TWC Alumna Establishes Scholarship for UTEP Students

What: Endowed scholarship announcement and plaque presentation

When: 11 a.m. Monday, May 5

Where: Health Sciences and Nursing Building terrace at UTEP

Sue Glover Mottinger, Ph.D., a 1965 graduate of Texas Western College (now UTEP), has established a new scholarship that will benefit students in The University of Texas at El Paso’s College of Health Sciences.

The Sue Glover Mottinger, Ph.D., Endowed Scholarship will provide annual scholarships for students majoring in kinesiology.

Mottinger will be honored during a plaque presentation at UTEP.

After earning her bachelor’s degree in physical education from TWC, Mottinger became a public school teacher in El Paso and New Mexico.

She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees in exercise physiology and administration from Texas Woman’s University.

Mottinger held teaching positions at Texas Woman’s University and the College of Charleston, South Carolina. She retired from The University of Texas-Pan American.

As a student at TWC, Mottinger was a member of the Zeta Tau Alpha sorority and a cheerleader. She also served as an officer in the Physical Education Majors Club (PEM) and as the Student Intramural Director for TWC.