Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus
Location
Portales, NM
Student Size
5,266
College Type
Public University
About Our College
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).