About the Fall 2024 Edition
This issue of Panorama is produced by the office of Marketing and Communications, New Mexico State University, 575-646-3221. Correspondences may be sent to Marketing and Communications, MSC 3K, New Mexico State University, P.O. Box 30001, Las Cruces, NM 88003-3590 or panorama@nmsu.edu. Panorama is published two times annually. New Mexico State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and educator. The magazine can be found online at panorama.nmsu.edu.
Editor
Tiffany Acosta
Assistant Editor
Adriana M. Chávez ’19
Art Director
Gerald Rel
Contributors
Andrea D. Arrigucci ’10 ’23, Josh Bachman ’07, Minerva Baumann ’13, Ralph Diaz ’15, Chloe Dunlap ’23, Tatiana Favela ’15, Nora Hahn, Justin LeVett, Carlos Andres López ’10, Darren Phillips, Elaine Stachera Simon ’23, Angel Villalobos
Incoming President
Valerio Ferme
Interim President
Mónica Torres ’82 ’84
Chief Executive Officer, NMSU Foundation
Sylvia Y. Acosta '10
Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications
Justin Bannister ’03 ’13
Executive Director of Marketing, Web and Brand Management
Melissa Chavira ’03 ’05 ’11
Director of Communications and Media Relations
Amanda Bradford ’03 ’21
NMSU Alumni Association Board
Chair
Carol Smallwood ’83
Vice Chair
Michael Law ’05
NMSU Foundation Board
Chair
Louis A. Vega ’91
Vice Chair
Margaret Hardin ’94
