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SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 43

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Pete Campos

A JOINT MEMORIAL

PROCLAIMING MARCH 3, 2007 AS "NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY

DAY" AT THE LEGISLATURE.

WHEREAS, since 1893, New Mexico highlands university has

provided innumerable opportunities in educational advancement

and professional development for New Mexicans; and

WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university has produced

first-rate graduates in the fields of education, social work,

business and arts and sciences; and

WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university is dedicated to

serving students from distinctive cultural, socioeconomic,

linguistic, geographic, religious and educational backgrounds;

and

WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university is committed to

excellence in teaching, discovering, preserving and applying

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knowledge and is responsive to new opportunities for community-

based partnerships, economic development, research and public

service; and

WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university envisions

becoming the premier Hispanic-serving institution in the

country, welcoming students from all ethnic backgrounds, while

providing unrivaled quality higher education; and

WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university believes

wholeheartedly in the concept of student-centered education and

personal attentiveness to the individual student; and

WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university is determined in

its focus on its multiethnic student body with special emphasis

on the rich heritage of Hispanic and Native American cultures

that are distinctive to New Mexico and particularly northern

New Mexico;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that Saturday, March 3, 2007, be proclaimed

"New Mexico Highlands University Day" at the legislature; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this memorial be

transmitted to the board of regents of New Mexico highlands

university.

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