Tax Help New Mexico – Volunteer Income Tax Assistance

Free tax help for low-income families and individuals as well as seniors. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program (VITA) is a part of Tax Help New Mexico and offers free tax preparation assistance to low-income families and individuals as well as seniors. Students work as volunteers at the WNMU site, one of the state’s 48 locations. All students are accounting or business majors that can also use their experience as a three-credit course. Student volunteers are required to pass an exam testing their knowledge of tax preparation prior to working for Tax...

Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest Submissions Due

The Western New Mexico University Undergraduate Creative Writing Contest is calling for poetry and prose entries from undergraduate students at WNMU. Poetry entries should include 1-3 poems. Prose entries can be either fiction or creative non-fiction and should be a maximum of 5 pages. Entrants must include a two-sentence biographical statement written in the third person. Submit entries by February 23, 2024 to creativewriting@wnmu.edu or heather.frankland@wnmu.edu. Winners will be announced and awarded prizes this spring and will be published in a forthcoming edition of The...