Cowboys Fly Past Skyhawks 90-80; Advance to Semi-Finals in RMAC Shootout

The NMHU Cowboys traveled into Durango, Colo. on 3/2 to take on the Fort Lewis College Skyhawks in a first round Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Shootout basketball game and rode into the sunset with the win by a final score of 90-80. The Cowboys will hit the hardwood in Pueblo, Colo. on 3/5 for a semi-final game in the RMAC Shootout.


Highlands RN to BSN Nursing Student Named Clinical Director of Year at Alta Vista Hospital
 
New Mexico Highlands University RN to BSN nursing program student Louella Read was named 2009 clinical director of the year at Alta Vista Regional Hospital, where she has worked for 15 years.
 
Read, 39, has been a registered nurse at the hospital since 2001, specializing in obstetrics. She was promoted to director of the Obstetrics Department in 2007, where she supervises a staff of 14.
 
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Record Number of Social Work Students to Present Research at National Conference

Social work students from New Mexico Highlands University will present their research on innovative substance abuse treatment methods at the Latino Social Workers Organization annual conference in April.
 
The 24 students presenting marks a record number of Highlands social work students to present their research at a national social work conference. The conference is sponsored by the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Addams was a pioneer in the social work profession and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931.

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Highlands University Graduate Student Jason Nevins Excels at Archaeology and Music

New Mexico Highlands archaeology graduate student Jason Nevins will be the first to do an in-depth study of ancient skeletal remains from the Philmont Ranch near Cimarron N.M.
 
Nevins participated in the university’s intensive four-week summer field school in 2009 at the 215-square-mile private ranch in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The rugged wilderness property is rich in ancient Native American artifacts.

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Women’s Center Grand Opening March 8

New Mexico Highlands University will hold a grand opening celebration for its new women’s center March 8, on International Women’s Day.
 
The grand opening will be from 12:30 – 2 p.m. in the Purchasing Building at 903 University Ave. A free home-cooked buffet and a raffle are part of the festivities. 
 
The university’s new women’s center is part of a $284,000, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Violence Against Women that the university received in late 2009 to create a Campus Violence Prevention Program.
 
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Thomas Mishler Scholarship Recital on March 17

Five of New Mexico Highlands’ top music students will perform in the Thomas Mishler Scholarship Recital March 17 at 7 p.m. in Kennedy Hall.
 
The scholarship recital will feature Nicole Robinson, Stephanie Salas, Karliz de Marco, Shawn Woodyard and Dennis Montano. Performances include vocal performances of classical and musical favorites, original compositions and trumpet and piano combinations.
 
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Ray Drew Gallery Exhibits
Feb. 26 - March 30
Northern New Mexico Devotional Art Show

Let’s Talk About It book discussion
Thursday, March 4, 7pm
Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
Despertarse Cafe, Donnelly Library

Burris Hall Gallery
Printmaking Exibition, through March 13.

Tickets on sale
   RENT. March 5 & 6 at 8 p.m., March 7, 2 p.m. Call 505-454-3238.
   American Family Theater’s Beauty and the Beast. March 17, 6:30 p.m. Call 505-454-3238.
     

Cineflix at Ilfeld

Ilfeld Auditorium presents recently released movies on the big screen. Now in high definition BluRay and surround sound! Cineflix in Ilfeld is a free-of-charge event open to both students and community members.

Where The Wild Things Are
Wednesday, March 10, 7:30 p.m.

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Two Cowboys Going to National Tourney

The Cowboy Wrestling team completed their regular season as they finished in ninth place at the 2010 Super Regional Four/ RMAC tournament in Alamosa, CO this past weekend beating out Colorado Scool of Mines and Mesa State College. Western State College ran away with the overall title by qualifying seven grapplers for the National tournament and three of them grabbing Champion finishes.

The Cowboys will have two wrestlers at the National Tournament, 125 pounder Seth Wright and Heavyweight Jesse Boggs. Wright grabbed a runner up title and Boggs a third place finish. The only other Cowboy to place in the tournament was 165 pounder Jarrod Purvis, in sixth place.

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Cowgirls Ranked Nationally

The New Mexico Highlands University Women’s Track and Field team has climbed into the top 20 nationally in the latest U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) poll released Tuesday afternoon. The team began the season at #25 and had dropped out of the rankings for three weeks, but strong performances at the CSM Twilight and RMAC Championships helped propel the team to the 17 spot, the first ever top-20 ranking for the young indoor track and field program.

National team ranking points are accumulated by using season-best marks, set by teams in the 2010 indoor season through last weekend as reported to the Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). This week’s release of updated rankings for NCAA’s Division II marks the last national team rankings using all data from TFRRS. The release on March 9 will include only those declared and accepted into the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships to be held March 12-13, in Albuquerque, NM. Cowgirl Angella Graham has qualified for the national meet in five events and is ranked among the top five in the nation in the Pentathlon and Triple Jump.

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Upcoming Games

Fri, Mar. 05, 2010
   Baseball vs Mesa State College 2:00pm
   Men's Basketball vs TBA TBA
   Women's Rodeo at Cochise College TBA
   Men's Rodeo at Cochise College TBA

Sat, Mar. 06, 2010
   Baseball vs Mesa State College (DH) 11:00am
   Softball at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (DH) 12:00pm
   Men's Basketball vs TBA TBA

Sun, Mar. 07, 2010
   Softball at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (DH) 11:00am
   Baseball vs Mesa State College 12:00 pm
   Women's Rodeo at University of Arizona TBA
   Men's Rodeo at University of Arizona TBA

Notes and News

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Las Vegas Chapter Business After Hours Event
Come join us on St. Patrick’s Day, Wednesday, March 17, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the NMHU Gene Torres golf course.  Free admission and hors d'oeuvres will be provided. Raffle prizes and a cash bar will add to the fun. See you there!

Las Vegas Alumni Chapter Seeking New Board Members.  We’re looking for volunteers for the Las Vegas Chapter to serve on its board.  If interested, please contact Jim Mandarino at alumni@nmhu.edu.

Homecoming 2010 will be Sept. 30, Oct. 1 to Oct 2. Start planning now. Game will be Saturday, October 2. We will be honoring the class of 1960 with an induction of alumni into the Golden Society.

We are looking for volunteers to be Class Agents for Homecoming events for Sept. 23-25, 2010. Class agents will work with the Alumni office to provide activities for their class for Homecoming 2010 including making contacts with their peers to provide information and encourage participation. If you are willing to be a class agent contact Jim Mandarino at alumni@nmhu.edu.

Wishing you could start an NMHU Alumni Chapter in your home town? If you have ten or more NMHU alumni in your community and would like someone from the NMHU Alumni Association to visit with you to start a chapter or have a representative speak about the exciting activities happening at NMHU, please contact Jim Mandarino at alumni@nmhu.edu.

What’s going on your life? Let us know for the NMHU alumni Notes. New job? Retirement? New members of the family? Travels? Let us know by contacting Jim Mandarino at alumni@nmhu.edu.

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