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...
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...
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...
New Mexico Highlands University Early Childhood Class Produces Children’s 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....
NMHU Natural Resources Management Department Receives $705,000 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...
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...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,...New Mexico Highlands University Names New Dean of the Facundo Valdez School of Social Work
Dr. César G Abarca has New Mexico roots, comes to NMHU from Cal Poly Humboldt June 8, 2023 New Mexico Highlands University has named César G Abarca PhD, MSW, its Dean of the Facundo Valdez School of Social Work. Dr. Abarca comes to New Mexico Highlands University from...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...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...
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...Diné 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. ...Stephanie Gonzales Named New Mexico Highlands University’s 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...
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 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...
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...
NMHU and SFCC sign articulation agreement for SFCC Business and Accounting associate graduates to easily transfer into NMHU business bachelor’s 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...
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...