SILVER CITY, NM – Western New Mexico University held its signature cultural event, ¡Fiesta Latina!, June 5-8. The event is designed to recognize, celebrate and assist in the preservation of New Mexico’s connection with its Mexican heritage, customs and traditions. The university has held the event since 2017. This year, ¡Fiesta Latina! welcomed 3,734 visitors. […]
SILVER CITY, NM – The sound of mariachi music could be heard throughout the western part of the Western New Mexico University campus June 4-6, as the university hosted El Son de la Gila, its annual mariachi conference. Drawing students and their mariachi directors from across the southwest, the conference provided an opportunity for high […]
SILVER CITY, NM—This spring marked the second year of the Sin Fronteras Creative Writing Project at Western New Mexico University. The project included a weekly series of two-hour workshops, each led by an established writer. Participants not only had an opportunity to experience craft talks, but they also participated in writing sessions and experienced readings […]
SILVER CITY, NM—Founded as New Mexico Normal School, the focus of Western New Mexico University has always been teaching. But the emphasis on teaching does not mean that faculty do not engage in research. In fact, faculty have active research agendas in a rich and diverse array of topics. One example is the work of […]
SILVER CITY, NM—The Western New Mexico University community congratulates six of its own who are retiring from the university. Professor of English Language and Literature Deborah Heller has been with the university since 1992. In addition to teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels, she has also served as Director of Writing Across the Curriculum […]
SILVER CITY, NM—When Jesús and María Luisa Quiñones immigrated from Santa Bárbara, Chihuahua to Grant County, New Mexico with their three eldest children, they probably could not imagine the contributions their family would make to the field of education in the United State. This spring, however, the Quiñones family was inducted into the Western New […]
SILVER CITY, NM—For the second year in a row, the WNMU Nursing program’s pre-licensure BSN graduates had a 100% passing rate on the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX), the test that is required to become licensed as a nurse. All students in the program passed the exam on their first attempt. The most recent national […]
SILVER CITY, NM – This spring, 510 students earned degrees or certificates from Western New Mexico University, and the Mustang community celebrated their achievement through a hybrid Commencement ceremony that allowed for the participation of graduates on campus as well as those living and attending WNMU at a distance. In total, 565 degrees and certificates […]
SILVER CITY, NM—The WNMU Department of Humanities has announced this year’s winners of the Creative Writing Contest: Anais Orantez Middleton, Arielle Certosimo, Katie Ortiz y Pino and Natalee Drissell. Orantez, who won first place in prose for her story “What Doesn’t Kill You Will Probably Kill You”, describes her work as fiction that is inspired […]
SILVER CITY, NM—Western New Mexico University celebrated National Poetry Month with a gathering in J. Cloyd Miller Library, April 10, 2025. Co-hosted by Miller Library and the Department of Humanities, the celebration included readings by published and student poets, as well as the announcement of this year’s winners of the Creative Writing Award. Library Director […]
