1934-2019 1934
1940
Eastern New Mexico Junior College opens to 145 students for a six-week summer session. Students can enroll in two-year programs in teacher education and business. Donald MacKay serves as the first president.
To finance their educations, many struggling students bring cows to college. The students sell milk to pay their way through school. Other enterprising students raise chickens, sell eggs and rent horses to local citizens.
85 TH ANNIVERSARY
SCHOLARSHIP FUND
In 2019, we celebrate you and all former students who entrusted ENMU with their education. You are a significant part of our institution’s history. As one of our alumni and friends, you know the value of a college degree for our current and future students who will all be competing in a global economy. Eastern has been graduating successful students for 85 years and impacting the future of New Mexico, the Southwest and the world. Since opening our doors in 1934, at ENMU, every Greyhound counts. To celebrate this exciting milestone, the ENMU Foundation established a new 85th Anniversary Scholarship Fund supporting critical recruiting and retention scholarships. If everyone reading this magazine donated $85, we could raise over $2 million. You can make a difference in helping us continue to provide a quality education at an affordable price.
All donations of $85 or more will be listed on a special 85th Anniversary Campaign plaque permanently displayed in the Administration Building.
DONATE ONLINE: enmu.edu/85Years
or fill out the enclosed return envelope. 10
Green & Silver | April 2019
1941 ENMC awards 41 Bachelor of Arts degrees to members of its first four-year graduating class.
1935 Eastern celebrates its first graduating class of 14 women and three men.
1942 Floyd Golden becomes Eastern’s second president.
1934 1936 The Administration Building and Quay Hall are completed.
1943 During World War II, enrollment drops to 241.
1939 The renamed Eastern New Mexico College adds a fourth year of classes. The campus has four permanent buildings and an enrollment of 826.
1945-46 Enrollment skyrockets as returning veterans continue their educations. Eastern creates housing for 100 married students with surplus buildings from the deactivated Fort Sumner Air Base. The apartments are known as Vetville.
