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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
