UTEP Celebrates Hispanic Heritage with Full Calendar of Events
Organizers of this year’s Hispanic Heritage Celebration at The University of Texas at El Paso have compiled more than 40 activities, exhibits, presentations, conferences, screenings and more that should be of interest to academics and the community.
UTEP Alumni Association Announces New President, Board Members
The University of Texas at El Paso Alumni Association named a new president and board members for the 2018-19 term at the association’s Annual Passing of the Gavel event on Aug. 30. Bonny Schulenburg, social media relations specialist with the Ysleta Independent School District, began her term as president of the UTEP Alumni Association on Sept. 1, replacing outgoing president Robert “Bobby” Gonzales.
UTEP Fall Enrollment Increases for 20th Consecutive Year
For the 20th consecutive year, enrollment at The University of Texas at El Paso has increased. Fall enrollment figures for the 2018-19 academic year hit a new record of 25,151, compared with last year's all-time high of 25,078 students.
UTEP Employees Score A Goal for Charity
When College of Health Sciences Dean Shafik Dharamsi, Ph.D., was a freshman in Canada, he was offered a shot at his dream to play professional soccer.
UTEP Professors Will Work to Build Diverse, Well-Trained STEM Faculty Through NSF Grant
A pair of engineering professors from The University of Texas at El Paso will address the need to develop faculty who are adept at effective teaching strategies in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields through a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Journal Publishes UTEP ‘Citizenship Profiling’ Study
El Paso County law enforcement officials are more likely to ask first-generation Mexican immigrants and their U.S-born children about their citizenship status, according to research conducted by two faculty members and a graduate student from The University of Texas at El Paso.
UTEP Social Work Professor Appointed to Human Rights Commission
UTEP Social Work Professor Mark Lusk, Ed.D., has been appointed to serve as the North American regional commissioner on the International Federation of Social Workers’ (IFSW) Human Rights Commission. The IFSW is an international body that incorporates 84 national social work organizations representing over half a million social workers globally.
UTEP Names Associate Vice President for Human Resources
The University of Texas at El Paso announced the appointment of Sandy Vasquez as the associate vice president for human resources effective Sept. 17, 2018.
UTEP Graduate’s Work in Nanotechnology Featured in White House Budget Supplement
The work of UTEP alumna Nubia Zuverza-Mena, Ph.D., was mentioned in The National Nanotechnology Initiative Supplement to the President’s 2019 Budget, a report prepared for President Donald Trump by each federal agency.
UTEP Earns Grant to Study Student-Counselor Ratios
The American School Counselor Association recently awarded a $10,000 grant to The University of Texas at El Paso’s Carleton H. Brown, Ph.D., assistant professor and school counselor clinical coordinator in the Department of Educational Psychology and Special Services.
UTEP College of Business Administration Names Interim Dean
The University of Texas at El Paso has named Stephen Crites, Ph.D., associate dean of the Graduate School, as the interim dean of the College of Business Administration (COBA).
UTEP Professors Advance Work With Nanocontainers Through $600,000 NSF Award
Two University of Texas at El Paso professors will continue their groundbreaking work with endohedral fullerene structures through a new $600,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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