U.S. Senator to speak at NMSU fundraiser

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U.S. Sen. Ken Salazar, D-Colo., will be the keynote speaker at a breakfast next month at New Mexico State University.

Salazar will speak at the Sixth Annual Danny Villanueva Scholarship Breakfast from 7:30-9:30 a.m. on Oct. 19, according to a news release. The event is held at the ballrooms in Corbett Center on campus.

Salazar has been a senator since 2004 and was his state’s attorney general before that.

Villanueva, a retired NFL football player, matches the amount raised from the scholarship breakfast each year. Proceeds go to the Danny Villanueva Scholarship Endowment, which benefits student leaders at NMSU.

Tickets are $25 and available through NMSU’s Chicano Programs office in Garcia Annex. For more information, call (505) 646-4206.

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