FROM THE PRESIDENT Dr. Jay Gogue The Southern New Mexico ENLACE program, which you will see featured elsewhere in this issue of Aggie Panorama, is an innovative initiative that holds great promise for reducing dropout rates among our Hispanic students. An important aspect of this new program is its collaborative approach, engaging the university, the public schools, the business community and students and their parents in efforts to improve the higher education prospects of Hispanic youth. It occurred to me, as I thought about this new program and how it complements others at New Mexico State University, that we are involved in outreach programs that address educational needs at all levels, from preschool to the doctoral level. At one end, our College of Education sponsors the Head Start program in Dona Ana County, which last year received a perfect rating from a federal review team. At the other end is the New Mexico Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, a collaboration headed by our Graduate School that aims to triple the number of science, mathematics and engineering doctorates awarded to minority students in New Mexico. In between are a number of programs with very successful track records. For more than 25 years, New Mexico State has been preparing minority students for research or medical careers through the Minority Biomedical Research Support pro-gram funded by the National Institutes of Health. Another proven program is the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, which prepares first-generation college students or students from under-represented groups for doctoral study. Unique to New Mexico State is a program called Generaciones, a mother-daughter program for fifth-grade Hispanic girls that aims at keeping these young students in school through high school and college. Our latest initiative is a collaboration of the College of Agriculture and Court Youth Center in Las Cruces. The Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism program, with a $370,000 federal grant, is developing a “community cocina” for a culinary arts program.

Missing Classmates

During Homecoming 2001, set for Oct. 11-13, the Class of 1961 with celebrate its 40th reunion. Over the years,
NMSU has lost contact with many members of the class. If you have information on any of the Aggies listed below,
please contact the Alumni Association at (505) 646-3616 or e-mail alumni@nmsu.edu.

Adams, Richard Locke Alexander, Samuel Carlton Allawi, Ibrahim Naji Allen, Orion Conley Anderson, Gloria Battenfield Bannister, Margaret Gibson Barbazette, John Harry Bennett, Thomas Harry Berger, Sybil Collett Berry, Robert Allen Brooks, Jack Murl Canaday, Adison McKinsley Clark, Roberta Spragg Collier, Edward Lawrence Cox, Patricia Laturner Davis, Patricia McClernon Dax, Raymond Edwin DeCillis, Philip Edward Dittmer, Leo Franklin Donaldson, David F. Donaldson, Virginia Perkins Edwards, Jasin W. Eubank, Ronald H. Gallegos, Carlos Antonio Garcia, Lawrence Eugene Garcia, Silas E. Gehlhaar, Heinz Guenter Gilbert, James Jerald Gilbreth, Lee Edward Godfrey, Gordy Thatcher

Gonzales, Maria Amadita Greene, Brook Alexander Hack, Alice Ruth Jose Heiber, Arnold Herlihy, William Foster Hernandez, Lenore Yow Hill, Dale Runyan Hill, Joe Charles Hughes, Amelia Rundell Hughes, Frank Allen Jr. Jareed, Ali Omran Jordan, William Gerald Kassner, Bernita Deaton Klopfer, Paul Lake, Rita Edith Romero Lane, Betty McDonald Lawry, Joanne Tannich Leven, Andrew Aloysius Lewis, Barbara Lowe, John William Ludwig, Ernest Richard Marko, Stanley Martinez, Lydia Elvira Martinez, Robert Anthony Mayfield, Irene Frances Knox McBeath, Pearl Marcia Loebenstein McCravy, George McWhorter, Joe Benjamin Menges, William Arment Methvin, David Hall

Miera, Antonio Miller, Wayne Leon Minzenmayer, William August Moses, Charles Custis Mouser, Daine Poeter Nichols, Carney Dale Overmier, David Kirk Perez, Ernest R. Perry, William Estus Pierce, James Frank Powey, Adelaide Majorie Pratt, Johnny M. Prentiss, Charles P. Price, Betty Jean McDonald Putzi, Roger Ramadhan, Mohammad Abulugma Riley, Hubert Rivera, Rosendo Robert Robinson, Gerald Charles Rosenburg, Harold Zachary Sanchez, Patricia Nunez Sedor, Donald Gerald Seefeld, Betty McNatt Seibel, Lovita May Siddall, Burton Eugene Simms, Sue Jean Sims, James Rae Smith, Betty Meek Smith, Murlene Harris

Smith, Samuel Harrison Snooks, Thomas Earl Snyder, Walter Allen Solomon, Jack Manuel Streeter, David Stromberg, Jon Sullivan, John Thomas Szema, Li-Chieh Taylor, Joy Brown Taylor, Lyle Herman Thomas, Edwin Charles Thomas, Homer Downing Thurman, Donald Hendricks Tigner, James Garrett Tinsley, Ronald Gene Todd, Robert L. Tucker, Thomas Clifford Usner, Arthur Anthony Vaughn, Mary De Long Vojkovich, John Gasper Walker, Joan Stewart Ward, Rex A. Washburn, Lelia Williams Whisman, Ermil Lee White, Leta Fern Cooper Williams, Joanna Mae Winn, Carroll Foster Womack, Sally Gandy Young, William Lawson

Letters to the Editor

We encourage letters related to issues discussed in Aggie Panorama and issues  that relate to university news or policies. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Mail, fax  (505-646-2099) or e-mail (rpopp@nmsu.edu) letters to the editor. We also seek NMSU historical  photos and recent photos from Aggie gatherings.