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Alumni Stories

Maya Hopkins with her students.
Maya Hopkins with her students.

This is a new page featuring stories from our graduates. If you have an interesting story about how/where you're using your education, please email education.nmsu.edu.

  • Carlsbad's Head Start site supervisor Daina Taylor has been named the national winner of the Helen Hollingshed Taylor Memorial Scholarship. Read more...
  • Maya Hopkins graduated in December of 2002. She received the outstanding senior award and used her portfolio to present to NCATE for the accredidation process. She taught as a TEFL Volunteer in Bangladesh and kept a blog about her experiences which you can view at http://www.mayanomad.blogspot.com/
  • The winner of this years School Counselor of the Year goes to Tammi Mackeben, a school counselor from Ernesto Serna PK-8 School, in El Paso, Texas, and an alum of New Mexico State University. She has been named the top school counselor in America. The program is sponsored by the American School Counselor Association. Tammi Mackeben is a professional school counselor and has been for eight years. As a school counselor she works with individuals as well as entire classrooms to help students achieve academically, personally, socially, and find success in their future careers. You can find more information about Tammi Mackeben and the American School Counselor Association at http://www.schoolcounselor.org/.