{"id":4583,"date":"2009-05-18T22:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-19T04:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/nmsu-confirms-likely-hire-of-manuel-pacheco\/"},"modified":"2009-05-18T22:28:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T04:28:00","slug":"nmsu-confirms-likely-hire-of-manuel-pacheco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/05\/nmsu-confirms-likely-hire-of-manuel-pacheco\/","title":{"rendered":"NMSU confirms likely hire of Manuel Pacheco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/ShI10pf415I\/AAAAAAAALpE\/OBrVdzhAMoA\/s1600-h\/NMSU.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 113px;\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_IabUCQmoheQ\/ShI10pf415I\/AAAAAAAALpE\/OBrVdzhAMoA\/s200\/NMSU.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5337387686996531090\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">New Mexico State University confirmed today what reports <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/meet-nmsus-next-interim-president.html\">on this site<\/a> and elsewhere already indicated: The regents are expected to name <a href=\"http:\/\/people.forbes.com\/profile\/manuel-t-pacheco\/64422\" target=\"_blank\">Manuel T. Pacheco<\/a> interim president on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The regents are \u201cexpected to vote Tuesday to approve the appointment\u201d at a meeting that will be held on the Las Cruces campus at 10 a.m., a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmsu.edu\/%7Eucomm\/Releases\/2009\/may\/pacheco_interimpres.htm\" target=\"_blank\">news release<\/a> from the university states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Pacheco, in the release, says he would consider it \u201cboth an honor and a challenge\u201d to step into the job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMy job would be to position the university for even greater accomplishments once the new president arrives and to provide continued stability and support of current initiatives,\u201d Pacheco said. \u201cObviously, this is not a job that a president does alone, and I will be dependent upon the cooperation of the many capable leaders already involved with NMSU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Though the news release doesn\u2019t explicitly state it, sources confirm that Pacheco isn\u2019t interested in and won\u2019t be allowed to apply for the permanent president job at NMSU. That\u2019s a key point because of the situation he\u2019s stepping into as he <a href=\"http:\/\/haussamen.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/waded-cruzado-out-as-nmsu-interim.html\">replaces Waded Cruzado<\/a> in the interim job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Some say last year\u2019s botched search for a new president was hampered because campus support for Cruzado created an appearance of a done deal and discouraged potential outside candidates from applying. Regents say moving Cruzado out of the interim job is an attempt to ensure a strong field of applicants and give all, including Cruzado if she wants to apply, an equal shot at the permanent job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">In today\u2019s news release, Regents Chairman Blake Curtis said, when considering who to bring in to run \u201ca major university for a short period of time,\u201d it\u2019s important to find someone \u201cwith an accomplished background who is widely respected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><o:p> <\/o:p><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cDr. Pacheco\u2019s name has to be at the top of that list,\u201d Curtis said. \u201cShould the board approve his appointment, the university will be under very able leadership while we search for our new president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacheco, who is 67, retired and living in Arizona, has previously served in an interim president job at New Mexico Highlands University. He has been the president of several other schools, including the University of Arizona and the University of Missouri System.<\/p>\n<p>The news release says Pacheco is expected to serve for six to eight months while the regents conduct a national search for a new president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Mexico State University confirmed today what reports on this site and elsewhere already indicated: The regents are expected to name Manuel T. Pacheco interim president on Tuesday. The regents are \u201cexpected to vote Tuesday to approve the appointment\u201d at a meeting that will be held on the Las Cruces campus at 10 a.m., a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}