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Arlington Elementary School Student Wins Ruthe Jackson Youth Leadership Award
Arlington’s very own Lauren Hammonds won first place in the elementary school category in the distinguished Ruthe Jackson Youth Leadership Award. The award recognizes the outstanding efforts made by youth whose accomplishments are bringing about cleaner, more beautiful campuses, parks and communities, thus making Texas a better place to live. A nature enthusiast, Lauren’s love of [...]
UT Arlington’s Martin Claims Another Conference Title in Decathlon
UT Arlington decathlete Romain Martin cruised to his third consecutive outdoor conference decathlon championship, this time taking top honors during the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Maverick Stadium. Martin kicked off Thursday morning’s events with a first-place showing in the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.49. He later won the [...]
Congratulations, 2013 UTA Graduates!
Before the University of Texas at Arlington awards a record number of degrees on Saturday and Sunday, graduates will have a chance to celebrate in style during tonight’s Graduation Celebration at College Park Center, 601 Spaniolo Drive (formerly Pecan Street). Graduation Celebration begins tonight at 7:30 p.m., with live music, free food and remarks by [...]
UT Arlington Graduation Celebration Featuring Kal Penn Moves to College Park Center
Graduation Celebration, UT Arlington’s annual celebration of the graduating class, will take place inside the College Park Center, 601 Spaniolo Drive (formerly Pecan Street) in Arlington tonight at 7:30 p.m. Originally planned outdoors at Levitt Pavilion, the event is moving indoors because heavy rains have saturated the pavilion grounds and more inclement weather is predicted throughout today and this [...]
UT Arlington Professor Earns National Award for Contributions to Social Work Education
The Council on Social Work Education has chosen University of Texas at Arlington professor Beverly Black to receive its 2013 Distinguished Recent Contributions in Social Work Education Award. The award honors significant and broad contributions to social work education in scholarship, pedagogy and organizational leadership. Black serves as director of the social work doctoral program [...]
UT Arlington Art Student Wins Regents Award
A University of Texas at Arlington student has received The University of Texas System Board of Regents’ Outstanding Student Award in Arts and Humanities for his exceptional work in the visual arts. Bryce Bennett was recognized for outstanding two-dimensional work for his photographic series, Beneath andInside Out. Bennett is a senior photography major who works as a [...]
UTA to Host WAC Track & Field Championships May 8-11
The 2013 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championship is heading to Arlington for the first time in meet history. The meet will be held May 8-11 at UT Arlington’s Maverick Stadium, 1307 W. Mitchell Street. Last year’s champions, Idaho (men) and Utah State (women) look to defend their 2012 titles. UTSA (men) [...]
Thousands Enjoy Scottish Festival & Highland Games
People from across the Metroplex enjoyed the Scottish Festival & Highland Games held May 3-5 at Maverick Stadium on the campus of UT-Arlington. The three-day festival is the largest cultural event of its kind in Texas and the Southwest. This year’s festival featured Scottish Highland Dancing, Bagpiping, Drumming, Scottish Folk Music, Scottish Athletic events, Scottish breed [...]
Fonzworth Bentley Encourages UTA Students to Set High Goals
Derek “Fonzworth Bentley” Watkins was the keynote speaker at the Center for African American Studies inaugural conference, which began Thursday night with a reception. Watkins, who held a special session, on etiquette met the students who are a part of the Emerging Scholars Program. Watkins said he really wanted to hit home the power of [...]
UTA Wishes Spaniolo Farewell
Nine years ago, a new UTA president, James Spaniolo, attended a reception to welcome him and bid farewell to his predecessor. He hardly knew anyone then, he said Tuesday. “But today, being in this room with you, I feel like I know you all,” Spaniolo paused, “in a very personal way, because you do so [...]
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