Other NM universities announcements

Ahmed Mohammed is no stranger to helping those in need.

More than a decade ago, Mohammed, then a medical student in Egypt, regularly volunteered to aid refugees passing through the Libyan desert during his school breaks. For three years, two of which coincided with the Arab Spring, he drew on his skills and sense of compassion to help displaced individuals and families seeking medical attention.

Years later, Mohammed, who hails from Libya in North Africa, came to New Mexico State University to further his education in public health.

"I worked with a lot of refugees and displaced people living in camps, which piqued my interest in public health and led me to NMSU," said Mohammed, who expects to earn a master's degree in public health in December. 

Portales, NM June 24, 2024 Eastern New Mexico University is proud to announce that the university has received the single largest gift in university history from the Loy Family.

ENMU alumnus, former Greyhound Football captain, and ENMU Hall of Honors recipient Steve Loy and his family have agreed to donate $2.5 million to ENMU to support ENMU student-athletes and ENMU athletics. In honor of this gift, ENMU will rename Greyhound Stadium and Greyhound Arena after his family.

New Mexico State University's Agricultural Science Center at Farmington is constantly brimming with research and community outreach activities. The center will showcase a few of those projects at its annual field day June 27.

This year's field day is taking place from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. June 27 at the center, 300 Road 4063 in Farmington, New Mexico. The center is situated on 254 acres leased from the Navajo Nation, and is the only science center west of the Continental Divide. It is also the only 1862 land-grant science center to work directly on sovereign First Nations land.

Priscilla Carabajal grew up in Anthony, New Mexico, never thinking college was an option. She started working in corrections at age 19, then worked for the health department and health and social services. Since then, Carabajal has worked for the city, the county and the state.

Carabajal returned to college after stopping out since 2016 and recently graduated with a bachelor's degree in individualized studies from New Mexico State University. She's currently an executive administrative assistant in NMSU's College of Engineering.

For eight years, the Feminist Border Arts Film Festival (FBAFF) at New Mexico State University has been a short-film festival. Now, in its ninth year, the festival will also screen feature length films and include a day-long zine fest June 28-29 during International Pride Weekend. Zines are self-made, small circulation publications.

Film screenings are scheduled during both days. This year's festival selections include 54 short films (15 minutes or shorter) and 15 features. The film and zine fest will host filmmakers, artists and scholars as well as zine-makers from across North America at the University Art Museum for the first time since the 2020 pandemic. The festival is free and open to the public.

Portales, NM – June 11, 2024– Eastern New Mexico University has been recognized with 20 awards during the 2024 award cycle by www.OnlineU.com.

The awards recognize Eastern New Mexico University as having some of the best online programs in the nation, including the top ranking for online Speech Pathology and online Aviation Degrees, having the second-best online Physical Education degree, and being ranked sixth for best online degrees in Spanish.

New Mexico State University's Black Programs in the Office of Equity, Inclusion and Diversity will team up with the NAACP of Doña Ana County, the NMSU Library and the NMSU Music Department to host several events to recognize and celebrate Juneteenth.

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, marks the date in 1865 when the last enslaved African Americans in Galveston, Texas, received the news of their freedom, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. 

At least a dozen alumni and a few current students from New Mexico State University's Creative Media Institute are credited crew on a Sundance Film Festival award-winning film. "In the Summers," a Las Cruces film directed by Alessandra Lacorazza, was awarded the U.S. Grand Jury Prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.

CMI alumnus Josh Bleiweiss and Abigail Hunter are credited respectively as unit production manager and second assistant director on the film, which follows two sisters on their yearly summer visits to their father's home in Las Cruces.