A comprehensive land-grant institution of higher learning, New Mexico State University is dedicated to teaching, research, and service at the undergraduate and graduate levels. NMSU is a NASA Space Grant College, a Hispanic-serving institution and is home to the only Honors College in New Mexico.
Degrees and certifications
Bachelor and graduate degree programs are available through the following colleges based in Las Cruces: Agriculture and Home Economics, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering, Extended Learning, Health and Social Services, Honors, and the Graduate School. The College of Extended Learning also provides a wide array of distance education programs. Certificates, licensure programs and associate degree programs are available from the colleges in Alamogordo, Carlsbad, Doña Ana County and Grants, and the College of Arts and Sciences in Las Cruces.A list of undergraduate majors can be found here; for information on graduate programs, click here.Arts and recreation
The university offers a variety of arts and recreational activities. Museums and art galleries, professional theater, music ensembles and symphony, visiting artists, national performers, professional road shows, on-campus public radio and TV stations, a student-run radio station, an 18-hole golf course, tennis and activity centers and natatorium are available at NMSU Las Cruces.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Info Florida International Univeristy
An abandoned airfield is an unusual place for the birth of a university. But in the summer of 1969, founding FIU president Chuck Perry gathered three leaders who would help him create his vision. Butler Waugh, Donald McDowell and Nick Sileo joined the 31-year-old Perry at Tamiami Airport and set up shop in the former air traffic controllers’ tower. The tower had no phones, no drinkable water and no furniture. President Perry decided that the control tower should never be destroyed and so it remains standing today at the center of campus, as FIU’s
“Ivory Tower.”From that single building on that abandoned airfield, FIU has grown to be one of the largest universities in the country. The spirit of entrepreneurship born on that summer day thrives at today’s FIU.
Our beginnings were unconventional; our opening day in 1972 continued that trend. With 5,667 students, it was the largest opening enrollment in U.S. collegiate history.
The typical student entering FIU that year was 25, attending school full-time and working full-time. Eighty percent of the student body had just graduated from Miami-Dade Community College. Forty-three percent were married. FIU was far from your typical university.
After seven years of leadership, President Perry left the university.
At the end of his tenure, there were more than 10,000 students attending classes and a campus with five major buildings.
The typical student entering FIU that year was 25, attending school full-time and working full-time. Eighty percent of the student body had just graduated from Miami-Dade Community College. Forty-three percent were married. FIU was far from your typical university.
After seven years of leadership, President Perry left the university.
At the end of his tenure, there were more than 10,000 students attending classes and a campus with five major buildings.
On August 28, 2009, Florida International University’s fifth president, Mark B. Rosenberg, took the oath of office. Rosenberg is former chancellor of the State University System of Florida and the first FIU faculty member to ascend to the presidency of the university.
“Today we begin a new era that speaks to the times we are in,” said Rosenberg to thousands who gathered at the U.S Century Bank Arena, on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus in West Miami-Dade County. “In this new era, we must put our students at the center of who we are, engage our community like never before and reinforce our partnerships with key institutions in South Florida.”
These words, from Dr. Rosenberg’s installation speech, capture the essence of what will be the future of FIU:We are here today to celebrate this magnificent institution.We are here today because we care.We are here today because of our hungry heart for FlU.We are here today because of our commitment to the life of the 21st century mind-our commitment to learning, to entrepreneurship, research, innovation, and to creativity.We are here today because we know we can work better together to prevent and solve problems using the blessings of our knowledge and passion
“Today we begin a new era that speaks to the times we are in,” said Rosenberg to thousands who gathered at the U.S Century Bank Arena, on the Modesto A. Maidique Campus in West Miami-Dade County. “In this new era, we must put our students at the center of who we are, engage our community like never before and reinforce our partnerships with key institutions in South Florida.”
These words, from Dr. Rosenberg’s installation speech, capture the essence of what will be the future of FIU:We are here today to celebrate this magnificent institution.We are here today because we care.We are here today because of our hungry heart for FlU.We are here today because of our commitment to the life of the 21st century mind-our commitment to learning, to entrepreneurship, research, innovation, and to creativity.We are here today because we know we can work better together to prevent and solve problems using the blessings of our knowledge and passion
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