Other NM universities announcements

New Mexico State University Global Campus is welcoming Las Cruces-based Electronic Caregiver as the newest partner in its Global Partnership program, a strategic initiative designed to strengthen New Mexico's workforce through accessible, high-quality education.

The collaboration marks a significant step forward in aligning academic programs with industry needs. Thanks to the partnership, more than 500 Electronic Caregiver employees can take advantage of preferred tuition rates designed to support lifelong learning and career advancement. This benefit supports Electronic Caregiver's investment in employee growth and retention while empowering staff to pursue degrees and credentials that fuel their career advancement.

As Camille Valdez completes her last couple of classes for her bachelor's degree at New Mexico State University this summer, she recalled the first summer she spent at NMSU just before her freshman year.

"It was because of my test scores on the math placement exam. I didn't score well," Valdez said. "I got an email inviting me to Aggie Jumpstart in the summer of 2022."

Valdez, a New Mexico native from Santa Fe, is among many success stories in the College of Arts and Sciences' Aggie Jumpstart program, which launched in 2019. Her cohort of incoming freshmen received help polishing up their math skills to get a head start on their college career.

During World War II, iconic pictures portrayed Americans serving the war effort either in uniform or at home as defense plant workers. The government needed to convince factory owners to switch to making materials of war while convincing individuals to take factory jobs.

Powerful images during this time inspired collective action on a massive scale. Men and women were surrounded by messages from billboards to posters to leaflets urging them to do their patriotic duty. Since many American men were serving in uniform, these messages needed to convince women to roll up their sleeves and join the industrial workforce.

New Mexico State University's John T. Harrington Forestry Research Center will host its next field day Aug. 22, featuring presentations by researchers and the center's partners.

The center is located at 3021 Highway 518 in Mora, New Mexico. This year's field day will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and feature a come-and-go approach instead of formal presentations to kick off the event. The field day event is free and open to the public.

Attendees will be able to visit booths hosted by key partners to learn about current research, education and overall reforestation efforts across the state. Forestry topics will include forest health issues in the region, nursery methods to improve outplanting success, spatial modeling studies on seedling survival, and status and strategic direction of the New Mexico Reforestation Center.

The sights and smells of freshly roasted green chile will soon permeate much of New Mexico. But before the state's prized commodity ends up on dinner plates, producers must contend with several factors during the growing season, including combatting plant diseases.

Phillip Lujan, a plant pathologist for New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension Service, will lead a discussion on chile pepper diseases and disorders during the next Chile Chat lecture hosted by the NMSU Chile Pepper Institute.

Lujan's talk will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, July 2, at NMSU's Fabián García Research Center, 113 W. University Ave., which now houses the Chile Pepper Institute. The talk will also be available on Zoom. It is free and open to the public.

Michael Hout, associate dean of research for the College of Health, Education and Social Transformation at New Mexico State University, has been named editor-in-chief of a prestigious cognitive science and psychology academic journal.

The Psychonomic Society recently announced Hout's four-year appointment as editor of Attention, Perception and Psychophysics, a journal that encompasses all areas of research in sensory processes, perception, attention and psychophysics. Hout begins his term Jan. 1, 2026.

"AP&P publishes some of the highest quality work in the field of cognitive science and psychology," Hout said. "It is a journal that is very special to me. In fact, I published my first paper there. I am incredibly excited at the opportunity to lead this journal. I take the responsibility quite seriously and am grateful to be entrusted with this position."

New Mexico State University Global Campus is launching a microlearning course to help participants craft compelling personal narratives.

The "Lead with Your Story: How to Communicate About Yourself and What You Do" course was developed in collaboration with storytelling experts at Narativ. The self-paced, online course is designed to help individuals, from students and job seekers to entrepreneurs and executives, develop personal narratives that effectively convey their values, vision and purpose.

By mastering the art of storytelling, participants will be better equipped to answer pivotal questions like, "Tell me about yourself," with confidence and authenticity.

The Scale Up New Mexico program, funded in part by the U.S. Economic Development Administration and housed at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center, is offering the Capital Raise Sprint online accelerator to tech startups in New Mexico.

Capital Raise is one of several modules under Scale Up NM, a suite of startup support programs for businesses engaged in early-stage technology development. The initiative is designed to accelerate growth, strengthen leadership teams, and connect founders with the tools and capital they need to scale.