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… Continue reading WNMU Faculty Engage in Groundbreaking Research

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… Continue reading Six WNMU Faculty and Staff to Retire

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

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

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

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

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

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