I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…
While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…
Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.
The New Mexico State University Board of Regents approved a list of five finalists for the job of president earlier this afternoon.
The finalists are, according to the Las Cruces Sun-News:
• Barbara Coutoure, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs and professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
• Richard Herman, special assistant to the president, professor and recently chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• James Oblinger, professor and recently chancellor at North Carolina State University.
• Michael Ortiz, president, California State Polytechnic University in Pomona.
• Lisa Rossbacher, president, Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga.
The regents have said they want a new president in place by the start of the spring semester. Expect visits to campus that include public events and closed-door interviews with the regents in the coming weeks.
