Campus Buzz
Designed with a global view
New dean brings international
experience to School of Architecture
Improving technology will be a priority of School of
Architecture Dean Martha Ellen LaGess, who assumes her duties Sept. 1.
Springing forward
Graduate students lead
the way in spring enrollment increase
Graduate students like Ruby Ruperto and her Contemporary
Science classmates significantly boosted University enrollment for spring
2001, the fifth consecutive semester of enrollment increases.
Writing for the Digital Age
New tools and technologies
are taking one Honors English class online and into the future
When students in Martin Danahays Honors English
class get ready to work, they dont pull textbooks out of their backpacks.
Instead, they each slide a thin, black Toshiba laptop onto their desk,
flip up the cover and log in to UTAs first completely wireless class.
Military intelligence
UTA
is among 29 universities offering online degrees to Army personnel
By day, Army Sgt. Doug Robinson works
as a helicopter mechanic at Fort Campbell, Ky. By night, he's a husband,
father of two, andsurprisea UTA student.
Worldwide welcome
International
recruitment efforts are expected to pay long-term dividends
New faces, from places all over the world,
keep coming through the UTA front door. And, with continuing international
recruitment efforts, the University is keeping the welcome mat on the
doorstep.
Martin named development VP
UTA has
named Lt. Col. Mark Martin vice president for development.
UTA adds four to Walk of Fame
The
names of four distinguished University alumni and supporters were added
to the Walk of Fame in April.
Laughing with Liz
Liz Carpenter, a former aide to
President Lyndon B. Johnson and press secretary to Lady Bird Johnson,
spoke at an April luncheon sponsored by the UTA Womens Studies Program.
Buzzcuts
Brief
summaries of noteworthy campus happenings.
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