Highlands encourages students to look beyond the classroom. The Office of Campus Life oversees several clubs and organizations that are established by students. Each club represents a unique interest, both educational and academic in nature. Every chartered club and organization is open to all Highlands students.
All chartered clubs/organizations must (re)apply to the Office of Campus Life during the fall semester (no later than September 15) of each school year to be officially recognized by the university. Chartering of a new club/organization may take place at any time.
ACTIVITIES BOARD
Type: Activities
Purpose: To encourage participation in the planning and organizing of activities.
Adviser: John Bentley 505.454.3495
Department: Campus Life
ALPFA
Type: Business
Purpose: Provide leadership and networking opportunities to business students.
Adviser: Mary V. Romero 505.454.3580
Department: School of Business
AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS)
Type: Academic/Social
Purpose: Participate in a wide range of programs and activities.
Advisor: Dr. David Sammeth 505.454.3100
Department: Chemistry
AMERICAN INDIAN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SOCIETY (AISES)
Type: Professional
Purpose: Develop Native American professionals and leaders especially in STEM.
Advisor: Mary Shaw 505.454.3407
Department: Biology and Chemistry
ASL CLUB
Type: Academic/Social
Purpose: Promote the study of American Sign Language and awareness of Deaf culture through interaction with the local and larger deaf community and students of ASL and deaf culture from other colleges/universities
Adviser: Carol Litherland 505.426.2141
Department: Language & Culture
ASSOCIATION OF SOCIOLOGY
Type: Educational
Purpose: To support conferences presentations/attendance.
Adviser: Erika Derkas 505.454.3432
Department: Sociology
CAMPUS STUDENT FELLOWSHIP
Type: Religious
Purpose: Bible studies and sharing. Praise and singing.
Advisor: Andrellita Chavez (505) 426-2195
Department: ESS
CHROMAVISTA ART CLUB
Type: Academic and Social
Purpose: To develop the Highland’s art community.
Advisor: Todd Christensen (505) 454-3485
Department: Visual and Performing Arts
DELTA MU DELTA
Type: Honorary
Purpose: Scholastic honorary for graduate and undergraduate business majors
Adviser: James M. Peters 505.454.3128
Department: SOBA
EXERCISE & SPORT SCIENCES CLUB
Type: Social/Service
Purpose: Provide social/professional networking, leisure activities and wellness opportunities and service to the ESS Students, Department, and Highlands community
Adviser: Pete LeRoy or Dr. Joe G. Schmalfeld 505.454.3032/3212
Department: Exercise & Sport Sciences
GAY STRAIGHT ALLIANCE (GSA)
Type: Social
Purpose: To create awareness
Advisor: Erika Derkas and Kristie Ross 505.454.3432/3212
Department: Sociology & History for Women’s Studies
GRE STUDY GROUP
Type: Social/Honorary
Purpose: To aid students in the preparation for GRE testing.
Advisor: Erika Derkas 505.454.3432
Department: Sociology
HIGHLAND SHARP-SHOOTERS
Type: Sport Club
Purpose: To meet new people, occupy time productively and have fun.
Advisor: Gil Gallegos 505.454.3302
Department: Computer/Mathematical Sciences
HIGHLANDS CHRISTIAN CHALLENGE
Type: Religious
Purpose: To help Highlands University students follow Jesus by providing fellowship, worship and Bible study.
Adviser: Jesse L. Boggs 505.454.3414
Department: English
HIGHLAND UNIVERSITY GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY (HUGS)
Type: Educational and Recreational
Purpose: To introduce members of NMHU Campus to the Geology of NM and the U.S..
Adviser: Michael Petronis 505.454.3513
Department: Environmental Geology
INTERESTED LADIES OF GAMMA ALPHA OMEGA
Type: Sorority
Purpose: To increase the number of women with college degrees and provide mentors for youth.
Adviser: Jenny Arguello 505.426.2110
Department: Recruitment
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN DELEGATION
Type: Humanitarian/Non-Profit
Purpose: To provide humanitarian aid (medical aid, habitat for humanity) to international communities and/or the local Las Vegas community.
Advisor: Carol Linder 505.454.3267
Department: Biology
LADIES OF DYNASTY
Type: Community service
Purpose: Community based club, strong women of Highlands University.
Adviser: Margaret Gonzales 505.454.3595
Department: Campus Life and Conferences
LAMBDA KAPPA PSI SOROITY
Type: Sorority
Purpose: It’s a sisterhood that helps engage young women connect outside of the school.
Adviser: Margaret Gonzales 505.454.3319
Department: Campus Life and Conferences
LIVING IN FAITH TOGETHER (LIFT)
Type: Religious
Purpose: The purpose of the organization is to further the education and fellowship of students at New Mexico Highlands University, and to help one another grow in our walks of faith.
Adviser: Carol Litherland 505.426.2141
Department: History, Political Sciences, Languages & Culture
MEChA de NMHU (MOVIMIENTO ESTUDIANTIL CHICANO de AZTLAN)
Type: Political/Cultural
Purpose: To bring awareness to students and community members by promoting higher education, history, politics, and culture of the Chicano/Chicana people of Aztlan.
Advisor: Eric Romero, Ph.D. 505.454.3009
Department: Language and Culture
MEDIA ARTS CLUB - MAC
Type: Professional, Social and Artistic
Purpose: To support each other’s artistic work. To build professional networks, and to provide community outreach.
Adviser: Casondra Sobieralski 505.454.3468
Department: Media Arts
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF LEADERSHIP AND SUCCESS
Type: Honorary
Purpose: The National Society of Leadership and Success was founded to help individuals discover and achieve their aspirations by supplying the nation’s leading presenters to colleges via live interactive broadcast, and by helping students create a community where motivated goal oriented individuals help each other to succeed.
Advisor: Helen Boudreau 505.454.3553
Department: Student Support Services
NATIVE AMERICAN CLUB
Type: Social/traditional
Purpose: To become leaders for our school and community.
Adviser: Rochelle Yazzie 505.426.2049
Department: Native American Services
NEWMAN CLUB
Type: Religious
Purpose: To enrich the lives of Catholic students.
Adviser: LouAnn Romero 505.454.3087
Department: School of Social Work
NMHU CHEER AND DANCE SPIRIT SQUAD
Type: Club/Sport
Purpose: To promote school spirit and support all athletics and clubs on campus.
Adviser: Margaret Gonzales 505.454.3495
Department: Office of Campus Life
NMHU CONSERVATION CLUB
Type: Environmental
Purpose: To promote more conservation practices in and around the Highlands University campus and the Las Vegas community.
Advisor: Jesus Rivas 505.454.3292
Department: Biology
NMHU DISC GOLF CLUB
Type: Social
Purpose: To promote great character through competition and recreation.
Adviser: Jorden Grimm 505.454.3491
Department: Facilities Services
NMHU DRUMLINE
Type: Social
Purpose: To provide entertainment for social events such as parades, football games, etc.
Advisor: Edward Harrington 505.454.3569
Department: Music
NMHU FORESTRY CLUB
Type: Academic/Social
Purpose: To network students and have a presence on campus.
Advisor: F. Craig Conley 505.426.2267
Department: Natural Resource Management
NMHU INTERNATIONAL CLUB
Type: Social, interacting with different international students.
Purpose: The purpose of the International Club is to promote the development and integration of international students into the NMHU campus culture.
Advisor: Ernestine B. Clayton 505.454.3058
Department: International Educational Center
NMHU MEN’S SOCCER CLUB
Type: Men’s Soccer
Purpose: To encourage team work and a way for students to have fun, while playing soccer.
Adviser: Helen Boudreau 505.454.3553
Department: Student Support Services
NMHU MEN’S TRACK & FIELD CLUB
Type: Sports
Purpose: For male athletics to run, jump, and/or throw competitively against other athletics outside of the university and expand their skills.
Advisor: Patrick Johnson 505.454.3368
Department: Athletics
NMHU RUNNING CLUB
Type: Athletic
Purpose: To promote physical activity throughout campus by encouraging students and faculty to run/walk and participate in races.
Advisor: Richard Plunkett 505.426.2118
Department: Biology and Chemistry
NMHU RUGBY CLUB “VATOS
Type: Sports
Purpose: To promote physical fitness through a “gentleman’s” sport and the game of rugby.
Adviser: ER Dick Greene 505.454.3365
Department: B/C & MES
NMHU WARRIOR CHALLEGE
Type: Fitness
Purpose: A demanding workout environment where individuals will achieve beneficial body transformations.
Advisor: Lliana Ortiz 505.454.3472
Department: Recruitment
NMHU YOUNG DEMOCRAT CLUB
Type: Political
Purpose: Raise awareness of the political process at the university as well as within San Miguel County.
Advisor: Kristie Ross 505.454.3212
Department: History/Political Science
NMHU ZOO CREW (DJ CLUB)
Type: Social
Purpose: Organize and promote on-campus dances and events while maintaining musical and cultural diversity.
Advisor: Donna Martinez 505.454.3238
Department: KEDP Radio Station
PACIFIC ISLANDERS CLUB
Type: Polynesian
Purpose: Share our Polynesian cultures, values, dances, beliefs and to bring education of whom we are and what we can offer.
Adviser: Alfred Agcaoili 505.454.2017
Department: Sociology
PERFORMING ARTS CLUB
Type: Music
Purpose: To organize and improve the advancement of actors and vocal artists alike
Adviser: Dr. Andre Garcia-Nuthmann 505.454.3573
Department: Music Department/Performing and Visual Arts
PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY
Type: : Community service
Purpose: Uplift brotherhood, scholarship and service.
Adviser: Tom Ward 505.454.3196
Department: : Social & Behavioral Sciences
PHI ETA SIGMA
Type: Honor Society
Purpose: To acknowledge academic excellence among freshmen.
Adviser: Margaret Gonzales 505.454.3495
Department: Campus Life
PHI KAPPA PHI
Type: Honorary
Purpose: To acknowledge academic excellence among upper division undergraduates and graduates.
Adviser: Carolyn Newman 505.454.3383
Department: School of Education
PICAYUNE LITERATURE CLUB
Type: Literary Publishing
Purpose: To publish an annual literary magazine.
Adviser: Daniel Martinez 505.426.2073
Department: Humanities/English
PSI CHI
Type: Honorary
Purpose: Research funding service, civic, fundraising.
Adviser: David Pan 505.454.3375
Department: Social and Behavioral Sciences
ROCK CLIMBING CLUB
Type: Social
Purpose: To improve recreational opportunities, provide students with new experiences, teach outdoor skills and build confidences.
Advisor: Edward A. Martinez 505.454.3366
Department: Natural Resources Management
SIGMA TAU DELTA/ ALPHA ZETA PSI CHAPTER
Type: Honors
Purpose: Honor Society
Adviser: Daniel Martinez 505.426.2073
Department: English
STUDENT AMBASSADORS
Type: Honorary
Purpose: Assist within the office of recruitment to recruit prospective students.
Advisor: Julia Andrada 505.454.3323
Department: Office of Student Recruitment
TWIRLING CLUB
Type: Athletic/Social
Purpose: To introduce and improve twirling skills individually and as a team.
Adviser: Sara Brown 505.454.3320
Department: Natural Resource Management
UNICEF CAMPUS INITIATIVE CLUB
Type: Social
Purpose:Raise awareness on the child’s situation around the world, and raise funds to support effort made by UNICEF.
Adviser: Elizabeth Ratzlaff 505.426.2009
Department: ARMAS
VAQUERA’S
Type: Women’s Rugby
Purpose: To play, learn, and have fun
Adviser: Mary Shaw 505.454.3407
Department: Biology and Chemistry
WOMEN’S CENTER
Type: Service oriented
Purpose: To offer services to women.
Advisor: Erika Derkas and Kristie Ross 505.454.3432/3212
Department: Sociology
WOMEN 4 A CHANGE
Type: Activist/academic
Purpose: To empower women through educational art.
Adviser: Erika Derkas or Kristie Ross 505.454.3432/3212
Department: Sociology/Women’s Studies
WOMEN’S STUDIES AND PROGRAMS
Type: Academic
Purpose: To attend conferences.
Advisor: Erika Derkas and Kristie Ross 505.454.3432/3212
Department: History
Y&F QUEENS
Type: Entertainment
Purpose: To bring people together and make a change through the success of entertainment.
Advisor: Don Evans 505.454.3572
Department: Visual and Performing Arts
Last Updated 10/25/12