FORMER GOVERNOR GARREY CARRUTHERS IS NMSU'S NEW PRESIDENT. THE SCHOOL'S BOARD OF REGENTS VOTED 3 TO 2 MONDAY AFTERNOON TO PUT CARRUTHERS IN THE JOB. CARRUTHERS … WHO SERVED AS GOVERNOR FROM 1987 TO 1990 … HAS ALSO BEEN DEAN OF NMSU'S BUSINESS COLLEGE SINCE 2003.
THE TWO REGENTS WHO VOTED AGAINST CARRUTHERS WERE JAVIER GONZALES AND ISAAC PINO. THEY BOTH CAST THEIR BALLOT FOR DANIEL HOWARD, DEAN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER'S LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES COLLEGE.
NMSU'S MAIN CAMPUS HAS MORE THAN 17 THOUSAND STUDENTS.
