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:...
January 28, 2022 Donna Woodford-Gormley, an English professor at New Mexico Highlands University, has published “Shakespeare in Cuba: Caliban’s Books” and will be giving a reading as a part of the Highlands Speaker Series and in conjunction with the Highlands Gender...
January 26, 2021 Three institutes working to improve forest health and reduce catastrophic wildfires in the West will get a $20 million financial boost from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed by Congress in November. The funding will help expand a...
January 24, 2022 (Leer este artículo en español) A free online learning program offered by New Mexico Highlands University and sponsored by other New Mexico colleges and organizations has some new features to enhance user experience. When school and work moved...
January 14, 2022 An exhibition featuring TT Hagaman’s Southwest Collection, which includes a wide range of historical artifacts from across New Mexico, is open to visitors in the Highlands University Ray Drew Gallery through Feb. 18, 2022. The Rarities of New Mexico...
January 11, 2022 New Mexico Highlands University is implementing new COVID protocols to ensure the safety of all students, staff, and faculty on campus. These changes are being implemented at on the main campus and the Highlands University centers in an effort...
January 6, 2022 Four professors at New Mexico Highlands University have published recent research articles in national education journals assessing a variety of strategies needed to implement culturally sustaining classroom instruction. In 2018, findings from...
January 4, 2022 Sebastian Medina, biology professor and alumnus of Highlands University, is on a roll. In 2021 alone, he published eight research articles and one book chapter that investigate the correlation between arsenic and anemia, and the effects of arsenic and...
December 9, 2021 Giving Tuesday, which typically brings in 10 percent of Highlands University’s annual fundraising, brought in $198,403 this year. According to Theresa Law, the university began participating in Giving Tuesday in 2016, and although they did...
December 8, 2021 The Shop Small Mall event, hosted by Highlands University on Dec. 1, helped to bring in much-needed support for local businesses who have been impacted by the pandemic and Bridge Street construction. The event was so successful that organizers plan to...
December 7, 2021 This year, Highlands University partnered with La Cosecha Conference to promote bilingual education and increase the number of bilingual teachers across New Mexico, the U.S., and internationally. According to its website, La Cosecha is a conference...
