UTEP Renews Scholarships Agreement with State of Chihuahua
Partnership will create benefits on both sides of the border
EL PASO, Texas (July 14, 2023) — The University of Texas at El Paso has renewed an agreement with the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, to provide scholarships for some of that state’s top students to attend UTEP.
UTEP President Heather Wilson and Sandra Elena Gutiérrez Fierro, Secretary of Education and Sports of the State of Chihuahua, met this afternoon on the UTEP campus to sign a memorandum of understanding that formalizes the agreement.
The signing signals UTEP’s continuing recognition of Mexico and the State of Chihuahua as strategic partners in the University’s ongoing efforts to increase access to higher education for students of this region.
More than 1,200 UTEP students commute daily from Juárez, the largest city in the state of Chihuahua.
“We deeply appreciate the State of Chihuahua’s support for these scholarships for UTEP students,” Wilson said.
Under the agreement, the State of Chihuahua will match two UTEP academic merit-based scholarships for students who graduate from a public high school from the State of Chihuahua. The state’s education ministry will match that funding as long as the students remain scholarship-eligible under UTEP guidelines.
“Education is a fundamental pillar for the development of any society,” Gutiérrez Fierro said. “By joining forces and working together, we will be able to offer quality educational and training opportunities to public school students. This will open doors to a promising future and allow them to develop the skills and competencies necessary to face the challenges of the 21st century.”
About The University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso is America’s leading Hispanic-serving University. Located at the westernmost tip of Texas, where three states and two countries converge along the Rio Grande, 84% of our 24,000 students are Hispanic, and half are the first in their families to go to college. UTEP offers 169 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs at the only open-access, top-tier research university in America.
Last Updated on July 14, 2023 at 12:00 AM | Originally published July 14, 2023
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