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 owns KENW (TV) and KENW-FM, a public television and radio station that are housed and operated on the main campus.

The ENMU Roswell Campus, ENMU-Roswell, also a two-year branch, offers a wide variety of programs.

In the spring of 1967, the institution moved to twelve buildings on 241 acres (0.98 km2) of the former Walker Air Force Base.

The building now houses the Golden Library, the Runnels Gallery and the offices of Tutoring and Supplemental Instruction and Distance Learning.

[10] The purpose of the museum is to educate the public about the diversity of life while emphasizing the natural heritage of eastern New Mexico and the greater Southwest, particularly the Llano Estacado.

[10] In addition to the taxidermy and study skins on display,[11] the museum features a live animal exhibit with both native and non-native species.

[12] The bulk of the objects contained within the museum were once part of the private collection of amateur geologists and mineral enthusiasts, Fred and Gladys Miles.

[11] ENMU purchased the [approximately] 2,500 piece[11][12] collection of geological, archaeological, and anthropological specimens from the couple in 1967.

The entire collection was originally displayed at a single ENMU facility named the Miles Museum, which opened in 1969.

[13] They particularly enjoyed finding native American artifacts and a specific type of quartz crystal formation referred to as Pecos Diamonds.

[13] For several decades[11] they displayed the majority of their enormous collection at a Texaco service station in Roswell operated by Mr.