PORTALES - Seven students from the Tucumcari area are graduation candidates at Eastern New Mexico University this spring. The students looking to graduation at ENMU are: Blanca Esthela Banuelas master of education in education; Heather Kristen Buxton, bachelor of science in psychology; Kaylene M. Davis, master of education in education; Brad Stuart Hodges, bachelor of science in agriculture; David E. McIntosh, bachelor of science in religion and D’Shannon E. Mendez, bachelor of science in history. David A. Mardo Jr. will receive a bachelor of science in elementary education with distinction. The “with distinction” designation means that he maintains a grade point average between 3.5 and 3.59.