The College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Scicences Open House.

I hope everyone has added the first ever ACES Open House, April 14, to their calendars! This event is a great opportunity to showcase our college activities and impacts in research, Extension and teaching, to the greater NMSU community and to the public. April 14th will be here in a blink and we need to have all hands on deck to help make this a successful event! The event will take place within all of the college buildings from 1:00 – 4:00 PM. We will start with a welcome from Dean Flores at 1:00 PM in the GT Auditorium, followed by an overview of the college and the event. About 1:30 PM, participants should start moving around visiting the buildings and viewing displays. Educational displays and posters are planned for Skeen Hall, Gerald Thomas Hall, Knox Hall and the Judging Pavilion. In addition, we will have many of our labs and auxiliary services, including but not limited to the Animal Facilities, Chile Pepper Institute, Sam Steele Café, Fido Lab, Arthropod Museum, Wildlife Museum (and more), open for tours throughout the afternoon. There will also be a Horse Carnival that afternoon that will provide an opportunity for kids to ride and paint horses! Refreshments will be provided in Skeen Hall, Gerald Thomas Hall and Knox Hall. There will also be a poster competition for undergraduate and graduate students. The college will provide a $1,000 first place prize and a $500 second place prize in each category (undergraduate competition and graduate student competition). ACES will provide the winners with a “scholarship” in their NMSU account and they will be able to use their prize to support their education as needed. In addition to student posters, faculty are encouraged to set up posters and/or displays. There is no size limit for posters. However, if new posters are printed we are encouraging that they to be no larger than 40” wide X 42” high (this matches the URC requirements). Additionally, all posters must contain a public value/impact statement – this is a brief, one to two sentence summary, in layman’s terms with no acronyms or jargon, about the value/importance of the work to the public. If the poster was printed for another activity, the public value statement can be included as a separate part of the display. MARCH 28 is the deadline for notifying your department head that you will have a poster/display for the Open House. Additionally, students wishing to be in the competition must provide their name, department and poster title to their department head by the MARCH 28 deadline. Students who miss this deadline may display their poster, but will not be included in the competition. Below are some key points to remember about the event: • Faculty are strongly encouraged to make this a priority event. • All posters and displays must have a person attending who can answer questions about the display. • If you are willing to open your “lab” for tours, please notify your department head by MARCH 28 – If your lab is open for tours, an employee must be present to discuss the activities of the lab. • All faculty and staff will be asked to help promote the event. Marketing and Communications will provide social media posts and e-invite’s which can be distributed to electronic mailing lists. The first of these materials should be ready within a couple of weeks. • Building activities are being coordinated by co-chairs noted below. Please contact these co-chairs for questions regarding plans and displays in these areas: o Skeen Hall (PES, EPPWS, EPS and “plant science related” ASCs) – Dr. Rolston St. Hilaire and Dr. Jerry Sims o Gerald Thomas Hall (AEAB, FCS, EFCS, AXED, HRTM, 4-H, county extension offices) – Dr. Jean Hertzman and Dr. Steve Beck o Knox Hall and the Judging Pavilion (FWCE, ANRS, EASNR, and “animal science related” ASCs) – Dr. Shanna Ivey and Dr. Kathy Stoner If you have any questions about this event, please do not hesitate to contact me (ngoldber@nmsu.edu, 646-3125) THANK YOU ALL IN ADVANCE for helping to make this a successful event! Natalie