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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy , it is the second oldest academic component of the University of Texas System .
Luhrs Tower in Phoenix (built 1929). Trost & Trost Architects & Engineers, often known as Trost & Trost, was an architectural firm based in El Paso, Texas.The firm's chief designer was Henry Charles Trost, who was born in Toledo, Ohio, in 1860.
The Centennial Museum is located on the UTEP campus. Its cultural focus is on the indigenous, colonial, pre-urban, and folk cultures of the border regions of southwestern United States and Mexico . The natural history focus is on the geology and biology of the Southwest and Mexico, with particular emphasis on the Chihuahuan Desert .
The Sun Bowl is an outdoor football stadium in the Southwestern United States, on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso.It is home to the UTEP Miners of Conference USA, and the late December college football bowl game, the Sun Bowl.
UTEP officials want El Paso County taxpayers to pay for $99 million worth of improvements to the 46,000-seat, 60-year-old Sun Bowl stadium to attract more large music concerts that have been ...
Old Main at Alma College, built in 1886, it was the main administration and academic building for Alma College students until it was destroyed by fire on March 10, 1969. [ 2 ] Old Main at Central Michigan University , built in 1893, it served as the original administration building of CMU before being destroyed by fire in 1925.
The Special Events Center was renamed after UTEP's Hall of Fame coach Don Haskins (1930–2008) in 1998. Haskins, who is best known for starting five African-American players in the 1966 NCAA Championship game against Kentucky, [ 12 ] was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997 and retired from the university in 1999.
Memorial Gym was the home court of the 1966 Texas Western basketball team that won the NCAA title, using five black starters to defeat Adolph Rupp's all-white Kentucky squad. Since 1974 Memorial Gym has been home to UTEP women's volleyball. [2] Memorial Gym hosted the first and second rounds of the 2011 Conference USA Women's basketball tournament.