April 9, 2010 by Shannon Ostrowsky NMSU Round Up As some democratic leaders celebrate the approval of the biggest health care reform in American history, the question of how it will affect college students still comes to mind. The $940 billion bill, passed on March 21, will expand health care coverage to 32 million uninsured Americans, and those who do not purchase health insurance in 2014 w More »

April 9, 2010. Retrieved online: April 9, 2010, from Gabriel Vasquez, Las Cruces Bulletin Signs of life are returning to the local and national economy. A jump in consumer confidence, positive reports in home prices and the first signs of job growth in about three years are making local economists optimistic about a possible return to financial stability. “That (job growth) is really, r More »

January 15, 2010 by Jane Moorman NMSU NewsCenter New Mexico State University has a role in New Mexico Green Jobs development, according to Vice Provost for Engagement Paul H. Gutierrez, who represented NMSU and the New Mexico Department of Agriculture while serving on Governor Bill Richardson’s Green Jobs Cabinet. The cabinet, with representation from the state’s higher education, public More »

November 30, 2009 by Justin Bannister NMSU NewsCenter Exactly how many green jobs are in New Mexico? That’s what New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center is going to figure out. The effort is part of an 18-month project for the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions and funded by $1.25 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. “To the extent that our futu More »

May 2, 2007 by Austin Craig NMSU News Center Francisco A. Moran believed he had three options. He could join the military, work on a farm in his hometown of Salem, N.M., or attend a university. He decided he wanted to go to New Mexico State University, but as a migrant farm worker he didn’t know how he would pay for it. “When I was 12 years old we would go to work at 2 a.m. during onion More »