{"id":87523,"date":"2025-12-14T09:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/87523\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T09:41:12","slug":"nearly-3k-utep-students-set-to-graduate-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/87523\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 3K UTEP students set to graduate this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Nearly 3,000 students from the University of Texas at El Paso will walk the stage to receive their diplomas this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">There will be four graduating ceremonies \u2014 two on Saturday, Dec. 13 and two on Sunday, Dec. 14 \u2014 to honor the 2025 summer students and over 2,200 fall students, the largest fall-only degree cohort in UTEP history, according to the university in a press release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here is the schedule for the ceremonies:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">1 p.m.:\u00a0College of Education and College of Engineering<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">6 p.m.:\u00a0College of Liberal Arts<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">1 p.m.:\u00a0College of Science, Woody L. Hunt College of Business and School of Pharmacy<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">6 p.m.:\u00a0College of Health Sciences and College of Nursing<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Guests attending may enter the Don Haskins Center, located at 151 Glory Rd., one hour before each ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">If you can not attend the event, you can view the livestreams <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utep.edu\/commencement\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a> for all ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">UTEP security will be enforcing a clear bag policy at the Don Haskins Center. For more information about permissible items, you can visit the university\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utep.edu\/commencement\/guest-information\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, UTEP has provided a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utep.edu\/commencement\/guest-information\/directions-and-parking.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:parking map;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">parking map<\/a> to show where guests can park for free, paid parking and ADA guest parking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To top off the celebrations, the university will be lighting the \u201cMining Minds\u201d Pickaxe sculpture and the \u201cM\u201d on the Mountain until Sunday, Dec. 14.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. 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