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Founded: 1934
Address: 1500 South Avenue K, Portales, NM 88130
Phone: (575) 562-1011 FAX (575) 562-2980
Web Address: www.enmu.edu
Degrees Granted: Associate, Bachelor, Master
Enrollment: 5,080 Main Campus (fall 2010); 10,200 (All campuses, fall 2010 estimate)
President: Dr. Steven G. Gamble
steven.gamble@enmu.edu
Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU) opened as a junior college in the summer of 1934. Adding a fourth
year of classes, the college officially changed its name to Eastern New Mexico University in 1939. The
University began offering graduate courses in 1949 and received full accreditation for graduate programs in
1953. The Portales campus also administers two branch campuses – one in Roswell and one in Ruidoso.
There are more than 60 undergraduate major areas of study offered by four colleges (Liberal Arts and
Sciences, Education and Technology, Fine Arts, and Business) and 22 degree offerings in the Graduate
School. The University also includes a major public broadcast center, KENW-TV, which supports three
digital channels: one High Definition (HD) and two of Standard Definition (SD). KENW-TV also supports
educational television for area schools and the University, as well as providing training sites for University
students in Broadcast Journalism and Production.
The University also owns and manages Blackwater Draw, one of the most well known and significant sites
in North American archaeology, with documented evidence of human occupation in association with Late
Pleistocene fauna, including Columbian mammoth, camel, horse, bison, sabertooth cat and dire wolf.
More than 45,000 students have graduated from ENMU-Portales, and alumni are located in all New Mexico
counties, each of the 50 states and in several foreign countries. Celebrating its seventy-fifth year of service
students, its community, and New Mexico in 2009, ENMU remains committed to providing a quality
education to its students.
Luna coMMunitY coLLeGe
Founded: 1969
Address: 366 Luna Drive, Las Vegas, NM 87701
Phone: (505) 454-2500 FAX (505) 454-2538
Web Address: www.luna.edu
Degrees Granted: Certificates, Associate Degrees
Enrollment: 2,918
President: Dr. Pete Campos
pcampos@luna.edu
Luna Community College (LCC), originally established as a vocational technical school, is the only
community college in northeastern New Mexico. The College is located in the majestic Sangre de Cristo
Mountain range overlooking the city of Las Vegas, New Mexico. LCC enjoys an outstanding reputation for
its caliber of facilities, teaching methods, curricula and dedication to excellence.
LCC derives its name from Maximilliano Luna, who was also a captain of the Rough Riders, U.S. Voluntary
Cavalry, and a first lieutenant of the 34th U.S. Volunteer Infantry.
An act of the legislature of the state of New Mexico in 1967 authorized the establishment of a vocational
training facility in Las Vegas, New Mexico. In 1970, the first 5-mill levy election to fund LCC was held
and overwhelmingly approved by the citizenry to voluntarily tax themselves in support of vocationaltechnical
education. This provided an occupational training opportunity for the people of the following
school districts: West Las Vegas Municipal Schools, Las Vegas City Schools, Maxwell Schools, Santa Rosa
Consolidated Schools, Springer Schools, Mora Independent Schools, and Wagon Mound Public Schools.
These school districts lie within San Miguel, Guadalupe, Colfax and Mora Counties. Since its inception,
the College has continued to grow and develop its ability to meet the occupational needs of the service area.
Two satellite centers are available in Springer and Santa Rosa.