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.
The purge follows the announced resignation of Joseph Shepard as university president after an investigation by the state auditor’s office found top university officials and regents had failed to uphold their fiduciary responsibilities.
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The package is under scrutiny by the State Ethics Commission, and state Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced an inquiry into whether the board of regents satisfied its fiduciary duty.
