Pianist Dena Kay Jones to perform ‘Imagenes de Espana’ at NMSU
Posted On Sunday, November 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Dena Kay Jones, Imagenes de Espana, Luces y Sombras, New Mexico State University, Spanish piano music
Dena Kay Jones, acclaimed specialist in modern Spanish piano music, will perform for the first time at New Mexico State University on Thursday, Nov. 14, in a free concert sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences. The concert, dubbed “Imagenes de Espana,” will include pictures, text, poetry and accompanying ...
NMSU American Indian Programs Creates New App
Posted On Saturday, November 2, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Las Cruces, Mexico’s Native American communities, New Mexico State University, NMSU’s Learning Games Lab
The New Mexico State University American Indian Program has developed an iPad application to help educate the community about the 22 pueblos, tribes and nations of New Mexico.
In conjunction with NMSU’s Learning Games Lab, the American Indian Program funded and launched the application earlier this semester to help NMSU and ...
Amy Biehl High School Students Walk to UNM to Raise Funds
Posted On Saturday, October 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Amy Biehl High School, college admittance exams, Gabriela Hernandez, University of New Mexico, Walk-A-Thon
Students from Amy Biehl High School participated in the school’s first-ever Road to College Walk-A-Thon recently, walking two and a half miles from their downtown campus to Central New Mexico Community College and the University of New Mexico where they were welcomed by Provost Chaouki Abdallah.
The Road to College Walk-A-Thon ...
NMSU’s Stephen W. and Robert E. Roberts Memorial Staff Award recipient announced
Posted On Friday, October 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Glen Haubold, New Mexico State University, NMSU employee, Robert E. Roberts
David Silva, a supervisor with New Mexico State University’s Facilities and Services, has been recognized as the Stephen W. and Robert E. Roberts Memorial Staff Award recipient for his continued dedication to the institution.
Established in 1983, this award is presented annually to an NMSU employee who demonstrates commitment and service, ...
NMSU selects firm to assist with search for vice president for university advancement
Posted On Friday, October 11, 2013 By USA Education News. Under FEATURED, NEW MEXICO Tags: Betty Turner Asher, Greenwood, Jan Greenwood, New Mexico State University, NMSU Foundation, university advancement
New Mexico State University has selected executive search firm Greenwood/Asher & Associates to assist in the institution’s search for its next vice president for university advancement and president of the NMSU Foundation.
Greenwood/Asher is a global search and consulting firm with extensive experience in executive searches in higher education, including NMSU. ...
NMSU’s Geographers Map Outdoor Campus Recycling Resources
Posted On Friday, October 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Carol Campbell, New Mexico State University, plastic bottle, recycling bin, Research Center, Spatial Applications
When throwing away a plastic bottle, would you walk the length of a football field or more to find a recycling bin or just hit the first trash can you see?
Researchers in the Spatial Applications and Research Center (SpARC) at New Mexico State University recently mapped the outdoor recycling bins ...
Emergency Fund to Help Keep NMSU Public Health Students Enrolled
Posted On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Carol Smallwood, Department of Public Health Sciences, New Mexico State University, school of nursing, Use Emergency Fund
Inspired by a similar fund established earlier this year, a New Mexico State University graduate has created an opportunity to assist public health students experiencing financial hardships.
The Smallwood Current Use Emergency Fund will be used to make an award to undergraduate or graduate students demonstrating emergency financial need within the ...
Medical Tourism is One of the Growing Trends Across the World
Posted On Friday, September 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under ARKANSAS, DELAWARE, FEATURED, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, HAWAII, INDIANA, LOUISIANA, MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, MINNESOTA, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, NEBRASKA, NEW JERSEY, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, NORTH DAKOTA, PUERTO RICO, SOUTH CAROLINA, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, VERMONT, WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON DC, WEST VIRGINIA Tags: cardiology, health care facility, joint replacement, low cost, Medical tourism, medical tourists, medical treatments, orthopedic surgery
Medical tourism is one of the growing trends across the world. Due to high increase in the cost of health care facility, individual as well as companies are providing incentives to travel across the countries to get the surgeries they need. While travelling other countries for the medical tourists not ...
NMSU Celebrates National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week
Posted On Tuesday, September 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Fabian Garcia, Hispanic-Serving Institution, Las Cruces, New Mexico State University, President Garrey Carruthers
New Mexico State University, a federally recognized Hispanic-Serving Institution, joins other universities across the nation this week in celebrating National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week, Sept. 15-21.
NMSU has been a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities since 1989. More than 20 years ago, that organization led the effort to ...
Student Innovators Tackle Water Conservation at this Year’s Innoventure Program
Posted On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Daniels Fund, Las Cruces High School, New Mexico State University, water conservation, Wells Fargo
What happens when you put together a team of curious young minds and turn them loose with a problem to solve? Some pretty innovative solutions are born.
That’s what education specialist Marie Borchert has seen happen, year after year, through the Innoventure program, hosted by New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center. ...
LAII Talk on Conserving Desert Biodiversity in Mexico Set
Posted On Tuesday, September 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Biology Department, Evan W. Carson, Iberian Institute, Latin American, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, University of New Mexico
The Latin American and Iberian Institute presents Evan W. Carson delivering “The Art of the Possible: Partnerships in Conserving Desert Biodiversity in Mexico,” on Wednesday, Aug. 28 from noon to 1 p.m. in the LAII conference room, 801 Yale NE on the University of New Mexico campus.
Carson, research assistant professor ...
UNM ECE Professor Receives Prestigious DARPA Young Faculty Award
Posted On Monday, August 26, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Daniel Feezell, DARPA YFA program, DARPA Young Faculty Award, department of electrical and computer engineering
Daniel Feezell, assistant professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has received a highly competitive DARPA Young Faculty Award (YFA). The objective of the DARPA YFA program is to identify and engage rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and expose them to Department of Defense ...
Law School Art Gallery Features Faculty Works
Posted On Monday, August 19, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Barbara Bergman, Law School Art Gallery, Sherri Burr, Steven Homer, University of New Mexico, UNM School of Law
The Not-for-Profit Law School Art Gallery features a new exhibition with works by faculty. A gallery wine and cheese reception, with the faculty artists in attendance, is set for Tuesday, Aug. 20, from 5 — 6:30 p.m. at the UNM School of Law, 1117 Stanford N.E.
The Law Faculty Show features ...
Schamiloglu Receives Highest Level Distinguished Member Award from the IEEE
Posted On Saturday, August 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Edl Schamiloglu, Electromagnetics Group, IEEE Nuclear, Richard F. Shea, UNM Department of Electrical
UNM Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Edl Schamiloglu received the Richard F. Shea Distinguished Member Award by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society at a Pulsed Power Conference in San Francisco recently. The award is the Society’s highest level distinguished service award.
The award recognizes outstanding contributions to ...
UNM to Host 9th Annual Summer Biomedical Research Symposium
Posted On Saturday, August 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Biomedical Research Symposium, Chair Richard Cripps, education program, Post-baccalaureate Research, UNM undergraduates
An opportunity to conduct research is often a life-changing event for undergraduates and a life-long passion for graduate students. Students from UNM programs funded by NIH and NSF will present their work in the 9th annual Biomedical Research Symposium Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the ...
New Mexico Among States to Receive NSF Funding for Water Resources Modeling
Posted On Saturday, July 27, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: cyber infrastructure, National Science Foundation, Stimulate Competitive Research, University of New Mexico., WC-WAVE, Western Consortium
New Mexico, Nevada and Idaho have received a new grant from the National Science Foundation to create a Western Consortium for Watershed Analysis, Visualization and Exploration (WC-WAVE) to advance watershed science, workforce development and education with cyber infrastructure enabled discovery and innovation.
The consortium will receive up to $6 million over ...
UNM, Carrie Tingley Clinic to Visit Roswell July 26
Posted On Saturday, July 20, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Carrie Tingley Hospital, Children’s Medical Services, East Chisum, Health Sciences Center, Roswell, University of New Mexico
ALBUQUERQUE, NM – Children in the Roswell area with orthopaedic problems can be scheduled for an outreach clinic on Friday, July 26, 2013. Physicians from Carrie Tingley Hospital at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center will examine patients at Children’s Medical Services, 200 East Chisum, Roswell, NM.
Children and ...
NMSU helps prospective engineers earn degrees in Albuquerque
Posted On Friday, July 12, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW MEXICO Tags: Andy Huertaz, Central New Mexico Community College, Jeff Beasley, New Mexico State University
Central New Mexico Community College has joined forces with New Mexico State University, allowing CNM students to earn a bachelor’s degree in engineering technology without ever stepping foot outside Albuquerque.
Beginning fall 2013, CNM students will have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science degree in engineering technology from New ...