We are excited to announce we are now registering for New Mexico PreK and Early PreK services! Our program offers: Play-based curriculum designed to provide the foundational skills necessary for school readiness Qualified, experienced teaching staff Modern classrooms conveniently located on the campus of WNMU Award-winning State Licensed Program with a 5-star rating National Association for the Education of Young Children Accreditation Full-time slots are available from 7:30 a.m. through 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, which includes six free hours of PreK (8:30-2:30). Wraparound care available for a low fee. Please contact us for enrollment information! Child Development Center 513 W. 12th St. Phone:...
Western New Mexico University is hosting a 6-week summer youth camp from June 25th through August 3rd. It is open to children ages 5 to 10 years old and will feature fun and interactive activities. Snacks provided. Limited to 30 participants. Fee: $50 per week, payable each Monday morning. Schedule: Monday -Friday 8am-12pm Ages: 5-10 years old Activities: Teach time Fun in the sun / Recreational Sports Library visits Arts & crafts To register contact Joseph Dessino at 575-538-6628 or email him at Joseph.Dessino@wnmu.edu with name and age of...
Utilitarian potter Julia Galloway will be the featured workshop artist for this year’s CLAY Festival in Silver City, N.M. The workshop, which runs from July 9 through July 20 on the WNMU campus, will focus on producing pouring pots. In addition to daily demonstrations, students will examine historical and contemporary pottery to better understand and develop their own pouring pots. Participants must have prior wheel-throwing experience. Ms. Galloway is a Professor of Art at the University of Montana, Missoula. She has exhibited worldwide, and her work is in major museum and private collections. Ms. Galloway is interested in all aspects in the field of the ceramic arts, from making pottery, jurying exhibitions, and writing about pottery, to studying ceramics from other cultures and service to emerging artists. Most recently, she is the recipient of a United States Artist award. To sign up for the workshop, click here. For more information about the workshop and to...
Silver City author Bill Charland will be doing a reading and discussion regarding his new book, "Tenuous State," on July 10 in Miller Library from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Bill Charland is the author of nine books and "Tenuous State" is his third novel. Once a careers columnist at the nationally distributed Rocky Mountain News, he wrote extensively for the Christian Science Monitor and served in higher education over a span of 50 years. He entered the field in 1961, while still in graduate school, and left when he retired from a part-time position at Western New Mexico University in...
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