Sanchez named football head coach
In December 2023, Tony Sanchez ’98 ’03 was named the 36th head coach of the Aggie football team.
In December 2023, Tony Sanchez ’98 ’03 was named the 36th head coach of the Aggie football team.
A new graduate program in the NMSU School of Nursing has begun training nurses for careers as certified registered nurse anesthetists.
Wave the Wonder Dog, owned and trained by Steve Stochaj, Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering department head, was recognized...
Jennifer Hernandez Gifford ’99 ’01 established the New Mexico Heritage Wool Project in 2019 to pay homage to the state’s wool...
Daniel J. Jones ’04 has been named entrepreneur-in-residence for the Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship, housed at NMSU’s Arrowhead Center
The start of 2024 held new beginnings for Ranjit Koodali as he was named dean of the NMSU Graduate School and associate provost for International...
Growing up near the U.S.-Mexico border in El Paso, Texas, and Las Cruces, Nicole Johnson has long been fascinated with different cultures and...
When she graduated from high school, Jessica Eck ’16 didn’t know what type of career she wanted. After spending a week at the New...
Rachael Ryan ’10, a Ph.D. candidate at NMSU who has garnered attention worldwide for her business Backyard Farms, joined an elite group of...
NMSU continued its tradition of celebrating academic excellence at the spring 2024 convocation, bestowing several awards for creative scholarly...
If you asked Manny Cadena three years ago what career he wanted, he would have told you he wanted to be a real estate agent.
A $5.9 million grant will continue the partnership between NMSU and award-winning scientists at the Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center in...
Jon Barela, CEO of the Borderplex Alliance, is the first recipient of the Kevin B. Boberg Excellence in Economic Development Award for his work in...
Clad in a hairnet and white coat, Eva Cortes-Monroy walked across a refrigerated meat lab on NMSU’s Las Cruces campus.
A new research institute at NMSU is uniting experts in science, technology, engineering and math education to develop and evaluate innovative...
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, the first Spanish-speaking agent in NMSU’s Cooperative Extension Service, was inducted into the National Agricultural...
Emily Jaramillo made history in 2023 when she became the first woman to ascend to the highest ranks of the largest fire department in New Mexico.
Two NMSU graduate students were awarded scholarships from the Society for American Archaeology, which only awards two to four National Science...
Lianna Hartshorn became the first Jewish Miss New Mexico when she won the crown in June 2023.
NMSU won first place in the 2023 National Agri-Marketing Association Student Marketing Competition, beating more than two dozen schools from the...
NMSU presented several teaching awards during its fall convocation.
Jeffrey Arterburn, an NMSU Regents professor and biomedical researcher named by Stanford University as among the top 2% of scientists worldwide,...
A new Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society official badge, known as the Bent, is on display in NMSU’s Engineering Complex.
Navdeep Kaur arrived at NMSU in 2021 as a graduate student to pursue a passion for plant genetics and follow a mission to develop crops that can...
The Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., offers visitors 10 days of cultural traditions from around the world, and invites interns...
With the use of innovative technology, all it takes to discover exciting places and new experiences is donning a headset. NMSU Alamogordo students...
Each fall about 600 NMSU freshmen learn communication skills in an introductory course.
A five-year program dedicated to training Hispanic students to become the next generation of agricultural leaders is now underway at NMSU.
Corwyn Shaughnessy knows how crucial the Eloy Torrez Family Engineering Learning Communities are to student success. Shaughnessy’s first...
Chile pepper enthusiasts have a new resource to explore with the launch of a cookbook that features recipes developed by the Chile Pepper Institute.
NMSU’s College of Business is providing students an opportunity to get a jump-start on real-world ethical decision-making that will benefit...
NMSU bestowed awards for creative scholarly work on seven faculty members during its spring convocation in January 2023.
NMSU’s Model United Nations team was named Outstanding Delegation at the International Model UN Conference in Kobe, Japan, in November 2022....
For the first time in its history, Aggie Shark Tank in 2022 involved students from both NMSU and the University of Texas at El Paso who competed...
An engineer with expertise in data-driven sustainability efforts at higher education institutions, V.S. “Raghu” Raghavan ’15...
Audrey Dijeau and a group of fellow graduate students led a movement in spring 2022 to create a new diversity program at NMSU that supports the...
NMSU’s PGA Golf Management team celebrated another Aggie victory at the 2022 PGA University Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, in November...
NMSU Biology Professor Timothy Wright led the effort to secure a $7.1 million infrastructure grant from the National Institutes of Health to add...
In 2022, Arrowhead Center at NMSU received a five-year, $1.22 million award from a $15 million National Science Foundation investment through the...
Alan R. Shoho, formerly dean and professor emeritus of the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, began his new role as...
Lea Wise-Surguy ’15, the co-founder, chair and executive director of Cruces Creatives, officially joined an exclusive group of entrepreneurs...
With the help of generous donors and funding from the New Mexico Higher Education Department, the NMSU College of Health, Education and Social...
Doña Ana Community College student Tazia Swift looked forward to May 2023. That’s when she received her diploma in arts and criminal...
The NMSU Foundation received a $250,000 two-year grant from Bank of America through its Progresando initiative, which focuses on increasing the...
A new program at NMSU will help underrepresented students like Briza Castro ’19, Imelda Martinez and Naomi Lucero earn graduate degrees and...
New beginnings are happening at NMSU, including in leadership at the College of Business.
Yoshi Iwasaki has taken a calm, unifying approach as inaugural dean of a college that consists of two former NMSU colleges plus a department once...
What started as a project between an NMSU professor and her daughter has now grown into a multidisciplinary endeavor backed by a $150,000 grant...
The start of NMSU’s 2022 school year came with a bundle of new licensed products fans can enjoy at home or out in the crowds while supporting...
For their spring 2022 semester community service project, Seidel Engineering Leadership Institute students chose to help revitalize the NMSU...
Prior to the October 2022 start date for trainings, the halls seemed just a little empty in the Doña Ana Community College Sunland Park Center.
It’s like a scene in a sci-fi movie: a group of people huddle over a long table with a glowing 3-D map of the human body, learning more about...
New Mexico’s monsoons hampered the Spaceport America Cup Intercollegiate Rocket Competition held in June 2022, but they didn’t alter...
New beginnings are happening at NMSU, including in leadership at the College of Business.
Smoky Glass Torgerson ’69 has worn many hats in her lifetime: college professor, early childhood education supporter, community fundraiser...
Researchers at NMSU are teaming up with two national labs and TerraPower, an energy company co-founded by Bill Gates, as part of a three-year...
Five educators and an influential chile researcher from NMSU were honored with teaching and outreach awards during the university’s fall 2022...
Two NMSU students – Brandon Larrañaga and Sunshine Tso ’22 – represented New Mexico in summer 2022 during the first-ever...
NMSU named Sherry Kollmann as its first vice provost for digital learning initiatives in March 2020, a new role created by Provost Carol Parker to...
In 2006, women made up just 18 percent of college students enrolled in computer science majors nationwide. At NMSU, only 8 percent of computer...
“Fowl,” a poignant 21-minute film by Creative Media Institute professors Ross Marks and Mitch Fowler, guides viewers through a day in...
After two years of delays, in 2021 Fabián García was finally inducted into the National Agricultural Center’s Hall of Fame in...
Attention museum lovers: the Zuhl Museum at NMSU has reopened its doors to the public.
In fall 2021, the Aggies’ collegiately licensed collection grew its ever-expanding list and branched out with collaborations with Legacy...
NMSU bestowed its top academic awards to a group of eight faculty members, including two filmmakers, at the spring 2022 convocation.
Following a national search, NMSU selected Kevin James Comerford as the next dean of the NMSU Library. He began his new role in March 2022.
Richard Leza ’73 was named the third inductee in the NMSU Entrepreneur Hall of Fame by NMSU’s Arrowhead Center and the Research,...
The STEM Outreach Center at NMSU received a five-year grant totaling $26.5 million to continue and extend support for much-needed after-school...
As one of 13 new academic partners to receive grants from the NBCUniversal News Group in January 2022, the collaboration involves internships,...
Hiba Muhyi never imagined leading a coordinated effort to support Afghan families resettling in southern New Mexico, but that’s where she...
Cynthia Olivas has envisioned what the future of the Doña Ana Community College Nursing Program would look like for some time: increased...
During William B. Conroy’s tenure as NMSU’s president, he developed a love for the university, especially those students who showed a...
Rosemary Montañez and Dayana Villanueva were among 36 journalism students in the country awarded scholarships from the National Association of...
NMSU’s fall 2021 convocation marked the start of a new academic year – and a new tradition to align faculty awards with NMSU LEADS 2025.
“You’re going to Hollywood!” were words Dzaki Sukarno only dreamed of hearing since he started his musical journey.
Chick-fil-A locations in Las Cruces and El Paso partnered with NMSU in spring 2021 and pledged to donate a portion of cookie sales to benefit NMSU...
Animation junior Brandon Trevizo and film production graduate Dominic Vincent ’21 were among 30 students in the country selected to join the...
Tracey Miller-Tomlinson, an associate professor of English at NMSU, has been named Faculty Fellow for the Center for Undergraduate Research and...
As a first-generation American citizen and a first-generation college student, Teresa Maria Linda Scholz can relate to many NMSU students.
Rebecca Campbell ’88 likes to call herself an “Aggie squared,” with two bachelor’s degrees, one in chemistry, the other in...
NMSU’s Museum Conservation Program is the first in the country to partner with the Smithsonian Latino Center to provide students with a...
A $1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy will help NMSU’s Arrowhead Center promote the development and commercialization of...
Film and television productions have ramped up in New Mexico, and the growing digital media job market provides new opportunities for students...
Walk into Zuhl Library and the eye-catching, vibrant geological specimens on display are likely to grab your attention.
Although convocation shifted to an all-virtual experience for the first time in NMSU history in spring 2021, the time-honored tradition of...
NMSU Provost Carol Parker selected Becky Corran, chair of the Humanities and Social Sciences program at Doña Ana Community College, as a...
In January 2021, NMSU and Kreative Candle Co. launched Pistol Pete’s Smell of Victory candle, the latest in NMSU’s growing line of...
“Walking with Herb” is a first for Las Cruces.
The Autism Diagnostic Center at NMSU has yet to debut its physical location inside of O’Donnell Hall, but is already seeing a high demand for...
NMSU and Estas Manos Coffee Roasters launched “A” Mountain Roast in December 2020.
Dino Cervantes ’85, a local farmer and chile processor, was named the 2020 inductee into the NMSU Entrepreneur Hall of Fame by Arrowhead...
Emmanuel Utreras, whose doctoral research would allow visually impaired children to learn computer programming, recently graduated with his Ph.D....
Born and raised in Taos, New Mexico, Cecilia Martinez ’82 grew up surrounded by the natural beauty of the Southwest and the Sangre de Cristo...
NMSU’s College of Education has added the finishing touches to the Glass Family Research Institute, which seeks to influence policy and...
In 2017, Ike Ledesma realized there was a significant need among some Doña Ana Community College students.
When Carol Walker applied to study for her doctorate degree in mathematics at NMSU, her music degree didn’t impress her adviser in the...
Neil Richardson ’95 has been stationed across the country and around the world during more than two decades in the U.S. Air Force.
Before you can swirl, sniff and sip a glass of New Mexico wine, someone has to grow, crush, press and ferment the grapes, bottle the wine and get...
Under a mission to develop and expand the workforce of nurses and social workers in New Mexico, a new partnership between the NMSU College of...
When Stephanie Hernandez’s husband died in 1998, the young mother of one was devastated.
In fall 2019, the Chaparral Outreach Program in Chaparral, New Mexico, kick-started the STEM Sisterhood program to encourage seventh- and...
Phame Camarena, a first-generation college student and native Californian, is the new leader of the NMSU William Conroy Honors College, having been...
Teamwork and trust are two important components to leading an organization.
Even though fall 2020 sports were postponed, the Aggies’ Athletics Department has unveiled two new collaborations.
Two NMSU professors will lead the university’s globalization and border relations efforts as the inaugural Provost’s Faculty Fellows.
With the seventh overall pick in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft, the Pittsburgh Pirates selected Aggie shortstop Nick Gonzalez.
Students in NMSU’s chapter of the National Society of Minorities in Hospitality captured a string of victories in 2020 that raised their...
NMSU’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences is now home to the Anna, Age Eight Institute, which seeks to prevent adverse childhood...
Derek Dictson ’98 has come home.
Three professors were recognized with Regents Professorships, the highest honor bestowed upon faculty at NMSU, during spring convocation in January...
A key component of NMSU’s strategic plan, NMSU LEADS 2025, is to improve the lives of students by enhancing their social mobility, which is...
KRWG Public Media at NMSU has three shiny new trophies to add to its already impressive collection of accolades.
A May 2020 graduate, Jessica McDow won the undergraduate poster presentation at the 31st Rio Grande Symposium on Advanced Materials in Albuquerque...
If you told Eric Burton he’d be nominated for a Grammy Award as he wrote songs on practice pianos in the NMSU music building 10 years ago, he...
The College of Engineering has completely modernized its machine shop, replacing 1960s-era equipment with new, state-of the-art technology.
Thanks to a grant from the Stanley Smith Horticulture Trust to the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, a new botanic...
The School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management at NMSU bolstered its commitment to fostering careers in the hospitality industry by...
With her wide-eyed windows open to University Avenue, Devasthali Hall introduced herself to the Las Cruces community Feb. 28, 2020, with music,...
Sebastien Tapia was in his second semester at NMSU when he took a chance to ask for an internship at one of the largest general contracting...
As a four-year TRIO Student Support Services peer mentor at NMSU, Alicia Romero has changed the lives of many students – both academically...
College students entering the workforce in technical fields need to be familiar with the newest technology so they can step onto the jobsite ready...
A formerly drab and cluttered space tucked away on the ground floor of O’Donnell Hall has transformed into a welcoming, comfortable place for...
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