NMSU Provost resigns

Wendy Wilkins

Wendy K. Wilkins, provost and executive vice president at New Mexico State University, has submitted her resignation from her current administrative position and announced her intention to retire on Jan. 1, 2013. 

 Wilkins will be departing her administrative position at the end of this week and will be on leave for the remaining weeks of the fall 2012 semester. Wilkins has served as provost of NMSU since July 2010. 

To fill the position on a temporary basis, former longtime NMSU administrator Jay Jordan has agreed to serve as interim provost and executive vice president. 

Discussions regarding a permanent provost and executive vice president will be held after a new NMSU president has been named.

NMSU Provost resigns