The New Mexico state auditor's office has launched a special investigation into WNMU over a deal with its outgoing president ...

At 11 a.m. on a sunny, cool winter day, Jan. 15, 2025, a group of about 20 international students, as well as more students and staff members gathered on Regents' Square at Western New Mexico ...

Senator Crystal Diamond-Brantley called what's happening to Dr. Shepard, "a political witch hunt…by outside influencers."* ...

from paying a nearly $2 million dollar severance payment to departing President Dr. Joseph Shepard. “I can’t think of a time when somebody has been under sort of this kind of cloud and there ...

Western New Mexico University president Joseph Shepard received a lucrative payout when he resigned amid controversy. Here’s ...

“Egregious misconduct by the board of regents at Western New Mexico University and its outgoing President Dr. Joseph Shepard,” said Torrez. That is how New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez ...

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard and all five members ... regents of Western New Mexico and by the actions of Dr.

In November 2024, state auditors released a bombshell report revealing questionable spending of $360,000 in university money under former WNMU president Dr. Joseph Shepard over a five-year period.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed an emergency motion in court on Monday to stop Western New Mexico University ...