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WNMU regents resign amid $1.9M buyout for president

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SILVER CITY, N.M. — The Western New Mexico University Board of Regents is out amid a controversial $1.9 million payout they approved for the university’s outgoing president. Only one regent – student regent and board treasurer Trent Jones – attended for the Board of Regents meeting Tuesday. A secretary for Joseph Shepard, WNMU’s outgoing president, said the other regents – President Mary Hotvedt, Lyndon Haviland, Dal Moellenberg and Daniel Lopez…

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Santa New Mexican

At last, all but one of WNMU's regents are out

The panel approved a $1.9 million severance payment to President Joseph Shepard. The AG on Monday hopes to persuade a judge to halt that deal.

2 months ago

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Associated Press News

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Western New Mexico University regents resign after wasteful spending revelations

SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — More members of the embattled board of regents at Western New Mexico University have resigned, a confirmation that came Tuesday during roll call at a meeting scheduled to address the departure of the university’s president amid fallout from wasteful spending and lax financial oversight. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in a year-end letter to the regents had asked for their immediate resignations, saying new leadership was n…

2 months ago·United States

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Higher Ed Drive

Top regents at Western New Mexico University depart amid state scrutiny

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham called for the entire board to resign after a state audit found "a concerning lack of compliance" with university spending policies.

2 months ago·United States

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albuquerquenews.net

Wasteful spending: Western New Mexico University asked regents to quit

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has sought the resignation of Western New Mexico State University regents after revelations of wasteful spending and failures in financial oversight

2 months ago

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