Alumni Awards

• Outstanding Alumni Award
  Nominees are required to be Eastern graduates and they must be "outstanding in their profession, in community service and outreach, in special causes and/or artistic endeavors."
• Distinguished Service Award
  Nominees are required to have provided a definite service to ENMU. This award is available to both graduates and non-graduates of ENMU.
  (A maximum of two awards may be presented in each of the Outstanding Alumni and Distinguished Service categories.)
• Honorary Lifetime Alumni Award
  Nominees must be New Mexico residents who "provide an outstanding service of some nature to New Mexico." Only one award is presented each year and ENMU graduates are not eligible for this special award.

View the list of past award recipients.

Nominate Someone

Send all materials and additional support information to arrive before to June 1 to:

Alumni Awards Committee
ENMU Station 48
1500 S Ave K
Portales, NM 88130

All nominations must include:

1. The Award Category:
   • Outstanding Alumni Award
   • Distinguished Service Award
   • Honorary Lifetime Alumni Award
2. The name and mailing address of the nominee
3. The justification for the nomination
   Provide specific information that supports the category of nomination.
4. The name and address of the person submitting the nomination

Method of Selection

Nominations are collected by the Office of Alumni Affairs and are reviewed by the eight-member Awards Nomination Committee. The committee reviews the nominations and submits nominees in each category to the Board of Directors for final selection at the annual summer meeting held in July.