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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 .
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 ...
The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). They are informally referred to as the Miners , UTEP , or Texas–El Paso . UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice , Tulsa , and SMU in leaving the WAC for Conference USA . [ 3 ]
The Centennial Museum and Chihuahuan Desert Gardens is a cultural history and natural history museum on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso in El Paso, Texas, United States.The museum was built in 1936 to commemorate the centenary of Texas independence, making it the oldest museum in El Paso.
The UTEP Miners college football team represents University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in Conference USA (C-USA). The Miners compete as part of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 26 head coaches since it began play during the 1914 season. Since December 2023, Scotty Walden has served as head coach at UTEP. [1]
Heather Ann Wilson (born December 30, 1960) is the 11th President of the University of Texas at El Paso.She previously served as the 24th Secretary of the United States Air Force from 2017 through 2019, as the 12th president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology from 2013 to 2017, and as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives for New Mexico's 1st congressional ...
UTEP accepted a berth in the 1967 Sun Bowl on its home turf, defeating Ole Miss by a score of 14–7. [61] Dobbs led the Miners into the Western Athletic Conference in 1968, ending its seven-year run as an independent. [62] The Miners compiled a 4–5–1 record that year. [63] UTEP tied I-AA UC Santa Barbara by a score of 14–14 in the season ...
Jim Senter (born November 9, 1961) is an American college sports administrator, currently serving as the athletic director (AD) at the University of Texas at El Paso. Previously from 2014 to 2017, Senter held the same position at The Citadel .