DACC Student Services

In 1965 DACC was designated by the NM Dept of Education as an appropriate site in Southern NM for an area vocational-technical school. In 1971, the boards of education of the Gadsden, Hatch, and Las Cruces school districts requested that NMSU establish a branch community college located on its campus in Las Cruces to offer postsecondary vocational-technical education in Dona Ana County. The NMSU Board of Regents approved the request in 1972 and the voters in Dona Ana County approved an operational mill levy in May 1973. The institution became an official entity on July 1, 1973. It began offering vocational training programs on September 4, 1973, as Dona Ana County Occupational Education Branch of New Mexico State University.