About Our Summer Activities List
ENMU plans to the following free and low-cost activities to the community. Click the arrow below each course to view dates and activity information. Remember that some events may occur across multiple dates and times. This list contains activities for children, adults, and families.
How to Register
Contact the Office of Distance Learning at our This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at 575.562.2165 to reserve or register for any of the listed summer activities.
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Evening Storytime (no registration required)
Multiple Days in June, July, and August
A half-hour story time focused on sharing picture books and a chapter from a book. Spend time sharing the joys of reading, improving our listening skills, and socializing with others.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
Tuesdays, 6-7 p.m.
June: 7, 14, 21, 28
July: 12, 19, 26
August: 2, 9 - Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Presentation Area Room 105
- Age:
- Birth to 12 years old; All interested parties welcome. Children must be accompanied by a caregiver, ENMU student, or parent.
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 40 visitors
Preserving Your Treasures: Tips for Caring for Family Heirlooms
June 7
Do you collect family heirlooms like Bibles, clothing, photographs, and important documents but want to know what you can you do to preserve them? Join us for some tips for taking care of different materials, including digital objects. Please leave your heirlooms at home, but bring your questions! Handouts will be provided as well as information on how to find a professional conservator to hire if needed.
Participants will be able to identify potential preservation concerns in their home for personal items and identify at least three steps they can take to improve preservation of those items.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
Tuesday, June 7 – 4:30-5:30 p.m.
- Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Outside Patio
- Age:
- Adults 18 and up
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 30 students
Microsoft Basics
June 9, 16, 23 and 30
Learn the basics of Microsoft Office. Each week, we will look at a different Microsoft product: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
- Once a week for four weeks – June 9, 16, 23, and 30, 5-6 p.m.
- Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Room 216
- Age:
- Jr. high and up (Minors must be escorted to the room and must be checked in & checked out once event is over.)
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 10 students
The U.S. Government for Kids
June 13 or 21
This program will allow kids to learn about the U.S. government through games, stories, and learning activities.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
Two sessions: Monday, June 13th 10 a.m. to noon, or Tuesday, June 21, 1-3 p.m.
- Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Room 216
- Age:
- 8-18 years old (Minors must be escorted to the room and must be checked out once the event is over.)
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 10 students per session
Portales New Deal Tour
June 17 or July 15 (each is its own session)
Are you interested in historical sites and artwork located in Portales? The New Deal programs only existed from the late 1930s-1940s but resulted in striking cultural artifacts. Listen to a short lecture about some of the agencies and the programs’ effect on American economy and culture. Immediately afterwards, join us for a walk around the ENMU campus and a drive downtown to see local art and architecture by the Work Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Arts Project (FAP), and more. Individuals are expected to provide their own transportation downtown for the second part of the tour.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
Friday, June 17 or Friday, July 15; 9-10:30am (each is its own session)
- Location:
- Check in at the Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Presentation Area Room 105
- Age:
- 16 and up
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 20 for each session
Code Breakers by Black Rocket (8-10 year olds)
June 20-24 (M-F)
Calling all future coders, programmers, & designers! Learn the basics of coding languages like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS through a series of web projects and design challenges each day and be on your way to becoming the next tech star! Whether you want to be a silicon valley CEO or the high school student who just made $1 million dollars for programming in her bedroom, this course has the essentials you need to begin your journey. Projects will be available on a Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years.
- Cost:
- $65
- Dates:
-
Start Date: June 20
End Date: June 24
Time: 9 a.m. to noon (M,T,W,R,F)Students can be dropped off at 8:30 am and picked up at 12:30 p.m.
- Location:
- ENMU University Computer Center (UCC), Lab 108
- Age:
- 8-10 year olds
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 25 Students
Summer Book Discussion Series (no registration required)
June 23, July 20 and Aug. 15
Join us this summer as we explore a variety of topics through the shared experience of thought-provoking reading. We will focus on one book per month and the discussion will be an opportunity to reflect, learn and share, led by an ENMU librarian. Multiple copies of each book selection are available for checkout at the Golden Library Circulation Desk and members of the community can obtain a free library community borrower card at no cost. No registration is required for book discussion meetings. Refreshments will be provided.
June book discussion: Unmasked: Covid, Community and the Case of Okoboji. Unmasked is the story of what happened in Okoboji, a small Iowan tourist town, when a collective turn from the coronavirus to the economy occurred in the COVID summer of 2020. State political failures, local negotiations among political and public health leaders, and community (dis)belief about the virus resulted in Okoboji being declared a hotspot just before the Independence Day weekend, when an influx of half a million people visit the town.Unmasked is a fascinating and heartbreaking account of where people put their trust, and how isolationist popular beliefs can be in America's small communities.
July book discussion: Legacy: Trauma, Story and Indigenous Healing. Five hundred years of colonization have taken an incalculable toll on the Indigenous peoples of the Americas: substance use disorders and shockingly high rates of depression, diabetes, and other chronic health conditions brought on by genocide and colonial control. With passionate logic and chillingly clear prose, author and educator Suzanne Methot uses history, human development, and her own and others’ stories to trace the roots of Indigenous cultural dislocation and community breakdown in an original and provocative examination of the long-term effects of colonization. But all is not lost. Methot also shows how we can come back from this with Indigenous ways of knowing lighting the way.
August book discussion: First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. From a childhood survivor of the Camdodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of war crimes and desperate actions, the unnerving strength of a small girl and her family, and their triumph of spirit. One of seven children of a high-ranking government official, Loung Ung lived a privileged life in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh until the age of five. Then, in April 1975, Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into the city, forcing Ung's family to flee and, eventually, to disperse. Loung was trained as a child soldier in a work camp for orphans, her siblings were sent to labor camps, and those who survived the horrors would not be reunited until the Khmer Rouge was destroyed. Harrowing yet hopeful, Loung's powerful story is an unforgettable account of a family shaken and shattered, yet miraculously sustained by courage and love in the face of unspeakable brutality.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
June Book Discussion: Thursday, June 23, 5-7 p.m.
July Book Discussion: Tuesday, July 20, 5-7 p.m.
August Book Discussion: Monday, August 15, 5-7 p.m. - Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Presentation Area Room 105
- Age:
- 17 and up (due to sensitive book topics)
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 12 students per session
Make Your First Video Game! (8-10 year olds)
June 27-July 1 (M-F)
If you love playing video games, this is the camp for you! Make your first video game in this one-of-a-kind class that shows you the keys to designing your first 2D platformer game. Conceptualization, play experience, level design, graphics, sounds, and simple coding are just some of the concepts that we’ll explore. No prior experience necessary, just a desire to have fun. Student projects will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Games are only compatible on PC computers. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years.
- Cost:
- $65
- Dates:
-
Start Date: June 27
End Date: July 1
Time: 9 a.m. to noon (M,T,W,R,F)Students can be dropped off at 8:30 am and picked up at 12:30 p.m.
- Location:
- ENMU University Computer Center (UCC), Lab 108
- Age:
- 8-10 year olds
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 25 Students
Charlie Needs a Cloak: Storytime and Weave-along
June 29
Listen to a story about a shepherd who shears his sheep, cards and spins the wool, and weaves the cloth for a new cloak. Afterwards, try your hand at carding, spinning, and weaving.
- Cost:
- $5 per person payment at registration for optional take-home loom
- Dates:
-
Wednesday, June 29, 9-10am
- Location:
- Dallan Sanders Pavilion at Campus Union Building (CUB), Outside
- Age:
- Kindergarten to 5th grade; (Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.)
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 12 students
Summer Cribbage Tournament
July 9
The Summer Cribbage tournament is a way to bring ENMU staff, faculty, and students together with community members.
- If fewer than 10 people attend, the tournament will be played round robin style. Each attending player will play all other players.
- If there are more than 10 players, the tournament will be a single elimination ladder tournament.
Participants will play for a series of prizes.
- 1st place: Custom cribbage board
- 2nd place: Possible gift card from local business, or ENMU swag
- 3rd place: Lower gift card or ENMU swag
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
Saturday, July 9, 1-5 p.m.
- Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Presentation Area Room 105
- Age:
- Ages 13+(Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 20+ Depending On Interest
Financial Savvy
Monday, July 11
Discover ways to balance what you make vs. what you need to spend and how you can save for the future. This course covers information on financial issues, discussions, activities
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
July 11, 1-4 p.m.
- Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Presentation Area Room 105
- Age:
- High school ages 13 and up
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 20 students
Code Breakers by Black Rocket (11-14 year olds).
July 11-15 (M-F)
Calling all future coders, programmers, & designers! Learn the basics of coding languages like HTML, JavaScript, and CSS through a series of web projects and design challenges each day and be on your way to becoming the next tech star! Whether you want to be a silicon valley CEO or the high school student who just made $1 million dollars for programming in her bedroom, this course has the essentials you need to begin your journey. Projects will be available on a Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years.
- Cost:
- $65
- Dates:
-
Start Date: July 11
End Date: July 15
Time: 1-4 p.m. (M,T,W,R,F)Students can be dropped off at 12:30 p.m. and picked up at 4:30 p.m.
- Location:
- ENMU University Computer Center (UCC), Lab 108
- Age:
- 11-14 year olds
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 25 Students
Make Your First Video Game! (11-14 year olds)
July 18-22 (M-F)
If you love playing video games, this is the camp for you! Make your first video game in this one-of-a-kind class that shows you the keys to designing your first 2D platformer game. Conceptualization, play experience, level design, graphics, sounds, and simple coding are just some of the concepts that we’ll explore. No prior experience necessary, just a desire to have fun. Student projects will be available on a password protected Black Rocket website to share with friends and family. Games are only compatible on PC computers. Returning students can create more advanced projects that build on previous years.
- Cost:
- $65
- Dates:
-
Start Date: July 18
End Date: July 22
Time: 1-4 p.m. (M,T,W,R,F)Students can be dropped off at 12:30 p.m. and picked up at 4:30 p.m.
- Location:
- ENMU University Computer Center (UCC), Lab 108
- Age:
- 11-14 year olds
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 25 Students
Career Planning
July 19 or July 29
This program will examine free resources that will help adults search for and plan for a job. It will also examine the cost of living for an area if the individual plans to move.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
Two sessions: Tuesday, July 19, 1-2 p.m.; or Friday, July 29 9-10 a.m.
- Location:
- Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), Room 216
- Age:
- 15 and up
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 10 students per session
ENMU Art Camp – "Summer by Design"
July 18-21
The Department of Art at ENMU is hosting an art camp, "Summer by Design," for grades 7 through 12 students from Monday, July 18 to Thursday, July 21, 2022. The hours of the day camp are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Participating students receive instruction from university professors. The cost of "Summer by Design" is $150 and includes all instruction, art supplies, activities, lunch, and t-shirt. To sign-up or for more information, log on to www.enmu.edu/ArtCamp or call Mr. David Silva at 575.562.2778 (Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m.).
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
July 18-21, 2022, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
- Location:
- Art and Anthropology (AA)
- Age:
- Grades 7 through 12
City Wide Water Balloon Bash (no registration required)
August 6th
Close out the summer with some fun! Come one, come all to a great water balloon bash, community members of all ages welcome. Grab family, friends, and neighbors and join us for a water balloon bash, family friendly tunes , and chase the summer heat away.
- Cost:
- Free
- Dates:
-
Saturday, August 6, at noon
- Location:
- ENMU, Center Campus Quad (Grass area behind the GSSC)
- Age:
- All ages (Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.)
- Maximum Enrollment:
- 75