Construction projects update campus facilities

State-of-the-art engineering facility

Thomas and Brown Hall, the previous home of NMSU’s Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, was demolished in spring and summer 2025 to make way for a new building designed to enhance educational infrastructure for engineering students and faculty. The new building will include experiential, multidisciplinary learning spaces that will enhance collaboration across the College of Engineering. New Mexico voters approved a General Obligation Bond in 2022, allocating $22.5 million, along with $10 million from the state’s General Fund in 2024, for the project. Generous private donors, many of them long-time supporters of the college, also contributed additional funding for the project.

Pond restoration 

NMSU’s beloved campus landmark, the Aggie Alumni Pond, will receive a long-anticipated revival thanks to $1.3 million in approved funding by the NMSU Board of Regents in June 2025. Renovations will include a new concrete basin, solar-powered aeration system and shaded seating areas to enhance safety, accessibility and aesthetics. To support future upgrades such as lighting, landscaping and a new pedestrian bridge, visit nmsu.link/pond.

Addition helps students, community centers

The College of HEST broke ground on the expansion of O’Donnell Hall in fall 2024 as part of an $18.8 million initiative including $15.5 million from the 2022 GO Bond and support from House Bill 153. 

O’Donnell Hall will gain more than 15,000 square feet of new space to accommodate NMSU’s Department of Kinesiology and the Department of Communication Disorders. The ground floor also will be renovated to expand the Papen-Aprendamos Autism Diagnostic Center and the Edgar R. Garrett Speech and Hearing Center.

Aggie Innovation Space expands, adds metal 3D printing center

In March 2025, NMSU’s College of Engineering broke ground on an expansion of the Aggie Innovation Space and the construction of the New Mexico Mutual Metal Additive Manufacturing Center. The new facility will strengthen the university’s capabilities in metal additive manufacturing, commonly known as metal 3D printing.

AIS is a state-of-the-art manufacturing and 3D printing facility that provides students and faculty with advanced tools and technology to design and produce prototypes, develop projects and bring ideas to life. The New Mexico Mutual Metal Additive Manufacturing Center will add research-grade metal additive manufacturing systems to complement AIS’s existing subtractive manufacturing resources.