Domenici Conference

Domenici Conference Within our campus community, we have many extracurricular lectures and events that promote discovery and enrich the student experience. It is important to encourage students to take advantage of these opportunities that enhance their coursework. I hope you will join me in this effort. One such event is the Domenici Public Policy Conference. I host this conference each year and guide its planning. It is free to all university students and I seek your assistance in encouraging students to attend. The conference will be held at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Avenue, Sept. 16 and 17. This annual event – now in its eighth year – will highlight recent developments in four trending policy areas: the nation’s aging infrastructure, U.S. energy independence, regional economic development and Middle East policy. At the close of each speaker’s session, we will have staff outside the conference room ready to hand out tickets to students who attended the session. The ticket can be used to confirm a student’s attendance, for example, if you are in a position to offer extra credit or make the conference part of an assignment. Students can register for the entire conference or just one session. While they attend for free, registration is still required. Registrations are accepted online until 5 p.m., Sept. 14. For members of the public, faculty and staff, the two-day conference costs $50. The full agenda and registration information can be found at: www.domenici.nmsu.edu. For more information, call 646-2066. Lastly, some of you may know that university students from across the state compete each spring for an opportunity to question the conference speakers. I would like to recognize the six NMSU students who were awarded positions on the Domenici Student Panel. They are: Michael Alarid Barrio, Rhetoric and Professional Communication; Bethany Blundell, Journalism and Mass Communications; Chu Hui Cha, Counseling Psychology; Aaron Lindsay, Chemical Engineering; Angie Mestas, Agricultural Biology; and, Kristen Sullivan, Government. Congratulations! Thank you for your help with this important effort.