Retired Las Cruces businessman and engineer, Orlando Cervantes, recently gifted the New Mexico State University Foundation $50,000 to create the Orlando Cervantes Endowed Scholarship. The scholarship is special in that it specifically bridges the El Paso and Las Cruces communities by awarding graduates of El Paso High School with scholarship dollars to complete a degree in engineering from NMSU.

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The Navajo Nation is ripe for innovation. They have been entrepreneurs for hundreds of years, creating and selling handmade products and art that are renowned worldwide. While known for their art, there is untapped potential in the innovative technology space by Navajo-led startups. More business development and growth assistance by these startups will be a critical component in creating economic growth for the region.

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Alex Moon has a new idea, and the biology doctorate student at New Mexico State University is trying to patent his idea. Through the process, the Patent and Trademark Resource Center at NMSU’s Zuhl Library has been a valuable resource.

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FARMINGTON – The third annual conference on environmental conditions of the Animas and San Juan watershed will be June 19-22 at the San Juan College Henderson Fine Arts Center, 4601 College Blvd. in Farmington.

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When Lt. Col. Blanca Reyes arrived at New Mexico State University nearly two years ago, she became the university’s first female and first Hispanic professor of military science. Recently she was selected this year’s Professor of Military Science for U.S. Army Cadet Command out of 275 Army ROTC programs across the country.

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An interdisciplinary team of anthropologists, geologists, biologists and geographers from New Mexico State University is helping the Las Cruces office of the Bureau of Land Management by locating and recording natural and cultural resources on the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument.

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Children and teens ages 9 to 18 can learn more about hip-hop, jazz, modern, ballet, classical Spanish and salsa dance styles at the New Mexico State University dance program’s summer dance camp.

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The New Mexico State University rodeo team will travel to Casper, Wyoming, to compete in the College National Finals Rodeo Sunday, June 10, to Saturday, June 16.

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Karin Wiburg, a New Mexico State University distinguished professor in the College of Education and math education pioneer, will retire this summer after 25 years at the university.

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Cummins Inc. and the New Mexico State University Engineering Technology Department have entered a new and unique partnership that will enrich the engineering educational experience of current and future students. Cummins is providing funding for projects that will give students hands-on experience refurbishing old and outdated, but much needed laboratory equipment, as well as supporting the development of new equipment.

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