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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. It was widely perceived as increasing the university's prestige, name recognition, and funding and recruiting abilities. The first degrees with the new ...
In 2015, The University of Texas at Arlington’s School of Architecture and School of Urban and Public Affairs united to form the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA). The integration of the two schools strengthened the academic and research opportunities available for students and faculty at UTA and provides nationally ...
UT Arlington is the third-largest producer of college graduates in Texas and offers over 180 baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree programs. [11] [12] UT Arlington participates in 15 intercollegiate sports as a Division I member of the NCAA and Western Athletic Conference. UTA sports teams have been known as the Mavericks since 1971.
The UT Arlington campus is ideally situated in the center of one of the region’s largest and most diverse urban areas known as the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, creating an ideal laboratory environment where the concepts being discussed in the classroom take shape all around.
In the mid-1980s, the College of Engineering added three new buildings: Nedderman Hall, the Aerodynamics Research Center, and the Automation & Robotics Research Institute (now known as the UT Arlington Research Institute, or UTARI). The original engineering building, Woolf Hall, was also remodeled.
In addition to hosting the library, College Hall was also home to the NTAC Exchange Store (PX), which sold accessories, military uniforms, and school supplies. Much later, it would become home to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)'s Honors College. [54] A circular building on the south perimeter of Preston Hall was also built in 1928.
The Shorthorn has been in print since 1919. [1] It is a fully functional student-run publication. The newspaper has won many awards for excellence in college journalism including the Columbia Scholastic Press Association Gold Crown award, the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors award, and the Texas Intercollegiate Press Sweepstakes award. [ 2 ]
Kent Grusendorf - Republican former member of the Texas House of Representatives from Arlington; Sally Kern - former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives; Bob McFarland - Republican former member of both houses of the Texas State Legislature from Arlington, 1977–1991; Hugh Parmer - former Texas politician and 36th mayor of Fort Worth