ENMU Effect Newsletter - March 2011

The ENMU Effect Alumni & Friends Making a Difference

March 2011

What’s Inside:

Alma Mater Penman Passes........8

Alumni/Educator Hall of Honor

Nominations Requested............ 1

Class Notes................................6-7

Comments on ENMU.....................5

Friends of Eastern Society...........2

Third Generation Footballer.........3

Weekend ABQ Golf Scramble.... 8

A time to say “goodbye” to...

Nominations for Alumni Awards Requested

Each year, the Alumni Association of Eastern New Mexico University presents prestigious Alumni Awards to outstanding individuals during the annual Homecoming activities.

The 2011 Alumni Award recipients will be honored at the ENMU Foundation Breakfast on Oct. 8 in the ballroom of the Campus Union Building.

The Alumni Association Board of Directors select award recipients from nominations submitted by alumni and friends of the University. This program was initiated in 1966, and awards have been presented annually since that time.

Nominations should provide specific information to support the award category. Individuals who have nominated candidates in previous years and wish to have those candidates considered for the 2011 awards should again provide complete nomination information.

The Alumni Awards Committee does not have an opportunity to collect information in addition to the original nomination material. Consequently, the material submitted on behalf of a nominee must be all inclusive.

Nominations are directed to the ENMU Office of Alumni Affairs, and the information is distributed to an eight-member Awards Nomination Committee. The Committee reviews the material and presents nominees in each category to the Board of Directors for final selection at the 2011 summer meeting. Employees of ENMU and members of the Alumni Association Board of Directors nominating committee are not eligible to receive these awards.

The Alumni Awards are presented in three distinct categories: Outstanding Alumni Award Nominees are required to be ENMU graduates, and they must be “outstanding in their profession, in community service and outreach and in special causes and/or artistic endeavors.”

Distinguished Service Award

Nominees are required to have “provided a definite service to ENMU.” This award is available to both graduates and non-graduates of ENMU. A maximum of two awards may be presented in each of the Outstanding Alumni and Distinguished Service categories.

Honorary Lifetime Alumni Award

Nominees must be New Mexico residents who “provide an outstanding service of some nature to New Mexico.” Only one award is presented each year, and ENMU graduates are not eligible for this special award.

The nomination must include the following information:

The name and mailing address of the nominee.

• The justification for the nomination. Provide specific • information that supports the category of nomination. The name and address of the person submitting the • nomination.

Where to Find the On-Line Nomination Form: On the ENMU home page (enmu.edu), click on the “Alumni and Friends” tab. Click on “Alumni Awards” and then “Nominations are now being accepted” in green text. It’s that simple!

When and Where to Send the Nomination: Please send complete nomination information and additional support materials as desired by June 10, 2011 to:

2011 Alumni Awards Committee ENMU Station 48 1500 S. Ave. K Portales, NM 88130

For more information please contact Janice Cowen at 888-772-3668 or 575-562-2125 or e-mail: enmualumniaffairs@enmu.edu.

Nominations for the Educator Hall of Honor Requested

Eastern New Mexico University, the College of Education and Technology and the ENMU Foundation are pleased to announce that nominations for the Eastern New Mexico University Educator Hall of Honor are now being accepted. The purpose of the Educator Hall of Honor is to celebrate education alumni who have demonstrated distinguished professional accomplishments, exceptional character, and commitment to community service. Inductees will be noted for their long-term talents to impart knowledge, inspire a willingness to learn, and instill confidence in the classrooms, schools or agencies to which they contributed.

Alumnus/a (living or deceased) of ENMU who earned any 1. level of an education degree (bachelor’s, master’s and/or education specialist).

2. Professional accomplishments, exceptional character and

Has a long and distinguished career in education; retired or not.

3. community service should be verified by testimonies identifying talents to impart knowledge, inspire a willingness to learn and instill confidence in students.

Lincoln Hall, built in 1965, DeBaca Hall, built in 1962 and Chaves Hall, built in 1955, will be razed in 2011 as approved by the ENMU Board of Regents. Lincoln Hall will begin in late spring and will take two to three months. A two- or three-story residence hall costing approximately $12 million will be constructed in its place with an anticipated opening in August 2012. The razing of DeBaca Hall will begin in late July or mid-August. The Chaves Hall demolition will begin mid-August or early September. The projects will be financed through funds available from a retiring bond, and the normal room rates paid by the occupants of the new residence hall.

Nominees selected for membership in the Eastern New Mexico University Educator Hall of Honor will be recognized at a formal induction ceremony to be held in conjunction with Homecoming. Permanent recognition will consist of a photograph and plaque placed in a prominent area in the Education Building as well as an on-line version to be placed on the College of Education and Technology and ENMU Foundation websites. Inductees will receive a duplicate plaque as well as other materials from the induction ceremony. Individuals wishing to nominate alumni for the Eastern New Mexico University Educator Hall of Honor begin by completing a nomination form available on the College of Education and Technology or ENMU Foundation websites as well as from the ENMU Foundation and College of Education and Technology Dean’s offices.

Additional supporting material addressing the following selection criteria also must be submitted by the person making the nomination and, if possible, from other individuals having knowledge of the nominee’s accomplishments:

Candidates may be nominated from private or public school

4. careers; as classroom teachers, administrators or counselors and from primary, elementary, secondary or higher education levels.

All nominating materials must be submitted to the Dean of the College of Education and Technology and postmarked by June 6, 2011. Selections will be made by a committee consisting of ENMU administrators, faculty, staff, emeritus faculty and ENMU Foundation personnel.

Educators often work in relative obscurity and seldom receive recognition commensurate with their contributions to the lives of others and to society as a whole. The Eastern New Mexico University Educator Hall of Honor is one means of beginning to provide the much deserved recognition that outstanding educators have earned. Please take the time to nominate a deserving educator for this distinction.

For an online nomination form, go to the ENMU home page (enmu.edu) and click on the “Academics” tab. From the pull downs, click on “Education and Technology” then the “ENMU Hall of Honor Call for Nomination.”

Chaves Hall

DeBaca Hall

Lincoln Hall

Lifetime Giving Recognition in…

The Friends of Eastern Society

The Lifetime Friends of Eastern Society is the ENMU Foundation’s newest and most prestigious donor recognition society. This society honors the leadership and generous support of alumni, friends, faculty and staff who have been and are a vital source in shaping the past, present and future of our University.

Society members have made a special commitment of leadership, involvement and resources to ensure ENMU continues to provide an excellent student-centered education for today’s students and future generations of students.

To become a member into the societies, an individual must have contributed cumulative gifts, overtime equal to $10,000 or more to the ENMU Foundation. Qualifying gifts include: Cash, securities, real estate or gifts-in-kind

• Irrevocable deferred gifts (trust, gift annuity, life insurance policy)

• Estate distributions •

To make your next annual contribution at any level of giving, please log on to www.enmu.edu/Foundation or mail your tax deductible gift to: ENMU Foundation, ENMU Station 8, 1500 S. Ave. K, Portales, NM 88130. (Donation form included on Page 5.)

Diamond Level $1,000,000+

Gene and Anne Shirley

Jack Williamson

Emerald Level $250,000$499,999

Anonymous

Calton Research Associates

Roy and Leona Isler

Georgia Jungbluth

Pew Charitable Trusts

Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation

Addie Swearingen

Ruby Level $100,000-$249,999

Bank of America

Will and Jo Anne Cockrell

Dabbs Estate

Floyd and Elsie Golden

George Pearl

Lorraine Schula

Duane Shook

Jim and Norma Slone

Theco Electric

Peggy Tozer

Woodrow Turner

Wal-Mart Foundation

Al and Lacy Whitehead

John and Nancy Yates

Pearl Level $50,000-$99,999

Anonymous

I. Wylie Briscoe

Patrice Caldwell

James and Doris Cassan

Margaret H. Coleman

Larry and Joyce Combs

Albert Contreras

Dale and Audrey Davis

Duane and Kathryn Elms

Ralph and Janet Fort

General Electric Foundation

Ray and Bonnie Hammond

Gordon and Frantelle Hatch

Healy Foundation

R.D. and Joan Dale Hubbard

Foundation

Edna Johnson

J.F. Maddox Foundation

Colin McMillan

J.M. Metcalf

Jack and Ladeane Murphy

Nations Bank New Mexico

Doris Jean Setser

Southwest Canners Inc.

James Polk Stone Community Bank

University Friends of Music

Valley Furniture

Wells Fargo Bank New MexicoPortales

Zeta Sigma House Corp.

Gold Level $25,000-$49,999

Bender Chevrolet Cadillac

Al Bettina

Lee and Sandi Black

Cattle Baron Restaurants Inc.

Citizen’s Bank of Clovis

Conoco Inc.

Doerr and Knudson P.A.

Ruben and Eva Dominguez

Everett and Jan Frost

Steven G. Gamble

Glenco Inc.

Steve Hudson

Bill and Marilyn Joy

Betty Joyner

Kappa Sigma Fraternity

Sandra Matteucci

McCune Charitable Foundation

McDonald’s

Renee Neely

New Mexico State Police Association

New Mexico Student Loans

Jonathan and Jakie Nunn

Elizabeth Burke Overstreet

Norman and Vi Petty Foundation

Plains Regional Medical Center

Roosevelt General Hospital Auxiliary

Kathleen Salter

Charles and Jean Scheihing

Sean and Rebecca Shelley

J.M. and Catherine Smith

Sunland Inc.

Super 8 Motel

Sutin Thayer and Browne

Tillery Chevrolet GMC Inc.

Melveta Walker

Larry Willard

Buck and Roberta Wilson

Jerry and Michelle Wright

Xcel Energy-Amarillo, Texas

Zia Natural Gas Company of Ruidoso

eeSilver Level $10,000-$24,999

American Express Foundation

John and Noelle Bartl

Robert and Lennette Beasley

Bob and Marjorie Beck

Charles and Beverly Bennett

Gene and Ruth Bergman

Buck and Nadean Bigler

Ronnie and Jon Birdsong

Gary and DeAlva Blocker

Bobby and Sheryl Borden

Brayton International

Dick and Elizabeth Bresenham

Jo Nell Brooks

Bobbie Brown

Gene Bundy

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation

C and S Inc.

Bert Cassan

Chelsea Construction LLC

Chevron Matching Gift Program

Stephen and Terri Doerr

Thurman and Alta Elder

Andrew and Patricia Edelmann

ENMU Roswell Foundation

ENMU Women

Eta Sigma Sigma Nu

Farm Credit Bank of Texas

First Community Bank of Clovis

Ed and Barbara Foreman

Gerald and Linda Gies

David and Glenda Goin

Golden Corral of Clovis

Hal Greig and Francine Stuckey

Lincoln Griswold

Jay and Judi Gurley

R. Lyle and Joyce Hagan

Ronald and Donita Harkey

Steve and Niki Harmon

Ron and Sarah Holcomb

Patrick and Suzanne Hunt

David Hunton

Wayne and Bess Hunton

Gerry Huybregts and Estella Rush

IBM Matching Grants Program

Martha Ihde

Intel Corporation

Journal Publishing Company

Juanito’s Mexican Restaurant Inc.

Robert and Martha Kerby

Betty Lyon Kerns

Donald Kester

Bill and Gail Kinyon

Gerald and Kathy Knoll

KPMG Peat Marwick Foundation

Mike and Nikki Kull

Dewey and Callie Langston

Ken Leap and Regina Aragon

B.B. Lees

Herman and Katie Lehman

Luther Sizemore Foundation Inc.

Robert and Sandra Matheny

Gilbert May Trust

Medical Manpower Inc.

Jake and Janie Moberly

Mary Nanninga Ihde

New Mexico Baptist Foundation

New Mexico Land Title Association

New Mexico Lottery

Gary Niblett

Merlene Olmsted

Katherine Ortega

P N M Foundation

Donald Paschke

Ronald and Delores Payne

Peanut Valley Festival

Pepsi Cola Co.

Portales News-Tribune

Wynona Ratliff

Doris Razura

Karen Reaban

Frances Richardson

Oscar Robinson

Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative

Jane Rosin

Duane and Martha Ryan

San Juan Mesa Wind Project LLC

Ken Sanders

Wesley and Susan Sanders

Ray Schowers

Ella Becky Sharp

Michael and Cindy Shaughnessy

Web and Jan Smartnick

Smith Chiropractic Center PA

Sonic of Portales

State Farm Companies Foundation

Marshall and Helen Stinnett

Gordon and Margaret Thomas

Peter and Micah Thompson

Gary and Julie Tillery

George Tillery

TS & S Eateries

Phyllis Tunnell

U.S. Tobacco Company

Forrest and Mary Jo Walker

Bill and Paige Ware

Wienerschnitzel

Nancy Williamson

Danny and Chris Woodward

Jeanie Wozencraft-Ornellas

Xcel Energy-Roswell, N.M.

Yucca Telecom

Third-Generation Freshman Footballer Drives ‘51 Hot Rod by

Eastern New Mexico University was buzzing with many new faces this year, including 18-year-old Rhett Sain, a freshman from Sudan, Texas, the third generation in his family to attend ENMU. He is also a member of the Greyhound football team and owns a yellow 1951 hot rod truck that he fully restored himself.

Before ENMU, Rhett was involved in many high school activities. Athletically, he played football, basketball, track, tennis and golf. Academically, he participated in Informal Speaking, Future Community Leaders of America (FCLA), and One-Act Play, a club that performs single act plays at competition. His favorite class was Cross Examination Debate, which he says may be the reason he would like to pursue a major in either political science or public relations.

The first to attend ENMU in Rhett’s family was his grandfather, Jimmy Ford, in 1974. Then, both his parents, John and Chari Sain, came in the late 1980s. Interestingly, both his grandfather and his father played football for the green and silver. Even more unique is that all three played offensive line.

Outside of football, Rhett has another hobby–restoring his 1951 hot rod truck. “I got it as a freshman in high school and have been continuously working on it since,” he says. Originally, the truck was a shade of maroon, but he painted it yellow with black detailing because his high school colors for the Sudan Hornets were gold and black. Rhett has taken his hot rod to several car shows where he recently won “Best in Show” in Portales and the “Teenage Truck Award” in Levelland, Texas. He admitted, “My favorite thing about it is the shaved door handles; they pop open when I push a button on my keys.” Though he’s already put a lot of time and money into it, he says there’s still a lot of work to be done. “I’d like to really clean it and put in a brand new engine.” The only complaint he has about the hot rod is that “there is always something going wrong and it’s tedious work.” When asked how he liked Eastern thus far, he said, “I love it here. It’s relaxing, but I still can do what needs to be done. It has a good education program and is close to home.” For anyone interested in looking at the 1951 restored truck, he says casually, “Just ask. I’m always willing to let people look at it.”

Anyway you look at it, it’s a win-win proposition!

The Charitable Gift Annuity

Ask anyone who has signed a legal agreement, and they will likely tell you that the ideal contract is one in which both parties win; that is exactly the case with the Charitable Gift Annuity.

The Gift Annuity is a legal agreement between you and a qualified charity like the ENMU Foundation. In simple terms, it is part gift and part annuity. The annuity portion provides you a high rate of return on cash or certain assets for as long as you live. The gift comes into play when, upon your death, the value of the agreement becomes a charitable contribution.

Charitable Gift Annuity rates are based on your age, with annuity payments as high as 9.5% for more senior persons. In addition to this attractive rate, the agreement carries a number of attractive tax benefits.

Variations on the Gift Annuity make it extremely attractive as a part of retirement planning.

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ENMU Graduate Attains Full-Service Entertainment Business

It has been 25 years since Lori (Silverman) Hurley (BFA92) was a freshman at ENMU. She recalls how much she appreciated feeling like more than just a number and attributes much of her current success in life to the Theatre Department Chair, Dr. Patrick Rucker, not only as an advisor and teacher of her music theatre major, but as a father figure as well (even though he was unaware of this).

By her sophomore year, Lori discovered she was accepted to travel around the world with

Up With People and spent a lot of her time fundraising to earn her $10,000 travel tuition. Taking 18 credit hours and operating a singing telegram business, it wasn’t uncommon for Lori to show up for class dressed in costume and balloon bouquet in tow. Fortunately, by the end of her sophomore year, she had reached her goal and was able to travel with Up With People to 86 cities in five countries on two continents.

According to Lori, the international cast of 130 people from 18 different countries taught her more about herself and the world than she could ever learn elsewhere. It also landed her in Sarasota, Fla., where she was introduced to the director of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College.

Another opportunity then presented itself. Although Lori always had the intention of returning to ENMU, she applied to Clown College where entrance is statistically difficult and found herself accepted. Being a theatre

major, Lori felt Clown College would be a fun way to learn new skills and since only one-third of the graduates are offered jobs with the “Greatest Show on Earth,” she was certain she would be back at ENMU soon. She was wrong. Lori was offered a contract to tour with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus through Japan.

During this time, Lori exchanged letters with Dr. Rucker because she worried about getting off course in her life. Even though worlds away, Dr. Rucker’s commitment remained constant. Her favorite advice from him was that life isn’t just about the destination or getting some prize. He reminded her that the sweetest moments in life come from the journey itself.

She completed her tour with Ringling, turning down the offer to remain for another year and returned to ENMU. Two and a half years had passed and most of her friends were gone.

However, the faculty remembered her, and it felt like home. Community members also remembered her former singing telegrams, and her business picked up right where it had left off. Within two years Lori completed her degree, married a fellow student and accepted a job with a premier educational children’s theatre company, CLIMB Theatre, in St. Paul, Minn. Lori worked for the theatre for seven years, eventually becoming an administrator, while running her business part-time on the side. While expecting her second child, she made the leap to run her business full-time, and she has never looked back. Her 20th wedding anniversary is right around the corner, she has three children and continues to run a fullservice entertainment company in the Twin Cities. She tours the country as a speaker and comedy entertainer while fully engaged in the lives of her children and husband. It’s a wonderful, adventurous life, and in the end, Lori contends Dr. Rucker was right. The journey is just as important as the destination.

Lori (Silverman) Hurley

Lori Hurley as Half Pint the Clown

Camala Beek

ENMU freshman Rhett Sain with his ‘51 hot rod

ENMU Student Latest in Long Family Tradition

by Robin Haislett

Kaitlyn Hamilton, a junior digital cinema arts major from Albuquerque, has more to discuss about Eastern New Mexico University than just her class load. Being a third-generation student at ENMU, Hamilton can tell stories about her grandmother, Ruby Montgomery (maiden name Worley), enrolling in the first summer session ENMU offered in 1934 and about her mother running for homecoming queen.

Hamilton’s mother wanted one of her children to attend ENMU, and with her brother enlisted in the Navy, Hamilton got added pressure to look at Eastern to continue her education. ENMU was able to attract Hamilton even without family urging. “I went and visited UNM and was going to look at NMSU, but after I looked at the campus here, I knew this is where I wanted to be,” says Hamilton. “It’s like a storybook college town and you can actually focus more on what you’re here to do.”

The former elementary education major – whose mother and aunt graduated with education degrees – favors the smaller class size and the greater amount of attention given by her professors. Coming from a larger area, she says that some of her classes here are smaller than they were in high school.

Hamilton’s parents met while enrolled at ENMU in the late 1970s. The avid photographer reports that they competed in a battle of the bands with their band “Incognito” and won the creation of a music video by MTV “back when they played videos.” Their other band, “Nightwind,” was fairly well known, according to her mother, Sue Hamilton, and played all over for dances, homecomings, proms, at Cannon Air Force Base, clubs and other venues. Following in her parents’ footsteps, the baked-goods master has met her long-term boyfriend, Portales native, Phillip Ibarra, while advancing her educational career. (A music video is yet to be produced.)

Although none of her family are originally from the Portales area, a majority of them, including her mother, father, grandmother and aunts and uncles, received degrees from ENMU. Her father, Marvin Hamilton, worked at Worley Mills, which his future wife’s grandfather started, when he attended ENMU.

ENMU Alumnus Named Head Basketball Coach at UO

Source: University of Oregon Website

ENMU Alumnus Dana Altman (BBA80)

was named the 19th head coach in the history of the University of Oregon men’s basketball program last April with a seven-year contract worth almost $2 million per year.

Altman arrived at UO after spending 16 seasons at Creighton University where he became the school’s all-time most winning coach with a record of 327-176. He was 410-243 in 21 seasons as a head coach at the NCAA Division I level (previous schools: Creighton, Kansas State, Marshall).

He led Creighton to 13 consecutive postseason appearances, a stretch of 11 straight seasons with 20-plus wins, all while producing 10 or more league victories in each of the last 14 seasons. Those three feats have gone unmatched in the 103 years of the Missouri Valley Conference. He has won four Coach of the Year awards from three different conferences spanning 13 seasons, including back-to-back MVC coaching honors while he was at the Omaha, Neb., educational institution in 2001 and 2002. Altman was a finalist for the Naismith National Coach of the Year Award and was named the NABC District 12 and USBWA District VI Coach of the Year following the 2002-03 campaign. Student-athletes under his direction have earned six All-America honors on the court and four Academic All-America laurels in the classroom. Three players he coached at Creighton, Kyle Korver, Rodney Buford and Anthony Tolliver, have played in the NBA.

The 2009-10 season saw Creighton average 14,495 fans per game to rank 15th nationally in attendance. The Bluejays went 15-2 in home games, including a 13-2 mark at Qwest Center Omaha. Creighton, which advanced to the third round of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, finished with an

18-10 overall record, narrowly missing its 12th straight 20-win season. Creighton, finishing 10-8 in MVC play, extended its streak to 14 straight seasons with 10 or more conference wins.

Born in Crete, Neb., Altman played at Eastern New Mexico University where he graduated magna cum laude. He received his master of business administration degree from Western (Colo.) State in 1981 where he served as an assistant coach on the Western State staff from 1980-82.

At Wilber (Neb.) High School, Altman was a two-sport letterman, earning allconference honors as a quarterback on the football team and as a guard in basketball.

Altman has two assistant coaches, Brian Fish and Darian DeVries, who have been with him for 12 years each. The Ducks so far this season are 14-12.

Altman and his wife, the former Reva Phillips of Stanton, Neb., have three sons, Jordan, Chase and Spencer and one daughter, Audra.

According to Hamilton, her Aunt Carolyn went to Eastern in the 60s where she met her first husband, Kay Wheeler, whose parents owned Wheeler Mortuary. Her Uncle Gene got his master’s in the late 60s. Her mother attended from 1974-79 and earned both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Her father attended from 19701979. Her aunts, Rossanna, Becky and

Ellen, were all enrolled. Three of her cousins, Jimmy, Laura and Paula Wheeler, hold degrees from Eastern. Her mother’s cousin, Jeanette, attended Eastern and her son, Grady Pearce, is a member of the rodeo team. She has six other cousins on another side of the family who have attended ENMU, as well as several family members who have worked at Eastern. Finally, her great uncle, Victor Worley, served on the Board of Regents. The Photoshop user has other interesting stories. While leaving Health Services and feeling under the weather, she saw her mother’s name etched in the sidewalk outside of the entrance. The fine arts calendar for last year featured a photo of the production “Oklahoma” from years back and Hamilton immediately called her family to double check if the familiar woman in the photo was her aunt. Sure enough, it was her Aunt Becky.

Time has marched on and elements of the campus have changed, including programs, buildings and instructors, but Hamilton says she will whole-heartedly urge her children to attend ENMU and carry on the family tradition.

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1970s “Nightwind” Band

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The Charitable IRA Rollover is Back!

The charitable IRA rollover is back for alumni 70½ or older. President Obama signed legislation in December 2010 extending the charitable IRA rollover for 2011. This allows individuals 70½ or older to make tax-free gifts of up to $100,000 today to qualified charitable organizations, like the ENMU Foundation, using funds transferred directly from their IRAs. You can make your contribution for 2011 anytime before Dec. 31, 2011.

Your Benefits

The transfer generates neither taxable income nor a tax deduction, so you will receive the benefit even if you do not itemize your tax deductions. The transfer may count against your unsatisfied required minimum distribution. You’ll make an immediate impact on the ENMU Foundation, allowing you to witness the benefits of your generosity.

How It Works: An Example

Judy, aged 73, has $200,000 in an IRA. Judy made a

pledge to give us $10,000 in 2011. She had the choice of giving cash or other assets to fulfill the pledge, but Judy knew she may have another option to fund her gift. She’s been waiting for the charitable IRA rollover legislation to be renewed before making her 2011 gift.

Now that the legislation passed, Judy can transfer $10,000 from her IRA on or before Dec. 31, 2011, and she will avoid paying income tax on the $10,000. The renewed charitable IRA rollover gives her an easy and convenient way to benefit us without tax complications.

We Can Help

Don’t let this tax-wise opportunity to give today pass you by. If you have questions, need more information or would like to make a gift, please contact Noelle Bartl at 575562-2412 or toll free at 888-291-5524 or e-mail Noelle. Bartl@enmu.edu. Your tax or estate planning attorney will also be a great help to you.

ENMU Graduates Serve as United Way Presidents in El Paso, Texas

by Robin Haislett

Eastern New Mexico University has always been supportive of good causes and volunteerism. In the case of the United Way of El Paso, Texas, ENMU has contributed two of its graduates to its operation. Shannon Osborne (BS03 MA05) and Larry Patton (BBA71) have both held membership in the Board of Directors of the United Way of El Paso, along with other positions.

Shannon is currently the president of the United Way Young Leaders Society after holding the office of vice president and networking chair in previous years. The communication major found her calling while being highly involved in campus life, including Associated Students Activities Board. The 2009 recipient of the “Best El Pasoan” cites her experience with ENMU’s ASAB as helping her hone her skills at event planning, budgeting, volunteering, networking and negotiating from serving on so many committees involved with student activities.

“When I moved to El Paso, I did not know anyone. For me, I believed that volunteering would be the best way to meet people and get connected in the city,” says the ENMU master’s graduate. Her endeavors helped her connect with others and grow the organization to nearly 200 members.

Larry Patton, president of the board of the United Way of El Paso, credits Shannon with fostering volunteerism among young professionals in El Paso. “I am proud to serve with her on the United Way Board as a fellow greyhound,” he says.

Larry is the president and CEO of the Bank of the West in El Paso after 39 years in the banking industry. He credits the ENMU career services office for bringing quality companies to ENMU for interviews which led to the beginning of his career in banking.

After receiving an associate’s degree at New Mexico Junior College and a semester of playing baseball at NMSU, Larry transferred to ENMU and continued playing baseball. Putting his schooling before his sports, he left the baseball team and spent most of his time in the ENMU library.

Shannon is a coordinator in the UTEP Student Development Center, currently overseeing the Women’s Resource Center.

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For more information on how to contribute and/ or volunteer your time and talents for ENMU, please contact Noelle Bartl, executive director of the ENMU Foundation at 575-562-2412, toll free at 888-291-5524 or e-mail noelle.bartl@enmu.edu.

ENMU Grad’s Wife Comments on Husband and ENMU

by Barbara Yoresh

Hereally didn’t like school.

Despite a photographic memory and more than a fair share of intelligence, sitting in a classroom didn’t inspire him, and his grades reflected a performance that was average at best.

By the time he graduated from high school in 1959, he decided college could wait, and he worked a bit at various jobs before enrolling at Brooklyn College, New York, for a few David Yoresh classes. But the spark for learning wasn’t ignited there, and he left not knowing where his life would go.

David Yoresh (BS67) is my husband and a retired teacher, of all things. For a guy who didn’t like school, he has spent most of his adult life in high school and middle school classrooms. He did so thanks to the inspiration and fine education he received at Eastern which, in the early 1960s, was recruiting students whose test scores and transcripts made them unlikely candidates for Ivy League consideration!

Born and raised in New York City, David drove alone across the United States in 1962 (on old Route 66) to arrive in Portales, N.M. His was a bold decision, as was that by the University which was taking a chance on him. For a kid raised within sight of the towering skyline of Manhattan, it was also something of a culture shock. But it was at Eastern that David was to find himself and his

life’s work. Eastern was precisely where he needed and was destined to be.

We recently traveled from our Vero Beach, Fla., home to visit the beautiful Eastern campus. David had not been there since 1988, and it was my first trip into New Mexico. I knew what the University had done for him. With a small student body, uncrowded classes and close interaction between professors and students, Eastern offers something that larger institutions, even Harvard, cannot: an Eastern student is an individual not just a number. Because of that, a student can thrive. David most assuredly did and went on to teach students, some of which he knew were like an earlier version of himself and did not like school.

Eastern gave David a solid education, but it gave him much more than that—it gave him inspiration, purpose and a highly gratifying career path. A previously shy kid became an outgoing, motivated and articulate man. As was told to me by many of his former students and teaching colleagues, he became the sort of educator that students never forget.

It was a joy to visit the campus and be given a grand tour of the same classroom buildings and dorm where David was a student so many years ago. I share his deep sense of gratitude and respect for the way in which ENMU affords its students an unlimited opportunity to discover their potential, hone their abilities and successfully go out into the world. Thank you, ENMU, for giving my husband the keys to success.

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Twice the Yottabytes, a new book by Charles Maul (BA57), has been released by RoseDog Books. A missing prototype supercomputer, a missing genius who developed it, and a race against time to solve the mystery are faced by an entire industry, the academia, the police force and, quite possibly, mankind. Maul earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology at ENMU and master’s degree at University of Toledo with a major in vocational education. A retired teacher and counselor, Chuck wrote his book to encourage the youth to explore the world of science and technology and engineering for the betterment of society.

Joe Tarry (BA57) and his wife, Leona, recently wrote a new autobiographical book, The Marvel of it All, where they expound on their daily acitivities and inner thoughts of living in southern Brazil as missionaries with their family. After ENMU, Joe received a master of divinity from Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. The Tarrys have spent three decades as missionaires in Brazil and are now retired in Ruidoso, N.M.

Harold Van Winkle (BME57 MME63) was featured in the Alamogordo Daily News Jan. 23, 2011. The article can be accessed online @ http://www.alamogordonews.com/ci_17171844.

Jerry Zimmerman (BA60) and wife, Donna, who met while attending ENMU, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Dec. 27, 2010. Donna retired from Albuquerque Public Schools as a speech language pathologist, and Jerry retired from the U.S. Dept. of Energy as program manager.

John A. Nance (MA63) recently received a certificate and plaque from Governor Chet Culver, Governor of the State of Iowa, congratulating him on his 80th birthday. Also signing the recognition was Senator Swati Dandekar and Senate Majority Leader Michael E. Gronstal. John and wife, Mavis, reside in Marion, Iowa, where they recently celebrated their 59th wedding anniversary. John retired from his principal position of 25 years at Lea Elementary School, Lovington, N.M., in 1989.

Dr. William R. Atchley (BS64) has been awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine by North Carolina Governor Beverly Purdue. The award is among the most prestigious awards granted by the Governor and is presented to individuals who have a proven record of extraordinary service to the state. Dr. Atchley is also a William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Genetics at North Carolina State University.

Lynda Milburn (MBE65) was selected Outstanding Unit Member for 2010 by the New Mexico Association of Educational Retirees and Curry County Association of Educational Retirees. She is currently the treasurer of the local organization. She taught accounting for 32 years and also served as coordinator for the Business Department Co-op Work Program for 10 years at Clovis High School. After retiring from CHS, Lynda was hired by the business and accounting department at Clovis Community College and retired again in 2002 after teaching computers and accounting for seven years. In 2003, she joined NMAER and CCAER and has served as CCAER president, vice president, treasurer as well as a member of numerous committees. She has been a strong force in promoting retiree membership and involvement in both the local and state organizations.

Don Bullis (BS70) has been chosen by the New Mexico State Library and the Dept. of Cultural Affairs as the official New Mexico Centennial Author. Don serves on the Board of the Historical Society of New Mexico and is the author of both fiction and nonfiction books, including the Old West Trivia Book, Bloodville, and New Mexico: A Biographical Dictionary, Volumes I and II. Don’s work will be highlighted throughout the statehood Centennial commemoration in libraries statewide. New Mexico became the 47th state on Jan. 6, 1912, and communities statewide are now preparing a wide range of projects, exhibits and events to commemorate the state’s 100th birthday beginning September 2011 and continuing through 2012.

Mike Sparaco (BS71 MS72) has now earned three halls of fame. His third honor came recently when inducted into the Oneonta (N.Y.) High School Hall of Fame for his athletic

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accomplishments at the school he graduated from in the 1960s. This honor comes alongside his induction into the College Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Okla., for his accomplishments in collegiate wrestling. Sparaco also has been honored for his work as a high school coach, having been inducted into the New Mexico High School Coaches Hall of Fame 10 years ago. He has been the current Raton High School principal since 2007. He coached at Raton for 21 years, 19 of them as the head Tiger football coach, before stepping down in 1991.

Donell Davis Wiggins (BBE78) along with three friends in Dallas, have formed Embrace Learning which is a group who are working with the people on Rusinga Island, Kenya to provide for their schools. Many generous friends have helped with these projects which have been done in partnership with OneKid OneWorld, a 501(c)(3) based in Los Angeles. See these projects explained on the Embrace Learning Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xmy6raPT2k and check out their blog site: www.embracelearningdallas.blogspot.com. If you want to help, make your check payable to OneKid OneWorld and mail to Donell Wiggins, 5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1750, Dallas, Texas 75225. Donell received her degree in business education at Eastern and was president of Chi Omega.

Kathryn Janes (BBA82) has operated a private practice in Kingston, Ohio, since 2002 and is a part-time prosecutor in municipal court. She received her law degree from Capital University Law School. She is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, the Ross County Bar Association and the American Legion.

Joel Hahn (BS91) has been named an “innovator” in sports television for his work on the 2009 U.S. Open Tennis broadcast for CBS sports. The piece of gear was from Orad (Graphics Engine) and called “flomotion” by CBS. The George Wensel Technical Achievement Award is given out annually to a broadcaster and recognizes an extraordinary technical innovation that enhances the overall viewing experience. The award was presented to CBS Sports at the 31st Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony held in New York City in late April. According to Joel, he’s traveling every week for CBS sports, and he works with an amazing group of guys who have become very dear friends.

Gwen Gist (BBA92) accepted a position as county attorney in Hobbs, N.M. Gist completed her law degree from Baylor University in 2004 and was Hobb’s city staff attorney. She began working for the City of Hobbs in 2008 and is a certified public accountant with 10 years of experience in accounting and five years as a staff attorney and prosecutor.

Mitzy Brace (BSE93) is a first grade teacher at the Texhoma Independent School District. She has been recognized by Cambridge Who’s Who for demonstrating dedication, leadership and excellence in primary education. A member of the Pentecostal Church of God, she is also a licensed minister with the PCG.

Noreen Jaramillo (BS93) recently accepted a position at Bravo Mic Radio Network located in Las Cruces, N.M., as news anchor. Jaramillo spent more than 17 years in broadcasting with stints as TV anchor and reporter in Roswell, San Franciso and El Paso, where she spent ten years as anchor for KFOX TV and three years at KVIA TV. Bravo reports that she has received nearly 60 awards for journalistic excellence as well as several New Mexico Broadcaster Association Awards and Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Toni Balzano (BS97) is now the deputy cabinet secretary for the New Mexico Economic Development Department. Toni oversees job creation and recruitment for rural New Mexico, including business and community development. She also manages the New Mexico MainStreet program, the NM Film Office, the Job Training Incentive Program of which she is the chairperson and coordinates the marketing and communications for the department.

Mark Froke (BBA00), currently living in California with his wife, April, and family, runs a successful organic clothing line, KLeN Laundry, that he created. They have sponsorships with motocross racers and other athletes, and

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a magazine devoted to his business. Froke and his sponsors call their team “Team Klen.” Froke said, “If you go to our website, klenlaundry.com, and purchase something; by using the coupon code “ENMU,” you can get 25 percent off your purchase.” Froke was involved in Kappa Sigma for a short time at ENMU and ran cross country team for awhile.

Jeff Lynn (BS00 MS02), former head coach at New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell, was selected from more than 60 applicants to be the first head football coach at Wayland Baptist in 71 years. In his six years at NMMI, he led the Broncos to more wins than any other college football program in New Mexico and last season led them to the their first bowl game in 11 years. His 2009 squad went 7-3 and finished the season ranked No. 16 in the NJCAA. Wayland begins playing an official schedule in 2012.

Adam Williams (BS02) is an anchor of 7NEWS Today in New England and 7NEWS at noon, as well as a general assignment reporter. He also anchors 7NEWS news breaks during the TODAY Show. He previously anchored at WSVN in Miami, Fla., for the Weekend Edition of Today In Florida. Prior to WSVN, Adam was a general assignment reporter at KRQE, a CBS Affiliate in Albuquerque, N.M., where he was recognized by the New Mexico Broadcasters Association for a series called Cattle Cruising and a documentary called The Execution of Terry Clark

Catherine Hovden (BUS03) transitioned from elementary librarian to the Le Mars Public Library’s assistant director position this fall. Before moving to Iowa, she worked as a technology instructor at a California school.

Jeffrey Worthington (AA05) is an avid photographer and aspiring filmmaker who has written, directed, filmed and edited a number of short film projects; one about medical ethics was shown to the Congressional Ethics Committee in 2005. His documentary, For the Love of Freedom, currently in production, features WWII veterans and civilians from across the U.S. and Europe. He is currently coordinating the “iHistory Project: WWII,” a national YouTube competition for high school students which will connect teenagers with WWII veterans, giving students the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of history.

Jenni (Williams) Gee (BS06) recently accepted a position at MacMurray College located in Jacksonville, Ill., as director of Annual Giving. Jenni recently was employed at SMG/ BOK Center as premium services manager. Her husband, Justin Gee (BS06), was recently promoted to division trainmaster for the Springfield Division. He just celebrated his third year with BNSF Railroad.

Amelia Christensen (BBA08) accepted the offer as a Supply Chain Management Intern with the Fortune 500 company National Oilwell Varco. The position afforded her the opportunity to live in three different places for six months each. She experienced the daily field operations in Colorado, the corporate life in Houston and international operations in the Netherlands.

Jodie Kibbe (BSE08) has accepted the position of Portales Recreation Center director. Kibbe plans to move toward getting a teen center, keeping fitness classes, instituting special interest classes such as scrapbooking and photography and increasing community involvement at the center. The after-school program will also be resuming.

Monica Jasso (BS09) was offered employment as a lab technician with DairiConcepts, a major dairy ingredient production plant in Portales, N.M., last April. She was soon promoted to quality systems specialist and recently received another promotion as laboratory supervisor. DairiConcepts serves all of the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and other countries.

Rev. Hoyt Welch (BA44) passed away Oct. 19, 2010. Hoyt graduated from Tahoka High School in 1931. He accepted the call to the ministry and began a lifetime of preaching and ministry that encompassed more than 60 years. He attended Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, while pastoring the First Baptist Church of Malore, Texas. His years of full-time ministry included the pastorates of

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First Baptist Churches of House, Belen and Eunice, N.M., and the First Baptist Church of Phillips, Texas. In 1963 he returned to Clovis as the first pastor of Sandia Baptist Church. Following his official retirement in 1980, he served as interim pastor of more than 40 Baptist churches in Carlsbad, Artesia, Portales, Eunice, Forrest, Clovis, Pleasant Hill, Grady, San Jon and nearby Texas communities. He also served as president of the Pastor's Conference, president of the New Mexico Baptist Convention, president of the executive board of the New Mexico Baptist Convention and as a member of the trustees of the Baptist Children's Home in Portales. In addition, he served on numerous committees of the Southern Baptist Convention, including the Sunday school board in Nashville, Tenn., the historical committee and the nominating committee.

David B. Warren (BA52) passed away May 12, 2008. He and wife, Mary Ellen, had been missionaries with the North American Mission Board and the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma for 37 years before he retired. David helped with the establishment of over 30 ethnic churches in Oklahoma. He received a B.D. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1962.

Herman Harvey (MA56) passed away Dec.26, 2010. He was a veteran of World War II where he spent two years on the aircraft carrier, Hornet. After the war he graduated from Texas Tech University then received his master’s degree from ENMU. Harvey was an elementary school principal for 35 years, retiring from Canadian schools in 1983.

Laura Etta Dickson (BA55 MA57) passed away July 23, 2010. Etta taught in Clovis, N.M., for 28 years and retired at the age of 70. Her husband, Dr. Joseph F. Dickson, was head of the Physical Education and Athletic Department at ENMU until he passed away in 1970.

Jewel B. McGlothlin-Martin (BA58 MA60) passed away Sept. 28, 2010.

Jewel completed her high school education at Montezuma College near Las Vegas, N.M. She taught sixth grade for the Portales Public Schools for 24 years. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, a volunteer for the Literacy Program and Meals on Wheels. She also played piano for the Spanish Baptist Church. She was a rock hound and took a geology class at ENMU in her 70s.

E. Wayne Bailey (BA59) passed away Oct. 21, 2010. Wayne retired as a teacher and department chair of the Business Department at Chaparral High School in 1996. As much as Wayne loved teaching, his passion was coaching football, wrestling, gymnastics and baseball during his 40-year career in the public schools. Thirty of those years were at Chaparral and Coronado High Schools in the Scottsdale School District. Wayne loved his alma mater where he was a starting offensive guard and defensive linebacker and a two-time NAIA and AFCA Small College All-American in football. In 1997 Wayne was inducted into ENMU’s Hall of Fame. He earned his master’s degree in business education in 1966 from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College (currently Truman State University).

Billy Lee Hicks (BA60) died May 31, 2010. While at ENMU, Hicks was an active student playing tennis and running track as well as being the student body president. After graduation, he joined the Marine Corps and retired as Captain. He then went on to be a special agent for the FBI. He attended Cal Western University Law School in San Diego and received his law degree. In 1973, his family moved to Prescott, Ariz., where Billy began his law practice which he maintained until the time of his death, taking a four-year hiatus to serve as the Yavapai County Attorney from 1977 to 1980.

Dr. Johnie Dow Starkey (MED60), Professor Emeritus, Northern Illinois University, passed away Nov. 11, 2010. He joined the Army Air Corps in 1942. After his discharge in 1946, he worked for his father in Clovis, N.M., at the Starkey Packing House until moving to Lubbock, Texas, where he taught elementary school. After ENMU, he received his doctorate in educational psychology at Colorado State College, Greeley, Colo. He taught at the

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University of Wyoming and at Northern Illinois University until he retired from teaching at the age

Billie Dan Lee (BA61 EDSP70) passed away Aug. 26, 2010. Bill graduated from high school in Hobbs, N.M. He served in the U.S. Air Force stationed at Lakenheath AFB in England and Walker AFB in Roswell, N.M. He received his doctorate in curriculum and instruction from East Texas State University, now University of Texas-Commerce. He

taught junior high in Clovis and Hobbs and was assistant principal at Houston Junior High. Bill served as federal programs director and business manager of Hobbs Schools and principal at Heizer Junior High. He became assistant superintendent of the Portales Municipal Schools before retiring from N.M. Public Schools with 32 years of service. He was then employed by the University of Oklahoma as financial and business manager for the federal program, Drug Free Schools and Communities. He was later employed by the vocational technical school Mid-Del, in Midwest City, Okla., where his primary assignment was to write and deliver curriculum for the use and maintenance of electric vehicles used by the airline industry. He then branched out in the area of safety instruction where he collaborated with the Oklahoma State Dept. of Education to develop curriculum and programs that teach and encourage safety culture in the workplace.

Gerry Douglas Washburn (BS65 MED68) passed away July 19, 2010. Gerry was a U.S. Army Veteran who served during the Korean War as a military police officer at Fort Carson, Colo. He worked for the N.M. Department of Game and Fish and taught and served as administrator in Roy, Dora, Floyd and Tucumcari, N.M. before retiring in 1986.

Freddie Dwayne Stephens (BA66) passed away Oct. 12, 2010. Fred was a graduate of Portales High School. He worked at Home Federal Savings and Loan, which was later known as Valley Federal Savings Bank, and Fred was president until its closure in the early 1990s. He then began working in city government, City of Portales; South Plains Council of Governments, Lubbock, Texas; and city manager, Post and Cameron, Texas. Fred also served on the Portales School Board and was president of the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce receiving the Workhorse of the Year award. Fred was also a member of the Baptist Church and Portales Masonic Lodge.

Bertha Arilla Welch (BS69) passed away Dec. 7, 2010. She graduated from Clovis High School and later attended Howard Payne University then Eastern New Mexico University, graduating in elementary education. She taught at Eugene Field Elementary and Zia Elementary in Clovis, retiring in 1982. She was married to pastor Hoyt Welch, and together they served Baptists in many New Mexico churches, including the First Baptist Churches of House, Belen and Eunice, as well as Sandia Baptist Church in Clovis. She also served for a number of years as the approved state worker for the Sunday School Department of the New Mexico Baptist Convention, traveling throughout the Southwest to lead conferences for Sunday school teachers of nine through twelve year olds.

Tom Gruber (BS70) passed away Dec. 19, 2010. Tom graduated from Eunice High School in 1964. He received a master of arts degree in 1992 from the University of Phoenix. Coach Gruber began his coaching career in Portales in 1970. In 1975, he received his first head football position at Eunice High School, winning three state championships. In 1979 he moved back to Portales as the head football coach, where they won their first state championship. They won again in l981 and were state runners-up in l983. In 1985, he was hired as coach at Carlsbad High School, where he remained until retirement from coaching in 1992 and retired from teaching in 2006.

John F. Russell II (BA71) passed away Nov. 19, 2010. John graduated from high school from New Mexico Military Institute, Roswell, N.M., in 1966. He graduated from junior college there in 1969 and went on to receive his bachelor’s at ENMU. In 1978 John went to work for an insurance agency in Roswell which he later purchased and operated until his death. He was vice president of the NMMI Board of Regents and had served as president of the NMMI Alumni Board. In 2007, he received the George Ward Memorial which is awarded to an alumnus whose actions and deeds have fostered the goals and ideals of NMMI. He was a charter member of the Pecos Valley Rotary Club serving as president and secretary and was the recipient of the Paul Harris Award. He also was a mentor of the Washington Avenue HOSTS Program, served on the board of the Roswell Refuge for Battered Adults as well as the Big Brothers and Big Sisters.

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Travis Lee Mitchell (BS72) passed away Aug. 23, 2010. Travis graduated from Fort Sumner High School in 1967. He taught in Portales, advertised for Kmart Stores in Clovis and was human resources manager for Excel Corporation in Friona, Texas. He was later in human resource management in Rapid City, S.D. before returning to Clovis.

Carey Hollis (BS73) passed away Dec. 30, 2010. He graduated from Hobbs High School where he won the state records for track in the mile run and two-mile cross country. He worked in Houston, Texas, as an electrician while pursuing work as an actor. He appeared in several movies as an extra and made commercials. He earned a master’s degree in theatre from the University of Houston and taught theatre arts until retirement.

Betty Smith (BS73) passed away on Dec. 29, 2010. She grew up in Eunice and graduated from Eunice High School in 1965. Betty attended New Mexico Junior College in Hobbs and ENMU, graduating with a B.S. in Elementary Education specializing in Special Education. She retired in 2000 after teaching for a total of 25 years. After retirement, Betty continued to be involved in education substituting for the Hobbs and Eunice schools.

DeForest N. “Jack” Stone (BS74) passed away Dec. 1, 2010. Jack received a bachelor’s degree in geology at ENMU where he was a member of Sigma Chi. He traveled the world’s oceans aboard geo-seismic ships searching for oil. His last years were in Albuquerque where he was a service technition for the U.S. Postal Service.

Karen (Dalhart) Ramsey (BA75) passed away June 19, 2010. Karen graduated from Portales High School. She taught computer science classes at South Plains College in Levelland for 26 years.

Raymond “Ray” Anthony Gonzales (BAE76 MED82) passed away on Oct. 14, 2010. Ray attended grade school in Roswell and graduated from Roswell High School. For 25 years he taught at Lindsey and James Elementary Schools in Portales.

Thomas O’Don “Ike” Stevenson (BS81) passed away Dec. 14, 2010. Ike served in the United States Navy for 20 years. He worked as a math and science teacher in Morton, Texas for 18 years. He also farmed northwest of Portales for 30 years. He was a member of the Brazos Street Church of Christ.

Dennis Andrew Smith (BS92 MS94) passed away Nov. 26, 2010. Dennis graduated from Floyd High School in 1986. He was a member of the state championship basketball team that year and scored the winning point in the final game. Dennis earned a master’s in communicative disorders and was currently employed in the Clovis School system. He was a member of the Floyd Methodist Church, but he and his family were attending Faith Christian Family Church in Clovis.

Rodger H. Thomas (BUS95) passed away Dec.7, 2010. He graduated from Villa Park High School in Calif. and served for 22 years in the U.S. Air Force. Rodger continued taking classes at ENMU after graduation and volunteered his services at University Printing.

Stephen Michael Frost (BS07) passed away Sept. 19, 2010. Stephen graduated from Panhandle High School and served as the ENMU student body president from 2006-07. Stephen started the Safe Ride program in his presidency. After several alcohol-related student deaths in the fall of 2006, Stephen created a program where students gave other students a ride home. Drivers used their own vehicles and cell phones when it first began, but he went to the New Mexico legislature in the spring of 2007 and was awarded $40,000 for this program. It was used to buy the current Safe Ride van as well as other equipment such as laptops, GPS, etc. The program has grown since 2007 with two vans on duty for Homecoming. Safe Ride is a well-known organization on campus thanks to Stephen. He was also active in Kappa Sigma where he achieved Master of the Ritual and served as House Manager. He worked at Circle M Automotive as business manager for the family business in Amarillo.

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2nd Annual ENMU Alumni Golf Tournament

Friday, July 15, 2011 Albuquerque, N.M.

The ENMU Alumni Association will host the 2nd Annual ENMU Alumni Golf Tournament on Friday, July 15, 2011, at the Desert Greens Golf Course in Albuquerque. Proceeds from this tournament will go to the Alumni Association to help fund initiatives that are targeted towards funding scholarships and alumni events. These events bring alumni together and help build ENMU Alumni Association membership and participation.

For more information visit the www.enmu.edu/alumni website and check out the ENMU Golf Participation Survey to determine your interest in supporting this event and the 2011 Golf Turnament Entry Form to participate in the tournament. You may also contact the ENMU Office of Alumni Affairs at 1-888-772-3668 or alumni.affairs@ enmu.edu for more information.

ENMU Alumni and Foundation Board Members (from left to right): Rita Skinner (BS87 MA90), Trish Maguire (BBA85 MBA88), Thurman Elder (BS64 MA66) and Alta Elder (BSE81 MED83) pose with Governor Susana Martinez at the January 2011 Legislative Session in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Alumni Association volunteers make their way around the capitol as ENMU ambassadors delivering ENMU goodies and Sunland peanuts to all the legislators and their personnel.

Former ENMU Professor who penned ENMU’s Alma Mater Remembered

by Argen Duncan, Portales News Tribune, August 20, 2010

Eastern New Mexico University’s school song was written by a professor who learned to play the violin at age 6 and worked for the Department of Education into his 90s. A. Bruce Gaarder died at 98 July 1, 2010 in Arlington, Va. “He was always the educator,” said Ingrid Kauffman, Gaarder’s daughter. “That’s what he got his big joy from.”

Gaarder taught high school and college classes, including Eastern New Mexico University and Louisiana State University. After 12 years at LSU, he moved to work at the U.S. Office of Education, now the Department of Education, from 1959 until his retirement in 2006 at age 94. Much of his work was in bilingual education, Kauffman said. Gaarder spoke Spanish, French and English. “I guess he felt it was very important to maintain the (native language) skills of the students who had another language besides English,” Kauffman said.

At Eastern New Mexico College, now ENMU, Gaarder taught Spanish. He also took students on trips to Mexico and wrote the alma mater around 1938. Ernest Gutierrez, who was Bruce Gaarder’s student and part-time secretary at ENMU, called him a fine man. “He was very pleasant, and he was very busy,” Gutierrez said.

As a child, Gaarder’s family was poor and his life was hard, Kauffman said. She also said her father expected his children to live to high standards and helped them whenever he could. He was 6 when his father taught him to play the violin. After his father died and his mother remarried, the family played at dances. He eventually taught himself to play piano and had an unbelievable memory for song lyrics, son Conrad Gaarder said. He also said his father was disciplined and had integrity in everything he did.

Greta Kauffman, Bruce Gaarder’s adult granddaughter, said he decided to teach her to drive when she was 12. Living in the Washington, D.C., area, they went to the Pentagon parking lot to practice before he gave her piano lessons on weekend mornings. Bruce Gaarder ’s British car was difficult to start, but both he and Greta were proud when she could show her parents her new skill, she said.

Eastern New Mexico University Alma Mater Circa 1938, by A. Bruce Gaarder:

There’s a song in my heart and a feeling I would share for the school of the Silver and Green

For the memories I cherish and friends that I know there in those days of fellowship keen. There are thoughts that can’t be spoken in my memories of you. So I’m singing the praises of Eastern University Alma Mater true.

Source: ENMU Student Handbook

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