A systemwide return-to-campus plan

Please take time to explore NMSU READY: A systemwide return-to-campus plan . This is a living document, informed by the plans from our colleges and service units, and it is filled with links to detailed protocols created by our knowledgeable professional and based on advice from experts from the CDC, NMDOH, and professional organizations.

What's inside the plan?

COVID-19: What everyone should know

When to come back to campus

Facility Readiness

Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Systems

Instructional Readiness

Student Life

Protecting Your Health & Safety

Reporting COVID-19 at NMSU

Cleaning After a Positive Test Notification

Ready for our community

Documenting our planning & decisions

We'll be ready for you

Helpful Resources

Report a positive COVID-19 Case

Better days are on the horizon

Better days are on the horizon

As the state’s land-grant and space-grant university, and as a designated Minority-Serving and Hispanic-Serving Institution, the New Mexico State University system fosters learning, inquiry, diversity and inclusion, social mobility, and service to the broader community. Our mission is to serve the diverse needs of the state through comprehensive programs of education, research, extension and outreach, and public service.

In the face of an ever-changing COVID-19 pandemic landscape, one principle guides our planning, and has from the start: Our highest priority is the health and safety of our students, our employees, our local communities, and our state as we serve our land-grant mission.

It is critical to the success of NMSU in these times that everyone understands the facts about COVID-19 and their own role in protecting the health and safety of our NMSU community. To aid that understanding, we’ve developed this comprehensive document to help you confidently plan for the road ahead.

This plan is a living document, informed by plans from our colleges and service units, and we know that updates will be needed as the knowledge about this disease advances and best practices evolve. Our plans are also subject to changing guidelines from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Mexico Department of Health, and our own NMSU experts. We also expect to hear from you about ways that it can be refined and improved. Please visit ready.nmsu.edu and submit questions or ideas about the plan – or anything else that’s on your mind as you prepare for the return to campus.

The NMSU system will be open and ready for students in August as planned. NMSU Housing move-in begins August 14, and system-wide classes start August 19. Our academic calendar is unchanged.

The return to our campuses is guided by a COVID-19 Rapid Response Team led by NMSU’s vice chancellor and strategic chief financial officer, Ruth A. Johnston. The team is charged with creating a welcoming and functional campus environment, and doing so in a way that honors our LEADS 2025 goals and the continuation of academic progress.

We look forward to the coming academic year with optimism and confidence, knowing that we are #NMSUReady.

Sincerely,

Dan E. Arvizu
Chancellor

John D. Floros
President

What's inside the plan?

Better days are on the horizon

Better days are on the horizon

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