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NMSU Board of Regents names interim president (photo)
James McDonough was named interim president by the New Mexico State University Board of Regents. McDonough, who retired from the university in 2006 as the senior vice president for business, finance and human resources, will be asked to serve as interim president while a national search is launched to find a replacement for Michael V. Martin, who is leaving the university to be chancellor of the Baton Rouge campus of Louisiana State University.

NMSU Regents launch search process for new president   
New Mexico State University’s Board of Regents announced they will contract with the executive search consulting firm of R. William Funk & Associates to assist in the selection of the next NMSU president. The Regents encourages all employees and friends of NMSU to nominate candidates for president. All nominations will be forwarded by the Regents Chief of Staff Office to the search consultant for consideration within the process.

NMSU announces CHSS dean to return to faculty, other personnel changes
New Mexico State University announced that Jeffrey Brandon, dean of the College of Health and Social Services, would return to the faculty ranks of his college. Brandon told his colleagues his intentions to step down as dean effective Jan. 2, 2009. Brandon said he met with Provost Waded Cruzado last year to discuss his desire to step down as dean sometime between this August and August of 2009. “We wish Jeff the very best,” said Cruzado. “The positive growth in his college over the past eight years has been truly outstanding."

Higbie selected as interim dean for NMSU’s College of Health and Social Services (photo)
New Mexico State University today announced that College of Health and Social Services former dean Dr. Virginia C. Higbie has accepted an invitation to serve as interim dean of the college following Dean Jeffrey Brandon’s recent decision to return to the faculty from his administrative post. Higbie will take office effective July 1.

National and local leaders, free picnic and concert to highlight Domenici Conference
New Mexico State University is set to play host to a collection of local, state and national leaders, as well as hundreds of attendees to the inaugural Domenici Public Policy Conference, Aug. 20-22, at NMSU. The conference will conclude with a free picnic and free concert performed by Randy Travis.

NMSU’s Pecanigator goes online (photo)
Help is just a click away for pecan growers trying to figure out the best time to irrigate their trees. The Pecanigator, a palm-sized device developed by New Mexico State University researchers that tells growers when to irrigate, is now available online.

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New Mexico FFA members receive awards and degrees
New Mexico FFA members won awards and received state and American FFA degrees during the 80th Annual FFA State Convention...

Director of Black Programs at NMSU recognized for educational service
Festus Addo-Yobo, director of Black Programs at New Mexico State University, was recently recognized for his educational service to the community by the N.M. Office of African American Affairs.

NMSU staff honored at NASA awards   
Staff members from New Mexico State University’s Physical Science Laboratories participating in NASA’s Balloon Program received a group achievement award at the 2008 NASA Honor Awards...

NMSU College of Arts and Sciences announces winners of prize scholarships
The dean’s office of the College of Arts and Sciences at New Mexico State University is pleased to announce the winners of this year’s scholarship competitions. The dean’s office administers the awarding of several college-wide and inter-college prize scholarships each spring.

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Grant County Extension Office creates new rabies education program
The Grant County Extension Office and the New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service have created a new program to help control a strain of rabies in southwestern New Mexico.

NMSU uses information collected in space to help those on the ground in New Mexico (photo)
Farmers looking for the best time to irrigate can get help from weather satellites orbiting the earth on a regular basis. Those same satellites can also help fire fighters battling forest fires and emergency workers trying to understand the scope of a major snow storm. The only problem – no one in the Southwest was able to collect that data. That was until New Mexico State University’s CARSAME program got off the ground.

NMSU provides hazard analysis training to meat, food processing industry members
To help meat and food processors in New Mexico comply with federal regulations regarding food safety, New Mexico State University’s Extension Home Economics Food Technology program is conducting training in Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) for meat and food processors.