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UTEP transformation among the best in the world

UTEP transformation among the best in the world

Rene Delgadillo, Layout Editor October 11, 2016

UTEP’s Campus Transformation Project has earned worldwide recognition after being selected as the first project in the world to receive a Sustainable Sites Initiative Silver Certification Award for creating an ecologically sustainable landscape. Green...

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Not everyone a fan of “The Cloud”

Not everyone a fan of “The Cloud”

Mike Vazquez, Staff Reporter February 4, 2016

UTEP students were caught off guard as their first week of school was not only met with a stack of syllabi and new class routines, but a new piece of public art commissioned by the city standing tall in the center of Schuster’s roundabout. Unfortunately...

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Housing grows with student population

Maria Esquinca, Staff Reporter September 9, 2014

Willie Quinn is a UTEP alumni who has been volunteering at the UTEP Heritage House, the campus’ historical repository, since 2001. He runs his finger along a long laminated map, “This is how Vet Village fits into the scheme of things,” Quinn said. The...

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Campus transformation closer to completion

Amanda Guillen and Lorain Waters September 9, 2014

Beginning in spring 2013, UTEP began a campus-wide construction project that will ultimately make the university a more pedestrian-friendly campus. Since that date, the campus has been divided up into sections, all with  varying completion dates. The...

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The current UTEP library under construction in 1980

Library evolves to provide resources to students

Luis Barrio, Staff Reporter September 9, 2014

The UTEP Library currently holds more than one million books to go along with government documents, micro-films that help keep 100-year old newspapers intact, art collections, computer labs and meeting rooms at the students’ disposal. It is a little-known...

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Tier One: The definition of success

Amanda Guillen, Editor-in-chief September 9, 2014

For many years after its inception, the university solely offered a degree that was called an Engineer of Mines. Now, 100 years later, the university offers 71 bachelor’s degrees, 76 master’s degrees and 20 doctoral degrees. With the university expanding,...

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