*Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections Department.
1913 - Senate Bill 183 creates the State School of Mines and Metallurgy in El Paso.
*Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections Department.
1916 - The School of Mines held its first commencement in the assembly hall of the Fort Bliss campus on May 30, 1916, when three Miners received their degrees.
*Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections Department.
1923 - Students paint "M" for Miners on Franklin Mountains
1929 - College of Mines welcomes new band director for Texas College of Mines Band. Musical leader Rayo Reyes at right. *Photo from UTEP Transformations website.
1931 - John Gerald Barry becomes College of Mines' first president.
*Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections Department.
1934 - Aerial view of the campus.
*Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections Department.
1949 - College of Mines name changed to Texas Western College of the University of Texas.
1952 - Student pranksters "borrow" a live alligator from San Jacinto Plaza. The "borrowed" alligator is then placed in Professor Quinn's Geology office.
1961 - TWC trains the nation's first Peace Corps class.
*Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections Department.
1966 - Don Haskins leads men's basketball team to NCAA National Championship, stunning Kentucky 72-65.
1968 - Sophomore Bob Beamon makes world-record long jump at Olympic Games in Mexico City.
1974 - Paydirt Pete becomes Miners' mascot.
*Source: El Paso Times.
1984 - Construction on the University Library began in 1982 and was completed in 1984.
1988 - Diana Natalicio becomes first woman UTEP president.
1990 - Minerpalooza festival created
1993 - Heritage House opens
*Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library Special Collections Department.
1997 - Don Haskins inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame & Special Events Center renamed Don Haskins Center
1998 - UTEP celebrates its 100th commencement
2000 - Legacy Campaign started in 1997 ends raising $66 million
2005 - Glory Road, a movie about the 1966 Texas Western College national basketball champions, premiered in El Paso
*Photo by J.R. Hernandez
2007 - Alumnus & NASA astronaut John "Danny" Olivas traveled to the International Space Station abroad the shuttle Atlantis (www.utep.edu/dannyolivas)
2008 - Diana Natalicio marked her 20th year as president of UTEP
2009 - UTEP Library celebrates 25th birthday (1984-2009)
2010 - UTEP launched At the Forefront: The Centennial Campaign for UTEP, the most ambitious fundraising campaign to date witha goal of raising $200 million by 2014
2011 - UTEP Master Plan 2011 (PDF available on website)
2012 - Former Miner Sean Kugler was named the 25th head football coach (UTEP Magazine Winter 2013 pg. 65)
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