Western New Mexico University News

By Phoebe Lawrence For the Sun-News William and Elizabeth Lloyd, two over-50 entrepreneurs who started a business in Silver City about a year ago.

Courtesy Photo The Western New Mexico University Office of Students Affairs and Enrollment Management will host Mustang Showcase for prospective students and their families from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 26. SILVER CITY, N.M. >> The Office of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management is hosting a Mustang Showcase event for prospective ... (more)

Free health screenings will take place from 3-6 p.m. April 23 at Silver Rexall Drug, 1308 Silver Heights Blvd. Tests include: Blood pressure; total cholesterol; blood glucose; hemoglobin A1C; waist circumference; body composition; and body mass index.

The Silver City Tour of the Gila and the MainStreet Project have partnered to host the Downtown EXPO during the criterium races from 10 a.

Felipe de Ortego y Gasca, 87, is a scholar in residence at Western New Mexico University, where he helped establish the Chicano-studies department.

Editor's Note: This article about the GRMC Board of Trustees Meeting of March 28, 2014, was written from the draft minutes, which have not yet been approved by the board.

Silver Consolidated Schools Superintendent Lon Streib was the featured speaker at the Silver City-Grant County Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday, April 3. Before Streib spoke, Bruce Ashburn of PNM reported on how the company has benefited the community.

Local law enforcement agencies gathered Tuesday, April 1, at the Grant County Veterans' Memorial Business and Conference Center at the invitation of Silver Regional Sexual Assault Support Services to emphasize April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Applicants are sought for The Health Careers Academy, a program of Hidalgo Medical Services in partnership with The University of New Mexico and Western New Mexico University.

Andrew MacNaughtan Photo Pavlo returns to Silver City, courtesy of the Grant County Community Concert Association, The quartet will perform at 7:30 p.m. today in the Western New Mexico University Fine Arts Theater.

The 2014 PNM Power Up Grants for the grant cycle of March 31 through May 31. The PNM Fund has announced a $500,000 investment in the communities PNM serves and where it has business interests.

The home page features ads for babies to learn ABC's in online classes and skipping pre-school to start work on a college degree in the summer.

Silver City, a town of 10,000 people nestled in the foothills of Southwest New Mexico, is known for its four gentle seasons, its beautiful scenery, its small-town commitment to caring for its own, and its artists.

Question: What is the musical community of Silver City? Answer: Astoundingly diverse and astonishingly talented for such a little isolated town.

Dr. Andrew Hernandez has dedicated a good majority of his life to helping students.

Three Personal Histories of Chihuahua Hill: Past and Present Take Two, a free presentation at 1 p.m. April 5 at the Silver City Museum Annex, 302 W. Broadway St. Three residents of the historic neighborhood of Chihuahua Hill, will present their personal histories of living on Chihuahua Hill.

Freeport CIF award were presented this morning. Cobre Schools Superintendent Robert Mendoza, left, and Eric Ahner, right, from Aldo Leopold Charter School, accept a check from Kevin Cook, Freeport community development.

Courtesy photo Light Hall auditorium at WNMU now under its second phase of renovation.

LAS CRUCES >> The lawsuit by former and current Dona Ana Community College nursing students against the school will head to a jury trial in November.

Patricia Cano and Brian Freeman stand in front of several photos and a poster, and an antique TV set and record player of the era.