An institution of higher learning based in Carlsbad is about to receive $600,000 in state funding for the construction of a new campus building.
The Southeast New Mexico College, located at 1500 University Drive, wants to build a new trades and technology building to house its growing electrical technology and petroleum technology programs.
The school, which was established in 1950 as the Carlsbad Instructional Center, has always had a big emphasis on vocational and trades education, and has a current enrollment of around 1,600 students.
As planned, the new structure, to go up on the north side of the school’s campus, will also house the radiological control technology program, as well as provide additional space for an industrial maintenance technology and natural gas compression technology program.
The facility will include shop spaces, simulator rooms, classroom and lab space, and offices.
The funding approved by the New Mexico State Legislature for the project was among the largest Carlsbad-area capital outlays passed this winter.
The city is also in line to receive $1 million for a waterline replacement project belonging to its Double Eagle Water System.
By Garry Boulard
