1914
September 28, 1914 was the first day of the first class at the State School of Mines and Metallurgy (now UTEP). All students are required to study Spanish.
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1917
Raul R. Barberena, the school’s first Mexican student and the first Hispanic instructor within The University of Texas System, graduates from the School of Mines
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1955
Twelve African-American students are admitted to Texas Western College. The college is the first undergraduate institution in Texas to de-segregate.
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1966
The Texas Western College men’s basketball team makes history when it starts five African-American players and wins the NCAA championship.
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1989
UTEP becomes the largest university in the United States with a majority Hispanic student body.
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1991
UTEP established the El Paso Collaborative for Academic Excellence (EPCAE) to improve academic success from kindergarten to college, and to ensure that all high school graduates are prepared to succeed in college.
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1992
UTEP establishes the University of Texas System Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (UT LSAMP) which aims to increase the number and quality of underrepresented minority (URM) students that pursue and earn degrees in STEM in the state of Texas and the nation.
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1992
In LULAC v. Richards, a state district court rules that the Texas higher education system discriminates against UTEP and other border institutions. This opens the path for the University to add more doctoral programs.
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1992
The University creates a first-in-the-nation bilingual MFA program in creative writing.
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1992
The federal government recognizes UTEP as a Hispanic-serving institution.
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2006
The Model Institutions for Excellence initiative at UTEP receives Examples of Excelencia award for its efforts to boost Latino enrollment and graduation rates in higher education.
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2002
Hispanic Outlook Magazine ranks UTEP the No. 2 university in the nation for Hispanic students.
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2010
UTEP earns its first Community Engagement Classification from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
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2012
The UTEP College of Business Administration was named the "Best Example of Excelencia” for graduate programs by Excelencia in Education.
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2012
The Ph.D. in Business Administration program at UTEP was recognized as one of the nation’s best by Excelencia in Education for increasing academic opportunities and achievement for Latino students
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2013
UTEP earns the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP) Champion of Access and Success Award for advancing strategies that increase opportunity, persistence, and degree completion for low-income, first generation, minority, adult, veteran, disabled, and other underserved student populations.
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2015
The UTEP College of Education was ranked #1 in by The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education magazine for awarding the most bachelor’s degrees in education to Hispanics in the nation.
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2015
The Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions (CAHSI) was recognized by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics as a Bright Spot in Hispanic Education and by Excelencia in Education through its Growing What Works database.
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2017
UTEP is ranked No. 1 in the nation for its success in achieving both competitive research and student social mobility, according to a Brookings Institution study.
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2018
Hispanic Network Magazine has included The University of Texas at El Paso's College of Business Administration among its Summer 2018 Best of the Best Top MBA Programs.
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2018
UTEP recognized as one of the top minority degree producers by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine; ranked No. 1 in the nation for awarding doctoral degrees to Hispanics in Engineering, and No. 3 for doctoral degrees in rehabilitation and therapeutic professions.
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2019
UTEP earns the inaugural Seal of Excelencia, recognizing high level of commitment to serve Latino students.
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2019
UTEP recognized as one of the 10 best institutions in the country for student upward mobility, according to MarketWatch.
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2019
UTEP earns top institution in the continental United States for producing Hispanic bachelor’s graduates who continue on to earn doctoral degrees in STEM fields, according to Issues in Science and Technology.
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2019
UTEP named recipient of the University Award from the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology for retaining students from underrepresented groups in computer science programs.
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2020
UTEP becomes one of only 28 institutions in the U.S. and 3 in Texas to hold both top tier research and community engagement distinctions from the Carnegie Foundation.
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2021
UTEP announces the establishment of the Diana Natalicio Institute for Hispanic Student Success.
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2021
UTEP receives an Institutional Transformation grant from NSF to enhance the success of undergraduate Hispanic students in STEM disciplines.
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2022
UTEP President Heather Wilson serves as as chair of the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities, a voluntary association of universities dedicated to increasing the number of Hispanic students pursuing higher education degrees.
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