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Bill would create NMSU campus in Mexico
A bill currently going through the state legislature would establish a new branch of New Mexico State University in Mexico, contingent on its passing. According to the bill, sponsored by Sen. Mary Kay Papen of Las Cruces, no state or capital funds will be used to operate the campus. The branch will be funded by private investors. The NMSU Board of Regents decided to consider opening the campus in San Luis Potosi, Mexico unanimously in March 2018 when they signed a letter of intent.
ACSA pilot program helps New Mexico small businesses
New Mexico’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer assistance program, NM FAST, recently concluded a 10-week pilot SBIR accelerator for the Department of Defense’s SBIR/STTR 2019.1/2019.A Broad Agency Announcement, which was due in early February. The program, which is called the Arrowhead Center SBIR Accelerator, provided 10 New Mexico-based small businesses with intensive SBIR proposal development support, including topic matching, targeted guidance, training, funding and review.
NMSU’s Military and Veterans Programs earns recognition for commitment to students
New Mexico State University is receiving recognition once again for its Military and Veterans Programs, which serves current and former service members and their families as they pursue their educational goals. NMSU is acknowledged as a Military Friendly school according to Victory Media and published in G.I. Jobs, and has earned the honor since 2010 with special recognition as a tier 2 research institution.
Public invited to the 29th Environmental Design Contest
New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering will host the 29th annual Waste-management Education Research Consortium Environmental Design Contest in April. The event brings together industry, government and academia in the search for solutions to the world’s environmental challenges.
The public is invited to attend the competition to see live, bench-scale testing of student-developed technologies from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 9 at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum. The event is free.
NMSU engineer adapts instrumentation for gas-giant planet research
A collaborative group of researchers in New Mexico and France have been peering into the night sky at Jupiter – through a solar telescope – to discover the origins of the Sun’s planetary system. New Mexico State University Electrical Engineering Professor David Voelz is retrofitting an instrument developed in France to detect and capture the data found with the Dunn Solar Telescope located at Sacramento Peak, Sunspot, New Mexico.
NMSU launches ‘Strategic Doing’ training for collaborative action
WRITER: Sara Patricolo, 575-646-7852, spatrico@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Lauren Goldstein, 575-646-5069, poet@nmsu.edu New Mexico State University’s College of Engineering will offer a Strategic Doing short course March 25-27, in partnership with the Agile Strategy Lab at Purdue University. Strategic Doing is a discipline for developing and implementing agile strategy and was specifically designed for individuals and organizations…
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Renovated tutoring center enhances student success at NMSU
Students in the College of Engineering at New Mexico State University now have a newly upgraded resource to further enhance their learning experience.
The renovated Eloy Torrez Family Learning Communities in Engineering opened its doors early this spring semester. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Feb. 22.