ENMU Green & Silver Magazine - August 2015

MAGAZINE

AUGUST 2015

Green&Silver EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY

Song Heard Around the World Page 4-5

ENMU Success Stories Pages 6-15

Athletics News Alumni and Friends Updates Pages 20-23

Photo by Marla Brose

Pages 16-17

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Cover Story: Seek Ye First

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Keith Ingram’s Competitive Edge

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In the Big Leagues

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Triangle Offense

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1 Great Idea + 20 Years

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ENMU Pianist Plays at Carnegie Hall

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Digging into the Past

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HSI-STEM Students Earning Internships

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Homecoming 2015

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New Stadium Groundbreaking

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We are the Champions

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Athletics News

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Discontinuation of Zia Symbol

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Alumni and Friends Updates

Green & Silver Magazine August 2015 Managing Editor Noelle Bartl

Editor/Graphic Designer Amy Archuleta

Lori Brunsen, Dr. Mary Daughrity, Dr. Kathy Gore, Robert Graham, Sara Hill, Shelby Kirkes, David Norton, Adam Pitterman, Ariana Ramos, Dr. Janet Roehl, Melissa Sena

New address, questions, comments or story ideas?

Contact us at 888.291.5524 or enmu.foundation@enmu.edu.

Photo by Jeremy Gardels

Writers and Contributors

From the President Dear ENMU Family, Summer is always a busy time at Eastern as we prepare for the 2015 fall semester. While we are fixing the things that are broken and painting the things that are not, we take time to reflect on the past school year. These are just a few recent accomplishments we take pride in: • As of April, we are now all Greyhounds! After overwhelmingly positive votes by the Alumni Association Board and the student body, the Board of Regents approved women’s athletic teams’ renaming to Greyhounds.

• In May, we graduated over 600 students, enabling Eastern to add over 1,000 new alumni for the year.

• In May, we rededicated the Jack Williamson Liberal Arts Building (JWLA)—the largest classroom facility on campus—after a $13,000,000 renovation. Classes started meeting in JWLA in January, but the official reopening gave us a chance to celebrate the legacy of this building and the distinguished professor, author and alumnus for whom it is named.

• In June, The New Mexico Broadcasters Hall of Fame inducted Duane Ryan, general manager of our PBS Station KENW for 41 years.

• In June, the University broke ground on the new multipurpose stadium located on campus. The first football game will be in 2016.

• Over the past three years, 10 of ENMU’s graduates (of the 21 who applied) were accepted to medical school, as reported by the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS).

As good as the 2014-15 year was, we expect the 2015-16 year to be better.

On Aug. 18, the fall semester begins. Our excellent faculty and staff will be ready to provide the class of 2019 with an outstanding educational experience. It should be a good year.

Sincerely, Steven Gamble ENMU President P.S. Homecoming weekend is Oct. 2 and 3. I hope you will be here.

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Song Heard Around the World

By Dan Herrera, Editorial Page Editor Albuquerque Journal

Photo courtesy of Karen Lafferty

“Seek Ye First” compares in its universality with “Amazing Grace.”

Where a slave trader converted to abolitionist wrote “Amazing Grace” about wretchedness in need of redemption, “Seek Ye First” is a song of faith and hope. Like the story behind “Amazing Grace,” Karen says she wrote “Seek Ye First” during a period of worry and self-doubt.

“I’m the author of the melody,” Karen says. “Of course, Jesus said the words.”

Karen Lafferty’s promotional photo for record label Maranatha! Music

The song is called “Seek Ye First” and the lyrics come directly from the Bible. Matthew 6:33, to be precise — part of the Sermon on the Mount.

Authorized copies of the sheet music will tell you the composer is Karen Lafferty (BME 70). What they don’t tell you is that she is from Alamogordo, was educated at Eastern New Mexico University in Portales and, for the past 16 years, has been a resident of Santa Fe — after spending almost two decades abroad as a Christian missionary, or “musicianary,” as she calls it.

Over the years Karen says, she has ministered and performed in more than 70 countries. Her travels have led her to sing “Seek Ye First” in places as diverse as a secret house church in China and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

Through the years, this simple praise song has become a worldwide phenomenon, sung in many languages by dozens of Christian denominations from Presbyterian to Quaker to Coptic to Baptist to Catholic. With its seven alleluias in a descant, it is sung at many Easter services.

After earning her degree in music education at Eastern in 1970, Karen started a career as a singer. In case she didn’t make it in the music biz, she would become a music teacher. Her repertoire included the sounds of artists like Joni Mitchell, and she was finding regular work in Dallas and New Orleans.

“I was singing in bars and making pretty good money,” she said.

Then, a friend introduced her to Calvary Chapel’s personal style of Christianity and she moved to southern California. She began attending services in Costa Mesa, Calif., and, shortly after, decided to quit singing in bars and focus on a Christian music ministry, but there was little to no money in hippie ministry. Car payments, the rent and basics became an issue.

“I went to church one night. I was just so frustrated and said, ‘God, I need some answers.’ And they were teaching out of Matthew 6 ... . And then it says, ‘Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these shall be added unto you.’

“It kind of burned in my heart and I said, ‘OK, God, that means my rent and my car payment.’ I went home, and I had my joy back and my faith back. I picked up my guitar when I got home and actually wrote the melody then on my guitar.”

Karen says she has heard others sing her song in just about every European tongue as well as languages of Asia, Africa and the Americas.

She presented the song during Calvary’s Monday Youth Night and the crowd quickly picked it up.

Dozens of adaptations of the song can be found on YouTube.

Try an orchestral arrangement by Jean-Francois Paillard’s Kanon Orchestre de Chambre that moves between “Seek Ye First” and Patchelbel’s “Canon in D.” Or one by a gospel choir mixing the song with Andrae Crouch’s “Jesus Is the Answer.” Or a heavy metal take by the British band Fire Fly. Or lively Eurojazz interpretations

by Dieter Falk and Sons or the Jan Willem van Delft Trio.

Karen became part of Maranatha! Music’s stable of musicians and singers, and when the label put together its first record, “The Praise Album” by the Maranatha! Singers, “Seek Ye First” was one of the tracks. Maranatha! published “Seek Ye First” in 1972 and released “The Praise Album” in 1974, sharing royalties with Karen for her song 50/50. Karen says the royalties from “Seek Ye First” are largely what has made her life as a missionary possible, usually contributing at least half of her income.

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Once the song was on a record, people outside southern California could hear it and its popularity spread nationwide and then beyond.

Yet the bulk of her ministry remains in faraway lands. Earlier this year, for instance, she toured Israel with an early ’70s folk music group called Children of the Day.

On a tour of Europe in 1979, Karen recalls seeing several nuns in habits watching her concert in Belgium. During the concert, someone slipped her a note saying the sisters had a gift for her.

Their gift was singing the song for her in French.

“I was able to play ‘Seek Ye First’ on the Mount of Beatitudes, where Jesus actually said the words,” Karen said. “It was an awesome experience.”

“Catholics are the ones who probably have taken this song around the world more than anybody,” Karen says.

And, in May, she performed in California with Christian bluegrass guitarist Dennis Agajanian.

Karen says she wound up learning the song in several European languages, which helped in her mission work. About that time, Karen moved to Amsterdam where she founded Musicians For Missions International in 1981.

“I get more invitations from other places than I do in New Mexico.

I don’t know what that’s about other than it says a prophet is not without honor except in his own country,” she says with a chuckle.

But Musicians for Missions is firmly rooted in Santa Fe now, and she says she finds plenty to do here.

“Seek Ye First” isn’t her only song. Karen has released eight albums over the years. Her songs often tell of the people she has ministered to and the places her mission has taken her.

Her style ranges from soft jazz to country to world music. The “New Mexico Song” was released in 1978 as a 45-rpm record and received some airplay on mainstream country radio stations.

It speaks about coming from New Mexico, the diversity of its people, how she misses it when she’s away, and how God placed beauty in its lands and sky.

This year, her record label released a CD of Christian music in the Towa language by a Jemez Pueblo group called the Waa-Haa-MeeNee Singers. And this summer, Musicians for Missions hosted two six-week Santa Fe Summer of Music Workshops, offering collegelevel training for people interested in music ministry. But she says what may be her “last big vision” is a project she is working on to establish a Sangre de Cristo Arts and Culture Center in Santa Fe, where visitors can experience the musical and visual works of area artist in a Christian atmosphere.

“It’s a place I can come home to, a place I’d rather not leave, a place I feel I belong to, and a place that belongs to me ... .”

Karen says she believes that “where God guides, God provides,” and it would appear that, in her case, he did it for a song.

She came back to New Mexico in 1996 to care for her ailing mother and incorporated Youth With a Mission Santa Fe, which became the new home for Musicians For Missions. After her mother died, she decided to stay put.

For more information about Karen Lafferty, her CDs and her projects, go to MusiciansforMissions.com.

Photo by Rebecca Adcock

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Keith Ingram (BSE 90) suffered a heart attack on Aug. 29, 2004 in Palo Duro Canyon, near Canyon, Texas, during a bicycle race; friends took him to Northwest Heart Hospital. “It wasn’t like the movies – I had no chest pain or shortness of breath, but my left arm did go numb,” Keith explained. Less than two weeks after successful triplebypass surgery, Keith returned to Palo Duro Canyon to complete the bicycle race. The cardio surgeon encouraged Keith to ‘keep it up’, stating that many heart procedure patients’ physical activity sharply declines after heart procedures.

“My lifetime of exercise saved my life,” Keith says.

After years of racing, Keith brought his competitive edge to ENMU as a nontraditional student in the education department. He began each semester with one plan—to win. Each semester he did just that, until reaching the finish line, earning his degree and teaching licensure in 1990.

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By Robert Graham

Academy and Clovis High School. Keith covered the educational spectrum, teaching the arts and sciences.

“I had been wanting to teach for some time. When the opportunity arose, I took it,” Keith says.

An opportunity arose when Keith sold the family business, Ingram Oils, to Phillips 66 in 1990. “We sold to Phillips 66 after a year of 57 percent growth in our revenues,” says Keith. Keith’s father opened Ingram Oils in 1958 and a Chrysler dealership that same year. Keith remembers his father delivering a 1957 white Chrysler Imperial to music producer Norman Petty at his studios. “That same evening,”recalls Keith, “I got to stick around and watch Buddy Holly record “Peggy Sue” in the studio.”

Keith rides the BMW GSA now, and the BMW Rider’s Convention asked him to speak at their annual gathering in Harrison, Arkansas this October. Nothing can slow down Keith Ingram.

Photo Courtesy of Hallett Motor Staff

Keith’s exercise routine began in the 1960s with flat track motorcycle racing. He transitioned to automobile racing in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, racing Corvettes and Porsches. Keith competed in the New York Marathon in 1983. He added bicycle racing to the fitness plan in the early ‘90s.

Photo by Roger Pattison

Keith Ingram’s Competitive Edge

Keith at Hallett Motor Speedway, near Tulsa, OK, earlier Although the Honda Gold Wing was not designed for adventure riding, Keith took it through Utah’s Moki this year. He put 200 miles on the BMW GTL that day.

Dugway anyway in 2012.

Top of page: Keith goes through the Monticello Box on a BMW GSA on a mapping trek through New Mexico.

In the Big Leagues Two Greyhounds Drafted to MLB Major League Baseball (MLB) drafted ENMU baseball pitchers Clyde Kendrick (Attended 14-15) and Cody Pope (BS 15) on the final day of the league’s First-Year Player Draft.

By David Norton

The pair are the first players drafted from Eastern since 2011.

Overall, the Greyhounds now have had seven players drafted by the MLB in the program’s history.

Anaheim’s Los Angeles Angels drafted Cody Pope during the 29th round. The Kingman, Arizona native led the Greyhounds in innings pitched. A member of the Lone Star Conference AllAcademic team, he registered multiple double digit strikeout games and was also the only pitcher from the Greyhounds to be named to the LSC All-Conference team.

Other drafted Greyhounds include Kevin Thompson (BS 11), 48th round, 13th pick to the LA Dodgers in 2011; Ian ThurmanKelly (BS 05), 43rd round, 3rd pick by the NY Mets in 2004; Brian Cronk (MS 04, BS 00), 45th round, 11th pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1998; Ryan Price (Attended 97), drafted 38th Round, 18th pick by the Colorado Rockies in 1997; and John Arnold (Attended 93-96), 20th Round, 27th pick by the Atlanta Braves in 1996.

For head coach David Gomez, the players become the first two drafted under his tenure.

“We are really excited for these two kids. When you come to Eastern, we want kids to know they are coming here to be a student first and get a degree, but you also want them to get an opportunity to play pro ball,” said Coach Gomez. “With Clyde and Cody going in the draft, this shows that there can be a light at the end of the tunnel if you are willing to put in the work.”

The Texas Rangers selected Clyde Kendrick in the 27th round (798 overall). The Vicksburg, Missouri native compiled a 4.47 ERA striking out 66 batters while limiting them to a .192 batting average. The left-handed pitcher had one of his best games of the season against nationally-ranked Angelo State University, striking out 10 batters.

Coach Gomez continued, “It was an honor coaching those guys.

We had a sub-par season and to finish off the year with two guys getting drafted is a good thing. Ending on a positive note will obviously help our team in the future.”

Cody Pope

Clyde Kendrick

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Triangle Offense

By Robert Graham Texico produced two sharpshooters for ENMU Women’s Greyhound basketball: Jaylyn and Jordyn Cooper. Along with their cousin, Desiree, the Cooper twins run the triangle offense of college to perfection.

Photo by Robert Graham

Desiree was one of two students to represent ENMU at the 2015 National Conference for College Women Student Leaders (NCCWSL). She is the assistant editor for the University’s weekly publication the Monday Memo. Her weekly column the “Coop Scoop” explores popular culture topics. She also co-coordinates the University’s social media platform, serves as president of ENMU’s chapter of the American Association of University Women, and is a L-R: Jaylyn, Desiree and Jordyn Cooper pose outside the Administration building. member of the Chi Omega Theta Zeta women’s fraternity where she has held four executive board positions, including The Cooper trio will form the third generation of ENMU graduates president. Desiree earned the Department of Communication for the family. Their paternal grandmother Billie Cooper (MED Outstanding Public Relations Student of the Year two years in a row. 82, BA 81), the twins’ mother Diane Cooper (BSE 87), sister Kelly Fontanilla (BSE 02) and Desiree’s father Britt Cooper Like their cousin, the Cooper twins are leaders. The University recognized Jaylyn this past season as Women’s Basketball Academic (BSE 86) preceded Jordyn, Jaylyn and Desiree. “Our grandmother lives in Portales, and we get to spend a lot of time with her,” says the Player of the Year. Asked about leadership, Jordyn commented, Cooper trio. The twins’ mother died in 2000 from breast cancer; “the best leaders are those who simply let their actions lead the Desiree’s father serves as the head coach for Roswell High School’s way of their leadership.” The Cooper twins helped out with the varsity men’s basketball team.

U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Emergency Food Assistance Program food distribution to needy families. Community service is Others have perfected the triangle offense on the basketball court, important to all three of the cousins. but the Cooper trio has perfected it both on and off the court.

1 Great Idea + 20 Years = 1,000 Students

By Dr. Mary Daughrity More than 1,000 students and their families have participated in the Family Math and Science Nights at James Elementary School since 1995. ENMU’s Elementary Methods students plan and create hands-on, mindson, learning stations for the evening. Family Math and Science Night promotes families learning math and science together with household materials. Instructional stations incorporate critical thinking skills with age-appropriate math and science concepts from the Common Core State Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.

“Our 20-year efforts have seeded the state of New Mexico with educators who sponsor their own Family Math and Science Nights,” says College of Education and Technology faculty Dr. Jerry Everhart.

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Daughrity supervised a dozen Elementary Methods students who managed the math and science activity stations for first and second grade students this spring. The students and their families explored four New Mexico-themed learning stations: (1) created chemistry models related to the Capulin volcano; (2) mapped spatial relationships in a replica of the Carlsbad Caverns; (3) used archeology skills with the Mystery Dig related to the Blackwater Draw near Portales; (4) predicted and created hot air balloon flights like Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta.

Current Elementary Methods student Chelsea Wain explains, “Working with future educators and getting students excited about math, science, and learning was so much fun. The night takes a lot of

time and effort to plan, but the end result of seeing the students engaged in learning outside of school was so rewarding.”

ENMU’s Education Club, VOICES, assisted Elementary Methods students during Family Night by registering students and families and awarding door prizes. Volunteering at Family Night serves as informal and formal training ENMU’s future students Elementary Methods student Heather Petty says, “Math and Science Night was a great experience and a joy to be a part of. Interacting with the students and their parents at the same time was new for me as a future educator. This is something I will value and remember throughout my career.”

Judging from participants’ response, they will as well.

ENMU Pianist Plays at Carnegie Hall

By Alisa Boswell Portales News-Tribune

Before leaving ENMU to earn a master’s degree in collaborative piano at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, Jiaqi “Helen” Gan (BM 15) and her classmates staged a first-of-its-kind collaborative performance, with Helen collaborating with a dizzying series of instrumental and vocal ensembles.

“This type of recital would normally only be a graduate experience,” said Instructor Kayla Paulk, who is also a collaborative pianist. “Helen said from day one, ‘I want to be a collaborative pianist.’ She made herself these opportunities.”

“This is the first time I’ve ever had a student in 20 years of teaching who has gone on to the collaborative piano master’s program,” Paulk added, saying that Helen led the way with planning the unique collaborative performance. “For Helen to exert leadership skills and for her peers to still call her a friend shows she is

good-natured and collegial. She knows what she wants, but she also knows how to motivate people.”

Helen recalls that upon seeing her talent and love for music, her father Qingxin Gan asked her when she was 7-years-old if she wanted to learn to play the piano.

When she said yes, he took the television he had just bought back to the store and brought home a piano instead. Qingxin and Zhili Gan believed their daughter could do great things.

According to Helen, that is support she still receives from her parents in Sichuan Province, China. “They have high expectations, trust me, and have always supported me in pursuing my dream.”

Helen’s parents are not the only ones who believe so passionately in Helen.

An anonymous donor gave the University $2,300 for Helen to participate in a music-student trip to New York City where she performed at Carnegie Hall.

“It was a special experience, and I just sincerely want to

thank the person who gave me this opportunity. Not only as a student but also as a musician, to get an opportunity to perform in Carnegie Hall, a place that everybody wants to perform in, is just incredible.”

Helen said the friendships she has made at ENMU and her faculty mentors are what she will miss most when she leaves Portales.

“I owe so much thanks to all of the ENMU faculty for their overwhelming support, especially Dr. and Mrs. (Jason and Kayla) Paulk and Dr. (Jean) Wozencraft-Ornellas.”

Helen said after her master’s degree, she plans to pursue a doctorate in music and then teach and perform for a living in the U.S. if an opportunity presents itself.

Photos by Donnie O’Hare

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Digging into the Past Ethan Ortega (BS 13) is a Historic Ranger at the Coronado Historic Site outside of Bernalillo, New Mexico. The Coronado Historic Site contains the ancestral Tiwa pueblo of Kuaua, which was built in the early A.D. 1300s and occupied until the mid-1700s. Excavations in the 1900s revealed hundreds of artifacts in this large adobe pueblo and a square kiva (ceremonial structure) with many layers of beautiful murals on the walls—a very rare find that gives us hints into the daily lives of the prehistoric Tiwa.

In his position as Historic Ranger, Ethan performs a wide variety of daily tasks in three main areas: site preservation, education, and research.

For site preservation, Ethan notes that he continually monitors the condition of the site and helps apply plaster to the old pueblo walls to protect them from damage due to weathering. Education is Ethan’s favorite part of the job. With tourists coming to the site each week, including many from outside the United States, Ethan enjoys “sharing the history of our State with our visitors.” Finally, during the winter months when other work at the site is slow, Ethan conducts research on

artifacts and field notes from the old excavations.

The fruits of this research are on display in a new exhibit at the site featuring some of the digital maps Ethan created using old field records as well as artifacts he studied from the site’s extensive collections.

During the past year, Ethan also organized Deborah Ellis, one of about 12 volunteers, assisting Ethan with his research program. a Junior Archaeology program at the site, both inside and outside the classroom. allowing local students to participate in a In particular, he has used his knowledge mock excavation set up adjacent to the of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) site. The program brings together various to produce site maps and the WordPress aspects of New Mexico’s Common Core as part of the students’ experience, so they blogging tool to create a separate website for the Kuaua pueblo (kuaua.com). His can learn while they have fun. Through time as president of Mu Alpha Nu, the their excavation and research, students anthropology student organization, also must use skills from science, mathematics, and especially language arts as they analyze helped hone his organizational skills. As he notes, “I learned a lot about event and interpret their results. planning as Mu Alpha Nu president; here Ethan is passionate about his career. He I use those skills on a bigger scale to credits part of his success to the hands-on organize lectures and other educational nature of the ENMU anthropology program outreach opportunities.” where he gained information and skills

HSI-STEM Students Earning Internships

By Lori Brunsen

ENMU’s Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) program and the HSISTEM Grant helped students land summer internships with ONCOR. ONCOR is the sixth largest regulated electric transmission and distribution company in the United States. The company serves 10 million Texans, including residents of Dallas, Fort Worth, Midland, Odessa, Killeen, Waco, Wichita Falls and Tyler.

ONCOR offered eight students from the EET program summer internships; even better, the positions can transition into full-time, permanent positions. ONCOR selected Lance Miller, Mathew Encinias, Sean Gahan, Ricardo Hernandez, Shawn Martinez, Jon Patman, Mike Urioste and Kuuleiokealo Vonschriltz. ONCOR 10

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recruiter Alan Edwards stated, “We are amazed at the quality of ENMU students and we were fortunate to interview them.”

Students’ training began in Electronics Engineering 402, ENMU’s Renewable Energy Technology course taught by Electronics Engineering professor Dr. Hamid Allamehzadeh. “We have a strong Electronics Engineering Technology program at ENMU. We prepare students for success beyond ENMU,” says Dr. Allamehzadeh.

The internship oportunities grew out of ENMU’s HSI-STEM grant awarded in 2011 by the U. S. Department of Education. HSI-STEM stands for HispanicServing Institution—Science, Technology,

Engineering, or Mathematics. To qualify as an HSI institution, Hispanic students must account for at least 25 percent of a university’s full-time equivalent students.

ENMU’s grant is three-fold: (1) prepare high school students for entrance into STEM fields (2) provide undergraduate students with STEM field opportunities and (3) assist two-year institution transfer students with successful completion of their STEM degrees.

Dr. Hamid Allamehzadeh and HSI-STEM staff member Laurie Jacoby assisted in preparing EET students for their ONCOR interviews. This grant working with ENMU faculty, will prepare even more students for “STEM” success.

Photo by Jack Ellis

By Dr. Kathy Gore

Homecoming 2015 Schedule of Events

Friday, Oct. 2

The Homecoming Golf Experience—8 a.m.-Noon or 1-5 p.m. Advance registration is required. Contact the Department of Athletics at 575.562.2141.

Homecoming Picnic—University President’s Home, 1600 W Cherry St, 5-6 p.m. President Gamble invites alumni, students and friends for a casual picnic at his residence.

Alumni Volleyball Game—Greyhound Arena, 6 p.m.

Come out to this alumni game that pits former players versus current students.

Bonfire—Greyhound Arena, 8 p.m. ENMU will announce the 2015 Homecoming King and Queen. Join current and former students for a revered tradition.

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Saturday, Oct. 3

40th Annual Foundation Awards Breakfast— Campus Union Ballroom, 8-10 a.m. Invitation and pre-registration is required. Contact the ENMU Foundation at 575.562.2412.

The Homecoming Parade—Down S. Ave. C, right onto 18th St., 10:30 a.m. Contact Alumni Affairs at Alumni.Affairs@enmu.edu or 575.562.2125 for entry information.

Sodexo Buffet—Crossroads, Campus Union Building, 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. Sodexo will sell tickets at the door.

The Homecoming Football Game—Greyhound Stadium, 3 p.m. The Greyhounds take on Texas A&M Kingsville. Halftime activities include the presentation of the Homecoming King and Queen and their court along with parade float winners.

Athletic Hall of Honors—Campus Union Building, 6:30-7 p.m. The Greyhound Club hosts a brief meet and greet honoring the 2015 inductees.

7-9 p.m. The Greyhound Club hosts a formal dinner honoring the 2015 inductees.

2015 Honorees

Foundation Awards

Outstanding Alumni Awards

Business of the Year Cattle Baron

William Wesbrooks Gayle Lovato Ron Black Jerry Walker Mack Chase

Philanthropist of the Year Michael Shaughnessy Volunteer of the Year Charles Bennett

Educators Hall of Honor Judith Anne Rainger

Athletic Hall of Honors Tony Cavalier (Football) Murray Garrett (Football) Irma Hernandez (Volleyball) Dr. Joel Sievers (Support)

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Stephen Doerr, Ashley Neslon, Johnnie Cain, Terry Othick, Dr. Steven Gamble, and Jeff Geiser shovel dirt at the new stadium site.

ENMU Breaks Ground on New Stadium ENMU President Dr. Steven Gamble opened the ceremony on June 6 proclaiming, “We at Eastern are happy to break ground on our new multipurpose stadium. We all have waited a long time to see a stadium return ‘home’ to the main campus.”

The ceremony took place outside the Greyhound football field house just southwest of the Greyhound Field baseball complex with over 150 stakeholders in attendance on a beautiful June afternoon.

Eight advocates for the stadium were invited to speak along with Dr. Gamble about the importance of the project. The speakers included Jeff Geiser, ENMU athletics director; Stephen Doerr, president of the ENMU Foundation; Senator Stuart Ingle, New Mexico state legislator; Jeremy Buurma, quarterback for Greyhound football; Kris-Ann Walters with Greyhound track and field; Ashley Nelson, student body vice president; Johnnie Cain, Portales Municipal Schools superintendent; and Terry Othick, vice president of the ENMU Board of Regents.

“This is a huge day for us students,” observed Ashley Nelson.

“The student government and student body pushed for and were the first to financially back the new project. The stadium will cater to all students, not just our dedicated athletes. It will be an educational facility. A place for intramurals and band, and a place for all to come together to cheer on the Greyhounds.”

“The spectators will come to Portales to buy gas, eat meals, spend the night and have a chance to visit with the great people of this community,” explained Johnnie Cain with Portales Schools. “This new stadium will be a showcase for the ENMU Greyhounds and the Portales Rams.”

BRICK ORDER DEADLINE is Dec. 31, 2015.

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The stadium will open for the fall 2016 football season. It will hold up to 5,000 spectators and the field will be made of UBU turf; the same surface used on the fields for the last two Super Bowls.

Thanks to students, alumni, community leaders and donor support, $12 million is committed to the $15 million project.

The Stadium Campaign will continue through the end of 2015.

The ENMU Foundation staff would love to visit with you about your personal gift. Please call 888.291.5524 to learn about giving opportunities.

“With this multipurpose stadium, the level of school pride and school spirit will be even greater. The Eastern family will be able to come together in our own backyard and create a phenomenal experience for everyone.”

Kris-Ann Walters Greyhound Track and Field Athlete

Order online at enmu.edu/stadiumbricks

Al Whitehead Field Named After 1955 Grad The new football field inside the soon to be constructed Greyhound Stadium will carry a name well known to ENMU alumni and supporters.

When plans were announced to bring the stadium “back home” to ENMU’s campus, Al Whitehead (BBA 55) and his wife Lacy of Tulsa, Oklahoma, were one of the first to pledge their support, donating $500,000 to the stadium project. Whitehead played four seasons for the Greyhounds in 1948, 1949, 1950 and 1954. His education was placed on hold for several years when he served in the U.S. Army and spent time in Korea. Al and Lacy are long-time supporters of Eastern, underwriting scholarships for students in a number of academic areas. The naming of the Al Whitehead Field recognizes their gift and their decades of “giving back” to ENMU. “I loved every minute I was here,” Al said after the groundbreaking ceremony. “This is a special day for all Greyhounds.”

Video Scoreboard Donor Recognized Richard Griffith (MBA 67) and his wife Gilley donated $400,000 for the stadium. Their gift will help underwrite a state-of-the-art digital video scoreboard. The Griffith & Field Scoreboard will honor Richard Griffith and his longtime friend and colleague Dan Field. Griffith provided additional comments at the end of the groundbreaking ceremony stating, “The current Blackwater Draw Stadium is the loneliest place in New Mexico. I’m so glad that ENMU is correcting this 45 year old mistake. I’m proud of my alma mater.”

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ENMU 1969 We are the Champions

By Robert Graham ENMU Greyhounds won the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) basketball championship in 1969. Gregory Peck Hyder (Attended 66-70) was a four-time All-American member of the team who the NAIA recognized as the tournament MVP his senior year. “He must be the greatest basketball player Eastern has ever had and played on the team that achieved the highest honor,” says former teammate Jim Guymon (BS 72).

ENMU inducted Greg into its inaugural Athletic Hall of Honors class in 1984 – the same year that the Chicago Bulls drafted Michael Jordan with the third overall pick.

“He was Michael Jordan before there was a Michael Jordan. The things that Greg could do with the ball were amazing,” says his younger brother Jerry Hyder (Attended 67-71).

Head Coach Harry Miller and assistant coach Buddy Othick recruited the brothers out of Victorville, California in 1966 and 1967 for the Greyhound basketball program.

Other notable recruits included Monrovia, California’s John Irwin (MS 71, BS 69) and Albuquerque’s Jim Guymon. “I would go home with Jim on the weekends. His parents treated me like their own son,” says Jerry.

It was a family affair with Coach Miller. “He had high expectations for us,” says John, but “up until his death, Coach Miller sent me and my wife Christmas cards annually and even came to visit my family long after my days at ENMU,” says Jerry. Under Coach Miller, the Greyhounds went to four consecutive NAIA tournaments and brought ENMU

its first Final Four, title game and national championship in ’69. “When we drove back from the championship game in Kansas City, I remember coming into Texico. From Texico to Portales, there were cars lined up everywhere – I mean everywhere! The support from the local community was amazing,” says John.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the league that merged with it in 1976, the American Basketball Association (ABA), had taken notice of ENMU’s elite basketball program. The Sacramento Kings’ predecessor, the Cincinnati Royals, drafted Greg in the third round of the 1970 NBA draft. Two years later, the Kings drafted Jim in the fifth round, and the Dallas Chaparrals of the ABA drafted Jim in the ninth round. Jim ultimately relocated to the United Kingdom, achieving success as a player first in London and then as a coach, eventually settling down in Southampton, UK. The success of ENMU’s basketball program in the late 60s set the tone for the school in the 70s. 1973 and 1974 saw the Cross Country and Outdoor Track teams bring two more national championships to ENMU. The teams featured New Zealand and Kenyan running sensations Rex Maddaford (BS 74) and Michael Boit (BS 76). “ENMU belonged to District 7 at the time. We had gymnastics, golf, swimming and much more, and we dominated in each,” says Rex. ENMU’s sports programs were exceptional; the University had nationally and internationally recognized academic

Left top: Eastern’s leading scorer, Greg Hyder, junior forward, battles Dale Cushingberry, Kansas Sate Teacher’s College’s leading rebounder, for a rebound. Eastern won 69-54.

Left middle: All-American Gred Hyder who also was named tothe All-Tournament team, gets squeezed in by two Hawks (Maryland State College) as he reaches for a rebound.

Left bottom: A Greg Hyder basket assures the ‘Hounds another viroty against Adams State in the District 7 playoffs, 91-77.

Photos and captions courtesy of 1969 Silver Pack yearbook.

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FLASHBACK

1969 NAIA Scores

ENMU OPP.

Above: Larry Vanzant, Junior, Guard, Portales, NM; Jim Guymon, Sophomore, Forward, Albuquerque, NM; Gary Coffman, Senior, Guard, Portales, NM; John Irwin, Senior, Center, Monrovia, CA; John Arnold, Junior, Center, North Platte, NE; Albert Morton, Sophomore, Greenwood, MS; Greg Hyder, Junior, Forward, Victorville, CA; Simon Terrazas, Sophomore, Big Spring, TX; Dale Severson, Senior, Guard, Dekalb, IL; Jerry Hyder, Sophomore, Guard, Victorville, CA; Not Pictured: Pete Norris, Freshman, Greencastle, IN; Steve Nelson, Freshman, Lafayette, IN; John Hutchinson, Freshman, Trenton, MI; Lou Stephenson, Freshman, Jefferson, IN; Larry Giles, Freshman, Cherryville, NC.

departments as well. Rex recalls, “I was running in a track meet in Toronto. The company 3M was the sponsor, and I got a chance to meet the president and vice president of the company’s Canadian division. Both executives had earned their degrees at ENMU. They said to me that in the business world, ENMU’s business school was second to none.”

The 70s also saw a string of ENMU concerts that were ‘number one’. ENMU was an entertainment hub that attracted the likes of Steve Martin, ZZ Top, The Dirt Band, LeRoux, Flash Cadillac, Olivia Newton John with Albert Hammond, Helen Reddy, Lee Michaels, Anne Murray, Blood, Sweat and Tears, Buddy Rich, Jose Feliciano, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, Charlie Rich, Ray Stevens, Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids, Rick Nelson, Buster Crabbe, The Persuasions

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Westminister College

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Milikin University

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Eastern Michican Univ.

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High Point University

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Elizabeth City College

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Maryland State College

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and many more. Albuquerque Economic Development, Inc. President Gary Tonjes (BS 78) says that “the Doobie Brothers were huge when they came to Portales for a concert, so ‘Jesus Is Just Alright’ and ‘China Grove’ were favorites of mine.”

Like the Doobie Brothers, ENMU found its championship form in 1969, a form that continues to shape and mold the University.

ENMU thanks all alumni whose actions, direct and indirect, contribute to ENMU’s strength as a shaper of the strong institution with traditions and accomplishments we continue to honor. We hope you are inspired to share your story.

ENMU dedicates this article to Mr.Gregory Peck Hyder (1948-2014).

Jerry Hyder, sophomore guard, stands off the Omaha team in getting possession of the ball. Eastern won 102-82.

Photo and caption courtesy of 1969 Silver Pack yearbook.

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ENMU Athletics News

Lone Star Conference Football Festival

The Greyhound football team enters the 2015 season in search of its third consecutive winning season after a pair of seven-win seasons. For the fourth straight season, Eastern will appear in the Lone Star Conference Football Festival at AT&T Stadium. On Saturday, Sept. 19, the Hounds will face Midwestern State in a rematch from last season’s 42-17 setback, which marked the first time ENMU suffered defeat in the home of the Dallas Cowboys. Eastern dominated the first quarter and the early part of the second quarter to build a 10-0 lead, but an interception returned for a score reversed the Mustang’s fortunes.

Jeremy Buurma returns for his third season as a starter at quarterback for the Hounds. Eastern has posted a 14-7 record over his two seasons as the primary signal caller and earned a Lone Star Conference championship in the 2013 campaign.

Also, making the trip to Arlington is National Football Foundation Honor Society (NFFHS) honoree, defensive back Seth Bailey. NFFHS recognizes college football players in all divisions for excellence both on the field and in the classroom. Bailey also led the Greyhounds with tackles, solo tackles, and interceptions.

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mark the Lone Star Festival with several alumni and friends gatherings. Friday, Sept. 18, ENMU encourages fans to attend the Texas Rangers baseball game in the evening with the group. Saturday morning there will be a send off for the football team from the team hotel (TBD) and a pre game party at AT&T Stadium will follow in the Miller Lite Club.

For more information on the Football Festival and alumni and friends events, please visit the event website at enmu.edu/greyhoundsinarlington.

Women’s Rodeo Repeats as South Central Champions

The ENMU women’s rodeo team claimed its second straight National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association South Central Region title after it compiled 2,267 points. Hayden Segelke-Todd won the women’s all-around for the region and finished more than 140 points ahead of the runner up.

Segelke-Todd and Cassidy Boggs won regional champions in the goat tying and breakaway roping, respectively. Lindsey Adcock was fourth in the goat tying, while Kortney Cleveland placed fifth in the barrel race.

Tarleton State was the women’s runnerup in the region, but finished nearly 200 points behind ENMU. Odessa College finished third.

The men’s team finished ninth in the region and were paced by Levi Lord’s third place finish as a heeler in the team roping. Clay Bonner finished sixth in the tie-down roping.

As the region’s all-around winner, SegelkeTodd competed in the barrel race and goat tying at the College National Finals.

She entered as the defending champion in the goat tying. Joining her at the CNFR were Boggs, Adcock, Cleveland, and Lord. The women’s team ended the CNFR with a third place finish for the second year in a row. The team garnered a total of 350 points overall, falling behind McNeese State University and Blue Mountain Community College. SegelkeTodd earned the reserve all-around and Cleveland finished sixth in the short go round and fifth in the barrel racing.

Cleveland was the only ENMU athlete to reach the short go.

Softball Shows Improvement in 2015

For the third consecutive season, the ENMU softball team picked up more wins than the previous year and managed to earn some dramatic victories. The Greyhounds faced a 9-2 deficit against University of the Southwest and rallied to seize a 10-9 win on a sixth-inning sacrifice fly from Amanda Martinez. The win gave ENMU its best 16-game start since the 2001 season that saw the team claim a spot in the NCAA Championships.

Photos by Sports Fanatic Photography

Page 16 L-R: Greyhounds huddle before kick off against the Midwestern State Mustangs for the 2014 LSC Football Festival. Freshman, Aja Secheslingloff, makes history at ENMU becoming the first pitcher to win her first five decisions in an entire season.

Page 17 L-R: Senior, Amanda Martinez, steals a base against the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs. Hayden Segelke-Todd throws her hands up to signal her completion of the goat tying to the judge so the timer will stop. Segelke-Todd has been a fierce competitor for the ENMU Rodeo team for 2 years in the goat tying, barrel racing, breakaway roping, and team roping.

By Sara Hill and Adam Pitterman Eastern also claimed its first home victory over Angelo State since the 2006 season and earned a victory over NCAA Division II South Central region finalist, Cameron University. A key part of the Hounds’ success was freshman pitcher Aja Secheslingloff, who won 12 of her first 16 decisions. Secheslingloff also became the first pitcher in ENMU history to win her first five decisions in a season.

Other milestones in the season included Martinez’s 29-game reached base streak, which was the second-longest streak in team history. Jacqueline Candelaria also broke the team record for sacrifice bunts in a career.

Volleyball

Head Coach Sia Poyer will look to continue his programs resurgence as he opens his third season. Eastern has reached the Lone Star Conference championships in each of his two seasons after missing the postseason since 2004.

The Hounds closed the 2014 regular season in grand fashion, with their first win over Texas Woman’s University since the 2005 season. The stirring five-set win also marked the first home victory over the Pioneers since 1996.

Women’s Soccer

Head coach Omar Morales will look to duplicate the success of his first year with the Greyhounds after a season which

saw Eastern nearly claim the Lone Star Conference title. Morales inherited a team which finished last in the LSC in 2013, but came within a 1-0 setback to league champion Texas A&M-Commerce on the final day of the season of its first title. For their efforts, the Hounds reached the LSC tournament for the third time in program history and won six games in conference play.

Men’s Soccer

Head Coach Paul Tate will make his debut for the men’s soccer team on Thursday, Sept. 3, against University of ColoradoColorado Springs. He came to ENMU from McMurry University and is the fourth coach in the program’s history.

The Hounds have posted four straight winning seasons, which dates back to the 2011 season.

Cross Country

Entering her second season as head coach, Danielle Kcholi will look to continue the success of the cross country program. Last year, the men’s team finished second in the Lone Star Conference, while the women were third.

EAC to Change Name to Greyhound Club

ENMU Athletic Director Dr. Jeff Geiser announced the name of the Eastern Athletic Club has been changed to the

Greyhound Club. The move was made in consideration of the University’s recent rebranding/trademark decision and approved by the club’s board of directors.

The name change is the second in two years for the organization, after it abandoned the Bench Club moniker in July, 2013.

“In 2013 we conducted a survey of our membership and found that 47 percent supported a name change, 35 percent were neutral, and 17 percent opposed, said Geiser. “When asked what the new name should be we received a majority of responses indicating Greyhound Club or Greyhound/Zia Club. At that time the Board felt it was imperative that the new name be inclusive of both mascots or we had to come up with a “mascot neutral” name and this resulted in the Eastern Athletic Club. Since we have operated under this banner for a relatively short time and given the fact that we are all now united under one banner, it is appropriate to make this change, one that will last into perpetuity. I applaud the board of directors. Now go greyhounds!”

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2015 LONE STAR

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Leave for Rangers Game Rangers Game

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PACKAGE A Pre-Game Party Game Ticket T-shirt and Goodies

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RANGERS BASEBALL GAME TICKET

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FOOTBALL GAME TICKET - ADULT

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MILLER LITE CLUB ALUMNI & FRIENDS PRE-GAME PARTY*

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T-SHIRT AND GOODIES

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Registration Deadline: Friday, Sept. 4 * Snacks provided, extended

Hotel accommodations are blocked for Alumni and FriendsHappy at theHour DFW Marriott menu availableSouth. Please visit our event link, www.enmu.edu/greyhoundsinarlington and follow the Marriott link or call 888.236.2427 and use the group code “ENMU Football”.

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Please mail or fax completed forms with payment to: ENMU Foundation · 1500 S Ave K · ENMU Station 8 Portales, NM · 88130 · Fax: 575.562.2022

Board of Regents Approve University’s Discontinuation of Zia Symbol Eastern New Mexico University Board of Regents voted for the University to discontinue its usage of the Zia Sun Symbol and the name “Zias” for the women’s athletic teams at their April 24 meeting.

Student Senate, Professional Senate, Faculty Senate, Professional Support Senate and the Alumni Association each passed resolutions supporting discontinuation. The University’s student body voted 67 percent to 33 percent for discontinuation as well.

The New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs’ August 30, 2014 Report to the Indian Affairs Committee of the New Mexico Legislature indicated that while there are no legal restrictions to usage of the symbol, organizations should thoroughly consider the ethical, financial and “cultural” implications of such usage.

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) passed Resolution #ANC14-025 at their June 8, 2014 meeting.

According to the resolution, NCAI “…was established in 1944 and is the oldest and

largest national organization of American Indian and Alaska Native tribal governments…”

The resolution traces the history of the Zia Sun Symbol as a sacred symbol used during religious ceremonies by the Pueblo of Zia to the symbol’s widespread adoption during the 20th and 21st century by various organizations. The NCAI resolution also recognizes the Pueblo of Zia as the cultural custodian to the Zia Sun Symbol and expresses concern “…that the unauthorized, widespread and commercial use of the Zia Sun Symbol cheapens its religious and cultural meanings and disregards its origins.”

ENMU Board of Regents’ decision to discontinue usage of the Zia Sun Symbol means that the University will have and use one mascot similar to other institutions transitioning to one mascot

across the nation. As a result, ENMU solidified licensing the Greyhound trademark. The University entered into a trademark and licensing agreement with Learfield Licensing Partners (LLP) at the beginning of 2015. LLP represents seven of the nine Lone Star Conference Schools (LSC). Partnering with LLP provides ENMU with the opportunity to strengthen its image by developing branding standards for off-campus vendors and on-campus constituents to follow. Importantly, the licensing gives the University legal authority over the use of the Greyhound trademark. The move also fortifies ENMU’s 81-year commitment to providing excellent stewardship of University resources.

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Updates

Dora Dominguez (BS 89) was appointed to the position of senior economic developer for the City of Albuquerque.

Dianna Luce (BS 93) was appointed by Governor Susanna Martinez as the new district attorney for the Fifth Judicial District.

Dianna was named the Prosecutor of the Year by the New Mexico District Attorney’s Association in 2014 and Prosecutor of the Year by the Fifth Judicial District Attorney’s Office in 2013.

Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity alumni grathered at Sunland Village Golf Club, Mesa, AZ for an annual get-together. Pictured L-R: Bill Andrus (BS 69), Lee Black (BA 72), Steve Spray (BBA 65), Steve Dominquez (MBA 69, BBA 68), Chuck Renner (BBA 68), Chuck Thatcher (BBA 68), Bob Roper (BBA 63), Jerry Teague (BBA 64) and Bob Deible (BBA 65).

Rosemarie Rose (AA 71) is spending retirement traveling and volunteering with Meals on Wheels, Camp John Marc for special needs children, and Earthwatch, which she has been a participating member since 1986. During her time at ENMU, Rosemarie worked in the keypunch student worker program. This work experience and her associates from ENMU opened the door for her to work for Frito Lay in Dallas. She began as a keypunch operator and was quickly promoted to their first female computer operator. She then worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and IBM. During her time at IBM, she returned to school to earn her bachelor’s degree with honors in 1991. She took a sabbatical from IBM to teach elementary school and work as a librarian, serving multiple schools in rural central Texas. She returned to IBM, created their first web-based course and taught disaster recovery before retiring in 2012.

Maggie Stock (MA 75), one of the original student anchors for KENW, has put her college TV experience to great use in her 35 year carreer, 27 of which she taught at Butler County Community College, Butler, PA, teaching English, speech, and theater. She served as Buttler’s mayor for eight years as well.

Kathleen M. Rodgers (Attended 77-78) signed copies of her latest novel, Johnnie Come Lately, and the second edition of her debut novel, The Final Salute in Clovis this May. Pictured left.

Agapito Trujillo (MEd 79, BS 74) has published Hispanics of Roosevelt County: A History. It is available on amazon.com.

JoBeth Hawk (MED 81, BS 76) announced her retirement from Mayfield High School after serving as a teacher and administrator.

JoBeth has also worked as a graphic designer at ENMU, as a media coordinator at New Mexico State University and as an English as a Second Language teacher at Doña Ana Community College.

Jan Elliott (BS 86) was named executive director of the Portales MainStreet program in December 2014. In January, Jan began managing the historic YAM Theater in Portales.

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Rob Roy McCandless (BS 96) was named a 2015 EPIC eBook finalist, and was the winner of the 2014 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Preditors & Editors Reader’s Poll, for his book Tears of Heaven, an urban fantasy focused on a strong female protagonist.

Major Jonathan Harvey (BS 98) was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army and selected for Field Artillery Battalion Command. This summer, he and his wife Lain and their five year old son Fox will be leaving the Pentagon where he has been assigned for the past three years on the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

While at ENMU, Jon was active in the Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Student Senate, and the debate team. He was commissioned into the active duty Army in 1998 and has deployed to Albania and Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq and Haiti in addition to being stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina as a Paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. Over the past 16 years, Jon has served in South Korea and Fort Sill, OK. Erica M. Hart (BS 03) is now a licensed Professional Geologist registered in Texas. She serves as project manager and geologist at Pettigrew and Associates, PA, engineering services. She has managed hundreds of geotechnical investigations over the last decade.

Matthew Vetterly (MEd 04, BSE 00) was chosen for the position of principal at Sandia Elementary School in Clovis. He worked previously as an elementary principal in Sundown, TX, and served at Clovis Municipal Schools from 2000-2013 as a principal, teacher, instructional coach, and 21st century grants coordinator.

Cinco Boone (BS 05) is the new head basketball coach for Angelo State University.

Mickie Vega (BS 10, AA 03) was appointed as a Lincoln County magistrate judge in April 2014 by Governor Susanna Martinez. Mickie says the skills she developed at ENMU that still serves her today are, “Dedication, confidence, perseverance, and dignity, which I believe is one of the most vital characteristics of my profession.”

Richard V. Geraci (MEd 12) is the new president of Leavenworth Regional Catholic Schools and principal of Immaculata High School.

He recently served as commandant of cadets and dean of students at the New Mexico Military Institute. He assumed those duties in 2004 when he retired from the Army as a brigadier general.

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Updates

Alan Kinlund (BBA 12) proposed to Sarah Sutton (BBA 13) in New Zealand February 2015. Pictured right.

Christy Waite (BS 12) took the crown for Miss New Mexico United States 2015 in a competition in March. Pictured left.

Veronica Ayala (BS 15) was recently appointed student regent for ENMU’s Board of Regents. She is currently enrolled in the master’s program in Communicative Disorders.

Amiee Constantopoulos (BS 15) is enjoying teaching Yoga at ENMU and providing people with the opportunity to connect with something greater than themselves.

Detri Parrish (BAS 15) was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines.

A way to give and receive

ENMU Choir with ENMU alumni performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City this summer. The Portales Ensemble was accompanied by the New England Symphonic Ensemble.

Congratulations to the 2015 Outstanding Alumni Alumni Award Winners William Wesbrooks Gayle Lovato Ron Black Jerry Walker Mack Chase It is never too soon to start the nomination process for a deserving alumnus or individual who you believe deserves recognition by ENMU. For more information, email Robert.Graham@enmu.edu

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In Memory 30s

Charles Franklin Polston (AA 39), 97, passed away March 22. He graduated from Eastern New Mexico Junior College (now University). He held a Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard Payne University and Master of Theology from Southwestern Baptist Seminary in 1945.

He served as pastor of First Baptist Church Blanchard, OK, First Baptist Church in Estancia, NM, and in 1948 became associate director of the Baptist Training Department.

In 1952 he became Director of Training Union and Church Music Departments for the Baptist Convention of New Mexico, retiring in 1981 after 32 years with the Baptist Convention.

50s

Dale Danielson (BA 53) passed away this March. He graduated from Albuquerque High School and ENMU, served in the U.S. Air Force, and then attended Golden Gate Seminary in California. He served as a volunteer Christian lobbyist in Santa Fe during legislative sessions.

Kenneth Newton (BA 54) passed away April 28. He served in the US Army and received an honorable discharge in 1953.

Ken served as a counter intelligence agent in Philadelphia for the US Army during the Korean Conflict. He taught and coached at Ruidoso High School and ran concessions operations at multiple race tracks. He was a leader and promoter for the New Mexico Horse Racing Industry for much of his life.

Richard W. Belcher (Attended 56-60) passed away May 17. He completed his degree at New Mexico State University in 1961.

Horace C. Kennedy (BA 58), 94, passed away March 22. He was a businessman, pastor, missionary, church builder, teacher and inspiration to many. He joined the ministry in 1954 and earned a degree in religion from ENMU.

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60s

Sterling Gibson (MA 62), former basketball coach for both Portales High School and ENMU, passed away May 21. He coached high school and college basketball from 1958 to 1991, leading the Greyhounds from 1973-1978. He led Portales Rams to its second and third boys basketball titles in school history, with backto-back Class 1A victories in 1965 and 1966.

Claudia Sue (Moseley) Reeder (MA 62, BA 52), 95, passed away May 14. As a girl she learned dance and acrobatics, which she considered doing professionally, but her parents insisted she attend college.

After getting married and graduating from ENMU she taught second grade and physical education for 27 years. Into her 80s, Claudia taught aerobics at a local senior center and stayed so fit that into her 90s she was able to do the full splits!

Edgar Willard (MEd 63), 92, passed away May 8. After graduating from high school, he attended Decatur Baptist College, then received his Bachelor of Arts from North Texas State University and his Master of Arts in Education from ENMU. Ed (MEd 65) and Sara F. Cole (MEd 65) passed away within a week of each other after 55 years of marriage.

Sara died May 1, and Ed died May 8. During their college time at Phillips University, Ed and Sara met and married. They spent most of their married life in New Mexico, with the exception of two years in Germany as teachers for the U.S. Army.

Banks Burle Richardson (BBA 65), pastor of the First Assembly of God Church in Sanger, passed away May 2. After serving his country as a 3rd Class Yeoman in the U. S. Navy, he attended ENMU. He began his career as a teacher at various schools throughout Texas while obtaining his master’s degree from North Texas State University. He became an ordained minister by the Assemblies of God and was a member of the Full Gospel Businessmen Association.

Danny Wheeler (BS 65) passed away March 20. After high school, he graduated from Lubbock Christian College in 1962 as well as ENMU. In 1966, he began his preaching career and retired in 2006. In 2011 Danny and wife Charlotte Richmond (BA 65) moved to Lubbock, TX. Jeane Williams Lacewell (MEd 66), 83, passed away March 25 after suffering a massive stroke. She married Windsor Lacewell ( BA 64) in 1949. They graduated from ENMU and received teaching credentials. After teaching three years in Texico, NM, they relocated to Southern California in 1967. Jeane taught fifth and sixth grade until retiring in 1988.

Michael Blake (Attended 68-70) passed away May 2, after a long illness. His best known novel and screenplay, Dances With Wolves, sold over 3.5 million copies, and was translated into 15 languages. The 1990 film, won seven Oscars including Best Picture and Best Screenplay for Blake. He also won the WGA Award and Golden Globes for his script.

Marieta Faye Hoy (MEd 69, BS 66) passed away March 8 after struggling for several years with Alzheimers Disease. She taught in Lovington, NM for a semester before beginning a 25 year career teaching first grade for Clovis Municipal Schools.

Marieta married Robert Hoy (MED 83, BS 72) in 1976.

Dale Norris Saxton (MA 69, BA 55) passed away April 3. He was graced with the athletic ability most would never imagine could come from the humble beginnings of a dry-land, homesteaded wheat farm 10 miles north of Melrose. After high school, he attended ENMU where he played basketball and ran track for the Greyhounds. It was at ENMU where he met and married Norma (BA 55). In 1956 he competed in the U.S. Olympic trials.

Charles R. Wride (MEd 69, BS 68) passed away Feb. 15. After graduating high school in 1961, Charlie joined the U.S. Navy where he served as a hospital corpsman.

During his time in the

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service, he participated in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis blockade of ships. Following his military service, he earned his degrees in education at ENMU where he met and married Susan Dodd (MA 70 BS 65).

Charlie worked for the Alamogordo Public Schools for 26 years serving as a social studies teacher and track and football coach at Chaparral Junior High School.

After further education and training, he ended his career as principal at Chaparral Junior High. Following his retirement from the Alamogordo Public Schools in 1995, he worked at Montwood High School in El Paso, TX, as an economics teacher.

He retired again in 2004 and worked as a substitute teacher until 2014.

Brett Leach (MA 71, BS 69, ENMU Board of Regents) passed away April 3. He began his adult career as a probation and parole officer, but in 1978, he made a career change and went to work as a financial adviser, serving his clients until his death. Brett started the Invitational Golf Tournament and directed it for 32 years. He served on the board and for several years as president of Rotary’s Desert Sun Classic golf tournament. He was a member of Kiwanis and a founding member and past president of Roswell’s Sunrise Rotary Club. He served on the board of directors for CASA for 15 years, with three years as president. He was appointed by the governor in 2011 to serve a six-year term on the Board of Regents for ENMU, also serving as president.

70s

Robert Louis Gaines, (MA 72, BA 71) first sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, retired, passed away May 2. He suffered from complications of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and heart failure. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1948 and served in the Korean War. Other assignments were with the Marine Security Guard in Bonn, Germany, and Geneva, Switzerland, multiple stations around the U.S., and finally, Marine Security Guard at the embassies in Ethiopia and Jordan. After retiring in 1968, he graduated from ENMU and became an English, speech and drama teacher at Las Cruces High School and retired in 1989.

While still teaching, he opened his antique store, Sweet Old Bob’s Antiques, in Las Cruces, which he managed until his death.

Kent Alan Graves (BS 73) passed away April1. After serving in the U.S. Navy, he graduated from ENMU with a degree in journalism. He was a municipal judge in Elida prior to his retirement.

George Edwin Arnold, Jr. (BBA 74), 65, passed away unexpectedly Nov. 20, 2013. He was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1968. He later worked for Texaco Oil and retired from Coastal Oil and Gas. Alexander Hilary Laing (BBA 76) passed away May 21, after a long and courageous battle with prostrate cancer. After high school, he attended Wharton Junior College and received his degree from ENMU. Lucio Zamora (MEd 79), 84, passed away March 25. In 1953, he married Maria Margarita Paiz (MEd 79). He was a lifetime Lions Club member in which he served as secretary, vice president, president, zone chairman and district governor. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in horticulture at NMSU, then continued his education at ENMU. He utilized his degree to serve children with special needs.

90s+

Jeffrey Trice (BBA 90) passed away April 21. He joined the U. S. Navy in 1978. He was stationed primarily at Pearl Harbor and the Great Lakes Naval Training Base. Upon retirement, he graduated from ENMU with a degree in computer science and worked for Campus America, and then for SAP America for the last 17 years.

Mary Ann Shirley (BBA 92) passed away March 12 from complications of lung cancer.

After graduating from ENMU, she managed her family-owned oil field electrical business.

Kandi Davis (02-04, 13-14) passed away in April. She worked in law enforcement until 2013 when she quit to attend ENMU. Aaron Redding Sims (MS 10) passed away March 30. After graduating from high school, he graduated from Texas Tech University with a bachelor’s degree and ENMU with a masters in chemistry with a concentration in biochemistry. He was a professor at South Plains College.

Faculty/Staff

In Memory

Dorothy Pauline Dart (Staff) passed away April 11. Following her graduation from high school, she moved to Washington, DC where she worked as a secretary for a couple of years before working as a high school secretary in Grand Haven, IL. It was while she was working there that she met and married Richard Dart (Faculty), who was the swimming coach at the high school. In 1967 they came to Portales to make their home. Dorothy worked as the housing coordinator at ENMU until her retirement in 1992. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, those desiring to make a memorial contribution donate to the Richard Dart Memorial Scholarship Fund, c/o ENMU Foundation, 1500 S Ave K, Portales, NM 88130.

Michael G. Fuentes (Staff/Attended) passed away May 2. He served in the U.S. Army from 1969 until his honorable discharge with the rank of Sergeant in 1972.

His citations include the Vietnam Service Medal with three bronze stars, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Sharpshooter citation, Combat Infantryman Badge, Parachute Badge, and Good Conduct Medal.

Mike worked as a groundskeeper at ENMU for several years and later worked for ENMU Police Department before joining the Portales Police Department.

Dr. Stephen J. Gerkey (Faculty 87-92), former assistant professor of English and associate professor of business, recently passed away from a heart attack. He also served as the director for the Center for Teaching Excellence.

Margaret Alice Sloan (Faculty), 89, passed away March 20.

Margaret began her teaching career in a oneroom school house and then later taught for the Air Force Dependent Schools in Japan, England and Germany.

In 1982, she accepted a position as assistant professor in education at ENMU where she taught six years. Margaret received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from University of Iowa and her doctorate in education at the State University of New York in Buffalo.

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