Announcements

These Announcements were submitted to the Monday Memo by University Community Members (employees, students and retirees). Announcement submissions must be received by Thursday at noon for publication on the following Monday. To submit your Monday Memo item, use the Submit Announcement from the right sidebar. You may also submit announcements by E-mail to monday.memo@enmu.edu. The Web address for the Monday Memo is http://www.enmu.edu/news/monday_memo.html. Announcements can only be accepted from off–campus groups that are non–profit.

Bernalillo Hall Is Safe Stop on Halloween – Bernalillo Hall is traditionally considered a safe stop on Halloween night. This year, the residents and staff are organizing a mini-Fall Festival. The program will begin at 6 p.m. and end at 8:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31. Children of the community will enjoy an evening full of events: cakewalk, fish game, story-telling, bobbing apples, face painting, pumpkin decorating, a haunted house, a costume contest and more. The costume contest at 8 pm. is open to everyone who wants to participate (only a young spirit is required). There will be delicious caramel apple, apple cider and popcorn. Wrapped candy and prize donations are more than welcome. Donations can be dropped at the Housing Office, Room 108, CUB, or picked up at your convenience. For more information, please contact Gladys Montaño, ext. 3683, Station 39.

Second Eight-Week Classes Flyer – Click [here]

The Day of the Dead Celebration Flyer– Click [here]

Veterans' Day Flyer – Click [here]

Debate Team News Release– Click [here]

'Everything You Wanted to Know About Teacher Education' – Thursday, Oct. 30, 9-10:30 a.m. or 4:30-6 p.m., CUB Faculty Lounge. Get important information about: General Education Requirements, Admission Requirements, Field Experience Requirements, Important Deadlines.

Brin Polycom Teleconferencing Available – The Department of Science has placed the Brin Polycom in Library 141 for use by faculty and staff. Please contact Ellen Gardiner at X2259 for more information or to schedule a conference.

Small Intra-Campus Envelopes Requested – Career Services has requested that any departments with extra intra-campus (small) envelopes send them to them at Station 34.

Nursing CDs Available – A number of Educational Nursing CDs have arrived for the New Mexico Educational Software Clearinghouse. These include: Nursing Assessment of the New Family: a) Physical Assessment of the Newborn; b) Gestational Age Assessment of the Newborn; c) Nursing Assessment of the Postpartum Patient. Infection Prevention: a) Breaking the Chain of Infection; b) Hand Hygiene and Gloving; c) Basic Sterile Technique. Administration of Injections: a) Intramuscular Injections; b) Subcutaneous Injections; c) Intradermal Injections. Administration of Intravenous Medication: a) IV Medication Administration – A) An Overview; b) Administering IV Medications to Adults; c) Administering IV Medications to Children.

If any faculty or nursing staff want to review or preview these, contact Dr. Michael Shaughnessy or Eric Dictson at the New Mexico Educational Software Clearinghouse, now housed in the Center for Teaching Excellence, at 505.562.2266.

Participants Sought for Ballet Folklorico – The time has come for ENMU to have its own Ballet Folklorico. All interested should meet in the Zia Room @ 3:30 on Thursday Oct. 23. For more information, contact Hispanic Affairs @ 562.2451 or e-mail Nancy Varelas at Nancy.varelas@enmu.edu.

Lifelong Wellness to Present Stretching Exercises – Lifelong Wellness will present a stretching workshop on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at 12:40 p.m. in the Aztec Room in the Campus Union. Any ENMU employee is welcome to attend.

Important Fringe Benefit Information – The New Mexico Public Schools Insurance Authority is offering the following switch enrollment opportunities. Premium changes for these adjustments will be made with the December payroll deductions for coverage changes effective Jan. 1, 2004.
 
Health Insurance Switch Enrollment
Employees who are currently participating in one of the three ENMU health insurance plans now have the opportunity to "switch" their enrollment between the plans. The three health plans offered are Blue Cross/Blue Shield Point of Service, Cigna Point of Service, and Cimarron HMO. Employees interested in "switching" health insurance carriers should complete a change form in the Payroll Office, Admin. 117, by Nov. 15, 2003.
 
Dental Insurance Switch Enrollment
Employees who are participating in an ENMU United Concordia dental insurance plan now have the opportunity to "switch" their enrollment between the high and low options. Employees interested in "switching" dental insurance plans should complete a change form in the Payroll Office, Admin. 117, by Nov. 15, 2003.

A Request from The Chase – Attention Professors and Students: The Chase would like to do feature stories each week highlighting individuals at ENMU or in our community. These individuals can be students, seniors, professors, or anyone in the community that is involved in something interesting. We would really like your input on who we can feature. If you would like to submit any names, please submit them to Lillie at the.chase@enmu.edu.

Fall POPS Approaches – The University Friends of Music and the Department of Music proudly announce the 36th annual POPS Dinner Concert on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Campus Union Ballroom. A performance of the University Wind Symphony and a superb dinner will welcome the fall season is a very special way. Tickets are $25 per person, available by mail order only. Special seating preferences will be extended to members of the Friends of Music. This event supports scholarships for talented music students. For more information, contact the Department of Music at 562.2377 or Patrice Caldwell at 356.6591 or e-mail Patrice.Caldwell@enmu.edu.

Faculty Blackboard Workshops – Please join us (Faculty Resource Center) for a one hour workshop on Blackboard fundamentals.
Oct. 22
Bb Quizzes and surveys @ 4 p.m. - T102
Oct. 23
Bb Quizzes and surveys @ 3 p.m. - T102
Oct. 24
Bb Quizzes and surveys @ 9 a.m. - UCC 107
Bb Quizzes and surveys @ 3 p.m. - T102
Oct. 28
Bb Quizzes and surveys @ 3 p.m. - T102
Oct. 29
Blackboard Basics @ 3:30 p.m. - T102
Oct. 30
Bb Quizzes and surveys @ 3 p.m. - T102
Please call Ellen Gardiner at X2259 for other courses and times.

Minutes to Spare? – One of the responsibilities of the Office of Planning and Analysis is the archiving of committee minutes. This is a friendly reminder to committee chairs and recording secretaries to submit your minutes once they are approved. Please send the signed original and two copies to Deborah Bentley at Station 2, plus an email copy to Deborah.Bentley@enmu.edu.

Business Office Training Sessions – Available in SAS 166 from 2-3 p.m. on the following days:
October 22 – Purchasing Card Process
October 28 – Purchase Order/Requisition Process
October 29 – Payroll Process
These workshops will be held from 2-3 p.m. in SAS 166. Please contact the Business Office at 2611 if you have any questions.

Radio Station Needs Volunteers for Pledge Drive – It's that time of year again! The Fall pledge drive for public radio station, KENW/KMTH-FM is scheduled through Oct. 25. Please take a look at the attached schedule and let me know when you will be available to volunteer. As always, I look forward to working with you. – Virginia McReynolds, 562.2112.

AA Meetings – The Lamplighter Group of Alcoholics Anonymous is sponsoring two weekly meetings on Tuesday and Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Wesley Foundation, 1417 S. Ave. K. Portales residents and members of the University community who are concerned about their own or others' alcohol and drug abuse issues are invited to attend. It is an open meeting.

Defensive Driving Renewal Required Every Four Years – Renewal of defensive driving is required every four years. For "faculty and staff" that is in need to be recertified for defensive driving we have approximately two years to have this recertification completed. It does not have to be completed this year. We have ample time to have everyone including first-time students, faculty and staff to complete this training. The University Police Department is in the process of providing schedules to try to meet everyone's needs. These will include some day-time classes, along with some night-time class and if need be then we will have some classes on Saturday.

For personnel that need to renew their defensive driving, which is a four-hour class, those dates are: Oct. 21 from 5:30-9:30 p.m. and Oct. 28 from 1-5 p.m. Everyone needs to sign up at the University Police Department to get their material for the course.

Recruiters 'On the Road Again'
Monday, October 20
8:00 a.m.
Montrose High School-Colorado-Cody Spitz
Centennial, Ridgeway, Olathe, Delta, Gunnison, Ouray, Norwood, Nucla
9:00 a.m.
Cedarredge High School-Colorado-Cody Spitz
9:00 a.m.
Brownfield High School-Texas-Michelle Wallis
6:00 p.m.
Lubbock Area College Night-Texas-Michelle Wallis
Tuesday, October 21
9:00 a.m.
Plainview High School-Texas-Christina Gregg
1:00 p.m.
Abernathy High School-Texas-Michelle Wallis
5:30 p.m.
Frenship High School-Texas-Michelle Wallis
6:00 p.m.
Amarillo College Night-Texas-Christina Gregg
7:00 p.m.
Salida High School-Colorado-Cody Spitz
Buena Vista, Mountain Valley, Moffat County, Cotopaxi
Wednesday, October 22
9:00 a.m.
Frank Phillips College-Texas-Christina Gregg
9:30 a.m.
South Plains College-Texas-Michelle Wallis
5:30 p.m.
Pampa High School-Texas-Christina Gregg
1:00 p.m.
Florence High School-Colorado-Cody Spitz
Cannon City, Cotopaxi
7:00 p.m.
Canon City High School-Colorado-Cody Spitz
Cotopaxi, Custer City, Florence
Thursday, October 23
9:30 a.m.
Western Texas College-Texas-Michelle Wallis
9:30 a.m.
Dumas High School-Texas- Christina Gregg
3:00 p.m.
Seminole High School-Texas-Michelle Wallis
6:30 p.m.
Hereford High School-Texas-Christina Gregg
7:00 p.m.
Lamesa High School-Texas-Michelle Wallis
7:00 p.m.
Colorado State University-Colorado-Cody Spitz
Pueblo County, Pueblo South, Centennial, Pueblo West, Keating, Pueblo Tech Academy
Rye, Pueblo East, Pueblo Central, Pueblo School for the Arts and Sciences

General Comments

"You, write a misleading caption?? Never!" – ENMU-Roswell employee

"It was fun to just get out in the open space again (you know the feeling...of the wind blowing sand in your eyes...the smell of the stockyards). It brings back a lot of memories (mostly good), and makes me more appreciative of the great opportunities that I have had and the people that I have known (even if I didn't always realize it at the time). It also makes you think about your priorities; the slow pace of Portales was a refreshing break." – ENMU alumnus who came back for Homecoming from the West Coast

"Well, she does still limp a bit!" – ENMU-Roswell employee about Eva Watley, supervisor of Intramurals/Facilities at ENMU-Roswell who reported to the Monday Memo that she had torn her ACL and wouldn't be able to play basketball against the Portales campus this year – yet was spotted in a photo, submitted to the Memo's Candid Camera section, participating in an intramural football game

"The Monday Memo was as usual, ascerbic and awesome, except for me sitting in my lawn chair by the pool for my afternoon siesta: I wish! – ENMU-Roswell employee

Quote of the Day

"I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it nearly breaks my heart." – Jerome K. Jerome

Extended Learning Non-Credit Courses – The following is a list of non-credit course offerings. Please call 562.2165 for more information or to register.

Christmas Tree – please bring your glue gun and join Lisa Schmidt Saturday, Nov. 15, 9am-12pm, FCS-100. The fee is only $5 with an additional kit fee of $5, payable to the instructor. Please register by Nov. 12.
Journaling Your Life – with Rev. Clyde Davis, First Presbyterian Church, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 6-9 p.m., JWLA-109. Please bring notebook and pen and register by Oct. 31. The fee is $15.
Busy Gourmet Does Thanksgiving – learn how to complement your turkey with pumpkin soup, cranberry dressing, wild rice stuffing, nutty apple salad and cheesy corn spoon bread taught by Jan Hauptmann, Thursday, Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m., FCS-98. The fee is $15 with a $5 lab fee payable to the instructor. Please register by Nov. 3.
Tamales 101 – learn to make both sweet (chocolate pecan and cranberry walnut) and savory (turkey with green chile and beef with red chile) tamales taught by Carmen Matthews, Saturday, Nov. 8, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., FCS-98. The fee is $15 with a $10 lab fee payable to the instructor. Please bring a bag lunch for a short lunch break. Please register by Nov. 5.
How to Care for Your Computer/Virus Protection – with Mick Hoffman Thursday, Oct. 23, 6-8:30 p.m., UCC-107. The fee is $30. Please register by Oct. 20.
Christmas Angel – with Doncella Caywood, Thursday, Oct. 23, 6:30-7:30 p.m., FCS-99. The fee is only $5 with a $5 kit fee payable to the instructor. Please register by Oct. 20.
Aqua Aerobics – with Kristy Jones, Tuesdays/Thursdays, Sept. 2-Nov. 20, 6-6:50 p.m., Natatorium. The fee is $90 for all 12 rotations or pay $8 each Tuesday. All you need is swimsuit, towel and appropriate shoes.
Yoga – With Lisa Moyer, Tuesdays/Thursdays, Sept. 2-Dec. 11 (no class Nov. 25 and 27), 7-7:50 p.m., GA-11. The fee is $70 prepaid. Sorry, no walkup payments; however, proportionate payment arrangements can be made with Extended Learning by calling 562.2165.
Swimming – With Kristy Jones and additional Red Cross Lifeguards will be held at the Natatorium for ages 4 years and up in four 8-day rotations, Mondays-Thursdays, 4-4:50 p.m. The fee is $40 and includes a Red Cross Certification Card for the level passed. Rotation #1 is Sept. 8-18, #2 is Sept. 29-Oct. 9, #3 is Oct. 20-30 and #4 is Nov. 10-20. Please register by Friday noon prior to each rotation. Parental consent is required.

Meetings

Developmental Studies Advisory Group
Meets the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month in JWLA 127 from 1-2 p.m.
Oct. 17
Nov. 7
Nov. 21
Dec. 5

The next Library Committee Meeting will be Nov. 5 in Conference Room 110 located in the Golden Library main office. If you have any questions, please contact Cheryl Black at ext. 2624.

University Council
Oct. 27
3:10 p.m.
Regents' Room

Professional Senate Meeting
Oct. 21
2 p.m.
UCC 117 (Conference Room)

Curriculum and General Education Committee
All meetings are on Monday afternoons from 3:30-5 p.m. in the University Computer Center Conference Room
Oct. 27, 2003
Nov. 10, 2003
Nov. 24, 2003
Feb. 9, 2004
Feb. 23, 2004
March 8, 2004
March 29, 2004
April 12, 2004
April 26, 2004

Undergraduate Admissions and Standards Committee
Second Thursday of each month at 3:30 p.m. in COB 163
(student petitions needing action are due by 5 p.m. the first Thursday of each month)

Faculty Senate Meetings
First and third Thursdays of each month
3:30-5 p.m.
COB 113