Aggies Without Limits
Fall 2021 Recipient
Aggies Without Limits was founded in 2007 under the leadership of longtime Engineering Technology faculty member Kenny Stevens. It is dedicated to bringing students, faculty and community members together to assist with the development of local and international communities through sustainable infrastructure and educational opportunities.
Over 250 students, faculty, alumni and community members have participated since the organization’s founding. Aggies Without Limits has student members from every college at NMSU, as well as alumni in 26 states and 3 countries.
Projects have included:
- building and repairing bridges in multiple countries
- building a community center in Mexico
- bringing drinkable water to 350 Guatemala residents, which included hand digging ditches and installing a pipeline
As Dr. Lakshmi Reddi, Dean of the College of Engineering stated, "Over the years, these projects have improved the lives of countless people, spread local and international goodwill, and changed the lives and perspectives of students who will now carry on acts of humanity. This group has changed lives all over the world in ways that cannot be measured."
Aggies Without Limits students who received the award at the Fall 2021 Convocation on August 17, 2021.
"There is nothing like the joy we get when we finish a project after basically starting from nothing - and seeing the faces of the people we impacted. It's like we plant seeds of hope - in the kids, in the women, in the community...hope in humanity. And turning hope into real things."
— Student Participant of Aggies Without Limits