General News

ENMU Ruidoso Instruction Center to Become Branch Campus
by Brad Treptow
Executive Director, Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce.

On Thursday, March 17, Governor Bill Richardson signed House Bill 405, a bill that legally established Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso as a branch community college campus. The former designation was an instructional center and ENMU Ruidoso was the only remaining center in New Mexico.
The Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce and ENMU Ruidoso have been partners for several years promoting various seminars for the business community. However, this partnership became stronger when the chamber established a goal of branch campus status at an annual board of director’s retreat in April 2004. At that time, two chamber board members, Greg Cory and Dr. Gary Jackson, accepted the leadership assignment.

“We felt that this issue was paramount to economic growth and that is why we established it as our top priority for this year,” said Dr. Gary Jackson, chamber board member and co-chair of the chamber’s ENMU Branch Campus committee. “Our strategy to work with ENMU Ruidoso on illustrating community support as well as lobbying this issue one-on-one was certainly time-consuming but it paid dividends,” added Jackson. Chamber board president Paul Ragland agreed. “We believe this will be one of the largest, long-term, positive impacts on the entire business community,” said Ragland.

(L-R): Mike Elrod, dean of ENMU Ruidoso; Judy Morris, administrative assistant at ENMU Ruidoso; Nancy and Jim Miller, emeritus dean of ENMU Ruidoso; Governor Richardson; ENMU President Steve Gamble; Richard Silva, Lincoln County assessor; John Underwood, Village of Ruidoso lobbyist; and Brad Treptow, Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce executive director. (photo by James Pawlak)

Several individual meetings took place throughout the state with commissioners of the Higher Education board as well as CHE meetings themselves. These meetings took place in Hobbs, Roswell, Silver City, Lordsburg, Albuquerque and several in Santa Fe, especially once this year’s legislative session began in January.

The CHE’s Educational Programs Committee initially heard ENMU Ruidoso’s branch campus preliminary proposal in June of 2004. It moved in and out of various committees passing unanimously and the full commission heard the item initially as an informational item in October 2004. After the detailed proposal was amended, and updated, the CHE unanimously approved the branch campus proposal on Jan. 19, 2005.

“Comments from the CHE commissioners were that they have never seen stronger community support during that part of the process,” said ENMU President Dr. Steve Gamble on Thursday at the bill signing. “I want to thank the people of Ruidoso and Lincoln County who were obviously behind this effort from the beginning. We were always confident that Ruidoso made a strong case for branch campus but there was still a lot of work that had to be done,” added Gamble.

That approval paved the way for the proposal to enter this year’s legislature. State Representative W.C. “Dub” Williams, R-Glencoe, introduced HB405 during the second week of the legislature. State Senator Tim Jennings, D-Roswell, introduced a companion bill, SB610, at the same time.

“It was a joy for me to be able to introduce this legislation,” said Williams after the bill signing on Thursday. “The community support that was shown during the process is the way Ruidoso and Lincoln County does things,” Williams added.

The branch campus designation allows ENMU Ruidoso to expand course and degree offerings as well as seek additional funding from the state and federal governments.

“This bill signing is indicative of what can be accomplished with a true community effort and strategic alliance of public and private sectors. This came about because of the community’s desire to expand ENMU Ruidoso services. Without their support, it would not have gotten this far,” said Dr. Mike Elrod, dean of the Ruidoso Branch Campus. “This allows us to continue the momentum established by Dr. Miller to serve this area’s higher educational needs,” added Elrod.

“It was an enormous amount of work from start to finish but it is extremely humbling to see it become a reality today,” said Dr. Jim Miller, former dean of ENMU Ruidoso.

“I agree with Jim that this event is very humbling. Jim and I attended the CHE meeting in Roswell just about a year ago when Dr. Gamble informed the CHE that ENMU Ruidoso was pursuing this status,” said Brad Treptow, executive director for the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce. “To see it come to fruition after everyone’s hard work and diligence in just less than a year is ideal,” added Treptow.

For additional information, contact Dr. Elrod at the ENMU Ruidoso Branch Community College at 505.257.2120.

Quarter-Century Media Services Director Moving On to New Career
Story and photo by Marc Schoder
Communication Services

Wanda Graham, director of Media Services at Eastern New Mexico University, is retiring on June 30 after 25 years. “I have been in this position for 25 years and now it’s time for me to try something new,” says Wanda. “Peggy Tozer was the director of Golden Library when she hired me. She was a great business woman and my mentor.”

Wanda remembers when Eastern began making the transition into the computer age. “Back then we did not have the luxury of having computers like we do today. I’d been in my job about 14 months when desk-top computers hit the scene in the education world. Here I was with a master’s degree in education media and had never had a single computer class. You can imagine how that must have felt.

"An Apple computer was purchased for Media Services, along with an extremely expensive graphics software package that was supposed to help make my job easier to create faster, more colorful charts, posters, and signs; all this for the gal who had never laid hands on a computer. Before computers, we would sit for hours, hand-lettering a 22 inch by 28 inch poster. A person had to be very careful with each letter, to be sure each letter was crisp, clean, and with no bleeds. The worst thing that could happen was to make a mistake on the last line of the poster and have to start all over again.”

Though Wanda is retiring from ENMU, it doesn’t mean that she is retiring from work. “I received my real estate license in 2001, and passed my broker’s exam just last week. I’ve been selling real estate part time since ‘01, and have thoroughly enjoyed it,” says Wanda.

She got into the real estate business part-time by helping a co-worker. “We had hired a librarian who was looking for a place to live; she decided that buying a house would increase her selection of neighborhoods in which to live,” says Wanda. “I helped her find a place to buy and found it to be fun; that’s when I decided to take real estate classes.

“Since I will have a regular retirement income from ENMU, I don’t have to make the sale,” says Wanda. “I can help people find the home that they will truly be happy with, without having to push to get the sale.”

Real estate will not be the only thing keeping Wanda busy. “I plan to continue remodeling my house, and move my parents here from Santa Fe,” says Wanda.

Wanda adds, “I will continue to live in Portales because, after all these years, I do consider it my home.”

ENMU Offering Dinner with 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
(Dinner Theater with a Roman Flair)
Eastern New Mexico University in Portales
Campus Union Building Ballroom
Director: Jean Ornellas
March 31-April 2, Dinner 6:30 p.m., Show 7:30 p.m.
Matinee April 3, Dessert 2 p.m., Show 3 p.m.

TOGO Party. Door prize for the best costume worn by an audience member.

Prices for Show and Dinner: Adults $22, Seniors $21, Students $20, ENMU Students $19.
Dinner Show Only: Adults $7, Seniors $6, Students $5, ENMU Students $4.
Prices for Matinee Show and Dessert: Adults $15, Seniors $14, Students $13, ENMU Students $12
Matinee Show Only: Adults $7, Seniors $6, Students $5, ENMU Students $4
Group Discount for 10 or more: $1 off per ticket
Military Discount: $2 off per ticket; 10 or more military, $3 off per ticket
Dinner and Dessert reservations must be received by 5 p.m. on March 28
Limit: 220 per show
Contact: 505.562.2373

A Look at Board of Regent Member Jay Gurley

Editor's Note: A number of sucessful graduates are featured on ENMU's Web site. Readers can find them by going to ENMU's home page, clicking on "Campus Services," then "Admissions," then "Successful Alumni." The story below about Board of Regent member Jay Gurley is an example.

Name: Jay Gurley
Degree: Education Administration
Year: 1962, 1967

College experience doesn’t always last four years; sometimes, it can last a lifetime. Just ask Dr. Jay Gurley. His involvement in student government, student organizations, alumni supporting roles and other activities that have aided Eastern have kept him involved with ENMU since he first stepped on campus as a freshman in 1958.

Jay graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1962 with a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in 1967. Although he went on to receive a doctorate degree from Texas A&M-Commerce (formerly East Texas State), his involvement with Eastern New Mexico University has been steadfast.

He has served in many positions for Eastern, including director of Upward Bound, faculty member, and director of the School of Education before he was named provost for the former ENMU-Clovis campus. “I have had the good fortune to meet and/or serve with every Eastern president since its beginning,” Jay noted.

Jay has received many awards from Eastern, including the Outstanding Alumni Award in 1996 and the Distinguished Service Award in 1999. He was also inducted into the ENMU Athletic Hall of Honors in 2002 for his achievement as a Greyhound basketball player. He is currently serving on Eastern’s Board of Regents for six years.

Currently, Jay serves as director of Corporate Communications for the ENMR Plateau telephone company and is also President Emeritus of Clovis Community College. He retired from public education in 2003.

Jay’s fondest memories include meeting new, lifelong friends while at Eastern. In fact, one of his former roommates is now his brother-in-law. “I remember the friendliness of people the first time I set foot on campus and was drawn to the wonderful culture that existed. All in all, Eastern serves a great purpose in the region’s need for higher education,” he concluded.

ENMU to Open 2005 Football Season Against Central Arkansas at 53,727-Seat War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock
by Robert McKinney
Sports Information Director

The Eastern New Mexico University football team will open the 2005 season by playing in the largest stadium in school history when the Greyhounds take on the University of Central Arkansas at the 53,727-seat War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Ark. The game will take place on the earliest date in school history, as ENMU and UCA will open the 2005 season on Thursday, Aug. 25, the first permissible date under NCAA Division II rules.

The ENMU/UCA game will be a rematch of last fall’s exciting 38-31 win for the Bears, in which ENMU nearly rallied from a 21-0 deficit late in the first half. More importantly, the game will be a benefit for the Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock.

Eastern’s game at War Memorial Stadium highlights an 11-game schedule. The Greyhounds will play five games at Greyhound Stadium and six games on the road.

The home schedule includes LSC crossover games against Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Sept. 3) and East Central University (Sept. 17), plus LSC South Division games with Angelo State University (Oct. 1), Tarleton State University (Oct. 15) and Midwestern State University (Oct. 29). Homecoming will be against Angelo State, with the game kicking off at 6 p.m. MST instead of a traditional mid-afternoon start. Tarleton State replaces Texas A&M University-Commerce, which is making a permanent move to the LSC North, while TSU returns to the LSC South.

ENMU will have three lengthy road trips — to Central Arkansas for the season-opener, to Texas A&M University-Kingsville on Oct. 22 and to Western New Mexico University on Nov. 5. Two trips of about five hours each will be taken to Southwestern Oklahoma State University on Sept. 10 and to Abilene Christian University on Sept. 24. The shortest trip of the season will be about a two-hour ride to Canyon, Texas, to take on West Texas A&M University on Oct. 8.

With the change of Homecoming to an evening kickoff, all of Eastern’s home games will be played at night. The Greyhounds will play four road games at night as well, with the games at ACU (1 p.m. MST) and Western New Mexico (1 p.m. MST) scheduled for afternoon starts.

The ENMU football team will be after its eighth consecutive winning season. In 2004, the Greyhounds achieved an overall record of 6-5, including 4-2 in the LSC South (third place). Mark Ribaudo, who will be in his first season as head coach, was Eastern’s defensive coordinator the past eight years.


ENMU Rodeo Coach Named Faculty Director of Southwest Region of National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
by Judy Kittle
NIRA National Office

Editor's Note: The following article on ENMU rodeo coach David Browder ran in the February issue of Collegiate Arena. and is reprinted by permission.

David Browder of Portales, N.M., has been voted in as the new Southwest Region’s Faculty Director of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association. He has been an agricultural instructor at Eastern New Mexico University for the past five years and has more than 45 students in his rodeo program.

“I look forward to helping each rodeo run smoothly and efficiently, and insuring that each contestant has an equal opportunity to win at our rodeos. I want to create a sense of integrity and good sportsmanship between rodeo athletes as well as coaches in our region. I intend to represent our region with an open mind to everyone’s concerns, not just my personal ones,” said Browder of his goals as Faculty Director.

“See both sides of the street,” said Charles Chambers, a former coach at ENMU and past NIRA Faculty President, to Browder about becoming a Faculty Director. “We are very fortunate to have David as our Rodeo Coach at Eastern New Mexico University. First, David comes from an excellent rodeo program at Southwest Oklahoma State University under Doc Mitchell, where he helped them win regional and national recognition. At Mesalands Community College, in Tucumcari, New Mexico, he has had the experience in starting and building a program, and was very successful. David has had a positive effect on the rodeo program at ENMU by his efforts of continuing to build a successful program. The number of rodeo members at ENMU is at an all time high as a result of his efforts. David has treated me as a mentor and is not afraid to seek my advice when he needs it, nor the advice of others. He is always quick to give praise to those who help him. I’m afraid in my case he may give me too much credit, but that is the way he is. This is one of the reasons he has been so successful as a rodeo coach. He has gained the respect of the university as well as the community during his time at ENMU. He has also gained the respect of the other rodeo coaches in the region as indicated by their faith and confidence shown by his election to the position of Southwest Regional Faculty Director,” said Chambers.

Chambers considers Browder to be family. Having lunch together about once a week, their relationship extends beyond rodeo. Chambers also comments, “It’s great to know that our students are being mentored by a coach who has very strong moral values and discipline, a person who motivates his members and holds them to high standards and is quick to give praise where it is due.”

Browder is not only a coach, but is also a competitor. He was born in Johnson City, Kansas, to David and Dorothy Browder. They moved to Gordon, Nebraska, when he was little and he has been rodeoing ever since. He started out competing in Little Britches Rodeos and qualified twice for the NHSRA Finals in Pueblo. He attended college at Fort Scott Community College, Fort Hays State University, and Southwest Oklahoma State University, and in 1994 competed in Bozeman, Montana, at the College National Finals Rodeo. He has qualified for the Prairie Circuit Finals five times and the Turquoise Circuit Finals three times. He belongs to the Kansas Professional Rodeo Association (KPRA), and Texas Cowboys Rodeo Association (TCRA), as well as the PRCA. “I mostly compete in bareback riding,” said Browder, “but have competed in everything but bull dogging in my career.”

Browder has much admiration for his mom and dad, who live in Mitchell, Neb. His dad works for the government as a Food Safety Inspector and is getting ready to retire this year. Before becoming a Food Safety Inspector, he had a veterinary practice in Gordon, Neb., for about 11 years. “He is the hardest working person I know,” said Browder, and “My mom is a retired school teacher who can cook up a storm, and is very involved with the Methodist Church in Mitchell.” Sister Dayna lives in Gordon, Neb., where she is a loan analyst/officer at the bank. She was a basketball player in high school and college. “She hesitates to loan me money because she knows I will use it to enter a rodeo!” exclaimed Browder.

Family has been the biggest influence in Browder’s life. They were always there for him when he needed help. “Ridin' good, drawin' bad, send me money dear ol’ dad,” said Browder.

But besides his family, there are many people that have influenced him. “I would like to thank Bill Mooney for getting me interested in rodeo when I was little, and John Luthi, Gary Brower, Cecil Perkins, and Doc Mitchell for all they did for me throughout my college years. I would also like to thank Charles Chambers for all his help here in Portales, New Mexico,” said Browder.

Browder claims to have very little free time anymore. “Free time is like recess and I haven’t had recess since the sixth grade,” said Browder. “Rodeo is pretty much my life. I got married right out of college and now I am divorced, single, and looking!”

Assistant Coach Inosia Poyer Resigns to Become Head Coach at Valdosta State
(leaves ENMU after 13 years on coaching staff)
by Robert McKinney
Sports Information Director

Inosia “Sia” Poyer, assistant volleyball coach at Eastern New Mexico University, has resigned to become the head volleyball coach at Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Ga. Valdosta State competes in NCAA Division II and is a member of the Gulf South Conference.

Sia, who has been a member of the ENMU coaching staff for 13 years, will begin his duties at VSU in early April. His wife, Jennifer Goble Poyer, the director of publications at Eastern, will move to Valdosta, along with their son, Malkolm, age 4, after the spring semester ends in May.

Sia also served as the director of intramurals at ENMU the past five years. He coached as a student assistant for three years and was a graduate assistant for two seasons, before assuming full-time duties as assistant coach.

In his eight seasons as a full-time assistant (1997-2004), Sia helped the Zias achieve an overall record of 176-95 (.649). During his entire 13 years with the volleyball team (1992 through 2004), Eastern was 290-145 (.667). Last fall, the Zias qualified for their first NCAA Tournament berth and finished the season with an overall record of 25-9.

Originally from the island of American Samoa in the South Pacific, Sia moved to the United States at the age of nine. He graduated from Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas, then attended ENMU. He received a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1996 and earned a master’s degree in sports administration in 1998.

Valdosta State completed the 2004 season with a 4-23 overall record. The Lady Blazers were 0-12 in the Gulf South Conference.
(photo by Wendel Sloan)

Planning Ahead for Future Fine Arts Events

ENMU Concert Band Clinic
Monday, April 4, and Tuesday, April 5, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Dr. Richard Mark Heidel, clinician and guest conductor
Campus Union Ballroom
Free

Participating bands:
Gattis Junior High School Varsity Band, Karl Powell, conductor
Clovis High School Symphony Band, Bill Allred, conductor
Hobbs High School Symphonic Band, Russell Crowe, conductor
Clovis High School Concert Band, Keith Sacane, conductor

ENMU Concert Band Clinic Concert
Tuesday, April 5, 7 p.m.
Dr. Richard Mark Heidel, guest conductor
ENMU Wind Symphony, Dustin Seifert and Neil Rutland, conductors
Clovis High School Symphony Band, Bill Allred, conductor
Free

Clovis High School Symphony Band and ENMU Wind Symphony
Tuesday, April 5, 7 p.m., Campus Union Building, Ballroom
Contact: Dustin Seifert 505.562.2671
Free

"The Seagull"
April 13-16, 8 p.m., University Theatre Center, Studio
Contact: Anne Beck 505.562.2711
Admission: $3

Darren Feldberg, Violin Guest Artist Recital
Monday, April 18, 7 p.m., Music Building, Buchanan Hall
Contact: Joyce Stagg 505.562.2377
Free

ASAB Presents Music Madness Featuring 'Full Blown Rose' on April 13

The Associated Students Activities Board will present "Full Blown Rose" at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 13, in the Campus Union Ballroom as part of Music Madness during Spring Fling. The concert is free and open to the public.

"Full Blown Rose" performs the theme song to Fox's "Tru Calling," songs in "The Seed of Chucky" (newest of the "Chucky" series), and music on the upcoming "Elektra" soundtrack (the follow up to the film "Daredevil").

Their music video has also been played on national television, and they have performed with groups such as "Puddle of Mud," "The Offspring," "Papa Roach," "Lit," and the "Kotton Mouth Kings."

Music Madness

Music Madness is similar to a battle of the bands with a few twists to keep it exciting. It is an annual event put on by the Associated Students Activities Board (ASAB). The bands must contain at least one ENMU student and be chosen by ASAB to perform. ASAB is happy to get such a high profile band as "Full Blown rose" to host this year’s event. They will also judge the competition.

Any students that wish to perform should contact Shem Peachey or Jeff Blake at 562.2242 or bring a demo and bio to Room 104 in the Campus Union Building.

Promoting Music Madness

(L-R) Eastern students Malia Rummell, Shem Peachey and Chalise Baker took advantage of the recent weather to promote Music Madness on campus. No word on if "Full Blown Rose" will perform "Frosty the Snowman."














(photo by Ashley Swanson)

See ENMU Web Pages in Spanish

ENMU now has Web pages in Spanish. To see a sample, click on "more" below.

Hispanohablantes
Una lista de contactos hispanohablantes en nuestras oficinas universitarias. Lista de contactos hispanohablantes. Un sistema de apoyo para su estudiante Tenemos un fuerte sistema de apoyo para nuestros estudiantes en ENMU. La familia universitaria de Eastern New Mexico University le proporcionará un "segundo hogar" para su estudiante universitaro. [more]

ENMU Video Airing on Amarillo TV Stations

A video promoting ENMU as part of a program called "Touring Your Future" is scheduled for the following airdates on Amarillo TV stations: (all airings are Central Time) KAMR – April 2 at 1 p.m.; April 30 at 12 noon; KCIT – April 10 at 11a.m.; April 23 at 1p.m.; KCPN – April 3 at 2 p.m.; April 22 at 7p.m. Future airings will be added.

Call Goes Out for Entries in First Communication Festival at ENMU
by Helena Rodriguez
Graduation Assistant in Communications

Eastern New Mexico University and Clovis Community College students have an opportunity to have their writing, video, photography and design work recognized during the first annual Communication Festival at ENMU on May 5-6.

Entries are now being taken for the first-year, two-day event which will feature receptions, exhibits, a video festival and an awards ceremony to recognize all student winners in each category. All ENMU and CCC students are eligible to enter any work that has been produced during their college studies. The work can be published or unpublished.

Entry forms and guidelines are available in the ENMU Department of Communicative Arts and Sciences, Room #177 in the College of Business. Students may enter one time in each category. There is no entry fee. The entry deadline is at 5 p.m. on April 29.

All entries will be judged by a panel consisting of students, faculty, professionals in the field and community members. Judges will evaluate each entry and supply students with written feedback on all works submitted.

The inaugural Communication Festival is being planned by students in Dr. Janet Roehl’s Public Relations Cases and Campaigns class at ENMU. Graduate students Helena Rodriguez and Trista Penhey are serving as the project managers. The ENMU Student Film festival, which has been held on campus for many years, will now be a part of the annual Communication Festival. The goal of the communication department at ENMU is to expand the Communication Festival every year to eventually make the festival a regional event which will include high school and college-level onsite competitions, much like the ENMU Drama Festival, and speech and debate tournaments.

For more information contact, Ms. Rodriguez at 562.3873.

ENMU Student Studies Prehistoric Water Management in the American Southwest
(Dr. John Montgomery is advisor)
by Shelley Gilmore
Communication Services

Eastern New Mexico University student Stacy Galassini has completed her study of prehistoric water management. Stacy is a third-year master’s student conducting her study under Dr. John Montgomery.

The study was funded by New Mexico State University’s New Mexico Water Resources Research Institute’s Student Research Grant Program 2004-2005.

Water control and management issues have been persistent through time in the American Southwest, according to Ms. Galassini. Many areas remain environmentally marginal for agricultural purposes even in a technologically advanced era. For prehistoric cultures, devices to enhance and control unpredictable precipitation and perennial water sources were crucial to successful crop production. To this end, the Anasazi of the Four Corners area developed many techniques that allowed them to inhabit harsh environments for centuries. These include contour terraces, check dams and strategic field locations.

Between AD 900 and 1300, ancestors of the modern Pueblo Indians inhabited the middle Rio Puerco valley of New Mexico. The Anasazi culture that lived in the valley is considered to be an outlying community culturally and materially associated with the larger community of the Chaco Canyon area to the northwest.

Using like areas and populations as analogues, water control techniques were compared in this study. The increasing entrenchment of the Rio Puerco is considered to be a contributing factor to agricultural degradation. Population estimates through time and agricultural yield will be analyzed to assess the level of sustainability. A more recent dating method indicates that water control devices in the valley were in use earlier than previously thought. The abandonment of the valley was discussed in relation to environmental and social factors that occurred throughout the northern southwest before the Spanish Entrada. Finally, issues of sustainability through time, environmentally and culturally, were explored to compare differing worked views of land and water use.

To determine whether the water control features around the Guadalupe Mesa were dated correctly, or reduced down to the most precise dates possible, researcher James Moore used a total of 17 ceramic groups with temporal periods of 30-plus years spanning the years AD 800-1258. While the full technique employing multidimensional scaling is rather complicated and mathematical, the basic concept is that “chronological inference using seriation assumes that the seriated groups function as cultural historic, stylistic classes,” according to Ms. Galassini.

By comparing the two sets of data, it was hypothesized the tested features might produce more specific and earlier dates when the more refined chronology was applied. The revised dates could then be compared to known climatic conditions which in turn influenced settlement patterns and agricultural intensification. This could be compared cross-culturally or geographically to determine whether the Rio Puerco populations were invoking similar adaptive techniques in similar conditions as other prehistoric native populations.

The prehistoric adaptive strategies are compared to strategies the subsequent European populations employed. Their relative success can be compared by way of occupation time and preferred methods of diverting and conserving the limited precipitation available in an arid environment.

Finally, there were no significant differences in the ceramic dates, especially in the broad scheme of archaeological periods. One problem with ceramic dating is the potentially long period a particular type might endure. The collected ceramics by Moore would have to be re-analyzed to be placed into the other scheme more definitively.

As climate conditions dictated, populations that were unwilling or unable to expand into other areas continued to grow, and intensified their efforts to produce crops in their own locale. A group whose existence is so closely tied to the land and what it produces will have a culture that reinforces that relationship and be very aware of the available choices, the selective adaptations that will best support the lifestyle. This may come through water control intensification, differential planting, and settlement patterns. Not one group was inherently better, or smarter, than the other. Some groups are just better equipped to adapt to lifestyle changes in certain environments and that this ability comes largely through their culture, according to Ms. Galassini.

Three ENMU-Roswell Instructors Honored as 'Teachers of Character'
Story and photo by Donna Gutierrez
ENMU-Roswell

Three instructors at Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell were among a group of area teachers honored March 22 as 2005 Teachers of Character.

Tammy Lueras, Nursing Program Director, Lorrie Miller, Business Education instructor, and Teresa Rhodes, Drafting instructor, all received bronze awards as Teachers of Character for 2005 by Character Counts! of Chaves County. Each received a plaque and a Certificate of Achievement for their dedication to teaching. The awards ceremony recognized 24 bronze winners, five silver winners, and one gold winner from a group of 124 teachers nominated. Eastern New Mexico Medical Center hosted the event.

“We are very proud of these outstanding faculty members because they are exemplary models of good character and reflect what teaching and learning should be,” said Dr. Judy Armstrong, ENMU-Roswell provost. “We appreciate Character Counts! and ENMMC for recognizing their accomplishments and for reminding our community of the excellent teachers we have working with our young people at all grade levels throughout Chaves County. They definitely are changing lives in a positive way,” said Dr. Armstrong.

General Comments and Compliments

If anyone knows of an employee retiring between now and June 30, please let the Monday Memo know at monday.memo@enmu.edu or call ext. 2253. Thank you.

(from e-mail sent to Drs. Phillip Shelley and John Montgomery)
"Hi, I am the District Archaeologist stationed at the Bradford Ranger District on the Allegheny National Forest. Each year we hire seasonal staff to accomplish our Arch Survey needs for the year. Over the past decade I have had about 30 folks in our Heritage Resource Department. Two archaeologists have stood out above all others. Greg Konzelman and Karen Patrice Bamat. Both of these folks are the best rounded, trained archaeologists we have hired. I just wanted to thank you and give you feedback on this. I have had folks from many universities across the nation and some even trained abroad. So whatever you are doing in your program, keep doing it." – Sincerely, Jack McLaughlin, District Archaeologist, Allegheny National Forest

Quote of the Week

"More anger stems from lack of sleep than from all of life's frustrations." – D. Sutten

Employee Briefs

Dr. Tamara Raatz has had her writings on Olivier Messiaen and the Quartet for the End of Time published by Music Books New Zealand. The title of the compendium is Music and Locality: Towards a Local Discourse in Music, edited by Richard Hardie. Dr. Raatz' writings were selected for publication by the Conference of the Australia and New Zealand Musicological Societies at their conference in Wellington, New Zealand in 2003.

Dr. Robert Long, physical sciences, has been invited to participate in a week-long workshop at UC Irvine over the summer. The NSF sponsored workshop is titled "CWCS Workshop on Teaching Guided-Inquiry Organic Chemistry Laboratories." The workshop is intended to help faculty develop guided-inquiry laboratory procedures for teaching organic chemistry (rather than just following rote procedures which do not engage students as well). Workshop expenses are paid by an NSF (National Science Foundation) grant.

Michael F. Shaughnessy has had a paper accepted for publication in Education News. It will appear during the week of spring break. The paper is titled "On Seeing the Big Picture in An Age of Intricate Inclusion."

The following faculty members from the College of Education and Technology presented at workshop sessions of the New Mexico Association for the Education of Young Children state conference in Albuquerque on Saturday, March 5. Dr. Francine Stuckey from the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) presented “Helping Children Cope with Grief and Loss”; Dr. Romelia Hurtado de Vivas from the Department of Curriculum and Instruction presented “Vygotsky’s Theory in Early Childhood Curriculum”; Dr. Michael Shaughnessy from the Department of Educational Studies presented “WIIG Assessment of Basic Concepts”; and Dr. Robin A. Wells from the Department of Educational Studies presented “There’s More to Behavior than ‘Just Being Bad’”.

Dr. Michael F. Shaughnessy has had two test reviews accepted for publication in the New Mexico Learning Disabilities Association newsletter. He reviewed the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-II and The Reynolds Intellectual Assessment Scales and the Reynolds Intellectual Screening Test. He has also had " An Interview with Harry Sylvester " accepted for publication in that newsletter. Sylvester is the author of " The Blue Heron."

Bill Gaedke and Michael F. Shaughnessy have an article appearing in www.EducationNews.org in the Monday, March 14, issue. They interviewed Martin Haberman regarding his new book and "Star Teachers. "

Candid Camera

Debaca Hall Basement (photo by Wanda Newberry)

Brings Back Disco Memories – During a recent nefarious visit to the basement of closed Debaca Hall to retrieve aluminum cans, the photographer said the combination of the cans and wall art gave her flashbacks to her big-hair disco days.

More Disco Memories (photo by Wendel Sloan)

During Sia's Roast – Sia Poyer's noon-time basketball buddies recently gave him a farewell "roast" at Mark's Eastern Grill in Portales before he left to accept the head volleyball coaching position at Valdosta State in Georgia. Sia, assistant volleyball coach for the Zias, apparently spent some time in the basement of Debaca Hall during his undergraduate days at Eastern. Below are a few of the comments made at the "roast." "What can you say about a man who is admired, revered and respected by everyone? Well, I can start by saying he’s not here this evening." "Sia could have been sharing his wit with the people of Valdosta tonight, but he’s here with us because of his high regard for the people of Valdosta." "Sia was once kidnapped and forced to have his ears fixed." "Sia is so short that when it rains, he’s always the last one to know." "They say that Sia has a twinkle in his eyes, but it’s actually the sun shining between his ears." "On the basketball court with us, Sia does not know the meaning of fear. But, then again, he doesn’t know the meaning of most words."

Noon-Time Hoopsters (photo found in Debaca Hall)

Go Shirts and Skins

Several Sent in Comments (photo provided by University Archives)

About Exactly Which Buildings Were Pictured in Last Issue – In the last issue, we asked for reader comments about the above photo. Here they are: "If you take a copy of that photo and stand by the front of Christian Campus House, then pretend that Quay Hall and the Administration Building are the only buildings on campus, you will see what the photo is." – Gene Bundy "My mom and dad, Ralph and Evelyn Drake, were students here during the early 1940's. My mother identified the buildings as follows: The smaller building by the Administration Building was the Music Cottage. The larger building was used as a gym, it was a hangar brought in from CAFB. She also said that there were other small buildings not seen in the picture. These were houses that were already located on the property behind the Administration Building, one was used for the woman's P. E." – Ama V. McDermid "Hello! Is it the Administration Builiding where the animals used to stay?" – Brooke Parker "The 30's photo looks like Quay Hall with the Admin. Building in the background, before Curry Hall, DeBaca Hall, or the Golden Library were built." – Mandi Park Editor's Note: To find out for sure which buildings are pictured above, hold your cursor over the photo for a couple of seconds.

Took It Literally (Illustration by Dave Ortega)

But Offensive Coordinator Now Interested – When publications director Jennifer Poyer asked graphic artist Dave Ortega to catch her phone while she was out to lunch, he took it literally. However, Greyhound offensive coordinator Mike Howard has now expressed an interest in Dave's soft hands.

Window with a View (photo by Wendel Sloan)

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