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AUSTIN, Texas — A Texas nonprofit organization that fights hunger is concerned that too few children have access to the state’s daily summer food program. While food insecurity is on the rise in Texas, a recent report indicates that the number of children participating in the program has decreased for two years in a row. […]Read More
New Mexico State University is remembering the accomplishments of former Dean E. Rene Casillas, who passed away July 5. Casillas was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences from 1992-2002. He retired in 2002. “Rene was a fine academic and a special Aggie,” said NMSU Chancellor Garrey Carruthers. “Dean Casillas had a major impact […]Read More
New Mexico State University will require first-time, full-time undergraduate students admitted to NMSU’s Las Cruces campus to live in a university-operated residence hall for their first academic year, or two semesters. The requirement begins in the fall 2017 semester and is aimed at improving student retention. “I think this is the right thing to do […]Read More
New Mexico State University’s STEM Outreach Center, housed in the College of Education, recently received a nearly $12 million grant to fund after school STEM programs in the Las Cruces, Hatch and Gadsden school districts. The grant was awarded by the New Mexico Public Education Department’s 21st Century Community Learning Centers Program to implement programs […]Read More
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Thousands of undocumented immigrants are worried that the information they provided to sign up for President Obama’s “Dreamers” program now could get them deported. Last month’s Supreme Court decision striking down parts of the president’s executive action means a Texas-based federal judge’s pending order for the release of 50,000 immigrants’ names and […]Read More
Las Cruces volunteers spent the last seven years up to their elbows in mud, mortar and adobe bricks to restore the state’s oldest existing African American church. Now they plan to celebrate with a ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 9 at 638 North Tornillo to unveil a bronze plaque commemorating the Phillips Chapel […]Read More
In the small Route 66 town of Tucumcari, N.M, scientist and inventor Bob Hockaday recently made a move to help revitalize business in an innovative way. Beyond the retro hotel and gas station neon signage that characterizes the town, Hockaday purchased a defunct ethanol plant with strategic plans to outfit it as a biorefinery, a […]Read More
When Jeff Brown joined New Mexico State University’s history department in 1984, Las Cruces had around 50,000 residents, construction of the Corbett Center auditorium was nearly complete, and NMSU had recently elected its first female student body president. “NMSU has grown a lot since 1984,” said Brown, who is currently the associate dean for research […]Read More
During its regular June 27 meeting, the New Mexico State University Board of Regents approved a number of benefit changes that will impact current and future employees. “These changes are in response to the university’s budget situation and many of these have been discussed during our town hall meeting and at our open forums earlier […]Read More
Students from Mexico can now study at New Mexico State University at a discounted tuition rate thanks to a new program dubbed Descubre, or discover. The NMSU Board of Regents passed a resolution this spring discounting tuition for students from Mexico. The new tuition rate is about half that paid by out-of-state students. The estimated […]Read More
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