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Design Emphasizes Sustainability, Quality of Life EL PASO, Texas, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Texas at El Paso is embarking on one of the most ambitious greening efforts that any urban campus of higher education has ever undertaken. The University will spend an estimated $25 million through the balance of this decade to implement eight landscape greening projects that were designed by Lake/Flato and Ten Eyck architectural firms. "At the heart of this...
FORT BLISS, Texas, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The EDGE® Innovation Network will open the 12th EDGE facility, the Fort Bliss EDGE Innovation Center, on Thursday, May 24, in Fort Bliss, Texas. Located at Building 20196 Minue Drive, the new facility will become a vital local resource for quickly filling communications, command and control capability gaps and fielding innovations that improve soldier readiness. The EDGE Innovation Center will connect soldiers and other military...
NORTHRIDGE, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Contemporary Services Corporation, the world leader in providing crowd management services, is thrilled to announce its three-year contract with the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) to provide ushers, ticket takers, security, and parking services for Sun Bowl Stadium, Don Haskins Center, Magoffin Auditorium, and other various facilities on UTEP campus. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090714/LA45941LOGO) CSC El Paso is...
EL PASO, Texas, Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The University of Texas at El Paso alumnus Mike Loya, president of energy giant Vitol Inc., returned to his alma mater to pledge a $10 million gift, the largest donation to date to the University's Centennial Campaign. UTEP President Diana Natalicio made the announcement Oct. 19. "Like many engineers I know, Mike Loya is not a big talker, but he's certainly a big doer," President Natalicio said. "This major gift represents his...
Hammes Company has been selected as part of a team that will lead initial efforts to realize a long-term vision to develop a "˜world class,' 140-acre biomedical campus. El Paso, TX (Vocus/PRWEB) February 02, 2011 When local officials discuss plans to develop a "world class" biomedical campus, they envision a healthcare destination that will become their region's version of the famed Texas Medical Center in Houston "“ as well as a technology park that could someday rival Northern...
Texas, along with the rest of the nation, is facing a nursing shortage. A multi-million dollar gift from the Hunt Family Foundation will help alleviate this shortage along the border and throughout Texas. El Paso, TX (PRWEB) October 21, 2010 Texas Tech University System Chancellor Kent Hance has announced a generous gift of $10 million from the Hunt Family Foundation to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC). The donation will be used to develop an autonomous,...
DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Palisade Systems, the leader In Data Loss Prevention solutions for the small- and medium-sized enterprise, announces that the El Paso Independent School District (EPISD) has signed a contract to implement the PacketSure(TM) DLP solution to protect its more than 66,000 students across 98 campuses. The PacketSure DLP solution will ensure that the EPISD is compliant with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). As one of the largest school...
DENVER, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marked the ceremonial groundbreaking of Freedom Crossing at Fort Bliss, a first-of-its-kind retail development located on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) and ServiceStar Development Company have teamed in a public/private venture to create the first-ever shopping center to be located on a United States military installation.Major General Howard B. Bromberg, commanding general, Fort Bliss and Major General...
DENVER, July 8 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, July 17, 2009, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) and ServiceStar Development Company will commemorate the groundbreaking of Freedom Crossing at Fort Bliss, the first-of-its-kind retail development to be part of a United States military installation. Fort Bliss is undergoing significant expansion under the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005 including $4.8 billion in fully-funded construction that is already underway. By 2012,...
ELKHART, Ind., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- All American Building Systems, LLC (AABS, allamericanbuildings.com), the major projects division of Coachmen Industries, Inc. (OTC: COHM.PK), announced today it has signed a contract to build housing for the United States Army at Fort Bliss, located near El Paso, Texas. Construction is already underway with continuous shipments to Fort Bliss through late June for approximately $6.1 million. The contract is for two barracks buildings to house...
