New Mexico 2025 Regular Session

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28	28	SENATE MEMORIAL 18
29	29	57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
30	30	INTRODUCED BY
31	31	Pete Campos
32	32	A MEMORIAL
33	33	RECOGNIZING THE SUCCESSES AND VISION OF NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS
34	34	UNIVERSITY; ENCOURAGING THE LEGISLATURE TO SUPPORT NEW MEXICO
35	35	HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY'S REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR A MASTER PLAN TO
36	36	MODERNIZE THE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
37	37	WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university is a public
38	38	university in Las Vegas that was founded in 1893 and that has
39	39	centers in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Rio Rancho and Farmington;
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41	41	WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university's mission is to
42	42	offer a high-quality education to students at all levels while
43	43	fostering creativity, critical thinking and research, and the
44	44	university's core values are excellence, diversity,
45	45	accessibility and responsiveness; and
46	46	WHEREAS, the university is accredited by the higher
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74	74	learning commission, and many of the university's programs have
75	75	specialty accreditation, including: the school of education,
76	76	which received full accreditation by the national council for
77	77	accreditation of teacher education in 2012; the school of
78	78	business, media and technology, which is accredited by the
79	79	association of collegiate business schools and programs; the
80	80	Facundo Valdez school of social work, which is accredited by
81	81	the council on social work education; the school of social and
82	82	behavioral sciences, which is accredited by the masters in
83	83	psychology and counseling accreditation council; and the
84	84	department of forestry, which is accredited by the society of
85	85	American foresters and is the only forestry program accredited
86	86	in New Mexico; and
87	87	WHEREAS, the university is home to a center for excellence
88	88	in social work, the Native American social work studies
89	89	institute and the institute for culturally and linguistically
90	90	responsive learning and teaching; and
91	91	WHEREAS, the Calf canyon and Hermits peak fire in 2022,
92	92	the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico's
93	93	history, had a negative impact on the university's students,
94	94	and flooding in the area following the fire also had a negative
95	95	impact on the university community and continues to impact
96	96	water quality on the main campus; and
97	97	WHEREAS, the university's vision is to be a premier
98	98	comprehensive university; to transform lives and the community
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127	127	now and for generations to come; to foster a dynamic and
128	128	inclusive academic environment in which students can thrive
129	129	within and beyond the classroom; and to propel the university
130	130	toward a future of growth, excellence and community engagement;
131	131	and
132	132	WHEREAS, the university is committed to increasing student
133	133	enrollment on campus by cultivating an engaging and vibrant
134	134	academic experience. A focus of this work will be to expand
135	135	face-to-face instruction to ensure that the university's
136	136	students benefit from personal interaction with faculty and
137	137	peers and strengthen their academic and social connections; and
138	138	WHEREAS, to attract top-tier student-athletes and enhance
139	139	its competitive edge, the university plans to prioritize the
140	140	renovation of its athletic facilities, which will provide
141	141	students with state-of-the-art spaces for training and
142	142	competition and will position the university as a premier
143	143	institution for athletic and academic achievement; and
144	144	WHEREAS, regarding student retention, the university's
145	145	plan focuses on creating pathways for students to achieve long-
146	146	term success by enhancing student engagement through terminal
147	147	degree programs and implementing academic support systems and
148	148	mentoring programs that foster persistence and academic
149	149	excellence and that support students through graduation; and
150	150	WHEREAS, another issue of importance for the university is
151	151	ensuring the availability of good quality student housing,
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180	180	which is crucial to the university community's growth; and
181	181	WHEREAS, the university plans to address the lack of
182	182	adequate housing by constructing new multi-use facilities or
183	183	renovating existing noncompliant buildings, which will provide
184	184	safe, modern living spaces that support student well-being and
185	185	academic success; and
186	186	WHEREAS, to further enhance community engagement and meet
187	187	housing needs, the university plans to explore the potential of
188	188	utilizing university-owned property for new housing
189	189	developments, which will not only address the demand for local
190	190	housing but also foster a closer connection between the
191	191	university and the surrounding community; and
192	192	WHEREAS, to better serve its diverse student body, the
193	193	university plans to invest in the modernization of student
194	194	services through increasing the university's online presence,
195	195	enhancing library technology and expanding the university's
196	196	functional capacity, making it easier for students to interact
197	197	with the university for all services, including enrollment,
198	198	academic support, financial aid and career services; and
199	199	WHEREAS, the university's plans and goals for continued
200	200	growth and improvements will be implemented in part through
201	201	completion of a master plan to modernize the university's main
202	202	campus;
203	203	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
204	204	OF NEW MEXICO that the successes and vision of New Mexico
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233	233	highlands university be recognized; and
234	234	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the legislature be encouraged
235	235	to support the university's request for one hundred thousand
236	236	dollars ($100,000) to design and develop a master plan for the
237	237	modernization of New Mexico highlands university's main campus;
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239	239	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
240	240	transmitted to the president of New Mexico highlands
241	241	university, the speaker of the house of representatives and the
242	242	president pro tempore of the senate.
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