Justin Montoya attended Highlands University for both his bachelor’s degree in exercise science and his master’s degree in exercise physiology. A Las Vegas native, Montoya hoped to use his degrees in his hometown. “When I got out of college and sought out employment...
When the Hermits Peak Fire started, Rosemarie Montoya, a Highlands University alumna and long-time agent with State Farm, began working with the many community members who lost property. “Every day since April 6 I’ve cried with people because they lost their homes,”...
Max Baca has been a fixture of the New Mexico Highlands University community since he enrolled at the school in 1982 on a football scholarship. Although he has now served as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for nine years, Baca is responsible for...
September 9, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University is celebrating Homecoming with a wide range of events beginning on September 10 and culminating with the NMHU Cowboys vs. Fort Lewis Skyhawks football game on September 17 and the NMHU women’s soccer game against...
September 2, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University kicked off the fall semester by honoring university faculty at an event Wednesday evening. Faculty members were acknowledged for their teaching and scholarship and for going above and beyond during the last few...
August 30, 2022 The New Mexico Highlands University Facundo Valdez School of Social Work receives $1.6 million in federal funding annually through Title IV-E. The grant is issued in three-year cycles, and on July 1, 2022, Highlands University renewed its regular Title...
August 29, 2022 Lauren Addario, faculty in Media Arts & Technology at New Mexico Highlands University and Director of the Cultural Technology Internship Program, will bring her Media Arts Seminar class and four faculty members to Tucumcari for a pop-up projection...
August 16, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University President Sam Minner has awarded six scholarships to members of the Highlands community to take the Animal Care and Control course from the National Animal Control and Care Association, or NACA. Six people were chosen...
August 15, 2022 The Fire Relief Center once located at the old Memorial Middle School gymnasium was moved to Sala de Madrid on the New Mexico Highlands University campus at the end of July. The Center will continue to provide hot meals twice a day at 9 a.m. and 11...
August 6, 2022 Graduate and undergraduate students at New Mexico Highlands University celebrated a belated commencement ceremony on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at the John A. Wilson Complex in Las Vegas. The ceremony, which is typically held in May each year, was...
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...
