Seven Tutors Graduated in May 2026

May 17, 2026 | NMT

This spring, the Office for Student Learning (OSL) said goodbye to seven tutors. It will be difficult to replace Ben, Franklin, Hadassah, Lauren, Logan, Riley, and Valeria, but we are excited to see where their career paths take them. We wish them all the best in their future endeavors and hope the OSL will always hold a special place in their hearts.

Spring 2026 Finals Extravaganza

May 5-6, 2026 | Skeen Library

In this world full of uncertainties, there are some things that are consistent and the Finals Extravaganza is one of them! If you're looking for a boost before finals, we've got you! 

This time around there were 113 students who came in to study, review, solve problems while munching on brain-friendly snacks. Rest assured, we'll see you in the Fall 2026 semester and in the meantime, check out the feedback that we received.

"I liked being able to review the content that was shared prior to the session. I was able to thoroughly understand the concepts thanks to the TAs and Minnie."  (Physics II with Dr. Mao)

"He explained formulas vividly and the rightful approach to use for each type of question. Topics treated were general so I wasn’t scared something was left out." (Physics II with Dr. Da Silva) 

"They helped to give me additional exposure to the material covered in class." (Physics I with Dr. Mao)

SRS 2026

Apr 22-24, 2026 | Skeen Library

The Student Research Symposium is one of our favorite events because it brings together NMT students, faculty, staff, and community members, all hungry for some research. Truth be told, the SRS requires a lot of preparation efforts from the OSL, Library staff, the CLASS Department, and the WCL folks but it is so worth it!

This year we had 188 presenters (117 undergraduate and 71 graduate students, including the participants in the GSA Poster Competition). There were 95 posters spread over four poster sessions, 8 participants in the Oral Presentation, 14 participants in the 3-Minute Speech Competition, and 39 graduate students who competed in the GSA poster presentation. Just like previously, our faculty and staff volunteered to evaluate speeches and posters, for which we are deeply grateful.

This year we announced the SRS Conference Fund, i.e., up to $1,500 USD to top three presenters for attending a conference of their choice. The recipients were: Anthony Baker (graduate student in Chemical Eng.), Hailey Whitley (undergraduate student in CS), and Emmanuel Agyei (graduate student in Petroleum Eng.). We hope they spread the word about NMT wherever they go!

Below are some photos taken during SRS 2026.

The first photo features two groups of presenters at Poster Session 1. On the left, we see Isabella and Aidan, undergraduate students in Materials Engineering, who presented on, "Microstructural Characterization of AlCoCrFeNi_2.1 Eutectic High-Entropy Alloy Under Thermo-Mechanical Processing," a project they worked on with Dr. Choudhuri. On the right side we see Xavier whose project, overseen by Dr. McCullough, dealt with "The Impact of Classroom Environments on Student Learning and Well-Being."    

The second photo shows Broden, a Physics student, explaining their poster titled, "Using Remote E-field to Estimate Charge Transfer during Continuing Current as Validated by Triggered Lightning Data," developed under the supervision of Dr. Leal.

For more photos, check out our SRS 2026 Photo Gallery.

Student Leadership Awards Ceremony

Apr 16, 2026 | Fidel Ballroom

As we read in the message sent by Jaime Wood, one of the organizers of the SLA:

"On April 16, 2026, New Mexico Tech celebrated the 2nd Annual Student Leadership Awards, honoring the outstanding service and impact of our students. It was an inspiring evening celebrating those who lead, serve, and strengthen our campus community. We invite you to join us in recognizing the hard work of these student leaders. Thank you for making NMT so vibrant."

The OSL also marked their presence because one of our tutors, Logan Baeza, was awarded the Most Valuable Tutor (MVT) Award! Aga Gabor da Silva, head of the OSL, introduced the award as follows:

"It’s a pleasure to recognize someone who truly sets the standard for excellence. This year’s Most Valuable Tutor is not only an outstanding tutor, but also a dependable and dedicated member of our OSL team. This Tutor is someone we can always count on—reliable in every sense of the word—and consistently one step ahead, anticipating needs and going above and beyond to support both students and colleagues. Their commitment, professionalism, and care make a lasting impact on everyone they work with. It is my honor to present the Most Valuable Tutor Award to Logan Baeza."

We are profoundly grateful for Logan's expertise and we wish him all the best on his academic journey (yes, Logan graduated and is off to grad school). Below is a photo from the ceremony.

Welcome to Nimbus Learning 

Jan 20, 2026 | OSL

To streamline our tutoring services, the OSL has partnered with Nimbus Learning, our new tutoring management system.

We understand that learning a new system can take some time and that using a digital platform to sign in and out may be different from what you're used to. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we make this transition. The information collected through Nimbus will help us better understand how students use our services, improve the tutoring experience, and continue providing the support you need to succeed.

Getting started is easy! Simply download the Nimbus app or sign in through the web app. We recommend using the app for the quickest and most convenient experience.

Please follow the instructions below to set up your account. Thank you for your support, and we look forward to seeing you at the OSL!

Fall 2025 Finals Extravaganza

Dec 2-3, 2025 | Skeen Library

Here we go again! Fall 2025 edition of the finals extravaganza brought in 120 students. Apart from our veteran instructors such as Dr. Ballou, Dr. Mao, Dr. MB, and Dr. Wolford, we also had a session in Statics/Structures facilitated by our OSL Tutor, Josh. The feedback was positive, with some students pointing out the importance of having snacks, which we agree with 100%!

Here are some of the comments shared by the participants:

"It was helpful to get the answers to my practice exam." (Physics I). 

"Josh broke down every step of each example problem that he brought in a manner that was easier to understand than our instructor did." (Statics/Strutures)

"Dr Ballou was thorough for every practice problem and gave ample opportunities to ask questions." (Calc I)

It was nice to get a review of all of the material in a short amount of time and will be really useful to determine what I need to put on my notecard for the final." (Calc II)

Once again, we are grateful for our amazing instructors, their TAs, and of course our tutors, who either facilitated a session or were available throughout both days for any extra questions. See you again in the spring!

National Tutor Appreciation Week

Oct 6-10, 2025 | OSL Area

Another wonderful Tutor Appreciation Week to celebrate! Just like in the past years, we asked students to write thank you cards or write a message on a poster that we put up in the OSL area. Here are some of the comments but it's truly hard to find the words to express gratitude for all the support our tutors give to Techies!

Supplemental Instruction for Calculus 2 Launch

Aug 18, 2025 | NMT

Together with the Student Success Initiatives office and the Math Department, we launched a Supplemental Instruction program to support Calculus 2 students.

Supplemental Instruction (SI) was developed at the University of Missouri-Kentucky in 1973. SI is a non-remedial approach to learning that consists of regularly scheduled and out-of-class group study sessions driven by students’ needs. Sessions are facilitated by trained peer leaders (“SI Leaders”) who utilize collaborative activities to ensure peer-to-peer interaction in small groups. SI is implemented in historically challenging courses in consultation with academic staff and is supported and evaluated by a trained supervisor.

Since Calc 2 has a reputation of being a challenging class and since it doesn't have a designated lab, we decided to kick off SI focusing specifically on Calc 2 students. There are two sections in Calc 2, one taught by Dr. Orizaga and the other one taught by Dr. Wolford. Each section has a designated SI Leader who sits in all Calc 2 classes and runs two weekly SI Sessions where students practice the material they have learned and work on homework assignments. Our SI Leaders are Evan, who is an accelerated Master's student in the Math Dept., and Logan, a senior double majoring in Physics & Math and also an OSL Tutor. Both SI Leaders are highly qualified and motivated to help you successfully get through Calc 2 this fall!

SI Session schedule (all SI sessions take place in the Computer Lab, which is Room 208 in Skeen Library):

Dr. Orizaga's section: Tue 6-7pm & Thu 5-6pm

Dr. Wolford's section: Mon 2-3pm & Wed 5-6pm

We are excited to expand our services and promote small-group learning!

For more information on SI, please email osl@nmt.edu. 

More OSL Tutors Graduating

May 17, 2025 | NMT

Another graduation, another group of OSL Tutors leaving: Arianna, Johnny, and Jack. We wish them all the best in their future careers and hope they smile whenever they think about the OSL!

Spring 2025 Finals Extravaganza

May 6-7, 2025 | Skeen Library

This time we decided to dedicate 2 days to the extravaganza to avoid any class or location conflicts. We think it was a good choice, since we had much less overlap, although there's always room for improvement and we promise to do a better job at planning the schedule for next semester! We had a total of 174 students sign in over both days! Wow! Students could grab snacks and a drink and pizza was served during review sessions. This semester we had Dr. Ballou with Calc I, Dr. Crump with Calc II, Dr. Wolford with Calc III, Dr. Mao for Physics I & II, Dr. MB for Gen Chem II and two sessions run by our own OSL Tutors: ODE (Jack, Logan, and Opeyemi) and Organic Chem II (Audrey and Arianna). We've already received several responses about the event and here are some comments: 

"The tutors were clear, nice, and explained so much! One of the tutors even went overtime to help me and a friend learn a special problem. I really appreciate this service and also the help from the tutor!" (About the ODE Session)

"After reviewing the material, I was able to refresh my understanding and successfully solve some problems." (Multiple Sessions)

"It was beneficial to go over practice for the final exams for this class and feel better prepared by getting help by my professors/TA." (About Phys I & Calc I Sessions)

"Professor Crump provides clear information and is open to clarifying questions if necessary. The material covered helped reinforce the concepts." (About Calc II Session)

Below is the flyer and a few photos from the event. We sure will be back next semester with more Studying, Snacks, and pizzaS. Thank you for attending the events and your valuable comments!

NMT Student Research Symposium

Apr 22-25, 2025 | Skeen Library

Another SRS is behind us! It's hard to believe that all the planning and organizing that started in October of 2024—and each time we set the SRS machine to motion early in the fall—stopped and now we can take a breather. It almost seems as though we were just getting started! Just to give you some numbers: we had a total of 173 presenters, out of whom 27 presented in more than one category. There were 99 undergraduate, 71 graduate students, and 3 visiting undegraduates (one student from UNM and two high schoolers from Magdalena Teen Science Café). 153 people came to check out the presentations because they were curious about what our students have been working on. Below are some of the comments we received through our exit survey:

"Inspiring to share ideas and work with others."

"I appreciate the workshops. I really learned a lot. Without the poster workshop I wouldn't make it. Thanks a lot. Tanks also for the poster template, it saved me a lot of time."

"Great setup!! I really enjoyed it."

We are grateful to all the presenters, evaluators, and attendees! The SRS wouldn't be possible without you! Hope to see you again next year! For more information on the SRS, please go to website nmt.edu/srs.

Here are some photos but a photo gallery is coming:

Photo credit: Valeria Orozco

OSL Tutor Gets Student Leadership Award

Apr 10, 2025 | Fidel Ballrooms

The first ever NMT Student Leadership Awards Ceremony took place on April 10 and our own Jack Darrah received the Most Valuable Tutor at the OSL Award "in recognition of excellence in leadership in tutoring, showing initiative, organization, and the ability to guide fellow students, playing a vital role in fostering a positive and fun learning environment." Below is a photo of Jack accompanied by Aga Gabor da Silva, OSL Student Support Coordinator, and Dr. David Greene, Vice President of Student Affairs. We hope the award inspires Jack and other tutors to continue supporting students on their academic journey!

Fall 2024 Finals Extravaganza

Dec 3, 2024 | Skeen Library

Once again, the OSL and Skeen Library hosted our beloved mass study session, the Extravaganza! This semester, there were 127 students who checked in for various sessions. They could get help in Pre-Calc, Calc I & II, Intro to PDEs, Physics I & II, and Gen Chem I. The Intro to PDEs session was run by our ah-mazing OSL tutors, Jack and Logan. Upon checking in, students were able to grab snacks and drinks and pizza was served at each session as well because, well, how are you supposed to study without munching on something?! As always, we sent out a survey to all the students who checked in at the extravaganza and here are some of the responses we received about the sessions and/or the instructors: "They covered a lot that will most likely be on the exam, and showed me what more I need to study," "They helped me better understand the material and what possibly might be on the final," "The professor ran through a practice test she posted, giving me an idea of where I should focus my studies over the weekend," and our absolute favorite, "Calc 2 is hell. Glad someone can teach it as good as Todd the God." 

Thank you to all the professors, TAs, and tutors who showed up to make sure that all Techies could ace their finals. See you again the Spring 2025 semester!

The OSL Celebrated National Tutor Week

Oct 7-11, 2024

The second week of October belonged to the OSL tutors! We invited Tech students to stop by the library and write a Thank you note and/or write something on the poster hanging outside the Student Support Coordinator's office. We're oh so fortunate to have such amazing peer educators on our team! Please see below what the setup looked like and the messages our tutors received. 

The OSL is CRLA Level 1 Certified

May 2024

We are thrilled to announce that the the Office for Student Learning has been awarded certification as a Level 1 certified tutor training program by the internationally recognized College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)!

For more than thirty years CRLA has been a leader in learning assistance, reading, and academic support programs with almost 1,300 members and over 2,000 certified training programs worldwide.

The Office for Student Learning has worked hard to develop a tutor training program that meets CRLA’s rigorous standards and has successfully completed the International Tutor Training Program Certification (ITTPC) peer review process. Achieving certification means that the Office for Student Learning has met CRLA’s high standards for tutor selection, training, direct service, and evaluation as an integral part of their overall tutoring program. 

Best of Luck to Our Graduating Tutors

May 11, 2024

This semester, five of our tutors graduated: Adam, David, Mariana, Natasha, and Shemariah. We will miss them a lot ('we' meaning the OSL and Tech students) and we hope they do great things! 

Spring 2024 Math, Phys&Chem Extravaganza

April 30, 3-8pm at Skeen Library

This semester's extravaganza brought in 120 students hungry for Calc I, Calc II, Physics I, Physics II, and Gen Chem I sessions (and for snacks, too!).

Based on the feedback we received after the event, the students were grateful for getting "in-person help and assurance," providing "extra time to ask questions about specific topics" that they didn't understand and "to get some more personal help."

Another student pointed out that "the fact that the professors offered time outside of the classroom to review their finals was so greatly appreciated. It narrowed down the areas of study to better focus on."

That's exactly right, the extravaganza wouldn't have happened without the engagement from our wonderful faculty focused on student success: Dr. Wolford, Dr. Ballou, Dr. Pias, Dr. Mao, Dr. Sonnenfeld, and—of course—Oliver, Dr. Mao's personal assistant. See you again in the Fall 2024 semester!

NMT Student Research Symposium

April 16-19, 2024 | Skeen Library

What a symposium! We had a total of 178 presenters, with 127 being Undergraduate and 51 Graduate students. 206 people came in to check out the sessions. Just like last year, there were four categories our students could participate in: GSA Poster Competition (open to grad students only), four poster sessions spread over three days, the Oral Presentation Session, and the 3-Minute Speech Competition. In addition, students and other attendees could visit the following showcases: the Sophomore Research program showcase, the Civil & Environmental Engineering showcase, and the Mechanical Engineering showcase (which is always very well-attended because of all the robots that students bring). 

In light of the "communicate to educate" SRS motto, the Writing & Communication Lab, the CLASS, and the OSL staff provided workshops to help the presenters create successful posters and speeches and to help them feel more confident in front of an audience. We hope that the knowledge they gained helps them in their future presentation endeavors. 

Below are a few photos but for the SRS 2024 Photo Gallery, please go to the SRS website nmt.edu/srs.

Here's some of the feedback we received after the event:

"Thank you for putting on the SRS, I had a blast. Thank you for all of the effort that you put into making it a success i.e. workshops, recruiting evaluators, tasty refreshments and everything else."

"This was one of the best SRS yet! Thank you and keep up the great work."

"Great format and opportunities."

What else can we say... We look forward to SRS 2025! For more information on the SRS, please go to nmt.edu/srs.

Fall 2023 Math, Phys&Chem Extravaganza

November 28, 3-8pm at Skeen Library

Another successful extravaganza behind us! We had a total of 102 students sign in for the sessions offered. Wow! A huge THANK YOU to all the participating faculty, TAs, our amazing OSL tutors, and all the students who showed up—the extravaganza wouldn't be possible without you!

The day after the extravaganza all attendees were asked to submit a feedback form. Here are some of the comments we've received: 

"[The review sessions] were very helpful because they were a smaller setting than normal class so I felt like I could ask questions." / "They went over examples and gave me more practice." / "Helped me practice some problems I had previous doubts about." / "The problems we went over made more sense since there were less students in the extravaganza therefore a better chance to explain the material better."

After hearing so many good things all we can say is that we'll see you again for the Spring 2024 edition of the extravaganza!

National Tutor Appreciation Week

October 2-6, 2023

The OSL & Skeen Library celebrated the National Tutor Week in the first week of October. NMT Students wrote Thank You messages to show appreciation for our OSL Tutors and their hard work as peer educators. The messages are now displayed in the OSL area next to the Subject Board, so come and check them out!