Other NM universities announcements

A few of New Mexico State University's College of Health, Education and Social Transformation graduate programs ranked in the "2024 Best Graduate Schools" list, including one in the top 100. 

The programs include social work (tied 94), public health (tied 136), and speech-language pathology (tied 170). 

"The School of Social Work is extremely proud of our recognition as one of the Best Graduate Programs in 2024," said Stacy Gherardi, interim co-director of the School of Social Work. "We look forward to continuing to support and empower the next generation of social workers to improve the lives of people in the state of New Mexico and beyond through our campus-based and online graduate programs" 

This year's "Borderland Storytellers" will feature the legacy of Stahmann Farms in a special program to be taped at the KRWG Public Media studios on April 19. Community members along with students, faculty and staff at New Mexico State University are invited to participate in a moderated question-and-answer session with guests who tell their stories."Borderland Storytellers, Stahmann Farms: A Legacy" taping is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, April 19, in KRWG studios in Milton Hall, Room 106, on the NMSU Las Cruces campus. The program will be broadcast on KRWG-TV in early May.

New Mexico State University's Model United Nations team was recognized again with top honors during the 2024 MUN conference in New York City, earning the Outstanding Delegation award.

NMSU's Model UN team has earned top honors in 17 of the last 18 years, except for 2020 when the conference was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Outstanding Delegation is the highest of three categories of team awards, the other categories being Distinguished Delegation and Honorable Mention.

Securing research and development funding for innovative solutions with high-impact potential can be a daunting task for newly formed startups. The federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide a pathway for small businesses to secure non-dilutive federal investment, awarding more than $4 billion in funding annually.

The 11 federal agencies participating in these programs all have specific requirements for startups to navigate. The New Mexico Federal and State Technology (NM FAST) partnership program provides support to regional technology focused startups as they approach federal agencies providing these R&D funding opportunties. The NM FAST program aims to provide support across industries aligning with New Mexico's growing technology ecosystem including agricultural-, defense-, bioscience -and energy-focused startups. As energy-focused opportunities have grown in New Mexico, so has Arrowhead Center at New Mexico State University's support of the energy technology ecosystem.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness month. In a partnership with the city of Las Cruces and local law enforcement, New Mexico State University's Department of Criminal Justice is publicly displaying the "Clothesline Project," created last fall.

In October of 2023, more than 200 T-shirts were displayed in New Mexico State University's Corbett Center. Each shirt tells a story, as they were each decorated with hand-written messages from survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence. Survivor voices were amplified as the community gathered to connect and share these stories.

 The largest esports tournament in New Mexico will kick off this weekend at New Mexico State University. Now in its third year, the NM State Esports Invitational is open to the community to take part in the fun.

The competitive video gaming event will take place starting at 9 a.m. Saturday and Sunday, April 6 and 7, at NMSU's Corbett Center Student Union. The diverse tournament lineup includes a range of popular titles, including "League of Legends," "Mario Kart 8," "Rocket League," "Splatoon 3," "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate," and "Valorant."  

New Mexico State University's Golf Course has once again ranked in Golf Advisor's list of "Top 25 College Golf Courses - Golfers' Choice 2024." The ranking comes from Golf Advisor's "GolfNow," an online booking service for tee times at golf courses around the country.

"The ranking validates all the hard work we have done over the years. For the most part we are self-made," said Jason White, golf course director at NMSU Golf Course. "Besides the new irrigation system that was installed in 2014, the improvements made to the golf course layout have been completed by our maintenance staff. A ranking like this, voted on by golfers, proves we are moving in the right direction."  

In the very near future, students taking online courses will have a new perspective that will help them interact with classmates and faculty, thanks to a new hologram technology being developed by Cisco.

New Mexico State University is one of the only higher education institutions that get to test that technology to see how well it will work in a classroom, with students and faculty members submitting feedback to Cisco on how well they think it works and what may need to be changed.