During New Mexico State University's Research and Creativity Week Nov. 11-15, more than 60 events will be held on campus including a dance performance by the kinesiology and dance program at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12. The events are open to the public. (NMSU photo by Andres Leighton)

To encourage collaboration across campus and celebrate the scholarly research and creative activity of faculty, staff and students, New Mexico State University will host Research and Creativity Week Nov. 11-15. Events are open to the public.

More than 60 events will be held on campus, and will include keynote addresses, highlighted faculty talks, posters presentations, media installations, performances and musical events, presentations of film, theater and the arts along with professional development opportunities.

"The goal of Research and Creativity Week is to present the many facets of research and creative activities at NMSU," said Stephen Pate, physics professor and chair of the University Research Council.

Pate said Research and Creativity Week gives students an opportunity to learn how to prepare and present at professional conferences.

"For the students, it's part of their education. We encourage students to do these things. Faculty should do them too, as a way of showing students how presentations are done," he said.

Vice President of Research Luis Cifuentes said it is important to celebrate and support students who are presenting and performing. Also, he is hopeful Research and Creativity Week will lead to many interdisciplinary research collaborations.

"One of the goals is to have people connect, find out what others are doing and get great ideas on how they can work together," Cifuentes said.

Three keynote speeches will be given by NMSU alumni. Nancy Reichert will give a keynote address at 12 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13 at Corbett Center Student Union ballroom. Reichert was the first graduate from the molecular biology program in 1989 when she earned her Ph.D. Her talk will highlight the development and advances in plant science in the last three decades. Reichert is a professor at Mississippi State University's Department of Biological Sciences.

Jennifer Ryder Fox will give a keynote address, "Jersey girl learns about agriculture and green chile," at 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 14 at Corbett Center ballroom. After earning a Ph.D. in woody plant physiology at NMSU and working for Western Crop Protection Association, FMC Corporation and AgraQuest Inc., Fox returned to higher education in 2002 at California Polytechnic State University. She was a professor and first department head for the newly-formed Horticulture and Crop Science Department. From 2006-2014, she was dean of the College of Agriculture for California State University, Chico. Now living in Las Cruces, Fox has worked as an agricultural industry expert for NMSU's Arrowhead Center.

NMSU Chancellor Dan Arvizu will give a keynote address, "The role of technology for energy transformation," at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at Corbett Center ballroom.

A National Endowment for the Humanities workshop will be at 10 a.m. Nov. 13 in College of Health and Social Services, Room 218. Daniel Sack from NEH will lead the training for faculty.

The NMSU Water Initiative Fall 2019 event will be from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Corbett Center, Dona Ana Room 312. Attendees can learn about NMSU graduate student's water-related research and seek collaborations for NMSU faculty and graduate students on water-related research and grant proposals.

In addition to 19 scheduled open house events, six career development discussions for faculty and students are slated for the week. An awards presentation will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15 at Pete's Patio in Corbett Center.

To view a complete list of events for Research and Creativity Week visit https://rcw.nmsu.edu/events/.