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Distinguished UTEP alumni: Power couple promotes visual arts at the border

Distinguished UTEP alumni: Power couple promotes visual arts at the border

Bryan Mena, Entertainment Editor September 30, 2019

Two of the six recipients of UTEP’s 2019 Distinguished Alumni award are the founders of Creative Kids, a local nonprofit organization that introduces visual arts to children.   Every year during Homecoming season, UTEP honors its exceptional alumni...

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A life's commitment to social services

A life’s commitment to social services

Margaret Cataldi, Staff Reporter September 30, 2019

Dorothy Truax is one of 10 alumni receiving a Gold Nugget Award as part of UTEP’s 2019 Homecoming celebration. Truax is being recognized for her contributions to social work within the El Paso community.    After Truax went on to obtain a bachelor’s...

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Chicano activist recalls UTEP protest

Chicano activist recalls UTEP protest

Bryan Mena, Entertainment Editor September 30, 2019

UTEP’s College of Health Sciences selected alumnus Salvador Balcorta, activist and chief executive officer of a nationally recognized nonprofit, for this year’s Gold Nugget Award.    Today, Balcorta leads the Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe,...

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Celebrating alumni, 35 years of mining gold nuggets

Celebrating alumni, 35 years of mining gold nuggets

Anahy Diaz, Contributor September 30, 2019

For the past 35 years, UTEP’s colleges have recognized a select group of alumni as the recipients of the prestigious Gold Nugget Award, which honors their work, community service and overall success.   “They are great role models,” said...

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UTEP's 2019 Top Ten Seniors -- back row: (from left to right) Jose Echeverri, Hazael Hernandez, Maria Elena Martinez, Gustavo Velez-Arce, Johnathan Cereceres 
front row: Heidi Fehr, Mariana Madero Guerrero, Adriana Mares, Kristen Ahumada, Karine Monticone

UTEP Top Ten Seniors recognized by UTEP Alumni Association

Brianna Chavez, Copy Editor April 30, 2019

Ten of UTEP’s brightest and soon-to-be newest alumni were honored by the UTEP Alumni Association with UTEP’s 2019 Top Ten Seniors Award. The group of seniors, their families, faculty and staff gathered April 30 at the Tomas Rivera Conference Center...

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Let’s Chica Chat: A new space for entrepreneur women in El Paso

Let’s Chica Chat: A new space for entrepreneur women in El Paso

Glenda Avalos, Contributor January 22, 2019

On Thursday, Jan. 10, women from the local organization “Let’s Chica Chat” held their first gathering where more than 80 women attended. The organization focuses on bringing together female entrepreneurs who want to make a change in their own...

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UTEP grad exhibits at El Paso Museum of Art

UTEP grad exhibits at El Paso Museum of Art

Catherine Ramirez, Entertainment Editor January 22, 2019

 UTEP graduate Anabel Nájera presented her figural installation “De la Vista Gorda” (From a Blind Eye) and held an artist talk on Jan.17 at the El Paso Museum of Art (EPMA) about the creative process behind her work and her experience working on...

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Photo courtesy of Srinivas Kuchibhotla's gofundme page

UTEP master’s graduate killed in alleged hate crime

Adrian Broaddus, Web Editor February 24, 2017

A UTEP graduate was killed on Wednesday night in an alleged hate crime in front of a bar in Kansas. After opening fire at three men at the bar, police reported that 51-year-old Adam Purinton killed 32-year-old Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who graduated with...

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