NMSU named Bronze Bicycle Friendly University April 16, 2013 by Emily C. Kelley, NMSU News Center The League of American Bicyclists has named New Mexico State University a Bronze Bicycle Friendly University, a designation that recognizes the university’s commitment to improving conditions for bicycling through investment in bicycling promotion, education programs, infrastructure and pro- More »

December 7, 2012 by Emily C. Kelley, NMSU News Center Editor's Note: joni newcomer is intentionally lowercase. New Mexico State University recently moved from bronze to gold in a very important field: sustainability. NMSU, along with other schools, businesses, government agencies and nonprofits around the world, is a member of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in H More »

October 19, 2012 by Emily C. Kelley, NMSU News Center The New Mexico State University Office of Sustainability, NMSU Sustainability Council and NMSU student sustainability-related organizations will host a series of events as part of the nationwide celebration of Campus Sustainability Day on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The Office of Sustainability, the Organization of Aggie Students Inspiring Su More »

May 17, 2012 by Emily C. Kelley, NMSU News Center Campus sustainability expert and author Geoffrey Chase visited the New Mexico State University Las Cruces campus this week to discuss graduation, retention and sustainability with NMSU officials. Chase is dean of undergraduate studies at San Diego State University, but is also the coauthor, along with Peggy Bartlett, of “Sustainability More »

November 16, 2011 by Kristina Medley, NMSU News Center The New Mexico State University Office of Sustainability participated in the Sustainability Tracking and Assessment Reporting System this year for the first time, and the university received a Bronze Star rating. The Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education STARS report is organized around three categories: o More »

April 12, 2011 by Mark Cramer, @NMSU On Feb. 19, New Mexico State University's Faculty Senate unanimously passed a memorial to recognize the new Office of Sustainability at NMSU and support the plans and goals of the Sustainability Council. The memorial, proposition 08-10/11A, was sponsored by David Boje, a Bill Daniels Ethics Fellow in the College of Business, who authored the memorial; Ran More »

April 15, 2010 by Avra Elliott NMSU Round Up Parking lot rows divided by plants is one way the under-construction Las Cruces Convention Center resembles the agriculture it replaced said a local architect at the monthly Sustainability Council meeting Wednesday. Steve Newby, a the local architect involved with the convention center being built on University Avenue, spoke about the design plans More »

October 19, 2009 by Kristina Medley NMSU Round Up Sustainability goals still on track The New Mexico State University Sustainability Council will continue to work to accomplish the 12 goals for the 2009 Year of Sustainability set by former Interim President Waded Cruzado. The Goals The council met Thursday morning to discuss “green” projects on campus and improving the campus grade on t More »