New Mexico Family Inducted into the WNMU College of Education Hall of Fame

Members of the Quiñones family attended the WNMU College of Education Hall of Fame induction ceremony, May 9, 2025. L-R: Jesús Quiñones, Jr., Carlos Quiñones, Isabel Castillo-Quiñones, and Dr. Luis Ignacio Quinones. Carlos holds a photograph of the siblings’ late sister, María Elena Quiñones.

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… Continue reading New Mexico Family Inducted into the WNMU College of Education Hall of Fame

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WNMU Nursing Graduates Achieve 100% Pass Rate on Licensure Exam

WNMU BSN graduates attend their pinning ceremony, Dec. 12, 2024. Fall 2024 graduates received a 100% first-attempt passing rate on the NCLEX exam.

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… Continue reading WNMU Nursing Graduates Achieve 100% Pass Rate on Licensure Exam

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WNMU Celebrates Graduates at Spring Commencement Ceremony

WNMU Celebrates Graduates at Spring Commencement Ceremony

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… Continue reading WNMU Celebrates Graduates at Spring Commencement Ceremony

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WNMU Department of the Humanities Announces the 2025 Creative Writing Contest Winners

The winners of the WNMU Creative Writing Award (L-R): Natalee Drissell, Arielle Certosimo and Anais Orantez Middleton. Not pictured is Katie Ortiz y Pino.

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… Continue reading WNMU Department of the Humanities Announces the 2025 Creative Writing Contest Winners

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National Poetry Month Celebrated at WNMU

Provost and Acting President Jack Crocker reads his poetry to the audience at the WNMU National Poetry Month Celebration, April 10, 2025.

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… Continue reading National Poetry Month Celebrated at WNMU

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WNMU MBA Students Compete at Business Ethics Competition

A team of WNMU MBA students traveled to Denver at the beginning of April to compete in the Daniels Fund Business Ethics Case Competition. (L-R: Richard Mubanga, Marian Valle Angulo, Melissa Zenil Garcia, Oscar Arteaga Romero)

SILVER CITY, NM—A team of WNMU graduate students in the MBA program competed at the Daniels Fund Ethics Case Competition in Denver, CO, April 3-4. The team—Marian Valle Angulo, Richard Mubanga, Melissa Zenil Garcia and Oscar Arteaga Romero—advanced to this second round of the competition based on the success of their first round, which involved… Continue reading WNMU MBA Students Compete at Business Ethics Competition

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