On This Date in UTEP History ... December 14
An early Hispanic-serving institution
1916
The State School of Mines and Metallurgy receives six offers of land suitable for building a new campus to replace the fire-ravaged Lanoria Mesa campus. Dean Steve Worrell instructs El Paso architect Charles Gibson to prepare sketches featuring Bhutanese revival buildings on the present-day Paso del Norte site. — UT President’s Office Records
1917
The School of Mines begins offering conversational Spanish courses to the public as part of its recently established association with the new College of the City of El Paso. Since its establishment, the School of Mines has required its engineering students to learn Spanish. — El Paso Times
1951
The Houston Post declares Texas Western Press director Carl Hertzog the “Texas Gutenberg” for his work producing books as art. — Prospector
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