The UTEP Experience with Aiyana

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UTEP is a place where students can make great things happen by getting involved. Let’s meet Aiyana. She’s a Business major and boy is she busy from helping with major campus events like Miner Palooza to being in a women’s fraternity. UTEP students have so many opportunities to make connections and make a difference. Aiyana, tell us more.

– Thanks Alex. Hey, y’all. Academics, community service and campus involvement have always been very important to me. As a salutatorian of my graduating class for Ysleta High School in El Paso, I was chosen as a UTEP Terry Scholar, an opportunity to attend the university on a full-ride scholarship as well as experience living on campus. UTEP has become my home away from home and not just because I live here, but because it’s provided me with amazing opportunities and relationships. One of the best decisions I made was joining Zeta Tau Alpha Women’s Fraternity where we advocate for breast cancer education and awareness. Through this organization, my sisters and I help give back to our community and our campus. But aside from being advocates, we are a family that supports each other no matter what. College is hard, but my sisters have made my transition so much easier. As a freshman, I’ve already created countless memories and friendships I know will last a lifetime. When it comes to balancing school, work, and student organizations, working and living on campus makes getting involved so much easier. As an intern at the Student Engagement and Leadership Center, I have the opportunity to put on some of the biggest events that UTEP has to offer, including Miner Palooza, Texas Western Gold Rush, and Up All Night. I like to say UTEP is a hidden gem when it comes to Texas universities. In my short time here, I’ve received opportunities that not only help me grow as a scholar, but discover who I am as an individual. I know that by the time that I graduate with my Business degree, no place could have better prepared me to start my own media marketing company than the University of Texas at El Paso. Go Miners. Take it away, Alex.

– It sure sounds like you are juggling a lot, Aiyana, but we know you wouldn’t want it any other way. Thanks to UTEP, you have so many options in front of you and thank you for giving back and being a role model for other UTEP students. That is awesome. Take care.