A former Western New Mexico University employee filed ethics complaints Thursday against the Silver City institution’s president, Joe Shepard, alleging he has reimbursed himself over $220,000 from the WNMU foundation since 2015 and tried to cover up a university purchase for his daughter’s wedding in 2023.
But Shepard denied the accusations, saying in a prepared statement that he independently paid for all the expenses related to his daughter’s wedding, and that processes are in place for university employees to submit expenses and get reimbursed.
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