Other NM universities announcements

The Hunt Center for Entrepreneurship and the Scale Up New Mexico Program at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center recently concluded its GenAI Product Development Sprint, a six-week accelerator designed to help New Mexico and Borderplex startups integrate generative AI into their product development processes.

Running from Aug. 5 to Sept. 16, the program provided entrepreneurs with hands-on training to leverage AI for feature prioritization, customer requirement analysis, competitive benchmarking and data-driven roadmap creation. Participants engaged in interactive workshops, personalized mentoring and real-time feedback from industry experts.

For more than 60 years, the Edgar R. Garrett Speech and Hearing Center at New Mexico State University has been providing speech, language, swallowing and cognitive services to individuals of all ages, while offering NMSU graduate students pursuing careers as speech-language pathologists gain hands-on experience.

"The Communication Disorders department has helped me grow immensely as a student and prepare me to be a professional in the field of speech-language pathology in many ways," said Aubry Anaya, second-year student and graduate assistant. "Professors, supervisors and clinical educators have done an incredible job of offering mentorship and teaching us graduate students critical thinking skills required for treatment and assessment."

New Mexico State University will kick off its celebrations for Latin Heritage Month later this month. Latinx Heritage Month runs from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15.

The NMSU events aim to honor Latinx people and their culture and contributions to the nation's history. Many are collaborations between NMSU's Latin American Programs, Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity, and other on-campus organizations. All Aggies are welcome to join the festivities. The scheduled events include:

"Get Ready for Cumbia Night," a free cumbia dance class, will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Aggie Lounge at Corbett Center Student Union.

Marisa Gonzalez, assistant professor in the School of Social Work at New Mexico State University, has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar award.

Gonzalez, who is also pursuing a Ph.D. in social work at Colorado State University, will spend 10 months at Dalat University in Vietnam during the 2025-26 academic year.

New Mexico State University's Archives and Special Collections has acquired the papers of Frederick Nolan, the pre-eminent historian of Lincoln County, the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid. 

The collection, shipped from London to Las Cruces, marks a highly anticipated addition to the university's holdings on the history of the American West. 

The collection was received in early August and arrived in carefully organized boxes containing correspondence, research files, manuscripts, photographs and copies of Nolan's many published books. Now open to researchers, scholars and the public, the materials highlight Nolan's lifelong dedication to the Lincoln County War, Billy the Kid and the history of southern New Mexico. 

PORTALES, NM – Sept. 10, 2025– Eastern New Mexico University's Office of Hispanic Affairs celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month – Sept. 15 through Oct. 15 – with numerous events, speaking engagements, and music programs on campus.

First approved by U.S. President Lyndon Johnson as Hispanic Heritage Week in 1968 and expanded by President Ronald Reagan, National Hispanic Heritage Month was enacted into law in 1988 and is a time when citizens are encouraged to recognize the contributions of Hispanic Americans to this nation's history and culture.

New Mexico State University anthropology students traveled from the desert Southwest to the jungles of Central America this year to participate in NMSU's first summer field school to Belize.

The project is a collaborative effort by the government of Belize, which runs the Institute of Archeology, the University of Texas at Austin, NMSU's Department of Anthropology and about half a dozen other universities.

"We all participated in joint excavations of an area in northwestern Belize," said Thomas Hart, NMSU anthropology assistant professor. "This summer's focus was on a site called La Milpa, a Maya archeological site near the borders of Mexico and Guatemala, which dates to around 900 AD. La Milpa is considered the third largest Maya site in Belize."

Portales, NM – September 9, 2025 – Eastern New Mexico University released enrollment data on Friday, Sept. 5; the results showed continued enrollment growth with the University exceeding 6,000 students for the first time since 2018, and only the fourth time in school history, with a total enrollment of 6,002 students for the fall 2025 semester.

This growth continues an upward trend at ENMU, with enrollment increasing by 265 students from fall 2024 and by 1,011 students (a 20.3% increase) since fall 2021. The ENMU Graduate School also set new records, with total enrollment growing by 8.5% to a record high of 1,614 graduate students. The university also saw a 4.7% increase in transfer students and a 10.8% rise in continuing student enrollments.