2018 Educators Hall of Honor

Kenneth Chancellor

Kenneth Earl Chancellor (BS 86) earned his degree in industrial education. He returned to his hometown of Moriarty, New Mexico, as an industrial arts teacher at Moriarty Middle School and then the local high school. He is a lifelong educator who continues to bring passion, enthusiasm and high standards to his vocational shop classes every day. Mr. Chancellor became a National Board Certified Teacher in 2008 – a significant achievement and unusual within his field.

Ken has also sponsored the Technical Students Association, served on school and district leadership teams, taught countless dual credit courses for high school and college credit, and mentored new teachers. He involves his students with community service projects, making it a point to give back to his school, district and community. He has shaped the minds, skills and character of the youth up and down the Moriarty valley.

Dr. Socorro Herrera

Dr. Socorro Herrera (MA 90, BS 84) graduated with her degree in elementary education. While employed in Dora and Portales as a teacher, she received her master’s in multicultural guidance and counseling. In 1995, she earned her educational psychology Ph.D. at Texas Tech, before teaching at Kansas State University for over 23 years.

Dr. Herrera has made outstanding contributions in the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) at national and international levels. Her extensive record of grantsmanship supported these efforts across multiple universities. She was instrumental in collaborating with Dr. Julia Rosa Emslie to bring significant grant money to ENMU through Project Maestros, which educated numerous undergraduates in bilingual education, and through Las Estrellas, which provided master’s degrees in administration with emphasis on English learners for many ENMU graduate students.