Student Success Center Earns Accolades
By John Houser
The ENMU Golden Student Success Center (GSSC) was selected for publication in Endeavor Business Media’s American School and University 2021 Educational Interiors Showcase, which honors the nation’s most outstanding learning environments. The GSSC was featured in the August 2021 edition of the magazine, available online at SchoolDesigns.com. A jury of American Institute of Architects (AIA) members and education administrators evaluated submissions from architectural firms, schools and universities across the country, choosing 75 projects for publication. Each project was considered based on specific criteria, including green spaces, security features, durability and flexibility and ease of maintenance. Beyond the physical attributes, the GSSC was recognized as a space that promotes students’ health, well-being and equity on campus, making it more open and accessible to all who use the facility. “We are immensely proud of the GSSC,” ENMU President Patrice Caldwell said. “From the first week it opened, the Golden Student Success Center has been a popular campus destination. The student and meeting spaces are
welcoming and attractive. The wide range of services and resources are assets to our campus.” Re-opened in summer 2018 after renovation, the GSSC is a state-of-the-art building featuring great study spaces, computer work stations, fast Wi-Fi, Einstein Bros. Bagels and more. The building houses the Golden Library, the Runnels Gallery, Tutoring, Supplemental Instruction and Distance Learning.
Senior’s Photo Garners International Recognition
by Todd Fuqua
It was a windy and dark day on May 16, 2021, near Earth, Texas, the kind of day that could fill the sky with spectacular thunderheads bursting with color. ENMU senior and Greyhound basketball team member Laura Rowe (attending) took the opportunity to snap a photo of one of those thunderheads as it was lit up by the setting sun, and it has earned her internet fame the world over. “This photo was what I like to call a ‘Godincidence’,” Rowe remembers. “My boyfriend and I saw a tornado form and touch down. We chased it for a few hours down some backroads before I took the photo.”
Laura Rowe
Rowe has since won recognition from the Extreme Weather Congress in Hamburg, Germany, for Picture of the Year for 2021. “It is so strange to scroll on social media and see a photo that I took pop up every once in a while, or to be tagged in a post by an account that has millions of followers.” Anyone interested in purchasing prints of the famous photo can visit laurarowe.smugmug.com. “I still get so excited when a new order comes through or I get an email from someone wanting a signed print,” Rowe said. “It has completely changed what I may want to do in the future.”
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