Community Relations

Alumni Association

The Western New Mexico University Alumni Association establishes mutually beneficial relationships between WNMU and its alumni to promote the best image, interests and development of the University in every way. In carrying out such objectives and purposes, the Association seeks to create, foster, develop, and encourage individual and community interest in and support of Western New Mexico University and higher education in general. The Alumni Office is located on the first floor of Hunter Hall. Phone: 1-800-872-9668, or (575) 538-6675, E-mail: alumni@wnmu.edu, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 680, Silver City, NM 88062.

Marketing and Communications, Office of

The Office of Marketing & Communications is the holder of the University’s brand and image and is the primary source for accurate and up-to-date information about Western New Mexico University. The office is responsible for researching, writing and distributing a variety of news and feature stories designed to promote the University’s image and position as New Mexico’s only Applied Liberal Arts and Sciences university as well as its programs, people, culture and educational philosophy. The office works through traditional and nontraditional media platforms to inform and engage external and internal stakeholders including local, statewide and national news media, staff, students and faculty as well as elected officials and members of the community. The office is responsible for the development and implementation of the University’s strategic marketing and communications plan that includes brand and reputation management, mass advertising and the development and oversight of collateral materials to ensure the University’s identification standards are adhered to with integrity, purpose and quality.

The director of marketing and communications serves as the primary spokesperson for the University to external and internal audiences. The Office of Marketing & Communications is located in Ritch Hall, 3rd Floor, room 300 and can be reached at (575) 538-6353 or marketing@wnmu.edu.

Community & Workforce Development, Department of

The Department of Community & Workforce Development (DCWD) trains students on the newest enabled technology advancements. The Applied Technology Programs include Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), Construction Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Electrical Technology, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Renewable & Non-renewable energies, and Welding.

Mission Statement

Department of Community & Workforce Development’s goal is to educate and train students in the areas of applied technology to provide an effective work force to support economic growth and community development, and to ease student transition into the work force. The Department of Community & Workforce Development strives to keep on the cutting edge with industry. These programs focus on career technical education with a focus on innovation and certification in each discipline.

Among the goals of the applied technology programs in the DCWD is to provide a learning environment for the teaching of the academically underprivileged in the geographic areas it serves. The program facilitates growth in self-esteem and human potential by providing opportunities in professional growth for student, staff, and faculty. It also provides an innovative curriculum through traditional and non-traditional instructional methodologies and conducts a continuous student, community, faculty, and staff program appraisal which includes an extended follow-up on program effectiveness.

University Foundation

The WNMU Foundation is dedicated to raising funds for scholarships, capital improvements, programs and other activities in support of the objectives and goals of Western New Mexico University. Established in 1982, the Foundation is an independent non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation which solicits and administers donations and endowments to meet the needs of the students, faculty, staff, facilities and operations of WNMU, which are not fulfilled through state and federal assistance. The Foundation conducts annual on-campus, alumni, local, regional and special event fund-raising campaigns, seeking contributions of cash, stocks, bonds, real estate, equipment, tangible property, and bequests from individuals and corporations. All gifts to the WNMU Foundation are tax deductible to the maximum allowable by law. The Foundation offices are located on the ground floor of Hunter Hall. Phone: (575) 538-6310, Fax: (575) 538-6275, E-mail: Jodi.EdensCrocker@wnmu.edu, Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1158, Silver City, NM 88062, WEB page: http://www.wnmu.edu/old/admin/foundation.