New Mexicans for Nebraska Volume 24, Issue 1 August 2017 Dues Renewal Time NMFN to Host Annual Picnic Please consider renewing your membership in NMFN for A LTURA PARK – SE OF CARLISLE AND INDIAN SCHOOL NE next year. Dues remain a very reasonable $20 per family. Your dues support production and mailing of the newsletter The New Mexicans for Nebraska Annual Pre-Season Kickoff Picnic will be held on Sunday, August 27, 2017 and door prizes at the Game Watch Parties. However, the majority of your dues are used to support the NMFN from 11:30 AM. to 1:00 PM at Altura Park (Hannett Ave. and Morningside Dr. NE). Scholarship and the Nebraska Legends Scholarship. The cost is $2.00 per person, kids free. NMFN will furnish the hot dogs imported from Nebraska by the Board.. Also Please renew your membership today by completing the renewal form below and sending it with your check to provided will be hot dog buns, various condiments, paper plates and plastic utensils. Please bring a potluck covered Michael Erwin. You can increase your support the Scholarship fund by adding an extra amount to your check dish to share with a few others. Also, bring lawn chairs, just for this purpose. etc. and your liquid refreshments (alcoholic beverages are prohibited by City Ordinance). Upon renewal you will receive a new membership card that We will be offering vintage t-shirts for sale in support of our scholarships that to a donation from the late Richard you can use for the discounts below. and Nadyne Myers. All proceeds go to the scholarship fund. We will be doing a White Elephant exchange of your favorite Nebraska items. Michael Erwin will run this and NMFN Membership Discounts set the rules. Bring an item to include in the exchange. This is a great time to relax and visit with other Husker NMFN T Shirts: Member Cost: $15.00 fans before the football season starts. Nonmember Cost: $20.00 NMFN Sticker: Member Cost $5.00 Nonmember Cost $10.00 Big Scholarship Raffle: The New Mexicans for Nebraska Newsletter is a publication of the NMFN will be conducting a scholarship raffle all season long with the drawing at New Mexicans for Nebraska, Inc. halftime of the NU versus Iowa game. As in years past we will have a large list of Letters, opinions, suggestions and prizes including not one but two Nebraska walking sticks crafted by the President of articles are welcomed and NMFN. The prize list will be updated on our Facebook page and via emails. You encouraged. can buy tickets beginning at the picnic. Cost is $5 per ticket or 5 for $20. You need not be present to win. Correspondence should be sent to: New Mexicans for Nebraska 7321 Capulin Rd NE Albuquerque, NM 87109 Fox & Hound is now Craft Republic Or, call any member of the NMFN F&H has rebranded and remodeled its Albuquerque location to be a Board of Directors. Craft Republic venue. The room we used last year has been changed so New Mexicans for Nebraska Website: we will meet in the upstairs room or the east room. Check at the door http://www.nm4ne.com for our location. Due to new ownership a discount is not currently This is new website address available. We are discussing other benefits that may be offered and will so please update your let the membership know via Facebook and email. bookmarks and favorites. New Mexicans for Nebraska 1 2017 Husker Football Schedule Time Date Opponent Location TV (P.M. C ALENDAR OF E VENTS MT) Sep 02 Arkansas State Lincoln BTN 6:00 NMFN ANNUAL PICNIC ALTURA PARK - SE OF CARLISLE AND INDIAN SCHOOL NE 2:30 Sep 9 @Oregon Eugene FOX SUNDAY, AUGUST 27RD, 2017 – 11:30 A.M. TO 1:00 PM P.M. Meet your friends and make new ones. See article for 10:00 additional details. Sep 16 No. Illinois Lincoln FS1 AM HUSKERS V ARKANSAS ST. GAME Sep 23 Rutgers Lincoln TBA 1:30 ATCH Sep 29 @Illinois Champagne FS1 6:00 W Oct 07 Wisconsin Lincoln TBA TBA FOX & HOUND BAR & GRILL; 4301 THE LANE @ 25 NE, Oct 14 Ohio State Lincoln TBA TBA ALBUQUERQUE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2TH, TIME 6:00 P.M. Oct 28 @Purdue W. Lafayette TBA TBA BIG TEN ALUMNI PICNIC Nov 04 Northwestern Lincoln TBA TBA JERRY CLINE PARK, CONSTITUTION & LOUISIANA NEAR Nov.11 @Minnesota Minneapolis TBA TBA PLAYGROUND, ALBUQUERQUE Happy Nov 18 @Penn State TBA TBA SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, TIME 2:00 – 4:00 P.M. Valley Nov 24 Iowa Lincoln FS1 2:00 Big Ten Title Dec. 2 Indianapolis Fox TBA Game . Guess the Record Raffle to Return in 2017 Big Ten Alumni Groups Joint Picnic Half the proceeds go to the winner and the balance to the Scholarship. The goal is to correctly guess the regular NMFN is joining with other Big Ten Alumni clubs season record of the Huskers. You can turn in your guess th for joint picnic on Sunday September 17 `. It will at the Picnic or by the end of halftime of the Fresno State be at Jerry Cline Park (Constitution & Louisiana, Game Watch. The tie breaker will be the winner of the near the playground). Time will be 2PM to 4PM. All NU/IU game and closest to the total of points scored by both teams in this game. Contribution is $5. Enter more you need to bring is your own chair/blanket. than once. Please RSVP to Joe Brooks at 505-977-3474 or email at [email protected]. Put Big10 Picnic in the subject line. 2017 NMFN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Snacks, desserts and paper products will be provided President: Steve Coleman 821-7532 by the other Alumni clubs. Vice President: Joe Brooks 977-3474 Secretary: Dina Vandyke 934-6106 There will be lawn games provided for a little Treasurer: Michael Erwin 604-2586 Member-at-Large healthy competition. Please wear your Nebraska Roy Winchester 293-5600 colors so we will know each school/State. Amy Rademacher 898-6925 Conrad Stahly 298-1816 Anna Koch (806) 790-0745 Jan Smith 281-2774 New Mexicans for Nebraska 2 NMFN SCHOLARSHIP NEWS NMFN Scholarship Program The endowed value of the NMFN Scholarship fund is currently about $20,100. In addition to the amount annually available from the endowed fund the NMFN group contributes another $500 each year. These two amounts are combined and awarded to a student. $1000 has already been contributed to the endowment in 2017. Our goal in 2017 is to raise another $1000 each for the NMFN Scholarship and NMFN Legends Scholarship. The winner of the 2017 NMFN Scholarship has not been provided to NMFN. The rules for the NMFN Scholarship are as follows: The recipient of the scholarship is determined by the Admissions Office (not NMFN). It is awarded to a full time undergraduate at any campus, preference given to incoming freshman, must maintain 2.75 or above GPA, preference given to graduate of NM high schools, high academic standing shall be a criterion when making award. There are no limits on how many times a student may receive the scholarship. NMFN Legends Scholarship Program NMFN initiated a new scholarship called the Legends Scholarship three years ago. NMFN contributed $1000 to the scholarship which will be matched by the Office of the Chancellor making the scholarship award to the student $2000. The rules for the NMFN Legends Scholarship are as follows: To qualify for this scholarship the student may pursue any degree major at UNL, must be an incoming freshman, shall have a permanent address in New Mexico and shall have demonstrated high academic achievement. The scholarship award is determined by the Systems Scholarship Committee at Univ. of Neb and not NMFN. If you have a student who meets these requirements then you should let the Admissions Office know when applying for admission to the University. In addition to receiving the Legends Scholarship the student receives support to find academic success, make friends, and become engaged in campus life. Students attend exclusive Nebraska Legends Scholars events, meet regularly, one-on-one, with the program coordinator and receive a one year membership in the UNL Student Alumni Association. Funding for this scholarship is on a year by year basis and your support for our raffles and your membership dues make it possible for NMFN to continue this scholarship each year. The winner of the Scholarship for 2017 has not been provided to NMFN. New Mexicans for Nebraska 3 New Mexicans For Nebraska – Dues Submittal Form Annual dues for the 2017/2018 fiscal year are being solicited and accepted. Please complete the form below and send it, along with a check in the amount of $20.00 (per family) payable to New Mexicans For Nebraska. Please send your payment to: New Mexicans For Nebraska C/O Michael Erwin 12225 Kinley Ave. NE Albuquerque, NM 87112 You may also send a donation for the NMFN Scholarship Fund using this form. We hope that you will renew your membership for the coming year even if you were unable to attend a club function in the past year. In addition to funding club activities such as the newsletter, your dues make it possible for New Mexicans For Nebraska to fund a scholarship for a New Mexico resident attending the University of Nebraska. New Mexicans for Nebraska. Enclosed is a check for $ payable to: Any amount over $20 will be designated for the scholarship. Scholarship donation amount: Is the name and address on the label on the reverse side correct? If you have any changes please note corrections below.