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

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

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

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

WNMU Upgrades Infrastructure to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

SILVER CITY, NM—WNMU is requesting $15 million from the NM Legislature to upgrade infrastructure and help the university achieve its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030. At present, the greatest source of renewable energy at WNMU is PNM’s Community Solar Direct program, which draws electricity from a solar farm in northern New Mexico. The… Continue reading WNMU Upgrades Infrastructure to Achieve Carbon Neutrality

WNMU Wins $5 Million Grant to Implement Regional Urban Forestry Project

The Western New Mexico University (WNMU) Division of External Affairs was awarded a $5 million five-year grant project that plans, designs, plants, and maintains a set of urban forests across southwestern New Mexico. The project supports expanded and ecologically sound urban forests in the communities of Silver City, Santa Clara, Bayard, Hurley, Deming, and Lordsburg.… Continue reading WNMU Wins $5 Million Grant to Implement Regional Urban Forestry Project