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UTEP President Natalicio addresses end of DACA

UTEP President Natalicio addresses end of DACA

Adrian Broaddus, Editor-in-Chief September 5, 2017

With the news of President Donald Trump putting an end to the program that allows undocumented immigrants work permits, Americans were finally given an answer to the administration's decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program,...

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A view of Centennial Plaza as seen from the Administration Building.

Brookings Institute names UTEP leader in equal access to higher education

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor July 18, 2017

Nonprofit research group Brookings Institution has named UTEP as the leader in equal access education, according to a study released on July 11. The study highlights that the median family income for a UTEP student is $42,400, beating the other 341...

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UTEP and FECHAC hope to help inform potential Mexican international students

UTEP and FECHAC hope to help inform potential Mexican international students

Eddie Velazquez, Entertainment Editor July 6, 2017

Editor’s Note: Gilberto Cueva Pizarro’s quotes have been translated from Spanish. UTEP President Diana Natalicio and Fundación del Empresariado Chihuahuense A.C. (FECHAC) President Gilberto Cueva Pizarro co-signed a letter of intent to further...

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Hoover House celebrates 100 years

Hoover House celebrates 100 years

Gaby Velasquez, Photo Editor May 26, 2017

The Hoover House, UTEP's President's official residence, will be open to the public on June 3 from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m. and on June 4 from noon- 5 p.m. to celebrate its 100th birthday. Paydirt Pete and the UTEP cheerleaders will join Dr. Diana Natalicio at...

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Incoming Student Government Association officers swore-in at Hoover House

Incoming Student Government Association officers swore-in at Hoover House

Eddie Velazquez, Copy Editor May 24, 2017

During a swearing-in ceremony at the Hoover House, the incoming 2017-2018 Student Government Association (SGA) officers gave their oath of office on Monday. The students were introduced in front of an audience that included their families, UTEP President...

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UTEP, UNAM and CIESAS join forces against gender inequality

UTEP, UNAM and CIESAS join forces against gender inequality

Grecia Sanchez, Reporter March 23, 2017

On Thursday, March 23, President Diana Natalicio partnered with representatives of the Interdisciplinary Research Center for Humanities and Science of the Autonomous University of Mexico, the Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez and the Research Center...

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UTEP President Natalicio appointed to board of The Holdsworth Center

UTEP President Natalicio appointed to board of The Holdsworth Center

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor January 19, 2017

UTEP President Diana Natalicio was appointed to the board of The Holdsworth Center in Austin, Texas, as announced on Thursday, Jan. 19. The Holdsworth Center is dedicated to support and develop public school leaders with a goal to strengthen Texas' education....

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Photo shoot commemorates 100 years of women's inclusion at UTEP

Photo shoot commemorates 100 years of women’s inclusion at UTEP

Grecia Sanchez, Reporter November 30, 2016

Interview of Mimi Gladstein was in Spanish, the rest in English A 100 years celebration of UTEP’s inclusion of women to the campus was commemorated with a photo shoot featuring more than 300 women in the Union East Building on Tuesday, Nov....

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President Dr. Natalicio received traditional candy from the governor of Durango
11/03/2016

Durango muestra orgullo minero mediante acuerdo

Grecia Sanchez, Staff Reporter November 3, 2016

    La presidenta de UTEP, Diana Natalicio, acaba de firmar junto al gobernador de Durango, José Rosas Aispuro, un documento en el cual se concuerda los estudiantes provenientes de Durango podrán acceder a becas por parte del gobierno...

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UTEP President Diana Natalicio was named TIME Magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world. She has served as UTEP President for 20 years.

A spring of ups and downs for Natalicio

Adrian Broaddus, Sports Editor May 3, 2016

As the semester dwindles down, UTEP President Diana Natalicio reflects on the past semester and what is to come. From suffering cardiac arrhythmia while she was walking to the Student Union in February, to being named as one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most...

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Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet addresses the crowd at the Tomas Rivera Conference Center on  April 13.

Peace Corps director visits UTEP to announce ranking

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-Chief April 13, 2016

In 1961 Texas Western College (now UTEP) and Rutgers University were the first universities with students who volunteered for the Peace Corps. Now 55 years later, the director of the Peace Corps made her first visit to El Paso and addressed a full crowd...

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Q&A session with UTEP President Diana Natalicio

Q&A session with UTEP President Diana Natalicio

The Prospector December 1, 2015

When you first graduated from college, how did you know what to do after that? With encouragement from my professors at St. Louis University, to consider going to graduate school. I had my eye on the University of Wisconsin because it was highly regarded...

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