News

Students at Western New Mexico University will be continuing a long-lived student organization this year as they have revitalized the MEChA program. The new WNMU MECha president, Anais Orantez, is working on bringing new energy to the group by reaching out to the broader southwestern New Mexico community by participating in local Hispanic events. She [...]

The New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee is still in need of input and is asking community members to please take the time to fill out their survey to help prioritize juvenile issues and funding for the next three years in communities all over New Mexico. The survey’s responses will [...]

If you are interested in speaking and learning Spanish, the Western Institute of Lifelong Learning and Western New Mexico University are offering Spanish classes every Tuesday and Thursday in the WNMU Cafeteria. Dr. Gregory Guerra from WNMU will be helping with information about proper grammar and usage, pronunciation and the fundamentals of speaking Spanish. These [...]

Read West Adult Literacy Center is offering online tutoring classes for those who are interested in becoming a tutor for the Literacy Link-Leamos program in Silver City. The classes will cover basic literacy skills and English as a second language and Literacy Link-Leamos will provide the textbooks and cover the workshop fees. If you or [...]

The Gila National Forest, Silver City Ranger District recently resumed thinning in the Feeley Subdivision last week and work is expected to continue until the end of November. The project includes units adjacent to the Feeley Subdivision where horizontal and vertical continuity of fuels will be broken up increasing the space between the trees which [...]

The Commons recently established the “College Culinary Club” to help find a way to better meet the needs of food insecure college students. The goal is to teach students how to make homemade healthy meals and to make extras to be served to other students who might be food insecure. This service learning club works [...]

The New Mexico Higher Education Department has announced that it is recommending funding that will total $307.5 million for 42 capital improvement, renovation, infrastructure and demolition projects across 27 public and tribal college and university campuses. Projects selected for recommendation demonstrate capacity to contribute to a high-quality educational environment, address major health and safety issues, [...]