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Center for Community Engagement


The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) serves as UTEP’s resource center for faculty, staff, and students who are interested in engaging in the community through a variety of programs and activities. The CCE connects the resources of the university to help meet community priorities through maintaining healthy and mutually beneficial relationships with community partners.

Service Learning

Community Engagement Courses

Community Engagement Courses is a teaching and learning method which combines traditional classroom-based curriculum with meaningful service opportunities for students

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Internships and Community Work-Study

Community Work-Study Mentorship and Internship Program

UTEP Students participate in community-based internships with local community organizations. Learn More

Volunteerism/The CUE

The CUE is a revolutionary website designed to facilitate connections between UTEP students and local community non-profit organizations.  
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In recognition of The University of Texas at El Paso’s excellence in service to Hispanic students, Excelencia in Education, a national organization that advances higher education for Hispanic students, recertified UTEP with its Seal of Excelencia in a ceremony attended by President Heather Wilson in Washington, D.C. today.

UTEP’s Excellence in Service to Hispanic Students Recognized with Seal of Excelencia Recertification

EL PASO, Texas (Sept. 30, 2022) — In recognition of The University of Texas at El Paso’s excellence in service to Hispanic students, Excelencia in Education, a national organization that advances higher education for Hispanic students, recertified UTEP with its Seal of Excelencia in a ceremony attended by President Heather Wilson in Washington, D.C. today.

Three UTEP educators were honored for their impact on Hispanics in the community at the 21st Annual McDonald's Triunfadores Luncheon. The UTEP-affiliated recipients included José O. Rivera, Pharm.D., founding dean of the School of Pharmacy (left); Lourdes Echegoyen, Ph.D., director of the Campus Office of Undergraduate Research Initiatives (second from left); and Romy Saenz Hawkins, art instructor at UTEP's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (right). They were honored by Richard Castro, the founder of the annual awards ceremony.

UTEP Leaders and Educators Honored at Annual McDonald’s Triunfadores

Three UTEP educators were honored for their impact on Hispanics in the community at the 21st Annual McDonald's Triunfadores Luncheon.

In her annual Fall Convocation address to the faculty and staff today, UTEP President Heather Wilson announced that The University of Texas at El Paso raised $38.9 million during FY2022 to support scholarships and fellowships, facilities and faculty.

A Year of Momentum: UTEP Breaks Fundraising, Research, Graduation Records

• Record-high fundraising for second consecutive year
• All-time high freshman enrollment
• Record research expenditures and new research grants awarded
• Two major projects to bring UTEP’s Hispanic-serving expertise to national stage

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The University of Texas at El Paso
Center for Community Engagement
500 W University
1514 Hawthorne
El Paso, Texas El Paso, Texas 79968

E: cce@utep.edu
P: (915) 747-7969
F: (915) 747-8917