Activities
| Week | Career development and research skill development | Field trips | Community building, evaluations, others |
| 1 | Student presentation 1 | Visit PSL | Orientation; Evaluation – initial |
| 2 | Workshop 1: Applying for graduate schools | Visit NMSBVI | White sands trip |
| 3 | Workshop 2: Preparing for GRE Seminar 1: Non-NMSU researcher |
Visit SWRES | Interaction with researchers |
| 4 | Workshop 3: Making good presentations | Interaction with graduate students | |
| 5 | Student presentation 2 | Visit El Paso Electric Co. | Evaluation – midterm |
| 6 | Workshop 4: Writing critically | ||
| 7 | Workshop 5: Using LaTeX | Visit Sandia Labs | |
| 8 | Seminar 2: Non-NMSU researcher | Interaction with researchers | |
| 9 | Workshop 6: Preparing resumes and interviews | Visit LANL | |
| 10 | Finish writing manuscripts/reports Student presentation 3 | Evaluation – final |
