Arts and Leisure Classes

 

American Sign Language

Come join Kiki Gray for a little fun learning a new language. You and your child can learn basic phrases, numbers, the pledge of allegiance and the alphabet, a little deaf culture and lots of vocabulary. Sign up today!
When: June 2- June 30
Times: Tuesday and Thursday, at 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Where: ENMU Education Building Room 126
Fee: $40 ($5 discount for kids already enrolled in Kids College)
Ages: 5 and up
Enrollment: minimum 10, maximum 25

Tandem Skydiving

Come experience the thrill of skydiving in our own backyard. ENMU has partnered with Eastern New Mexico Skydiving at the Clovis Municipal Airport to offer tandem skydiving. After some introductory training, you'll climb aboard a Cesna and climb to over 10,000 feet above the ground. Strapped to one of the professionally licensed tandem instructors, you'll get to enjoy the rush of freefall and a gentle canopy ride back to earth. If you've never been before, the time is now!

When: Spring 2011
Where: Eastern New Mexico Skydiving
Fee and hours: Ground Training and Tandem Skydive, SKYD 100 - $275 (3 hours)
Register by: Friday, Oct. 22, 5 p.m.
Required textbook: None

 

United States Parachute Association A-License Certification

These courses use the United States Parachute Association's (USPA) Integrated Student Program to instruct students in the disciplines of skydiving and parachuting. It uses the Accelerated Freefall training method where the student exits with two instructors who hold the student by the parachute harness for guidance and observation. After completing all four courses as part of this certification, participants will be awarded the USPA A license. They will then be allowed to jump without supervision, pack their own main parachute, engage in basic group jumps, and perform water jumps.

When: Spring 2011
Where: Eastern New Mexico Skydiving
Fees and hours:
Ground Training and And Accelerated Freefall Category A, SKYD 101 - $250 (15 hours)
Sport Parachute Packing, SKYD 102 - $1250 (75 hours)
Accelerated Freefall Categories B-H, SKYD 103 - $1500 (90 hours)
USPA A-License, SKYD 104 - $1500 (90 hours)
Required textbook: USPA Skydiver's Information Manual, 2011 edition

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United States Parachute Association Coach Certification

This course is designed for intermediate skydivers with a B license and a minimum of 70 jumps. It will hone the jumper's skills in the air and teaching ability on the gorund. It culminates in a USPA coach course and certification. USPA coaches may act as a supervised assistant to the USPA instructor to teach specified portions of the first jump course and instruct new skydiving students after they have completed Accelerated Freefall.


When: Spring 2011
Required textbooks: USPA Skydiver's Information Manual, 2010 edition; USPA Insruction Rating Manual, 2011 Edition

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United States Parachute Association Instructor Certification

These courses are geared toward the experienced skydiver interested in pursuing one of the advanced instructional ratings offered by USPA. It will consist of ground training and academics followed by an extremely intensive pre-course and instructional rating course. The certification is currently offered in both tandem and Accelerated Freefall disciplines. USPA issues insructional ratings to each skydiver who qualifies by fulfilling all requirements for the rating being sought. These ratings attest that the holder has not only achieved skdiving skills but has also demonstrated the techiques needed to teach these skills to others.

When: Spring 2011
Fees and hours:
USPA Instructor Rating Ground Training, SKYD 200 - $500 (30 hours)
USDA Instructor Rating Pre-course, SKYD 201 - $2500 (150 hours)
USDA Instructor Rating Course, SKYD 202 - $1500 (90 hours)
Required textbooks: USPA Skydiver's Information Manual, 2010 edition; USPA Instruction Rating Manual, 2011 edition

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