HM 17 — "NM HIGHLANDS DAY"

HOUSE MEMORIAL 17 55TH LEGISLATURE- STATE OF NEWMEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2022 INTRODUCED BY Ambrose Castellano 6 8 10 A MEMORIAL DECLARING JANUARY 20, 2022 "NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

145 WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university has been an important educational, cultural, social and economic asset in New Mexico, particularly northern New Mexico, since 1893;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university serves nearly w l n d 18 three thousand students each year and has over five hundred = = 19 a l employees at the school's main campus and centers;

and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, the vision of New Mexico highlands university is a t m m 21 to be a premier university, transforming lives and communities d r e 22 now and for generations to come;

and c e s k 23 WHEREAS, the core values of New Mexico highlands e a n b 24 university are excellence, diversity, accessibility and u [ responsiveness;

and .222044.1 WHEREAS, the priorities of New Mexico highlands university are academic excellence, academic integration and student success;

and WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university effectively serves students across the state and beyond its borders, HM 17 online and on its campuses and centers in Las Vegas, Santa Page 1 Fe, Farmington, Rio Rancho, Albuquerque and Roswell;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university was named one of w l n d 18 the most diverse regional universities in the western United = = 19 a l States by U.S.

and i a e r 20 WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university is partnering a t m m 21 with New Mexico state university, eastern New Mexico university d r e 22 and the developmental disabilities council in designing an c e s k 23 adult guardianship court visitor program to support the New e a n b 24 Mexico court system and to enhance the training and u [ professional development of students in social work;

and .222044.1 - 2 - WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university had an unprecedented grant year with over thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) awarded and continues to navigate the unchartered waters of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, providing over fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) in emergency financial assistance to students through the foundation and university, over and above federally funded coronavirus HM 17 Page 2 disease 2019 pandemic assistance;

acquired a e t 17 three-million-eight-hundred-thousand-dollar ($3,800,000) w l n d 18 five-year grant from the national science foundation to support = = 19 a l science, technology, engineering and mathematics students in a i a e r 20 partnership with the university of California, Santa Barbara;

a t m m 21 received seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000) for two d r e 22 United States department of agriculture projects to support c e s k 23 technology and connectivity to New Mexico highlands university e a n b 24 in the Mora community;

and supported high school and community u [ college students with science, technology, engineering and .222044.1 - 3 - mathematics summer programming at the Rio Mora wildlife refuge;

eighty-one athletes earned a HM 17 Page 3 cumulative three and five-tenths grade point average or higher;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university established the w l n d 18 general store to address the basic needs and food insecurities = = 19 a l of students;

implemented the engage@hu co-curricular transcript i a e r 20 system and created multiple guided pathways;

partnered with El a t m m 21 Centro family health to continue access to medical and d r e 22 behavioral health care through telehealth services for all c e s k 23 students;

and e a n b 24 increased access to coronavirus disease 2019 testing for the u [ community by establishing a testing site on campus;

and .222044.1 - 4 - WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university is a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution, with Hispanic students comprising more than fifty percent of enrollment, and strives to be a Native American-serving institution, with Native American students comprising nearly nine percent of enrollment;

and HM 17 Page 4 WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university welcomes students from northern New Mexico, all of New Mexico, the United States and the world;

and e t 17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be w l n d 18 transmitted to the president of New Mexico highlands = = 19 a l university.

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