Highlands Restructures Recruitment, Admissions and Retention

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....
Graduates Give Highlands High Marks in Survey

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...

Mary Earick New School of Education Dean at Highlands

June 10, 2020 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...
Plans for Reopening Highlands Campus Stress Health and Safety

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...
Criminology Master’s Degree Program in Development

Criminology Master’s 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...
Highlands Receives COVID-19 Grant for Financial Literacy Seminars

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...
School of Education Receives Accreditation

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...
Estrella Encinias Virtual Art Exhibition Through June 19

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....
Ali and Chris Romero Design Reopening Seal for New Mexico

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...
Two Criminal Justice Alumnae Accepted to UNM Law School

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...

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...
HU Recycling Center Open 7 to 11 a.m. Monday Through Friday

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...
HU Computer Science Grant to Help Navajo Nation With COVID-19 Data

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...
BFA Media Arts Student Projects Online

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...
Jesús Rivas Publishes Book on Giant Anaconda Snakes

Jesús 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,...