EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — New Mexico State University will have a potential $138 million in investments in projects and facilities across the system, thanks to the legislation signed earlier this week by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham.
NMSU will receive $57 million in special appropriations, capital projects and base funding through the legislation. The funding is “a powerful validation of the university’s vision and the momentum building under President Valerio Ferme’s leadership,” read a news release by the university.
With the additional $81 million in projects included in the state’s higher education general obligation bond question pending voter approval in November, the $138 million is the largest coordinated state commitment in recent history…