Other NM universities announcements

The Scale Up New Mexico program, based at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center and partially funded by the United States Economic Development Administration, recently marked the successful completion of its fourth 2024 cohort of the Venture Funding Sprint acceleration program.

The accelerator program provides tech startup founders in New Mexico with essential knowledge and skills for understanding financial terminology and instruments, negotiating with potential investors, and developing tools and materials needed to attract investment. It achieved significant success by helping promising startups deepen their understanding of fundraising timelines, data room preparation, and valuation methodologies. This comprehensive support empowered them to refine their financing strategies and navigate the complexities of raising venture capital more effectively.

November 12, 2024 – Portales, NM – Eastern New Mexico University is set to host the groundbreaking of the new Student Academic Services Building on Friday, November 15, at 1 p.m.

The new state-of-the-art Student Academic Services Building will house all the traditional student services that the University offers, including Enrollment Services, Financial Aid, Counseling and Career Services, Advising, and Accessibility Resources and Testing.

"We are very excited to add a new campus building that will allow us to continue to meet the needs of our ever-growing student population," said James Johnston, ENMU Chancellor. "This addition to the historic front of campus will both honor our architectural style and create a new front door of campus."

A team of researchers at New Mexico State University has been making strides to provide more clues about underlying factors during cancer progression through an ongoing partnership with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Washington. This collaboration will focus on a critical aspect of cancer biology: the metabolic adaptation of cancer cells.

Soyoung Jeon, associate professor of applied statistics in the NMSU College of Business, said the collaboration was possible through the Partnership for the Advancement of Cancer Research, a long-standing collaboration between NMSU and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Portales, NM – November 8, 2024- ENMU's Department of Theatre and Digital Filmmaking is proud to present a theatre performance of "Romeo and Juliet," a classic tragedy written by William Shakespeare.

Romeo and Juliet, the tragic story of doomed lovers whose stars seem to conspire against them, has been performed on stages worldwide for over 400 years and adapted numerous times for film, musical, and opera venues.

Eastern New Mexico University will bring this classic tragedy about two star-crossed lovers to the main stage at the University Theatre Center, with a twist, bringing the setting to New Mexico. The play will be spoken in the traditional old English in which the play was initially written.

Students at New Mexico State University's Center of Supply Chain Entrepreneurship program in the College of Business have proven their hard work, dedication, and success after earning second place in a global supply chain competition that was held in early October.

Four NMSU supply chain program students – Valeria Gomez, Mia Martinez, Alex Thorson, and Jorge E. Ramirez – were selected to compete in the annual General Motors/Wayne State University Supply Chain Case Competition in Detroit, Michigan.

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A&S Homecoming events

Nov 7-9: "Throwback to Homecoming" exhibition about the history of homecoming events at NMSU at the University Museum at Kent Hall. Opening Night from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7. The museum will be open for extended hours during Homecoming 2024 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 8 and 9.

Nov. 7:

Jagdish Khubchandani, a professor of public health at New Mexico State University, has received a national mentoring award from the American Public Health Association.

Khubchandani, who joined NMSU's College of Health, Education, and Social Transformation in 2020, received the Lyndon Haviland Mentoring Award Oct. 28 during the American Public Health Association's annual meeting in Minneapolis.

The award recognizes the role of mentoring in public health and leadership development. It is given to senior public health practitioners or academics who take an active role in mentoring students and young professionals through regular contact, professional development or research support.

Learn the latest about new agrivoltaics research, precision ranching, oryx and cattle interactions, remote-sensing tools and more at New Mexico State University's Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center's field day Nov. 15.

The field day will take place at the center from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. The headquarters is located at 9912 County Road E079 in Las Cruces. To get there, either search for State University Ranch Headquarters on Google Maps, or enter coordinates 32.530294, -106.804344.