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Welcome to the Church of Christ Student Center Home Page, dedicated to the Student Center organization at Eastern New Mexico University

Last updated:  06/21/97

What the Student Center Offers You

Student Center Weekly Activities

Student Center Trips and Retreats

Weekly Devotional

Student Center Annual Events

Student Center’s E-mail/Member Lists

Other Links of interest

The Church of Christ Student Center was constructed 50 years ago by a conglomeration of many Churches of Christ in the area.  The idea for the Student Center was created by a man named Deb Smith with the intentions that it would help students and encourage them during their college years to prepare them for the world beyond. 

Today, the Student Center at Eastern New Mexico University provides an alternative to students who wish to be involved in an organization, but desire positive spiritual growth at the same time.  The Student Center has become a meeting place for Brothers and Sisters in Christ to offer encouragement, growth, and excitement.

There are two sections of the Student Center:

• The Student Center Organization:  The organization has a president, vice president, secretary, and treasurer.  They carry out many of the retreat plans and other trips that we take.  We meet at certain times of the week to hang out and to have devotionals.  Rick Elms is the Campus Minister for the Student Center.
• The Bible Chair:  This is the class oriented section.  Students can enroll in religion courses for college credit.  Through the Bible Chair, a student can obtain up to a Masters Degree in Religion.  This section is currently in the capable hands of  the Student Center Director, Dr. Howard Overby.

The Student Center is very involved in community service work and in student functions.  In fact, the Church of Christ Student Center won the 1996-1997 award for Community Service.  Its purpose is simply to enrich the lives of students in all areas, not just spiritually, with the goal being to send them out of college using their strengths and skills for God.

Eastern New Mexico University enrolls approximately four to five thousand students each semester.  It has four major college departments with varying degrees in each, many of them offering Masters.  ENMU also has many facilities for students, including a constantly updated high-tech computer lab and Eastern’s Golden Library.  Eastern has about 400 acres of which to offer these facilities to students.  ENMU also facilitates ITV (Instructional Television) with several other colleges in other locations.  There are also many means of financial aid for students.

Portales in New Mexico has a population of approximately 12,000 people.  It is an admittedly small town, but it is quiet and safe at the same time.  Portales’ location is more or less in the center of many great places.  Amarillo and Lubbock, Texas are both within two hours, and Albuquerque is about four hours.  Ski resorts like Taos and Sippapu are about four hours as well.  The Student Center travels to many of these places every year.  Portales is in these ways a perfect place as it gives you the choice for many places to go while offering peace and quiet when you’re busy.

Here is a partial map of Portales where ENMU is located.

KLYT FM from Albuquerque:  Portales’ #1 radio station.

Bible Verse of the Day:  Barbara Lehrman’s daily scriptures.

Family Life Today:  The continuous outreach on family life with God.

ChristianNet.Net:  Links you with other Christian sites.

Focus on the Family Newsletter by Dr. James Dobson.

Sites that helped with my web page:

Gob’s Cool Page of Free Stuff

Bill’s Animated Gif Collection

Net Creators Icon Page

Eastern New Mexico University’s Personal Web Page Agreement