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Professor of political science and pioneer of academic discipline of public administration [86] [87] Forrest McDonald: 1949 1955 BA MA PhD Historian, 1987 Jefferson Lecturer [88] Garnie W. McGinty: PhD Historian, Louisiana Redeemed: The Overthrow of Carpetbag Rule, 1876–1880, college president [89] Jeffrey L. Meikle: 1977 PhD
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.
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.
UTA established a Blaze Forward program in March 2022, which will begin paying tuition and fees for full-time undergraduates who are Texas residents and have a family income of $85,000 or less starting in fall 2022. [209] From March 24 to April 6, 2022, UTA's student government was accused of racism, sexism and transphobia.
The school was beset by financial troubles and lawsuits, ultimately closing after the 1915–16 academic year. In 1916, Arlington Military Academy was founded by John B. Dodson, and it lasted for only one academic year. From 1917 to 1965, what is now the University of Texas at Arlington was a member of the Texas A&M University System.
Feb. 11, 1976: Nancy Taylor, UTA senior interior design student, was assigned to add furniture and accessories to the Discovery ’76 solar energy house at the University of Texas at Arlington.
Scott Cross - basketball coach, former head and assistant men's basketball coach at UTA; also a former player at UTA; Roy Dewalt - former Canadian Football League quarterback of the 1980s, mostly with the British Columbia Lions; Steve Foster - baseball coach and former MLB player for the Cincinnati Reds [32]
Student government became more prominent and effective during the ASC era. In the 1950s, ASC had a 20-member Student Council whose members were all appointed by the college president. In 1962, the Student Council was enlarged to 30 members, 16 of whom were elected by ASC students and the remaining 14 of whom were appointed by the president. [131]