We don’t have to take this anymore
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We must take risks as we strive to be greater. I am willing to try if you are. Continue Reading
Las Cruces school board affirms commitment to equity and safety
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The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education has joined the national movement to affirm a commitment to diversity and safety in response to the rhetoric of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Continue Reading
Group continues pushing for NMSU to become a sanctuary campus
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Chancellor Garrey Carruthers said last week that NMSU won’t declare itself a sanctuary for immigrants without legal status or ban federal law enforcement officials from campus. Continue Reading
NMSU won’t call itself a sanctuary campus or ban immigration officials
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New Mexico State University won’t declare itself a sanctuary for immigrants without legal status or ban federal law enforcement officials from campus, Chancellor Garrey Carruthers said Friday. Continue Reading
In spite of new funding cut, NMSU ‘is going to be okay,’ chancellor says
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The 5 percent cut approved by the Legislature last week is another $10 million for NMSU. Continue Reading
NMSU asks state to consider $32 million in cuts it’s already made
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The state’s other public colleges and universities haven’t been as quick to make cuts and, unlike NMSU, raised tuition earlier this year. Continue Reading
Hours after learning of job cuts, NMSU medical staff saved a life
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This is the story of a New Mexico State University employee who had a heart attack hours before he was scheduled to learn his job was being cut — and the campus medical staffers who, just after learning several of them would also lose their jobs, saved his life. Continue Reading
NMSU won’t seek tuition hike this year even if the state cuts funding
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NMSU padded cuts it made earlier this year with an extra $1.5 million in anticipation of another possible reduction in state funding. Continue Reading
A look at college decades ago
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I went to college in a different world than kids today who live in the same town and attend the same college. Continue Reading
Student panelists prep for Q&A sessions with Domenici Conference speakers
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The students, who come from universities around New Mexico, have worked in teams all summer, researching the conference’s topics and preparing thoughtful questions for each speaker. Continue Reading
NMSU is preparing for another state funding cut
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New Mexico State University is preparing for an increasingly likely additional reduction in state funding that could necessitate more budget cuts — or increases in tuition and fees. Continue Reading
NMSU Regents violated Open Meetings Act, sunshine group says
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Meeting privately with the chancellor in small groups to hear about his plan to eliminate an academic program constituted a rolling quorum, the N.M. Foundation for Open Government says. The university disagrees. Continue Reading
NMSU has kept students’ costs in check better than other NM schools
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When the New Mexico State University Board of Regents rejected a proposed 5 percent tuition increase in April, Student Regent Amanda López Askin called it “a very deliberate breaking of a cycle.” Continue Reading
Budget problems at NMSU, then and now
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Often the priorities are the employees rather than the citizens of New Mexico. We should change that. Continue Reading
Region’s surveyors launch effort to save NMSU academic program
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NMSU’s administration is moving forward with plans to cut the Surveying Engineering program anyway, though the proposal still requires a recommendation from the Faculty Senate and approval of the university’s governing body, the Board of Regents. Continue Reading