Support the Sciences Campaign

The Science Building was opened in 1949, the same year the University’s name changed from Eastern New Mexico College to ENMU. Renovation and expansion was completed in 2008. Construction costs of approximately $10.5 million were funded by a 2004 G.O. Bond approved by voters, New Mexico state general funding, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) grants and ENMU auxiliary bonds.

The larger portion of the former building was gutted and completely renovated. The back portion consisting of chemistry laboratories is new construction, adding 33% additional space. The building includes three classrooms; one which is 2,200 square feet, used for large science classes and two which are 1,100 square feet each, used for moderate-sized science classes. The new facility will allow students to benefit from advances in biochemistry and molecular biology, including vast improvements in scientific instruments and safety features.

While the Science Building renovation and addition are complete, we need funds to equip the new labs with up-to-date balances, pH meters, spectrometers, centrifuges and other scientific instruments. Your gift now can help Eastern deliver the kind of quality scientific education required in a world that is increasingly technologically complex. Solutions to problems we face now and in the future will require citizens with enough scientific knowledge to make the tough decisions we may face. Supporting the sciences now will help us solve environmental and technological challenges.

Donors at the following levels will be acknowledged by a plaque placed in the Science Building:

• Platinum (Pt) level-$10,000 or more

• Gold (Au) level-$5,000-9,999

• Silver (Ag) level-$1,000-4,999

• Copper (Cu) level-$100-999

For additional information or to make your contribution, contact Noelle Bartl, executive director of the ENMU Foundation at 575-562-2412 or toll free at 888-291-5524.

What Your Gift Will Buy

$100 - magnetic stirrer, bunsen burner or buret

$1,000- electronic top-loading balance, digital pipettor set, electrophoresis cell or pH/ISE meter

$5,000 - tabletop centrifuge or microscope

$10,000 - rotary evaporator, UV/Vis spectrophotometer, lab freezer or incubator

$10,000

Larger gifts will help us fund major instrument purchases of up to $250,000, such as an NMR spectrometer or Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) unit.