Virtual campus tours now availabe for incoming students
Victoria Del Toro, Staff Writer
April 3, 2020
New Mexico State University has taken the step to offer virtual tours to prospective students as of March 19 as a way to adhere to the guidelines provided by federal and state agencies given in the times of COVID-19. Director of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation Seth Miner explained how the...
Las Cruces City Council weighs options for community response to COVID-19
Aimee Ryan, Political Writer
April 2, 2020
The Las Cruces City Council held a special meeting to discuss how the city should respond to the spread of COVID-19 on Monday, March 30. This city council meeting was the first to be held through virtual means, as city officials did so to follow recent COVID-19 social distancing procedures that hav...
Resources available for students in need of computer and internet access
Jensen Stell, Staff Writer
April 1, 2020
With the switch to online classes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, New Mexico State University is offering different discount internet options to students who don’t have regular access to internet or computers at home. On the NMSU Technology Resources for Students website, there is a section...
NMSU’s spring 2020 commencement to be held virtually
Ch'ree Essary, Managing Editor
March 31, 2020
The commencement of 1,981 students set to graduate this spring will be held virtually according to New Mexico State University administration during a virtual townhall Thursday, March 26. Commencement will be held virtually as an act of caution due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An in-person commencement...
New Mexico college students adapt to campus housing changes
Leah Romero, News Editor
March 30, 2020
Within about a week New Mexico State University students went from walking down the I-Mall and grabbing a cup of coffee to self-quarantining and social isolating because of COVID-19. Similar situations have befallen most New Mexicans who are suddenly found working and finishing school from home. As...
Center for English Language Programs to close at end of semester
Lauren Roman, Staff Writer
March 30, 2020
The English Language program will be leaving New Mexico State University alongside the Confucius Institute by the end of the semester. Jan Snyder, the interim director for the English Language Program (CELP) discussed the reason behind the program shutting down. “Unfortunately, our progr...
Flattening the Curve: How to stop the spread of COVID-19 in New Mexico
Leah Romero, News Editor
March 20, 2020
“Social distancing” and “flatten the curve” have become phrases heard constantly in conversations surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, but why are they important? Jill McDonald, professor and associate dean of research and community engagement in the College of Health and Social Services at New Mexico ...
NMSU leaders address COVID-19 questions during virtual townhall Wednesday
Aimee Ryan, Political Writer
March 19, 2020
New Mexico State University has undergone drastic changes within the past week, as many other universities and institutions have, to adapt to the Coronavirus pandemic reaching the U.S. To provide further clarification as to what the NMSU community should expect throughout the remainder of the semes...
Hands-on courses to change teaching methods in order to switch to online structure
Lauren Roman, Staff Writer
March 19, 2020
Due to concern over the recently announced pandemic of the novel coronavirus, New Mexico State University Provost Post Carol Parker announced the decision to move NMSU courses online after the two-week spring break. However, classes with a hands-on learning environment may find the transition diffic...
NMSU to move to online classes after two-week spring break
Luis Rios, Staff Writer
March 18, 2020
New Mexico State University will move to a more focused online format on March 30 as a means to continue schoolwork through the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. In an email sent out March 16 by NMSU Provost Carol Parker, after spring break “faculty will move face-to-face classes to an online format...
ASNMSU Senate passes resolution to have virtual meetings the remainder of semester
Aimee Ryan, Political Writer
March 17, 2020
The novel Coronavirus Disease 2019, the most recent pandemic to affect New Mexico and the U.S., prompted the 63rd Senate of the Associated Students at New Mexico State University to hold an “emergency” meeting on Monday, March 16. Three resolutions were passed that determine how th...
COVID-19 Updates: March 17, 2020
Alanna Herrera, Editor-in-Chief
March 17, 2020
Here are the most important things you need to know today according to the New Mexico Department of Health, Office of the Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham and New Mexico State University officials: Around the State: Positive cases in NM have risen to 23, with total tests reaching 1,272 residents. T...
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