<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/newsroom/NNMCs-Dr.-Sushmita-Nandy-receives-Mentor-of-the-Year-award.html" dsn="blogs"><category>Press Releases</category><pubDate>01/14/2025 05:35:44 PM</pubDate><title>Northern New Mexico College’s Dr. Sushmita Nandy receives Mentor of the Year award</title><description>Northern New Mexico College is excited to announce that Dr. Sushmita Nandy, chair of the Department of Biology, Chemistry and Environmental Sciences (BCES), was honored with one of two Mentor of the Year awards at the New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation.</description><image><img src="/_resources/_nnmc_images/_news-images/Shushmita%20Nande-Michael%20Voegerl_mentoring%20award_cropped.jpg" alt="Dr. Sushmita Nandy with Michael Voegerl, Director for International Admissions and Recruitment at the University of New Mexico"/></image><author>Arin McKenna</author><media_c>Sushmita Nandy</media_c><media_e>sushmita.nandy@nnmc.edu</media_e><cat>Press Releases</cat></item>