/2021-fall-professional-development-days Instructions for Accessing FERPA Compliance Training Contact: Email: cte@nmhu.edu Phone: 505-454-3070 - [Getting started with Brightspace & Zoom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/getting-started-with-brightspace-zoom/) - Brightspace and Zoom Moving Online Now: How to keep teaching during the Coronavirus; The Chronicle of Higher Education Continuing Education training on Telehealth through the APA. All faculty member is automatically enrolled in Brightspace Faculty Orientation. This course is designed to give you access to Brightspace and Zoom tutorials. Additional Subscription Training Registration how to - [Zoom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/zoom/) - Access Zoom by logging through Brightspace Access Zoom by logging through Brightspace: http://nmhu.desire2learn.com/ Select Course Select Content Select Zoom link Zoom will download a file Open file Zoom window will pop up requesting access to your computer's mic and camera Session will start For mobile device check out the Zoom Mobile App. - [President Minner's Priorities and Announcements](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/president-minners-priorities-and-announcements/) - The safety of our students, faculty, staff and campus visitors; The continuation of our core mission: teaching our students; Strive towards the least impact for our students and employees, including regular, on-time payroll. President's Cowboy Coffee & Conversation October 1, 2020 11 a.m. Zoom Meeting Recording: https://nmhu.zoom.us/rec/share/fVe8IyhI0rHhphwG2bTZJiSLbeOjjwssK2-TNJj0SVZskPfVySaI3GutJHIbw9L7.CkR-4X_g6DkkhmB_ President's Cowboy Coffee & Conversation July 16, 2020 - [Brightspace](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/brightspace/) - Log in to Brightspace Log in to Brightspace: http://nmhu.desire2learn.com/ Find your course by navigating to My Courses All students are automatically enrolled into a Brightspace Tutorial Course when they login to Brightspace My Course. More information for students can be found here: https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/onlineorientation/ Select the Course You should see any Announcement to the entire class - [Zoom Resources](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/zoom-resources/) - ZOOM is the web teleconferencing tool used to hold classes simultaneously on the main campus and off-campus statewide centers. Using Zoom? If your class includes an Online component, you will need a Zoom link for your students to be able to access the Zoom session. How to add a Zoom link to your Brightspace class - [Safety precautions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/safety-precautions/) - Q: What procedures are taking place to ensure all piping, ventilation systems, and other architectural builds have been sanitized? A: Highlands staff and contractors are trained according to OSHA and CDC procedures, and will observe all procedures for sanitizing and maintaining buildings. Q: What is your overall strategic plan? A: There is not a strategic - [Applying to Highlands](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/applying-to-highlands/) - Q: Is it too late to apply for courses? A: No. Registration for the fall semester is still open. Go to the nmhu.edu homepage and click on the Getting Started/Apply tab for more information. Q: Can I postpone or defer my admission until the spring semester? A: Yes. Admission can be deferred to spring 2021. Please - [Quarantine Procedures](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/quarantine-procedures/) - Q: If I have to quarantine for 14 days as an out-of-state student, will I be able to do so in my residence hall? ​ A: Yes, plans are in place to allow out-of-state students to quarantine in their assigned room. Food will be provided, but students are asked to remain in their assigned rooms - [How can I buy textbooks?](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/how-can-i-buy-textbooks/) - Plan for Bookstore Online Textbook Sales for the Fall Semester: Once the website is live, no later than 8/3/2020, we will be sending a global email out to all students with information and a link to the BBA website. At this time, online orders can be submitted. We will start processing orders a week + - [What do I need to know about coronavirus?](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/what-do-i-need-to-know-about-coronavirus/) - Updated New Mexico Department of Health reports Official Coronavirus updates and information from the CDC - [How can I access campus resources while buildings are secured?](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/how-can-i-access-campus-resources-while-buildings-are-secured/) - • Contact and business information for nonacademic units (Admissions, ITS, the Business Office, library, and more) is available on an overview page and on each unit’s home page • Instructions for students to log into Brightspace and Zoom • Faculty resources - [May I come to campus or one of the centers?](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/may-i-come-to-campus-or-one-of-the-centers/) - • All main campus and buildings are secured until further notice except for employees who have been deemed essential personnel. If you have been notified you are essential personnel, you must contact Campus Police at 505-454-3278 upon arrival and departure. Essential personnel at the centers must contact their center directors. • Students who need access - [How do I access counseling and health services?](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/how-do-i-access-counseling-and-health-services/) - As of August 1, the new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider is Well-Being Solutions. This EAP program is a free benefit offered under your group benefits that is available to employees, their dependents, and those living in the employee’s household. Well-Being Solutions offers many helpful benefits, confidential, HIPPA compliant, and available 24/7/365. We encourage you to - [Scholarships, Finances and Fees](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/scholarships-finances-and-fees/) - Please note: Updates to fees and scholarships will be published as they become available. Q: Will I lose my scholarship if all my classes are online? A: No, your scholarship will continue as long as you meet all the requirements stipulated by the scholarship. Q: If I take a semester off because I would rather - [Donnelly Library ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/donnely-library/) - Donnelly Library Information Desk will remain available to provide support for students, faculty, and staff while working from home. Library staff will be available by phone and email. There will be an online library information desk available. In-person support will not be available. Donnelly Library does not expect a reduction in essential library services, with - [Online and Extended Learning  ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/online-and-extended-learning/) - Instructional Design Assistance – Consult with faculty Patricia Miera Instructional Designer prmiera@cnm.edu Quality Matters About Quality Matters Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric 6th. Ed QM Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist Personalizing Online Learning Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online Best Practices in Teaching and Learning Moving Online Now: How to keep teaching during the Coronavirus; The - [Brightspace Resources](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/brightspace-resources/) - Brightspace is NMHU’s learning management system. It provides online access to courses and to course materials. Brightspace is used in conjunction with online, hybrid, and traditional classes. It also provides access to online sessions that use ZOOM and chat. Brightspace Faculty Orientation- All faculty member is automatically enrolled in Brightspace Faculty Orientation. This course is - [ITS Help Desk   ](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/its-help-desk-2/) - ITS Help Desk will remain available to provide support for students, faculty, and staff, while working from home. Support staff will be available by phone and email. In-person support will not be available. ITS does not expect a reduction in services, except for in-person support. Staff will be able to assist with the following services: - [Instructional Design Help](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/instructional-design-help/) - Highlands has engaged Aspect Consulting to provide instructional design support during our transition to alternative delivery modes. To request assistance please email: DL_NHMU_ID@aspect-consulting.com - [Recordings](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/recordings/) - Library Online Resources: Here is the Recording Accessibility tools in Zoom: Here is the Recording Ultimate Zoom Training: Here is the Recording Ultimate Zoombombing Training: Here is the Recording Microsoft Teams training for faculty: Here is the Recording Highlands Undergraduate Enrichment (HUE) and ARMAS hosted a Microsoft Teams training for students. Here is the recording: - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/donnelly-library/) - Donnelly Library Information Desk will remain available to provide support for students, faculty, and staff while working from home. Library staff will be available by phone and email. There will be an online library information desk available. In-person support will not be available. Donnelly Library does not expect a reduction in essential library services, with - [Quality Matters & Accessibility Support](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/ufaqs/quality-matters-accessibility-support/) - Quality Matters (QM) Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist The QM ERI Checklist is organized into three columns to first provide instructors with recommended actions: Link to Document Students with Disability for Online Course Here is link to Brightspace accessibility page. 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[Viles & Crimmin Residence Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/viles-crimmin-residence-hall/) - [Stu Clark Building Foyer](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/stu-clark-building-foyer/) - [Outside Wilson Complex](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/outside-wilson-complex/) - [Fieldhouse](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/fieldhouse/) - [SUB 321](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-321/) - [Kennedy Lounge/Student Center Atrium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/kennedy-loungestudent-center-atrium/) - [Student Center Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/student-center-ballroom/) - [Las Vegas Community](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/las-vegas-community/) - [Campus Wide](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/campus-wide-3/) - [Lakewood, CO](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/lakewood-co/) - [El Paso, TX](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/el-paso-tx/) - 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[Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/perkins-stadium-8/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/ilfeld-auditorium-3/) - [SUB Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-theater-2/) - [Sala de Madrid](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sala-de-madrid/) - [SUB Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-theater/) - [Santa Ana Star Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/albuquerque-rio-rancho-commencement-2017/) - [Cafeteria/Dining Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/cafeteriadining-hall/) - [Sininger Hall 100](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sininger-hall-100/) - [Kennedy Lounge](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/kennedy-lounge/) - [](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/perkins-stadium-7/) - [Wilson Complex](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/wilson-complex-4/) - [ARMAS Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/armas-center/) - [Lora Shields Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/lora-shields-building/) - [Felix Martinez Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/campus-wide/) - [SUB 2nd floor atrium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-2nd-floor-atrium/) - [HEC Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/hec-building/) - [NMHU Bookstore](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-bookstore/) - [Melody Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/melody-park/) - [TBA](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/tba/) - [HU Observatory](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/hu-observatory/) - [Media Arts Trolley Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/media-arts-trolley-building/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/ilfeld-auditorium-2/) - [Stu Clark/Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/stu-clarkperkins-stadium/) - [SUB - 3rd Floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-3rd-floor/) - [Central Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/central-park-2/) - [Campus Wide](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/campus-wide-2/) - [](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/homecoming-week-campus-wide-decorating-contest/) - [Kedp Radio Station](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/kedp-radio-station/) - [NMHU Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-faculty-recital/) - [City of Las Vegas Museum & Rough Rider Memorial Exhibit](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-city-las-vegas-museum-tour/) - [Donnelly Library 2nd Floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-family-storytime/) - [Donnelly Library Room 218](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-hidden-treasures-library-exhibit/) - [Student Union Building Room 322](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-preserving-digital-life-webinar/) - [Donnelly Library Room 327](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-family-book-repair/) - [Student Union Building Room 322](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-introduction-genealogy/) - [Student Union Building Room 321](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-caring-family-documents/) - [Student Union Building Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/preservation-week-community-potluck-kick-off/) - [NMHU Purple Brew Cafe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-coffee-chitchat-cares/) - [Entire NMHU Campus](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-support-attire-purple-goes-teal-day/) - [NMHU Purple Brew Cafe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-someone-tells/) - [NMHU Student Center 321](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-latins-sexual-violence/) - [NMHU Purple Brew Cafe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-blame-game/) - [Student Center 321](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-re-authorized/) - [NMHU Lora Shields Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-says-men-matter/) - [NMHU Purple Brew Cafe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/growth-mindset-meets-saam/) - [Entire NMHU Campus](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/saam-support-attire-denim-day/) - [Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-jazz-ensemble/) - [NMHU Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-presents-original-music-concert/) - [Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/hu-singers/) - [Student Union Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/spring-career-fair-2016/) - [Student Union Building Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/hu-reads-poster-campaign-reception/) - [NMHU Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/international-service-group-benefit-dinner-silent-auction/) - [NMHU Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/mozartfest/) - [NMHU Student Center Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-miss-navajo/) - [NMHU Student Center Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-unity-diversity-dance-off/) - [Centennial Park (Flags of Diversity)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-diversity-unity-march/) - [NMHU Dining Hall Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-taste-native-american-pacific-islander-cuisine/) - [Student Center first floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-native-america-pacific-islands/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-prescription-thugs/) - [NMHU Student Center Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-good-hair/) - [NMHU Dining Hall Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-taste-asian-middle-eastindian-subcontinent/) - [NMHU Student Center first floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-nmhu-internation-students-presents/) - [Student Center first floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-asia-middle-eastindian-subcontinent/) - [NMHU Student Center Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-world-foods-tasting-buffet-7-continents/) - [Student Center Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-blacks-latin-america/) - [NMHU Dining Hall Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-taste-europe-australia/) - [Student Center first floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-europe-australia/) - [Student Center first floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-africa-caribbean/) - [Student Center first floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-cameroonian-jamaican-student-dance/) - [Student Center first floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/african-chorus-united-world-college-american-southwest/) - [NMHU Dining Hall Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-taste-africa-caribbean/) - [NMHU Student Center Theater (first floor)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-life-debt/) - [NMHU Student Center- Seconf floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-myers-foundation-reception/) - [NMHU Student Center Theatre (first floor)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-thousand-voices/) - [NMHU Student Center- First floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-dancing-decades/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-call-q-live-performance/) - [NMHU Student Center Theater (first floor)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-smoke-signals/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/culture-fest-ameican-fusion/) - [NMHU Student Center- First floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/world-music-moment-north-central-south-culturefest-2/) - [NMHU Student Center- First floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/world-music-moment-north-central-south-culturefest/) - [International Student Lounge](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/diversity-talk/) - [International Student Lounge](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/diversity-talks/) - [Student Union Building 211](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/building-a-better-you/) - [ENMU-Roswell](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/enmu-roswell/) - [Santa Ana Star Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/santa-ana-star-center/) - [San Juan College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/san-juan-college/) - [Student Union Building Room 326](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/mens-initiative-addressing-disrespectful-behaviors/) - [Sala de Madrid - NMHU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-dance-team-open-call/) - [Kennedy and Burris Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/burris-kennedy-hall-exhibition-receptions/) - [V & PA Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/thomas-mishler-scholarship-recital-2/) - [Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/thomas-mishler-scholarship-recital/) - [SUB 1st Floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/mexican-hot-dog-sale/) - [Christian Challenge](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/bible-study/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/chocolate-tasting-donnelly-library/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/hidden-treasures-library-preserving-materials/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/hidden-treasures-library-pre-1900-periodicals/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/hidden-treasures-library-nmhu-student-activities/) - [NMHU V & PA Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-music-zero-theatre-project-presents/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/shakespeare-reading-discussion-group-rosencrantz-guildenstern-dead/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/shakespeare-reading-discussion-group-hamlet/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/shakespeare-reading-discussion-group-twelfth-night/) - [SUB Governance Room](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-governance-room/) - [V & PA Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/auditions-into-the-woods/) - [Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/ray-drew-gallery-2/) - [NMHU SUB Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/santa-claus-coming-nmhu/) - [Traveler's Cafe](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/free-event-poetry-reading/) - [NMHU President's House](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/presidents-holiday-reception/) - [Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-original-music-concert/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/new-mexico-literature-reading-discussion-program/) - [NMHU Music Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/original-music-concert/) - [SUB Game Room](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/psi-chi-gaming-event/) - [Faith Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/native-club-frybread-burger-nacho-sale/) - [Ifeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/2015-miss-native-nmhu-pageant/) - [Student Union Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/laguna-dance-group/) - [Student Union Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/pueblo-throw/) - [Kennedy Alumni Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/kennedy-alumni-hall/) - [NMHU Music/Theatre Program](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/audition-zero-theatre-project-invisible-women/) - [Felix Martinez Atrium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/felix-martinez-atrium/) - [The Rock Taproom and Grill](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/the-rock-taproom-and-grill/) - [SUB 1st Floor Atrium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-1st-floor-atrium/) - [Lora Shields Rm 215](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sigma-xi-science-cafe/) - [Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-vatos-rugby-game/) - [NMHU Golf Courses](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/darkness-5k-run/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/american-modernism/) - [Lora Shields Rm 215](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/emotional-itelligence-workshop/) - [Lora Shields room 215](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nsls-orientation/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/computing-law-c-l-lindsay/) - [Melody Park & Viles & Crimmin Parking Lot](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/rez-fest-extreme/) - [Archuleta Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/rez-fest-viva-las-vegas/) - [Viles & Crimmin (Outside between VCH & Connor)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/rez-fest-cowboy-nights/) - [Kennedy Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/rez-fest-party-parthenon/) - [Student Union Building Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/latino-americans-hispanic-voting-civil-rights-post-wwii-era-lecture-elaine-rodriquez-associate-professor-political-science/) - [Student Union Building Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/latino-americans-episode-three-war-peace-screening-discussion-program/) - [Student Union Building Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/latino-americans-new-mexico-land-grants-lecture-eric-romero-assistant-professor-languages-culture/) - [Student Union Building Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/latino-americans-episode-one-foreigners-land-screening-discussion-program/) - [Sala De Madrid](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-cheerleading-tryouts/) - [Baca street in front of Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/baca-street-in-front-of-stadium/) - [St. Paul Newman Chapel](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/welcome-back-mass-bbq/) - [Student Center Governance Room](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/student-center-governance-room/) - [Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/perkins-stadium-6/) - [Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/perkins-stadium-5/) - [Music Building Parking Lot](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/music-building-parking-lot/) - [Downtown Las Vegas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/downtown-las-vegas/) - [Student Center/Melody Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/student-centermelody-park/) - [Behind Natatorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/behind-natatorium/) - [Plaza Hotel Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/plaza-hotel-ballroom/) - [Kennedy Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/kennedy-gallery/) - [Student Center - third floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/student-center-third-floor/) - [Gene Torres Golf Course](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/gene-torres-golf-course/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/ilfeld-auditorium/) - [Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/perkins-stadium-3/) - [Student Center Theater](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/student-center-theater/) - [Meet in front of the Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/meet-in-front-of-the-student-center/) - [Sudent Center - 3rd floor](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sudent-center-3rd-floor/) - [Central Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/central-park/) - [Student Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/student-center/) - [Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/perkins-stadium-2/) - [Wilson Complex](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/wilson-complex-2/) - [Perkins Stadium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/perkins-stadium/) - [City of Las Vegas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/city-of-las-vegas/) - [Centennial Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/centennial-park/) - [Ray Drew Gallery](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/ray-drew-gallery/) - [Student Union Ballroom](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/career-internship-fair-2015-2/) - [President’s Conference Room](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/presidents-conference-room/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/ilfeld-auditorium-8/) - [Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/ilfeld-auditorium-7/) - [Kennedy Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/kennedy-hall/) - [NMHU Cultural Park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/nmhu-cultural-park/) - [SUB - Student Union Building](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sub-student-union-building/) - [Main Campus](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/main-campus/) - [Sabinoso Wilderness](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/sabinoso-wilderness/) - [Language Learning Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/language-learning-center/) - [Buffalo Hall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/venue/buffalo-hall/) ## Organizers - [Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/center-for-professional-development-and-career-readiness/) - [Vice President for Academic Affairs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/vice-president-for-academic-affairs/) - [Student Success Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/student-success-center/) - [Rough Rider Productions](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/rough-rider-productions/) - [School of Business, Media Arts & Technology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/school-of-business-media-arts-technology/) - [Alumni Association](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/alumni-association/) - [Department of Forestry](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/department-of-forestry/) - [NMHU Foundation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/nmhu-foundation/) - [Arts@HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/artshu-2/) - [Arts@HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/artshu/) - [Department of History & Political Science](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/department-of-history-political-science-3/) - [SomosSTEM](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/somosstem-2/) - [SomosSTEM](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/somosstem/) - [NMHU Music Department](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/nmhu-music-department/) - [NMHU Music Department](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/nmhu-music-department-2/) - [Department of Languages and Culture](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/department-of-languages-and-culture/) - [ARMAS](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/armas/) - [Student Affairs - Arts@HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/student-affairs-artshu/) - [Music from Angel Fire](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/music-from-angel-fire-2/) - [Music from Angel Fire](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/music-from-angel-fire/) - [Student Affairs - Arts@HU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/student-affairs-artshu-2/) - [Admissions Office](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/admissions-office/) - [Vice President for Finance, Administration, and Government Relations office](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/vice-president-for-finance-administration-and-government-relations-office/) - [Department of History & Political Science](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/department-of-history-political-science-2/) - [Hispanic Language and Culture Association](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/hispanic-language-and-culture-association-2/) - [HUE](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/hue-2/) - [HUE](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/hue/) - [American Association of University Women of Las Vegas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/american-association-of-university-women-of-las-vegas-2/) - [American Association of University Women of Las Vegas](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/american-association-of-university-women-of-las-vegas/) - [Media Arts and Technology](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/media-arts-and-technology/) - [President's Council on Diversity](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/presidents-council-on-diversity/) - [HU Metro Campus Life Committee](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/hu-metro-campus-life-committee/) - [NMHU Center of Professional Development and Career Readiness](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/nmhu-center-of-professional-development-and-career-readiness/) - [PRISM club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/prism-club/) - [Student Affairs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/student-affairs-2/) - [Student Affairs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/student-affairs/) - [NMHU](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/nmhu/) - [](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/36030/) - [DEI Advisory Council](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/dei-advisory-council/) - [Catholic Newman Community](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/catholic-newman-community/) - [Outdoor Recreation Center](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/outdoor-recreation-center/) - [Career Services](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/career-services/) - [AAUW](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/aauw/) - [Sigma XI](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/sigma-xi/) - [NMHU UNIDOS Equity Group & the NMHU Diversity Advisory Council](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/nmhu-unidos-equity-group-the-nmhu-diversity-advisory-council/) - [HU CARES](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/hu-cares/) - [](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/light-oceans-cineflix/) - [Rugby Team](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/rugby-team/) - [Housing Office](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/housing-office/) - [President's Office](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/presidents-office/) - [H Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/h-club-2/) - [H Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/h-club/) - [Donnelly Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/donnelly-library/) - [Alumni Office](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/alumni-office/) - [Athletics](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/athletics/) - [Unnamed Organizer](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/unnamed-organizer/) - [Campus Life](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/campus-life-3/) - [Campus Life](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/campus-life-2/) - [Campus Life](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/campus-life/) - [Juan Ortiz](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/juan-ortiz/) - [Student Life](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/organizer/student-life/) ## Events - [Women's Basketball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs/) - Women's Basketball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, John A. Wilson Complex, 01/22/26 @5:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs/) - Men's Basketball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/22/2026, 7:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo/) - Women's Basketball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo, John A. Wilson, 01/24/26, 1:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo/) - Men's Basketball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/24/2026, 3:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver/) - Women's Basketball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver, John A. Wilson Complex, 01/29/2026, 5:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver/) - Men's Basketball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/29/2026, 7:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-regis-university/) - Women's Basketball vs. Regis University, John A. Wilson Complex, 01/31/2026, 1:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-regis-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Regis University, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/31/2026, 3:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-fort-lewis-college/) - Women's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis College, John A. Wilson Complex, 02/07/2026, 1:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-fort-lewis-college/) - Men's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis College, John A. Wilson Complex, 2/7/2026, 3:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. South Dakota Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-south-dakota-mines/) - Women's Basketball vs. South Dakota Mines, John A. Wilson Complex, 02/19/26, 5:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. South Dakota Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-south-dakota-mines/) - Men's Basketball vs. South Dakota Mines, John A. Wilson Complex, 2/19/2026, 7:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-black-hills-state-university/) - Women's Basketball vs. Black Hills State University, John A. Wilson Complex, 02/21/26, 1:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-black-hills-state-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Black Hills State University, John A. Wilson Complex, 2/21/2026, 3:00 PM - [Softball: NMHU Softball vs. Regis University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-softball-vs-regis-university-dh/) - NMHU Softball vs. Regis University (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 4/19/2026, 11:00 AM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-dh-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado School of Mines (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 5/02/2026, 11:00 AM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-dh/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado School of Mines (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 5/01/2026, 12:00 PM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Regis University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-regis-university-dh-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Regis University (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 4/19/2026, 11:00 AM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Regis University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-regis-university-dh/) - NMHU Softball vs. Regis University (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 4/18/2026, 12:00 PM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Adams State University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-adams-state-university-dh-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Adams State University (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 4/12/2026, 11:00 AM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Adams State University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-adams-state-university-dh/) - NMHU Softball vs. Adams State University (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 4/11/2026, 12:00 PM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Colorado State University Pueblo (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-dh-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 3/29/2026, 11:00 AM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Colorado Mesa University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-colorado-mesa-university-dh-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Mesa University (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 3/15/2026, 1:00 PM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Colorado State University Pueblo (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-dh/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 3/28/2026, 12:00 PM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Colorado Mesa University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-colorado-mesa-university-dh/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Mesa University (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 3/14/2026, 12:00 PM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Chadron State College (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-softball-vs-chadron-state-college-dh/) - NMHU Softball vs. Chadron State College (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 3/01/2026, 11:00 AM - [Softball: NMHU vs. Chadron State College (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/softball-nmhu-vs-chadron-state-college-dh/) - NMHU vs. Chadron State College (DH) NMHU Softball Field - 2/28/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-regis-university-2/) - NMHU vs. Regis University Brandt Baseball Field - 4/26/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Regis University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-regis-university-dh/) - NMHU vs. Regis University (DH) Brandt Baseball Field - 4/25/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-regis-university/) - NMHU vs. Regis University Brandt Baseball Field - 4/24/2026, 3:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-adams-state-university-2/) - NMHU vs. Adams State University Brandt Baseball Field - 4/19/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Adams State University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-adams-state-university-dh/) - NMHU vs. Adams State University (DH) Brandt Baseball Field - 4/18/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-adams-state-university/) - NMHU vs. Adams State University Brandt Baseball Field - 4/17/2026, 3:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver/) - NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver Brandt Baseball Field - 4/04/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-metropolitan-state-university-dh/) - NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University (DH) Brandt Baseball Field - 4/03/2026, 12:00 PM - [NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver/) - NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver Brandt Baseball Field - 4/02/2026, 3:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-2/) - NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines Brandt Baseball Field - 3/15/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-dh/) - NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines (DH) Brandt Baseball Field - 3/14/2026, 12:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines/) - NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines Brandt Baseball Field - 3/13/2026, 2:00 PM - [Baseball: NMHU vs. Southern Nazarene University (DH)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/baseball-nmhu-vs-southern-nazarene-university-dh/) - NMHU vs. Southern Nazarene University (DH) Brandt Baseball Field - 1/30/2026, 11:00 AM - [El Palacio Plática](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/el-palacio-platica/) - Sunday, February 22nd, 2pm, at Donnelly Library, 3rd floor. Free and open to all. Join Adelita M. Medina and Myrriah Gómez at New Mexico Highlands University’s Donnelly Library to talk aboutChicana activism in Las Vegas during the 1960s and ‘70s. Medina’s black and white photographs, taken in Las Vegas during El Movimiento Chicano, will be - [Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico Book Talk](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/voces-del-pueblo-artists-of-the-levantamiento-chicano-in-new-mexico-book-talk/) - Please join us for a book talk and discussion with Dr. Ray Hernández-Durán, co-author of Voces del Pueblo: Artists of the Levantamiento Chicano in New Mexico. Dr. Hernández-Durán is Professor of Spanish Colonial Art and Architecture in the Department of Art at UNM. Free and open to all. Feb. 11th, 2026. Noon Donnelly Library, 3rd - [Book Lovers Social Hour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/book-lovers-social-hour-2/) - Book Lovers Social Hour Join us Wednesday, January 28th for the Spring semester's first Book Lovers Social Hour! Drop by the third floor of the library to chat about what you're reading. Stay for a few minutes or the whole time. Tea and snacks provided. Noon to 2pm, every 4th Wednesday of the month. Free - [First Fridays @ the Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/first-fridays-the-library/) - First Fridays @ the Library Friday, Feb 6th, Donnelly Library, multipurpose room. Crafts, games, and snacks from 1-4pm in the multipurpose room. Bring your own materials/games or use what we have on hand. Drop in for a bit or stay all afternoon. Free and open to everyone. - [Spring Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-recess-6/) - Spring Recess for the Spring 2026 semester. Classes are not in session - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-5/2026-03-09/) - Spring 2026 semester spring break. Classes are not in session - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-5/2026-03-10/) - Spring 2026 semester spring break. Classes are not in session - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-5/2026-03-11/) - Spring 2026 semester spring break. Classes are not in session - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-5/2026-03-12/) - Spring 2026 semester spring break. Classes are not in session - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-5/2026-03-13/) - Spring 2026 semester spring break. Classes are not in session - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-5/2026-03-14/) - Spring 2026 semester spring break. Classes are not in session - [Spring 2026 Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-2026-midterm-exams/) - Midterm exams - [Academic Census](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/academic-census-3/) - Spring 2026 academic census - [Last Day to Drop Classes for Full-Term Spring 2026 Classes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/last-day-to-drop-classes-for-full-term-spring-2026-classes/) - Last Day to drop full-term classes for Full-Term Spring 2026 Classes - [Last Day to Register for Spring 2026 Classes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/last-day-to-register-for-spring-2026-classes/) - Last day to register for classes for the full-term Spring 2026 semester. - [Spring 2026 Semester Starts](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-2026-semester-starts/) - The start of the Spring 2026 semester - [Media Arts Student Showcase - Fall 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/media-arts-student-showcase-fall-2025/) - NMHU Media Arts Student Showcase December 10 at 5:30 pm Film Screening at 6:30pm Location: McCaffrey Trolley Building - [Light Up Highlands!](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/light-up-highlands/) - Join Us for a Holiday Evening: Light Up Highlands! You’re invited to join the NMHU community for a festive evening to Light Up Highlands! After enjoying the Luces en el Rio holiday lights, stop by the Kennedy Gallery for warm refreshments, live music, and an opportunity to celebrate art and community together. Enjoy a live performance by - [HU Talks](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talks/2026-03-16/) - Help Highlands put its BEST BOOT FORWARD! Let the people of New Mexico know what great things are happening at Highlands. Reserve a space for your program or department and create a display to showcase what you offer to prospective students. Space is very limited and is first-come, first-served. Often programs will share a space - [HU Talks](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talks/2026-03-17/) - Help Highlands put its BEST BOOT FORWARD! Let the people of New Mexico know what great things are happening at Highlands. Reserve a space for your program or department and create a display to showcase what you offer to prospective students. Space is very limited and is first-come, first-served. Often programs will share a space - [HU Talks](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talks/2026-03-18/) - Help Highlands put its BEST BOOT FORWARD! Let the people of New Mexico know what great things are happening at Highlands. Reserve a space for your program or department and create a display to showcase what you offer to prospective students. Space is very limited and is first-come, first-served. Often programs will share a space - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Western Colorado University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-western-colorado-university-2/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Western Colorado University, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/30/2026, 6:00 PM - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Simon Fraser University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-simon-fraser-university/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Simon Fraser University, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/11/2026, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Schreiner University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-schreiner-university/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Schreiner University, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/11/2026, 11:30 AM - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Otero College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-otero-college/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Otero College, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/11/2026, 10:00 AM - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-colorado-mesa-university-4/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Colorado Mesa University, Buffalo Hall, Las Vegas NM, 11/16/2025, 12:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Western Colorado University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-western-colorado-university/) - Women's Basketball vs. Western Colorado University, John A. Wilson Complex, 01/10/26, 1:00pm - [Women's Basketball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-colorado-mesa-university/) - Women's Basketball vs. Colorado Mesa University, John A. Wilson Complex, 01/08/2026, 5:00pm - [Women's Basketball vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-adams-state-university/) - Women's Basketball vs. Adams State University, John A.Wilson Complex, 12/11/2025, 5:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Western Colorado University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-western-colorado-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Western Colorado University, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/10/2026, 3:00 PM - [Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-colorado-mesa-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Mesa University, John A. Wilson Complex, 1/8/2026, 7:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Western New Mexico University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-western-new-mexico-university/) - Women's Basketball vs. Western New Mexico University, John A. Wilson Complex, 11/15/2025, 3:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-colorado-christian-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Christian University, John A. Wilson Complex, 12/20/2025, 3:00 PM - [Women's Basketball vs. Cameron University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-vs-cameron-university/) - Women's Basketball vs. Cameron University, John A. Wilson Complex, 11/14/2025, 7:00pm - [Men's Basketball vs. Cameron University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-cameron-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Cameron University, John A. Wilson Complex, 12/18/2025, 6:00 PM - [Men's Basketball vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-adams-state-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Adams State University, John A. Wilson Complex, 12/11/2025, 7:00 PM - [Men's Basketball vs. Western New Mexico University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-vs-western-new-mexico-university/) - Men's Basketball vs. Western New Mexico University, John A. Wilson Complex, 11/28/2025, 3:00 PM - [Caring Clowns and Laughter as Medicine](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/caring-clowns-and-laughter-as-medicine/) - MFA Candidate Emily Lynn Clark will be giving a public lecture about her research into the cultural importance of caring clowns. Join us at 3:30 on Tuesday, November 18th in the Black Room in the McCaffrey Historic Trolley Building. - [Fall Semester Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-semester-final-exams/2025-12-08/) - Final Exam Schedule December 8 - 12 If your class met on Monday, Wednesday, Friday Your Final Exam will be given at 8:00 a.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Monday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Friday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. Wednesday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 12:00 - [Fall Semester Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-semester-final-exams/2025-12-09/) - Final Exam Schedule December 8 - 12 If your class met on Monday, Wednesday, Friday Your Final Exam will be given at 8:00 a.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Monday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Friday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. Wednesday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 12:00 - [Fall Semester Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-semester-final-exams/2025-12-10/) - Final Exam Schedule December 8 - 12 If your class met on Monday, Wednesday, Friday Your Final Exam will be given at 8:00 a.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Monday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Friday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. Wednesday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 12:00 - [Fall Semester Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-semester-final-exams/2025-12-11/) - Final Exam Schedule December 8 - 12 If your class met on Monday, Wednesday, Friday Your Final Exam will be given at 8:00 a.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Monday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Friday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. Wednesday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 12:00 - [Fall Semester Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-semester-final-exams/2025-12-12/) - Final Exam Schedule December 8 - 12 If your class met on Monday, Wednesday, Friday Your Final Exam will be given at 8:00 a.m. Friday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. Monday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Friday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 11:00 or 11:30 a.m. Wednesday 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 12:00 - [Fall Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-recess-5/2025-11-26/) - Fall Recess, classes will not be in session. - [Fall Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-recess-5/2025-11-27/) - Fall Recess, classes will not be in session. - [Fall Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-recess-5/2025-11-28/) - Fall Recess, classes will not be in session. - [Fall Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-recess-5/2025-11-29/) - Fall Recess, classes will not be in session. - [Las Cafeteras: From Storytelling to Movement Building Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/las-cafeteras-from-storytelling-to-movement-building-workshop/) - Las Cafeteras From Storytelling to Movement Building Workshop The Lensic Performing Arts Center Without our voices, his-story, her-story, your-story, and our-story are shaped by power, privilege, and silence. In this interactive session, Las Cafeteras will guide participants through poetry and writing prompts to unlock the power of personal storytelling and build collective strength through narrative. - [Donnelly Library Book Talk](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/donnelly-library-book-talk/) - On Thursday, October 16th at noon, please join us at Donnelly Library for a discussion and reading by author A. Gabriel Meléndez of his new book, Citizens by Treaty/Ciudadanos por tratado. The author will be available to sign copies of the book. - [A Knight of Murder](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/a-knight-of-murder/) - A Murder Mystery Midterm Escape Event Presented by HUE, Donnelly Library, and Psychology Department A Knight of Murder. A murder mystery party that needs 30+ players. Please RSVP through the Engage App on your student portal. October 9th from 5:30 - 7:30 pm. Players receive a character sheet with objectives and a score card. Costumes - [Design Activism](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/design-activism/) - From protest posters to community murals, design has always been a tool to challenge injustice, spark conversation, and imagine new futures. When: Sept. 30, 3:30-4 p.m. Where: Trolley Building 125 - [First Fridays at the Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/first-fridays-at-the-library/2025-09-05/) - Everyone is invited for hands-on fun on First Fridays at the Library. Join us on the first Friday of each month from 1-4pm in the Multipurpose Room. Drop in and play board games, make a zine, work on a craft project, or just hang out and have tea and snacks. Bring your own games or - [First Fridays at the Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/first-fridays-at-the-library/2025-10-03/) - Everyone is invited for hands-on fun on First Fridays at the Library. Join us on the first Friday of each month from 1-4pm in the Multipurpose Room. Drop in and play board games, make a zine, work on a craft project, or just hang out and have tea and snacks. Bring your own games or - [First Fridays at the Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/first-fridays-at-the-library/2025-11-07/) - Everyone is invited for hands-on fun on First Fridays at the Library. Join us on the first Friday of each month from 1-4pm in the Multipurpose Room. Drop in and play board games, make a zine, work on a craft project, or just hang out and have tea and snacks. Bring your own games or - [First Fridays at the Library](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/first-fridays-at-the-library/2025-12-05/) - Everyone is invited for hands-on fun on First Fridays at the Library. Join us on the first Friday of each month from 1-4pm in the Multipurpose Room. Drop in and play board games, make a zine, work on a craft project, or just hang out and have tea and snacks. Bring your own games or - [NMHU Benefits Fair](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-benefits-fair/) - Open Enrollment is right around the corner—get a head start by joining us at the NMHU Benefits Fair! This is your opportunity to meet with benefit and retirement plan representatives, ask questions, and prepare for Open Enrollment. 📅 Thursday, September 25 🕙 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM & 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM 📍 SUB - [Mini Golf](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mini-golf/) - Mini Golf Wednesday, September 3, 2025. SUB Ballroom 6PM-9PM - [Laser Tag](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/laser-tag-2/) - Laser Tag Nov. 7, 6-10 p.m. SUB Ballroom - [Donnelly Library Edible Book Fest](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/donnelly-library-edible-book-fest/) - Join the Donnelly Library at our annual Edible Book Festival. Faculty, Students, and the Las Vegas Community are invited to enter our edible book contest. Entries should be edible and related to a book. Judging will be followed by a silent auction for donated entries. The proceeds of which will benefit the Library Foundation Account. - [Library Fall Semester Book Sale](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/library-fall-semester-book-sale/2025-09-18/) - Join us at the Donnelly Library for our Fall Semester book sale! Books and DVDs will be available to buy on the first floor of the Thomas C. Donnelly Library. September 18th and 19th, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Paperbacks: $3:00 Hardcover: $4:00 DVDs: $3:00 - [Library Fall Semester Book Sale](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/library-fall-semester-book-sale/2025-09-19/) - Join us at the Donnelly Library for our Fall Semester book sale! Books and DVDs will be available to buy on the first floor of the Thomas C. Donnelly Library. September 18th and 19th, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Paperbacks: $3:00 Hardcover: $4:00 DVDs: $3:00 - [Casino Night](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/casino-night/) - NMHU Casino Night Oct. 22, 6-9 p.m. SUB Ballroom - [Robert Channing, Mind Reader](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/robert-channing-mind-reader/) - Mind Reader Robert Channing Oct. 2, 6 p.m. SUB Theater - [Operation Glow](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/operation-glow-3/) - NMHU Student Life presents Operation Glow Friday, Sept. 19, 8 p.m. behind the Natatorium. - [NMHU Cowboy Roundup](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-cowboy-roundup/) - NMHU Cowboy Roundup Kick off Homecoming 2025 with games, music, food, and good vibes! Come hang out, play a few rounds, and get to know your fellow Cowboys and Cowgirls! Sept. 15, 6 p.m., NMHU SUB Game Room & Atrium - [From Archives to Action: “Just a Jock”: Community Building, Resilience, and Athleticism](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/from-archives-to-action-just-a-jock-community-building-resilience-and-athleticism/) - From Archives to Action: “Just a Jock”: Community Building, Resilience, and Athleticism Tuesday, September 16th, 4-6 PM, Donnelly Library, 3rd Floor Join us for a conversation with Dr. Jim Abreu, educator, administrator, and HU alum. Dr. Abreu will discuss his experiences as a student athlete and later educational leader in Northern New Mexico. How has - ["Spirit of Nature" Book Talk and Signing](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spirit-of-nature-book-talk-and-signing/) - NMHU's Donnelly Library welcomes Dr. Brian Miller for a brief talk, community discussion, and book signing for Spirit of Nature in Northern New Mexico, a book "for the amateur naturalist who doesn’t mind muddy shoes or wet socks with seeds sticking in them. It’s for the nature lover who enjoys watching the change in seasons - [Scream Zine Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/scream-zine-workshop/2025-09-24/) - What makes you wanna scream? Let’s get together and turn those scaries into zines! Zines are small-batch, self-published booklets. In this combination writing and photography workshop, over four sessions, we will make individual zines using our own original writing and digital photography. Jonathan Lujan (ARMAS) will give us tips and tricks for taking the best - [Scream Zine Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/scream-zine-workshop/2025-10-01/) - What makes you wanna scream? Let’s get together and turn those scaries into zines! Zines are small-batch, self-published booklets. In this combination writing and photography workshop, over four sessions, we will make individual zines using our own original writing and digital photography. Jonathan Lujan (ARMAS) will give us tips and tricks for taking the best - [Scream Zine Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/scream-zine-workshop/2025-10-08/) - What makes you wanna scream? Let’s get together and turn those scaries into zines! Zines are small-batch, self-published booklets. In this combination writing and photography workshop, over four sessions, we will make individual zines using our own original writing and digital photography. Jonathan Lujan (ARMAS) will give us tips and tricks for taking the best - [Scream Zine Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/scream-zine-workshop/2025-10-15/) - What makes you wanna scream? Let’s get together and turn those scaries into zines! Zines are small-batch, self-published booklets. In this combination writing and photography workshop, over four sessions, we will make individual zines using our own original writing and digital photography. Jonathan Lujan (ARMAS) will give us tips and tricks for taking the best - [NMHU Soccer vs. CSU - Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-csu-pueblo/) - NMHU Soccer vs. CSU - Pueblo NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 11/02/2025, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Soccer vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-2/) - NMHU Soccer vs. Colorado School of Mines NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 1:00 PM - [NMHU Soccer vs. Westminster](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-westminster/) - NMHU Soccer vs. Westminster NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 1:00 PM - [NMHU Soccer vs. Colorado Mesa](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-colorado-mesa/) - NMHU Soccer vs. Colorado Mesa NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 1:00 PM - [NMHU Soccer vs. Black Hills State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-black-hills-state/) - NMHU Soccer vs. Black Hills State NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 4:00 PM - [NMHU Soccer vs. Eastern NM](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-eastern-nm/) - NMHU Soccer vs. Eastern NM NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 12:00 PM - [NMHU Soccer vs. West Texas A&M](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-west-texas-am/) - NMHU Soccer vs. West Texas A&M NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 4:00 PM - [NMHU Soccer vs. Colorado NW CC](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-soccer-vs-colorado-nw-cc/) - NMHU Soccer vs. Colorado NW CC (Ex) NMHU Soccer Field - Cinder Rd., 3:30 PM - [NMHU Cross Country vs. HU XC](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-cross-country-vs-hu-xc/) - NMHU Cross Country vs. HU XC Gene Torres Golf Course, 2:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. CSU-Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-csu-pueblo/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. CSU-Pueblo John A. Wilson Complex, 7:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Western New Mexico](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-western-new-mexico/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Western New Mexico John A. Wilson Complex, 6:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Fort Lewis](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-fort-lewis-2/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Fort Lewis John A. Wilson Complex 3:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Western Colorado](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-western-colorado/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Western Colorado John A. Wilson Complex 6:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Chadron State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-chadron-state/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Chadron State John A. Wilson Complex 3:00 PM - [Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/midterm-exams-2/2025-10-06/) - Midterm Exams October 6 – 11 - [Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/midterm-exams-2/2025-10-07/) - Midterm Exams October 6 – 11 - [Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/midterm-exams-2/2025-10-08/) - Midterm Exams October 6 – 11 - [Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/midterm-exams-2/2025-10-09/) - Midterm Exams October 6 – 11 - [Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/midterm-exams-2/2025-10-10/) - Midterm Exams October 6 – 11 - [Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/midterm-exams-2/2025-10-11/) - Midterm Exams October 6 – 11 - [Labor Day](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/labor-day-2/) - Labor Day Holiday, no classes today - [Academic Census](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/academic-census-2/) - Academic Census - [First Day of Classes - Fall 2025](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/first-day-of-classes-fall-2025/) - Full term August 18 – December 12 Last day to register August 25 Last day to drop August 29 Last day to withdraw from a single course October 24 Last day to change from credit to audit October 10 First Half of Term Classes August 18 – October 11 Last day to register August 20 - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Regis](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-regis/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Regis John A. Wilson Complex, 6:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Fort Lewis](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-fort-lewis/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Fort Lewis John A. Wilson Complex, 7:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Colorado Mesa](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-colorado-mesa/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Colorado Mesa John A. Wilson Complex, 7:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Westminster](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-westminster/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Westminster John A. Wilson Complex, 5:00 PM - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Oklahoma Panhandle St.](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-oklahoma-panhandle-st/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Oklahoma Panhandle St., John A. Wilson Complex, 6:00 PM - [NMHU Football vs. Fort Lewis](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-football-vs-fort-lewis/) - NMHU Football vs. Fort Lewis Sanchez Stadium, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Football vs. Colorado Mesa](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-football-vs-colorado-mesa/) - NMHU Football vs. Colorado Mesa Sanchez Stadium, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Football vs. CSU-Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-football-vs-csu-pueblo/) - NMHU Football vs. CSU-Pueblo Sanchez Stadium, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Football vs. South Dakota Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-football-vs-south-dakota-mines/) - NMHU Football vs. South Dakota Mines (HC) Sanchez Stadium, 1:00 PM Kickoff - [NMHU Football vs. Western New Mexico](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-football-vs-western-new-mexico/) - NMHU Football vs. Western New Mexico Sanchez Stadium, 6:00 PM kickoff - [Shop Small Mall](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/shop-small-mall/) - Join NMHU for the annual Shop Small Mall, 70 local vendors tables sell handmade crafts for the holidays. December 12th 4-8 pm - [Matanza](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/matanza/) - Join the NMHU Foundation for the 4th biennial Matanza in Cultural and Melody Park, open to NMHU and the greater community, 1-5 pm Saturday November 1st. - [NMHU Career Fair](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-career-fair-2/) - Students and Alumni are welcome to join the Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness for the annual NMHU Career Fair held in the Ballroom and Atrium on October 2nd from 9-12pm - [Homecoming Golf Scramble](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/homecoming-golf-scramble/) - Homecoming Golf Scramble Friday September 19th from 7am-4pm NMHU Golf Course - [Arts@HU: Comedian John Pizzi](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/artshu-comedian-john-pizzi/) - John Pizzi comedian hosts a night of entertainment and fun for faculty, staff, and students at NMHU Ballroom from 4-9pm on September 10th - [Department of Music Recital](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/department-of-music-recital/) - Music Recital hosted by the NMHU Department of Music August 31st, 3-5:30pm - [Arts@HU: Dan Smith Comedy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/artshu-dan-smith-comedy/) - Comedian Dan Smith visits NMHU Ballroom for a night of fun, free entertainment for students, staff, and faculty. August 27th from 6-9 pm - [Learn About NMHU Clubs and Organizations](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/learn-about-nmhu-clubs-and-organizations/) - The Center for Professional Development and Career Readiness is hosting an opportunity for students to learn about and join NMHU Clubs and Organizations on August 27th in the SUB Courtyard from 11 am-2 pm - [Faculty and Staff Development Days](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/faculty-and-staff-development-days/2025-08-13/) - NMHU Faculty and Staff Development Days August 13, 14, 15 Events are being held across campus. For more information, please contact Alexis Duran at 505-426-2250 - [Faculty and Staff Development Days](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/faculty-and-staff-development-days/2025-08-14/) - NMHU Faculty and Staff Development Days August 13, 14, 15 Events are being held across campus. For more information, please contact Alexis Duran at 505-426-2250 - [Faculty and Staff Development Days](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/faculty-and-staff-development-days/2025-08-15/) - NMHU Faculty and Staff Development Days August 13, 14, 15 Events are being held across campus. For more information, please contact Alexis Duran at 505-426-2250 - [Resident Assistants Training](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/resident-assistants-training/2025-08-13/) - NMHU Resident Assistants Training Student Union Building, room. 320 August 11, 12, & 13th 8-5pm For more information, please contact Jacinda Woodruff at 505-454-3526. - [Resident Assistants Training](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/resident-assistants-training/2025-08-12/) - NMHU Resident Assistants Training Student Union Building, room. 320 August 11, 12, & 13th 8-5pm For more information, please contact Jacinda Woodruff at 505-454-3526. - [Resident Assistants Training](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/resident-assistants-training/2025-08-11/) - NMHU Resident Assistants Training Student Union Building, room. 320 August 11, 12, & 13th 8-5pm For more information, please contact Jacinda Woodruff at 505-454-3526. - [Project Heart Start CPR Training](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/project-heart-start/) - NMHI Project Heart Start Hands-Only CPR Training Hosted by Elicia Trujillo, Second-Year Medical Student at the UNM School of Medicine Join us for a free, hands-only CPR training open to the public. Learn how to save a life in just minutes—no certification required. Cost: Free Who: Open to all community members Where: NMHU ARMAS Building - [Story Book Bingo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/story-book-bingo/2025-07-10/) - The Donnelly Library Presents: Story Book Bingo. It's Bingo with a literary twist! Children and their families are invited to come to the Donnelly Library for snacks, prizes and Bingo featuring your favorite story book characters. This event is free and open to the public. Bingo winners receive a free book. Event dates are July - [Story Book Bingo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/story-book-bingo/2025-07-17/) - The Donnelly Library Presents: Story Book Bingo. It's Bingo with a literary twist! Children and their families are invited to come to the Donnelly Library for snacks, prizes and Bingo featuring your favorite story book characters. This event is free and open to the public. Bingo winners receive a free book. Event dates are July - [Story Book Bingo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/story-book-bingo/2025-07-24/) - The Donnelly Library Presents: Story Book Bingo. It's Bingo with a literary twist! Children and their families are invited to come to the Donnelly Library for snacks, prizes and Bingo featuring your favorite story book characters. This event is free and open to the public. Bingo winners receive a free book. Event dates are July - [2025 New Student Virtual Orientation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/2025-new-student-virtual-orientation-2/) - 2025 New Student Virtual Orientation NMHU Virtual Orientation will be hosted via Zoom. Please contact studentsuccess@nmhu.edu for a copy of the Zoom link the day before Orientation. Events include: Campus tour Technology Training Faculty Meet and Greet Resources & housing arrangements - [2025 New Student Virtual Orientation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/2025-new-student-virtual-orientation/) - 2025 New Student Virtual Orientation NMHU Virtual Orientation will be hosted via Zoom. Please contact studentsuccess@nmhu.edu for a copy of the Zoom link the day before Orientation. Events include: Campus tour Technology Training Faculty Meet and Greet Resources & housing arrangements - [2025 New Student Orientation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/2025-new-student-orientation-2/) - 2025 New Student Orientation In-person New Student Orientation held at NMHU's main campus. Events include: Campus tour Technology Training Faculty Meet and Greet Resources & housing arrangements - [2025 New Student Orientation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/2025-new-student-orientation/) - 2025 New Student Orientation In-person New Student Orientation held at NMHU's main campus. Events include: Campus tour Technology Training Faculty Meet and Greet Resources & housing arrangements - [Independence Day Holiday](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/independence-day-holiday/) - Classes will be closed for the Independence Day Holiday. - [2025 Summer Semester Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/2025-summer-semester-final-exams/) - Final exams Wednesday & Thursday, July 23 - 24 Final exams July 23 - 24 If your class met at Your Final Exam will be given at 7:30 – 8:45 a.m. Wednesday 7:30 – 10:30 a.m. 9:00 – 10:15 a.m. Thursday 7:30 – 10:30 a.m. 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. Thursday 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. - [2025 Summer Semester Start of Classes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/2025-summer-semester-start-of-classes/) - Full term June 2 – July 25 Last day to register June 6 Last day to drop June 6 Last day to withdraw from a single course June 27 Last day to change from credit to audit June 27 Intersession May 12 – May 30 Last day to register/drop May 12 Last day to withdraw - [Dodgeball Tournament](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/dodgeball-tournament/) - DODGEBALL SHOWDOWN! 5 VS 5 April 16th | 🕕 6:00 PM Wilson Complex Think you’ve got what it takes to duck, dip, dive, and dodge? Grab your friends and bring the heat to the court for a night of high-energy action and friendly competition! 💥 Prizes, music, and bragging rights are on the line! 👟 Wear - [Cowboy Ball](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/cowboy-ball/) - Join us for a night of line dancing and BBQ at the Cowboy Ball! DATE: Wednesday, April 16th. TIME: 7pm - 9pm. LOCATION: Buffalo Hall on 528 Grand Avenue, Las Vegas, NM. (Note: If anyone needs a ride there will be a large passenger van with room for 10 people. Meet at 6:45pm at the - [22nd Annual NMHU Faculty and Student Research and Creative Showcase Day](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/22nd-nmhu-research-day/) - The 22nd Annual NMHU Faculty and Student Research and Creative Showcase Day Friday, April 11, 2025 / 9:00am-2:00pm / Student Union Building Rooms: SUB 321/ZOOM https://nmhu.zoom.us/my/normav SUB 322/ZOOM https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/93108805346 Questions? Contact Research Committee Co-Chairs: Dr. Jacob Avery jacobavery@nmhu.edu or Dr. Norma A. Valenzuela nvalenzuela@nmhu.edu - [Student Recital: Brandon Areola](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/student-recital-brandon-areola/) - Student Recital: Brandon Areola Friday May 2nd 2025 6:00 pm ilfeld Auditorium Free Admission - [Student Recital: Justin Lovato](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/student-recital-justin-lovato/) - Student Recital: Justin Lovato Wednesday April 30th 2025 6:00 pm Ilfeld Auditorium Free Admission - [Student Recital: Eddie Bustamante](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/student-recital-eddie-bustamante/) - Student Recital: Eddie Bustamante Saturday April 26th 2025 4:00 pm Kennedy Hall Free Admission - [NMHU Original Music Concert](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-original-music-concert/) - Original Music Concert Thursday May 1st 2025 6:00 pm Ilfeld Auditorium Free Admission - [Madrigal Choir presents: Here & Now](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/madrigal-choir-presents-here-now/) - Madrigal Choir presents: Here & Now Sunday April 27th 2025 3:00 pm Ilfeld Auditorium Free Admission - [HU Singers presents: Glitz Pizzaz & All That Jazz](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-singers-presents-glitz-pizzaz-all-that-jazz/) - HU Singers presents: Glitz Pizzaz & All That Jazz Friday April 25th 2025 7:00 pm Ilfeld Auditorium Free Admission - [NMHU Mariachi Ensemble](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mariachi-ensemble/) - [NMHU Jazz Ensemble](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-jazz-ensemble-2/) - NMHU Jazz Ensemble performance at Ilfeld Auditorium, 6 p.m. - [27th Annual Fiesta de la Hispanidad](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/27th-annual-fiesta-de-la-hispanidad/) - 27th Annual Fiesta de la Hispanidad Location: Ilfeld Auditorium Date: Sunday, April 13 Doors Open: 1:30 PM Event Time: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Hosted by: Department of Languages and Culture Contact: Dr. Norma A. Valenzuela - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-colorado-christian-university-2-2/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Christian University at the John A. Wilson Complex at 7 p.m. - [Donnelly Library Queer Crafting](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/donnelly-library-queer-crafting/) - Join in a magical afternoon of creativity & community. Make zines, papercrafts, fiber arts, etc. Miscellaneous supplies provided, or bring your own project to work on. LGBTQ+ & allies welcome. Friday, February 7th, Donnelly Library Multipurpose Room, 2:30-4:30 pm. Free. - ["Reading into Creativity" Book Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/reading-creativity-book-club/2025-03-25/) - A weekly reading group for books about art, literature, and imagination. Our first session is on You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett. Attend the first meeting February 18th to recieve a free copy of the book. Session 1: You Must Change Your Life February 18 (Overview) February 25 (Ch. 1-4) March 4 (Ch. - ["Reading into Creativity" Book Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/reading-creativity-book-club/2025-03-18/) - A weekly reading group for books about art, literature, and imagination. Our first session is on You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett. Attend the first meeting February 18th to recieve a free copy of the book. Session 1: You Must Change Your Life February 18 (Overview) February 25 (Ch. 1-4) March 4 (Ch. - ["Reading into Creativity" Book Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/reading-creativity-book-club/2025-03-11/) - A weekly reading group for books about art, literature, and imagination. Our first session is on You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett. Attend the first meeting February 18th to recieve a free copy of the book. Session 1: You Must Change Your Life February 18 (Overview) February 25 (Ch. 1-4) March 4 (Ch. - ["Reading into Creativity" Book Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/reading-creativity-book-club/2025-03-04/) - A weekly reading group for books about art, literature, and imagination. Our first session is on You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett. Attend the first meeting February 18th to recieve a free copy of the book. Session 1: You Must Change Your Life February 18 (Overview) February 25 (Ch. 1-4) March 4 (Ch. - ["Reading into Creativity" Book Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/reading-creativity-book-club/2025-02-25/) - A weekly reading group for books about art, literature, and imagination. Our first session is on You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett. Attend the first meeting February 18th to recieve a free copy of the book. Session 1: You Must Change Your Life February 18 (Overview) February 25 (Ch. 1-4) March 4 (Ch. - ["Reading into Creativity" Book Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/reading-creativity-book-club/2025-02-18/) - A weekly reading group for books about art, literature, and imagination. Our first session is on You Must Change Your Life by Rachel Corbett. Attend the first meeting February 18th to recieve a free copy of the book. Session 1: You Must Change Your Life February 18 (Overview) February 25 (Ch. 1-4) March 4 (Ch. - [Book Talk](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/book-talk/) - Dr. Jess A. Goldberg, Assistant Professor of American Literature at NMHU, discusses their new book Abolition Time: Grammars of Law, Poetics of Justice with fellow English faculty members Dr. Rebecca L. Schneider and Dr. Benjamin Villarreal. Thursday, January 30th from 3:30 to 5:00 PM at Donnelly Library (3rd Floor), Las Vegas, NM and on Zoom - [Book Lovers Social Hour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/book-lovers-social-hour/2025-05-28/) - What are you reading? Come chat about books with librarians and other book lovers! Join us for Book Lovers Social Hour every 4th Wednesday, 12-2pm at Donnelly Library, 3rd Floor (near the administrative offices). Upcoming Dates: January 22nd February 26th March 26th April 23rd May 28th Free, and open to students, faculty, staff and the - [Book Lovers Social Hour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/book-lovers-social-hour/2025-04-23/) - What are you reading? Come chat about books with librarians and other book lovers! Join us for Book Lovers Social Hour every 4th Wednesday, 12-2pm at Donnelly Library, 3rd Floor (near the administrative offices). Upcoming Dates: January 22nd February 26th March 26th April 23rd May 28th Free, and open to students, faculty, staff and the - [Book Lovers Social Hour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/book-lovers-social-hour/2025-03-26/) - What are you reading? Come chat about books with librarians and other book lovers! Join us for Book Lovers Social Hour every 4th Wednesday, 12-2pm at Donnelly Library, 3rd Floor (near the administrative offices). Upcoming Dates: January 22nd February 26th March 26th April 23rd May 28th Free, and open to students, faculty, staff and the - [Book Lovers Social Hour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/book-lovers-social-hour/2025-02-26/) - What are you reading? Come chat about books with librarians and other book lovers! Join us for Book Lovers Social Hour every 4th Wednesday, 12-2pm at Donnelly Library, 3rd Floor (near the administrative offices). Upcoming Dates: January 22nd February 26th March 26th April 23rd May 28th Free, and open to students, faculty, staff and the - [Book Lovers Social Hour](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/book-lovers-social-hour/2025-01-22/) - What are you reading? Come chat about books with librarians and other book lovers! Join us for Book Lovers Social Hour every 4th Wednesday, 12-2pm at Donnelly Library, 3rd Floor (near the administrative offices). Upcoming Dates: January 22nd February 26th March 26th April 23rd May 28th Free, and open to students, faculty, staff and the - [NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver-6-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver, NMHU Softball Field, 04/19/2025, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver-6/) - NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver, NMHU Softball Field, 04/19/2025, 11:00 AM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver-5-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver, NMHU Softball Field, 04/18/2025, 2:00 PM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver-5/) - NMHU Softball vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver, NMHU Softball Field, 04/18/2025, 12:00 PM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-fort-lewis-college-10-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College, NMHU Softball Field, 03/30/2025, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-fort-lewis-college-10/) - NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College, NMHU Softball Field, 03/30/2025, 11:00 AM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-fort-lewis-college-9-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College, NMHU Softball Field, 03/29/2025, 2:00 PM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-fort-lewis-college-9/) - NMHU Softball vs. Fort Lewis College, NMHU Softball Field, 03/29/2025, 12:00 PM. - [Deadline to Apply for Graduation](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/deadline-to-apply-for-graduation/) - This is the deadline for Spring 2025 graduates to apply for their degree for the 2025 Commencement Ceremony. - [Spring 2025 Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-2025-final-exams/) - Final Exams for the Spring 2025 Semester. - [Class of 2025 Commencement](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/class-of-2025-commencement/) - Class of 2025 Commencement Ceremony, NMHU Main Campus - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-4/) - Spring Break for the Spring 2025 semester. - [Midterm Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/midterm-exams/) - Spring 2025 midterm exams - [Spring 2025 Academic Census](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-2025-academic-census/) - 2025 Spring Semester Academic Census - [Spring Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-recess-5/) - 2025 Spring Semester Recess. - [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/martin-luther-king-jr-day/) - Campus is closed to commemorate the 2025 Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. - [Purple Pub Faculty Lounge: A Tragedy in Five Acts](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/purple-pub-faculty-lounge-a-tragedy-in-five-acts/) - $0 cost. Jan. 16, 4 pm. Musical event. A Tragedy in Five Acts, we use an absurdist fabulation of Amerigo Vespucci’s travels to the New World as a conceit to sustain our tribute to Jimi’s Woodstock Star Spangled Banner. The 12-Bar Blues based ambient textures are designed less as performance and more as background sonic - [NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-6-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, NMHU Softball Field, 03/16/2025, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-6/) - NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, NMHU Softball Field, 03/16/2025, 11:00 AM - [NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-5-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, NMHU Softball Field, 03/15/2025, 2:00 PM - [NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-5/) - NMHU Softball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, NMHU Softball Field, 03/15/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university-5-2-2-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University, NMHU Softball Field, 03/02/2025, 1 PM - [NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university-5-2-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University, NMHU Softball Field, 03/02/2025, 11 AM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university-5-2/) - NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University, NMHU Softball Field, 03/01/2025, 12:00 PM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university-5/) - NMHU Softball vs. Black Hills State University, NMHU Softball Field, 03/01/2025, 2:00 PM. - [Spring Semester 2025 First Day of Classes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-semester-2025-first-day-of-classes/) - The first day of classes for the Spring 2025 semester. - [NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-colorado-christian-university-10/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University, 02/15/2025, 1:00 PM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-colorado-christian-university-9/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University, 02/15/2025, 11:00 AM - [NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-colorado-christian-university-8/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University, 02/14/2025, 2:00 PM. - [NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-softball-vs-colorado-christian-university-7/) - NMHU Softball vs. Colorado Christian University, 02/14/2025, 12:00 PM. - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-christian-university-11/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University, Brandt Baseball Field, 5/3/2025, 3:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-christian-university-10/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University, Brandt Baseball Field, 5/3/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-christian-university-9/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University, Brandt Baseball Field, 5/2/2025, 4:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-christian-university-8/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Christian University, Brandt Baseball Field, 5/2/2025, 1:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-13/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo, Brandt Baseball Field, 4/13/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-12/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo, Brandt Baseball Field, 4/12/2025, 2:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-11/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo, Brandt Baseball Field, 4/12/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-10/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo, Brandt Baseball Field, 4/11/2025, 3:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-10/) - NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/30/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-9/) - NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/29/2025, 2:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-8/) - NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/29/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-7/) - NMHU Baseball vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/28/2025, 3:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-mesa-university-11/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/9/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-mesa-university-10/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/8/2025, 2:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-mesa-university-9/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/8/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-colorado-mesa-university-8/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa University, Brandt Baseball Field, 3/7/2025, 2:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-northwestern-oklahoma-state-university-4/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Brandt Baseball Field, 2/9/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-northwestern-oklahoma-state-university-3/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Brandt Baseball Field, 2/8/2025, 3:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-northwestern-oklahoma-state-university-2/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Brandt Baseball Field, 2/8/2025, 12:00 PM - [NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-baseball-vs-northwestern-oklahoma-state-university/) - NMHU Baseball vs. Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Brandt Baseball Field, 2/7/2025, 12:00 PM - [University Studies Capstone Presentations](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/university-studies-capstone-presentations/) - University Studies Capstone Presentations Come support several University Studies students as they present their Capstone Projects! When: Thursday, November 21, 4PM Where: Language Learning Center (LLC) AND ZOOM: Meeting ID 929 2751 1904 Projects focus on: Suicide Awareness Cyberbullying Applied Behavior Analysis New Mexico Public School Dilemmas Community-based Mental Health Awareness We look forward to - [Research Application Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/research-application-workshop/) - Research Application Workshop DATE: Thursday, November 21st TIME: 5:30 pm - 7pm LOCATION: Education Building STEC CTE Room 102 When you graduate how will you stand out and have the experience required to apply for jobs and other institutions? By participating in a research project outside of your regular class work. Come get personal mentoring from - ["Healing Hearts Through Support: Gathering with Gratitude"](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/healing-hearts-through-support-gathering-with-gratitude/) - Please join us for our reoccurring "Healing Hearts" Grief Group. This is the last session of the Fall semester and it will focus on processing through all types of loss while prioritizing the grief-related struggles individuals face during the holiday season. All students, staff and faculty are welcome. We will offer this session both in - [The Reverse Engineering RAVE](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/the-reverse-engineering-rave/) - DJ Luke | DJ Gen Eric 2.0 | DJ Mariodoblario An interactive STEM experience with music, games, excellent prizes, pizza ,and drinks! - [NM Statewide 2024 Diversity Summit](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nm-statewide-2024-diversity-summit/) - Investing in Inclusive Practices and Programs in New Mexico Hispanic Serving Institutions When Friday, November 8, 2024 11:00 am—7:00 pm Saturday, November 9, 2024 8:00 am—2:30 pm Where New Mexico Highlands University Student Union Building 800 National Avenue Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701 Deadline to register is October 25, 2024 at 5:00pm. Please scan the - [NM Statewide 2024 Diversity Summit](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nm-statewide-2024-diversity-summit-2/) - Investing in Inclusive Practices and Programs in New Mexico Hispanic Serving Institutions When Friday, November 8, 2024 11:00 am—7:00 pm Saturday, November 9, 2024 8:00 am—2:30 pm Where New Mexico Highlands University Student Union Building 800 National Avenue Las Vegas, New Mexico 87701 Deadline to register is October 25, 2024 at 5:00pm. Please scan the - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-regis-university-3/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Regis University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/final-exams-9/2024-12-02/) - Fall Semester Final Exams Exam schedule is available at https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/academic-calendar/ - [Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/final-exams-9/2024-12-03/) - Fall Semester Final Exams Exam schedule is available at https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/academic-calendar/ - [Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/final-exams-9/2024-12-04/) - Fall Semester Final Exams Exam schedule is available at https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/academic-calendar/ - [Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/final-exams-9/2024-12-05/) - Fall Semester Final Exams Exam schedule is available at https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/academic-calendar/ - [Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/final-exams-9/2024-12-06/) - Fall Semester Final Exams Exam schedule is available at https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/academic-calendar/ - [Fall Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-recess-4/) - NMHU Fall Recess - [NMHU Women's Soccer vs. Adams State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-soccer-vs-adams-state/) - NMHU Women's Soccer vs. Adams State University at Memorial Middle School - [NMHU Women's Soccer vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-soccer-vs-colorado-christian-university-3/) - NMHU Women's Soccer vs. Colorado Christian University at Memorial Middle School - [NMHU Women's Soccer vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-soccer-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-2/) - NMHU Women's Soccer vs. Colorado School of Mines at Memorial Middle School - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-univ-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-colorado-mesa-university-5/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Colorado Mesa University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Westminster University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-westminster-university/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Westminster University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-fort-lewis-college-3/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis College at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Chadron State College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-chadron-state-college-5/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Chadron State College at the John A. Wilson Complex. - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-black-hills-state-university-3/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Black Hills State University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-adams-state-university-3/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Adams State University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-3/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Colorado School of Mines at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Western Colorado University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-western-colorado-university-2/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Western Colorado University at the John A. Wilson Complex at 1 p.m. - [NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Northern New Mexico College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-mens-basketball-vs-northern-new-mexico-college/) - NMHU Men's Basketball vs. Northern New Mexico College at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-univ-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs/) - NMHU Women's Basketball vs Univ. of Colorado at Colorado Springs at the John A. Wilson Complex at 1 p.m. - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-colorado-christian-university-2/) - NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Colorado Christian University at the John A. Wilson Complex at 5 p.m. - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-colorado-mesa-university-5/) - NMHU Women's Basketball hosts Colorado Mesa University at the John A. Wilson Complex at 1 p.m. - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Fort Lewis College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-fort-lewis-college-4/) - NMHU Women's Basketball hosts Fort Lewis College at the John A. Wilson Complex at noon - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Chadron State College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-chadron-state-college-5/) - NMHU Women's Basketball hosts Chadron State College at 1 p.m. at the John A. Wilson Complex. - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-black-hills-state-university/) - NMHU Women's Basketball hosts Black Hills State University at the John A. Wilson Complex at 5 p.m. - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Adams State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-adams-state/) - NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Adams State University at John A. Wilson Complex. - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-3/) - NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Colorado School of Mines at the John A. Wilson Complex. - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-regis-university-3/) - NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Regis University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Northern New Mexico College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-northern-new-mexico-college/) - NMHU Women's Basketball vs. Northern New Mexico College at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Women's Basketball vs. University of the Southwest](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-womens-basketball-vs-university-of-the-southwest/) - NMHU Women's Basketball vs. University of the Southwest at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-colorado-school-of-mines/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Colorado School of Mines at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Chadron State College](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-chadron-state-college-2/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Chadron State College at the John A. Wilson Complex. - [NMHU Wrestling vs. Adams State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-vs-adams-state/) - NMHU Wrestling vs. Adams State University at the John A. Wilson Complex. - [NMHU Wrestling Alumni Weekend Meet](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-wrestling-alumni-weekend-meet/) - NMHU Wrestling hosts Otero Junior College, Vanguard University, and Simon Fraser University starting at 10 a.m. at the John A. Wilson Complex. - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Colorado Christian University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-colorado-christian-university-4/) - NMHU Volleyball vs.Colorado Christian University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Chadron State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-chadron-state-university/) - NMHU Volleyball vs. Chadron State University at the John A. Wilson Complex - [NMHU Football vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-football-vs-black-hills-state-university-3/) - NMHU Football vs. Black Hills State University at the Sanchez Family Stadium in Las Vegas, NM. - [NMHU Football vs. Adams State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/football-nmhu-vs-adams-state/) - NMHU Football vs. Adams State University at the Sanchez Family Stadium in Las Vegas, NM. - [Indigenous People's Day: Contemporary Legal Issues in Indian Country](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/indigenous-peoples-day-contemporary-legal-issues-in-indian-country/) - The President’s Council on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s First Speaker of the 2024/2025 Speaker’s Series will be Dallin Maybee, JD of the Northern Arapho / Seneca Nation. Dallin will discuss a range of current topics on Indigenous environmental equity, social justice, voting rights, treaty rights, and tribal sovereignty with time for Q&A. About the Speaker: - [Frybread Teaching Class](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/frybread-teaching-class/) - Monday October 14th. 11 am - 2 pm. Located at the Highlands Cultural Park. Please join us for Indigenous People Day. Come and learn how to make frybread and the history behind it. Free frybread, NDN tacos, and music. For more information please email jtsinnijinni@live.nmhu.edu - [NMHU Music Program Presents Jazz Ensemble](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-music-program-presents-jazz-ensemble/) - NMHU Music Presents Jazz Ensemble Thurs., Nov. 7, 2024 6 P.M. Ilfeld Auditorium Dr. Edward Harrington, Director Kevin Zoernig, Co-Director Free Admission Donations Welcome - [NMHU Music Presents Original Music by NMHU Students](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-music-presents-original-music-by-nmhu-students/) - NMHU Music Presents an Original Music Concert with music created, recorded, and performed by NMHU music students Fri., November 22, 2024 Free admission Donations appreciated - [Tanzanite African Acrobats](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/tanzanite-african-acrobats/) - Experience the Thrill of the Tanzanite Acrobats: A Spectacular PAC Show from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania! Be amazed as the Tanzanite Acrobats bring the vibrant energy and rich cultural heritage of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to your venue. Renowned for their high-flying stunts, breathtaking acrobatics, and captivating performances, they deliver a show like no other. - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-10/2024-09-30/) - Mid-Term Exams for full-term classes - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-10/2024-10-01/) - Mid-Term Exams for full-term classes - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-10/2024-10-02/) - Mid-Term Exams for full-term classes - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-10/2024-10-03/) - Mid-Term Exams for full-term classes - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-10/2024-10-04/) - Mid-Term Exams for full-term classes - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-10/2024-10-05/) - Mid-Term Exams for full-term classes - [Labor Day Holiday](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/labor-day-holiday-4/) - Labor Day Holiday - [Ralph Barbosa at Ilfeld Auditorium](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/ralph-barbosa-at-ilfeld-auditorium/) - Arts@HU is happy to welcome comedian Ralph Barbosa to Ilfeld Auditorium on Saturday. Sept. 28! Fresh off of his debut on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Barbosa is bringing the laid-back and disarming style that has entertained crowds across America. When: Sept 28, 2024, 8 p.m. Where: Ilfeld Auditorium - [Stephan Knight](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/stephan-knight/) - Catch Stephen Knight's Magic Show at Ilfeld Auditorium on Aug. 16 at 7 p.m.! General Admission is $5, NMHU/Luna Students get free admission with their ID - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-5/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796640 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-4/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796639 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs-3/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796638 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796636 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-4/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796317 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-3/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796316 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines-2/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796315 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796314 - [NMHU 2024 Spring Career Fair](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-2024-spring-career-fair/) - Make your dream job a success story! Come out and meet employers you may find your dream job this Spring! All attendees will be entered into a drawing to win 1 of 2 gift baskets! Must be present to enter! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Additional Information can be found at: - [Resume & Cover Letter Writing Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/resume-cover-letter-writing-workshop-2/) - Learn how to write a job-winning resume and cover letter using SkillsFirst! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Online Location: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/5054543049 Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9794112 - [Women's Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university-4/) - Come and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9801869 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-4/) - Come and support our Cowboys!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796189 - [Women's Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university-3/) - Come and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9801868 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-3/) - Come and support our Cowboys! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796168 - [Women's Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university-2/) - Come and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9801867 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-2/) - Come and support our Cowboys! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796167 - [Women's Softball vs. Black Hills State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-black-hills-state-university/) - Come and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9801866 - [Men's Baseball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-baseball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo/) - Come and support our cowboys at their upcoming baseball game! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796019 - [Women's Softball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-4/) - Come out and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796951 - [Women's Softball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-3/) - Come out and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796950 - [Women's Softball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo-2/) - Come out and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796949 - [Women's Softball vs. Colorado State University Pueblo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-softball-vs-colorado-state-university-pueblo/) - Come out and support our Cowgirls!! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9796948 - [Resume & Cover Letter Writing Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/resume-cover-letter-writing-workshop/) - Learn how to write a job-winning resume and cover letter using SkillsFirst! Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Online Location: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/5054543049 Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9794113 - [2024 Fall Professional Develoment Days](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/2024-fall-professional-develoment-days/) - The Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) invite all New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) Faculty to a 3-day professional development day event August 7-9, 2024. Information about this event and other CTE programing can be found at cte.nmhu.edu. - [HIGHLANDS LOVE & WAR CHOCOLATE FIESTA](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/highlands-love-war-chocolate-fiesta/) - The NMHU Foundation's traditional Valentine’s Day-themed event is taking on a Latin flair this year. Join us for Chocolate Wars as local pastry experts vie to claim the coveted trophy for “best chocolate dessert in Northern New Mexico”. Sample all the desserts and vote for your favorite. - [Natural History of the Gila Symposium X](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/natural-history-of-the-gila-symposium-x/) - The Natural History of the Gila Symposium’s mission is to provide a venue for researchers, land managers, conservationists, and educators to meet and share information and ideas gathered from the Gila Region including watersheds and neighboring areas extending into southwestern New Mexico, southeastern Arizona and Mexico. Student presentations welcome and travel costs may be covered. - [Men's Basketball Game: NMHU vs. Westminster University (Utah)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-game-nmhu-vs-westminster-university-utah/) - Come and support our Cowboys against Westminster University (Utah) Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671331 - [Women's Basketball: NMHU vs. Westminster University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-nmhu-vs-westminster-university/) - Come and support our Cowgirls against Westminster University (Utah) Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671096 - [Men's Basketball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-mesa-university/) - Come and support our Cowboys against Colorado Mesa University Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671295 - [Women's Basketball: NMHU vs. Colorado Mesa University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-nmhu-vs-colorado-mesa-university/) - Come and support our Cowgirls against Colorado Mesa University Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671075 - [Laser Tag](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/laser-tag/) - Catch us if you can! Hosted by: Arts @ HU, Campus Recreation Services, Highlands Undergraduate Enrichment Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9730478 - [Open Mic Night](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/open-mic-night-3/) - Show us what you got! Hosted by: Arts @ HU, Campus Recreation Services Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9730560 - [Valentines Day Activities](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/valentines-day-activities/) - Join us for our Valentines Day activities in the SUB Atrium! Hosted by: Arts @ HU, Campus Recreation Services, HU Cares Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9726406 - [Men's Basketball Game: NMHU vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-game-nmhu-vs-adams-state-university/) - Come and support our Cowboys against Adams State University - Breast Cancer Awareness Weekend Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671194 - [Women's Basketball: NMHU vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-nmhu-vs-adams-state-university/) - Come and support our Cowgirls against Adams State University Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671071 - [Men's Basketball Game: NMHU vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-game-nmhu-vs-regis-university/) - Come and support our Cowboys against Regis University Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671171 - [Women's Basketball: NMHU vs. Regis University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-nmhu-vs-regis-university/) - Come and support our Cowgirls against Regis University Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671058 - [Men's Basketball Game: NMHU vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-game-nmhu-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs/) - Come and support our Cowboys against University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671104 - [Women's Basketball: NMHU vs. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-nmhu-vs-university-of-colorado-at-colorado-springs/) - Come and support our Cowgirls against University of Colorado Springs Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671043 - [Wrestling Match: NMHU vs. Western Colorado University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/wrestling-match-nmhu-vs-western-colorado-university-2/) - Come and support our Cowboys against Western Colorado University Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671033 - [Silent Disco](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/silent-disco-4/) - Come enjoy your silent disco experience with us! Hosted by: Arts @ HU, Campus Recreation Services, Highlands Undergraduate Enrichment Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9726094 - [Men's Basketball Game: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-game-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines/) - Come and support our Cowboys against Colorado School of Mines Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9671005 - [Welcome Week](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/welcome-week/) - Welcome back! Join us in the SUB for some welcome week activities! Hosted by: Arts @ HU, Campus Recreation Services Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9725207 - [Catapult](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/catapult/) - From the stage of “America’s Got Talent”, to theaters around the world, Catapult Entertainment’s shadow-illusion performances have thrilled audiences for years! Now they are bringing their latest performance to NMHU’s Ilfeld Auditorium on Friday, Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. Hosted by: Arts @ HU Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9725301 - [Women's Basketball: NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-nmhu-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver/) - Come and support our Cowgirls as they play against the Metropolitan State University of Denver Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9669713 - [Men's Basketball Game: NMHU vs. Metropolitan State University of Denver](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mens-basketball-game-nmhu-vs-metropolitan-state-university-of-denver/) - Come and support our Cowboys against Metropolitan State University of Denver Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9670987 - [Women's Basketball: NMHU vs. Colorado School of Mines](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-basketball-nmhu-vs-colorado-school-of-mines/) - Come and support our Cowgirls as they play against the Colorado School of Mines Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness, NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9669715 - [Spring Semester Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-semester-final-exams/) - [Commencement 2024](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/commencement-2024/) - [Last Day for Complete School Withdrawal](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/last-day-for-complete-school-withdrawal/) - Last Day for complete school withdrawal for all classes for full term students. - [Spring Holiday](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-holiday/) - [Spring Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/spring-break-3/) - [Last Day to Change from Credit/Audit (Full Term)](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/last-day-to-change-from-credit-audit-full-term/) - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-9/) - [Academic Census](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/academic-census/) - [Last Day to Drop Classes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/last-day-to-drop-classes/) - The final day to drop classes for the Spring 2024 full-term semester. - [First Day of Classes](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/first-day-of-classes-2/) - The first day of classes for the Spring 2024 semester. - [MLK Holiday](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mlk-holiday/) - Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Classes are not in session. - [SomosSTEM Community Voices Seminar presenting: Amina Sena, US Forest Service District Ranger](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/somosstem-community-voices-seminar-presenting-amina-sena-us-forest-service-district-ranger/) - SomosSTEM invites you to join us for the third & final seminar in our Fall Community Voices Seminar Series! Community Voices presenting: Amina Sena, USFS District Ranger for the Pecos-Las Vegas Ranger District *Pizza Lunch & refreshments will be provided* Join us to hear from Amina Sena from the US Forest Service. She is our - [NMHU Music Madrigal Choir Presents](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-music-madrigal-choir-presents-2/) - "Tis The Season" Sun., November 19, 2023 at 3 p.m. Ilfeld Auditorium Dr. Andre Garcia-Nuthmann, Choral Director Dr. Em Krall, Pianist Free General Admission Donations are welcome - [NMHU Presents Jazz Ensemble](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-presents-jazz-ensemble/) - Thurs., November 16, 2023 | 6 P.M. at Ilfeld Auditorium Free General Admission Donations are welcome Dr. Edward Harrington, Director Kevin Zoernig, Co-Director - [SomosSTEM Community Voices Seminar: Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance Panel](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/somosstem-community-voices-seminar-hermits-peak-watershed-alliance-panel/) - Join us for a PIZZA LUNCH and insider perspectives on post-fire recovery and land management, and how to become a Watershed Restoration Project Manager in this inspiring panel presentation with the Hermit's Peak Watershed Alliance! Our panelists include: Patrick Gutierrez, a native New Mexican, with a background in conservation management ecological research and habitat restoration. - [SomosSTEM Community Voices Seminar with Dr. Kim Sena](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/somosstem-community-voices-seminar-with-dr-kim-sena/) - The SomosSTEM program at Highlands invites the community to join us for a PIZZA LUNCH and the first presentation in our Community Voices seminar series, where we will be hearing from Dr. Kim Sena. Originally from Las Vegas, NM, Dr. Sena has over two decades of extensive experience in the field of behavioral health, with - [NM State Police Recruitment](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nm-state-police-recruitment-2/) - NM State Police is now Recruiting New Police Officers Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Online Location: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/5054543049 Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9385234 - [NM State Police Recruitment](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nm-state-police-recruitment/) - NM State Police is now Recruiting New Police Officers Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Online Location: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/5054543049 Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9385233 - [Women's Volleyball: NMHU vs. Westminster University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/womens-volleyball-nmhu-vs-westminster-university/) - Women's Volleyball: NMHU vs. Westminster University Hosted by: NMHU Athletics Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9142503 - [Writing Center Workshop Series](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/writing-center-workshop-series-2/) - This is a writing workshop series that is open to students, faculty and staff. No registration needed. 9/21 - Microsoft Word Basics 10/19- Note-Taking Strategies for Lectures & Reading 11/9- Exit Document Formatting Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9338650 - [NMHU Writing Center Workshop Series](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-writing-center-workshop-series/) - This is a writing workshop series that is open to students, faculty and staff. No registration needed. 9/18 & 9/21 - Microsoft Word Basics 10/16 & 10/19- Note-Taking Strategies for Lectures & Reading 11/6 & 11/9- Exit Document Formatting Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Online Location: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/91584239737 Additional Information can be - [Writing Center Workshop Series](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/writing-center-workshop-series/) - This is a writing workshop series that is open to students, faculty and staff. No registration needed. 9/21 - Microsoft Word Basics 10/19- Note-Taking Strategies for Lectures & Reading 11/9- Exit Document Formatting Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9338649 - [NMHU Career Fair](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-career-fair/) - Join us for the Fall 2023 In-Person Career Fair on Wednesday, September 27 from 9 am to 12 pm in the SUB Ballroom! Meet with local and national employers, discover new career opportunities, and build valuable professional skills to jumpstart your career today! Staff members from the Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness will - [Federal Resume and Cover Letter Writing Workshop](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/federal-resume-and-cover-letter-writing-workshop/) - Crafting your successful Federal Resume and Cover Letter! The Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness and the National Park Service are partnering to offer a FREE resume and cover letter writing workshop for those interested in applying for federal employment. Theses sessions will provide valuable insights to prospective federal employees on how to successfully - [Chem Club NMHU Pizza party](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/chem-club-nmhu-pizza-party/) - CHEMISTRY CLUB PRESENTS: PIZZA PARTY! Where: ARMAS Building When: September 28th @ 5:30p.m. Who: Everyone is welcome! Hosted by: NMHU Chem Club Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9413819 - [Coffee Connects](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/coffee-connects/) - Coffee, Donuts & Community. Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9272787 - [NMHU Writing Center Workshop Series](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-writing-center-workshop-series-2/) - This is a writing workshop series that is open to students, faculty and staff. No registration needed. 9/18- Microsoft Word Basics 10/16- Note-Taking Strategies for Lectures & Reading 11/6- Exit Document Formatting Hosted by: Center for Professional Development & Career Readiness Online Location: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/91584239737 Additional Information can be found at: https://nmhu.campuslabs.com/engage/event/9338481 - [Gutierrez Family Ranch Restoration with AWF](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/gutierrez-family-ranch-restoration-with-awf/) - Join Conservation Club and Albuquerque Wildlife Federation for a weekend of camping, socializing, and ecosystem restoration. Join for the whole weekend of camping, stay for a night or only a day. The main workday is Saturday 8:30AM-4:00PM, Beginning with Breakfast and ending with a potluck dinner. This project takes place at the nearby Gutierrez Family - [The Power of Service: Music Bingo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/the-power-of-service-music-bingo/) - The Power of Service - Music Bingo with Lou Murray and Mission Upbeat Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023 Time: 6:30 pm Location: SUB 321 & 322 Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Farmington, and Rio Rancho Faculty and Staff, Join us via Zoom at: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/96913671547 - [The Power of Service: 2023-24 Training Year Kick-off Event](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/the-power-of-service-2023-24-training-year-kick-off-event/) - Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023 Time: 9:00-11:00 am Location: SUB Ballroom Guest Speaker: Lou Murray Title: When your “business” impacts your “business” Description: A mental health awareness discussion, as we look into how stress, personal and professional issues, depression, anxiety and perspectives within us impact others, our productivity and our drive. We will review data regarding - [H Club Induction Banquet](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/h-club-induction-banquet-2/) - The H Club Induction Banquet will be held in the Student Union Ballroom. Please scan the QR code for more information: - [H Club Hall of Fame Memorabilia Reception](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/h-club-hall-of-fame-memorabilia-reception/) - The H Club Hall of Fame Memorabilia Reception, will be held from 4-5:30 p.m. in the Rodgers Heritage Room. This event is free to the public. Please scan the QR code for additional information: - [Homecoming 2023 Football Game: NMHU Cowboys vs. Adams State University](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/homecoming-2023-football-game-nmhu-cowboys-vs-adams-state-university/) - NMHU Cowboys vs. Adams State University, Sanchez Family Stadium. 1 p.m. - [Alumni Tailgate Celebration](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/alumni-tailgate-celebration/) - The pregame Alumni Tailgate Celebration will be at the Champ Tyrone Music Building parking lot from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. - [NMHU Homecoming Parade](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-homecoming-parade/) - The NMHU Homecoming Parade will start at the Kennedy Alumni Gallery at 10 a.m. - [Homecoming Parade Reception & Breakfast Burrito Bar](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/homecoming-parade-reception-breakfast-burrito-bar/) - The NMHU Homecoming Parade Reception & Breakfast Burrito Bar will be held at the Kennedy Alumni Gallery. - [Cowboy 5K Gallop & Trot, Kid's K](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/cowboy-5k-gallop-trot-kids-k/) - NMHU Cowboy 5K Gallop & Trot, Kid's K event will start at the NMHU Recycling Center at 8 a.m. Event registration runs from 7-7:45. Please scan the QR code for additional information: - [Cowboy Lounge & Silent Auction](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/cowboy-lounge-silent-auction/) - The NMHU Cowboy Lounge & Silent Auction will be held in the Student Union Ballroom. Please scan the QR code for more information: - [School of Business, Media Arts & Technology Reception](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/school-of-business-media-arts-technology-reception/) - The NMHU School of Business, Media Arts & Technology Reception will be held at the Student Union Building, 2nd floor balcony. - [Alumni Association Board Meeting](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/alumni-association-board-meeting-2/) - The NMHU Alumni Association Board Meeting will be held in Rodgers Hall, Board of Regents room. - [Atomic Activism: Scientists and Citizens Who Impact Nuclear Policy](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/atomic-activism-scientists-and-citizens-who-impact-nuclear-policy/) - There is a major public event taking place at the ARMAS Center on Highlands Campus Friday, September 29, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The residents of Las Vegas will want to know that Joseph Mangano of the Radiation and Public Health Project and Tina Cordova of the Downwinder's Project have found evidence that New - [Department of Forestry Meet & Greet, and Research Demonstrations](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/department-of-forestry-meet-greet-and-research-demonstrations/) - Department of Forestry Meet & Greet, and Research Demonstrations in the Industrial Arts Building. - [Alumni Check-in](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/alumni-check-in-2/) - Alumni Check-in at the Kennedy Alumni Hall. - [President's Coffee](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/presidents-coffee/) - Swing by the Student Union Building from 9-10:30 a.m. and have coffee with President Sam Minner! - [H Club Golf Tournament](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/h-club-golf-tournament/) - 7 a.m. check in, shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. at the Gene Torres Golf Course! Scan the QR Code for event information. - [NMHU Volleyball vs. Adams State](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-volleyball-vs-adams-state/) - [HU Talk with Dr. Mary Earick](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-mary-earick/) - HU Talk with Dr. Mary Earick - The Power of Ingroup Messaging in Leadership HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [NMHU Cross Country Invitational](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/nmhu-cross-country-invitational/) - NMHU Cross Country Invitational at the Gene Torres Golf Course. - [HU Talk with Dr. Mariah Fox Hausman](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-mariah-fox-hausman/) - HU Talk with Dr. Mariah Fox Hausman - NY City of Kings: A History of New York Graffiti HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [Edible Book Festival](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/edible-book-festival/) - Call for Entries for the Edible Book Festival @ Donnelly Library Donnelly Library’s Fundraising Committee is calling for entries for the Edible Book Festival to be held on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 during Homecoming Week. The Edible Book Festival is a celebration of books through food. Entries should be edible (savory or sweet) and related - [HU Talk with Dr. Eric Romero](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-eric-romero/) - HU Talk with Dr. Eric Romero - La Matanza: A New Mexico Food-Sharing and Cultural Tradition HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [Annual Business Meeting of the NMHU Athletic H Club](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/annual-business-meeting-of-the-nmhu-athletic-h-club/) - Annual Business Meeting of the NMHU Athletic H Club, Student Union Building, 3rd floor - [HU Talk with Dr. Rodney Rock](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-rodney-rock/) - HU Talk with Dr. Rodney Rock - Community and School Collaborations HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Mr. George Tonkin](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-mr-george-tonkin/) - HU Talk with Mr. George Tonkin - Alexander Hamilton in New York City HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Mr. Leon Bustos](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-mr-leon-bustos/) - HU Talk with Mr. Leon Bustos - Connecting Hearts and Minds: Creating Powerful Self-Narratives HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Ms. Tina Cordova](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-ms-tina-cordova/) - HU Talk with Ms. Tina Cordova - The Legacy of the Trinity Bomb and Its Impact on the People of New Mexico HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Coach Bob DeVries](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-coach-bob-devries/) - HU Talk with Coach Bob DeVries - Turkey Knuckles and the Best Glazed Donut in America HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Veena Parboteeah](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-veena-parboteeah/) - HU Talk with Dr. Veena Parboteeah - Lessons of Diversity from the Paradise Island HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Daniel Chadborn](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-daniel-chadborn/) - HU Talk with Dr. Daniel Chadborn - Rebooting the Magic: Fan Perceptions of the Next Generation HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Sam Minner](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-sam-minner/) - HU Talk with Dr. Sam Minner - The Second Mountain: A Framework for Life HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Rebecca Schneider](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-rebecca-schneider/) - HU Talk with Dr. Rebecca Schneider - Place Name as Epitaph: Flat Bridge, Jamaica HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Tomasz Falkowski](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-tomasz-falkowski/) - HU Talk with Dr. Tomasz Falkowski - The Maya Forest Garden: Lessons for Socioecological Sustainability HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Jay Lee](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-jay-lee/) - HU Talk with Dr. Jay Lee - Sport Psychology as a Foundation for Academic Performance HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Jennifer Aldred](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-jennifer-aldred/) - HU Talk with Dr. Jennifer Aldred - STEAM- Side of Highlands: Supporting Students to Achieve in Research, Math, & Science HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Ms. Shanna Halalilo](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-ms-shanna-halalilo/) - HU Talk with Ms. Shanna Halalilo - Underrated Lessons Learned in Athletics HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Peter Linder](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-peter-linder/) - HU Talk with Dr. Peter Linder - Medio ladinos y amigos de españoles': Indigenous Strategies for Interaction with the Spanish in 17th-Century Maracaibo HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Jennifer Lindline](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-jennifer-lindline/) - HU Talk with Dr. Jennifer Lindline - Water After Wildfires: One year Post-2022 Hermits Peak/Calf Canyon Fire HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [HU Talk with Dr. Roxanne Gonzales](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/hu-talk-with-dr-roxanne-gonzales/) - HU Talk with Dr. Roxanne Gonzales - Another Type of Veteran: War Dogs and Their History HU Talk Zoom Link: https://nmhu.zoom.us/j/99751665711 - [The Vampire Circus](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/the-vampire-circus/) - Heralded as a mix of circus cabaret and theatre, The Vampire Circus is a mysterious, tantalizing, fun, dark, cutting-edge production guaranteed to amaze the senses. The Vampire Circus has been called a mix of circus cabaret and theater and is the result of a fusion of Tim Burton and Cirque Du Soleil. Enjoy a phenomenal - [Eric Dittelman: Mindreader](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/eric-dittelman-mindreader/) - Arts@HU is happy to announce that Eric Dittelman, mindreader and comic, will be performing at Ilfeld Auditorium on Sept. 25th at 7 p.m. As seen on America's Got Talent, the Ellen DeGeneres Show, Rolling Stone, and venues around the United States, Eric Dittelman combines amazing mind reading with stand-up and improv comedy. In 2012, he - [Matanza](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/matanza-2/) - 3rd Biennial Matanza, featuring traditional fire roasting, onsite food preparations, with bizcochito contest, games and entertainment, and a 21+ beer garden. - [Fall 2023 Final Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-2023-final-exams/) - Final Exams December 4 – December 8 If your class met on: Mon., Wed., Fri., your final exam will be at: 8 a.m. W 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 9 a.m. F 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 10 a.m. W 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 11 or 11:30 a.m. F 2:30 – 5:30 p.m. 12 or 12:30 p.m. - [Fall Recess](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-recess-3/) - Fall 2023 Recess: Nov. 22-25 - [Fall Break](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/fall-break/) - Fall Break: Oct. 9-10 - [Mid-Term Exams](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/mid-term-exams-8/) - Mid-Term Exams: Oct. 2-7. - [Craft Fairs](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/craft-fairs-2/) - Come support and do some shopping from your local crafters and/or register as a vendor yourself. Back to School, Labor Day, Halloween/Fall, Christmas Contact Ashley @ 505-429-5671 or email @ ortegaas1992@gmail.com, if you would like to register as a vendor. Hosted by: City of Las Vegas & Surrounding Communities Additional Information can be found at: - [Music In the park](https://nmhustaging.wpenginepowered.com/event/music-in-the-park-6/) - Come relax and enjoy music in the park and our local food while we still have nice weather. 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