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Union Pacific Announces Grant Opportunity for Dona Ana County Organizations
Union Pacific Foundation is now accepting grant applications from a variety of organizations in a community served by Union Pacific Railroad, which includes Dona Ana County. The Foundation has a strong interest in promoting organizational effectiveness among nonprofits. To that end, the Foundation will dedicate the majority of these grants to help nonprofit organizations build their capacity, increase their impact, and operate more efficiently and effectively. The Foundation will be...
NMSU’s Camp Innoventure Now Enrolling Young Entrepreneurs
Release courtesy of NMSU News Center WRITER: Justin Bannister, (575) 646-5981, jbannist@nmsu.edu CONTACT: Marie Borchert, (575) 646-7839, mhaaland@ad.nmsu.edu Registration is now open for New Mexico State University's Camp Innoventure, where middle school students spend a week learning how to create their own business. The camp is sponsored by NMSU's Arrowhead Center and runs June 14-19 at the university. "Students will get a true idea of starting a business, as well as producing and marketing...
Manufacturing Executive Featured at June Business on the Border
The June meeting of the MVEDA Business on the Border Forum will be held on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 from 11:30 AM until 1:00 PM at the Hotel Encanto de Las Cruces, 705 S. Telshor. The meeting will begin with a hot entree buffet followed by a brief update by MVEDA staff. The June Forum will feature Gail E. Houser, Western Regional Director of the National Tooling and Machining Association. The National Tooling and Machining Association is the national representative for the 1,400+ small machining...
Deadline Nears For Consulting Projects at Arrowhead Center
Article courtesy of the Las Cruces Bulletin By Gabriel Vasquez The dedicated staff of business research consultants at New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center is patiently waiting for new assistance proposals to start arriving before the institution's May 31 deadline. Arrowhead's Entrepreneurship Institute is a one-stop resource for people looking to start or expand a business. Each summer, consultants at the institute work on eight to 10 projects from potential entrepreneurs, existing...
Cow Power: Company Makes Waste into Clean Energy Source
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Brook Stockberger As you travel on Interstate 10 south of Las Cruces near Mesquite, the discernible aroma of cow is often in the air. Now that smell could be a multimillion dollar business that helps the environment as well. R-Qubed Energy, a New Mexico-registered company operated by a group of El Paso business folks, hopes to break ground this summer on a $74 million, 11-acre plant that will employ 80 to 90 full-time workers and turn methane from cow...
Las Cruces SBDC Schedules May Workshops
The Las Cruces Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offers quality confidential counseling and guidance for business owners, prospective owners, and managers. It regularly offers workshops and seminars to aid new and existing business in expanding their business. May 14 - SMART MARKETING STRATEGIES Half the money spent on advertising is wasted. Would you like to learn which half? As a new business it is difficult to determine where and how your advertising dollars should be spent. During...
Orion Abort System Test Launch “Flawless”
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Steve Ramirez A standing ovation for Don Reed, manager of the Orion Flight Test Office, and the word "flawless" summed up the feelings of Thursday's successful test of Orion's pad abort system, at White Sands Missile Range. The 95-second launch went off without a hitch as a prototype of Orion's crew capsule lifted off at exactly 7 a.m., flew to an altitude of 6,090 feet, rolled over on cue, and floated back to WSMR's desert floor at a rate of 24 feet...
Register Now for 2010 Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open Competition
Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open, an organization of volunteers dedicated to helping cleantech startups succeed, is now accepting applications for the 2010 Rocky Mountain Cleantech Open Competition. The Cleantech Open's mission is to find, fund, and foster the big ideas that address today's most urgent energy, environmental, and economic challenges. We deliver our world-class training program in the context of a business competition designed to increase the cleantech entrepreneur's chances of...
Students Launch Rocket at Spaceport America
Article courtesy of Las Cruces Sun-News By Diana M. Alba As the 20-foot, 1,100-pound rocket fired gracefully skyward against the backdrop of a New Mexico sunrise Tuesday, something struck a chord in the heart of 19-year-old Quang Tran. A Vietnam native who's studying computer science at New Mexico Highlands University, Tran and his classmates were among the roughly 100 college and high school students from around the state who had science projects aboard the rocket. Going into the launch, Tran...
Education Launch to Be Webcast Live At Launchnm.Com
Release courtesy of New Mexico Space Grant Consortium The New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (NMSGC) is planning to webcast the Second Annual Education Launch live from Spaceport America on Tuesday, May 4. The UP Aerospace SL-4 rocket is scheduled to launch at 6 a.m. MDT, and will be seen live on the Internet at the NMSGC website (www.launchnm.com/the_launch.php) via Ustream, a leading live interactive broadcast platform. NMSGC is hosting the Second Annual Education Launch from Spaceport...
