79-749: North Texas Mean Green (formerly North Texas Eagles ) represents the University of North Texas (UNT) in intercollegiate athletics. The teams compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). North Texas competed in the Sun Belt Conference and Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023. UNT's official school colors are Green and White. North Texas' mascot
158-446: A National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center (NSF I/UCRC). It is primarily funded by industry members (which as of 2012 consist of 16 corporations) and universities (which as of 2012 consist of 5). The focus is developing computing models for the future—models that go beyond applications with preordained fixed capabilities—models capable of services that are dynamically created, verified, and validated in
237-696: A medical school in Fort Worth. In 1981, the university spun off its new medical school as its own independent institution under the UNT Board of Regents . In 2009, the University of North Texas at Dallas became its own independent institution. That same year, the Texas legislature approved the creation of University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law , opening in 2014 in Downtown Dallas as part of UNT Dallas . UNT and its three sister institutions are governed by
316-511: A Distinguished Alumnus, an honor bestowed only to twenty-nine others during the then ten-year history of the award. On August 1, 1983, Governor Mark White appointed Greene to the Board of Regents of North Texas, making him the first African American to serve as a regent of any Texas state university. In 1987, Greene was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame , the only alumnus ever to become
395-542: A Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) by the U.S. Department of Education. UNT is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It is designated an Emerging Research University (ERU) by the State of Texas. UNT is one of the four Texas universities supported by the Texas University Fund (TUF), which began with an initial funding of $ 3.9 billion and receives an annual allocation of $ 100 million as
474-587: A NetGain WarP 9 electric engine. As of 2016 , the Mean Green Machine has been re-equipped with a modified Model A engine after complications with the electric engine. McConnell Tower, the clock tower atop the Hurley Administration Building at the center of campus, is bathed in green light for victories. The clock is depicted on the official class ring with two different times on its faces: 1:00 (for
553-465: A curfew bell from 1892 to 1928. The Talons, a spirit and service organization formed in 1960, acquired it in the 1964, mounted it on a wagon, and began the tradition of running it around the football field to rally fans. It was retired to the University Union in 1982 after it developed a crack. A similar 1,600 lb (730 kg) Spirit Bell is currently in use at games. A different organization by
632-537: A department, Journalism eventually became part of the College of Arts and Sciences. The Graduate Division of Journalism began in the fall of 1970 under the direction of Reginald Conway Westmorland. In 1999, twelve years after the death of Frank W. Mayborn , its graduate program was renamed the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism. On September 1, 2009, the entire program was elevated as its own collegiate unit and named
711-630: A member. In 1988, he was named to the North Texas Hall of Fame. University of North Texas The University of North Texas ( UNT ) is a public research university in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex . UNT's main campus is in Denton, Texas , and it also has a satellite campus in Frisco, Texas . It offers 114 bachelor's, 97 master's, and 39 doctoral degree programs. UNT is the flagship member of
790-495: A permanent endowment with the goal of elevating these universities to the ranks of the nation's top institutions. The university's athletics teams are the North Texas Mean Green . Its sixteen intercollegiate athletic teams compete in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I . North Texas is a member of the American Athletic Conference . UNT's official school colors are Green and White and its mascot
869-400: A psychology clinic and a speech and hearing clinic), and eight student services (of which seven are labs). UNT has been offering Bachelor of Science degrees for 107 years, Master of Science degrees (in biology, mathematics, chemistry, and economics) for 89 years, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in several scientific disciplines—including chemistry, biology, and physics—for 60 years. UNT is
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#1732856119996948-694: A sponsoring institution member (Ph.D.-granting) of Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), a consortium of 105 major research universities that leverage scientific research through partnerships with national laboratories, government agencies, and private industry. It has been a member of the consortium since 1954. The College of Business is host to five academic departments: (i) Accounting, (ii) Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law, (iii) Information Technology and Decision Sciences, (iv) Marketing, Logistics, and Operations Management (v) Management. It offers seven undergraduate programs, fourteen M.B.A. and master of science programs, and six Ph.D. programs. In Fall 2011,
1027-402: A university sponsored fight song competition organized by Floyd Graham . He taught summers at North Texas from 1939 to 1942. The song, "Fight, North Texas," has endured for eighty-five years and the lyrics have changed minimally to reflect the name changes of the university. While serving as an associate professor at the University of Wyoming from 1946 to 1950, Stroup rewrote the lyrics for
1106-603: Is 26:1 and 29.5 percent of its classes consist of fewer than 20 students. The most popular degrees for 2022 graduates are multi/interdisciplinary studies, psychology, general studies, biological sciences, exercise science , marketing, criminal justice, accounting, education, and finance. As of 2024, UNT has a student graduation rate of 60%, compared to the national median 4-year university student graduation rate of 58%. The fourteen colleges and schools of UNT: The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences houses 22 academic departments and programs and five public services (including
1185-676: Is a member of the Texas Golf Hall Of Fame, were all members of the North Texas golf team when they won the NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships. Fred Cobb (1899–1954), the coach, launched the team in 1945. seventy-two years since winning its fourth consecutive Championship , only one other team in the nation— the Houston Cougars —has surpassed four consecutive titles. In the 127-year history of intercollegiate golf, North Texas
1264-498: Is an Eagle named Scrappy. The University of North Texas's main campus is situated in Denton , a town with a population of approximately 170,000, in the northern part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex , the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. The university is part of the University of North Texas System and has expanded over the last forty-nine years. In 1975, the university acquired and subsequently developed
1343-412: Is an Eagle named Scrappy. The name "Mean Green" was adopted by fans and media in 1966 for a North Texas football defensive squad that finished the season second in the nation against the rush . That school year, Joe Greene , then a sophomore at North Texas, played left defensive tackle on the football team and competed in track and field ( shot put ). There are conflicting accounts for the origin of
1422-399: Is in its twentieth year as founding host of the annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. TAMS is a two-year residential early college entrance program that has, since 1987, served exceptionally qualified Texas students who otherwise would be attending high school as juniors and seniors. It was the first of its kind in the nation and, as of 2012 , the only in the state and one of five in
1501-522: Is located in Denton, Texas , within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex . The main campus spans 963 acres, encompassing the academic district north of I-35E, the Eagle Point athletic district south of I-35E, and Discovery Park. UNT also has a branch campus, UNT at Frisco, which covers 100 acres in the Dallas suburb of Frisco . The University of North Texas is designated as a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and
1580-577: Is one of a few athletes who was able to play high school, college, and professional football in North Texas. Mean Joe Greene , in 1968, was selected as a College Football Consensus All American , the only alumnus in the 111-year history of football at North Texas to win the honor. He went on to the Pittsburgh Steelers where he anchored the Steel Curtain defense that led Pittsburgh to four Super Bowl titles. In 1976, North Texas inducted Greene as
1659-455: Is one of only nine with more than one national title. Football On September 1, 1956, Abner Haynes and his high school classmate Leon A. King (born 1938), became the first African American students to participate on the North Texas football team. In the larger picture, Haynes and King were the first to break the color barrier for intercollegiate sports in Texas—seven years before anyone
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#17328561199961738-484: Is organized in seven departments: Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology; Behavior Analysis; Criminal Justice; Emergency Management and Disaster Science (UNT purports that it was the first American university to offer such a program, having done so in 1983 ); Public Administration; Rehabilitation and Health Services; and Social Work. UNT and Texas Women's University began a joint Master of Social Work (M.S.W.) program in 2017. The College of Visual Arts and Design has
1817-448: Is to challenge exceptional students at higher levels and to promote leadership. The college is an autonomous collegiate unit on equal footing with the other collegiate units. Academically, it offers no degrees; but its courses are integrated with the baccalaureate programs of the other ten constituent colleges and the journalism school. Graduates are awarded a special medallion. Curricular journalism at North Texas dates back to 1945. As
1896-658: The 2010 season , home football games were played at Fouts Field . A new 30,850-seat stadium, DATCU Stadium opened for the 2011 season . Since 1973, the school's teams for men's and women's basketball have played their home games in the Super Pit . For most of its history, the Mean Green have had patches of success, starting in the 1970s when the team received its first ever top-20 ranking under head coach Bill Blakeley . Blakeley coached three consecutive 20-win seasons: 1975–76 (22–4); 1976–77 (21–6); 1977–78 (22–6) From 2001 to 2012,
1975-822: The Dallas Texans (1960–1963), earning the American Football League MVP in 1961, and continued playing when the team became the Kansas City Chiefs (1963–1964). Then he played for the Denver Broncos (1965–1966), the Miami Dolphins (1967), and the New York Jets . Haynes is in the Halls of Fame of North Texas (1986), Kansas City Chiefs (1991), and Texas Sports (2007). Haynes, who now lives in Denton ,
2054-1063: The Mean Green Village . Decade-long accounting errors by the UNT System have led to the baseball program to be placed on hold indefinitely. The earliest the program could have been revived was in time for the 2016 season, dependent on the facilities' construction beginning in early 2015, but that has yet to happen. Source: National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion Founded in 1913,
2133-584: The National Association of Schools of Music . It has been among the largest music institutions of higher learning in North America since the 1940s. The music library , founded in 1941, has one of the largest music collections in the United States, with over 300,000 volumes of books, periodicals, scores, and approximately 900,000 sound recordings. North Texas was first in the world to offer a degree in jazz studies. U.S. News & World Report ranked
2212-605: The One O'Clock Lab Band ) and 7:00—the curfew initiated in 1892. Lone Star Conference The Lone Star Conference ( LSC ) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the South Central states , with schools in Texas , Oklahoma , and New Mexico , with two members in
2291-507: The PGA Championship , the 1951 U.S. Amateur champion Billy Maxwell , and Joe Conrad who was the winner of the 1955 British Amateur Championship , the 1953 Trans-Mississippi Amateur winner, was the 1953 and 1954 Southern Amateur winner, was the 1951 Texas Amateur winner, was the 1950 Mexican Amateur winner, was a member of the 1955 Walker Cup U.S. team, was a member of the victorious Americas Cup (golf) team in 1954 and 1956, and
2370-932: The Pacific Northwest states of Oregon and Washington competing as affiliates for football only. The Lone Star Conference operates from the same headquarters complex in the Dallas suburb of Richardson as the American Southwest Conference . The conference was formed in 1931 when five schools withdrew from the old Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association . Charter members included East Texas State (now East Texas A&M ), North Texas State (now University of North Texas ), Sam Houston State , Southwest Texas State (now Texas State ), and Stephen F. Austin . With East Texas A&M (then named Texas A&M–Commerce) starting its transition to Division I in July 2022, none of
2449-555: The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools since 1924. As of 2020, the university was home to 37 research centers and institutes. UNT reached a record enrollment of 46,940 in the fall of 2023. It is the largest university in Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and third largest public university in the state of Texas. For the 2022 academic year, the university awarded 12,352 degrees. UNT awarded 315 Ph.D. degrees in fiscal year 2022. As of 2024, student-faculty ratio at UNT
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2528-535: The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board included UNT as one of eight Emerging Research Institutions in its accountability system. In 2020, UNT achieved designation from the Department of Education as a Title III & Title V Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) and as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). In 2023, the state of Texas established the Texas University Fund (TUF) with
2607-499: The University of North Texas System , a system established in 1980 by the board of regents and legislatively recognized in 2003 by the 78th Texas Legislature . In 2004, UNT opened UNT Discovery Park – 300 acres (1.2 km ) – in north Denton, with technology incubator facilities dedicated to science and engineering. In 2011, the College of Visual Arts and Design launched the Design Research Center in downtown Dallas in
2686-459: The University of North Texas System , which includes additional universities in Dallas and Fort Worth . Established in 1890, UNT is one of the largest universities in the United States. As of Fall 2023, UNT reached a record enrollment with 46,940 students, making it the largest university in Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and the third largest university in Texas , following Texas A&M and UT Austin. The University of North Texas' main campus
2765-564: The alma mater , " Glory to the Green and White ", (originally titled "Our College") was composed by Julia Smith in 1919 and adopted by the school in 1922. The lyrics were written by Charles Langford, then a third-year letterman on the football team. The school's fight song, Fight, North Texas , composed by Francis Stroup, was adopted in 1939. The school mascot is a green and white eagle named Scrappy. The 400-member Green Brigade Marching Band performs at every home game, both pregame and halftime, for
2844-574: The "College of Visual Arts and Design." Art classes began at UNT in 1894, four years after its founding. Master's degrees were initiated in the 1930s and the first Master of Science degree in art was awarded in 1937. Since 1972, the college has served as curator and custodian of the Texas Fashion Collection that was started by Stanley Marcus in 1938. The Honors College offers academic enrichments, including honors seminars and exclusive classes for high-achieving undergraduates. Its objective
2923-401: The 10th largest enrollment of any art and design school accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design , and the second largest of any that awards doctorates. The college name changes reflect the curricular expansion of programs. In 1992, what then had been the "Department of Art" within the College of Arts and Sciences, became "School of Visual Arts;" and in 2007, it became
3002-461: The 1902–1903 school year. The university also uses black as a tertiary color, but it is not a "school color". UNT's mascot, the American eagle , was adopted on February 1, 1922, as a result of a student-faculty council debate and ensuing student election. The eagle has had two nicknames, beginning with "Scrappy" in 1950. The green and white human costumed eagle character, launched in 1963, carried
3081-489: The 2010–2011 school year, the college certified over 1,147 teachers, the second largest number in the state by a university. In 1979, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved renaming the "School of Education" to the "College of Education." At that time, the college was the largest in Texas and the Southwest, the largest doctoral program in the state, and the twenty-fifth largest producer of teacher certificates in
3160-663: The Collaboration and Learning Commons, a place to study in groups, create multi-media projects, and record presentations. The Discovery Park Library supports the College of Engineering and the College of Information, Library Science, and Technologies. It covers multiple areas of engineering, library and information science, and learning technology. Established in 1977, IELI is the largest intensive English program (IEP) in North Texas , serving international students who wish to learn academic English in preparation for university studies in
3239-732: The Design District. UNT has a satellite campus in Frisco, Texas . In 2018, UNT opened Inspire Park. UNT teaches nearly 2,000 students in Collin County each semester at Hall Park, Inspire Park and the Collin Higher Education Center in McKinney. In 2020, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board approved UNT building a branch campus to provide upper-level and graduate courses on 100 acres donated by
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3318-545: The Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism. Eight Pulitzer Prizes have been won by five of its alumni, among whom are Bill Moyers and Howard Swindle . Other notable alumni include Samir Husni and Cragg Hines . Since 1969, the news-editorial sequence has been accredited by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications; and since 1986, the entire program has been accredited. The school
3397-540: The Graduate School from 1954 to 1982. Toulouse, before retiring as professor emeritus , had served other roles at the university, including provost and vice president of academic affairs from 1982 to 1985. UNT Libraries are made up of four public service points and two remote storage facilities. Willis Library is the main library on campus, housing the business, economics, education, humanities and social sciences collections along with microforms and special areas such as
3476-506: The Heartland as affiliate members for Men's soccer. When the Heartland folded, most schools became non-football members of the LSC. From 1997 to 2011, and 2020–present, the LSC has been divided into divisions. From 1997 to 2011, the split was north–south. Beginning in the 2019–2020 academic year, the LSC was split into three nameless divisions among the non-football sports: West Texas and New Mexico in
3555-399: The Mean Green has won eight Lone Star Conference championships, five Gulf Coast Conference championships, five Missouri Valley Conference championships, two Southland Conference championships and most recently, four consecutive Sun Belt Conference championships. The team has also appeared in eight bowl games , winning three, most recently the 2014 Heart of Dallas Bowl . From 1952 until
3634-714: The Music Library, Government Documents, the Digital Library Division, Archives, and the Rare Book and Texana collections. The Media Library in Chilton Hall houses a large collection of audiovisual materials, including films, audiobooks, and video games (see Game Design , above). Video recording equipment and gaming consoles are available for checkout. The Sycamore Library houses the government documents, law, political science, geography and business collections. It also houses
3713-464: The United States. Its prior name, "School of Education," dates back to 1946, when the teachers college outgrew itself and reorganized as six schools and colleges. The College of Engineering was founded in 2003, and is host to three research centers, one of which being the Net-Centric Software and Systems Center (launched February 24, 2009), a research consortium hosted by UNT and organized as
3792-638: The United States. IELI is a constituent of UNT International Affairs, an interdisciplinary unit and exponent of globalization in higher education that provides leadership and support of international teaching, research, and study-abroad initiatives. As of July 2015 , IELI has been located in Marquis Hall on the UNT Denton campus. All freshmen are required to live on campus to satisfy a residency requirement. 15.5% of students, or 5,620, live in on-campus residence halls. In addition, 37.3%, or 13,494, live within
3871-514: The University of North Texas (1987). In 1919, Julia Smith (1905–1989), while a music student, and Charles Kirby Langford (1903–1931), then a third-year letterman on the football team and an outstanding overall athlete, composed "Glory to the Green and White" which was adopted as the school's alma mater in 1922. Smith wrote the music and Langford wrote the lyrics. The Spirit Bell—a 2,000 lb (910 kg) bell brought from Michigan in 1891—was
3950-606: The above: Only schools that explicitly list cheerleading and dance teams as men's, women's, or coed sports are counted in this listing. Some schools feature links to said teams on their athletics websites, but place them in a specific menu for "spirit teams" or a similar term. This is a list of conference champions since 1997. Note: (HC) denotes the Heartland Conference . In 2012–2013, the LSC stopped sponsoring Men's soccer. In 2016, 4 schools (Eastern New Mexico, Midwestern State, UT-Permian Basin, and West Texas A&M) joined
4029-487: The campus of the University of North Texas. The social Greek community is made-up of four councils that oversee 42 fraternities and sororities. Four percent of undergraduate students of both genders are members of social fraternities and sororities. Fraternities and sororities at North Texas offer students an opportunity to engage in community service, build strong friendships, and develop leadership skills. North Texas adopted green and white as its official colors during
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#17328561199964108-479: The campus. Talon alumni have restored it three times, the most recent being in the fall of 2007, adding a custom limber for transport and equipment. The Mean Green Machine, a green and black 1931 Ford Model A Tudor Sedan, is driven by the Talons Motorpool Committee at football games and special events. It was donated by alumnus Rex Cauble in 1974. In 2012, a team of engineering students installed
4187-480: The chorus to " Ragtime Cowboy Joe ," which was adopted in 1961 as the university's fight song. After serving as head of the Physical Education Department at Southern Arkansas University from 1950 to 1959, Stroup became Professor of Physical Education at Northern Illinois University . While there, Stroup rewrote the lyrics to the chorus of Alonzo Neil Annas' (1882–1966) NIU "Loyalty Song" (1942), which
4266-797: The city of Denton while 4,021, or 11.1% live outside of the city of Denton but within Denton County and 36.1% or 13,043 students live outside of Denton County. There are 14 residence halls on the Denton campus. UNT also offers the Residents Engaged in Academic Living (REAL) Communities program. The REAL communities offer students the ability to live with other residents in their major, and allow them to interact with each other and participate in programs that are geared toward their major or discipline. On August 22, 2011, sixty-year-old Maple Street Hall became
4345-674: The city of Frisco. In 1976, the Carnegie Foundation designated North Texas as a "Class 1 Doctorate-Granting Institution." Four decades later, in February 2016, Carnegie elevated North Texas to its top category – Doctorate-Granting Institutions with "highest research activity." In 1992, UNT was elected to full membership in the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities . an integrated liberal arts curriculum similar to those usually found only in small, private colleges. And, in 2011,
4424-501: The college moved into a new state-of-the-art Gold LEED certified $ 70 million facility named the Business Leadership Building . The college is accredited in both business and accounting by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business —accreditation for the former stretches back sixty-three years (1961) and the latter, thirty-seven years (1987). In 2018, 5,093 students were enrolled as business majors at
4503-588: The crowd. Many of the school's athletic facilities are located at the Mean Green Village , which opened for the 2006–07 athletic season. The athletic village area includes: Golf The era of collegiate prominence in Texas golf began with North Texas winning four consecutive NCAA Division I Championships from 1949 to 1952. Intercollegiate golf had until then been dominated by the Ivy League , which—since 1897 when intercollegiate golf began—had won 36 national titles. North Texas students Don January , who later won
4582-652: The field and on the fly . The College of Information was created in October 2008 by consolidating two existing academic units: Learning Technologies (formerly within the College of Education) and the School of Library and Information Sciences. The School of Library and Information Services was created in 1970 as an outgrowth of its former structure as the Department of Library Services. The college sponsors three research centers, one being The Texas Center for Digital Knowledge. The College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism houses
4661-410: The first all-vegan ("Mean Greens") college cafeteria in the country. The given 14 residence hall at the University of North Texas are : Bruce Hall, Clark Hall, Crumley Hall, Joe Greene Hall, Honors Hall, Kerr Hall, Legends Hall, Maple Hall, Mozart Square, Rawlins Hall, Santa Fe Square, Traditions Hall, Victory Hall, West Hall. The Pohl Recreation Center is the student recreation center located on
4740-981: The five charter members remain in Division II or in the conference – all have moved up to Division I (in football as of 2024, North Texas, Sam Houston, and Texas State compete in NCAA Division I FBS , while Stephen F. Austin and East Texas A&M compete in NCAA Division I FCS ). Below is a timeline of the conference's history. The LSC currently has 17 full members. All but five are public schools. Reclassifying members in yellow. The LSC currently has two affiliate members, both of which are public schools. The LSC had 20 former full members, 13 of which were public schools. The LSC had two former affiliate members, both of which were also public schools: Full member (all sports) Full member (non-football) Associate member (football-only) Associate member (sport) In addition to
4819-420: The jazz studies program as the best in the country every year from 1994, when it began ranking graduate jazz programs, to 1997, when it retired the category. The One O'Clock Lab Band has been nominated for 7 Grammy Awards . Previously called the College of Public Affairs and Community Service (PACS) and before that the College of Community Service, the college adopted its current name in Fall 2017. The college
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#17328561199964898-414: The largest merchandising program in the nation and one of the largest hospitality and tourism management programs. The college offers bachelor's degrees with majors in digital retailing, home furnishings merchandising, hospitality management, event design & experience management, and merchandising, and master's degrees in hospitality management, international sustainable tourism and merchandising. It has
4977-702: The men's team experienced relative success under head coach Johnny Jones . During the 2006–2007 season, North Texas won its first Sun Belt Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1988. North Texas won the Sun Belt Conference title again during the 2009–2010 season to advance to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in four years. Jones left the team for his alma mater LSU in 2012, and his replacement Tony Benford has struggled to maintain Jones' success in Denton. In 2013, North Texas joined Conference USA . The men's golf team has won four NCAA Championships in 1949, 1950, 1951, and 1952. The school's colors are Green and White. The music for
5056-419: The name "Scrappy" until 1974—during the throes of the Vietnam War —when students adopted the name "Eppy" because it sounded less warlike. Since then, the name has switched back from Eppy to Scrappy; and for the last twenty-nine years, the name "Scrappy" has endured. The name "Mean Green," now in its fifty-eighth year, was adopted by fans and media in 1966 for a North Texas football defensive squad that finished
5135-445: The name "Talons" was founded in 1926 as the first social fraternity at North Texas. On Homecoming Fridays, the Talons light a bonfire built from wooden pallets , typically in a 40-by-40-by-25-foot-height structure. The tradition has endured since the 1930s. "Boomer" is a cannon fired by the Talons at football games since the 1970s. It is a 7/8th scale M1841 6 pound, smooth bore muzzleloader , resting on hand-crafted solid oak from
5214-440: The nation's first bachelor's in digital retailing and master's in international sustainable tourism. The college was formerly known as the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management. The College of Music is a comprehensive institution of international rank. Its heritage dates back one hundred and thirty-four years, when North Texas was founded. The college has the largest enrollment of any music institution accredited by
5293-434: The nation. The Toulouse Graduate School, founded seventy-eight years ago, is the academic custodian and administrator of all graduate programs offered by nine colleges and one school. It maintains records, administers admissions, and serves various roles in recruiting. It was renamed in 1990 in honor of Robert Bartell Toulouse, EdD (1918–2017), who joined in 1948 as a professor in the College of Education, then served dean of
5372-503: The nickname was the Mean Green defense. Her husband began including the nickname for the team in press releases and it caught on with the media. Meanwhile, in the student section, North Texas basketball players Willie Davis and Ira Daniels, unsatisfied with the unenthusiastic crowd, began to chant "Mean Green, you look so good to me." The rest of the crowd soon followed. "After that we did it every game," Davis says. "A lot of people later on started associating it with Joe because his last name
5451-400: The nickname. Two possible origins are two separate cheers that supposedly developed during North Texas' 1966 game against UTEP . One cheer was by Sidney Sue Graham, wife of the North Texas sports information director. In response to a tackle by Greene, she blurted out, "That’s the way, Mean Greene!" However, Bill Mercer , former North Texas play-by-play announcer, states Graham's thought behind
5530-419: The novelty of the national use of its nickname, and its association with Joe Greene's surname and university's official school color. By 1968, "Mean Green" was branded on the backs of shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, and the cover of the North Texas football brochure. Francis Edwin Stroup, EdD (1909–2010), emerged in 1939—ten years after graduating from North Texas—as the winning composer (lyrics and music) of
5609-402: The program and build an on-campus ballpark. The ballpark would have been home field of both the Mean Green, and Denton Outlaws . The program's revival failed to happen and the Denton Outlaws disbanded after the 2007 season. The 2014 UNT fiscal budget included $ 600,000 in start up costs for reviving the Mean Green baseball program. The university plans to construct a new on campus ballpark within
5688-525: The purpose of expanding and supporting research initiatives at four Texas universities, including the University of North Texas, with the goal of elevating them to the ranks of the nation's top universities. The Texas University Fund began with an initial funding of $ 3.9 billion and receives an annual allocation of $ 100 million as a permanent endowment. UNT offers 114 bachelor's, 97 master's, and 39 doctorate degree programs as of 2024. These are organized into 14 colleges and schools. UNT has been accredited by
5767-502: The season second in the nation against the rush . That season, Joe Greene , then a sophomore at North Texas, played left defensive tackle on the football team and competed in track and field ( shot put ). The nickname "Mean Joe Greene" caught-on during his first year with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1969 when Pittsburgh fans wrongly assumed that "Mean Green" was derived from a nickname Joe Greene had inherited while at North Texas. The North Texas athletic department, media, and fans loved
5846-582: The undergraduate level. The College of Education is a legacy of the university's founding as a teachers college one hundred and thirty-four years ago. The college is organized as four departments and one center: (i) Counseling and Higher Education, (ii) Educational Psychology, (iii) Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, (iv) Teacher Education and Administration, and (v) The Kristin Farmer Autism Center. The college offers 12 bachelor's degrees, 19 master's degrees and 15 doctoral concentrations. As of
5925-666: The university fielded a varsity baseball team until it was discontinued after the 1988 season because of the newly enacted Title IX requiring an equal number of female players to male players. The team competed as a member of the Southland Conference . After starting the program's inaugural season with a 0–19 record, the Eagles won their first game against the Emporia State Hornets , 4–1. The team played their home games at Mack Park in Denton. The university had planned to revive
6004-406: The western division; South Texas, Central Texas, and DFW in the central division; East Texas, North Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas in the eastern division. The divisional split was temporarily discontinued for the 2021–2022 season; but divisions were reintroduced for basketball for the 2022-23 season under the names East and West. 2014-2015 In the 2014 season, a conference playoff was added due to
6083-462: Was Greene, but it actually started with that simple chant that Saturday night at Fouts Field . And that's the truth." By 1968, "Mean Green" was on the back of shirts, buttons, bumper stickers, and the cover of the North Texas football brochure. Even the band became identified as the "Mean Green Marching Machine." NCAA A member of American Athletic Conference , North Texas sponsors teams in six men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. In 1984,
6162-458: Was authorized to break it at a Southwest Conference school. Haynes quickly became an offensive and defensive star on the team. Despite his athletic leadership and fan popularity, Haynes experienced painful encounters with Jim Crow —including not being allowed to live on campus. Perhaps the worst was when Ole Miss , Mississippi State , and Chattanooga discontinued scheduling North Texas after 1956, citing state laws. Haynes went on to play with
6241-421: Was informally adopted in 1961 and officially 1963 as the "Huskie Fight Song." Stroup also composed songs for Drake University and the University of Chicago . A collegiate academician who played piano mostly by ear and neither majored nor worked in music, Stroup lived to be 101, a number exceeding the songs he composed by one digit. Stroup was inducted in the Halls of Fame of Northern Illinois University and
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