Mexican Universities Sign Agreements With WNMU

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Silver City, NM- Western New Mexico University continues its efforts in strengthening relations with higher education institutions in Mexico and the Americas with the recent signing of agreements with two Mexican universities. A visit by members of the WNMU administration to Universidad De Occidente (UDEO) in the city of Culiacan, Mexico, during the first week

Sex Talk: Informing Students What They Should know about Protection, Consent, and Sex

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Silver City, NM – Tuesday, March 3, as part of Sex Week, speakers Marshall Miller and Kaelyn Rich talked to students about the importance of safe sex. The speakers allowed students to ask questions and also handed out protective barriers, such as condoms at the presentation. The discussion covered some important topics such as they

Motivational Speaker, Randy Gallaway, Shares his Story with WNMU Students

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Silver City, NM – Wednesday March 4, motivational speaker, Dr. Randy Gallaway spoke to students at Western New Mexico University. Gallaway is a double amputee and travels the world to talk to people about the importance of safety and to never give up hope when you are in a difficult situation. The day Gallaway’s life

Come Explore Your Grant County Trails

The Grant County Trails Group and the Grant County Fitness and Nutrition – Community Group encourages everyone in Grant County to explore three more local trails over the next three months. Members of these groups will meet with participants on one local trail, each second Sunday of the month, from 1:00 to 2:30p.m. Please be

Invertebrate Zoology Students Headed to Mexico

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Silver City, NM – Western New Mexico University has always encouraged hands-on involvement in their courses, from the Police Academy, to Education, to the Natural Science Department, all departments have found a way to give students the opportunity to go out and experience the real thing. This semester Dr. Manda Jost, from the Natural Science

Scott Lands on RMAC Honorable Mention Team

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Senior Terrez Scott (Santa Clarita, CA/Valencia) capped off his final season by being named Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference honorable mention as announced by the conference office Tuesday. Scott finished the season ranked high in several RMAC categories including second in assists per game (5.1), fourth in steals per game (1.6), sixth

Newsome, Mitchell Named All-RMAC Second-Team

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Seniors RaTanya Newsome (Tucson, AZ/Tucson High School) and Ashley Mitchell (Fort Defiance, AZ/Window Rock High School) were named to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Second-Team as announced by the conference office Tuesday. Newsome has been amongst the RMAC leaders in several categories including tops in assists per game (5.6) and steals

Women’s Basketball Ends Successful Season in RMAC Tournament

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GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – Although the season came to an end Tuesday, the Western New Mexico University women’s basketball team set many records that hadn’t been reached for years and they tried to reach another one against Colorado Mesa University. The Lady Mavericks, though, were able to limit the Lady Mustangs to 41 points in

Opening of the Annual Student Art Exhibition

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Silver City, NM- Friday, February 27, Western New Mexico University’s Expressive Arts Department had their annual juried student art exhibition opening at the McCray Gallery of Contemporary Art. Multiple art students submitted art work for the show. Crowds of people came to see the art work and support the students. WNMU student, Junchen Huang, said