05/09/2026
๐ข Nominate an outstanding alum for the James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service by May 15!
Each year, the NMSU Foundation celebrates the Distinguished Alumni Awards during Homecoming, and the most prestigious of these is the โจ James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service โจ
The JFC award recognizes the highest levels of exceptional, progressive service to New Mexico State University through dedicated involvement with the university, notable professional accomplishments, and impactful civic service within their communities. Recent JFC awardees have included Gabe Anaya โ59, Barbara โMotherโ Hubbard โ70, and Charles โCharlieโ Johnson โ61.
In 2025, the JFC awardee was NMSU Regents Professor Cynthia Bejarano โ95, โ97, Ph.D., who, among many other achievements, established the NMSU College Assistance Migrant Program (NMSU CAMP), co-founded Amigos de las Mujeres de Juรกrez, and has received myriad awards including the Governorโs Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women. โจ
โ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 19, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐๐๐, ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ.โ
What exceptional NMSU alum do YOU know who should receive the 2026 James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service? โก๏ธ Submit your nomination today: alwaysanaggie.org/alumni/awards/
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