Monday Memo October 7, 2024

Thank you to everyone who helped make ENMU Homecoming 2024 a success!

Alumni Association

Homecoming Parade Float Winners:

Community Float: J.P. Stone Community Bank

ENMU Most Outstanding Float: Mu Alpha Nu

ENMU Most Clever: Forensic Science Society

ENMU Most Beautiful: American Choral Directors

Thank you to all ENMU Organizations for participating in the 2024 ENMU Homecoming Parade!

Athletics

A busy past weekend for ENMU Athletics

• Men's soccer fell at home 1-0 to St. Mary's
• Women's soccer fell at home 2-0 to UT Tyler
• ENMU Men's Cross Country Finished Second this weekend at the Greyhound Invite, with Bryan Hernandez coming in 5th place overall
• Women's Cross Country Finished Third this weekend at the Greyhound Invite with Elizabeth Lujan-Towles coming in 5th place overall. 
• Volleyball lost both matches against Lubbock Christian and #14 Angelo State
• Football fell at home to #11 Central Washington 44-28

Upcoming Athletics Games and Events

• Men’s Soccer at St. Edward’s | Wednesday, October 9 | 2 p.m. | Austin, Texas
• Volleyball vs. Cameron | Wednesday, October 9 | 5 p.m. | Lawton, Oklahoma
• Women’s Soccer vs. Midwestern State | Wednesday, October 9 | 7 p.m. | Portales
• Rodeo at Clarendon College | October 10-12 | Claredon, Texas
• Cross-Country at New Mexico Junior College | Friday, October 11 | 9:45 a.m. | Hobbs, NM
• Softball vs. Howard College | Saturday, October 12 | 11 a.m. | Portales
• Women’s Soccer at St. Edward’s | Saturday, October 12 | 12 p.m. (MT), 1 p.m. (CST) | Austin, Texas
• Volleyball vs. #T-9 West Texas A&M | Saturday, October 12 | 2 p.m. | Portales
• Football at Western Oregon | Saturday, October 12 | 2:05 p.m. (MT), 1:05 p.m. (PT) | Monmouth, Oregon
• Men’s Soccer Texas A&M International | Saturday, October 12 | 6 p.m. | Portales

Live video information for the events is available on the Athletics calendar.

Campus Life

ENMU Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society | Support the ENMU Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society by purchasing our exclusive T-shirts! Your $20 contribution will help fund our upcoming conference in February. Sizes range from small to 2XL. We have a limited number of sizes, so please reach out soon to ensure you get one! If you would like more information or would like to purchase, please reach out to Drew Davis at [email protected].

Computer Science Club | The Computer Science program and Club invite the ENMU community to the screening of "The Thinking Game." | Thursday, Oct 17 | 6 p.m. | JWLA 220 | The Thinking Game takes you on a fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI labs, as it strives to unravel the mysteries of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Inside DeepMind's London headquarters, founder Demis Hassabis and his team are relentlessly pursuing the creation of AI that matches or surpasses human abilities on a wide range of tasks.
Filmed over five years, the documentary puts viewers in the room for the pivotal moments of this quest, including the groundbreaking achievement of AlphaFold, a program that solved a 50-year grand challenge in biology.

Communication Services

Bond 3 Yard Signs | Show your support for higher education in New Mexico! Bond 3 yard signs are now available at the information desk in the administration building.

ENMU Discount Rates in Albuquerque 

The Comfort Inn & Suites Albuquerque Downtown offers a $99 ENMU rate for king beds and a $109 rate for two queen beds. Call their general manager, Terese Peralta, at 505.242.5228; she can set you up with the ENMU Discount Rate.

ENMU also has a $104-a-night rate at the Holiday Inn & Suites Albuquerque-North I-25. Visit the Hotel Booking link to check availability.

Faculty and Staff Photos | Times Remembered will be on campus at the Golden Student Success Center (GSSC) Presentation Area for faculty and staff photos on October 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and on October 10 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. You will be able to purchase a digital copy for $25.

Rally on Main | Friday, Oct. 18 | 3-10 p.m. | Featuring a community-wide pep rally at 7 p.m. and a free concert after the event with Portales' own Will Banister

ENMU Ruidoso Recovery Fund

ENMU Ruidoso has set up a recovery fund for ENMU-Ruidoso Staff, Faculty, and Students. All proceeds from this fund will be used exclusively to assist ENMU-Ruidoso staff, faculty, and students directly with expenses involved in the recovery and relocation after the June 2024 South Fork and Salt fires and resulting floods. To donate today, visit www.enmu.edu/RecoveryFund.

Fine Arts

Call for Artwork: University Juried Exhibition | Submission Deadline: Friday, Dec. 20 | The ENMU Runnels Gallery proudly announces its call for artwork for the 2025 University Juried Exhibition. The submission deadline is Friday, Dec. 20, 2024.

The gallery coordinates this prestigious exhibition annually as an opportunity for students to submit artwork for adjudication by a professional artist in a competitive environment. The selected pieces will be displayed at the Runnels Gallery, located within the ENMU Golden Student Success Center (GSSC), from Feb. 24–March 20, 2025. All students are welcome to submit their artwork.

All media are welcome, including painting, drawing, photography, watercolor, ceramics, mix-media, sculpture, illustration, digital work, clothing design, textiles, etc.

Students can review submission guidelines and enter the exhibition by visiting enmu.edu/ArtShow. Entry is free; cash prizes will be awarded.

For more information, contact Bryan Hahn at [email protected].

Vault Open: A Retrospective of Artwork from the University Collection | September 30-November 1, 2024 | Runnels Gallery, Golden Student Success Center (GSSC) | The Runnels Gallery is proud to share this diverse selection from the University Art Collection, including existing works from seven artists alongside newly gifted pieces by two artists. The work was curated with place, space, and movement thematic elements. We hope you enjoy this unique blend of past and present.

Fall Choral Concert (Jason Paulk, conductor) | October 10 | 7 p.m. | Music Building (MB), Buchanan Hall | Join us for the annual ENMU Fall Choral Concert! Audiences are guaranteed to be delighted by the variety and spirit of the music presented! Choirs under Dr. Paulk's direction have performed at state music conventions in Florida and New Mexico under the auspices of the National Association for Music Education and for the National Convention of the American Choral Directors Association. ENMU choirs have performed four world premieres of significant choral compositions, prepared and performed numerous major works for orchestral performance, and performed for audiences throughout the United States, Europe, and China. For more information, contact Jason Paulk at [email protected].

Human Resources

Welcome, September New Hires!

• Elias Baca, Custodian
• Candace Baros, Supervisor, Accounts Payable
• Isabella Bristol, Director, Development/Promotion KENW TV
• Ebony Cooper, Data Clerk
• Rebecca DeBerry, Coordinator, Career and Technical Leadership Program
• Leslie Ferris Coordinator, Leadership and Marketing Coordinator- Career Leadership Project
• Karina Hernandez, Administrative Assistant, KENW-TV
• Nikole Humphries, Librarian, Instruction and Engagement
• Kelby Keeley, Coordinator, Rodeo Operations
• Chase Latimore, Sergeant
• Laura Thompson, Senior Accountant

Information Technology Services Cyber Security

Cyber Security Presentation (Cyber Security Month) | Throughout October, Eastern New Mexico University Cyber Security will be conducting presentations to raise awareness and educate faculty, staff, and students on common cyber threats and how to protect themselves online.

Starting on October 7, we will cover different cybersecurity topics each week during October. This will be an online event and requires registration before attending. Below is a list of dates with webinar descriptions and links to register for each event.

Previewed below are the dates and Teams events for the Week 1 General Cyber Security Webinar:

Protecting yourself online is more important than ever in today's digital age. This webinar is designed to provide general cybersecurity tips and practices that you can use in your everyday life, whether at work, school, or home. Learn how to recognize online threats, safeguard your personal information, and implement simple but effective strategies to stay secure.

• Monday, October 7th, 10-10:30 a.m.:  Register for the Teams event.
• Tuesday, October 8th, 10- 10:30 a.m.: Register for the Teams event.
• Thursday, October 10th, 2-2:30 p.m.: Register for the Teams event.

Multicultural Affairs

Chihuahua Hill History Project | October 9 | 2 p.m. | Campus Union (CUB), Sandia Room | Javier Marrufo, a curator for the Silver City Museum and native of Silver City, New Mexico, will present on the Chihuahua Hill History Project. Largely populated by settlers from Chihuahua Mexico, the neighborhood was originally referred to as the “Mexican Quarter” in Silver City’s oldest newspapers and remained a primarily Mexican American community for nearly a century.

For more information about the events, contact Hispanic Affairs at 575.562.2451 or email them at [email protected].

Fighting the Stigma | October 10 | 2 p.m. | Campus Union (CUB), Sandia Room |  Clinical Therapist and Electronic Health Record trainer at Mental Health Resources (MHR), Inc. Monica Bañuelos has worked at MHR for over ten years. She is an ENMU Alumna with a Bachelor’s and Master’s in Counseling and a U.S. veteran, having had the opportunity to travel while in the military, serving in the U.S. Coast Guard during 9/11 and the Global War on Terror. The presentation will focus on the impact of mental health in the Hispanic Community and how challenging it may be to speak about it due to cultural factors and deep-rooted traditions. We will look at how to promote open dialogue and how critical it is to break the stigma and provide support.

Student Affairs/Services

DegreeWorks Workshops | The Advising Center will offer workshops for current students to learn the new DegreeWorks degree evaluation system for spring 2025 registration. The workshops will be held in UCC 108 in person and live via MS Teams. Students are asked to Please register at enmu.edu/DegreeWorksWorkshop, and we will send you an invite to the workshop.

• Oct. 8 at 3:30 p.m.
• Oct. 14 at 4 p.m.
• Oct. 16 at 3 p.m.
• Oct. 17 at 5:30 p.m.
• Oct. 18 at 1:30 p.m.
• Oct. 21 at 4 p.m.
• Oct. 22 at 6 p.m.
• Oct. 24 at 1 p.m.
• Oct. 28 at 2 p.m.

Smash Plates | Wednesday, October 9 | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. | Dallan Sanders Patio, Behind the Campus Union (CUB) | Stressed out about midterms? Come to our ASAB event, Smash Plates! This event is to help you take time to get your mind off what is keeping you down by breaking other things and releasing that stress.

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