October 26, 2012. Retrieved online October 31, 2012 from Richard Coltharp, Las Cruces Bulletin Learning about distinguished alumni from New Mexico State University and Doña Ana Community College got me to thinking. Colleges and universities rely on alumni more than most of us realize. Former NMSU and NFL football player and Spanish language television pioneer Danny Villanueva is one of t More »

March 9, 2009 by Dustin Edwards NMSU Round Up An NMSU engineering alumnus and prominent computer graphics entrepreneur provided tips and insight on how to start a business Friday to more than 100 people as part of the College of Engineering Verge Fund Lecture Series. Among his many titles, Alvy Ray Smith, former executive vice president and co-founder of Pixar Animation Studios, former dire More »

March 5, 2009 by Linda Fresques NMSU News Center NMSU’s College of Engineering welcomes Academy Award-winning computer graphics innovator Alvy Ray Smith to campus to speak to students in Thomas and Brown Room 104 at 4 p.m. Friday, March 6. The title of his lecture is, “How to start two companies.” An NMSU alumnus, Smith returns as part of the Verge Fund Lecture Series in Innovation, Ve More »