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UTEP received outstanding feedback from The Southern Association of Colleges in their report released every 10 years.

This week at UTEP: July 16-21

Javier Cortez, Contributor July 16, 2018

2018 Solar Car Challenge comes to UTEP On Friday, July 20 UTEP will host the Solar Car Challenge–a day-long exhibition that showcases the best solar cars made by high school students from across the country. The 15-month educational program sees the...

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Members of the UTEP Student Occupational Therapy Association are collecting items at the Campbell Building to donate to the Annunciation House

UTEP’s Student Occupational Therapy Association to volunteer at Annunciation House

Juan Corral, Contributor July 16, 2018

The Student Occupational Therapy Association (SOTA), has begun gathering donations and pursuing volunteer work within the next couple months to help migrants being assisted at the Annunciation House. SOTA is a campus student organization with a mission...

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Activist Emma Gonzalez speaks with counter protestor outside of the panel discussion.

March For Our Lives student activists stop in El Paso for town hall

July 12, 2018

The March for Our Lives – Road to Change bus tour stopped in downtown El Paso at the El Paso Community Foundation on Tuesday, July 10, where high school students from around the nation including survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School...

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Immigrant parents are reunited with their children

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor July 11, 2018

On Wednesday morning, July 11, a press conference was held at the Annunciation House with two of the three fathers that were reunited with their children last night. The third father left El Paso with his daughter this morning before the press conference...

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UTEP received outstanding feedback from The Southern Association of Colleges in their report released every 10 years.

This week at UTEP: July 9-14

Javier Cortez, Contributor July 9, 2018

UTEP pharmacy students expand their learning experience abroad More than a dozen UTEP students from the School of Pharmacy have traveled in and around the country as well as overseas–seeing patients at treatment centers to visiting breathtaking historical...

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The community lines up along the sidewalk in Eastside El Paso for the 38th annual People's Parade on Wednesday, July 4th.

38th Annual 4th of July People’s Parade at Eastside El Paso

July 4, 2018

The El Paso del Norte Lions Club sponsored the 38th annual fourth of July People’s parade on the Eastside of El Paso on Wednesday, July fourth. Local services participated in the parade by decorating their cars with red, white and blue colors and...

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Hundreds protest in Downtown El Paso Saturday, June 30.

Families Belong Together and Free march brings unity

Juan Corral, Contributor July 1, 2018

The Families Belong Together and Free march was held Saturday morning, June 30, in downtown El Paso starting at Cleveland Square and ending at the Paso del Norte International Bridge to advocate for immigrant children that have been kept at detention...

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How to help kids separated from parents at the border

How to help kids separated from parents at the border

Jake Deven, Contributor June 27, 2018

Since the Trump administration began enforcing its controversial “zero tolerance” policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, nearly 2,400 migrant children have been separated from their parents at the border. While President Trump recently signed an executive...

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A group of students from UTEP's Engligh Language Institute program hang out at Miner Village on Monday, June 25.

UTEP and Citibanamex team up to support Mexican students studying abroad

Samantha Pasillas, Contributor June 26, 2018

This summer, UTEP and Citibanamex, Mexico’s largest bank, collaborate for the first time to support 18 Mexican college students who will attend UTEP’s English Language Institute (ELI) month-long training program. UTEP’s Professional and Public...

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Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta speaks at the Tornillo-Guadalupe Port of Entry.

Immigration Rallies Gain Momentum Despite Executive Order

Jake Deven, Contributor June 24, 2018

Hundreds gathered on Sunday, June 24, at the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas, for the second time within a week to protest the separation of immigrant children from their parents. Voto Latino, an organization dedicated to fostering...

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El Paso Mayor Dee Margo spoke  at the Tornillo- Guadalupe Port of Entry where about 20  mayors got together to protest Trump Administration's family separation policy.

U.S. mayors meet to protest at the border

June 21, 2018

On Thursday morning, June 21, mayors from across the country gathered at the Tornillo Port of Entry to protest for the thousands of families that have been separated at the U.S.- Mexico border. " We are the largest bilingual, bicultural, binational...

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Protestor shows her displeasure with Trump's immigration policies.

Second march held to “Free our children now!”

Daniel Mendez, Reporter June 19, 2018

In a sea of signs and chants aimed at the protection of immigrant children, more than a 1,000 people attended the March for Immigrant Rights and Against Family Separation, on Tuesday, June 19. The march started at Edgemere Linear Park and ended at...

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