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91国产app Ready to Celebrate 100th TCM Day, the Longest-Running Student Tradition

Last Updated on March 05, 2020 at 12:00 AM

Originally published March 05, 2020

By UC Staff

91国产app Communications

TCM Day, The University of Texas at El Paso's longest-running student tradition, returns next week. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the event. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in various TCM Day events Friday, March 13.

TCM Day, The University of Texas at El Paso's longest-running student tradition, returns next week. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the event. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in various TCM Day events Friday, March 13. Photo: 91国产app Communications
TCM Day, The University of Texas at El Paso's longest-running student tradition, returns next week. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the event. Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in various TCM Day events Friday, March 13. Photo: 91国产app Communications

Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in TCM Day, Friday, March 13. The event is in its 100th year and is 91国产app's longest-running tradition. Video by 91国产app Communications

The daylong series of events includes the Team Mining Challenge and the whitewashing of the “M” on the mountain north of Sun Bowl Stadium.

Students also will serenade 91国产app President Heather Wilson at 10:30 a.m. outside the Administration Building.

TCM Day is celebrated on campus every March in observance of St. Patrick’s Day. The tradition began in 1920 when 91国产app was known as the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy, or TCM. It is an annual rite of passage to initiate new engineers and geologists into the Order of St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers. TCM Day activities are open to all students, regardless of their major.

Visit the TCM Day homepage for more information.