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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.
[1] [322] In 2015, UTA was the only college in the country with a marching band but no football team. [323] Between 1965 and the opening of College Park Center in 2012, UTA's basketball and volleyball teams played at Texas Hall: a multipurpose auditorium for concerts, plays and athletics.
In September 1949, the college was renamed Arlington State College (ASC), in part because agriculture was no longer a major course of study. The college ended its agriculture program altogether in 1957. In 1959, Texas governor Price Daniel signed a bill making ASC a four-year college, and ASC awarded its first 23 bachelor's degrees in 1961.
[1] [3] Arlington College was the first of a series of private schools to exist on the site of the present University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). [2] From the beginning it was championed by civic booster Emmett Rankin, [1] [3] a native of Tennessee who moved to Arlington in 1874 and established the Rankin Hardware Company. [5]
The engineering program was established in 1959 when Arlington State College was officially given the status of a senior college. The college currently offers 11 baccalaureate, 14 master's, and nine doctoral degrees. The College of Engineering celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009 and is the third largest engineering program in Texas.
Jennifer Evans-Cowley is an American urban planner and academic, specialising in public engagement and technology infrastructure. [1] [2] In January 2022, she was named by the UT System Board of Regents as the 10th president of The University of Texas at Arlington beginning April 28, 2022, making her the first woman to hold the office. [3]
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Nedderman Hall (abbreviated NH) is an academic engineering building located on the University of Texas at Arlington campus. The building houses the Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering departments, lecture halls, research labs, the offices of the Dean of the College of Engineering, and a Science and Engineering library.