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76-810: The UTEP Miners is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). They are informally referred to as the Miners , UTEP , or Texas–El Paso . UTEP was a member of the Western Athletic Conference from 1967 to 2005, when they joined Rice , Tulsa , and SMU in leaving the WAC for Conference USA . The UTEP Miners are best known as the first team in Texas to win an NCAA Men's Basketball Championship (and only team in Texas to be national champions until Baylor’s victory in

152-628: A cheer camp by the UTEP cheerleading squad during the early 1980s. The first reference to the nickname "Miners" is found in the February 1919 (volume 1, number 1) issue of the Prospector , the school's student newspaper. However, an earlier reference can be found in the handwritten bill (Senate Bill 183) that established the school in 1913, where the author, State Senator Claude Hudspeth, mistakenly wrote "Miners" instead of "Mines," and thus referred to

228-535: A few animated films such as Brother Bear , the 2003 re-release of The Lion King and The Wild (the final film to use this logo) used this logo. In 2006, the studio's vanity card logo was updated with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest at the behest of then-Walt Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook and studio marketing president Oren Aviv. Designed by Disney animation director Mike Gabriel and producer Baker Bloodworth,

304-497: A fifth by Trost in 1920, and three more by his firm in 1933–1937. While the early structures only copied the general appearance of a dzong , recent buildings incorporate internal elements of the dzong form as well. The kingdom of Bhutan has honored UTEP's adoption of their country's style. Prince Jigyel Ugyen Wangchuk has visited the campus, and in 2009 the Kingdom presented UTEP with a hand-carved wooden temple to be erected on

380-427: A fight song all its own, to a tune recognized across the nation. New Mexico State University : UTEP has a strong rivalry with New Mexico State University, known as "The Battle of I-10". UTEP and NMSU are just over 40 miles apart. 31°46′12″N 106°30′18″W  /  31.77000°N 106.50500°W  / 31.77000; -106.50500 Walt Disney Pictures Disney began producing live-action films in

456-440: A majority of the smaller genre films were becoming financially unsustainable in the theatrical market. By July 2016, Disney had announced development of nearly eighteen films consisting of sequels to existing adaptations, origin stories and prequels. In 2017, The Walt Disney Company announced it was creating its own streaming service platform. The new service, known as Disney+ , would feature original programming created by

532-595: A new educational institution that would later become UTEP, making it the second oldest academic institution in the University of Texas system. The school officially opened on September 28, 1914, with 27 students in buildings belonging to the former El Paso Military Institute on a site adjacent to Fort Bliss on the Lanoria Mesa. The school was founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy , and

608-514: A period when United States architects were designing in styles adopted especially from Europe, Kathleen Worrell, wife of the university's dean, was attracted by photographs of the Kingdom of Bhutan in a 1914 issue of National Geographic magazine, which showed the dzong architecture style of its Buddhist monasteries. The resemblances between the local terrain and mountainous features of Bhutan inspired her to propose designing early buildings of

684-488: A practice mineshaft survives on the campus. By 1916, enrollment had grown to 39 students, including its first two female students, Ruth Brown and Grace Odell. On October 29, 1916, a devastating fire destroyed the main building of the school, prompting its relocation. In 1917, the new school facility was constructed on its present site above Mundy Heights at the Paso del Norte, with the land donated by several El Paso residents. In

760-466: A traditional production logo , the opening credits of Disney films used to feature a title card that read "Walt Disney Presents", and later, "Walt Disney Productions Presents". Beginning with the release of Return to Oz in 1985, Walt Disney Pictures introduced its fantasy castle logo. The version with its accompanying music premiered with The Black Cauldron . The logo was created by Walt Disney Productions in traditional animation and featured

836-727: A trip to the NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country Championships every year from 1987 to 2009, finishing as high as 5th in 1987 . The women's team has not had an individual champion. In June 2013, the Miners' rifle team became a charter member of the Patriot Rifle Conference . UTEP's sports programs have won a total of 21 NCAA Division I national championships. UTEP is currently tied for 10th overall among schools in Men's Sports Division I championships. UTEP's fight song

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912-458: A white silhouette of Disneyland 's Sleeping Beauty Castle against a blue background, with the studio's name in Walt Disney’s signature style and underscored by " When You Wish Upon a Star ", in arrangement composed by John Debney . A short rendition of the logo was used as a closing logo as well as in the movie Return to Oz , although the film was released months before The Black Cauldron

988-512: A whole. That same year, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny marked the studio's first official co-production with Lucasfilm. On February 26, 2024, Disney announced a leadership change, with Bailey stepping down as president and replaced by David Greenbaum, who formerly co-led Searchlight Pictures . Greenbaum will lead Walt Disney Pictures and co-lead 20th Century Studios with current 20th Century president Steve Asbell. Until 1983, instead of

1064-600: Is a public research university in El Paso, Texas . It is a member of the University of Texas System . UTEP is the second-largest university in the United States to have a majority Mexican American student population (about 80%) after the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley . It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". UTEP is home to the Sun Bowl stadium , which hosts

1140-551: Is classified as an " R1: Research University (Highest research activity) " in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . In 1916, only two years after the school opened, the original campus buildings were destroyed in a fire. The school was rebuilt on its present site in 1917. Kathleen Worrell, the wife of the school's first dean Steve H. Worrell, had seen pictures of Bhutanese buildings in an April 1914 issue of National Geographic . Noting

1216-499: Is considered one of the most important games in the history of college basketball. It marked the first time that a team started 5 African-American players in a title game . Contrary to popular belief, this game was not an "upset" since Kentucky and Texas Western entered the game ranked #1 and #2 respectively, with each team having only one loss. At this time, Kentucky had no African-American players (though Adolph Rupp gave formal scholarship offers to black players as early as 1964, it

1292-603: Is currently one of five live-action film studios within the Walt Disney Studios, alongside Marvel Studios , Lucasfilm , 20th Century Studios , and Searchlight Pictures . Inside Out 2 is the studio's highest-grossing release overall with $ 1.6 billion, and Pirates of the Caribbean is the studio's most successful commercial film series , with five films earning a total of over $ 4.5 billion in worldwide box office gross. The studio's predecessor (and

1368-605: Is subdivided into nine colleges and schools, each of which offers a variety of degree programs including undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate. UTEP offers 74 undergraduate degrees, 76 master's-level degrees, and 22 doctoral degrees. UTEP follows a semester system with a spring, summer, and fall semester annually, along with a shorter wintermester in the month of January. UTEP offers the USA's only bilingual M.F.A. creative writing program. UTEP reported $ 145.7 million in research and development expenditures for fiscal year 2023. UTEP

1444-404: The 1966 NCAA basketball tournament . When the 60th Texas State Legislature designated the University of Texas as The University of Texas System in 1967, the name of the school was changed to The University of Texas at El Paso. While the 1967 law designated "U.T. El Paso" as the school's official abbreviated name, the school is more commonly referred to by its trademarked name of "UTEP". Known as

1520-500: The 1983 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championship title, but it was later revoked amid allegations of slush fund payments to runners. The Miners' men's and women's cross country teams have been coached since 2003 by former professional athlete and Olympic 800 meter gold medalist Paul Ereng . The men's team has had three individual national champions: Suleiman Nyambui in 1980 , Matthews Motshwarateu in 1981 , and Zakarie Barie in 1983 . The Miners' women's cross country team earned

1596-817: The Cinderella Castle and the Sleeping Beauty Castle, as well as fireworks and Walt Disney 's family crest on the flag. Mark Mancina wrote a new composition and arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" to accompany the 2006 logo. It was co-arranged and orchestrated by David Metzger . In 2011, starting with The Muppets , the sequence was modified to truncate the "Walt Disney Pictures" branding to "Disney", which has mainly been used originally in home media releases in 2007. The new logo sequence has been consistently modified for high-profile releases including Tron: Legacy , Maleficent , Tomorrowland , The Jungle Book , and Beauty and

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1672-513: The Department of Mines and Metallurgy and then to the College of Mines and Metallurgy of the University of Texas (TCM) in 1920. The school's name was changed again in 1949 to Texas Western College of The University of Texas (TWC). Notable events at UTEP include the training in 1961 of the nation's first Peace Corps class, the construction of Sun Bowl Stadium in 1963, and the winning of

1748-469: The NCAA basketball championship, defeating an all-white Kentucky team, 72-65 in the championship game. The Miners finished the season with a 28-1 record. At a time when many claimed black players lacked the mental and emotional "necessities" to compete at a high level, Haskins put his usual starting players in the championship game. They were the first all-black team to start in a game at that level. This story

1824-645: The Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies was established. The Academic Services and Biosciences buildings as well as the Engineering-Science complex in 2003. UTEP celebrated its 90th anniversary the next year with the Miners football team going to the Houston Bowl , and the men's basketball team made its 15th NCAA tournament appearance. In August 2019, Heather Wilson became UTEP's 11th president. She previously served as

1900-542: The Secretary of the U.S. Air Force . In June 2023 the university was placed on "Warning" status by its accreditor , the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools , after the accreditor's board found significant non-compliance with its standards for full-time faculty employment, program availability, qualified administrative staff, and academic program coordination. The University of Texas at El Paso

1976-486: The Western Athletic Conference . On December 10, 2012, it was announced that Sean Kugler would be taking over as the new UTEP football coach. In 2010, Tim Floyd became the head basketball coach. He was a protege of Haskins and is a former coach at the University of New Orleans, the NBA's Chicago Bulls and New Orleans Hornets, and the University of Southern California. Floyd retired in 2017 due to recurring health issues and

2052-781: The "Theatrical | Film: Design" medium at the 2023 Clio Entertainment Awards in November 2023. The standard version was unveiled on the "Disney" hub of the Disney+ app on December 23, 2023 and made its official debut in 2024 on the second trailer for Inside Out 2 , with the full version premiering on the documentary film The Beach Boys . The studio's first live-action film was Treasure Island (1950). Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar are also released by Walt Disney Pictures. The studio has released four films that have received an Academy Award for Best Picture nomination: Mary Poppins (1964), Beauty and

2128-570: The 1930s, culminating with the 1937 release of the first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , which becomes a huge financial success. With the profits from Snow White , Walt relocated to a third studio in Burbank, California . In the 1940s, Disney began experimenting with full-length live-action films, with the introduction of hybrid live action-animated films such as The Reluctant Dragon (1941) and Song of

2204-412: The 1950s. The live-action division became Walt Disney Pictures in 1983, when Disney reorganized its entire studio division; which included the separation from the feature animation division and the subsequent creation of Touchstone Pictures . At the end of that decade, combined with Touchstone's output, Walt Disney Pictures elevated Disney to one of Hollywood 's major film studios . Walt Disney Pictures

2280-587: The 2021 tournament). UTEP's colors are orange and blue and the mascot is a miner named Paydirt Pete . Playing their first game in 1914, the UTEP Miners football team currently competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision . The team plays its games in the Sun Bowl Stadium , and head coach Mike Price retired from his 9th and final season at UTEP in 2012. The winner of

2356-491: The Beast . In 2022, a new vanity card logo was introduced for the studio's 100th anniversary in 2023, which premiered at the 2022 D23 Expo . The new castle logo features an updated opening sequence in computer animation created by Industrial Light & Magic and an arrangement of "When You Wish Upon a Star" composed by Christophe Beck and conducted by Tim Davies . The magical arc that usually flies from right to left above

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2432-543: The Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (both 2003). The latter film—the first film produced by the studio to receive a PG-13 rating —began a film series that was followed by four sequels, with the franchise taking in more than $ 5.4 billion worldwide from 2003 to 2017. On January 12, 2010, Aviv stepped down as the studio's president of live-action production. In January 2010, Sean Bailey

2508-740: The College of Nursing was founded. In 1977, the Special Events Center (now the Don Haskins Center ) was built, featuring a 12,000-seat capacity for sporting events, live concerts, and other performances. An expansion of Sun Bowl Stadium followed in 1982, increasing its capacity to 52,000. The six-story University Library opened its doors to the public for the first time in 1984. In 1988, Diana Natalicio became UTEP's first woman president. When she stepped down in August 2019, she

2584-414: The Miners and Aggies each year. The idea of the present Silver Spade was from UTEP student Don Henderson, the student association president and now a very successful El Paso businessman and former mayor of the city. In 1955 Henderson secured the present spade and each year the score of the game is engraved on the blade. Perhaps the idea behind the spade is the fact that at the time the prospector's spade

2660-650: The Miners since the school's opening in 1914, TCM's students painted a large "M" for Miners on the Franklin Mountains in 1923; this was later moved to a site adjacent to the Sun Bowl Stadium in the 1960s where it remains today. The school has had achievements in academic and sports areas. In 1969, UTEP won the first of seven NCAA Men's Cross Country Championships . In 1974, UTEP's first doctoral degree program in Geological Sciences

2736-458: The Seven Dwarfs , The Little Mermaid , Tangled , Brave and Beauty and the Beast , with the addition of Disneyland's Matterhorn from Third Man on the Mountain and Pride Rock from The Lion King in the background beyond the castle. Its first film appearance was with the release of Strange World . The logo received widespread praise from critics and audiences and won Gold in

2812-581: The South (1946). That same decade, the studio began producing nature documentaries with the release of Seal Island (1948), the first of the True-Life Adventures series and a subsequent Academy Award winner for Best Live-Action Short Film . Walt Disney Productions had its first fully live-action film in 1950 with the release of Treasure Island , considered by Disney to be the official conception for what would eventually evolve into

2888-752: The Tramp , Noelle , and Togo ) exclusively for Disney+. On March 12, 2020, 20th Century Family president Vanessa Morrison was named president of live-action development and production of streaming content for both Disney and 20th Century Studios , reporting directly to Bailey. That same day, Philip Steuer and Randi Hiller were also appointed as president of the studio's physical, post-production and VFX, and executive vice president for casting, respectively–overseeing these functions for both Walt Disney Pictures and 20th Century Studios. In 2023, Walt Disney Pictures celebrated its centennial alongside Walt Disney Animation Studios and their corporate parent company as

2964-626: The UTEP vs New Mexico State University game. This game is more commonly known as " The Battle of I-10 ". UTEP was a member of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association , from 1941 to 1961. The football team won a conference championship in 1956. As Texas Western, the Miners won the 1966 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament . The 72–65 victory over Kentucky at The University of Maryland 's Cole Field House in College Park, Maryland

3040-466: The UTEP vs. New Mexico State University football game receives a pair of traveling trophies: The Silver Spade and The Brass Spittoon . The first spade used for this purpose was an old prospector's shovel dug up from an abandoned mine in the Organ Mountains near Las Cruces, New Mexico in 1947. This was the symbol of victory, and the spade was given to the winner of the football game between

3116-597: The annual college football competition the Sun Bowl every winter. The campus is one of the few places in the world outside of Bhutan or Tibet to have buildings created with the Dzong architectural style . It sits on hillsides overlooking the Rio Grande river, with Ciudad Juárez in view across the Mexico–United States border . On April 16, 1913, SB 183 was signed by the Texas governor allocating funding for

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3192-535: The campus. The Himalayan style of UTEP's campus made it an appropriate site for the Chenrezig Himalayan Cultural Center of El Paso , a Tibetan Buddhist facility. Since the school was established as a department of the main branch of the University of Texas at Austin , the school's colors were originally orange and white. However, in the early 1980s, Columbia blue was added so now the official colors are orange, white, and blue. When

3268-566: The castle now flies from left to right. A byline appeared below the Disney100 logo during the studio's 100th anniversary in 2023, reading "100 Years of Wonder", which was later removed starting with Chang Can Dunk but returned with the international prints of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny in theaters. While containing the same visual references as the previous logo, new references added to it include Pocahontas , Up , Hercules , The Hunchback of Notre Dame , Snow White and

3344-489: The commercial success of Alice in Wonderland (2010), that became the second billion-dollar-grossing film in the studio's history. With the continued success of Maleficent (2014) and Cinderella (2015), the studio saw the potential in these fantasy adaptations and officiated a trend of similar films , which followed with The Jungle Book (2016) and Beauty and the Beast (2017). In March 2015, Iger expanded

3420-435: The company's vast array of film and television production studios, including Walt Disney Pictures. As part of this new distribution platform, Bailey and Horn confirmed that Walt Disney Pictures would renew development on smaller-budgeted genre films that the studio had previously stopped producing for the theatrical exhibition market a few years prior. In 2018, nine films were announced to be in production or development for

3496-506: The company, and Jacobson was appointed by Roth to the role of president of production. During her tenure, Jacobson oversaw the production of films at Walt Disney Pictures, including Pirates of the Caribbean , The Chronicles of Narnia , Bridge to Terabithia , National Treasure , Remember the Titans , and The Princess Diaries , and was responsible for establishing a first-look deal with Jerry Bruckheimer Films . In 2006, Jacobson

3572-658: The head of Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group, the newly formed division that oversaw all live-action production within the Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, and Hollywood labels. The move was orchestrated by Walt Disney Studios chairman Joe Roth , as an effort to scale back and consolidate the studio's film production. As a result of the restructuring, De Line resigned. That same year, Nina Jacobson became executive vice-president of live-action production for Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group. Jacobson remained under this title until May 1999, when Vogel resigned from

3648-483: The mining school in the dzong style. Liking its distinctiveness, administrations have continued to choose that style for additional facilities, including the Sun Bowl football stadium and parking garages. Dzong architecture has characteristics such as sloping sides, markedly overhanging roofs, and bands of colored decoration. The University of Texas Board of Regents changed the name of the institution in 1919 first to

3724-629: The modern-day The Walt Disney Company's as a whole) was founded as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio , by filmmaker Walt Disney and his business partner and brother, Roy , in 1923. The creation of Mickey Mouse and subsequent short films and merchandise generated revenue for the studio which was renamed as The Walt Disney Studio at the Hyperion Studio in 1926. In 1929, it was renamed again to Walt Disney Productions . The studio's streak of success continued in

3800-536: The modern-day Walt Disney Pictures. By 1953, the company ended their agreements with such third-party distributors as RKO Radio Pictures and United Artists and formed their own distribution company, Buena Vista Distribution . By the 1950s, the company had purchased the rights to his work of L. Frank Baum . The live-action division of Walt Disney Productions was incorporated as Walt Disney Pictures on April 1, 1983, to diversify film subjects and expand audiences for their film releases. In April 1983, Richard Berger

3876-399: The modernized logo was created completely in computer animation by Wētā FX and yU+co and featured a 3D Walt Disney logo. The final rendering of the logo was done by Cameron Smith and Cyrese Parrish. In addition, the revamped logo includes visual references to Pinocchio , Dumbo , Cinderella , Peter Pan and Mary Poppins , and its redesigned castle incorporates elements from both

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3952-404: The name. Kidd was a big booster of athletics, especially football, and in 1915, when funds were lean at the school, Kidd donated $ 800 to equip the football team, though there is no evidence other than anecdotal he contributed this amount. He also assisted with coaching, although he was not the head coach. The present track facility on campus, Kidd Field, bears Cap Kidd's name. " The Eyes of Texas "

4028-514: The new UTEP athletic department logo was introduced in the fall of 1999, a darker hue of blue was incorporated into the logo, as well as a silver accent to go with the customary orange. UTEP was the first college in the American South to integrate its intercollegiate sports programs. This change was made in the 1950s. When Don Haskins became basketball coach in 1961, he aggressively recruited black players. In 1966, Haskins' Miners won

4104-478: The school after the incident but not graduate. The coach at the time later regretted his actions, and felt that he and the school acted hastily. UTEP's sports programs have won a total of 21 NCAA Division I national championships. UTEP is tied for 10th overall among schools in Men's Sports Division I championships. UTEP owns the two largest venues in El Paso, Texas: In 2005, UTEP moved to Conference USA from

4180-424: The school as the "State School of Miners and Metallurgy." It is presumed the nickname "Miners" came from the fact the school was founded as the "State School of Mines and Metallurgy." In doing research on this project, early mention of "Ore Diggers" and "Muckers" for the nickname was found, but nothing to determine if the name "Miners" was voted upon by the student body, or if a faculty member, John W. (Cap) Kidd, chose

4256-534: The service. These films would be budgeted between $ 20 million and $ 60 million. The studio was expected to produce approximately 3–4 films per year exclusively for Disney+, alongside its theatrical tentpole slate. Disney+ was launched on November 12, 2019, in the United States, Canada, and the Netherlands, with subsequent international expansions. Within the first two months of the service's launch, Walt Disney Pictures had released three films ( Lady and

4332-486: The similarity of mountainous Bhutan (which is in the Himalayas ) to the location of the campus, she suggested the new buildings be in the style of Bhutanese dzongs (monastic fortresses), with massive sloping walls and overhanging roofs. This idea was enthusiastically accepted by all. Prominent El Paso architect Henry Trost designed the first four buildings. All buildings since then have followed this style, including

4408-557: The studio simplified the branding in its production logo and marquee credits to just "Disney". Concurrently, Disney was struggling with PG-13 tentpole films outside of the Pirates of the Caribbean series, with films such as John Carter (2012) and The Lone Ranger (2013) becoming some of the biggest box-office bombs of all time . However, the studio had found particular success with live-action fantasy adaptations of properties associated with their animated films , which began with

4484-530: The studio's smoking and tobacco prohibition to include all films released by the studio—including PG-13 rated films and below—unless such depictions are historically pertinent. Despite the acclaim and commercial success of several smaller-budgeted genre films throughout the 2010s, such as The Muppets (2011), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), and Into the Woods (2014), Walt Disney Pictures shifted its production model entirely on tent-pole films as they had found that

4560-548: Was adopted by the 1920 student body after the song had been "declared the school anthem for the University of Texas at Austin". UTEP's original fight song, "Miners Fight", was also borrowed from the Austin campus. With the permission of the estate of Marty Robbins , the UTEP Music Department in the late 1980s wrote new words to the melody of his Grammy Award-winning country-western hit " El Paso ". This gave UTEP

4636-414: Was appointed as Walt Disney Pictures president. The following year, however Hoberman resigned from the company, and instead began a production deal with Disney and his newly formed production company, Mandeville Films . In addition to Walt Disney Pictures, Vogel added the head position of Hollywood Pictures in 1997, while Donald De Line remained as head of Touchstone. Vogel was then promoted in 1998 to

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4712-453: Was appointed the studio's president of live-action production, replacing Aviv. Bailey had produced Tron: Legacy for the studio, which was released later that same year. Under Bailey's leadership and with support from then Disney CEO Bob Iger —and later studio chairman Alan Horn —Walt Disney Pictures pursued a tent-pole film strategy, which included an expanded slate of original and adaptive large-budget tentpole films. Beginning in 2011,

4788-539: Was approved. Also in 1974, UTEP won the first of seven NCAA Men's Indoor Track and Field Championships . In 1975 UTEP won both the NCAA Men's Outdoor and Indoor National Championships. UTEP is only one of a handful of universities to win at least 21 NCAA national championships in multiple sports. The campus expanded in 1976 with the completion of the Engineering-Science Complex. That same year,

4864-438: Was fired by studio chairman Dick Cook , and replaced with by Oren Aviv, the head of marketing. In July 2007, Disney CEO Bob Iger banned the depiction of smoking and tobacco products from Walt Disney Pictures films. After two films based on Disney theme park attractions, Walt Disney Pictures selected it as a source of a line of films starting with The Country Bears (2002) and The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of

4940-643: Was hired by Disney CEO Ron W. Miller as film president. Touchstone Films was started by Miller in February 1984 as a label for the studio's PG-13 and R-rated films with an expected half of Disney's yearly 6-to-8-movie slate, which would be released under the label. That same year, newly named Disney CEO Michael Eisner pushed out Berger, replacing him with Eisner's own film chief from Paramount Pictures , Jeffrey Katzenberg . and Frank Wells from Warner Bros. Pictures . Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures were formed within that unit on February 15, 1984, and February 1, 1989, respectively. The Touchstone Films banner

5016-468: Was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame . The UTEP Miners' men's cross country team has won 7 national cross country championships, the most recent of which came in 1981 and including a four-year streak of national championships from 1978 to 1981. They have qualified for 18 national championships, finishing first 7 times, second twice, third twice, and fifth once. They were originally awarded

5092-523: Was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1968, the UTEP track & field program revoked the scholarships of eight black athletes after they boycotted a meet at Brigham Young University in protest of perceived racism at BYU and in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of the era. This included future gold medal winner and world record long jump holder Bob Beamon , who would briefly return to

5168-709: Was not until Tom Payne in 1971 that a black player finally joined the Wildcats). The impact of the game was pivotal primarily because it occurred during the height of the Civil Rights Movement . The title team has been chronicled throughout the American media, including the books Basketball's Biggest Upset by Ray Sanchez and When the Walls Came Tumbling Down by Frank Fitzpatrick, and the 2006 Disney movie, Glory Road . The team

5244-467: Was released. An animated RenderMan variant appeared before every Pixar Animation Studios film from Toy Story until Ratatouille , featuring an original fanfare composed by Randy Newman , based on the opening score cue from Toy Story , called "Andy's Birthday". Beginning with Dinosaur (2000), an alternative logo featuring an orange castle and logo against a black background, was occasionally presented with darker tone and live-action films, though

5320-623: Was retold in Haskins' autobiography Glory Road (2005) and in the 2006 film Glory Road , a production with a few historical errors, such as a game at Commerce, Texas that never occurred. Haskins coached his entire career at UTEP and compiled a 719–353 record with only five losing seasons. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997, and the special events center was renamed the Don Haskins Center. He retired from coaching in 1999, and died in 2008. The entire 1966 UTEP team

5396-501: Was started in 1997 and a history doctorate followed in 1999. Doctoral programs in international business, civil engineering , and rhetoric and composition were started in 2003. In 1999, UTEP launched its MBA online degree program. It was designated as a Comprehensive Doctoral/Research-Intensive University by the Carnegie Foundation the following year. In 2002, the $ 11 million Larry K. Durham Sports Center opened and

5472-471: Was succeeded by Rodney Terry , former head coach at CSU Fresno (Fresno State) . This hand symbol represents the traditional tool used by miners, the pickaxe , and is similar to the shaka sign and the letter Y in American sign language . This gesture is made by UTEP fans when UTEP players are shooting free throws at basketball games, or any time UTEP kicks off at a football game. It originated during

5548-466: Was the longest-serving sitting president of a major public research university. In 1989, UTEP's second doctoral program was approved (in electrical engineering ). Doctoral programs in computer engineering , psychology , and environmental science and engineering followed in 1991, 1993, and 1995, respectively. The university's cooperative pharmacy and nursing doctorate programs began in 1996 and 2000, respectively. A biological sciences doctorate program

5624-463: Was uncovered, both schools' major field of study had use for the tool, mining and metallurgy for the College of Mines and agriculture at then New Mexico A&M. The Brass Spittoon, officially known as the Mayor's Cup, came into existence in 1982 when the mayors of the two cities; Jonathan Rogers of El Paso , and David Steinberg of Las Cruces decided to present another traveling trophy to the winner of

5700-533: Was used by then new Disney CEO Michael Eisner in the 1984–1985 television season with the short lived western, Wildside . In the next season, Touchstone produced a hit in The Golden Girls . David Hoberman was promoted to president of production at Walt Disney Pictures in April 1988. In April 1994, Hoberman was promoted to president of motion picture production at Walt Disney Studios and David Vogel

5776-501: Was written by the school's music department in the late 1980's. It is based on Marty Robbins 's Grammy-winning song " El Paso " with slightly rewritten lyrics and tempo, and was used with the permission of Robbins's estate. UTEP students and alumni participated in track and field events. UTEP owns the two largest stadiums in El Paso: University of Texas at El Paso The University of Texas at El Paso ( UTEP )

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