August 2017 Graduate Student of the Month: Nina Dropcho
Nina Dropcho is a graduate student in the Biology Department at NMSU. She finished her Master of Science (M.S.) degree in May 2017. After receiving her M.S., she taught the Human Anatomy Lab, BIO 353 where she advanced the course with new teaching tools and lab techniques, despite the condensed, fast-paced nature of summer school….
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Information regarding International Student Health Insurance
The health insurance for our international students is an area of attention and for those unfamiliar, international students are required to purchase a health insurance plan through the university, they do not get a choice. Furthermore, under the ACA, these students that become residents after 5 years are required to fork out more money to pay for an additional insurance plan. **These students…
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April 2017 Graduate Student of the Month: Maria Elena Salazar
Maria Elena is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education. She has spent her academic and professional career working with marginalized populations, including teaching Bilingual Education, Title 1, Special Education preschool, High School Equivalency Program, and Adult Basic Education Language Arts coursework. Her research involves educational issues…
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March 2017 Graduate Student of the Month: Johanna Esquivel
Johanna Esquivel is a third year PhD student in the curriculum and instruction department. In her time as a doctoral student, Johanna has kept herself on track in the doctoral program and represented NMSU positively in a variety of ways. She has authored and co-authored several academic articles and book chapters, taught several classes including…
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Graduate Student of the Month Nominations
It’s here! As announced at the last meeting, the GSC is now requesting nominations for Graduate Student of the Month. This will be a monthly recognition of Graduate Students who are doing exceptional work as part of the NMSU community. For more information and to nominate someone please check out our page here. In the…
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GSC at the Graduate Education Day
The 53rd Legislature of the state of New Mexico declared March 6th, 2017 to be “Graduate Education Day” in the House of Representatives. In order to celebrate graduate education and show off some of the excellent research conducted here, President Amador, VP of activities Young, and Secretary Robbins accompanied Dean Reyes to Santa Fe to…
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Welcome to the new GSC website!
Welcome to the new GSC website! After many years of faithful service we’re saying goodbye to our old website at http://web.nmsu.edu/~wwwgsc. I’ve ported almost all of the old information onto the pages here, with the exception of the “Advice” page which was simply a (very old) list of local restaurants and grocery stores catering to people…
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