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 […]
News June 12, 2025 El Son de la Gila Mariachi Conference Brings High School Musicians to WNMU 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, Read More News May 29, 2025 Six WNMU Faculty and Staff to Retire […]
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—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—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 […]
