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The University of Texas at El Paso will host “A Conversation with Dr. Z. Anthony Kruszewski” at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, in the Blumberg Auditorium on the first floor of the University Library.
Various traumas experienced by K-12 students in the Paso del Norte region during the past 10 years spurred Beverley Argus-Calvo, Ph.D., an associate professor and administrator at The University of Texas at El Paso, to consider academic solutions.
Funding will support the Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success, which will serve as a national resource and model for Hispanic student success
University Allocates $500,000 for Transfer Scholarships; Agreement Smooths Pathways to Degrees
The University of Texas at El Paso’s School of Nursing will offer the only neonatal concentration and postgraduate certificate for nurse practitioners in West Texas and New Mexico starting in the spring 2022 semester. The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) concentration in UTEP’s Master of Science in Nursing program will address the critical shortage of neonatal nurse practitioners in the region.
More than 150 K-12 and higher education leaders from around the country traveled to West Texas to see firsthand how The University of Texas at El Paso and its regional education partners have been able to implement a series of initiatives designed to ensure that new teachers are ready to meet the demands of real classroom settings.
Cecilia Cantu Humphreys, an integral member of The University of Texas at El Paso’s Purchasing and General Services team, recently earned a 2021 Rising Star Award from The University of Texas System Supply Chain Alliance.
Eduardo Sano, a finance major in The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Business Administration, was awarded a $10,000 scholarship from PGIM, the principal investment management business of Prudential Financial Inc. (PFI).
The International Latino Book Awards recognized author David Smith-Soto, an alumnus of The University of Texas at El Paso, with its Gold Award in the Adventure/Drama Novel category for “Havana Hallelujah.”
The Society for the Anthropology of North America (SANA) announced that it awarded The University of Texas at El Paso’s Josiah Heyman, Ph.D., its 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award in the Critical Study of North America. This prize recognizes scholars with a history of research and publications.
Graduate students in The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Business Administration have been awarded financial assistance from the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Internal Auditing Education Partnership (IAEP) program to take the Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) exam, the only globally recognized Certified Internal Auditor certificate.
Mengge Li, Ph.D., associate professor at The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Business Administration, has been named a 2021 Templeton Fellow in the Africa Program of the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI).
After completing his undergraduate and master’s work in Idaho and Utah, respectively, Martin Dietze-Hermosa hoped to complete his doctoral degree in a less frigid locale. He found warmer weather at The University of Texas at El Paso. He has also found fulfilling curriculum, faculty members and fellow students who have bolstered his academic and personal growth.
Pei-Ling Hsu, Ph.D., draws on her time as a high school earth science teacher to create “project-based learning” methods for her students at The University of Texas at El Paso, which they use to create engaging science projects for area K-12 students. She has taught different education courses at the undergraduate, master’s and doctoral levels.
