Lakshmi Reddi, Interim Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Dear Colleagues,
We have completed our move to Guthrie Hall. I want to thank our IT and facilities staff who have worked hard to accommodate us. Special thanks to Ms. Kerry Forsythe, Ms. Laura Grant, and Dr. Patrick Turner and his graduate students, who put up with the inconveniences caused by this move as they had to relocate to offices elsewhere.
From my numerous conversations and meetings last week, three ideas have gained interest. I would love to hear your comments on these:
Earlier in the week, I received news that I am so excited to share with you: NMSU's Model United Nations student organization received the Outstanding Delegation award this past week, placing the team in the top five percent among over 100 universities. The NMSU team consisted of 12 students from different majors, who were assigned to simulate the Federal Republic of Somalia delegation on various committees. Additionally, student members Angel Amabisco, Autumn Reid,a nd Jasmine Recinos were recognized for their Position Paper awards: Angel for his paper at the UN High Commission on Refugees, and Autumn Reid and Jasmine Recinos for their join position paper for the Committee on the Status of Women. The team president, Liam Mitchell, was recognized with a Peer Delegate Award by a vote of the other student delegates in his committee for his work and diplomacy during the conference in the UNEA committee.
Congratulations to Dr. Neil Harvey (Professor and Head, Department of Government), Faculty Advisor, Model UNM 2023-24. NMSU has a long and successful history of participating in this conference since the early 1990s.
World leaders are whom we prepare. This is who we are. We are NMSU.