Communities of Academic Innovation
GAIA Makerspace
Makerspace at GAIA, provides learning opportunities for everyone by promoting an environment where you can imagine, create, and inspire. Located on the second floor of the UGLC room 202, it’s a space designed and dedicated to hands-on creativity with personalized learning. With an abundance of support, there’s an opportunity to network and find those with shared interests.
Bandit Game Studios
Bandit Game Studios, a student organization at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), explored creative planning within the video game industry. Student-driven, this organization emphasizes the storytelling and character development needed to make a game successful.
Girls Who Code
The Girls Who Code College Loop at UTEP is a college community for women and non-binary students interested in tech and computer science that support one another in completing their degrees. What makes Girls Who Code special is its belief that in order to change the world you need more than just your coding skills.
YES, She Can!
The YES, She Can! program goal is to increase the number of women, particularly Hispanic women, in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) academic studies from undergraduate through graduate degrees. This begins with changing societal STEM stereotypes in our region because representation matters. Historically, women, and particularly Hispanic women, are underrepresented in STEM careers. The program offers professional development and mentoring for both college and high school students.
El Paso Honeybadgers
EP Honeybadgers, a student organization at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), is composed of college-level eSport competitors, who refine their talents and skills in preparation for tournaments or for casual gameplay. EP Honeybadgers have a variety of gaming teams which include League or Legends, Smash Bros., Call of Duty, Apex, etc.
Tech-E
Tech-E is a community outreach program for K-12 students supporting and encouraging STEM and STEAM development. Through community outreach, students are able to learn and develop their skills in emerging technological industries such as coding, 3D printing, etc.
Tech-E
Tech-E Teach is a mentorship program for teachers within STEM and STEAM fields. Tech-E Team offers creative ways for teachers to help students achieve their maximum potential both in and out of the classroom.
STEMSHINE
The STEMSHINE program serves to increase student success in science, technology, engineering and math in ways that are inclusive of all students. Leveraging technology to fit today’s students’ needs and providing job-embedded professional growth, prepares our students for the jobs of the future. Gaming, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality and experiential learning are the focus of this program.
STEMFuerte
Partnering, EPCC & UTEP foster success for first-time in college Hispanic and low-income students in STEM fields. Collaboratively, we advance access to excellent education for talented students with innovative and effective multidisciplinary STEM instruction plus targeted high-quality support resources, including mechanisms simplifying transferability. Coupled with developing experiential learning opportunities, STEMFUERTE leads to outstanding higher education outcomes, increasing the number of Hispanic and low-income students graduating with strong (“fuerte") STEM credentials transformative for our region.