Mesalands Community College
TypePublic community college
Established1979
Students1,700
Location
Tucumcari
,
New Mexico
,
United States
NicknameStampede
MascotPedey (Bull)
Websitewww.mesalands.edu
Mesalands Community College main building

Mesalands Community College, is a public community college in Tucumcari, New Mexico. It is also the home of the North American Wind Research and Training Center and the Mesalands Stampede Intercollegiate Rodeo Team.[1]

Originally known as Tucumcari Area Vocational School, it was established in 1979.[2]

Collaboration with Sandia National Laboratories

On April 14, 2009, Mesalands Community College and Sandia National Laboratories signed a memorandum of understanding allowing the college's North American Wind Research and Training Center and the lab to collaborate on such projects as turbine operations and maintenance, reliability of turbine components, and repair methods. It is the first memo of its kind between a national laboratory and a two-year college.[3]

References

  1. ↑ News: Mesalands ready to buy turbine, mesalands, barry, college : Quay County Sun Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Reed, Ollie (2019-01-20). "Tucumcari college upgrades cowboy arts program". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  3. ↑ "Sandia, Mesalands college sign research memo". KDBC-TV. 2009-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-15.

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