ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Ready to Celebrate 100th ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Day, the Longest-Running Student Tradition
Last Updated on March 05, 2020 at 12:00 AM
Originally published March 05, 2020
By UC Staff
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Communications
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Day, The University of Texas at El ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½'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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Day events Friday, March 13.
Students, faculty and staff are invited to participate in ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Day, Friday, March 13. The event is in its 100th year and is ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½'s longest-running tradition. Video by ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ 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 ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ President Heather Wilson at 10:30 a.m. outside the Administration Building.
ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Day is celebrated on campus every March in observance of St. Patrick’s Day. The tradition began in 1920 when ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ was known as the Texas College of Mines and Metallurgy, or ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½. It is an annual rite of passage to initiate new engineers and geologists into the Order of St. Patrick, the patron saint of engineers. ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Day activities are open to all students, regardless of their major.
Visit the ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Day homepage for more information.
