2007 Photos
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NMSU all-around champion (11/12/2007) Dine College National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) Rodeo women’s all-around champion Bailey Gow, of Roseburg, Ore. View larger... |
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Ornamental chile (11/12/2007) Jeff Anderson, a grower at Sunland Nursery and a graduate of NMSU’s Horticulture program, holds an ornamental chile plant inside the nursery. View larger... |
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Animal ID (10/30/2007) New Mexico State University recently hosted a meeting to forge partnerships for outreach and education on the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) within Native American communities. NAIS is a modern, streamlined information system that helps livestock producers and animal health officials respond quickly and effectively to animal health events in the United States. View larger... |
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Hoop house workshop (10/30/2007) Joran Viers, Bernalillo County Cooperative Extension Service horticultural specialist, helps pull the plastic shell of a hoop house. A hoop house building workshop is planned for Thursday, Nov. 8, in Albuquerque. To sign up for the workshop and to get directions to the building site, call Viers at (505) 243-1386. View larger... |
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Winning wines (09/20/2007) Tim and Clarissa McGinn show some of the wines they produced at Arena Blanca Winery that earned top awards in the New Mexico State Fair winemaking competition. View larger... |
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Root demonstration (09/18/2007) A demonstration of root systems is scheduled for 8-9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Agricultural Science Center at Clovis. The science center is located 13 miles north of Clovis on State Road 288. View larger... |
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Calf nutrition (09/04/2007) Clint Löest, an associate professor in New Mexico State University’s Department of Animal and Range Sciences, monitors cattle at NMSU’s Corona Range and Livestock Research Center. NMSU is partnering with several other organizations in a four-year project to research the effects of proper nutrition in the earliest stages of a calf’s life. View larger... |
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NASCAR internship (09/04/2007) New Mexico State University student Stella Lucero stands in front of a racecar during her internship with NASCAR. Lucero is a student in NMSU's School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management. View larger... |
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Peanut Field Day (08/24/2007) Participants at the 2006 Peanut Field Day gather at a field to discuss the peanut industry, which produces a crop valued at about $15 million a year in New Mexico. The New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center at Clovis will host the 2007 Peanut Field Day Wednesday, Sept. 5. View larger... |
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Goatheads gold mine (08/24/2007) Estevan Herrera, field technician at NMSU's Sustainable Agriculture Science Center in Alcalde, stirs ripened goathead seed pods while they are drying. Collecting and drying the pods is part of the NMSU herb research and development program at Alcalde. View larger... |
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Changes in Valencia County (08/24/2007) Valencia County Cooperative Extension Service’s new county director, home economist Anne-Marie Wilson, left, joins her staff, left to right, agricultural agent Allison Chipman, ICAN coordinator Dorothy Mutchie and administrative secretary Brenda Velasquez in front of the new office at 404 Courthouse Road in Los Lunas. View larger... |
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Martin selected for Morrill Award (08/03/2007) New Mexico State University President Michael V. Martin is only the sixth person in the country to be selected for the Justin Smith Morrill Memorial Award. View larger... |
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Tucumcari science center field day (07/20/2007) Rex Kirksey, superintendent of NMSU’s Agricultural Science Centers at Clovis and Tucumcari, inspects a nozzle on the Tucumcari center’s new pivot irrigation system. The Tucumcari center, established in 1912, has a rich agricultural history and is NMSU’s oldest off-campus research facility. View larger... |
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Clovis science center field day (07/20/2007) Mark Marsalis, Extension agronomist at NMSU’s Agricultural Science Center at Clovis, speaks to participants at last year’s field day at the center. The Clovis center’s 2007 field day is Tuesday, Aug. 7. View larger... |
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Corona classes (07/13/2007) Shad Cox, ranch manager at New Mexico State University’s Corona Range and Livestock Research Center, leads a class session at the 2006 Half Day of College at the center. The Corona center’s 2007 Half Day of College is Friday, July 20. View larger... |
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Optimizing chile processing (07/13/2007) NMSU agricultural economics professor James Libbin, left, industrial engineering professor Delia Valles-Rosales, center, mathematical sciences associate professor Maria Mariani, third from left, and mathematical sciences graduate student Maria Pia Beccar-Varela, far right, work with a computer model developed to optimize red chile processing. View larger... |
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Culinary practice (07/03/2007) High school ProStart teachers take part in a culinary exercise at NMSU. From left: Fama Yazzie, Carleigh Pettenuzzo and Felicia Chavez. View larger... |
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Changing world economy (06/21/2007) New Mexico State University Dean Lowell Catlett discussed future economic trends during a meeting in Albuquerque June 16-19 of communications professionals from across the U.S. and from several foreign countries. View larger... |
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Pecanigator (06/15/2007) Richard Heerema holds the Pecanigator in a New Mexico State University pecan orchard. View larger... |
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Middle school science center (06/15/2007) Las Vegas Memorial Middle School seventh-grader Girard Maestas measures a corn plant he is testing for growth in acidic and non-acidic conditions while New Mexico State University faculty member Peter Skelton asks questions about the project. Skelton manages the NMSU agricultural science center that is located on the middle school campus. View larger... |
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Pecan management (05/30/2007) New Mexico State University Extension specialist Richard Heerema gives a presentation in April at a pecan workshop in Otero County. A pecan orchard management workshop is set for Thursday, May 31, for Southeastern New Mexico pecan producers. Participants will meet at the Eddy County Fairgrounds before boarding a bus with Heerema and other NMSU experts for a tour of area orchards. View larger... |
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Counter Terrorist Chemist (05/18/2007) Research chemist Omar Holguin profiles chemical compounds for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration at New Mexico State University’s Counter Terrorist Chemical Technology Laboratory. View larger... |
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NMSU, Penn State dairy program partnership (05/18/2007) Participants in the East Meets West dairy management program touring calf pens at the Rajen Dairy west of Clovis, N.M., include, from left, Richard Stup, director of the Penn State Dairy Alliance; Paul Gutierrez, vice provost for Outreach Services, associate dean and associate director for Cooperative Extension at New Mexico State University; Sybrand Vander Dussen of Rajen Dairy; and Victor Cabrera, Dairy Extension specialist at NMSU. The tour took place on the third day of the April 10-12 program. View larger... |
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Top pecan state (05/18/2007) New Mexico State University Extension specialist Richard Heerema gives a presentation at a pecan workshop in Otero County. New Mexico is now the leading producer of pecans in the country. View larger... |
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Telltale insects (05/07/2007) Scott Bundy, associate professor in New Mexico State University's Entomology, Plant Pathology and Weed Science Department, examines insects whose development can provide valuable clues about the time of death of an animal or person. View larger... |
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Learning about agriculture (05/04/2007) New Mexico State University Cooperative Extension Service specialist Pat Melendrez shears a sheep while students at San Miguel County’s Kids, Kows & More field trip watch. The students are among the thousands of third- and fourth-grade students in 19 New Mexico counties who attend the agriculture education program each year. View larger... |
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Pecan workshop (05/04/2007) New Mexico State University’s John White, right, program director for the Dona Ana County Extension office, discusses pruning pecan trees during a workshop in April organized by Richard Ng, left, Otero County Extension agriculture agent. View larger... |
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Etiquette in the business world (04/19/2007) Guest speaker Thelma Domenici speaks to NMSU students about the importance of etiquette in the business world. View larger... |
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Drip irrigation research (04/18/2007) New Mexico State University agronomist Mark Marsalis, left, discusses cotton research during the 2006 field day at the Agricultural Science Center at Clovis. Marsalis is expanding his research to include drip irrigation with corn, sorghum and cotton. View larger... |
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Aggie rodeo (04/17/2007) New Mexico State University rodeo team member Bailey Gow heads for the finish line at last year's home rodeo. NMSU will host an intercollegiate rodeo April 27-28 in an arena to be built near Aggie Memorial Stadium. View larger... |
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Floral judging, design (03/30/2007) New Mexico State University student Lyndsey Tiley, left, and floriculture program coordinator Sabine Green host a flower sale Wednesday, March 14, in Gerald Thomas Hall on the NMSU main campus in Las Cruces. The sale was to raise money for the NMSU Intercollegiate Floral Judging and Design team. View larger... |
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Dairies turn to alfalfa (03/27/2007) Forage agronomist Leonard Lauriault checks the progress of alfalfa planted last fall at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Tucumcari. View larger... |
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Cattle production wokshop (03/23/2007) A workshop by New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension Service, set for April 12 at the De Baca County Extension Office in Fort Sumner, is one way for ranchers to analyze the production and financial sides of their cow-calf operations. The 2007 Standardized Performance Analysis Workshop will allow ranchers to compare their performance to regional or statewide benchmarks. View larger... |
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Water conservation (03/15/2007) Valencia County Boys and Girls Club members at Belen’s Jaramillo Elementary School learn how water erodes soil while watching the water flow in the Cuidad Soil and Water Conservation District’s Rolling River exhibit. The children participated in a water conservation four-week program taught by the Valencia County Cooperative Extension Service staff. View larger... |
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Wool judging contest (03/15/2007) New Mexico State University sophomore Russell Walter tests wool for fiber soundness during a judging team practice. View larger... |
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Convention center agreement (03/13/2007) NMSU President Michael Martin, left, watches as Steven Anaya, President of the NMSU Board of Regents, center, and Terrence Moore, Las Cruces City Manager, sign a lease agreement opening the way for the city to build a convention center on university property. View larger... |
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Dean honored (03/13/2007) New Mexico State University’s Dean of the College of Agriculture and Home Economics Lowell B. Catlett was awarded the Carl F. Hertz Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers at their annual meeting in February. View larger... |
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Top organic peanut producer (02/22/2007) Peanut breeder Naveen Puppala discusses peanut production during the 2006 field day at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Clovis. View larger... |
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Turf trip to Italy (02/09/2007) Dr. Stefano Macolino (front row, second from right) discusses the turfgrass program at the University of Padua in Italy with scientists and researchers from New Mexico State University during a trip last fall. In the front row, from left, are research scientist Ty Barrick, Extension Plant Sciences turfgrass specialist Bernd Leinauer, research scientist and Ph.D. student Jose Makk, Macolino, research specialist Elena Sevostianova and, in back, research specialist Cody Robertson. (Courtesy Photo) View larger... |
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Endowment expands learning opportunities (02/06/2007) Dr. Theodore Sammis, professor of hydrology in New Mexico State University’s Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, checks a data logger in a hoop house students built last fall. View larger... |
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Learning via podcast (02/06/2007) NMSU Army R.O.T.C. Cadet Larry Baca demonstrates use of podcasting as an educational tool. A course is being developed by the university for use by military personnel on active duty. View larger... |
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Weather watchers (02/06/2007) CoCoRaHS observers helped measure rain fall and hail during a series of powerful storms in Doña Ana County during the summer of 2006. View larger... |
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New home economist (02/06/2007) Sandy Taylor is the new home economist at New Mexico State University’s Cooperative Extension office in Sandoval County. View larger... |
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SWAT lab (01/19/2007) Specialist Cindy Waddell, Senior Research Assistant Barbara Hunter and Research Assistant Sharon Smith test soil samples at NMSU’s SWAT Lab. The laboratory receives and processes as many as 100 samples at a time. View larger... |
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HRTM lab (01/19/2007) Jeffrey Cooper, a systems analyst with the College of Agriculture and Home Economics, installs new Dell desktop computers in the HRTM technology lab in Gerald Thomas Hall. View larger... |
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Measuring the wind (01/19/2007) A tractor is used to help erect a wind monitoring station at the New Mexico State University Agricultural Science Center at Clovis in November. The station is used to collect site-specific wind data at the center, 13 miles north of Clovis. View larger... |
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Wind energy (01/19/2007) The 80-turbine Caprock Wind Ranch near San Jon, N.M., generates 80 megawatts of electricity. View larger... |
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National agronomy award (01/12/2007) Crop Science Society of America President Steven Fales of Iowa State University, left, presents the Fred V. Grau Turfgrass Science Award to Arden Baltensperger, professor emeritus at New Mexico State University. View larger... |
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Biodiesel from algae (01/08/2007) Matt Mathis, left, and Roger Simmons, technicians with the Center of Excellence for Hazardous Materials Management, sample the water in a stock tank being used to grow algae at New Mexico State University’s Agricultural Science Center at Artesia. Researchers are working to determine the best methods to grow and harvest the algae, which can be used to produce oil for biodiesel fuel. View larger... |