“Since Lynn is working with the colleges of education and engineering to incorporate an engineering and technology thread throughout the curriculum, New Mexico State and the middle school are perfect partners,” Brown said. “To further strengthen the tie, the HP classroom will provide field experience for students in education courses at New Mexico State and engineering will provide technical support.”

The university and the middle school received the MobiLAN ONE unit and an additional eight laptop computers, a printer, fax machine, digital camera and funds from Hewlett-Packard to train the teachers.

During the summer, programs at Lynn such as the Las Cruces Pre Freshman Engineering Program for sixth through 12th graders will use the mobile classroom to enrich their program, Brown said.

Included in the $200,000 support of technology advancement was also a Hewlett-Packard University Impact Award – a $5,500 donation for scholarships to science and engineering students through New Mexico State’s ethnic programs and student organizations and $5,500 worth of imaging equipment for student organizations.

“New Mexico State and Hewlett-Packard have had a long and successful relationship,” said Rebecca Sellars, director of corporate and foundation relations at the university. “HP is one of the university’s top corporate supporters. They have an outstanding record of employing our students in addition to making corporate gifts. They also are one of the university’s top corporate vendors.”

Julie M. Hughes, ’95

Lopez lauded by HP for technical leadership

Even in the midst of a travel schedule that would exhaust many people, Patty Lopez, ’80, ’82, ’89, is always smiling. She radiates enthusiasm for her work as an R&D imaging scientist with Hewlett-Packard in Greeley, Colo., and for her outreach efforts, which include serving as the HP campus recruiting manager for New Mexico State University and volunteering in the Greeley public schools.

Earlier this year the Hewlett-Packard Women’s Conference recognized her efforts with a Technical Leadership Award. The award considered nominees’ major technical and scientific contributions, initiative, creativity, leadership, mentoring activities and planning and team-building involvement.

Lopez, who is a “triple Aggie” with bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. degrees in computer science from New Mexico State, has been a software engineer for HP for 12 years. She has worked extensively on cross-platform code for Macintosh and Windows environments. She holds four patents and is a founding member of HP’s Color Rendering Collaboration Forum.

Besides being an active recruiter at New Mexico State, she has been a key link between several campus departments and programs and grant opportunities offered by Hewlett-Packard.

“I am always looking for RFPs that fit New Mexico State. Then I alert Rebecca Sellars, and she gets people busy writing proposals.”

Sellars, ’83, ’87, ’95, another “triple Aggie,” directs corporation and foundation relations in the university advancement office. Their latest efforts resulted in creating a mobile classroom housed at Lynn Middle School in Las Cruces.

Lopez also initiated several technology gifts for student organizations in engineering and computer science at the university. She is a strong believer in hands-on science and in any program that gives minority students an opportunity to explore the world around them. She has been an on-site mentor at HP as well as a volunteer in her daughter’s school.

It is all part of her commitment to giving back to those who helped her as she was growing up and finding her niche in the world, she says.

Ann Palormo

Valerie Klipsch, wife of Paul Klipsch, ’26, ’81, stands with New Mexico State University President Jay Gogue at the Homecoming Eye Opener Breakfast Oct. 12 following the announcement of two new distinguished professorships established by Dr. and Mrs. Klipsch for the Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Paul Klipsch is one of America’s audio pioneers. Following World War II, he developed Klipsch and Associates in Hope, Ark., into a leading manufacturer of high quality audio systems. Photo by Pamela Porter, '92

Yoquelet

Eve Yoquelet, 1911-2001 Longtime New Mexico State University supporter Eve L. Yoquelet died Aug. 13, 2001. Yoquelet was born Jan.10, 1911, in Woodburn, Ind. She moved to Deming, N.M., with her husband Glen in 1960, where they established the American Plastic Toys Co. In 1986, she donated the first $50,000 to establish the Glen Yoquelet Graduate Scholarship in business in memory of her husband, who died in 1983. Additional gifts to this fund over the years increased its value to more than $400,000, and there are four Glen Yoquelet memorial fellowships in the College of Business as well. Each of those has matching money from the State of New Mexico to enhance their value. She also donated $50,000 to establish the Eve Yoquelet Scholarship in Theatre Arts. Additional gifts to that fund have increased its value to nearly $500,000. Earnings from the endowment have provided 87 scholarships for theatre arts students since its inception in 1992.

She received an honorary doctorate from New Mexico State in 1990 and was the recipient of the Foundation’s Branding Iron Award in 1991 for extraordinary service, leadership and support to the university. In 1999, she was honored as a member of the Circle of Excellence-Silver, which recognizes donors with cumulative giving to New Mexico State of $500,000 to $999,999.

Yoquelet served on the New Mexico State President’s Associates Board, Foundation Board and Business Advisory Council.