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Students and staff from throughout the Jefferson feeder pattern whose families were impacted financially by the pandemic got a little help from an anonymous donor on Wednesday. Thanks to the work of the Jefferson/Silva graduation coach, student council, football team and Fellowship of Christian Athletes, the school was able to secure boxes of new clothing, […]Read More
Officials with TreeRing announced Thursday that Ysleta ISD’s Del Norte Heights Elementary School took second place in the nationwide #TreeRingMemoriesMatter Challenge. The 2nd place honor was awarded to the Del Norte Height’s staff for their yearbook spread celebrating a 2020-21 school year staple: fashionable face masks for socially distant learning. Earlier this year, TreeRing – […]Read More
On Wednesday, officials with FirstLight Federal Credit Union announced a new partnership with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso to fund multiple initiatives within each of the university’s four schools: the Foster School of Medicine, Hunt School of Nursing, Hunt School of Dental Medicine and the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. FirstLight Federal […]Read More
The El Paso Community College (EPCC) Criminal Justice Club, in partnership with the U.S. Border Patrol, donated Easter baskets to the children of the Dame La Mano Pregnant and Battered Women’s Shelter in South El Paso. “The EPCC Criminal Justice Club wants to become a part of something bigger than ourselves,” Louis Barragan, Sr., Assistant Professor […]Read More
Four students and two alumni from The University of Texas at El Paso recently were awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF GRFP). “The GRFP provides a remarkable opportunity for our most promising science graduate students,” UTEP Provost John Wiebe said. “These students have competed with the best in the nation for this […]Read More
El Paso Opera officials announced Tuesday afternoon that the company is the recipient of OPERA America’s Next Stage Grant. “This $20,000 grant donation will help support El Paso Opera’s March 2022 production of FRIDA, an opera based on the life, love and art of Frida Kahlo and composed by Robert Xavier Rodriguez,” company officials shared […]Read More
The excitement and support for the opening of the Hunt School of Dental Medicine has spread throughout the Borderland region. Last month, members of the Southern New Mexico Dental Group presented the dental school with a generous gift following a tour of the school’s facilities. Eight members of the group made the trip from Las […]Read More
The Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) announced recently that The University of Texas at El Paso’s Isabel Baca, Ph.D., had earned a 2021 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award for a book she edited that advanced writing studies. Baca, an associate professor of English, received the honor for her work on “Bordered Writers: Latinx Identities and […]Read More
Gina Zavala Alvarado, a senior metallurgical and materials engineering major at The University of Texas at El Paso, was recently named the recipient of the nationally competitive Metallurgy Scholarship and internship awarded by the Ellwood Group. Alvarado is the first Miner to earn this honor that recognizes deserving and talented metallurgical engineering students who exhibit […]Read More
The Socorro Independent School District named and recognized its 2021 Elite 8 Teachers of the Year with surprise visits at their schools and celebrated all campus Teachers of the Year with a drive-up event at the SISD District Service Center. All 48 campus Teachers of the Year were celebrated with a special drive-up event, where […]Read More
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