Sunday, November 22, 2009

- Ed Hochuli: The former UTEP linebacker muscled his way to success in the courtroom and on the field as a popular NFL referee.
- Distinguished Alumni: An executive recruiter, a doctor, a geologist and a highway administrator are named as UTEP’s Distinguished Alumni.
- The Hoover House: If homes have character, it is because of the people who live there. The stately home on Cincinnati Avenue is no different.
- The Disappeared: A family waits for them to come home. Waits days, months and years to hear their voices, to see their smiles to feel their touch ... But they never do.
- Isabella Stewart Gardner’s Lost Boys: Rembrandt, Vermeer, Degas and Manet. They left home in 1990 in the early morning hours of March 19. Nearly 20 years later, the museum still has hope that they will return.
- Ad Man: UTEP alumnus Bob Wingo built one of the nation’s most successful advertising agencies over the last 30 years, one calculated risk at a time.
- Deep Thoughts: The ability to twist an ordinary idea into an extraordinary few lines of comedy has earned a UTEP alumnus two Emmy Awards.
- This Miner Rocked Amadeus: In the 24 years since winning the best actor Oscar, F. Murray Abraham says he has savored every role that has come his way.
- Explore. Discover. Innovate. Cure.: UTEP researchers have attracted national recognition for their innovative research initiatives in an array of disciplines.
- Crossing Jordan: UTEP and the Tafila Technical University in Jordan are bridging more than educational gaps—they’re forging relationships between two nations.
- America Picks Obama: Alumnus Sam Donaldson offers his advice for the President.
- Miners of the Universe: With Ginger Kerrick serving as a flight director for NASA’s Mission Control, UTEP’s Miner Nation continues to reach beyond the stratosphere.
- Polar Explorers: At the top of the Earth, long-frozen soil is thawing and sea ice is disappearing. UTEP researchers who have studied the polar regions believe the problem only will get worse.
- The King & I: UTEP President Diana Natalicio attends the coronation of His Majesty Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in Bhutan.
- A Look Back: As our collective pace quickened each day during the past year, a single word seemed to best characterize UTEP: Momentum.
- Star Award: The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board recognizes the UTEP-EPCC Transfer Scholarship Program.