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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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Commencement Celebrates Largest Fall Semester Cohort of Master’s and Doctoral Graduates in UTEP History

Commencement Celebrates Largest Fall Semester Cohort of Master’s and Doctoral Graduates in UTEP History

The University of Texas at El Paso hosted four in-person Commencement ceremonies Dec. 10 and 11, 2022, at the Don Haskins Center to celebrate nearly 2,500 graduation candidates, including the largest cohort of fall semester master’s (590) and doctoral candidates (81) in University history.

UTEP President Heather Wilson, left, Hawkins Scholars Christian Samuel Ramirez and Frida D. Garcia Ledezma, along with Richard Hyde, Hawkins Scholarship committee chair and His Majesty’s Consul General of the United Kingdom in Houston, pose for a photo the evening of Nov. 29, 2022, when the recipients of the annual Hawkins Scholarship were named in Union Building East. Photo by Laura Trejo / UTEP Marketing and Communications

UTEP Selects 2022 Hawkins Scholarship Recipients

UTEP is proud to celebrate the newest Hawkins Scholars: Frida D. Garcia Ledezma and Christian Samuel Ramirez. These students were chosen among 10 finalists selected for their outstanding intellect, character, service to others, leadership attributes and potential to address important challenges facing humanity. They will receive $10,000 each.

The University of Texas at El Paso in partnership with the University of New Mexico and the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will prepare the next generation of nuclear security enterprise talent to develop electronics for extreme environments through a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy. JR Hernandez / UTEP Marketing and Communications

UTEP Receives $5M Department of Energy Grant to Train Next Generation Nuclear Security Workforce

EL PASO, Texas (Dec. 7, 2022) – The University of Texas at El Paso in partnership with the University of New Mexico and the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will prepare the next generation of nuclear security enterprise (NSE) talent to develop electronics for extreme environments through a five-year, $5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

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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