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Mortal Beings – Sculpture & Installation by Molly Altman
Mortal Beings – Sculpture & Installation by Molly Altman
13th Annual New Mexico Painters Exhibition
13th Annual New Mexico Painters Exhibition
Alumni News
Carmelita Sanchez: 2024 Young Alumna Award
CARMELITA SANCHEZ DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNA AWARD Dealing first with the COVID pandemic, then later the Calf Canyon/Hermit’s Peak Fire, Carmelita Sanchez learned how to fight through adversity during her New Mexico Highlands University academic life. And what that...
Cody Rivera: 2024 Forever Cowboy Student Award
CODY RIVERA FOREVER COWBOY STUDENT AWARD Although Cody Rivera still has two semesters to go to finish up his undergraduate degree in business administration, he was always destined to go to New Mexico Highlands University. Rivera’s mom earned both an undergraduate...
Shantini Ramakrishnan 2024 Highlands Spirit Award
SHANTINI RAMAKRISHNAN SPIRIT AWARD Although Las Vegas is a long way from where Shantini Ramakrishnan was born and raised in Malaysia, she has come to think of it as home. “I came for a summer position, a seasonal position in the field working with rodents and plague...
Linda Valencia Martinez: 2024 Distinguished Alumna Award
LINDA VALENCIA MARTINEZ NMHU DISTINGUISHED ALUMNA AWARD It was more than 40 years ago that Linda Valencia Martinez graduated from New Mexico Highlands University with an undergraduate degree in journalism and a minor in art. But what followed was a distinguished...
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Our mission is to provide access to higher education and opportunity for NM students, and the data show that we are making a difference.
Our mission is to provide access to higher education and opportunity for NM students, and the data show that we are making a difference.
Highlands offers 3 scholarships to each of New Mexico’s 23 tribes and pueblos, to incentivize Native American students to attend.
NMHU’s School of Education has several bilingual education programs, and is working with many New Mexico K-12 school districts.
Highlands University graduates are ranked 19th among 342 four-year public teaching colleges nationwide for social mobility.