The HU Singers will perform “A Tim Burton Christmas” Dec. 5 and 6 at 8 p.m. in New Mexico Highlands’ Ilfeld Auditorium. The program features musical numbers from of The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride. The Nightmare before...
New Mexico Highlands University received a $1.6-million U.S. Department of Education grant to increase the number of Hispanic students who complete their bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering and math. According to the National Academy of...
New Mexico Highlands University received a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council to create a groundbreaking public video art installation in the historic Las Vegas Plaza. The project is aimed at generating early interest in New Mexico’s statehood and 2012...
The NMHU Concert Band will kick off the holiday season in Ilfeld Auditorium Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. The Highlands Faculty Brass Quintet and Highlands Marching and Concert Band will perform such favorites as “Sleigh Ride” and “The Christmas Song”,...
Eliza Woodyard hardly knew she would be a celebrity when she started as a music student at New Mexico Highlands University this fall. She and three other Highlands music students, Devin Barad, Christee Meleski and Joseph Chavez, all entered the Vocal Artistry Art Song...
Nearly 450 New Mexico Highlands University students have received a total of $1.2 million in scholarships from the local Viles Foundation over the years. The foundation celebrated its 50-year anniversary during a luncheon at the Margaret Kennedy Alumni Hall during...
Nationally known artist Eddie Dominguez is working with fine art students on the Highlands University campus as part of the new Nina Tesla Ballen Visiting Professor Gift Program. The program includes events for the public.David Lobdell, Fine Art Department professor...
Gladys Hightower sings “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” Nov. 5 in New Mexico Highlands University’s Sala de Madrid Building. Hightower joined Highlands students and community members for a gospel night, sponsored by the university’s Black...
The Highlands University rodeo team will hold a fundraising dinner, team rodeo, and dance Sat., Nov. 8, at the Santa Fe Trail Event Center, 29 Airport Road, Las Vegas.Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for the custom-catered beef brisket dinner with all the fixings by Lee...
Ilfeld Auditorium will resonate with the music of Gabriel Urbain Fauré Nov. 16th at 3 p.m., when the New Mexico Highlands University Concert Choir presents A Fauré Festival. Under the baton of Andre Garcia-Nuthmann and accompanied on piano by Lydia Madrick, the choir...
The “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” won first place in the group category at the Highlands University Halloween costume contest sponsored by Campus Life. The turtles are all graduate students in clinical psychology: Trevor Taylor, Sheri Nsamenang,...
Dr. James Fries was inaugurated as the 17th president of New Mexico Highlands University Oct. 24 at a public ceremony in the campus’ historic Ilfeld auditorium.Fries brings more than 24 years of successful higher education administration experience to Highlands...
