Board of Regents meet, approve action items
The Board of Regents at Western New Mexico University met on Tuesday at the Silver City campus for one of its four quarterly meetings of the year. Regent members discussed several items including the university’s plan to address accreditation in 2018. WNMU’s accreditation was reaffirmed in 2014 and has now begun a ten-year process for its next accreditation affirmation under the Open Pathway option for accreditation. WNMU is accredited through the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) and is preparing for an initial assurance argument document report to the organization in September of 2018. A presentation by Dr. Jack Crocker, Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, included information on the university’s new distinction goals. Regent members previously established new areas of distinction and enhancers. The areas of distinction are (1) logistics/delivery, (2) drone certification and (3) applied liberal arts. The enhancers are (1) rural healthcare, (2) rural education,...