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Double Major Plans to Preserve Documents as Historical Archivist

By Dillon Korte

Savannah Fulgham has always loved history. “My father was a history major, so I grew up around it and have always found it fascinating to learn about ancient societies,” she said.

The senior wants to bring access to history and historical documents to the broader population. “With the new advances in technology, such as the digitization of archives, I hope that I can help preserve and help provide history and its context to the wider world, keeping that history alive for the coming generations.”

The political science and history double major said she chose her political science degree because it allows her to “further develop my critical thinking skills and lets me analyze the influence of power and its impact on individuals and at the group level.”

This spring Savannah was named to the Dean’s List and received the Navin Sinha Memorial Scholarship and the Janis Bundy Memorial Scholarship.

She plans to attend graduate school for a master’s degree in either history or library sciences. Her favorite class at ENMU so far was “Contemporary Political Ideologies,” because it challenged her to look at “all of the ideologies in the world with a critical mind and be able to examine them.”

Savannah chose to attend Eastern to be closer to her grandparents, who lived in the area and helped raise her in the early years of her life. “I wanted to go back to the roots of where I was born so that I would get to experience it as an adult,” she explained.

Savannah said that being closer to her extended family has made all the difference in her ENMU experience.

“I was drawn by the small class sizes and the fact that it was more affordable going to Eastern than it was going to a college in Texas with in-state tuition,” she added. “I enjoy the closeness of the community here.”

Her favorite place at ENMU is the crossroads area by the time capsule. “It holds a significant amount of meaning to me because in the evenings, when my husband and I were dating, we would often walk through it,” she explained. “Eventually, that is where he proposed to me.”

Damieanus Ochola Hopes to Make a Change in Kenya as Oncologist

By Dillon Korte

Damieanus Ochola, an international student, born in Kisumu County in Kenya, Africa, has always dreamed of becoming a doctor. “I come from a country where health is a huge problem,” he said.

“I decided on this field so that one day I can go back home to my country and serve my people by offering the best health care facility to them,” the junior said. “I want to specialize in cancer and become an oncologist since cancer is a fatal disease in Africa.”

The Caduceus Health Society member hopes to go to medical school after he graduates with a bachelor’s degree in biology with an emphasis in pre-medicine at Eastern New Mexico University. “With this, I will go back home in my country and serve my people by working in various hospitals,” he explained. “My biggest dream is to start a hospital just for cancer patients in Kenya.”

Damieanus, who also has a bachelor’s degree in hydrology found the anatomy and physiology courses to be his two favorite so far. “Going to the cadaver lab was most interesting as we studied real human beings and not models,” said the Greyhound.

Dr. Matthew Barlow, associate professor of biology, has been instrumental to Damieanus’s Eastern experience. “He is like a father to me - guiding me in everything I do, especially as an international student trying to fit into the U.S. educational system,” Damieanus stated.

He applied for three schools besides ENMU. Although he was accepted to all, Damieanus acknowledged, “I wanted a school in a rural and quiet city that doesn’t have a lot of disturbances; ENMU has a nice and conducive environment to study. I like the Golden Student Success Center. It looks nice and is very conducive for studying and the equipment in it is highly advanced. I go there every day to study and relax when I am tired.”

The academic tutor for Upward Bound is proud of his Sae-Hsieh International Scholarship. He also served as the 2017-18 secretary of International Club, and is the current International Club president and African-American Affairs coordinator.