College of Liberal Arts Miners Excel in D.C.
Each year, many students from The University of Texas at El Paso have the opportunity to intern with various organizations, thus gaining hands-on experience through real-world application in their field of study. Some students intern locally in the El Paso region and others go beyond our region. That is exactly the case of 9 students interning with The Archer Center and 5 students interning with the National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian, both in Washington, D.C. This week Dr. Anadeli Bencomo, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, had the opportunity to meet with our outstanding students representing the College of Liberal Arts and the University in our nation’s capital. Dean Bencomo was accompanied by Dr. Yolanda Leyva, professor of History and Kerry Doyle, Director of the Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts. Both the Archer Fellowship Program and the Latino Museum Studies Program Undergraduate Internship provide our undergraduate students with high-impact experiences that will equip students with a competitive advantage when they graduate and enter the workforce or pursue a graduate degree. We commend our students for their hard work and for being selected into these very competitive programs.
Founded in 2001, the Archer Center is where Texas meets the world. As the Washington, D.C., campus of The University of Texas System, the Center provides talented undergraduate and graduate students from across the UT System with the opportunity to live, learn, and intern in the nation's capital. For more on The Archer Center visit https://www.archercenter.org/about.html
The Latino Museum Studies Program (LMSP) Undergraduate Internship at the Smithsonian is a new museum career pathway program designed to increase hands-on training opportunities for Latina/o/x-identifying undergraduate students interested in art museum careers. The program focuses in the areas of conservation, museum education, digital culture, and exhibition design. For more on the National Museum of the American Latino at the Smithsonian visit https://latino.si.edu/