A new student experience is in the works at five New Mexico colleges.
Through a collaborative effort three years in the making â the first of its kind in the nation â one admissions application could one day open the door to a wider variety of classes and support and ease the process of transferring from one school to another.
The project, announced Friday, has the potential to grow to more state institutions.
The move is expected to affect student recruitment, registration, financial aid and advisement at each of the five participating schools.
âWeâre trying to put studentsâ needs ahead of what has been a little bit easier for [colleges to do] in the past and look at it from a studentâs perspective,â said Becky Rowley, president of Santa Fe Community College, which is participating in the partnership.
LANL Community Conversation Highlights COVID, Economy
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The focus was primarily on the economy at Tuesday’s Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Conversation via Zoom. Laboratory Director Thom Mason opened with an update on the Lab’s response to COVID-19.
“We had to be very adaptable in our response to COVID-19,” Mason said. “The Lab is considered an essential service. Seventy percent of our staff is working remotely.”
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The Lab is testing personnel working onsite and other employees with concerns they might be infected, Mason said. Although the Lab is on the same trajectory as the surrounding area, in which cases increased over the past month, Mason said that recently, the Lab has seen “a tapering of growth.”
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   New Mexico Governor Michele Lujan Grisham said Monday that New Mexicoâs reset was starting to show results in a slowing of the spread of the novel coronavirus in the state.
   County Health and Human Services Director Lauren Reichelt said in a phone interview she was not seeing a change in the rate in Rio Arriba County at this point, but thereâs been a shift in distribution. Reichelt said that previously upwards of 66 percent of cases were coming from the city, while now itâs only 40 to 50 percent.
   âI donât know if thatâs from the numbers in Española going down or everyone else going up,â Reichelt said.
   The police blotter is published to give readers an abridged look at criminal activity in their community and neighborhood. It is simply an illustration of what local law enforcement, funded by taxpayers, must deal with daily throughout the Española Valley.
   Española Police officers, Ohkay Owingeh Tribal Police, Rio Arriba County Sheriffâs deputies or State Police responded to the following calls:
Trashy morning
Nov. 22
   1:44 a.m. A Santa Fe County deputy was flagged down for a rollover accident on State Road 76 in Truchas. New Mexico State Police were on scene. The car was unoccupied.
   4:08 a.m. An Española Police Department officer removed a polycart placed in the middle of North Riverside Drive and Valley Drive.