Pacheco gets nod as NMSU

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Pacheco replaces Waded Cruzado, who served for 10 months as interim head after former President Michael Martin left the university last Pacheco will serve for about six to eighrt months while the university searches fora new, permanentf president, said Regent Chaitr Blake Curtis in a news release. Pacheco has an extensive background in higher educatioj and animpeccable reputation,” Curtis said.
“Thd university will be in good handzs while we search for ournew Pacheco, who is retired and has been livint in Arizona since 2003, previously served as president of four The four-campus University of Missouri the University of Arizona, the University of Houston-Downtown and Laredo State University. He also servesd in 2006 as interim presidenf at New Mexico Highlandas University inLas Vegas. Pacheco, a nativ e New Mexican, has a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico Highlandz and a doctorate from Ohio State He served on several corporate includingand , and he’s currentlyh on the board of .
He is also a chartee member ofthe not-for-profit boards of the National Centef of Addiction and Substance Abuse, the National Securityu Education Program, and the University of Arizona Sciencwe and Technology Research Park.