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Join us for our Vice Presidential Debate Watch Party 6 pm Oct. 1!!
The Department of Government is excited to host another Debate Watch Party! Tuesday Oct. 1 - Please join us for the Vice-Presidential Debate between Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Ohio Senator JD Vance. Door Opens: 6 pm, Debate Starts: 7 pm, Breland Room 179 - Pizza and Beverages will be provided! Please RSVP by Noon Monday Sept. 30 at conner03@nmsu.edu or shirscha@nmsu.edu.
2024 Election Internships in New Mexico still Available!
Please contact these campaigns if you are interested!
Join us for our Presidential Debate Watch Party 6 pm Sept. 10!!
The Department of Government is excited to host a watch party for the first Presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. We will also share information about our two exceptional graduate programs including the MA in Government and nationally accredited Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree. Pizza and beverages will be provided!! Contact Dr. Conner at conner03@nmsu.edu for more information, and we look forward to seeing you there!
Join our new PhD Program in Transborder and Global Human Dynamics!
For more information, please e-mail us at transborder@nmsu.edu or call 575-646-4935.
New!
New!
New interdisciplinary Ph.D program in Transborder & Global Human Dynamics at New Mexico State University - focus areas include migration, borders, public policy, human rights, and transborder environmental issues. Program will start in Fall 2025.
Congratulations!
To all Our Spring 2023 Scholarship Recipients. We'd also like to Congratulate our faculty award winners: Cory Sukala was the Mariposa Award Winner and Kim Seckler was named Professor of the Year.
Congratulations!
NMSU’s Model United Nations (MUN) team received the highest honors - Outstanding Delegation - during the 2023 National MUN competition in New York.
NEW! Masters Accelerated Program (MAP)
Qualified undergraduate students can ask to take up to 12 credits of graduate-level coursework as part of the Masters Accelerated Program (MAP) and have these credits count both for the BA and an eventual Master’s degree. If you are thinking of applying to the MA in Government or the Masters of Public Administration (MPA), speak with your professor about the MAP program. See the "Masters Accelerated Program in Dept of Government NMSU" link above for details.
What can I do with a Government degree? Many Things!
A: Many things!!…But don’t take just our word for it.
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New!
International and National Scholarship Opportunities
Wonderful Opportunities for our undergraduate and graduate government students! Please click on this link for a current list. Please contact Dr. Andrea Orzoff, director of NMSU's Office of National Scholarships and International Education (ONSIE) aorzoff@nmsu.edu
Interested in Global Issues? Join the Model United Nations at NMSU
Interested in international affairs and participating in a dynamic student organization with a track record of success? If so, learn more about the Model UN program and how to join: Email aggiemun@gmail.com.
Recent Research:
Read the report “The Pains & Profits of Immigrant Imprisonment: Migrant Testimonies from ICE Detention Centers in the El Paso ICE Field Office.” Click AVID NSF-REU Report Final Version 25 November 2020. This report is the result of collaborative research between Advocate Visitors with Immigrants in Detention (AVID) and student participants in the National Science Foundation-Research Experience for Undergraduates (NSF-REU) Site Program on Immigration Policy and Border Communities.
