Homecoming Memories

2019 HOMECOMING

This year’s festivities were a major success, with alumni coming back to ENMU from across the state and country. Here’s a look at a few who returned.

For the past 22 years, Jesus Martinez (BS 96, left) and Dr. Joseph Gallegos (MED 98, BS 91, right) have been attending the ENMU Homecoming parade with their respective families. The Martinez and Gallegos families started this tradition to give ENMU a chance to prove that, though it is a small university, the hearts that belong to it are big and will carry the school motto and its memories into the future.

Front row, from left: Shelly Cissell Atwood (attended), Katrina Lucero (son Chris Gonzales plays football for ENMU), Amber McDaniel Middle row: Renee Schaap (attended), June Horn Merrick (attended), Cassidy Merrick Self (BBA 07), Laura Knudson (BSE 88), Cristy Brakebill Walsh (former adjunct faculty), Tammy Polich Hunton (MA 06 BS 01), Belynn Pierce (BSE 97), Julie Miller (AA 73), Cynthia “Cindy” Cissell (BSE 90), Amy Deatherage (son Jake Deatherage plays football for ENMU) Back Row: Debbie Vinson (BSE 93), Layle Sealy Sanchez (attended), Kay Davis Burnett, Alyssa Salazar.

Employees at C&S Oil Co. April Rutter (attended, left), and Alyssa Idsinga (right) along with their costumed colleagues, took the Ancient Civilizations theme seriously and put together this float for the parade, earning the Oustanding Community Float award for their efforts.

Class of 1969 alums Gerald “Jerry” Goldberg (attended) and Barry Bonessi (BS 69) were on hand for the 50-year reunion at the Campus Union Ballroom, sporting beanie and an original Zeta Beta Tau jacket from their younger days.