Skip navigation.
New Mexico State University

Distinguished Extension Award

Description:
Recognition for the Extension Award will be considered in the following areas:

  • Excellence in organizing the program or activities
  • Excellence in guiding and planning the program or activities
  • Excellence in teaching and carrying out the planned program or activities
  • Excellence in reporting accomplishments of the program or activities.

Eligibilty:
Full time faculty or professional (appointment must be at least 51%) extension staff member who has been employed for three consecutive years. (Administrators are not eligible.)

Nomination Deadline:
March 1

Nominations:
Clients, alumni, students, or employees of the Extension Service may nominate. The nomination will be forwarded to the Dean's office accompanied by a minimum of documentary evidence which will include:

  • A listing of Extension accomplishments
  • Personal data which would be of value in evaluating the contributions made
  • A statement attesting to why the person should be considered for the award and what makes the award noteworthy at the time the person is to be considered for the award
  • A supporting statement by the individual's immediate supervisor

Recipient will receive:
A certificate, a medal and cash award


Mail letters of nomination to:
Awards Committee c/o
Dean, College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
P.O. Box 30003, MSC 3AG
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM 88003

On-campus address:
Gerald Thomas Hall
Room 220
MSC 3AG

Email:
Typed nomination letters may be sent to The Dean's Office.


Past winners:

  • Curtis A. Grimes
  • Elsie Cunningham
  • Keith Austin
  • Dorothy Y. Hanny
  • Richard G. Marek
  • Bobby J. Rankin
  • M. Douglas Bryant
  • Paul Trujillo
  • Aubrey R. Notman
  • Priscilla Grijalvav
  • Anthony Romo
  • James M. Sachse
  • Palemon Martinez
  • Susan E. Wright
  • Jewell M. Limacher
  • James R. Sais
  • John J. Durkin
  • Edward H. Wallace
  • Robert F. Henard
  • Paula Roybal Sanchez
  • John W. Oren
  • John J. Chappell
  • Ron Parker
  • James Knight
  • Dan R. Liesner
  • Gerald L. Chacon
  • Robert Flynn
  • Emroy Shannonv
  • Jackie Martin
  • George W. Dickerson
  • Margaret Dines
  • Roberta Rios
  • Chris Allison
  • James W. Duffey
  • Charles E. Siepel
  • Kathy Treat
  • Anita Blanton
  • Sharon West
  • B. Jeanne Gleason
  • Robert O. Coppedge
  • Woods Houghton
  • Natalie Goldberg
  • Martha Archuleta
  • Mike English
  • Wendy Hamilton
  • Carol Sutherland
  • Curtis Smith
  • Linda Wells
  • Michael Patrick
  • Mark Marsalis*

*Indicates current recipient