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Advanced Air offering 20 percent off - 24 hours to use for later flights
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- Published: 24 June 2024 24 June 2024
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WNMU Collecting Donations for Those Impacted by Wildfires
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- Published: 20 June 2024 20 June 2024
Western New Mexico University has set up a drop-off site for anyone wishing to donate food and supplies to help those affected by the wildfires in Otero and Lincoln Counties. The donations will be shared with displaced residents of Ruidoso and the Mescalero Apache Tribe, as well as with firefighters who are battling the fires.
“The devastating impact that these fires are having on families is tremendous,” said WNMU President Joseph Shepard, adding that the university established the drop-off to encourage everyone to find a way, big or small, to assist.
WNMU Alum Part of Award-Winning Zuni Olla Maidens
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- Published: 20 June 2024 20 June 2024
WNMU alum Lynisha Dishta (center) is part of the Zuni Olla Maidens, a dance group that shares Zuni language, music and dance with audiences nationally and internationally. This year, the group won a prestigious National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.SILVER CITY, NM - Western New Mexico University Alum Lynisha Dishta (MAT ’24) is a member of an all-women music and dance group, the Zuni Olla Maidens, which was recently awarded a highly prestigious National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. The Zuni Olla Maidens are one of only ten individuals or groups awarded the nation’s highest honor in folk and traditional arts this year.
The group was founded by Dishta’s great-grandmother, and it has remained a family affair ever since. The members of the group are Dishta’s aunts and cousins.
WNMU student-athletes average 3.15 GPA
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- Published: 18 June 2024 18 June 2024
SILVER CITY, N.M. - The Western New Mexico University Athletic Department announced the achievements and success of its student-athletes in the classroom during the 2023-2024 academic year, with its teams averaging a 3.15 grade point average for the semester.
"We are extremely proud of the effort of our student-athletes in the classroom," said Executive Director of Athletics Scott Noble. "We continue to improve every year with higher GPAs and more student-athletes receiving the Lone Star Conference All-Academic Honors. This year we improved to 112 recipients which is up from 64 in 2018, and of those 38 had a 4.0 GPA. This also marks the first time in my tenure that 12 out of 13 sport teams finished with a GPA of 3.06 or higher for the year."
GCCCA Early Bird season subscription to end soon
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- Published: 17 June 2024 17 June 2024
The Grant County Community Concert Association has announced that its Early Bird Season Subscription rate will be ending on June 30, 2024. During the Early Bird period, the cost for the full 6 concert subscription is only $55 but will increase to $65 starting July 1. This season the Association is also offering a Pick-3 option that allows season subscribers to choose three concert they want to go to if they are unable to attend all the season's concerts. The Early Bird price is $35 and then increases to $40 on July 1. Non-subscriber single concert tickets are $20 each.
WNMU Opens One Stop in Deming
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- Published: 14 June 2024 14 June 2024
WNMU has opened a second location of its One Stop in Deming. The pantry provides food and other necessities at no charge to students and the rest of the campus community. (L-R: Tiffany Hassman, WNMU President Joseph Shepard, Student Services Coordinator Kimberly Woodard, Aubrey Perales, May 24, 2024)SILVER CITY, NM—The WNMU One Stop—a pantry providing food and other necessities free of charge to students, staff, and faculty—has opened its second location in the WNMU Mimbres Learning Center in Deming.
The new branch is set up very similarly to the original One Stop on the Silver City campus, said Student Services Coordinator Kimberly Woodard. Like the Silver City location, the One Stop—Deming has a commercial refrigerator, a freezer, and shelving to hold products.
Also like the main campus location, the Deming branch is available to everyone at the university—students, staff and faculty. Another similarity, said Woodward, is that “There is no limit on the number of visits or the amount of items they can take.”
Explanation of emergency alerts and notifications for Grant County
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- Published: 13 June 2024 13 June 2024
Explanation of IPAWS and the NWS EAS notifications available to the County:
When an incident occurs that can potentially endanger County residents or pose an imminent threat to life and/or personal safety, immediate emergency notification to the community in the affected area is imperative. Previously, this required people to register for warnings and alerts through CodeRed. As of February 1, 2024, the Grant County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) initiated the use of IPAWS -Integrated Public Alert & Warning System | FEMA.gov.
IPAWS is a tool developed through FEMA that allows public safety agencies to notify the public of disasters and deliver emergency and public safety notifications. IPAWS allows for notifications to be sent to every cell phone in the County or only to cell phones in designated areas of the County.
WNMU Partners with Aramark, Bringing Change to Mustang Dining
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- Published: 13 June 2024 13 June 2024
SILVER CITY, NM – Students, staff and faculty can expect to see changes coming soon to Mustang Dining. WNMU will be partnering with Aramark Collegiate Hospitality, part of the global food services and hospitality company Aramark, to revamp meal offerings on campus.
With the change to Aramark, diners can expect to find new stations in the cafeteria and new menu choices. Beyond the dining hall, Mustang Dining will continue to offer catering services.