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A JOINT MEMORIAL
PROCLAIMING FEBRUARY 9, 2008 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
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
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and personal attentiveness to the individual student; and
WHEREAS, New Mexico highlands university is determined
in its focus on its multi-ethnic 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, February 9, 2008, 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.