El Paso Community College , Workforce and Continuing Education will hold an open house to celebrate the renaming of two departments. Workforce Development is now the Center for Corporate and Workforce Training while Workplace Literacy has changed its name to the Center for College Access and Development. “Our new name better reflects what we currently do. We […]Read More
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More than 150 craft beers, exclusive El Paso brews, live entertainment and awesome food trucks are the perfect recipe for the Hoppiest Day Ever at the Sun City Craft Beer Festival on Saturday, April 30, 2016, in Downtown El Paso. The Sun City Craft Beer Festival announced today that it will proudly showcase El Paso’s […]Read More
A little help can go a long way in providing an opportunity for those who otherwise might not succeed, and one family’s commitment to New Mexico State University has provided that help not just once, but hundreds of times over more than a decade. Since 2002, the Wolslager Foundation has supported non-traditional students through scholarships […]Read More
Incoming freshmen students in the Socorro Independent School District will benefit from more academic options at the start of the 2016-2017 school year as the district introduces its sixth advanced academics academy at Pebble Hills High School. The Sparta Business Academy (SBA) is designed to engage students in the world of business and finance to […]Read More
Four candidates have been selected as finalists for the dean position in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences at New Mexico State University. They include Nicholas Comerford, Ph.D., professor and director, North Florida Research and Education Center, University of Florida; Rolando Flores, Ph.D., professor and head, Department of Food Science and Technology, University […]Read More
The Henderson Middle School Chess Team are headed back to the Borderland with a National Championship. Competing against schools (private and public) from throughout the country this weekend, the team is returning to the Sun City with a National Championship and a third-place trophy. The team competed in two different categories at the National Junior High […]Read More
Denise Lujan, director of developmental math at UTEP, has been accepted to the 2016 class of the Kellogg Institute for Adult and Developmental Educators and Learning Skills Specialists. Kellogg is the nation’s longest-running professional development program for practitioners who serve underprepared and underserved college students. Attendees will learn practices to increase retention and completion, and […]Read More
Creating art from trash and seeing how materials can be rethought and reused into new fashions are among the concepts that will be promoted during the annual Earth Week celebration April 18-22, 2016, at The University of Texas at El Paso. The “Your Trash Our Art” event will showcase examples of art from recycled materials […]Read More
New Mexico State University Career Services will hold its 42nd annual Educators’ Job Fair from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, April 18, at the Corbett Center Student Union on the third floor. The event will provide graduating education students, experienced professionals and education support staff, such as nurses and social workers, with an opportunity […]Read More
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday tossed out Attorney General Ken Paxton’s effort to undo the union of the first gay couple to legally wed in Texas. The court-ordered same-sex marriage of two Austin women had occurred months before such unions were legalized by the U.S. Supreme Court. In light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark June ruling that same-sex marriage is protected by the […]Read More