WNMU News

SILVER CITY, NM—Anyone driving or walking along 10th Street on the Western New Mexico University campus has likely noticed a lot of changes happening on the hillside by Centennial Hall. The boulders, retaining blocks and other changes are the first phase of a garden that WNMU Horticulture Coordinator Chala Werber and her team are installing […]

By Josh Brown SILVER CITY, NM – WNMU student-athlete Noah Bugayong (Quemado, NM/Quemado HS) is not just putting in miles for Mustang Cross Country this summer, he is out on the fireline protecting New Mexico communities from one of the state’s most active wildfires. Bugayong, a senior runner for the Mustangs, is currently serving as […]

SILVER CITY, NM—As Grant County grapples with the Trout Fire, Western New Mexico University has opened its residence halls to displaced students, faculty and staff and to New Mexico State Police and New Mexico National Guard personnel who are in southwest New Mexico to help with public safety and recovery efforts. The Trout Fire, which […]

SILVER CITY, NM – The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents met virtually on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Present at the meeting were Regents Steven Neville, John V. Wertheim, J. Dean Reed and Keana Huerta. The meeting began with Chair Neville inviting Provost and Acting President Dr. Jack Crocker to give a report. Crocker […]

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 […]