After a year of scrutiny, Joseph Shepard to resign as WNMU …
Dec 20, 2024 · Joseph Shepard is out as president of Western New Mexico University after more than 13 years on the job. The university Board of Regents unanimously voted to terminate his contract on Friday, although both sides said the decision was mutual.
Western New Mexico University president resigns after audit citing ...
Dec 21, 2024 · Western New Mexico University's president has agreed to resign. Joseph Shepard’s resignation Friday comes after a state audit found evidence of wasteful spending by top WNMU officials and regents that didn’t comply with university rules.
New Mexico attorney general seeks to claw back WNMU …
16 hours ago · The university processed the payment to Joseph Shepard on Jan. 2, days before the New Mexico Department of Justice filed an emergency motion seeking to halt it, Torrez announced at a news ...
NM AG Torrez seeks to stop WNMU president from spending his …
13 hours ago · During a news conference Thursday morning, Torrez said the department filed an emergency motion asking the court for a temporary restraining order to keep Shepard from spending his $1.9 million severance payment. Shepard took over as WNMU president in 2011. The board of regents voted unanimously to terminate his contract in December.
New Mexico Attorney General files suit against Joseph Shepard and WNMU ...
12 hours ago · New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard and all five members of the Board of Regents to court over a $1.9 million buyout payment they awarded to Shepard, who state investigators say has routinely engaged in “wasteful” and “improper” spending of taxpayer dollars.
After a year of scrutiny, Joseph Shepard to resign as WNMU
6 days ago · Shepard said he made the decision to resign because his wife’s role in university spending has come under scrutiny, likening it to when Plame’s identity as a CIA agent was outed by a ...
WNMU president gets $1.9 million buyout and faculty job
Dec 20, 2024 · Joseph Shepard resigned as president of Western New Mexico University in return for a lump-sum payment of $1.909 million. Western’s five-member board of regents voted unanimously to approve...
BREAKING: WNMU’s Shepard to resign - Silvercity Daily Press
Dec 20, 2024 · Saying it’s the right thing to do for the university, Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard announced his resignation Friday morning, effective Jan. 15. The university’s Board of Regents approved a termination of his contract as president, replacing it with one that appoints Shepard to the faculty.
Western New Mexico University president resigns after audit citing ...
Dec 20, 2024 · SILVER CITY, N.M. (AP) — Western New Mexico University’s president has agreed to resign. Joseph Shepard’s resignation Friday comes after a state audit found evidence of wasteful spending by top...
WNMU President Shepard resigns as part of a deal that …
Dec 20, 2024 · The Associated Press reports that Western New Mexico University's president, Joseph Shepard, who has faced scrutiny over his spending on overseas trips and his wife's use of a university credit card, resigned Friday as part of a …