EDITOR'S NOTE: The School of Pharmacy does NOT require students to be able to speak spanish to be admitted to the PharmD program. The only Spanish requriement is that a student must take three SCH of college-level Spanish as a prerequisite, or take the...

This week, starting Sept. 21 through Sept. 22, UTEP will bring the largest job fair, the Career Expo, to the Don Haskins Center. “One thing we’re very excited about is we have more companies visiting campus next week. The expo is the fall event that...

Last week, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced that the Department of Education would revoke the Obama-era regulations around sexual assault found in Title IX, and pivot from protecting the victims to protecting the accused. “The truth is...

Student enrollment at the University of Texas at El Paso increased 4.8 percent for the 19th consecutive year. UTEP enrollment went up from 23,922 to an all-time high of 25,078. “The fact that UTEP’s enrollment has continued to increase year...

Each year a pile of more than 5,000 applications for Harvard Law School, containing top GPAs and extensive resumes, are rejected. That was not the case of UTEP graduate Perla Alvelais. “I opened my email and the first thing on my inbox read ‘Welcome...

Earlier this summer, the College of Education announced a new interim dean, William Robertson. Robertson has been a part of UTEP’s faculty for 13 years already and joined the staff in 2004. He has served as a professor and a co-chair for the Department...

There’s a lot of pressure to have specific accomplishments by a certain age, whether they’re from society or from yourself—to know who you are by 18 and what life-long career is lined-up by 21. I graduated from high school at 17 years old and...

Traditionally, universities have set a standard for a four-year graduation time frame. However, the price of college, parental pressure and a cutthroat job market are some of the factors that may influence a student’s graduation plan. According to...

In December of 2016, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised to cut funding from any Texas school that declared itself a “sanctuary campus.” “Texas will not tolerate sanctuary campuses or cities,” Abbott tweeted. “I will cut funding for any state campus...

Students can find new scholarship opportunities through ScholarMine, an online portal created by the Office of Scholarships at UTEP. “We are using (ScholarMine) to help promote all of the scholarship opportunities that we know about, that we hear...

The Texas Tribune, a non-partisan news organization, hosted “Public Education: The Next Five Years,” the seventh installment of special statewide series at UTEP on Friday, Nov. 13. Panelists included State Rep. Mary Gonzalez, D-Clint., Chief Deputy...