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In April 1965, the Texas Legislature transferred Arlington State College (ASC) from the Texas A&M University System to the University of Texas System (UT System). [3] [56] In 1966, Maxwell Scarlett became the first African American graduate in ASC's history. [57] [58] [59] In March 1967, ASC was renamed the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).
[20] On March 6, 1967, Texas governor John Connally signed into law a bill whicht renamed each UT System university "the University of Texas at [location]". Unlike the previous plan of the Texas A&M University System to rename ASC "Texas A&M University at Arlington", UTA's new name was received positively by students, faculty, and administrators.
More than 40% of NTAC's 1926 graduating class enrolled immediately in senior colleges across the state, including Southern Methodist University, Texas A&M, and the University of Texas. [45] Enrollment at NTAC grew markedly from 451 in 1925–26 to 821 in 1929–30, although Davis expressed concern over the quality of many entrants.
The first building on the campus of Arlington College under construction. Arlington College was founded in September 1895 by Lee M. Hammond and William M. Trimble. [1] [2] [3] At the time, Arlington was a small rural North Texas town with a population of about 1,000 people.
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA or UT Arlington) [7] is a public research university in Arlington, Texas, United States. The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&M University System for several decades until joining the University of Texas System in 1965.
The UT Arlington Mavericks football team represented the University of Texas at Arlington from the 1959 through 1985 seasons. Between 1919 through 1958, UTA competed as a junior college prior to moving to the NCAA College Division in 1959 and ultimately the University Division in 1971 .
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