Lacarthea Cooper, Carlie Makarawu to represent NMJC at Paris Olympics NMJC ATHLETICS Two New Mexico Junior College student-athletes are participating in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Sprinters Tapiwanashe (Carlie) Makarawu and Lacarthea Cooper represented their respective countries when the Olympic Opening Ceremonies kicked off Friday. Cooper will represent her home country of the Bahamas on the 4x400m relay team. The …

NMJC sports achieve national honors PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN New Mexico Junior College has sports programs that are highly competitive, most that are championship caliber. The Thunderbird programs that seem to stand out are the men’s and women’s cross country and men’s and women’s track & field teams. They are national heavyweights every year. And both have been recognized for a standout …

NMJC sweeps Region V championship meet PETER STEIN/NEWS-SUN Pea soup was on the menu Saturday morning as New Mexico Junior College hosted the Region V cross country championships at Harry McAdams Park in Hobbs. Fog was everywhere, as were cold drizzle and overcast skies. But the Thunderbird men and women overcame it all and each won a Region V championship, …

The numbers game NMJC, USW report fall ’23 enrollment numbers  Andy Brosig/News-Sun The numbers are in and Hobbs’ two institutions of higher learning are going strong. University of the Southwest reported a 3 percent increase in total credits being sought by students across all departments earlier this week compared to last year, President Ryan Tipton told the News-Sun. And the …

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 At a Wednesday afternoon special meeting members of the New Mexico Junior College Board named Derek Moore to be the seventh president of the college. Moore, who was the first of five applicants interviewed by the board in April, said he plans to be in Hobbs and on the job by the third week in June. Steve McCleery, …

NEWS-SUN STAFF REPORT On Thursday, the New Mexico Junior College Board of Directors announced the five selected finalists for the presidency of NMJC. “We would like to thank the entire college community for your continued interest and support in the process to identify our next president. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank each member of the …

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 …

DOROTHY N. FOWLER/NEWS-SUN The New Mexico Junior College board had a busy Thursday night board meeting prior to Christmas. Board members adopted a multimillion dollar renovation/building plan for different parts of the campus, approved a document that will allow administrators to evaluate professional teaching staff performance, accepted the resignation of long-term Western Heritage Museum education director Mary Lyle, and approved …