{"id":120234,"date":"2026-01-12T19:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120234\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T19:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:09:08","slug":"utep-to-celebrate-opening-of-110-million-texas-western-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/120234\/","title":{"rendered":"UTEP to celebrate opening of $110 million Texas Western Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; UTEP will celebrate the opening of the new Texas Western Hall this week.<\/p>\n<p>The $110 building is located adjacent to the Liberal Arts Building on the UTEP campus. The university says Texas Western Hall will replace the 1960s-era Liberal Arts Building.<\/p>\n<p>The new facility is 124,725-square-feet and will serve as a central hub for teaching and campus life, according to a UTEP spokesperson.<\/p>\n<p>This week, officials including a UT System chancellor, UTEP President Heather Wilson, and local politicians will gather for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/station\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) &#8212; UTEP will celebrate the opening of the new Texas Western Hall this week.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-120234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}