Enrollment increases at NMJC, USW Andy Brosig/News-Sun University of the Southwest and New Mexico Junior College both have posted enrollment increases for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year. USW has shown an overall 20 percent increase in student numbers on campus over the same time last year. “Our retention rates are really high from last year,” USW President …

Enrollment increases at NMJC, USW Andy Brosig/News-Sun University of the Southwest and New Mexico Junior College both have posted enrollment increases for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year. USW has shown an overall 20 percent increase in student numbers on campus over the same time last year. “Our retention rates are really high from last year,” USW President …

Dorothy N. Fowler/News-Sun New Mexico Junior College will be the site of a new medical clinic next year with a three-year contract of about $1.643 million. Joe Mike Gomez, NMJC purchasing agent, said beginning next fall, the mid-level clinic will see students and employees — without cost to either students or employees. Complicated medical conditions will be referred elsewhere, Gomez …

Dorothy Fowler/News-Sun When newly appointed president of New Mexico Junior College Derek Moore and his wife, Pinkie, came to Hobbs the first time, they flew from their home in El Dorado, Ark. The view of the long, often barren vistas are not as visible from the air as they are from ground level in a car, so it may be …

PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN LUBBOCK – For the New Mexico Junior College women’s basketball team and its fans, this is the perfect week to begin the National Junior College Athletic Association’s national tournament, what with March Madness going on. But, just like in the NCAA tournament, the big dance, the NJCAA has its share of March Sadness. And that’s what the 10th-seeded …

Andy Brosig/News-Sun Preliminary spring enrollment numbers are in at Lea County’s two colleges and the news is pretty good. New Mexico Junior College, which resumed classes for the semester on Monday, reported 1,538 full-time students enrolled for spring, said Cathy Mitchell, vice president of student services. University of the Southwest Provost Ryan Tipton reported, with more than a week of …

New Mexico Junior College’s board of trustees agreed to reallocate $180,000 for an Academic Success Center. The money was originally earmarked last month for a woman’s golf program development. Interim NMJC president Steve McCleery told the board he recognized the need to add women’s sports to the school’s athletic program, but he is concerned because student academic success rates have …

New Mexico Junior College Board of Trustees named former president Steve McCleery as interim president of the college during its regular meeting Thursday. Before president of the board, Pat Chappelle, made the announcement, board member Guy Kesner praised the persons who were interviewed for the job. Kesner told the News-Sun on Friday he was very pleased with MCleery’s selection as interim …

New Mexico Junior College Board of Trustees named former president Steve McCleery as interim president of the college during its regular meeting Thursday. Before president of the board, Pat Chappelle, made the announcement, board member Guy Kesner praised the persons who were interviewed for the job. Kesner told the News-Sun on Friday he was very pleased with MCleery’s selection as interim …

The latest class of the Southeastern New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy were officially welcomed to the “family” on Tuesday. Proud family members, children, Hobbs city officials and numerous law enforcement leaders packed into the Lea County Event Center banquet hall Tuesday to cheer on 14 cadets graduating from SNMLEA held at New Mexico Junior College. The ceremony for Class A-17-39 …