
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has asked for the immediate resignation of regents at Western New Mexico State University after revelations of wasteful spending and failures in financial oversight, according to documents released Thursday.
In a year-end letter to the five-member board of regents, Lujan Grisham said new leadership is needed in the “spirit of a clean slate” to ensure the Silver City-based university can regain its “equilibrium and once again serve its students first and foremost.” The board's chairwoman resigned Tuesday.