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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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:...
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...
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:...
