President Trump also led a press conference explaining the investment. The University of Texas at El Paso will get part of that grant, according to the school's president, Heather Wilson. University of Texas at El Paso President Heather Wilson attended a press conference in Washington Friday as President Donald Trump spoke about the investment. "It'll be the only mining engineering school in Texas, but it will be making a significant contribution to the nation," Wilson said. Wilson said the goal is to graduate 100 about students from UTEP with mining engineering each year.