2015-02-02

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UTEP Conference Focuses on Enhancing Bilingual Education

Scholars from around the region and beyond will learn about the latest technology and best practices for teaching dual-language education during the 22nd annual Bilingual Educators Emphasizing Multicultural Settings (BEEMS) Conference organized by UTEP.

An estimated 500 parents, students, educators and administrators from as far away as El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and the Dominican Republic will participate in this year’s BEEMS Conference that starts Feb. 5. Its theme is “Achieving Success for All Students.”

Organizers have scheduled workshops, keynote addresses and events during the three-day event focused on enhancing two-way bilingual education from kindergarten through college. Activities begin with the School Board Member Institute from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at the Region 19 Education Service Center, 6611 Boeing.

Information/registration/agenda: coe.utep.edu/conferences/beems or 915-747-8565.

Campus Spotlight:

UTEP’s College of Engineering Hosts Annual Robotics Competition

This year’s FIRST Lego League (FLL) and Jr. FLL Championship will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7, in UTEP’s Memorial Gym.

Both events are part of the annual FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) robotics competitions that give students real-world engineering experience. FIRST is known as a national nonprofit organization whose sole mission is to inspire young people to be science and technology leaders by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs designed to build science, engineering and technology (STEM) skills.

This year’s theme, World Class, will challenge elementary and middle school participants to investigate how people learn new things and how education can be enhanced. Teams will build, test and program an autonomous robot using Lego Mindstorms technology in order to solve the missions of the Robot Game.

The event is free and open to the public.

*Media note: The most visual time will be between 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.

Press Events/Photo Opportunities On Campus:

Tuesday, Feb. 3

7:30 – 9 p.m.

Fox Fine Arts Recital Hall

UTEP Virtuosi Strings

Join the UTEP Virtuosi under the direction of Lowell E. Graham, D.M.A., in a concert of classic string music of Stamitz, Bach, Mozart and Bloch. Featured soloists are Stephanie Meyers, D.M.A., and Stephen Nordstrom, D.M.A., performing Bach’s “Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B Flat.” Dena K. Jones, D.M.A., will be featured on Ernest Bloch’s “Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra with Piano Obbligato.”

For more information, contact Graham at legraham@utep.edu or 915-747-5606.

Wednesday, Feb. 4

7 p.m.

UTEP Dinner Theatre

Carrie – Discount Dinner Performance

The musical Carrie runs Jan. 30 – Feb. 15. Based on Stephen King’s bestselling novel of the same name, the show’s original authors have reworked and re-imagined the vision of this gripping tale. As Carrie navigates the harsh realities of high school bullying, a new and violent power is unleashed inside her.

The show contains mature subject matter.

UTEP Dinner Theatre’s facilities are partially accessible to the disabled. Tables 27 to 51 are not accessible. Children under 4 are not permitted in the theater.

The menu for this performance includes beef medallions with mushrooms and marsala wine sauce, potatoes au gratin, glazed baby carrots, garden salad with house dressing, snowflake dinner rolls, coffee, iced tea and cheesecake with raspberry topping.

Discount dinner performances for Wednesday and Thursday evening shows are $41.50 for adults; $39.50 for children 4-12 years old and non-UTEP students; and $31.50 for UTEP students who may purchase one ticket at this price. With a valid ID, UTEP faculty, staff and alumni association members, groups of 20+ and military personnel may purchase up to four tickets for $39.50 each.

For more information, please call 915-747-6060.

Thursday, Feb. 5

9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Union Complex East, Third Floor

Career Connections 2015 – Business and Liberal Arts Career Fair

Career Connections 2015 will hold a Business and Liberal Arts Career Fair.

At designated times throughout the year, employers are invited to visit the UTEP campus to interact with University of Texas at El Paso students to share information about their organizations and to accept resumes for job openings.

Career Fairs allow students to learn about the various industries and employment opportunities, while providing an opportunity to network with company representatives. Career fairs can be very helpful to students involved in the career exploration process, as well as those who are seeking internships or full-time, professional employment.

Please note that job fairs are open to UTEP students, UTEP alumni and job seekers.

For more information, visit: http://studentaffairs.utep.edu/default.aspx?tabid=15637.

6 – 7:30 p.m.

Education Service Center for Region 19, 6611 Boeing

BEEMS 22nd Annual Conference

The Bilingual Educators Emphasizing Multicultural Settings (BEEMS) 22nd Annual Conference will take place Thursday, Feb. 5 through Saturday, Feb. 7.

From 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 at the Education Service Center for Region 19, the School Board Member Institute will feature schools with outstanding student achievement results.

Conference rates range between $50 and $260, depending upon one’s affiliation. Details regarding those rates can be found under “Conference Rates” at academics.utep.edu/beems.

For information or registration questions, please contact Lourdes Chee at 915-747-8565 or lchee@utep.edu.

7 p.m.

UTEP Dinner Theatre

Carrie – Discount Dinner Performance

7 p.m.

Don Haskins Center

UTEP Women’s Basketball vs. Florida Atlantic

The UTEP women’s basketball team will take on Florida Atlantic during a conference game.

7 p.m.

Union Cinema

The Theory of Everything – “Get Reel” Film Series

The movie The Theory of Everything will play Thursday, Feb. 5 and Friday, Feb. 6 in the Union Cinema, which is located on the first floor of the Union Complex in Union Building East. The movie is rated PG-13.

Tickets are $2 for general admission or $1 with a valid Miner Gold Card.

Friday, Feb. 6

7:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Undergraduate Learning Center (UGLC)

BEEMS 22nd Annual Conference

The Bilingual Educators Emphasizing Multicultural Settings (BEEMS) 22nd Annual Conference will take place Thursday, Feb. 5 through Saturday, Feb. 7.

Registration will be from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 6 at the Undergraduate Learning Center (UGLC). School visits will take place 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and a bus schedule will be provided to registrants. The opening general session will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the UGLC. A reception will follow.

Conference rates range between $50 and $260, depending upon one’s affiliation. Details regarding those rates can be found under “Conference Rates” at academics.utep.edu/beems.

For information or registration questions, please contact Lourdes Chee at 915-747-8565 or lchee@utep.edu.

9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Union Building East, Third Floor

Career Connections 2015 – Engineering and Science Career Expo

Career Connections 2015 will hold an Engineering and Science Career Expo.

At designated times throughout the year, employers are invited to visit the UTEP campus to interact with University of Texas at El Paso students to share information about their organizations and to accept resumes for job openings.

Career Fairs allow students to learn about the various industries and employment opportunities, while providing an opportunity to network with company representatives. Career fairs can be very helpful to students involved in the career exploration process, as well as those who are seeking internships or full-time, professional employment.

Please note that job fairs are open to UTEP students, UTEP alumni and job seekers.

For more information, visit: http://studentaffairs.utep.edu/default.aspx?tabid=15637.

7 p.m.

UTEP Dinner Theatre

Carrie – Dinner Performance

7 p.m.

Union Cinema

The Theory of Everything – “Get Reel” Film Series

7:30 p.m.

Wise Family Theatre — Fox Fine Arts Center

Dreamscapes: A Multimedia Dance Event

Inspiration for this new production is taken from the work of visual artists such as Rene Magritte, Salvador Dali, Remedios Varo as well as writings from William Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe. The combination of original, contemporary choreography by UTEP dance faculty with design by UTEP’s technical theatre program, the office of Academic Technologies and University-based visual artists and musicians will create a unique blend of artistic collaboration around the theme of our innermost existence, the dreamscape. Under the artistic direction of Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance Andrea Vazquez, this evening-long work will explore different manifestations of dreams in our waking, sleeping and subconscious lives.

Individual tickets are $13 for adults; $11 for UTEP faculty and staff, seniors, military, non-UTEP students, groups (10+) and UTEP alumni with card; and $9 for UTEP students and children (4-12 years old).

For more information, please visit www.theatredance.utep.edu or call 915-747-5118.

Saturday, Feb. 7

7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Undergraduate Learning Center (UGLC)

BEEMS 22nd Annual Conference

The Bilingual Educators Emphasizing Multicultural Settings (BEEMS) 22nd Annual Conference will take place Thursday, Feb. 5 through Saturday, Feb. 7.

From 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 7 in the Undergraduate Learning Center (UGLC), there will be registration, a general session and keynote speaker, featured sessions, luncheons, concurrent sessions and a closing session with entertainment and refreshments.

Conference rates range between $50 and $260, depending upon one’s affiliation. Details regarding those rates can be found under “Conference Rates” at academics.utep.edu/beems.

For information or registration questions, please contact Lourdes Chee at 915-747-8565 or lchee@utep.edu.

2 p.m.

Don Haskins Center

UTEP Women’s Basketball vs. FIU

The UTEP women’s basketball team will take on FIU during a conference game.

7 p.m.

UTEP Dinner Theatre

Carrie – Dinner Performance

Saturday, Feb. 7

7:30 p.m.

Wise Family Theatre — Fox Fine Arts Center

Dreamscapes: A Multimedia Dance Event – Alumni Night

For Alumni Night, alumni with a valid alumni card are eligible for a buy-one-get-one free offer.

Sunday, Feb. 8

2:30 p.m.

UTEP Dinner Theatre

Carrie – No-Dinner Matinee Performance

2:30 p.m.

Wise Family Theatre — Fox Fine Arts Center

Dreamscapes: A Multimedia Dance Event

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