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ACADEMICS

NMSU is broken up into several smaller colleges. These include:

  • College of Agriculture and Home Economics

  • College of Arts and Sciences

  • College of Business

  • College of Education

  • College of Engineering

  • College of Extended Learning

  • College of Health and Social Services

  • College of Honors

  • COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

NMSU's College of Engineering consistently ranks high in national ratings. Among its many honors are:

  • Eighth among the national's universities in Total Obligations with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for 1994

  • Ninth among the nation's universities in University-based Total Engineering R&D expenditures by the American Society of Engineering Education for 1995

  • Eleventh in the nation in federally funded research in engineering in 1999, according to a National Science Foundation report.

  • Best Value for your Tuition Dollar according to the 2002 edition of the Kaplan Newsweek College Catalog. NMSU is also on the publication's list of "schools offering the best career services."

  • The Telemetering Center of Excellence in the United States by the International Foundation for Telemetering.



SPORTS


NMSU's teams are called the Aggies , a nickname derived from the university's agricultural beginnings. They compete in the Western Athletic Conference . Their mascot was formerly known as "Pistol Pete", but Pete was redesigned in 2005 as part of the university's plan to remake its image on the national stage; today, the mascot is known simply as "Pete," whose pistol has been replaced with a lasso. NMSU's colors are Crimson and white.

NMSU has major rivalries with the University Of New Mexico (the NMSU-UNM football game is called "The Battle of I-25 "), and the University Of Texas At El Paso (called "The Battle of I-10 ", with the winner of the NMSU-UTEP football game getting the Silver Spade ).

NMSU has two radio stations, as well as a TV station and a student run newspaper. The radio stations are KRUX, a station run by students, and KRWG, a public radio station. (The TV station is also known as KRWG).

The "Round Up" is the student-run newspaper. The Round Up is "The student voice of New Mexico State University since 1907." It's published every Monday and Thursday.


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