WNMU processed $1.9M buyout ahead of ruling on effort to block it
The New Mexico Department of Justice filed an effort Thursday to block outgoing university President Joseph Shepard from spending the money.
WNMU regents resign amid $1.9M buyout for president
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.
New Mexico attorney general files court motion to block $1.9 million severance for WNMU's former president
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has filed a court motion to block a $1.9 million severance payment to former WNMU President Joseph Shepard. The motion claims the payment is a misuse of public funds and violates the fiduciary duties of the Board of Regents.
New Mexico AG seeks to block $1.9M buyout for WNMU president
Raúl Torrez called the payment to Joseph Shepard “an egregious misuse of public funds and a betrayal of the Board's responsibility."
New Mexico attorney general seeks to stop $1.9 million severance payment to WNMU president
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Monday filed an emergency motion in court to stop Western New Mexico University (WNMU) from paying a near $2 million severance payment to departing President Dr.
New Mexico AG files motion to halt $1.9M buyout for WNMU president
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a motion to block a $1.9 million buyout for the departing president of Western New Mexico University.
NM AG Torrez seeks to stop WNMU president from spending his $1.9 million payout
New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is seeking to stop outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard ...
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New Mexico Attorney General files suit against Joseph Shepard and WNMU Board of Regents
Citing “greed, self-dealing, and arrogance,” Raúl Torrez announced a civil suit aimed at recovering the $1.9 million buyout awarded to WNMU’s outgoing president ...
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4 of 5 Western New Mexico U Regents Resign Amid Controversy
Mounting scrutiny over a multimillion-dollar exit package for an outgoing president prompted the regents to resign.
After a year of scrutiny, Joseph Shepard to resign as WNMU president
Shepard and the regents have been under the microscope for more than a year after a 2023 Searchlight New Mexico investigation ...
A University President Accused of Squandering Public Money Resigns in Exchange for a $2 Million Payout
It will be a happy new year for Joseph Shepard, the outgoing president of Western New Mexico University (WNMU), who is scheduled to receive a $1.9 million ...
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Western New Mexico U President’s Golden Parachute Irks Lawmakers
The president, who led the university for 13 years and faced criticism for his spending, received an exit package that will ...