The pressure to attend college is stressful enough. UTEP students share their experience of pursuing their passions even if they have majored in STEM, liberal arts, or business fields.
Adam Regalado, Multimedia Editor
• September 18, 2024
Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have achieved a significant milestone in agricultural biotechnology, focusing on improving rice crop resilience and addressing potential bioterrorism threats.
September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. As college students, school life along with personal lives can be hard to manage and become overwhelming, but there are always resources to help manage a mental health crisis.
After shifting away from Job Mine over a year ago, UTEP Career Center has seen measurable success with the integration of the job search platform, Handshake. Staff are still urging students to fill out program bios to boost potential internship and job opportunities.
Marco Hinojosa, Audience and Engagement Editor
• September 16, 2024
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is seeing exponential growth within its student population. With more students enrolling and campus buildings growing older, changes must be made to accommodate for new advancements.
Hispanic Heritage Month is commemorated takers place Sept. 15 through Oct. 15. In honor of this month, several organizations around El Paso will be holding events to honor and share Hispanic and Latino cultures.
Frida Acuna, Arts & Culture Editor
• September 16, 2024
Women in Media (WIM) is a new student organization focused on expanding skills and fortifying the journalism and digital media community at UTEP. WIM also wishes to help aspiring women in media fields gain experience and prepare them for success for when they enter the real world.
Marco Hinojosa, Audience & Engagement Editor
• September 16, 2024
At UTEP’s “Meet the Greeks” event, fraternities and sororities aimed to recruit and teach students new and old about their groups. The consensus being that these groups offer companionship and help both in the classroom and out.
With graduation on the horizon for those receiving their diplomas this fall, many have plans to leave the 915 entirely, following the trend of UTEP alumni. But how life shapes these graduates is one in which many return to the place that makes them happy.
For transgender residents, it’s a daily struggle to navigate a state system that appears to increasingly marginalize those same people further. "I mean, I can't even imagine having the state tell me, you know what, you can't be who you are. The pressure must be insurmountable," said local LGBTQIA+ advocate.
Iziah Moreno, Staff Photographer
• September 13, 2024
The UTEP Career Center held its Work at UTEP Job fair on Sept. 3 to Sept. 4, an event targeted towards offering jobs to students on campus that will work around student schedules.
As the biggest event of Miner welcome week, Minerpalooza attracts the attention of thousands of students and community members each year. This year the event went beyond students' expectations by straying away from previous traditions.
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