Nov. 3 ENMU Briefs
Students attend summit
Eastern New Mexico University freshman theater major Kyree McField, freshman criminal justice and psychology major Shani Morris and junior public relations major, Jordan Anderson, attended the Governor’s Achievement Gap Summit on Oct. 26 in Albuquerque.
About 12 students attended, with the group comprised of Eastern’s students and junior high and high school students.
The students gave four educational recommendations to the New Mexico Board of Education and the governor’s office.
The recommendations were more encouragement from parents and teachers coupled with more hands-on learning, giving students career paths, more teachers in the classroom and better role models.
Employee briefs
• Jordan Kobritz, assistant professor of sport management and sport law, was interviewed on the nationally syndicated Papa Joe Chevalier radio show Oct. 29 on the concussion issue in the National Football League and the Congressional hearings on the topic held last week.
• Assistant Professor of History Peggy Hardman has been invited to present at the combined Center for Big Bend Studies and West Texas Historical Association Conference, Nov. 12-14. in Alpine, Texas.
Her presentation is titled the “Kerrville Sanatorium: African American Victory in the Anti-Tuberculosis Crusade?”
• Assistant Professor of History Dale Streeter’s recent article “The Pope’s Loyal Franciscans: 15 French Bishops in the Early Fourteenth Century” has been published in the current issue of Medieval Prosopography.
• Tammy-Lynne Moore, graduate student in special education, and Department of Educational Studies faculty Rebecca Davis, Kathie Good, and Wells all presented sessions at the recent 2009 Southwest Conference on Disability.
Heritage month events set
November is Native American Heritage Month, and the Office of Native American Affairs has several events planned for the next week:
Tuesday: “Broken Rainbow,” will show at 6 p.m. in the Campus Union Building Sandia Room.
It is a documentary of the Navajo people and how uranium and oil companies came into their sacred lands.
Wednesday: Navajo folklore at 2 p.m. in the CUB Sandia Room. Sunny Dooley tells stories of her Navajo background and the cultural items significant in maintaining Navajo Matrilineal teachings.
Friday: Peggy Hardman, history professor and NATIVE Club faculty advisor, will present on the Choctaw Tribe at 2 p.m. in the Sandia Room.
Monday: Kenneth Seowtea — Zuni Pueblo cultural practitioner, artist in residence and author — will present on his tribe at 2 p.m. in the Zuni Room. His topic is the true story of the fabled “Seven Cities of Gold.”
Information: call 562-2470 or e-mail enmu.nativeamericanaffairs@enmu.edu.
