March 28, 2011 by Amanda Bowen via email All Las Cruces and DACC students, faculty, and staff: In 2009, the NMSU Las Cruces and DACC campuses became some of the first in the nation to participate in the 911 Cell Phone Bank recycling program. This program is designed to provide recycled cell phones to people for use in calling 911 during emergencies. Please help by donating your old cell p More »

February 5, 2010. Retrieved online: February 5, 2010 from TODD G. DICKSON, Las Cruces Bulletin Council curbs fines for phone use while driving With the new cell phone ban about to start Friday, Feb. 5, the Las Cruces City Council lowered the potential fine for the first two times drivers are cited for using cell phones. Two months ago, the council approved a new ordinance that prohibits c More »

February 5, 2010. Retrieved online: February 5, 2010 from Sun-News report, Las Cruces Sun-News LCSN: No talking: Cell phone ban in effect today Beginning today, you’d better not be caught talking or texting on your cell phone in Las Cruces or you might end up shelling out a fine of $25 and be hit with a petty misdemeanor on your driving record. The new ordinance requires that police witness a More »

January 13, 2010 by David Shearer, Assistant Director, Environmental Health & Safety via email All NMSU drivers should be aware of the following restrictions on the use of cell phones while driving. Under the recent Las Cruces Ordinance which goes into effect February 5, 2010, the following actions are prohibited while driving a vehicle: Sending or receiving phone calls Sending or reading More »

September 16, 2009 by Stephen Lopez, NMSU Deputy Chief of Police Help Us Help Others–Recycle your old cell phone The NMSU Las Cruces and DACC campuses are some of the first in the nation to participate in the 911 Cell Phone Bank recycling program. This program is designed to provide recycled cell phones to people for use in calling 911 during emergencies. Please help by donating your old More »

DATE by Kristina Medley NMSU Round Up Employees at the New Mexico State University Police Department are using cutting-edge technology to alert the campus community in case of an emergency. Everbridge Deputy Police Chief Stephen Lopez said the Police Department is replacing the outdated emergency notification system with new technology. Everbridge, the leading incident notification system More »

Jan. 19, 2006 by Jeany Llorente-Ontiveros NMSU News Center When Grace Ann Rosile, an assistant professor of management at New Mexico State University, realized some students in her class were using cell phone text messages to cheat on a test, she faced a tough decision.She could change her testing methods and quietly “plug the hole and move on – sadder, wiser and more cynical,” or she More »