VOLUME 2023, ISSUE 10 06/30/2023 |
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Dear alumni and friends of the ACES College, We have been very busy working with Provost Dr. Alan R. Shoho, taking him around and showing him the many activities of CES and AES in the College of ACES. We took a trip a couple of weeks ago where the provost had the opportunity to see some of the activities of 4-H as well as the work conducted by our extension offices, especially in Farmington, NM and Bernalillo, NM. We had the opportunity to visit the Los Lunas Science Center and Farmington Science Center, and see up close the activities taking place there. We also visited with the Indian Resources Development program and three pueblos in Northern New Mexico: Laguna Pueblo, Acoma Pueblo, and Santa Ana Pueblo. In all these visits Provost Shoho showed his interest in learning more about the land-grant activities that the College of ACES performs, and witnessed the dedication and enthusiasm of our faculty and staff. Last week I was invited to take part in a panel for the Farm Bill organized by Congress. It was a real eye-opening experience to see the multiple organizations that participated in the panel – my sincere appreciation to them! I also want to extend a special thank you to the offices of representative Teresa Leger Fernández for the invitation to participate both as a presenter and representing our Hispanic-Serving Institution. As we continue moving forward with our work, you will see in this newsletter that we do have new faces in terms of faculty and administration. We are delighted to welcome Dr. Allen Malone, Associate Director for CES, Dr. Obed Hernández-Gómez, Assistant Professor of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology (FWCE), and Dr. Francine Mezzomo Giotto, Assistant Meat Science Professor in the Departments of Animal and Range Sciences (ANRS) and Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS). This will help you connect names and activities to the individuals who will be doing the work that will be associated with the new Ag buildings in our College, which will be ready at the end of this year. To conclude, I want to sincerely thank the AES team for being able to accomplish the installation of the 184 weather stations across the state of New Mexico. This was a very effective operation that was done in a very short time. Again, thank you everyone for your support and collaboration with the College in the activities that we perform. |
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(L-R) Kathy Landers, McKinley County CES County Program Director; Patricia Largo, FCS Agent, McKinley County; Shellby Tacheney, 4-H Agent, Tribal Extension, McKinley County; Bud Lopez, Tribal Extension Ag. Agent, McKinley County; Bonnie Hopkins, San Juan County CES County Program Director; Kevin Lombard, Research Director, AES Farmington; Dave Zeller, Navajo Agricultural Products Industry CEO; Laura Aune, Trade Commissioner, Government of Canada; Alan Shoho, NMSU Provost; Michael Ray, Director, American Indian Program; Jon Boren, Associate Dean and Director, Cooperative Extension Service; Rolando A. Flores Galarza, Dean & Chief Administrative Offiicer. |
Rolando A. Flores Galarza Dean & Chief Administrative Officer |
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FARM BILL ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION |
HACU joins in Farm Bill Roundtable Discussion with Congressional Hispanic Caucus The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities joined the Congressional Hispanic Caucus in a roundtable discussion on June 22, 2023, to discuss issues related to the reauthorization of the Farm Bill and how it affects Hispanic-Serving Institution funding, food and nutrition, diversity in farming, rural broadband, supply chains and other issues and concerns affecting the nation’s Hispanic community.
Participating in the roundtable were Xiomara Santos, the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities’ director of government relations, along with representatives from two HACU-member institutions, Rolando A. Flores Galarza, Ph.D., New Mexico State University’s College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences dean and chief administrative officer, and Zoé Colón De Santana, the University of Central Florida’s director of community initiatives. Members of the current administration attending were Xochitl Torres Small, the Department of Agriculture’s under secretary for rural development, and Amanda Miller, the Department of Education’s deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs. Other stakeholders in attendance included for-profit and non-profit organizations as well as policy groups and union representatives. HACU is requesting increased authorized funding levels for HSIs' and HSACUs' grant programs to reflect their rapid institutional growth and chronic underfunding. To date, the HSACU programs authorized in the 2008 Farm Bill have not been funded. For more information on the Farm Bill’s reauthorization and its impact on HSIs and the Hispanic community, contact HACU’s Government Relations at dcgr@hacu.net or (202) 833-8361. Media contact Xiomara Santos, Director of Government Relations, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. |
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(L-R) Xochitl Torres Small, Under Secretary for Rural Development, USDA, Xiomara Santos, Director of Government Relations, HACU, Dr. Rolando A. Flores Galarza, Dean and Chief Administrative Officer, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico State University, and Zoé Colón De Santana, Director of Community Initiatives, University of Central Florida |
Please join us in welcoming the following individuals to our college. |
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Dr. Allen Malone, Associate Director for CES Dr. Allen Malone starts as the new Associate Director for the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service on June 15th. Dr. Malone received his B.S. and M.S. in Agricultural Economics from Prairie View A&M University, and Doctorate of Agricultural Education & Leadership from Texas A&M University and Texas Tech University. Dr. Malone began his professional Extension career as an Extension Agent, then as a Program Specialist for Agriculture, and later as the Assistant to the Dean of the College of Agriculture & Human Sciences at Prairie View A&M University. |
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Dr. Malone then served in several counties, including County Extension Director of Harris County, in the Texas AgriLife Extension Service. Dr. Malone’s latest employment was with the Alabama Cooperative Extension System where he served as the 1890 Extension Administrator and Director at Alabama A&M University. As you can see, Dr. Malone has a wealth of experiences in the 1890 and 1862 Land-Grant University Extension systems. Dr. Malone also has served on several national Extension Committee on Organization and Policy positions. You can contact Dr. Allen at aamalone@nmsu.edu. |
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| Dr. Obed Hernández-Gómez, Assistant Professor for FWCE Dr. Obed Hernández-Gómez is a native of the El Paso – Las Cruces Area. Dr. Hernández-Gómez will be joining the FWCE department in January 2024 as an assistant professor of wildlife disease ecology. Dr. Hernández-Gómez graduated from Bel Air High School and El Paso Community College with a licensed vocational nursing certificate in 2007. He obtained a B.Sc. in biology from Texas Tech University in 2010. At Texas Tech, Dr. Hernández-Gómez originally had plans to attend medical school, but wildlife undergraduate research, nursing employment, and outdoor experiences meandered his career trajectory towards conservation biology. Dr. Hernández-Gómez obtained his PhD in conservation genetics from Purdue University in 2017 where he studied the microbiomes of hellbenders, North America’s giant salamander. |
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In 2017 and 2019, Dr. Hernández-Gómez received NSF and Ford Foundation postdoctoral fellowships to study Californian amphibian disease ecology at the University of California – Berkeley. Dr. OHG served as an assistant professor at Dominican University of California in San Rafael, CA from 2020-2023, where he taught biology courses and published manuscripts with several undergraduate researchers. Research in Dr. Hernandez-Gomez’s lab (OHG Lab) at NMSU will focus on assessing the distribution of emerging fungal diseases in New Mexico’s wildlife. Dr. Hernández-Gómez is particularly interested in understanding how environmental stressors such as wildfires and the presence of invasive species influence disease outbreaks and severity in wildlife. |
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Dr. Francine Mezzomo Giotto, Assistant Meat Science Professor Francine Mezzomo Giotto is the new ACES Meat Science assistant professor with a teaching appointment split between the Department of Animal and Range Sciences and Family and Consumer Sciences. Prior to joining NMSU, Francine was an assistant professor of Animal Science at Louisiana Tech University. She received her Ph.D. in Meat Industry and Food Safety from the University of Nevada, Reno, where her research identified molecular biomarkers to predict beef quality attributes and the human implication of beef consumption with focus on transcriptomic analysis. |
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During fall semesters, Francine will teach Introduction to Meat Science and Sensory Evaluation of Foods and Product Development, and during spring semesters Food Analysis and Muscle Biology. Her research program will study antimicrobial resistance using molecular techniques targeting E. coli and Salmonella contaminated beef. In addition, her research will evaluate alternative feedstuff to ruminant nutrition focusing on carcass composition, and post-mortem processing technologies. Aside from teaching and research, Francine will have an extension and outreach program designed to address the needs of the New Mexico meat industry. Francine is also an active member of the American Meat Science Association and the American Society of Animal Science, and has several HACCP, food safety and beef quality certifications. You can contact Dr. Francine at fgiotto@nmsu.edu. |
Sustaining Aquifers Economically in the Face of Hydrologic, Institutional, and Climate Stress Dr. Frank A. Ward Department of Agricultural Economics and Agricultural Business Water Science and Management Program Presented to University of New Mexico Economics Department Seminar Series March 31, 2023 2:30 – 4PM Aquifers supply water to millions of farms, thousands of cities, and billions of people worldwide. Water use and economic activity in aquifer-dependent regions, like much of New Mexico, can only be sustained if groundwater aquifers are stabilized. This talk addresses a question relevant to these regions internationally: how can water-scarce areas reduce aquifer depletion while supporting the range of economically and institutionally important uses of groundwater that serve as a critical supply source internationally facing limited precipitation, likely to escalate with future climate stress. Facing that challenge, this talk presents a framework for discovering measures to hydrologically stabilize aquifers that control economic losses while respecting local institutional constraints in places like New Mexico with a wide diversity of cultures and water sharing institutions. It advances our capacity to discover measures to efficiently, equitably, and sustainably allocate aquifer burden sharing that protects aquifers while adapting to local hydrologic, economic, and institutional characteristics. Results show that for the aquifers investigated, present practices of groundwater use are unsustainable and finds that alternative practices are possible. It provides scenarios describing such practices and also determines their hydrological and economic consequences. Finally, it shows how these results can feed into policy debates over desired future water-sharing arrangements which are under debate in New Mexico. A link to this work is available at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004896972106558X. Please email Professor Frank Ward at fward@nmsu.edu or more information |
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Lynn Middle School Ag Day in ACES Faculty and grad students from ACES shared their knowledge about agriculture with students from Lynn Middle School. Hands-on activities included identifying microbiotic soil crust and minerals under the guidance of Kaitlin Marry, KC Carroll, and April Ulery (PES Department), making guar slime with Frannie Miller (AEAB Department), handling giant cockroaches, insects, and spiders with Joanie King (EPPWS/EPS Department), touring the HRTM kitchen and lab facilities with Jean Hertzman and Andrea Arrigucci (School of HRTM), and meeting farm animals with Joyce Anne Cooper (ANRS Department). |
Identifying soil crust and minerals using microscopes in Soil Science lab. |
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Guar is a thickening agent added to many food products and makes a great “slime” to educate kids about food additives and ag products. |
| Dr. Joanie King introducing giant cockroaches to a Lynn Middle School student. |
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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION (AES) |
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Tier 3 Weather Station: Collects 2-meter temperature and relative humidity, collects 3-meter wind speed and direction, solar radiation, barometric pressure, precipitation with tipping bucket and collects soil temperature and moisture at 10 cm |
| New Mexico’s State Climate Center is housed within the Agricultural Experiment Station and is led by Dr. David DuBois, State Climatologist for New Mexico. Weather data from the network is used by farmers for crop irrigation, crop planting, and determining optimal conditions for pesticide applications. It can also be used for improving weather forecasts and tracking climate change across the state. Throughout the past two years, the weather station network has expanded from 31 weather stations to 215 across New Mexico. This expansion makes the New Mexico Climate Center the largest weather station network in the United States. The weather stations allow for real-time critical weather data to be available across the state and help support gaps in the National Weather Service data, which often leave out parts of rural New Mexico. Thank you to New Mexico State Legislators who supported funding for the weather station expansion to make this accomplishment possible. Weather data can be found at weather.nmsu.edu. Contact: David DuBois, dwdubois@nmsu.edu. |
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ANIMAL & RANGE SCIENCES (ANRS) |
The Department of Animal and Range Sciences graduated 52 undergraduate students and 11 graduate students in May 2023. We are very proud of our graduates that are going on to a variety of jobs and further schooling. Congratulations! |
COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE (CES) |
4-H Friday’s Program wins WEDA award Bernalillo County Extension Urban 4-H Agent Brittany Sonntag and Stephani Treadwell, principal of Collet Park Elementary School in Bernalillo County, received a team programming award at the Western Extension Directors Association spring meeting in June. The 4-H Fridays Program at Collet Park Elementary is taking 4-H programs to students in new ways to decrease barriers to participation. By adopting the 4-H club model during the school day, the students were provided experiences that are not traditional school activities. Participating in weekly 4-H clubs increased students’ engagement in learning, and students showed more persistence in completing difficult tasks. Since implementing 4-H in the school, Collet Park has shown steady growth in attendance, engagement, and academic achievement. |
Brittany Sonntag holding the Award of Excellence |
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Strategies for Insect Pests of Fruit Trees in New Mexico Integrated pest management (IPM) is a sustainable approach to pest management that combines cultural, mechanical/physical, biological, and chemical control strategies to minimize economic, health, and environmental risks. This Extension guide offers tips for developing a successful IPM program when managing fruit trees and berries for insect pests. It includes images of common insects that challenge production in these systems.
The guide is available on the web or as a printable PDF download.
It was written by:
Miranda L. Kersten (Program Manager, Agricultural Science Center, Los Lunas) Ashley R. Knoch (Research Assistant, Agricultural Science Center, Los Lunas) Marisa Y. Thompson (Extension Horticulture Specialist, Agricultural Science Center, Los Lunas) PDF: https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_h/H184.pdf HTML: https://pubs.nmsu.edu/_h/H184/index.html This work is supported by the Crop Protection and Pest Management Program (grant no. 2021-70006-35765) project accession no. 1027442 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. For more information, contact Director Communications Specialist Amanda Bradford at ambradfo@nmsu.edu. To find more resources for your business, home, or family, visit the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences on the World Wide Web at pubs.nmsu.edu. |
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NMSU Extension’s AgXplorer program teaches value of agriculture New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service and the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau are leading a newly created program, AgXplorer, to teach children about the importance of agriculture. AgXplorer is an agricultural literacy program for New Mexico that helps coordinate ag organizations that deliver educational programs. AgXplorer is a collaboration between Extension, New Mexico 4-H, New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau’s New Mexico Agriculture in the Classroom, NMSU’s Department of Agricultural and Extension Education in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and the New Mexico FFA Association. “AgXplorer events provide opportunities for kids to explore the world of agriculture,” Extension State 4-H Agent Cheryl Butterfield said. “The events are designed to provide educational experiences that enrich the understanding of agriculture and our natural resources. The events are hosted in communities to bring together students, educators and experts in agricultural and natural resource topics. In 2022, an AgXplorer event held at the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum in Las Cruces for Doña Ana County (one of the pilot programs) hosted 416 participants. In 2023, the Doña Ana County AgXplorer numbers totaled 855 students, parents and teachers, according to Doña Ana County Extension Livestock and 4-H Agent Teresa Dean. AgXplorer is available to schools or organizations interested in coordinating a program. To learn more about the program or request an event, contact Butterfield at cherylb@nmsu.edu or 575-646-1156. Media contact: Public Information Officer Tiffany Acosta. |
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Kelli Younker, program specialist in the New Mexico Department of Agriculture Feed, Seed and Fertilizer Section, leads a demonstration during an AgXplorer event for Doña Ana County participants. (NMSU photo by Lacey Roberts-Hill) |
EXTENSION FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES (EFCS) |
Promoting Vaccine Confidence Among New Mexico’s Essential Agriculture Workers Across the nation, rates of vaccine hesitancy have increased. The EXCITE (Extension Collaborative on Immunization Teaching & Engagement) project, “Vaccinate with Confidence”, promoted the health of New Mexico’s farmworkers and their families through efforts to increase acceptability of vaccinations. Dr. Sonja Koukel, Extension Health Specialist, in partnership with the NM Department of Health SW Region and non-profit organizations, worked with video producers from the Department of Innovative Media Research and Extension (IMRE), to develop messaging on the importance of getting vaccinated. The team worked closely with farmworkers to create culturally appropriate social media messaging. Through this collaboration, five videos and animations (English/Spanish) were created and are currently available on the NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences channel. This ACES YouTube channel has 261,700 subscribers and receives wide viewership in New Mexico. Users can also link to the Playlist of the 10 videos on YouTube. Additionally, fourteen social media graphics (English/Spanish) were created and will appear in the coming months. The postings provide basic messaging encouraging vaccination, especially around the beginning of the school year, flu season, and start times for seasonal farmworkers. To increase accessibility of vaccinations, an embedded QR code takes users to the NMHealth.org Immunizations Program. Funding for this project was provided through an Interagency Agreement (IAA) with the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Award No 2021-77041-34831. |
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EXTENSION PLANT SCIENCES (EPS) |
NMSU Extension specialist hones expertise in helping pecans prosper |
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| Growing up in California’s Central Valley, Richard Heerema developed an interest in horticulture as a child. He gained an affinity for the region’s almonds, grapes, peaches, pistachios and walnuts. In 2005, Heerema joined the New Mexico State University College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences as an Extension pecan specialist. “One thing that makes pecans stand out among all of the other major commercial tree fruit and nut crops grown in the Western United States today is that this is a crop that actually originates in North America,” he said. “All other major commercial tree fruit and nut crops were introduced here from the Old World.” |
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Heerema has spent the past 17 years at NMSU conducting research to combat drought, salinity, harsh soils and other environmental stresses so crops in New Mexico can continue to flourish. “I hope my research and the Extension program accomplish exactly that for pecans,” he said. Heerema also serves as a co-principal investigator in another USDA-funded project, “Trees for the Future.” College of ACES faculty member Jennifer Randall serves as the project’s director. In this project, researchers are working to better understand how pecan varieties differ in their water-use efficiency and susceptibility to physiological water stress. The project’s results may provide pecan farmers with new and better options when the water supply is low. Heerema and Randall are also part of a group of researchers analyzing how pecan root and rhizosphere microbiome diversity varies with soil characteristics in New Mexico. The team includes College of ACES faculty member Ciro Velasco-Cruz, Nicole Pietrasiak (formerly of NMSU ACES, now at University of Nevada, Las Vegas), graduate students McKenzie Stock and Paul Gabriel, and research assistant Lily Chavez. In this project funded by the New Mexico Department of Agriculture, the researchers are studying how farmers can utilize certain soil treatments to modify the pecan root and rhizosphere microbiome to increase tree health and performance. A version of this story was first published in the spring 2023 issue of ACES Magazine. To read the issue, visit https://nmsu.news/ACES-Mag-Spring-2023. Media Contact Public Information Officer Tiffany Acosta. |
ACES to offer winemaking, marketing class this fall Agriculture Economics and Agricultural Business and Extension Plant Sciences will offer a semester-long course this fall on beginning winemaking for small commercial wineries and amateur winemakers, marketing wines produced by boutique wineries, and the economics of owning and operating small wineries. The course – AEEC 458 – is available to NMSU students for three credit hours, as well as faculty, staff and community members as an Extension workshop. The workshop participants do not have to be enrolled at NMSU. Participants will: - Identify the processes required to make high-quality wine
- Experience wine sensory analysis (identify characteristics of good wine & wine faults)
- Learn hands-on winemaking techniques
- Identify the basics of wine analysis and testing
- Identify current technologies used in the production of wine in a small winery
- Identify and evaluate production costs and marketing strategies for small wineries
- Learn the basics of viticulture (wine grape growing) practices
- Each class participant will get a case of their class wine at the end of semester
Space is available for additional students and workshop participants. Students must be 21 by Sept. 15 to take the course. The class is planned as a face-to-face class.
If interested, contact instructor Dale Ellis at dellis57@nmsu.edu or 575-644-7008 or Roseann Colorbio at rocolorb@nmsu.edu or 575-646-2829. Students cannot register online without first being admitted. |
INDIAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (IRD) |
Summer Enrichment Internship Program For the second year in a row, Indian Resources Development (IRD) is part of the Summer Enrichment Internship Program (SEIP) team. The goal of SEIP is to provide high school students and at-risk student youth with the opportunity to participate in high-quality internships, up to 30 hours per week for 6 to 10 weeks, with government agencies and community organizations, including county, tribal, and/or municipal placements. The College and Career Readiness Bureau of the New Mexico Public Education Department launched the Summer Enrichment Internship Program in the summer of 2021. The federal government initially committed more than $9.89 million for the program, as part of pandemic relief efforts, to cover the cost of summer internships for New Mexico high school students. Thanks to the support of more than $8 million from the New Mexico legislature, as well as cross-agency and community collaboration, thousands of students have benefitted from participating in the Summer Enrichment Internship Program. The Public Education Department proudly continues the Summer Enrichment Internship program this summer in collaboration with partners like IRD. With the support of IRD, this year 12 tribal nations are participating in SEIP. Testimonial about the 2022 program impact can be found under partner stories at: https://www.nminterns.com/. |
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INNOVATIVE MEDIA RESEARCH & EXTENSION (IMRE) |
Youth and design: Summer Think Tanks in the Learning Games Lab Each year, the Innovative Media Research and Extension Department hosts youth of various ages for fun and educational sessions during school breaks (week-long “Think Tanks” during the summer, and shorter sessions throughout the year). This summer, middle schoolers were invited to serve as Think Tank consultants and to learn about digital media: developing their skills in critically reviewing games, apps and software, and testing materials in development. As part of the session, youth learn about inclusive design and explore various types of games and media, including tabletop, mobile, web, and Virtual Reality (VR) environments. Participants work together in small groups to envision and describe game pitches for a digital media product designed to address a problem or issue important to them. Parents and developers from the Department of Innovative Media, Research and Extension attend these presentations to learn from youth, be inspired, and answer questions about careers in digital media. Learn more at https://innovativemedia.nmsu.edu/think-tanks.html or contact Dr. Matheus Cezarotto matheus@nmsu.edu |
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Youth playing and learning in the Learning Games Lab |
College of ACES to support University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana, develop Graduate Programs The College of ACES is actively involved in providing support to the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), Ghana, as it develops graduate programs in Food Science and Environmental Science. Dr. James Kwarten, Professor and Former Dean at UENR, visited the College of ACES during 2022 and 2023, supported through the Fulbright program. During a virtual meeting between administrators and faculty from both universities, a tentative program of activities was finalized. In February 2023, NMSU and UENR signed an MOU to further promote collaborations between the two universities. In May 2023, Dr. Manoj Shukla, Director of ACES Global Program, and Dr. Efren Delgado, Department Head, Food and Consumer Sciences (FACS), visited the UNER campus in Sunyani, Ghana and held extensive discussions with the vice chancellor, deans, department heads, faculty, and students. The College of ACES will write joint grant proposals with UENR and host faculty from UENR, supported through Mandela-Washington, Fulbright, and other programs. These grants are expected to provide NMSU students with an opportunity to visit UENR to expand their global outlook. NMSU will also help UENR faculty with a master’s degree pursue the opportunity to do a split PhD at NMSU. Professor Elvis Asare-Bediako, Vice Chancellor, asked for help in establishing a center of excellence for sustainable food and agricultural systems based on postharvest agriculture at UENR, similar to our center in the College of ACES. The ACES delegation, along with UENR administrators, also visited the US Embassy in Accra, Ghana. The embassy gave an overview of their programs that helps students and faculty at Ghana universities get the life-changing experience of visiting a US University. ACES and UENR also agreed to pursue the funding that the US Consulate will announce early in 2024. If funded, the grant will facilitate faculty-student exchange visits as well as collaborations on food security and digital agriculture. For more information, please contact Dr. Manoj Shukla shuklamk@nmsu.edu. |
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ACES delegation and UENR administrators at the U.S Embassy in Accra, Ghana |
SCHOOL OF HOTEL, RESTAURANT & TOURISM MANAGEMENT (HRTM) |
Summer Outreach Programs with TRIO/Upward Bound and the School of HRTM The School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) is excited to continue our involvement with TRIO/Upward Bound’s college preparatory summer academies, specifically for Gadsden/Las Cruces Public Schools and later this summer with Hatch, NM. The academies feature many areas of academic study as well as practical skills to prepare participants for college. The HRTM, through the Marriott Hospitality Futures Center (MHFC), provides informational workshops on subjects including presentations on professional and dining etiquette, cultural explorations, resume and interview readiness, hospitality careers and education, and health and wellness on a college budget. All informational presentations include experiential learning activities and demonstrations for students of varied ages. TRIO/Upward Bound is an incredible and impactful program preparing first-generation students for college. It is always our pleasure to learn about the educational and career goals of these driven students and how TRIO/Upward Bound is supporting their ambitions. Learn more about how you can contribute to their programs at https://trioub.nmsu.edu/. HRTM is always proud to collaborate with career and technical education programs, visiting student groups, and on-campus programs. To propose other collaborations or learn more about our involvement go to https://mhfc.nmsu.edu/or contact Andrea at arrigucc@nmsu.edu. |
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NEW MEXICO FFA ASSOCIATION |
New Mexico FFA would like to introduce the newly elected State Officer Team! The new officers are: President – Jordan Hamill Secretary – Mirhonda Good District II – Kristian Fernandez District III – Karleigh Erramouspe District IV – Cole Kircher District V – Bryce Bain District VI – Taylor Ramirez
Congratulations to the new team! After a great State Convention just a few weeks ago, NMFFA is gearing up for a great week ahead! The new district officers will attend District Officer Training at the Aspendale Mountain Retreat Center and learn about their new roles. In addition to this, New Mexico FFA members will soon be attending New Mexico FFA Camp! Members will participate in many different leadership building activities including a ropes course, workshops, and the NMFFA Camp Olympics. Throughout these fun couple of days campers will learn new skills, make memories, and meet tons of new friends all in the beautiful scenery of the Aspendale Mountain Retreat Center. Newly elected state officers will lead groups of campers through the fun week and support some friendly competition between campgroups. We can’t wait for the fun week! |
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Website: http://www.nmffa.org
Facebook: New Mexico FFA
Instagram: @newmexicoffa |
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Click on the following link to give to the College of ACES. Give Now | New Mexico State University Foundation (nmsu.edu) You can also contact Planning Officer, Erika De La O. Medina at erikadlo@nmsu.edu for more information on how to give to the College of ACES. |
The College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES) annual report provides an overview of accomplishments during 2022, including impacts, productivity
and goals for each unit, area and program. These accomplishments reflect our work in
teaching, research and extension. To view our College of ACES 2022 Annual Report click on the following link: Annual Reports | New Mexico State University - BE BOLD. Shape the Future. (nmsu.edu) |
Our department of Innovative Media Research & Extension produced a great video demonstrating our college. You can access the video by clicking on the following link: ACES About Home (nmsu.edu) |
COLLEGE OF ACES MAGAZINE – SPRING 2023 ISSUE |
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The College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences is an engine for economic and community development in New Mexico, improving the lives of New Mexicans through academic, research, and Extension programs. |
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