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In an ongoing effort to suppress the spread of COVID-19, the City and the County of El Paso have issued a “Stay Home, Work Safe” Order for the area that will go into effect at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, and be in effect until further notice.

UTEP President Heather Wilson tells the UTEP community that we will come back even stronger. Read President Wilson's words of encouragement as we face new circumstances at our COVID-19 updates page: utepn.ws/3cjGwAI

In its early years, UTEP faced challenging circumstances, including when the Spanish flu epidemic hit the area. The people of this community showed resilience and overcame adversity. Watch as campus leaders recount these stories and share a message of optimism for the future.

Analia Hernandez is a junior UTEP English Dept major now after completing her Associates in #Psychology at EPCC. She assists in running social media accounts for UTEP Learning Environments and its various programs. For her complete profile visis us on FB and IG. #IWorkAtUTEP

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If you need access to a computer, the 2nd(main) floor lab is open with proper social distancing. We are open 9:00 AM- 6:00 PM Monday- Saturday. Please note we will be closed May 24th-25th and May 31st.

Congratulations to our graduates! Join us on Zoom for a celebration of our graduates today (Thursday) at 3:00 p.m.! utep-edu.zoom.us/j/89911216272?…

How to get into Blackboard while My UTEP is down: go to blackboardlearn.utep.edu and choose the “sign in with third party account” option; select “UTEP CAM SSO,” that will allow you to sign in with your UTEP credentials. You should still be able to access Zoom through BB as well.

Are you interested in pursuing a Master’s degree in English? Join us today at 3pm on Zoom! utep-edu.zoom.us/j/87889990475?…

Join us at 3:00 p.m. this afternoon on Zoom for our End of the Semester Awards Ceremony! Celebrate our graduates with us! utep-edu.zoom.us/j/88324399330?…

Happy first day of the semester to all our students, faculty and staff!

1/7 I was asked to write about the End of the English major piece. I won't. This isn't the moment for philosophers to gloat or to pretend that it's our disciplinary virtues that are keeping us from similar fate. archive.is/TvefW

2/7 The study of literature and the love of literature are alive, and probably more vital to our civilization than ever. I'm currently in a reading group on Moby Dick led by Brian Yothers and it is one of the most rewarding intellectual adventures I've had in a while.

3/7 It's a book I've revisited many times - especially at times when the hypos threaten to get the better of me. But this is my first time being guided through it by a scholar of literature. It's a *fundamentally* different experience from reading as an amateur

4/7 A scholar like Brian can illuminate Melville's work, make connections, explain jokes, show you what to care about and can explain to you why you care about what you do care about. utep.edu/liberalarts/en…

5/7 Brian has written many important books and articles on Melville and knows the secondary lit and cultural impact of Moby Dick in a way that lets him take our amateur "insights" as the basis for deep connections with worlds of scholarship

6/7 It is a privilege to read literature with a scholar - a genuine scholar - And it would be deeply sad if our children and grandchildren do not have access to that opportunity.

7/7 If you bemoan robotic ideological capture and consumerist ideology don't cheer the collapse of the English Depts. They make deep scholarly engagement with great literature possible, no institution will step in as a replacement, there will be no home for it