2025 UTEP Student Leadership Awards
CS students and student organizations were recognized with a total of six awards at the 2025 Student Leadership Awards Ceremony.
The UTEP Student Leadership Awards are designed to celebrate and recognize the countless hours and contributions that student leaders make to the UTEP campus, the El Paso community, and beyond. These awards are the highest form of recognition given to outstanding individual student leaders, student organizations, and fraternity and sorority chapters at UTEP. This year, there were a total of 100 applications from various student organizations across campus.
The CS students/organizations recognized were as follows:
Individual Leadership Awards (Two awards are given per category)
- Luxe Award (2) - Recognizes graduate and doctoral students who have demonstrated excellence in academic achievement as well as campus and community engagement and have made a contribution to the UTEP community through their leadership.
Student recognized: Natalia Mesta and Bianca Alvarez
- Striking Gold Award (2)- Recognizes first-year and second-year students who have begun making noteworthy contributions to the University and/or community
Students recognized: Vianey Martinez and Ridley Dean
Student Organization Awards (One award per category)
- Program of the Year - The Coding Interview Club with the organization of the ICPC (International Collegiate Programming Contest) program.
- Organization of the Year- Girls Who Code