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Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU or Eastern) is a public university with the main campus in Portales, New Mexico. ENMU is New Mexico's largest regional comprehensive university and is the most recently founded state university in New Mexico (legislated in 1927, opened in 1934). It is a federally designated Hispanic-serving institution and a member of the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities. The ENMU System consists of three campuses. ENMU's main campus (ENMU-Portales) is located in Portales; there are two associate degree-granting branches, one at Ruidoso and one at Roswell.

The New Mexico legislature approved the construction and staffing of a normal school in eastern New Mexico in 1927 and approved appropriation for construction in 1929, but the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression hindered the school's opening, which was delayed until 1934 (construction had begun in 1931).

From 1934 to 1940, the institution, first named Eastern New Mexico Junior College (ENMJC) operated as a community college.  In 1940, the third and fourth years of college were first offered, leading to a bachelor's degree, and the institution was renamed Eastern New Mexico College (ENMC). ENMC was accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as a four-year liberal arts college in 1946-47. Graduate work leading to the master's degree in some departments was added in 1949, and on April 5, 1949, the Board of Regents approved the change of the institution's name to Eastern New Mexico University.

ENMU-Portales consists of four colleges and a graduate school:

College of Business

College of Education and Technology

·         Department of Educational Studies

·         Department of Curriculum and Instruction

·         Department of Agriculture, Food Science, and Kinesiology

College of Fine Arts

·         Department of Art

·         Department of Communication

·         Department of Music

·         Department of Theatre and Digital Filmmaking

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

·         Department of Anthropology and Applied Archaeology

·         Department of Biology

·         Department of Health and Human Services (Communicative Disorders, Social Work, Nursing, Emergency Management)

·         Department of History, Social Sciences, and Religion

·         Department of Languages and Literature

·         Department of Mathematical Sciences

·         Department of Physical Sciences (Chemistry, Physics, Aviation Science)

·         Department of Psychology and Political Science

Graduate School

·         Anthropology

·         Biology

·         Business Administration

·         Chemistry

o    Analytical Chemistry

o    Biochemistry

o    Organic Chemistry

o    Physical Chemistry

·         Communication

·         Communicative Disorders

·         Counseling

·         Education

o    Alternative Licensure

§  Elementary Education

§  Secondary Education

§  Special Education

o    Bilingual Education

o    Career and Technical Education