School news — March 24

ENMU 36thin master degrees

Eastern New Mexico University in Portales has been identified as one of the 50 Most Affordable Small Colleges for a Master’s in Education degree by topeducationdegrees.org.

ENMU came in at 36 on the list.

The ranking can be found at:

http://www.topeducationdegrees.org/rankings/affordable-small-colleges-masters-in-education-2016/

ENMU hosting guest lecturer

Eastern New Mexico University is hosting “On Unintended Consequences: The Surprising Impact of Missionary Work Among the Awajun of Eastern Peru” at 7 p.m. April 1 in Room 110 of the Art and Anthropology Building.

The guest lecturer for the 17th Annual Cynthia Irwin-Williams Lectureship is Michael F. Brown, president of the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.

Brown will discuss the paradoxical effects of Christian conversion among the Jivaroan Awajun people of eastern Peru.

The presentation is free and open to the public.

Alumni named to hall of fame

This June, Country Radio Seminar (CRS) is inducting 1959 Eastern New Mexico University graduate and radio executive Jim Slone into the Country Radio Hall of Fame.

Slone’s radio experience began 60 years ago at KENM in Portales. Slone went on to head a major five-station conglomerate in Tucson, Arizona.

A hometown boy who was born and raised in Causey, Jim grew up on his parents’ farm 33 miles southeast of Portales and went to school with six other children in his class.

“I’m so thankful to have been raised in Causey, because that gave me some roots that have served me well through the years,” Slone said.

He also became known for his singing voice, and after graduating with a degree in industrial management, he went on tour as the lead singer for the trio The Shy Guys. Their hit song “The Girl with the Flaxen Hair” received national radio play, but after their brush with fame, Slone returned to New Mexico and started his professional radio career at KRZE in Farmington.

In 1972, Slone purchased his first station, KCUB-AM in Tucson and transformed the nearly-bankrupt station into Billboard Magazine’s “Grand International Station of the Year.”

In 2001, Slone was inducted into the Arizona Broadcasting Hall of Fame.

Slone also received ENMU’s Outstanding Alumni award in 1977 and was Philanthropist of the Year in 2003.

Country singer Luke Bryan, CMA’s Entertainer of the Year, introduced Slone and several other honorees during the 2016 CRS opening ceremonies this past February.

“Eastern was the perfect school for me as I loved music, and they have a terrific music department. My activities at ENMU gave me confidence which was very important in my professional career,” Slone said.

ENMU professor writes critic

Eastern New Mexico University Professor of History and radio personality Donald Elder III recently wrote a critique on the National Geographic publication “Mars Up Close: Inside the Curiosity Mission.” The critique was published in the January/February edition of “Space Times,” the American Astronautical Society magazine.

— Compiled by Managing Editor Alisa Boswell from ENMU’s Greyhound Gazette and other sources

FFA practices, contests

• Monday — Team practices: Pasture, 9 a.m .; Land & Home site: 1 p.m .; Horse: 3 p.m.

• Tuesday-Thursday — District judging contest in Portales at ENMU

Sports

• Today — Junior Varsity & Varsity Baseball in Grady, 4 p.m .; Junior Varsity & Varsity Softball in Eunice, 4 p.m.

• Friday — High School Track Meet in Logan, 8 a.m.

• Monday — Junior Varsity & Varsity Baseball host Logan, 3 p.m.

• Tuesday — High School Track Meet in Melrose, 2 p.m.