We have all witnessed people who have tried to become something they are not, while others concentrate on building on their own strengths.
Institutions go through the same processes.
And, like people, those that build on their strengths find success far more easily. Our new laboratory building is a great symbol of NMSU's strength in arid lands studies and programs, but it is not the genesis of that strength. It builds upon it. When we refer to NMSU as an oasis of desert science, we have a long history of excellence on which to base that claim. The scientists of our institution discovered, identified and catalogued the flora and fauna of this arid state.