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The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy , it is the second oldest academic component of the University of Texas System .
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The El Paso Public Library is the longest continuously active public library system in Texas. [2] It was founded by Mary Irene Stanton, an El Paso area teacher. [3] Stanton "single-handedly becomes founder of the El Paso Public Library" when in 1894, she donated her personal collection of 1,000 books for a boy's Reading Club which was housed in a room in the Sheldon Building. [4]
John D. Olivas – first UTEP alumnus to be selected as an astronaut by NASA, member of Space Shuttle Mission STS-117 crew aboard the Atlantis; Bob O'Rear – one of the earliest employees of Microsoft; Claudia Ordaz Perez – member of the Texas House of Representatives (2021-Present) Estela Portillo-Trambley – poet; John Rayborn ...
Jun. 24—An Air Force Research Laboratory official with ties to Kirtland Air Force Base was announced Monday as the next leader of the University of Texas at El Paso's Aerospace Center. Sherry ...
Dr. Terry Todd began collecting books and magazines in the field of physical culture in the late 1950s. As a doctoral student at the University of Texas, he was encouraged in this effort by his weightlifting coach, Professor Roy J. McLean, who would eventually create the Stark Center's first endowment, which became known in the mid-1980s as the Todd-McLean Physical Culture Collection.
Memorial Gym is a 5,200-seat multi-purpose arena in El Paso, It opened in December 1961, replacing Holliday Hall, and was home to the Texas Western College Miners basketball teams, until the Don Haskins Center, then known as the Special Events Center, opened in 1977, by which time Texas Western had changed its name to the current University of Texas at El Paso. [1]
The Don Haskins Center, formerly known as the Special Events Center, is the home of UTEP Miners men's and women's basketball. The venue is located in the heart of El Paso, Texas . In addition to hosting sporting events, the Don Haskins Center is also used by many area schools, such as El Paso Community College , for graduation and commencement ...