Homecoming 2010
Thursday, September 23
College Daze Rodeo—Lewis Cooper Arena, 7 p.m.
The ENMU Rodeo team will be hosting the 45th Annual College Daze Rodeo at the Lewis Cooper Arena. Rodeo is a very thrilling sport with several different events for spectators to enjoy. Join in the fun and encourage the ENMU Rodeo Team as they compete with other college teams!
Friday, September 24
The Homecoming Golf Experience, 8 a.m.–noon and 1–5 p.m.
The Department of Athletics invites you to participate in a great day of golf. The excitement starts the minute you call and register—team up and play with friends or join others who enjoy a good game of golf. Due to popular demand and an overwhelming number of participants, this event will be split into morning and afternoon tee times. Lunch will be served. Advance registration is required. Please contact the Department of Athletics by calling 575-562-2153 for more information.
College Daze Rodeo— Lewis Cooper Arena, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Teams will compete in timed events slack at 9 a.m. and a rodeo in the evening at 7 p.m.
Alumni Registration—Campus Union Lobby, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m.
Stop by the alumni registration table and let us know you are here! The Office of Alumni Affairs will be giving out nametags, traditional homecoming buttons and other freebies. General admission tickets to the greyhound homecoming football game will be available for purchase in the lobby.
50-Year Class Reunion Luncheon—Pecos Room, 12 p.m.
The weekend kicks off Friday with alumni registration in the Campus Union Lobby and a luncheon at noon in the Pecos Room. Dr. Gamble, ENMU president, will stop by to visit and give an update on the University. Then hold on tight as we board the carts for a campus tour provided by the President’s Ambassadors.
1960 Football Team Reunion, 12 p.m.
$10 per person. Please RSVP and reserve your advance tickets by calling the Office of Alumni Affairs toll free at 888-772-3668 or 575-562-2125.
COPE Reception—COPE Center, 1700 South Avenue I, 3–5 p.m.
The Council of Professors Emeriti will sponsor a special reception for emeritus and former faculty members. Current faculty, alumni and members of the community are invited to attend this event.
ENMU College of Education and Technology School Carnival—Education
Building Lawn, South Avenue N, 3-7 p.m.
A school carnival with all the traditional merriment of fun, food, games, entertainment, book fair and petting zoo will be hosted by the College of Education and Technology. Bring your extra change and be ready to have an afternoon of fun!
Greyhound Grill—Casa del Sol, 1401 W. 17th St., 6–8 p.m.
We’re all fired up for a backyard party! Alumni and friends are invited to join us for a casual cookout located at Casa del Sol, 1401 W. 17th St. (across from the University tennis courts). Special guests will include recipients of the Alumni Association and ENMU Foundation Awards and the Education Hall of Honors and members of the 1960 reunion class and football team.
Homecoming Hub—Dawg Houze, 1013 W. 2nd, 6–9 p.m.
The Dawg Houze is the place to be on Homecoming weekend! Whether it’s just you, or
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a group you’re meeting up with, stop by and kick back while enjoying light snacks and frosty beverages. You can’t beat the good food, great fun and good company!
Bonfire—Greyhound Arena, 8 p.m.
Student government, ENMU cheerleaders, athletic teams and Greyhound Sound invite you to attend a pep rally and the lighting of the bonfire. All students, alumni, friends and University personnel are invited to take part in this traditional event. Greyhound and Zia coaches will deliver the inside scoop for the weekend’s athletic events, and the 2010 Homecoming King and Queen will be announced!
Saturday, September 25
The ENMU Foundation 35th Annual Breakfast—Campus Union Ballroom, 8 a.m. Homecoming 2010 marks the 35th ENMU Foundation Breakfast to honor donors. Everyone is invited to attend the breakfast. Invitations are mailed to donors and special guests to this annual event. For all other guests, it is $10 per person. Additional tickets can be requested by calling the ENMU Foundation toll free at 888-291-5524. Serving begins at 7:30 a.m. for early arrivals. During the breakfast program, ENMU Foundation and ENMU Alumni Association awards will be presented. Members of the Class of 1960, Educators Hall of Honors recipients, Distinguished Emeritus Faculty Award recipients and the 1960 football team will be recognized. Seating is limited so request your tickets early.
College Daze Rodeo—Lewis Cooper Arena, 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Teams will compete in timed events slack at 9 a.m. and a rodeo that includes the top ten in each event for the final performance at 7 p.m.
The Homecoming Parade—West First Street, 10:30 a.m.
Everyone loves a parade! The ENMU homecoming parade has traditionally provided fun and entertainment for everyone. Please contact the Office of Alumni Affairs at ENMU Station 48, 1500 South Avenue K, Portales, NM 88130 or call 575-562-2125 for entry information.
Sodexho Buffet—Campus Union Dining Hall, 11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m. Immediately following the parade, join us for the traditional buffet in the Campus Union Dining Hall. This is a feast at its finest, and everyone is invited; no reservations are needed. Tickets will be available at the door for $8.25 per person.
The Homecoming Football Game—Greyhound Stadium, 2 p.m. The Homecoming game will match the Greyhounds against the Texas A&M-Commerce Lions at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25. Halftime activities at the football game will include the presentation of the homecoming king and queen and their court. Winners of the 2010 ENMU Homecoming floats will be announced along with local business sponsors for this event. Be a greyhound fan! Wear green and show your ENMU pride! ***Note: The Athletic Hall of Honors inductees will not be recognized at the Homecoming game. Instead, they will be honored at the first football game of the year when the Greyhound football team plays Southern Nazarene on August 28 at 6:00 p.m.
ENMU Educators Hall of Honors Gala—Campus Union Ballroom, 6:30 p.m. Homecoming 2010 marks the third annual ENMU Educators Hall of Honors Gala. Everyone is invited to attend. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m. Free tickets will be mailed to honorees and special guests of this annual event. For all other guests, the cost is $15 per person. Advance tickets can be requested by calling the ENMU Foundation, toll free at 888-291-5524 or the College of Education and Technology at 575-562-2443. The new ENMU Educators Hall of Honors Awards will be presented along with musical entertainment. Seating is limited so request your tickets early.
You are cordially invited to attend the 2010 Alumni Choir reunion during homecoming festivities at ENMU, September 23-25. We are very excited about this year’s event, which will feature an opportunity to sing in a fabulous ensemble comprised of friends and classmates from your ENMU days, rehearse in a beautiful rehearsal room and perform in a perfectly rebalanced and renovated Buchanan Hall. Dr. George Umberson (Director of Choirs at ENMU, 1960-1970) will return to campus to conduct this year’s Alumni Choir and participate in the dedication of the George Umberson Choral Rehearsal Room and rededication ceremonies of the Music Building. Our deep appreciation and sincere gratitude goes to the many individuals who contributed so generously to the fundraising campaign for the Music Building renovation and the naming of many spaces, including practice rooms, classrooms and the George Umberson Choral Rehearsal room. This is an event you will not want to miss. The schedule is as follows:
Date Time Event
Thursday, Sept. 23 7-9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 24 10 a.m.-noon
Alumni Choir Rehearsal in the Umberson Choral Rehearsal Room
Alumni Choir Rehearsal in the Umberson Choral Rehearsal Room 1:30 p.m.
Ribbon Cutting and Tours of the Music Building 5 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 25 10 a.m.
Rededication Performance in Buchanan Hall with Alumni Choir and ENMU Choirs
Warm/Up and Rehearsal with Alumni Choir 11 a.m
Alumni Choir and ENMU Choirs Performance in Buchanan Hall noon
2:00 p.m.
You can register in two ways, including:
Alumni Choir Banquet
Sing the National Anthem with the Greyhound Sound at the Homecoming Football Game
1) a simple online registration form: www.enmu.edu/alumnichoir or 2) mailing the registration form and check to me at the following address:
Dr. Jason Paulk
Director of Choral
Activities
Eastern New Mexico University College of Fine Arts, Station 16 Portales, NM 88130
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Alumni Association Awards
ENMU Foundation Awards
Business of the Year
Doris and James Cassan, Cassan Enterprises Inc.
Judy Armstrong
Danny Woodward
Honorary Lifetime Alumni Award
Rod Adair
Distinguished Service Award Outstanding Alumni Award
Scott Fischer
Ben Robinson
Educators Hall of Honors Awards
David Brooks, posthumously
O.B. Coffey
Mike Gladden
Sandra Gladden
Jay Gurley
Douglas Richardson
G.C. Ross
Jack Willis
DBA Dollar Rent A Car
Philanthropist of the Year
Betty Joyner
Volunteer of the Year
Kathleen Salter
Greyhound Hall of Honors*
Baseball
Gabe DeHoyos
Men’s Basketball
Jamaal Hunnicutt
Softball
Rachel Mohler
Support
Jim Harmon, posthumously
Mike Slinker
Volleyball
Julie Baxter
Women’s Basketball
Treena Royston
*The Class of 2010 Greyhound Hall of Honors will be inducted during festivities surrounding the Hall of Honors football game on Saturday, August 28. Beginning this fall, a Hall of Honors game will be held during the first home football game each year.
ENMU Graduate Selected by National Park Service as Artist in Residence
Nathan McCreery (BS78) of Clovis was recently selected by the National Park Service to serve as Artist in Residence for the 2010 artist season at Buffalo National River in Arkansas. Buffalo National River is the first river in the United States to receive the designation as a National River. It was made a National River in 1971.
The Artist in Residence Program in the National Parks recognizes the strong tie that exists between artists and national parks and the key influence the arts have had in the creation of several national parks. It allows selected artists the opportunity of working at their art within the boundaries of the selected national park for a designated period of time and encourages the creation of works of art that feature the park for use in the park’s art collection and to spread the word of the importance of our wild spaces and national parks. Typically the artist will donate a piece of art created during the period of residency, or inspired by it, and will give at least one public program about their art process to members of local communities or visitors to the park.
Each year participating parks receive requests for residency numbering into the hundreds, and those parks typically host only three or four Artists in Residence per season.
Nathan is one of an increasingly small number of photographic artists who practices the photographic art in the traditional manner. Using very heavy, and cumbersome, view cameras, he trudges the American outback looking for the decisive moment in time when all of a dozen elements fall into place for the creation of an eloquent photograph. All of Nathan’s black and white film is processed by hand using chemical steps designed to get the most from each piece of film. The negatives are then printed by hand onto regular, traditional photographic paper in a traditional darkroom. “I try to avoid digital production as much as possible. It would be much simpler to pass print production off to someone else, and with digital it’s much easier to do that and control it than ever. However I believe that an artist’s DNA should be on every piece of work that leaves his studio. That’s the artist’s responsibility. I want my patrons to know that the photographic image
they display was made by me personally. That I exposed it, processed it and performed each step in the process for them. Up until very recently, I printed all my color and black and white work personally using a number of processes that I developed to translate what I saw in the field onto a piece of photographic paper. Unfortunately, it has become much more difficult to do that
Dogwoods — Buffalo River Trail
Nathan’s focus, for his period of residency, at Buffalo National River was the beauty of the areas around the Buffalo River. While most of his work is traditional black and white photography one of his main interests in this area was the spring bloom of dogwood and redbud trees. Both are native to this part of the country and while both species typically bloom in the spring, it is relatively rare for them to bloom at the same time. A very unseasonable blizzard the weekend before McCreery’s arrival delayed the bloom of the redbud trees and caused both trees to bloom together; a relatively uncommon occurrence.
with my color work. The increasing proliferation of digital imaging has made the materials needed for hand printing color more difficult to obtain. For that reason the very major portion of my work is now in black and white since those materials are still readily available.”
Nathan has been selected to serve as Artist in Residence four times. At Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Acadia National Park in Maine, at Pictured Rocks National Seashore in Michigan and at Buffalo National River in Arkansas. He was unable to serve the residency at Pictured Rocks due to a conflict in scheduling. He resides in Clovis, New Mexico, with his bride of 38 years, Virginia, a golden retriever and a border collie. His work may be viewed on line at nimbusart.com, discoveredartists. com and on his Facebook page.
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ALUMNI ASSOCIATION Homecoming Honorees and News
Nathan McCreery
Broadwater Hollow
White Slab and Eden Falls
Water from the Rock Glory
Hole Falls
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Music Building Campaign and Rededication
Music Building Room Dedications
Floren Thompson Jr. Band Hall
George Umberson Choral Room
Caitlin A. Hammond Percussion Room
Baker Practice Room
Vernon & Evelyn Bundrant Director of Bands
Room
Clifford Diem Memorial Practice Room
ENMU Foundation Practice Room
Nicholas Fanelli Practice Room
Heather, Holly & Matthew Glenn Practice
Room
May Jo Gray Practice Room
Ira & Elizabeth Holmstead Practice Room
Klinger/Vartabedian Practice Room
Bill McDonald Studio
Helen Politiski Neely Practice Room
Jerry Ornellas Vocal Lab
Jim Slone Vocal Practice Room
Savannah Swandal Studio
Wilma Turner Practice Room
University Friends of Music Student Lounge
Lacy & Al Whitehead Practice Room
Band Honors
This year marks the 22nd anniversary of the founding of the ENMU Alumni Band. The ensemble was founded in 1988 to allow alumni the opportunity to make music together following graduation, enhance their friendships with one another, preserve their bond to the institution and recognize the significant impact of their mentor and director, Floren Thompson Jr., director of bands emeritus.
The reunions actually began as a concert and retirement roast for Floren Thompson Jr., who served as ENMU director of bands for over 30 years, according to Van Ragsdale (BME68 MA72), past president of the ENMU Alumni Band.
Floren Thompson Jr.
“We had so much fun seeing old friends and making new ones, that we decided to continue meeting every two years. Even after Mr. Thompson’s death in 2002, we have continued the reunions. ENMU is fortunate to now have the talents of Director of Bands Dustin Seifert, who is continuing the strong band tradition that Mr. Thompson developed,” said Ragsdale.
“We also try, as alumni, to support the band department and ENMU financially through scholarships and the music department renovation project. We reached our goal by raising enough money through the Alumni Band to have the new band hall named after Mr. Thompson.”
According to Jane Henry, secretary of the Alumni Band Board of Directors, “It’s a lot of fun to rehearse under the capable direction of Dustin Seifert for two days and present a concert. We have former ENMU band students coming from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and New Mexico,” she said.
If you are a graduate from ENMU, you have the opportunity to continue performing and remain involved with music by participating in the Alumni Band. If interested, you may register online at http://fine-arts.enmu.edu/music/instrumental/bands/alumni/register.shtml or contact Dustin Seifert, chair, Music Department/instructor of music/director of bands, ENMU Station 16, Portales, NM 88130; 575-562-2735; or dustin.seifert@enmu.edu.
In November 2006, passage of the G.O. Bond B made music to the ears of fine arts supporters, students and faculty at Eastern New Mexico University. The bond issue, worth $118 million to higher education statewide, contained $4.5 million to renovate and expand Eastern’s Music Building.
Gifts and pledges to the “Sound Investment” capital campaign exceeded $200,000 and passed the quarter-million mark including a $65,000 grant from the Kresge Foundation that was awarded during the summer of 2008. In addition, New Mexico voters supported Bond D in the 2008 November general election which brought $140 million to higher education projects across New Mexico. Of the $12 million received by ENMU, $1 million was used to complete the renovation of the Music Building.
The Music Building, one of the oldest structures on campus, opened in 1957 at a cost of $500,000—over budget from $379,000. The renovation includes a substantial addition and provides state-of-the-art facilities for music study, public school teacher training and public cultural events.
With a revamped theater, energy efficiency, climate control, fire suppression systems and lots more, the Music Building will be opened for use this fall after starting the project a year ago. The project cost $9.5 million and includes the addition of a 4,500-square-foot band rehearsal room. Recorders, mixers, projectors and touch screens are included in lesson presentation systems. Buchanan Hall Theater has an audio visual system that incorporates sound and video recording options, as well as a retractable projection screen and projection equipment.
In addition, the building has a silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification. Room lights turn on automatically when someone enters and also shut themselves off several minutes after movement stops. Rest rooms have automatic sinks and toilets, which are also low-flow.
Workers raised the ceilings and installed windows in a number of offices. They combined some rooms and split others, but left what original walls they could. Also, Buchanan Hall has a dressing room and green room, a new balcony, acoustic panels on the ceiling and new seating. The pipe organ is being rebuilt in Amarillo.
Make plans now to get together with fellow graduates of ENMU during the 2010 Homecoming, It’s a Thriller, September 23-25. A special rededication of the Music Building is only one of many scheduled events.
For more information concerning Homecoming, please contact Janice Cowen, coordinator of alumni affairs, ENMU Station 48, Portales, NM 88130; 575-562-2125; or janice.cowen@ enmu.edu. For more information concerning the Music Building, please contact Dustin Seifert, chair, Music Department/instructor of music/director of bands, ENMU Station 16, Portales, NM 88130; 575-562-2735; or dustin.seifert@enmu.edu.
Dr. George Umberson, director of choirs at Eastern New Mexico University from 1960–70, leads a former alumni choir rehearsal.
The Choir Alumni, under the leadership of Thomas Poole (BME65), succeeded in a goal to raise $50,000 and name the new choral rehearsal space in honor of former director of Choral Activities George Umberson. It is fitting in that the “new” choral space is in fact space that once was used by the choirs, so we come full circle not only in returning to the room’s original uses but also in naming it for one of ENMU’s distinguished leaders in vocal and choral music.
Dear ENMU:
It was a pleasure to talk to you regarding the special Homecoming event in September honoring my dear friend and mentor, Dr. George Umberson. George swept into my life the summer before my sophomore year at Roswell High School. He called me to strongly suggest becoming a member of his music program starting that fall at the high school. Several of my friends were also impressed with his calls, and we automatically signed up for his choir programs. Little did we know that we signed our life away to Mr. Umberson for our high school years and in my case for five more unbelievable years with him at ENMU. The Roswell years included singing in his award-winning high school choirs, full fledged musicals and even singing tenor in a barbershop quartet. I learned about commitment to the musical tasks and to have the best time of my life making music. At ENMU the University Choir, Opera Workshop, Swanee and the Spring Grand Opera performances consumed my time and steered my path toward the professional career that followed. Four months after I graduated from ENMU I auditioned and was accepted as the official tenor soloist for the United States Air Force Band in Washington, D.C. I also became a member of the “Singing Sergeants” the traveling chorus that accompanied the Air Force Band. In Washington, D.C., I was a soloist with the National Symphony for several concerts and performed as a soloist with numerous choral organizations in the nation’s capitol. Performances with the Washington Opera in the Kennedy Center followed with guest appearances from Florida to the Santa Fe Opera. I can honestly say that none of this would have been possible had I not answered that first invitation from Mr. Umberson who became one of the stellar mentors in my musical career. The confidence that George instilled by demanding excellence at all times helped me weather many challenges in my career.
I am honored to join my colleagues in contributing to this well-earned tribute to George Umberson at the School of Music at Eastern New Mexico University.
Sincerely,
Manuel J. Melendez (BA65) Outstanding Alumni, 1980
NOTE: Manuel Melendez is one of many who contributed to the Dr. George Umberson Music Room. He currently lives in Arlington, Virginia and works at the Smithsonian Institute.
Dr. Umberson had an illustrious career as a conductor, music educator and administrator. His teaching career included positions as director of choral activities at Tucumcari High School, Roswell High School, Pepperdine University, ENMU and Arizona State University. His administrative positions included WTSU and ASU where he served as director of the internationally recognized School of Music for 19 years. His choirs were selected to perform for regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference. He has served as guest conductor, clinician or choral adjudicator in over 40 states, having conducted many all-state choirs and several symphony orchestras. He conducted the ASU Choral Union on four international concert tours to Europe and Australia. He was also invited to Romania where he conducted the Bucharest Symphony and Choral Society and to Hungary and Croatia where he had similar assignments.
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George Umberson Honored
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Floren Thompson Jr.
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George Umberson
Alumni Band, June 26, 2010
F. Thompson Jr. Plaque
What’s Been Happening?
Right: Zeta Tau Alpha alumnae, who attended ENMU from 1968-75, took a campus tour recently. Scattered from around the country, they meet every other year. This year they were in Lubbock and took a van to Portales.
ENMU alumnus Mr. Jonathan R. Nunn of Clovis presents ENMU President Dr. Steven Gamble a $25,000 check to establish the Jonathan R. and Jakie Nunn Endowment Fund benefiting New Mexico residents and west Texas students. Also sharing in the special March 2, 2010, presentation were ENMU alumnus Bill Kinyon of Clovis and ENMU Foundation Executive Director Noelle Bartl.
Noelle Bartl, executive director of the ENMU Foundation and Steven Gamble, Eastern New Mexico University president received a check for $5,000 from Robert Wachter, president and Ryan Jackson, treasurer of the Theta Zeta Chapter of Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Proceeds were raised from the fraternity’s annual Cow Patty Drop.
Seven New Alumni Board Members
Seven graduates will serve three-year terms on the Eastern Alumni Board of Directors beginning July 1, 2010. They include Janet Ainsworth, Portales; Kurt Hixson, San Antonio, Texas; David Jenkins, Muleshoe, Texas; Draco Miller, Portales; Terry Othick, Albuquerque; Sarah Pelley, Amarillo, Texas; and Thomas Poole, Washington, DC. The new members were selected at the board’s winter meeting in Ruidoso following nominations submitted by ENMU graduates and friends.
Janet Ainsworth (BS72 MS93) is retired from Portales Municipal Schools. She was a special education teacher in Bledsoe, Texas, as well as Dora and an educational diagnostician in Clovis and Portales. She was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority at ENMU. Jan was a member of the Milnesand Community Center for 20 years and wrote a community block development grant.
Kurt Hixson (BS96) has been in the marketing business for 13 years. Kurt is working at MDI, Incorporated in San Antonio, Texas, where he manages all aspects of marketing communications. MDI, Inc. is a publicly traded NASDAQ company. As a student, he served as director of public relations for the Associated Students of ENMU. Kurt serves as marketing communications director for the Mexican American School Board Association.
David Jenkins (BBE69 MBE74 EAC78) is the public relations director for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Muleshoe, Texas. He serves on the Muleshoe Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture Board and is vice president of the Muleshoe Country Club Board. He was a secondary school administrator for 24 years in Portales and Muleshoe. David was honored as the Texas Classroom Teachers Association’s Administrator of the Year.
Draco Miller (BS04 MS06) is an instructor in the Health and Physical Education Department at ENMU. He is the screen and run coordinator for the Greyhound football team offensive line and serves as a recruiter and the team’s travel coordinator. While at Eastern, Draco played for the 1999 and 2000 Lone Star Conference South Division football championship teams. He serves as a public school and college mentor in Portales.
Terry Othick (BBA68 MBA70) is the executive director of operations for the Los Lunas School District where he is responsible for the management and oversight of information technology, student nutrition services, transportation and maintenance and construction. He served as division director and chief information officer for the Department of Workforce Solutions. While employed at the University of New Mexico, Terry served as project manager for a major software upgrade of the SunGard HE Banner application.
Sarah Pelley (BS04) is an associate attorney for Mullin Hoard & Brown, LLP in Amarillo, Texas. While at ENMU, she was a member of P.A.D. Pre-Law Fraternity and served as justice of University Supreme Court. Sarah completed her Juris Doctor at Baylor University School of Law. She is a board member for the Amarillo Montessori Academy.
Thomas Poole (BME65) is currently the vocal coach for the United States Army Soloists in the Military Chorus in Washington, DC. He is a retired full professor from the University of Northern Colorado where he was the department chair for the College of Performing and Visual Arts. He has had concert performances in 14 countries on 4 continents. Thomas was also the chair for the George Umberson Choral Room Dedication Fundraising at ENMU.
Eight directors are continuing on the board. Current board members re-elected to three-year terms include Suzi Cammon, Jose Castanon, Sara Hall, Buster Hodges, Shannon Osborne, Rita Skinner, Gary Tonjes and Al Whitehead.
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Donors partake at the Foundation’s Annual Summer BBQ which was held June 26 in the president’s backyard.
Eta Sigma of Sigma Nu “Greybeards” 4th bi-annual reunion in Albuquerque met in July. There were 28 alumni and their spouses in attendance.
Updates
Dr. Robert Matheny (BA60 MA62), sixth ENMU president (1983-89), was invited as guest speaker at ENMU’s 118th commencement convocation on May 15, 2010, where 366 graduates participated.
Dr. Matheny’s topic was “It Only Takes a Generation” in which he spoke about ENMU’s distinguishing characteristic of enabling first-generation college students to succeed. “For the past 75 years, the University has been blessed with quality people, both employees and students who make it a great place to study and work,” said Dr. Matheny.
Clyde McKee (BA60 MBA67) was diagnosed with abdominal cancer ten years ago and underwent 18 months of chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant at M.D. Anderson Cancer Clinic in Houston.
McKee attended Lincoln Christian College in Lincoln, Ill., where he earned a bachelor’s degree in theology. He moved to Portales in 1957 and earned a bachelor’s degree in education. After teaching a couple of years, McKee began a career in insurance in Roswell, N.M., retiring from State Farm in 2008 after 45 years. While working at State Farm, McKee met the Lozanos, an immigrant family from Mexico. In December 2006 Armando and Christina Lozano were deported to Juarez, Mexico after overstaying their green cards. Clyde drove the children to Mexico delivering the family to Chihuahua and returning to bring them back to their house in Roswell. Armando and Cristina asked Clyde to be the children’s guardian which he accepted for the next 18 months. The Lozanos’ son, Nahum, now attends ENMU-R and his siblings have returned to Chihuahua while their parents work to remedy their immigration status. Since their deportation three years ago, Clyde has visited 20-25 times. McKee served as a Magistrate Court judge from 1970 to 1977 and now serves part time as a Municipal Court judge. He was president of Keep Roswell Beautiful from 1992 to 1995 and currently serves on the board of ENMU-R.
Dwight Crenshaw (MA72) is the Division 4 Magistrate of New Mexico who is currently running for his second term. He has presided in 14 courts in New Mexico and has been a teacher and coach in El Paso, Hobbs and Clovis. He was employed by the Exxon Corp. for almost 30 years.
Lemma White (MED75) is the Division 2 Magistrate of New Mexico and is planning to run for re-election. White has lived in Hobbs since 1936. She retired from the education sector after 35 years of service. She serves on a number of local and state committees and boards.
Buck Sanchez (BS85) is the new deputy supervisor for the White River National Forest who reported for duty May 24 after seven years as a district ranger in Ruidoso, N.M. Sanchez has a degree in wildlife management from ENMU and a Master of Science in wildlife science from NMSU.
Jan Elliott (BS86) of Clovis was selected as the 25th annual Governor’s Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women. She has been the executive director for EMS III for 21 years. She is recognized as one of 20 winners of the award, one of which will be inducted into the hall of fame.
Durwin R. Striplin (BS89) received one of the two Hunter-Hamilton Love of Teaching Awards at the 2010 spring commencement of Davidson College, Davidson, N.C. Striplin is a summa cum laude graduate of ENMU who earned his Ph.D. at Washington State University. He has taught at Davidson since 1996 where he also conducts research in chemistry.
Michelle (Lacko) Isherwood (BS91) has been teaching in Texas for 17 years. Michelle won the Teacher of the Year on her school campus. She married her husband, Kurt, three years ago after meeting in Puerto Rico during a pistol shooting contest at the Championships of the Americas where she earned two silver medals.
Sharon King (BUS95) was recently elected as the first woman mayor of Portales. King grew up in Portales graduating from Portales High School. For 20 years she worked in the Grants and Contracts office at Eastern, after which she worked as the special assistant to the president for five years until retiring. In addition to serving as the mayor of Portales, King serves as the executive director of the Chamber of Commerce.
Tammy Obeidallah (BA95) wrote an article in Intifada: Voice of Palestine about the Israel-Palestine conflict.
Jennifer Greene (BS96) has received notice from Foothills Publishing in New York, a small literary press, that she has been accepted as one in a series of six Montana authors. Her book of poems, which is her second, is entitled What Lasts and was available late July. Her work is also appearing in two different anthologies, I was Indian, vol. 2 and Poets of the American West , both which debuted in May.
Tisha J. Pierce (BM96) was recently notified by the Convention Industry Council (CIC) that she earned recognition from CIC by receiving the Certified Meeting Professional designation. The examination was held in 15 cities throughout the world and tested the candidates’ knowledge of meeting management.
Matt Chandler (BS98) is currently serving in his second term as district attorney for Curry and Roosevelt counties. He is a Clovis native and received his law degree from the University of Tulsa.
Gillian Andersen (BS99) has completed a M.A. in technical communication at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, and is currently a doctoral candidate in technical communication and rhetoric there with an anticipated graduation date of 2011.
Sean Shepherd (BS00), an Instructional Resource Center coordinator for Golden Library, ENMU, presented a concept at the first International Orbital Debris Removal conference near Washington, D.C., last December and Congress is ready to analyze the presentations for selection and development.
Marea Smith (MED00), a first-grade teacher at Steiner Elementary, Portales, has won the 2010 Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching. Each year the Golden Apple Award recognizes seven teachers from around N.M. Out of 250 nominations, Smith was one of 17 finalists. Smith’s parents were teachers in Portales, which was her motivation to teach.
Jeremy Hall (BS01) and Joanna Howry are engaged and plan to wed July 10 in Artesia. Jeremy is employed by Mack Energy as a geo tech. Joanna is employed by Yates Petroleum Corporation as a state tax and royalty analyst.
Adan Guillen Jr. (BS03) and Nancy Ramirez are engaged and plan to wed June 19 in Carlsbad. Adan is currently employed by New Mexico Junior College as an academic advisor for Student Support Services. Nancy is a 2006 graduate of NMJC and is currently attending the University of the Southwest.
Jeffrey Worthington (AA05) has dedicated the last four years to creating media that will help personalize World War II for high school students. He developed a keen understanding of teenage audiences by writing and directing short productions for a high school drama team. He and his team performed for youth audiences in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado. Being an avid photographer and aspiring filmmaker, he has also written, directed, filmed and edited a number of short film projects. One of his short films about medical ethics was shown to the Congressional Ethics Committee in 2005. Currently in production, his documentary, For the Love of Freedom, features WWII veterans and civilians from across the United States and Europe. He is currently coordinating the iHistory Project: WWII, a national YouTube competition for high school students (www.iHistoryProjectWW2.org).
Jesse K. Davis (BA07) has published his first book, 2012 — The Fifth Ring — Redemption, (isbn 1935605240) in April 2010. A second novel was completed in December 2009, and a sequel to the first has begun with hopes of a completion date by October 2010. Jesse currently teaches in Bernalillo, N.M.
Marc Schoder (BS08) was recently published as a contributor in the textbook called Voices in Today’s Magazines (isbn 978188915483) published by the Writer’s Institute Publications.
Billie Mae (McClung) Hartley (AA42) passed away June 14, 2010. Mrs. Hartley graduated from Portales High School. For many years she was a homemaker, but after her children had all graduated from high school, she went to work as a District Court clerk, retiring in 1990. Mrs. Hartley was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Willis Firman Haynie (BA42) passed away Feb. 19, 2010. Haynie, a Portales High School graduate, was a Portales Municipal Schools superintendent from 1964-1968. He earned his doctorate in education at the University of Colorado. Haynie served as a teacher, football coach and principal in Borger and retired from administration at the University of Texas. He was also director of Texas Boys State for 55 years and held an emeritus position for six years. He also served on the National Education Advisory Committee under President George H.W. Bush.
Lenore Alyce (Coffelt) Willis (BA46) passed away Feb. 19, 2010. After graduating from Melrose High School and receiving her degree from ENMU, Lenore taught until she married Joe Willis, also from Melrose. In 1961 she returned to the classroom where she taught business courses at Carlsbad Senior High School until she retired in 1981.
Fred Martin Beard (BA50 MA60 EDSP69) passed away May 10, 2010. Fred attended school in Roy, N.M., and served in the United States Air Force. After being discharged, he graduated high school and attended college on the G.I. Bill playing football for both NMSU and ENMU. Fred taught for 39 years in New Mexico and Colorado as a teacher, coach, principal and superintendent before retiring and moving to Clayton, N.M.
Lola Vaughn Stockton (BA54) passed away March 4, 2010. She graduated from high school in Hollene, N.M., and taught school for 35 years in Hollene, Rosedale and Grady. She also taught second grade at Texico and retired after 25 years there. She was a member of Central Baptist Church.
Jack Edward Estes (BS55) passed away April 3, 2010. Jack was born in Clovis, N.M., where he graduated high school. After earning his degree in biology at ENMU, he served in the U.S. Navy as a flight deck crewman and was selected and served as Captain’s Orderly. He worked in the oil and gas industry and retired from Harbison-Fisher after 20 years. Jack was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Gene Walter Harrell (MA59 EDSP66) passed away March 29, 2010. He graduated from Anson High, Anson, Texas, at the age of 15. He went to Oklahoma A&M, graduating in 1934 with a degree in economics. During WWII, Gene served as a Master Sergeant in hospital administration during the occupation of Japan. In 1954 Gene moved his family to Portales, where he worked as an accountant, business manager and an associate professor of economics at ENMU. He was a charter member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Delta Sigma Phi, a business fraternity. He was also active in the Lion’s Club and the First United Methodist Church.
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Bobby Ray Duran (BS08) is the fish biologist from the San Juan River from Farmington, N.M., to Lake Powell, Utah, for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Keith Vargas (BS07) has been accepted to the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
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Robert “Bob” Troost (BA61) passed away June 27, 2010. Bob established the largest group of independently-owned cemeteries (eight) in the Chicagoland area. He served on the Board of Directors of the Cemeteries Association of Greater Chicago for over 20 years and was president from 1982-83. He was past president of the Metropolitan Chicago Cemetery Officials and also member of the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association and the Illinois Cemetary and Funeral Home Association for over 30 years. He was a parishioner of St. Mary of Goslyn Catholic Church in Downers Grove for 39 years.
Clyde “Sunny” Dunning Jr. (BA61 MED63) passed away May 18, 2010. Sunny worked with the deaf in Santa Fe, N.M., for one year and then with the mentally challenged in Hobbs, N.M., for 11 years. He later taught students with learning disabilities as well as accelerated students at Grady Municipal Schools. He was a member of the Grady United Methodist Church and also made jewelry.
Faye Nell (Harris Shaw) Blevins (MED66) passed away July 2, 2010. Faye spent more than 40 years of her life as an educator, both as a teacher and elementary school principal at El Capitan Elementary School in Roswell, N.M. While in Roswell, she received numerous awards, including Career Woman of the Year in 1975. In retirement, she lived and taught in Hawaii for eight years before settling in Plano, near her daughter.
Carolyn Irene Smith (BBA67) passed away April 13, 2010. Carolyn was Valedictorian of the Class of 1962 in Melrose. She was chapter president of Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority at ENMU. After moving to Chicago, Ill., Carolyn worked in several positions before retiring in 2007 as senior legal secretary for employment benefit attorneys.
Dutch E. Thatcher (BS68) passed away July 11, 2010. He was born in Clovis, New Mexico and was a social worker and Vietnam army veteran.
Jo “Bob” Trout (BS69) passed away April 17, 2010. He graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1951 and completed the Coyne Trade School in Chicago as a radio, stereo and television repairman. Upon his return to Carlsbad, he worked for Sears and later operated an electronic repair business for 11 years. During the Korean War, Bob joined the Naval Reserves and remained there for 16 years teaching electronics. He began his education at NMSU-C and went on to attend ENMU graduating magna cum laude. Bob earned his master’s degree from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. His teaching career spanned from the Naval Reserves to public teaching in Lovington, New Mexico Junior College, Goddard and Roswell High Schools, Carlsbad schools, NMSU-C, Canutillo, Texas, Park College, NMSU-A, Holloman Middle School and retiring at Central Texas College.
Gary Don Coston (BBA70) passed away June 20, 2010. Gary obtained a bachelor’s in business administration and teaching. He retired as a real estate agent and served in the National Guard. He was a member of the Church of Christ in Roswell and the Elks Lodge.
Gary L. Haggard (BS72) passed away Sept. 29, 2009. Gary graduated from Carlsbad High School in 1967. While at ENMU, he was a member of the track and cross country teams and Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Gary and wife, Beverly Frazier (BS72), began their teaching careers in Hatch, N.M., where Gary taught for 30 years also coaching football as well as boys and girls basketball and track. He was awarded the AA Associated Press Football Coach of the Year in 1981. He served as both vice-president and president of the Hatch School Board. The annual “Gary L. Haggard Invitational Track Meet” was established in his honor in 2000.
Douglas Horne (BBA77 MBA78) passed away Feb. 6, 2010. Doug graduated from Aztec High School in 1968. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business at ENMU. He enjoyed backpacking, listening to music, studying airplanes and Indian culture.
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John Larry Leyba (BS79) passed away June 7, 2010. John majored in psychology and spent time as a counselor for the Department of Social Services in Roswell. Later he moved to Albuquerque where he pursued his career at the Albuquerque Commission for the Blind and retired in 2008.
Donald Miller (BBA82) passed away March 20, 2010. He graduated in 1972 from Robertson High School in Las Vegas, N.M. He retired as a hospital administrator serving at the Eastern New Mexico Rehabilitation Center in Roswell, N.M., and later at Fort Bayard Rehabilitation Center in Fort Bayard, N.M. He was a member of the Harley Owners Group and the Patriot Guard.
Marline (Green) Haughawaut (BBA82 MED89) passed away Feb. 28, 2010. Marline grew up in Clovis and married Chester Haughawaut, who was stationed at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis. They were also stationed in Germany and numerous duty assignments including Texas, Missouri, Maine, California, Hawaii and Kansas. She taught in the Portales Public Schools as well as Morton, Texas. Marline was a member of the Church of God, Portales Altrusa Club, Portales Woman’s Club and ENMU Women.
Chris Richter (BS82) passed away Feb. 2, 2010. Chris graduated from ENMU with a bachelor’s degree in computer science where he was awarded a study internship at the Los Alamos Labs in Los Alamos, N.M. He also studied at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, N.M. He began his career with Allsups Co. in Clovis, N.M., then moved to Dallas, Texas, where he was senior programmer analyst at the Boy Scouts of America National Office for 23 years.
Jimmy Shendo (BS88) passed away Dec. 7, 2009. Shendo learned to sing on the grounds of the Jemez Pueblo and played the trombone in the high school band. His musical group, Moiety (two groups of people that make up one tribe), had been together ten years. Shendo
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received the best musical production award for his second album, The Town Crier, a Native American traditional piece. His third album, Walking the Life Road, was nominated in two categories for the Native American Music Awards for best rock recording and debut group of the year and put him in the national spotlight.
Dennis “Mark” Poynor (BSE91) passed away May 4, 2010. Mark was a 1985 graduate of Portales High School where he played football, baseball and ran track. He also played football in college at William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. Mark taught and coached in Capitan, Portales, Lovington, Floyd and Ackerly, Texas. While he was coaching in Ackerly, the girl’s junior high and junior varsity basketball teams were undefeated for two straight seasons. Mark had been named as the Most Influential Teacher several years ago. Most recently, Mark had been working at Portales National Bank.
Kimberly Ann Aragon-Nunez (BS99) passed away April 6, 2010. She was born and raised in Pojoaque Valley where she graduated from high school. Kim received her degree in family and consumer sciences and was the WIC director at First Choice Community Healthcare in Albuquerque.
Stephanie Diane Gilman-Dodd (BBA99) passed away July 6, 2010. She was a 1993 graduate of Portales High School and also earned an M.B.A. from Wayland University. Stephanie began her own business, Gilman Crushing. She worked for a number of years in inventory management for various industries in the Dallas and Atlanta areas. For several years, she was an adjunct professor for Wayland and Lubbock Christian Universities. She also taught English as a second language in South Korea, which later enabled her to mentor several Chinese students in the U.S. Most recently, Stephanie was an instructor at a community college in Fort Worth.
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Ronnie Cox (BA 70 MED74), Portales’ most famous actor, was born in Cloudcroft and moved to Portales in the seventh grade. He’s best known for his roles in films that include “Deliverance,” “RoboCop,” “Total Recall” and “Bound for Glory.”
Most recently he played a role in the 2009 film “Imagine That” starring Eddie Murphy.
But Cox said he’s long been a musician as well, performing a mix of folk, western, jazz and blues music. He has a long list of show dates that extend through 2011, as far away as Ireland. “When I lived in Portales, Clovis was a hot bed of recording,” Cox said. “I was cutting records in high school at Norman Petty’s recording studio. I put myself through college in a blues and rock band.”
Cox attended ENMU on a theater scholarship and said he could afford college because it was nearby. “I enjoyed ENMU. It was a typical, small, little college. But you got the education you wanted,” Cox said. Cox studied theater, literature and speech correction. He said he became a registered speech therapist in case his plans to entertain didn’t work out. But he’s never used the speech degree.
Cox said he spends about half his time acting and half his time playing music. His favorite entertainer is singer songwriter Jack Williams, with whom he will perform several times over the next year. “I love folk music. I love music that communicates. I’m a part of a small little niche that appreciates that kind of music,” he said. “I love acting and I’m good at it. But there’s that imaginary fourth wall between you and the audience. With music, especially the kind of music I do where I also tell stories, there is a possibility of profound one-on-one sharing that can take place. That kind of human connection is the opiate I find as the most compelling in the world.”
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by Liliana Castillo, Portales News Tribune, March 6, 2010
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8 NON PROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE PAID PORTALES NM 881 PERMIT 15 The ENMU Effect Published by the ENMU Foundation, Eastern New Mexico University Director-Noelle Bartl; Writers-Noelle Bartl, Janice Cowen and Geralyn Million; Layout-Geralyn Million Address Service Requested What’s Inside: 2010 ENMU Homecoming 2 2010 Homecoming Honorees...3 Class Notes 6-7 Grad Selected as Artist 3 Music Building Reopens 4 New Alumni Board Members 5 New Web Pages Launched 1 Station 8, 1500 S Ave K Portales, NM 88130 See inside, Page 2, for details! The thrill comes earlier this year! Be sure to save the date! September 23-25 Albuquerque Alumni Weekend and 1st Annual Golf Scramble, July 16-17, 2010 1-Brian Stein (05) and Shannon Osborne (05); 2-Karen and Buster Hodges (57); 3-Sissy Othick, Terry Othick (68), Randy Fowler (74) and Sharry Jenkins (68); 4-1st Place Team: Business Environments, Albuquerque, Bruce Hoover, Scott Hoover, John Coffman and I.B. Hoover; 5-David Jenkins (69/74), Terry Othick (68), John Lorentzen (71) and Jim Haley; and 6-Golfers receiving instructions before teeing off! 1 2 3 4 5 6
