Mesalands Community College & ENMU-Ruidoso Sign Partnership For Wind Energy And Cybersecurity Programs For Students

Submitted by Carol A. Clark
on October 3, 2022
- 6:23 am

Mesalands Community College and ENMU-Ruidoso Branch Community College, Tucumcari announce partnership to provide wind energy and cybersecurity training programs. Courtesy/MCC

President Ryan Trosper, left, of ENMU-Ruidoso Branch Community College shakes hands with President Gregory Busch of Mesalands Community College. Courtesy/MCC

MCC News:

Mesalands Community College (MCC) and ENMU-Ruidoso Branch Community College, Tucumcari, officially announced a new partnership that allows the two colleges to deliver high-quality training programs in Wind Energy and Cybersecurity to students.

Each institution provides services, infrastructure and access to programs not previously available to their students.

The partnership allows Mesaland’s students to seamlessly transfer into ENMU-Ruidoso’s Information Systems Cybersecurity Associate of Applied Science degree, and ENMU-Ruidoso students can transfer into Mesalands Wind Energy Technology Associate degree.

“Today marks an important day in the history of Mesalands as we formally welcome our first university partner into the Mesalands College University Center,” Mesalands College President Gregg Busch said. “As we join in partnership with Eastern New Mexico University at Ruidoso, we come together to not only expand new opportunities and programs for our students at each of our institutions, but we join in our mutual commitment to student success and opening new pathways and access to high demand, great paying jobs on the cutting-edge future technology. The Mesalands College University Center houses university partners which permit Mesalands students to expand their education to bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees on the campus in Tucumcari.”

“This partnership is all about collaboration and student success to eliminate barriers to education for students,” ENMU-Ruidoso President Trosper said.

For more information about enrolling in the Wind Energy or Cybersecurity programs through ENMU-Ruidoso, contact Director of Career and Technical Education John Rucker at 575.315.1137 or John.Rucker@enmu.edu.

To learn more about Mesalands’ Wind Energy Program, email the Director of Renewable and Sustainable Technology, Andy Swapp at andys@mesalands.edu. Cybersecurity program info through Mesalands College is available with Enrollment Management at 575.461.6604.