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Las Cruces Sun-News 1A, 7A Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips (1 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Las Cruces Sun-News 1A, 7A Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips (2 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Albuquerque Journal A7 Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips (1 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Albuquerque Journal A7 Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips (2 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Albuquerque Journal A7 Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips (1 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Albuquerque Journal A7 Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips (2 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook 7 Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips Marketing and Communications
Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook 7 Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips Marketing and Communications
Albuquerque Journal Business Outlook 17 Monday, May 25, 2020 NMSU News Clips Marketing and Communications
Democratic Underground (Kensington, MD) Web Search Saturday, May 23, 2020 FLIPPABLE: Paul Baca for NM-SD29 Paul A. Baca is the son of LeRoy and Sylvia-Sachs Baca. Paul was born and raised in the Mid-Rio Grande Valley, attending St. Mary’s School, Belen Public Schools and Graduating from Belen Schools. After High School Paul attended New Mexico State University where he studied Business Finance. Upon returning from NMSU, Paul began working in his family’s auto business, Baca Auto Sales, Inc. Paul married Loretta Gomez a Belen Native, whom he has been married to for over 30 years. Paul and Loretta have 4 Children, Emilio-24, Alexa-22, Joely-20 and Eli-18. Emilio is a graduate of NMSU, Alexa is a senior at NMSU, Joely is a sophomore at NMSU and Eli is a Senior at Belen High School. Paul and Loretta are strong proponents of Public Education. Loretta was a Kindergarten Teacher in the Belen School system. Paul and Loretta have educated each of their four children in the system. Paul believes that public education builds a good foundation for dealing with the realities of the World. Paul’s roots and experience in business go back many generations. Paul’s Maternal Grandfather Pilar Sachs founded and ran the local appliance store in Belen, Sachs Appliance. Paul’s Paternal Grandfather, Macedonio Baca began the Baca business in 1939, beginning with one gas pump, $6.00 hard money and borrowed equipment, and through hard work, perseverance and good customer service, he along with his Sons Ruben and LeRoy built the business to include the Original Baca Auto which began in 1955, the Mountain View Motel and Whiteway Café established in 1946, Baca Chevrolet in Mountainair which began in 1968, Baca Pontiac Buick GMC founded in 1981. Paul and Loretta have continued this business legacy, developing their business Long John Silvers, A&W and Young Baca’s Kicks 66 as well as the continued tradition of helping others, providing jobs and giving back to their community. Paul manages the business aspect of things and Loretta manages the daily operations. After 70 years in business and the retirement of his father in 2009, Baca Auto closed its doors after 70 years in business, the family decided that they had served the community well. Upon the closing of the Baca Auto Dealership, Paul was offered a job as the Vice-President of Finance and Administration with Valley Improvement Association, just 4 months into his job as VP at VIA, Paul was offered the job as President and CEO at VIA. Through some very troubling times, Paul was able to shore up VIA and return it to a sound state, paying off and cleaning up debt, simplifying the operation and creating a streamlined system. Through this Paul has learned many different legal aspects, and serving as a Quasi-Government Entity, Paul has learned how to deal with Government and at the end of the day, get things done. NMSU News Clips (1 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Democratic Underground (Kensington, MD) Web Search Saturday, May 23, 2020 Paul has held many leadership positions in the community including: Past Board Member of the First National Bank of Belen, Board member and President of the Greater Belen Chamber of Commerce, Member and Past President of The Belen Rotary Club, member of the Valencia County Fair Board, Harvey House Board, Founder and past President of the Belen Lodgers Tax Board, Valencia County Literacy Council, New Mexico Workforce Connections, Belen Economic Development Committee Chair, Board member and chairman of Valley Improvement Association, President of The Manzano Conservation Foundation, City of Rio Communities Economic Development Committee, UNM-Valencia Development Board, Belen Railway Employees Credit Union Board as well as numerous boards and committees for the Belen Schools. Now Paul wants to take his broad range of common-sense knowledge to Santa Fe. He believes that in order to serve properly, you must be able to fully understand the true needs of your community, Paul understands the needs, in fact, He lives it each and every day. Paul will lead by example in the tradition that his years of community involvement, business experience and leadership roles have prepared him to do. He will not only show up, he will speak up, he will represent the unrepresented. Our representation should be accessible to all, and Paul will do that, he lives, breathes and loves our community, lets let him take that passion for this District to Santa Fe and bring back lasting, positive results. NMSU News Clips (2 of 2) Marketing and Communications
El Paso Herald-Post Web Search Saturday, May 23, 2020 NMSU Arrowhead Center accelerator success: Emerging Technology Ventures awarded $200k Cassie McClure Emerging Technology Ventures Inc. owners Deborah Hudson (left) and Cliff Hudson review their Navy contract with their daughter and ETV marketing manager Amanda Hudson. New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center is celebrating the success of ETV, which has taken part in several Arrowhead Center programs. The company recently received a $200,000 Small Business Innovation Research award. | Photo courtesy NMSU New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center is celebrating the success of Emerging Technology Ventures Inc. (ETV). The company, which has taken part in several Arrowhead Center programs, recently received a $200,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award. “Arrowhead Center and NMSU have played an integral role in our growth as a company since 2015 when our first engineering interns joined us from NMSU,” said Cliff Hudson, ETV’s chief executive officer. ETV has taken part in AgSprint – an accelerator for agriculturally focused businesses – and was the 2018 winner of AgAssembly. “As our technology and operational concepts for employing autonomous systems, precision sensing, and predictive analytics matured, the AgSprint program resulted in our first application in precision agriculture, GreenAI,” Hudson said. During AgSprint, ETV was able to take a deep dive into customer discovery, where they took stock of the data farmers already had, but which the farmers were unable to process quickly. ETV used drones and robots augmented with artificial intelligence to sift through new data and analyze that alongside previously collected data sets to give farmers precisely the right recommendations for their fields and specific crops. ETV was awarded a $20,000 contract for GreenAI, sponsored by Arrowhead’s industry partner, the New Mexico Gas Company, an Emera company, at AgSprint. This allowed ETV to grow its business by recruiting employees – they are on track to have 24 in New Mexico and one in Indiana – and educate a budding workforce by bringing on interns from NMSU, Navajo Technical University and high school students interested in robotics or coding. “The AgSprint training in customer discovery and market validation, along with the strategic mentorship has helped us chart our path from concept to market,” he said. “We used this knowledge to adapt the GreenAI technology to a NMSU News Clips (1 of 2) Marketing and Communications
El Paso Herald-Post Web Search Saturday, May 23, 2020 new market application for wind turbine inspection and condition-based maintenance, SkyAI.” Hudson said the SkyAI program – which inspects the turbine blade for defects similar to those encountered on an aircraft – allowed them to adapt the system to the Navy’s requirements. “Then we utilized the Arrowhead Center SBIR Accelerator (ACSA) program to improve the quality of our SBIR proposal and their micro grants to develop a government compliant cost accounting system,” said Hudson. The ACSA program is a multi-week accelerator that provides real-time assistance for those seeking SBIR/STTR funding. It was created to demystify federal processes and provide comprehensive proposal development support that many clients needed. For participants, it’s a very intense process, requiring active participation, weekly learning sessions, homework, and in-class activities. “We’re thrilled to hear about his award and congratulate the team on their success,” said Del Mackey, Arrowhead Center Senior Economic Development officer. “It has been a pleasure to work with Cliff through a variety of Arrowhead programs over the past few years, as he proves the ecosystem works and we provide assistance every step of the way in growth and development.” ACSA utilizes a cohort style approach that provides an introduction into the programs, why they matter for small businesses, and comprehensive instruction on proposal preparation. ACSA is expanding and has three upcoming cohorts: one focused on Small Business Technology Transfer, one focused on the National Science Foundation, and one focused on the National Institutes of Health. “Our ACSA program was created when we identified a need for more intense support throughout the entire SBIR/STTR proposal development process and is something we hope to expand through our NM FAST program,” said Dana Catron, Arrowhead Center’s SBIR program director. “By providing real-time support to participants, we can ensure they receive directed assistance that will result in a strong proposal package.” Agency-specific cohorts will walk participants through every step of creating and submitting a complete and compelling proposal package to that agency. The final activity is a live submission session where participants are provided guidance and oversight while they submit their proposal package. “The bottom line is that we feel we’re never alone and have a strategic partner with genuine concern, reach, and resources to support our growth as a New Mexico business,” Hudson said. To learn more about how joining the upcoming ACSA cohorts, click here or contact Catron at dderego@ad.nmsu.edu or (505) 469-8411. NMSU News Clips (2 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Parabolicarc.com (Mojave, CA) Web Search Sunday, May 24, 2020 Galactic Unite Grants Twelve Scholarships to Students Doug Messier Scholarship students (Credit: Virgin Galactic) MOJAVE, Calif. (Virgin Galactic PR) — Through our Galactic Unite initiative, we’ve continued to award STEM scholarships to students pursuing degrees in aerospace during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since March, Galactic Unite, together with Virgin Galactic Future Astronauts, has awarded $20,000 in scholarships, to nine students from San Diego State University and three from University of California, San Diego. The scholarship includes funding and access to a year-long mentoring package from staff at Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company. Galactic Unite aims to drive positive change for young people by working to ensure future generations are equipped to apply the space perspective to Earth’s greatest challenges. As a part of that, we seek to inspire the next generation of engineers, pilots and rocket scientists to pursue careers within the fast-emerging commercial space industry. These are unsettling times for all, but especially for many young students who are now having to learn from home while schools have been closed. Joshua Elmer is a recipient of the Galactic Unite Jones’ Scholarship, funded by Future Astronaut, Gavin Jones, and is one of the twelve students to receive a scholarship during the Covid-19 pandemic: “This scholarship means I get to continue studying what I’m most passionate about, in the school I’m proud to be a part of, while also helping to take a significant burden off my family,” said Joshua. “The opportunity to work with a mentor and learn from someone who has already been where I’m going is also fantastic. I’m grateful for the doors this scholarship will open, and for the opportunities awaiting me and my family on the other side which might not have been possible otherwise.” Galactic Unite was born out of a unique collaboration between Virgin Galactic, its community of Future Astronauts, and Sir Richard Branson’s Foundation, Virgin Unite. It launched a global scholarship program in 2012 focused on promoting diversity in STEM and space education. Our Future Astronauts have donated $1 million into Galactic Unite scholarships which we have distributed to 93 students across the world. “I’ve been supporting Galactic Unite for over six years and have been impressed by the enthusiasm of the student NMSU News Clips (1 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Parabolicarc.com (Mojave, CA) Web Search Sunday, May 24, 2020 scholars and the tremendous support they receive from Galactic Unite,” said, Scott Borden, Virgin Galactic Future Astronaut and founder of the Galactic Unite Borden Scholarship at San Diego State University. Our mentors provide guidance to our Galactic Unite scholars across a wide range of areas and skills, including day to day college life. During these unprecedented times, our mentors are helping scholars navigate the challenges and preparing them for what lies ahead. Many of our scholars and mentors keep in touch even after graduating and going into the work force. Four of our former Galactic Unite scholarship recipients are now full-time employees across Virgin Galactic, The Spaceship Company and Virgin Orbit and some are now mentors themselves, offering the same support they received as part of the program. Christian Engelbrecht was one of the first Galactic Unite Borden Scholarship recipients and after graduating he joined The Spaceship Company as a full-time member of staff. “The Galactic Unite scholarship was an invaluable stepping stone for my career; without it, I wouldn’t be living my dream job every day. The support I got progressed into an internship at The Spaceship Company, which has turned into a full-time career that I couldn’t be more fortunate to have”, said Christian. “I’ve played a vital role in Spaceship Unity’s progress towards spaceflight, and have recently started control room training. To be able to be in the control room during a human spaceflight mission is a life goal of mine.” In the fall of 2019, we partnered with New Mexico State University (NMSU), the local university to Virgin Galactic’s commercial headquarters, The Gateway to Space at Spaceport America in New Mexico. Through this relationship, Galactic Unite launched a scholarship program that is currently supporting 11 students pursuing space- focused STEM majors. Just before the COVID-19 outbreak in February, the NMSU scholars visited Spaceport America for an educational tour and mentoring session delivered by our team at Virgin Galactic. “Getting to see VSS Unity in person gave me a rush of emotions. As an engineer, you read and study these complex systems, but seeing these beautiful aircraft up close helps visualize all the work that goes into such designs,” said, Luis Terrones, NMSU Student. We want to congratulate and welcome our new Galactic Unite Scholars to the family, and we hope to see you all soon! About Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic is a vertically-integrated aerospace company, pioneering human spaceflight for private individuals and researchers, as well as a manufacturer of advanced air and space vehicles. Using its proprietary and reusable technologies and supported by a distinctive, Virgin-branded customer experience, it is developing a spaceflight system designed to offer customers a unique, multi-day, transformative experience. This culminates in a spaceflight that includes views of Earth from space and several minutes of weightlessness that will launch from Spaceport America, New Mexico. Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company believe that one of the most exciting and significant opportunities of our time lies in the commercial exploration of space and the development of technology that will change the way we travel across the globe in the future. Together we are opening access to space to change the world for good. NMSU News Clips (2 of 2) Marketing and Communications
Santa Maria Times (Santa Maria, CA) Web Search Sunday, May 24, 2020 Ronald Gene Streich Ronald Gene Streich, age 77, passed away on May 4, 2020 at his home in Fresno, California. He was born July 23, 1942 to Oliver and Janelle Streich in Winslow, Arizona. As a child, Ron lived in Belen, NM and Gallup, NM where he graduated high school in 1960. Ron was accepted into a work-study program with the Physical Science Laboratory at New Mexico State University where he earned a B.S. in physics and math. With the experience of the years with the PSL program, Ron began work with Federal Electric Corporation at Vandenberg AFB, California. While living in Santa Maria, CA, he attended school at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and earned a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering. Ron worked as an engineer for various companies, moving with them to Edwards AFB, Wallops Island, and assignments worldwide. He specialized in aircraft, space and missile ground support systems. He enjoyed an illustrious career in the field of Telemetry Engineering and was well respected throughout the industry. Many of his concepts are still deployed in the most modern telemetry systems. Streich was a licensed pilot, a boating enthusiast and scuba diver. He was a member of Alfa Kappa Lambda Fraternity; and was a member of a Southern Baptist Church in the community where he lived or worked throughout his life. Survivors include: his brother and his wife, Lawrence and Gloria Streich, who were caretakers for Ron for several years, of Fresno, CA; his sister Carolyn Streich Muffley of Clovis, NM; his nephews: Rodney Muffley and his wife Bobbie of Clovis, NM and David Streich and wife Michelle of Clovis, CA; Nieces: Karen Streich Rodgers of Clovis, CA, Amy Muffley of Midland, TX and Wendy Muffley Cronk and her husband Brian of Lubbock, TX.; and numerous great nieces and nephews. He was preceded by his parents O.M. and Janelle, niece Janet Streich and his brother-in-law Russell Muffley. NMSU News Clips Marketing and Communications
Skanaa (Indonesia) Web Search Saturday, May 16, 2020 Is it true that anti-mosquito lotion can ward off DHF? This Explanation IN THE MIDDLE of the corona virus pandemic (COVID-19), the number of cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) in Indonesia experienced a drastic surge. As happened in Sikka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) which caused 39 people to die. The main cause of DHF is dengue virus infection that enters the human body through the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes that live in tropical and subtropical regions. To avoid these mosquito bites, most people use anti-mosquito lotions, which are sold in the nearest shops. But is the use of this lotion effective to ward off the spread of DHF? Quoted from Forbes, Saturday (05/16/2020), mosquitoes are attracted by the aroma of some chemicals produced by humans. Like lactic acid and 1-octane-3-ol. Two skin compounds that are produced by metabolism and sweat, and carbon dioxide released by humans. A study from New Mexico State University said that open access in the Journal of Insect Science found differences in results between Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti. Of the two mosquito species, the albopictus species appear to be less interested in this test. The test is carried out with mosquito repellent containing DEET which is claimed to be the best insect repellent. The DEET content was first developed to protect the soldiers on duty. Meanwhile, Senior R&D Director, Kathy Cearnal, explained, DEET affects mosquito receptors, preventing them from detecting humans. The most common side effect of using DEET is rash. Note: article appears as translated NMSU News Clips Marketing and Communications
Sportal.co.in Web Search Saturday, May 23, 2020 Legendary UTEP Miner running back Fred Wendt passes away UTEP: May 22, 2020 – All-American running back Fred Wendt, who set UTEP records with 326 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns versus New Mexico State on Nov. 25, 1948, has passed away.Wendt died on Monday (May 18), just two months shy of his 96th birthday. He was born on July 15, 1924 in Las Cruces, N.M. He attended school in Lubbock and Amarillo before moving to El Paso in 1938. He graduated from Austin High School in 1942 before entering Texas College of Mines (now UTEP). Wendt played for the Miners in 1942 and from 1946-48, sandwiched around a stint in the Army during World War II. He lettered in track and football at Texas College of Mines.Wendt’s college football career produced 283 carries for 2,166 yards and 23 touchdowns. He ranks first in the Miner record book in yards per attempt (7.65), sixth in rushing touchdowns, and 10th in rushing yards. Wendt rushed for 1,546 yards, the third-top seasonal output in school history, in 1948, while also setting the school standard with 20 rushing scores. He rushed for 100+ yards eight times in a Miner uniform.Upon graduation he held the NCAA record for single-season rushing yards, single-season scoring (152 points), single-game rushing (326 vs. NMSU) and single-game scoring (42 vs. NMSU). He is one of only two Miners to rush for 300 yards in a game, alongside current Green Bay Packers star Aaron Jones, who achieved the feat with 301 yards versus North Texas in 2016.Wendt’s record-breaking performance versus New Mexico State in 1948 resulted in a 92-7 Miner victory. UTEP team records for points, touchdowns (14) and rushing yards (645) were established in that game and still stand to this day.Wendt was also the Miners’ leading punter during the 1946, 1947 and 1948 seasons.A two-time All-American (1947 and 1948), Wendt was inducted into the UTEP Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. He is also a member of the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame. In 2008, he was chosen as a member of the 75th Anniversary All Sun Bowl Team. He rushed for a game-high 92 yards on 15 carries in the 1949 Sun Bowl Game versus West Virginia. Wendt is survived by his wife of 70 years, Dorris, three daughters, and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. NMSU News Clips Marketing and Communications
UNM Newsroom (Albuquerque) Web Search Friday, May 22, 2020 Engineering professor makes history by converting in-person conference to online format Kim Delker Planning had been taking place for months, but like so many other events this spring, it was on the brink of cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tariq Khraishi, a professor of mechanical engineering at The University of New Mexico, was tasked with chairing a large regional conference to be held in Albuquerque at the end of March, and everything was set to go. The 2020 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Gulf-Southwest (GSW) section conference was to be held at the Albuquerque Marriott in Uptown. But instead of attracting faculty members, administrators, staff, professionals and students from around the country to the Duke City, the worsening coronavirus pandemic forced Khraishi to cancel the in-person conference, which was a highly disappointing outcome for something he had planned so hard to organize (along with faculty members from UNM, New Mexico Tech and New Mexico State University). However, he didn’t give up. Instead, he came up with an entirely new mode of delivery: moving everything online. Khraishi, who is chair-elect of Zone III of ASEE (with his appointment as chair beginning June 2021), was confident that instead of scrapping the conference that was ready to launch, he could transfer it online and still have a meaningful experience for attendees. So, within about a month, that is exactly what happened. Khraishi was able convert the conference to a series of online presentations and messages on April 23-24 and April 29. Khraishi said the Gulf Southwest section was the first ASEE section conference in the country to be conducted fully online, which intrigued ASEE headquarters, which holds many in-person conferences that will likely need to be converted to online in the coming months. “It was the first ASEE section conference to be done fully online and therefore had the attention of the ASEE national organization, which was very interested in seeing how it went, its successes and its challenges,” he said. “They want to use the lessons learned as they move themselves into digital conferencing for the main summer conference and others.” Not only was the conference successfully transferred to a virtual arena, but nearly all of the attendees kept their NMSU News Clips (1 of 2) Marketing and Communications
UNM Newsroom (Albuquerque) Web Search Friday, May 22, 2020 registration or participation, he said. There were 87 total presentations, 32 of those by students, and 76 papers submitted. Since the conference was originally scheduled to be spread over one-and-a-half days of presentation sessions, it was spread over three days in the virtual version, since there couldn’t be any concurrent sessions as in an in-person conference. Also, since Khraishi was the moderator of all the sessions, he wanted to make sure there were enough people who tuned in for each session. “This totally-online experience was new to us and thus had an element of unknown. We didn’t know what to expect,” he said. The theme of the conference was "Engineering Engineering Education (E3): Innovations in the Classroom and Beyond.” The online conference featured a welcome video message from Christos Christodoulou, Jim and Ellen King Dean of Engineering and Computing. The topics covered in the sessions were wide-ranging, including technology in the classroom, diversity, student engagement, integrating design thinking into engineering courses, ethics education, professional skills, augmented reality, mentorship, and even differential calculus and geometry. Presenters were from universities and organizations, including ASEE, Texas A&M, University of Texas-Dallas, Rice University, Texas Tech, as well as UNM, New Mexico State and New Mexico Tech. In addition to the professional sessions, there was also a full slate of student technical presentations on a wide variety of engineering topics. The ASEE GSW section is one of the most active ASEE sections in the country, Khraishi said, representing ASEE members in New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana. Through the Gulf-Southwest section, members participate in professional activities at the local level and form regional networks of educators with common interests and goals. Section activities include an annual section conference; conducting workshops and professional development activities for faculty members and administrators; sponsoring awards for professional excellence; and issuing newsletters. NMSU News Clips (2 of 2) Marketing and Communications
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