[1st-mile-nm] NTIA Award to NM Highlands U.

[Richard Lowenberg]

New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) in Las Vegas, New Mexico is one 
of Five Minority-Serving U.S. Colleges and Universities to be awarded 
just announced funding by the NTIA Connecting Minority Communities Pilot 
Program (CMC).

Highlands is to receive $2,988,682.27 for "Building Sustainable 
Technology and Equity Connected Communities through Youth and Adult 
Workforce Development: the Acequia and Land Grant Education" (ALGE).  
The project will use digital technology to deliver a culturally 
responsive curriculum to underserved populations in Northern New Mexico 
(NMM), and culturally sustaining pedagogy to teachers of students in 
underserved populations.

The CMC grants, directed by NTIA’s Office of Minority Broadband 
Initiatives, cover costs such as the purchase of high-speed Internet 
service and eligible equipment, the hiring and training of information 
technology personnel, and innovation and workforce development efforts.

R.

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Richard Lowenberg, Executive Director
1st-Mile Institute     505-603-5200
Box 8001, Santa Fe, NM 87504,
rl at 1st-mile.org     www.1st-mile.org
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