05/09/2026
📢 Nominate an outstanding alum for the James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service by May 15!
Each year, the NMSU Foundation celebrates the Distinguished Alumni Awards during Homecoming, and the most prestigious of these is the ✨ James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service ✨
The JFC award recognizes the highest levels of exceptional, progressive service to New Mexico State University through dedicated involvement with the university, notable professional accomplishments, and impactful civic service within their communities. Recent JFC awardees have included Gabe Anaya ’59, Barbara “Mother” Hubbard ’70, and Charles “Charlie” Johnson ’61.
In 2025, the JFC awardee was NMSU Regents Professor Cynthia Bejarano ’95, ’97, Ph.D., who, among many other achievements, established the NMSU College Assistance Migrant Program (NMSU CAMP), co-founded Amigos de las Mujeres de Juárez, and has received myriad awards including the Governor’s Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women. ✨
“𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘍. 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘭 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘧 19, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘈𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵 𝘕𝘔𝘚𝘜, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥.”
What exceptional NMSU alum do YOU know who should receive the 2026 James F. Cole Memorial Award for Service? ➡️ Submit your nomination today: alwaysanaggie.org/alumni/awards/
Go Aggies!
