New faculty, new spaces taking shape, and a full calendar of opportunities mark the beginning of the Fall 2026 semester at the Woody L. Hunt College of Business.
Aug. 24Fall classes begin at UTEP.
Dean John Hadjimarcou, Ph.D., welcomes Hunt Business students to a new academic year.
On the Move · Business Administration Building
A New Third Floor Is Taking Shape
A three-phase, $2.4 million renovation is modernizing the third floor of the Business Administration Building with classroom upgrades, improved study and collaboration spaces, renovated restrooms, and a new suite for Hunt College graduate programs.
StartedMay 2026
Projected completionJanuary 2027
Investment$2.4 million
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
Access throughout the building remains available during construction. Follow posted signs and updates when navigating the area.
Welcome activities, advising connections, student organizations, and career resources create several ways to find a starting point for the semester.
First Stop24 & 25
Perk Up Station
Start the semester with café de olla and fresh pastries in the WestStar Collaborative Atrium. Stop by Aug. 24 and 25 from 8:30 a.m. to noon.
Aug. 26
Welcome Back
Continue the first-week welcome and connect with Hunt College.
Library
Aug. 31 & Sept. 1
Meet and Greet Your Advisor
Ask questions, get guidance, and identify the next step in your academic plan.
Miner Stop Area
Sept. 2
Student Organization Fair
Meet Hunt College organizations and find a way to get involved.
10 a.m.–2 p.m. Hunt College Breezeway
Sept. 9 & 10
Minor Quest
Explore academic options and identify a minor that complements your goals.
Noon–3 p.m. Miner Stop Area and Texas Western Hall Lobby
Sept. 14 & 16
Career and Discovery Tools
Explore tools and resources that can help shape your future career.
10 a.m.–noon Miner Stop Area and Library
Oct. 7
Resource Fair
Discover career services, business programs, and campus opportunities.
Noon–2 p.m. WestStar Collaborative Atrium
People Shaping the Year Ahead
New Faces. New Milestones.
Hunt College begins the academic year with new expertise across its three departments and recognition for faculty whose sustained work has reached a new milestone.
New Faculty · 2026–27
Meet Eight New Hunt College Faculty
Their work spans artificial intelligence, digital platforms, economics, supply chains, entrepreneurship, marketing, and cross-border business.
Students exchanged heart-shaped rocks during Kathrin Berg’s keynote exercise at the Fall 2026 Hunt College Student Leadership Retreat.
Fall Already in Motion
Student Leaders Started With Connection
Before classes began, Hunt College student leaders gathered with faculty, alumni, and community professionals for a day focused on communication, career readiness, consistency, and care for others.
Recent faculty profiles and the Center for Free Enterprise speaker series offer a closer look at the questions moving through Hunt College classrooms, research, and public conversation.
Faculty and Research
Sadok El Ghoul on Building a Life in Research
The finance professor reflects on choosing a Ph.D., persisting through rejection, and moving from learning knowledge to creating it.
Opportunity in Motion brings together the people, programs, research, student outcomes, and regional partnerships that shaped the last academic year and set the stage for what comes next.
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
Conceptual rendering · Final design and furnishings may vary
