New Graduate Students:
- Stephanie Glass, B. S., University of Baldwin - Wallace College.
- Joel Lucero-Bryan, B.S.,  New Mexico Tech.
- Hien Tran, B.S., University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam.
- Trung Dinh, M.S., The Abdus Salam JCTP, Italy.
- Melissa Colon, B.S., New Mexico State University.
- Andres Gonzales, B.S., University of Puerto Rico.
- Thomas Ngniatedema, M.S., University of Yaounde I., Cameroon
- Yanhong Tong, B. S., Xiamen University, China.
- Shalini Devi, University of the South Pacific, Fiji Islands.

New Faculty:
- Tiziana Giorgi, Ph.D., Purdue University.
- Robert Smits, Ph.D., Purdue University.
- Bruce Olberding, Ph.D., Wesleyan University.
- Maribeth Olberding.
- Gregory Allison, M.A. New Mexico State University.