Faculty & Staff

50’s Contest Winners!

October 31, 2008

Thanks to all who competed in the Crimson Day 50’s Dress-up Contest! The grand prize winner was Brenda Garcia! The rest of the contestants tied, so all received second place prizes! :)

Contestants included Wanda Wakkinen, Mary Liddle, Brenda Garcia, and Louise Shankweiler.

   

Eulogy for Lowery Davis

October 24, 2008

Lowery H. Davis, former dean of the New Mexico State University College of Human and Community Services, now the College of Health and Social Services, passed away in Las Cruces October 4th at the age of 87. According to many NMSU Alamogordo Faculty & Staff, Lowery was a consistent and effective supporter of NMSU-A during his tenure. For a NMSU Communications Release on Dean Davis, please see: NMSU remembers first dean of College of Human and Community Services.

Dr. David Townsend presented a eulogy for Lowery Davis on October 9th. Here it is in full:

EULOGY for LOWERY DAVIS

Delivered by David Townsend
October 9, 2008

Several years ago, Lowery called me in Alamogordo and, serious, as only Lowery could be, asked if I would do a eulogy at his funeral. Equally seriously, I told him I had a very crowded calendar and what date did he have in mind? Lowery, very serious by this time, told me I would never amount to anything because I could not get serious. I agreed to do the eulogy because there is no graceful way to decline. Besides, I loved Lowery Davis and was honored by the request, hoping this day would never come, but it has.
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Alamogordo Faculty attend Round Up

October 14, 2008

On October 10, 2008, twenty-four members of the New Mexico State University at Alamogordo academic family attended the Community College Round Up at Las Cruces. Presenting were Kim Lopez, Sonja de Vargas, Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez, Rosa Rico-Fernandez, Jim Gallagher, Bill Lockhart and Wanda Wakkinen. Other faculty attendees were John Adams, Cathy Aguillar-Morgan, Tanya Allred, Carrie Baldwin, Stan Carlsen, Glenda Elser, Cindy Holder, Sarah Irving, Berinda Jones, Bill Lockhart, Ron McNeel, Dona Ruble, Lynette Wedig, and Bryan Yancey. Also attending were President Cheri Jimeno, Vice President for Academic Affairs Debra Teachman, and Library Director Dan Kammer.

Website for Bistro Menu

October 14, 2008

As Tony Salinas mentioned in an email last week, there is now a web page for the Bistro where you can find out what is being served. Menus will go up Thursday evening for the upcoming (following) week.

This link will be available from the Faculty & Staff Resources page as well as from the footer on each page of our website.

Door Decorating Contest!

October 8, 2008

The Non-Exempt Staff Consortium invites all departments to participate in a door decorating contest for the October 30th Crimson Day.

Criteria: Doors can be decorated as Crimson Day (Idaho vs. Aggies) or 50th anniversary. NO Halloween themes allowed.

Contact the Consortium Chairperson, Michelle Nelson, at mnelson@nmsua.nmsu.edu or at 439-3789 by October 17 to enter the contest. You will be provided with an entry form and rules.

All entries should be ready for judging by Tuesday, October 28. The judging by off-campus volunteers will take place on Wednesday, October 29.

The 1st, 2nd and third place winners will be announced at Crimson Day, October 30. There will be a gift for all entries and for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.

Show your Aggie pride and start decorating!

SWOTs Analysis Available

October 6, 2008

Results of the SWOTs Analysis done in the Spring are now available on the website. SWOTs stands for “Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats” and this particular analysis was sent around to campus staff & faculty to complete in April & May.