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 re-named 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 April 5, 1949, the Board of Regents approved the change of the institution's name to Eastern New Mexico University. The post office was started in May of 1960.

The University Post Office now employs three full time and between sixteen and twenty students workers.

The person who has been here the longest Esther Morrison and she heads up the customers service section. She remembers names so that she can call a person by name; that makes them feel special.

Then we have our newest addition to the mail center and that is Betty Salaz who takes care of our incoming mail, delivery and our outgoing mail.

Within the past three and a half years we have changed our meter machine to a Hasler WJ250 to meter the outgoing mail from the staff and a WJ65 to do personal mail pieces. We also got new sorters to enable us to add station into the sort. Tracing our packages is done by Hasler SmartTrak that has saved our bacon more than once.

Our student workers deliver the mail two times a day to 61 stations and pick up and sort the out going mail. We service about 4,000 students and provide about 130 staffers with delivery of all kinds of correspondence.

Over the past year we have been up grading some of our living quarters for the students and class rooms.