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The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) inherited a theme, including a nickname and mascot, of "Rebels" from its days as Arlington State College (ASC). The theme dated back to 1951, but after the integration of the school in 1962 and its admission into the University of Texas System (UT System) in 1965, The Shorthorn student newspaper ...
From 1917 to 1965, what is now the University of Texas at Arlington was a member of the Texas A&M University System. [3] In March 1917, it was organized as Grubbs Vocational College (GVC), a junior college that was a branch campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (AMC), which later became Texas A&M University.
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.
April 22, 1970: Students at the University of Texas at Arlington are seen carrying an internal combustion engine across campus to be buried in a shallow grave on campus for Earth Day. Alpha Rho ...
UTA is one of the largest public university’s in the state with 41,000 students enrolled and roughly 162,000 alumni living in North Texas contributing $22.7 billion in economic impact, according ...
This is a list of notable people affiliated with the University of Texas at Arlington. Since its inception, the university has produced over 200,000 alumni, with approximately 130,000 living in the North Texas region.
Claude Robbins "Chena" Gilstrap (July 31, 1914 – August 9, 2002) was an American football coach. He was the ninth head football coach at Arlington State College—now known as the University of Texas at Arlington—serving for 13 seasons, from 1953 to 1965, compiling a record of 85–40–3.
Terri McAdams, a 22-year-old UT Arlington student, was found beaten to death inside her apartment on Valentine’s Day 1985. DNA analysis has now confirmed the killer’s identity.