Western New Mexico University News

Grant County Deputy Sheriff Chris Ponce wants to be the next Grant County sheriff.

Western New Mexico University is establishing a foreign exchange program with universities in China that will allow Chinese students who come to Western to obtain a dual degree while studying abroad, one from their home university in China, and one from Western New Mexico University.

Tracing transplanted Santa Rita houses and other parts of Grant County history with Melvin Huff, age 90.

At 50 years old, Valerie Zumwalt is the oldest female to graduate from the law enforcement academy at Western New Mexico University, completing the course despite suffering a broken leg during the third week of training.

Leadership New Mexico announced that Andy Hernandez, associate dean of Western New Mexico University in Deming, is among the 46 leaders statewide who recently graduated from the Leadership New Mexico Core Program.

Planting a tree was the lesson of the day for many of the children at the Early Childhood Programs at Western New Mexico University.

The Silver City Farmers' Market will be held from 8:30 a.m. to noon today, Main Street Plaza, Seventh and Main streets, next to the Big Ditch Park.

What began as the Silver City Mother's Club, with 15 ladies in attendance on April 28, 1909, has evolved over a century into an organization of 57 women actively working to better their community.

Deming High School teacher Marina Santana is one of six Deming teachers recognized by the Deming Public Schools Board of Education in late May for reaching Level III in the state's dossier program.

Dr. Filipe de Ortego y Gasca, considered the founder of Chicano literary history, will teach a course on Chicano studies this summer at Western New Mexico University.

Western New Mexico University-Deming Summer Session II begins July 6. New courses to be offered include concrete mixing and electrical.

Alamogordo Department of Public Safety Director Sam Trujillo, seen here in a May 13 meeting at Alamogordo High School, has been elected president of the New Mexico Association of Chiefs of Police.

Families across the country are preparing to send their new high school graduates to Western New Mexico University in August.

Former Stony Brook University assistant women's basketball coach Greg Adams, above, has been named head women's basketball coach at Western New Mexico University.

Families across the country are preparing to send their new high school graduates to Western New Mexico University in August.

Christina Delgado and Angie Donaldson, two sophomore students at Western New Mexico University, have been awarded the Whitney and LaVera Shoup Health Sciences Scholarship.

Western New Mexico University will host an open forum to discuss the Juan Chacon Building construction project at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Global Resource Center Auditorium.

Playwriting, Chicano studies, and Self-defense are just three of the unique summer courses that will be offered at Western New Mexico University through two summer sessions.

Playwriting, Chicano studies and self-defense are just three of the summer courses that will be offered at Western New Mexico University through two summer sessions.

Maria Eugenia Trillo's childhood house, empty and waiting for the wrecking ball, still haunts her dreams.