The Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) held its annual UTEP Student Leadership Awards ceremony on May 5.   The ceremony, held via Zoom, recognized student leaders and student organizations for their contributions and academic excellence...

UTEP’s Student Engagement and Leadership Center (SELC) hosted its annual Rainbow Miner Graduation on May 6, an event celebrating graduating students of the LGBTQIA2S+ community.  “We just want to celebrate our students who are reaching this milestone...

With UTEP’s spring finals week set to take place May 10-14, David Jones, Ph.D., a psychologist at UTEP’s counseling center, said students can prepare for what’s ahead by combating exam nerves and creating good study habits.  As the COVID-19...

Andrea Danielle Mata, a senior in Sociology at UTEP, has been selected as a Top Ten Senior for the graduating Class of 2021.   Born in McAllen, Texas, Mata moved to El Paso to help build a community around herself, peers, professors, and administration...

With the Spring semester coming to an end, preparations for the 2021 Graduation Commencement are on their way. After over a year of online celebrations, students have questions as to what is going to happen the day of graduation. The Prospector spoke...

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is set to allow eligible parents of UTEP graduates to cross the border on May 14-15, to attend commencement amid COVID-19 travel restrictions. University officials announced Wednesday, UTEP and CBP have reached an...

For Luis Hinojos, 21, determination is something that has never lacked in his life. The drive to succeed was there when he entered UTEP in 2018 as a political science and economics major and continues to be there as he prepares to graduate this...

With UTEP’s commencement ceremony taking place May 14-15 at the Sun Bowl Stadium, Winter 2020 graduates will be able to participate. Adriana Mares, 22, who earned a Master’s of Science in Public Health and Biological Sciences in December 2020,...

As UTEP seniors prepare their cap and gown for commencement ceremony on May 14 and 15, some are also preparing to celebrate in-person with their loved ones as COVID-19 restrictions loosen and more community members receive the vaccine. In 2020, as...

Andrea Danielle Mata, a senior in sociology at UTEP, has been selected as a Top Ten Senior for the graduating class of 2021. Born in McAllen, Texas, Mata moved to El Paso to help build a community around herself, peers, professors, and administration...

Family members of international college students at UTEP who are graduating in May are facing the possibility of not being able to attend commencement due to restrictions on the U.S.-Mexican border. In March 2020, the first COVID-19 case was reported...

With UTEP graduation nearing, students are beginning to take the next step in their career by searching for   jobs in their desired field, with places like the UTEP Career Center and Borderplex providing a helping hand.    The UTEP Career...