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ENMU Student Represents Culture as Reina
Kaitlyn Rael was named the Eastern New Mexico University Reina on Sept. 20. The Reina, which is the Spanish word for queen, represents her culture at ENMU events throughout the year. She chose to run for Reina because she thought it would be an "ama...
Oct 25, 2017, 11:05am EDT

ENMU Sets Fall Enrollment Record
With a 2017 fall enrollment of 6,027, Eastern New Mexico University in Portales has recorded the highest enrollment in its 82-year history. Undergraduate student numbers total 4,599 and graduate enrollment is 1,428. The 2016 fall enrollment was 6,014. ...
Sep 12, 2017, 5:11pm EDT

Greyhound Grad Wins Groundbreaking Archaeology Award
Ethan Ortega, who was raised in Portales and graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 2013, won first prize for the Cordell-Powers competition at the 2017 Pecos Conference in August for his research at Coronado Historic Site. The Pecos Confer...
Sep 7, 2017, 3:11pm EDT

Greyhound Grad and ENMU Professor Win New Mexico Broadcasters Association Awards
Two members of the Eastern New Mexico University community won awards from the New Mexico Broadcasters Association (NMBA) this year: Greyhound Grad Jacob Aranda and Professor of History Dr. Donald Elder III. Aranda, who grew up in Portales and gradu...
Aug 24, 2017, 5:00pm EDT

ENMU Student from Albuquerque Wins Award for Poster Presentation at International Symposium
Benjamin Lantz, a senior at Eastern New Mexico University, received the "Top Undergraduate Poster Presenter Award" at the Protein Society's 31st Annual Symposium in Montreal, Canada. He competed against 150 undergraduates from around the world to wi...
Aug 3, 2017, 12:32pm EDT

ENMU Veteran Helps Other Veterans
Gretchen Leigh, executive secretary to Clark Elswick, vice president of technology/system CIO, doubles-down as the secretary for the University Computer Center at Eastern New Mexico University. She has also established a veterans-assistance telephone l...
Jul 27, 2017, 3:29pm EDT

Greyhound Grads Capture the Moment in Colorado
Eastern New Mexico University alumni Geovanny "Geo" Lujan and Jennifer Sedillo are making their mark behind the cameras in Denver, Colorado. Lujan is a freelance camera operator and his fiancée, Sedillo, works at two local news stations as an operat...
Jul 17, 2017, 12:17pm EDT

ENMU Hosting Event for Veterans
ENMU Hosting Event for Veterans Portales--Eastern New Mexico University is hosting a Veteran Resource Event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, in the Campus Union Ballroom in Portales. Over 50 agencies will be available to discuss health b...
Apr 27, 2017, 1:01pm EDT

ENMU Hosting Event for Veterans
ENMU Hosting Event for Veterans Portales--Eastern New Mexico University is hosting a Veteran Resource Event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, May 2, in the Campus Union Ballroom in Portales. Over 50 agencies will be available to discuss health b...
Apr 27, 2017, 12:50pm EDT

ENMU Selects New President
At its meeting today on the Portales campus, the Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents selected Jeff Elwell, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tennessee Chattanooga, as the new president of the ENMU system, which in...
Apr 12, 2017, 4:34pm EDT