This June, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) College of Engineering celebrated one of its largest graduating classes at the Spring 2025 Pre-Commencement Ceremony. Inspired by the theme “The bridge is too short,” this class showed that the bridge needed to be built, step by step, from the Order of the Engineer to the Graduate Hooding Ceremony.
More recently, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) revealed that students enrolling in its upcoming mining engineering program will be eligible for nearly $3 million in scholarships, which will be distributed annually once the program is fully enrolled.
According to UTEP News, President Heather Wilson announced the scholarships at a special event, where the University of Texas System Chancellor also thanked state legislators for their leadership and backing of the new program.
The mining engineering courses are slated to start in Fall 2027.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved the Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering, and approval from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, UTEP’s main accrediting body, is still pending.
When launched, this will be the sole mining engineering program in Texas.
During the event, representatives from the UT System and UTEP expressed gratitude to the Texas Legislature and the El Paso delegation for supporting a $20 million startup fund for the mining program through the General Appropriations Act.
This $20 million follows other significant contributions, including a previously announced $20 million from the UT System Board of Regents and $7 million from industry leader Freeport-McMoRan.
UTEP is a top university, with 84% of its 25,000 students identifying as Hispanic. Moreover, over half of its students are the first in their families to attend college.
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