58-501: Pantego may refer to several United States locations: Pantego, Texas Pantego, North Carolina Pantego Christian Academy , a school with campuses in Tarrant County, Texas [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
116-518: A B.A.I.S. or B.S.I.S. degree. Interdisciplinary studies is a 35-year-old academic field and the thirteenth-most popular major across the United States. The INTS program at UTA is the largest program of its kind in Texas. In building custom degree plans, students mix the required core components with various disciplinary components to meet the academic and professional needs of the student. The Honors College
174-501: A Texas Tier One university giving it access to the state's National Research University Fund. As of 2019 , UT Arlington had 15 professors as fellows in the National Academy of Inventors which is the highest number of any institution in Texas and sixth highest in the nation. The College of Nursing and Health Innovation produces the most registered nurses in Texas and is among the top five largest producers of registered nurses in
232-519: A collection representing over 100 years of North and West Texas history. All together, Special Collections holds more than 30,000 volumes, 7,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archival collections, 5,000 historical maps, 3.6 million prints and negatives, and thousands of items in other formats. Some of the Library's more rare and interesting materials are available online in their digital collections. UT Arlington's research expenditure in fiscal year 2018
290-444: A high school campus. Pantego is a general law city. It has a city council consisting of five members elected at large for staggered two-year terms and a mayor elected for a two-year term. Pantego has a council-manager form of government. It has full-time police and fire departments and several citizen committees. Residents can obtain a library card from Arlington's library system . The United States Postal Service operates
348-537: A high school or junior college program, and all men were required to be cadets . Its name changed again in 1923 to the North Texas Agricultural College ( NTAC ). Edward Everett Davis replaced Williams as dean in 1925 and held that position for 21 years. The Great Depression resulted in major cuts to funding and a decline in students, so more general college courses were gradually introduced at NTAC instead of vocational classes. During World War II,
406-588: A major expansion of ASC. The student population increased from 1,322 in 1952 to 6,528 in 1959, which led to land acquisition and construction of many buildings. Jack Woolf was named president in 1959 as serious efforts began to make ASC a four-year college. The Texas legislature approved the four-year status on April 27, 1959. ASC's racial segregation would come to an end in the summer of 1962 due to NAACP member and Dallas lawyer Fred Finch, Jr threatening litigation on behalf of his clients Ernest Hooper, Jerry Hanes, and Leaston Chase III. President Woolf and Chancellor of
464-516: A planned expansion to a 51 acre property in west Fort Worth within the Walsh Ranch development in Parker County . The new UTA West campus is expected to welcome students in fall 2028 with plans to eventually serve more than 10,000 students. UT Arlington is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". UT Arlington is the fourth institution to achieve designation as
522-661: A school. Tradition holds the school was named Pantego in honor of Colonel Foscue's friend. The town took form shortly after and took the name Pantego, reflected now in the feathered Town of Pantego logo. Originally incorporated in 1949, the town dissolved in February 1952 and reincorporated on May 22, 1952. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 1.0 square mile (2.6 km ), all land. The town's southern border adjoins Dalworthington Gardens; both towns are completely surrounded by
580-468: A schoolhouse where the modern campus is now located. Rankin also convinced the two co-principals of the public school in Arlington, Lee Morgan Hammond and William Marshall Trimble, to invest in and hold the same positions at Arlington College. In the first few years, between 75 and 150 students were enrolled in the college. The public school began to rent space at Arlington College, and was eventually sold to
638-570: A shorter period of time than traditional degree programs. The college's faculty includes members of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Inventors as well as fellows in various professional organizations and recipients of numerous national, state, and UT System teaching awards. The college's High Energy Physics group is involved in ongoing experiments at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and made major contributions to
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#1733094100584696-560: A university with graduate programs. Rudder and the Texas A&;M board of directors, viewing ASC as a threat to the College Station campus, withheld construction funding and blocked degree development. The decision by the Texas A&M University governing board to block development at Arlington State College led officials of the college and a number of Arlington citizens to enlist the support of Governor John Connally and key members of
754-401: Is a contributing building with its front portico, and Nedderman Hall is a contributing structure with its large atrium. An admirable feature of the campus is the aesthetic consistency of limestone and UTA-blend brick. Metal panels have appeared in construction since the late 1990s. Recently as part of U.T.A.'s Land Acknowledgement announcement recognizing it is built on lands associated with
812-460: Is a highly selective cohort program for high-achieving undergraduate business students and distinguished faculty. The College of Science consists of six departments: Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Mathematics, Physics and Psychology. The college offers over 50 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs, including fast-track programs in select departments which allow students to earn advanced degrees in
870-529: Is a highly selective interdisciplinary college that caters to high-achieving undergraduate students of all majors and interests. UT Arlington's Honors College is the first of its kind in North Texas and third in Texas. The university consists of 10 colleges and schools, each listed with its founding date: UT Arlington Libraries have three locations: Central Library, the Architecture and Fine Arts Library, and
928-572: Is now Village Creek . European settlement in the Pantego area dates back at least to the 1840s. After the May 24, 1841, battle between Texas General Edward H. Tarrant and Native Americans of the Village Creek settlement, a trading post was established at Marrow Bone Spring in present-day Arlington. The rich soil of the area attracted farmers, and several agriculture-related businesses were well established by
986-895: The Caddo and Wichita people a section of the campus in front of the old planetarium was reconstructed to become a 'Land Acknowledgement Park.' The Central Library, designed by George Dahl , forms one side of a Library Quad which may be regarded as the heart of campus. Attention to building design and the creation of outdoor spaces is evident with the postmodern additions of the Chemistry & Physics Building ( Perkins + Will ), Maverick Activities Center (Hughes Group with Page), Engineering Research Building ( ZGF Architects with Page), College Park Center ( HKS, Inc. ), Science & Engineering Innovation & Research Building (ZGF with Page), Trinity Hall (Beck Group), and Nursing and Social Work (Smith Group). The Chemistry & Physics Building contains one of
1044-548: The International Bowling Museum are two miles to the northeast. The campus is organized on the city's former street grid. The topography generally slopes to the south and east to landscaped creeks. The oldest buildings on campus, Ransom Hall, Preston Hall, and College Hall are on the Second Street Mall and date to 1919. The architecture of these pre-World War II buildings is traditional. Later buildings from
1102-572: The UT System was of immediate consequence. In 1966 the Graduate School was established with an initial slate of six master's degrees and new construction projects started. Controversy erupted in the late 1960s over the use of a rebel theme that was started in 1951, including Confederate symbols and mock-slave auctions as campus traditions. After several years of efforts by President Frank Harrison to give students an opportunity to pick another theme,
1160-545: The 1960s, '70s, and '80s are typical of much campus construction of the period: modern, functional, and not especially noteworthy. An exception is the Architecture Building (designed by the respected Dallas firm, Pratt, Box, and Henderson) which forms an intimate and visit-worthy courtyard; Pickard Hall, the Mathematics and Nursing Building, is noted for its unusual triangular shape. Texas Hall (George Dahl, architect)
1218-516: The A&;M System Harrington would announce the desegregation of ASC on July 11 of that year, and the following fall semester being the first ever to have black students be enrolled. Enrollment reached 9,116 students in the fall of 1963, a larger total than the Texas A&M College Station campus. Although Texas A&M proposed a reorganization for the system to recognize ASC's growth, A&M System President James Earl Rudder resisted developing ASC into
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#17330941005841276-401: The A&M system to consolidate the white-only schools, else they would "descend into decadence". Dean Davis appointed Ernest H. Hereford , then Registrar in 1942, to the position of associate dean in 1943. Following Davis's retirement in 1946, Hereford was appointed dean of NTAC. In 1948, the Texas A&M System was created and Dean Hereford was named the first president of NTAC. The name
1334-708: The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), the Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW), and the Ph.D. in social work. The BSW and MSSW programs are accredited by the Council on Social Work Education . The College of Business is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the nation. The college ranked 128 out of 472 ranked programs in the 2018 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges list. The part-time MBA program ranked 82 out of 470 programs and among
1392-587: The North Texas region, and he opened the Carlisle Military Academy in the fall of 1902. His program consisted of a balance between course work and military training. Enrollment increased to 150 students by 1905, and he began a large expansion of the campus. Baseball, football, basketball, and track teams were begun between 1904 and 1908. Around the same time, new barracks, a track, a gymnasium, and an indoor pool were built. The academy became known as one of
1450-757: The Pantego Post Office in Arlington. University of Texas at Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington ( UTA or UT Arlington ) is a public research university in Arlington, Texas . The university was founded in 1895 and was in the Texas A&;M University System for several decades until joining the University of Texas System in 1965. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The fall 2022 campus enrollment consisted of 40,990 students making it
1508-589: The Science and Engineering Library. Central Library is open 24/7 during the fall and spring semesters. The Libraries Collections includes historical collections on Texas, Mexico, the Mexican–American War , and the greater southwest. An extensive cartography collection holds maps and atlases of the western hemisphere covering five centuries. Also included is the Fort Worth Star-Telegram photo archives,
1566-678: The Southeast Campus of the Tarrant County College system, and Arlington Baptist University . Pantego lies within the Arlington Independent School District . Pantego is zoned to Hill Elementary School , Bailey Junior High School , and Arlington High School . In Texas, school district boundaries do not always follow city and county boundaries because all aspects of the school district government apparatus, including school district boundaries, are separated from
1624-603: The Texas Legislature to separate Arlington State College from the Texas A&M University System and to join The University of Texas System . As part of a plan that reorganized several university systems in Texas, Arlington State College officially became a part of The University of Texas System on September 1, 1965. To reflect its new membership within the UT System, the university adopted its current name in 1967. Joining
1682-430: The UT System abolished rebels. The Maverick theme was adopted after a student vote in 1971. Wendell Nedderman served as acting president from 1972 to 1974 and president from 1974 to 1992. His tenure was characterized by increased growth and aspirations. In these years, the graduate student population increased from 936 to 4,200 and the overall university enrollment reached 25,135 students. Faculty research and publishing
1740-567: The best at its level in the country. Unfortunately, enrollment did not continue to increase with the expansion in facilities and Carlisle ran into serious financial problems. Lawsuits for the mortgages on the property were filed in 1911, and Carlisle Military Academy was closed in 1913. In the fall of 1913, Henry Kirby Taylor moved from Missouri, where he was president of the Northwest State Teachers' College, to set up another military academy called Arlington Training School . He also
1798-608: The campus and has earned the university millions of dollars from natural gas production since 2008. These funds are used for scholarships, faculty recruitment, and campus infrastructure upgrades. Trading House Creek, a tributary of the Trinity River , runs along the southern portion of the campus. Cooper Street (which forms a part of Farm to Market Road 157 ) runs through the campus and provides access to Interstate 20 and Interstate 30 . AT&T Stadium , Globe Life Park in Arlington , Globe Life Field , Six Flags Over Texas , and
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1856-521: The city and county government. In the case of Pantego, no independent school district (ISD) was ever established. The proximity of the already established Arlington ISD led to the entirety of Pantego being served by the AISD since the middle of the 20th century. Pantego Christian Academy has facilities within the city limits of Pantego and Arlington. Around 2008, the school bought a 57,000-square-foot (5,300 m ) building at 2221 West Park Row Drive to use as
1914-557: The city in 1900. The public school building became so unsafe that all of the space in Arlington College was rented for the 1901–1902 school year until the creation of the Arlington Independent School District in 1902. Although the public education system was set to improve, Arlington College was closed and the property was sold to James McCoy Carlisle. Carlisle was already established as a respected educator in
1972-483: The city of Arlington. As of the 2020 United States census , 2,568 people, 1,064 households, and 672 families were residing in the town. No colleges or universities are present in this small community, but the town lies within driving distance to Arlington and the rest of the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area, which contains a number of colleges and universities, including the University of Texas at Arlington ,
2030-490: The college trained students with a "war program" focus and participated in the V-12 Navy College Training Program , offered at 131 colleges and universities in 1943, which gave students a path to a Navy commission. Davis was also an enthusiastic support of eugenics and believed in the inherent inferiority of Mexicans and African-Americans in regards to literacy and genetics. He advised the leadership of
2088-681: The councils. In 2019, national news services reported that Greek life at Arlington was suspended due to allegations of rape, alcohol abuse, and hazing. UT Arlington's athletic teams are known as the Mavericks (the selection was made in 1971 and predated the Dallas Mavericks ' choice in 1980). UT Arlington was a charter member of the Southland Conference . UT Arlington won the Southland Conference's Commissioners Cup three times since
2146-784: The discovery of the Higgs boson particle in 2012, working on detectors and computational data analysis. Graduates of the College of Education had a 95% pass rate on the Texas state licensure examination during the 2014–2015 academic school year. The College of Education certification pass rates have consistently been above the state average. The College of Liberal Arts offers unique programs such as Southwestern Studies and its Center for Mexican American Studies (CMAS) and Center for African American Studies (CAAS) offers minors in Mexican-American and African-American Studies, respectively. UT Arlington has
2204-468: The east side of Cooper Street (defined by signage as "east campus"). Surface parking is pushed to the outer edges of campus, particularly south of the academic core, resulting in students getting more exercise than they may want during peak periods. The West Campus Parking Garage and the College Park parking garages on the northwest and northeast campus corners, respectively, provide some relief and advance
2262-419: The historic and renovated Santa Fe Freight building in downtown Fort Worth for educational purposes. Initially, UTA offered only Masters of Business Administration classes but later expanded to offering more classes for several degree programs on the graduate and undergraduate levels. The Fort Worth campus has over 25,000 square feet of classrooms, services, and amenity space. On August 5, 2024, UTA announced
2320-430: The largest and most advanced planetariums in the state. The north and east sides of campus have defined edges, being bounded by UTA Boulevard and Center Street, respectively. The south and west sides tend to blend more irregularly into the city. Cooper Street is a major artery that runs through campus and is partially depressed and spanned by three pedestrian bridges. Academic buildings erected over recent decades are on
2378-451: The late 19th century. Settler and state representative Frederick Forney Foscue acquired the land that is now Pantego after the Civil War . He bought land, sold and rented it to other settlers in the area, and can be considered the first land developer of Pantego. According to local tradition, Colonel Foscue had a Native American friend named Pantego. In 1883, Colonel Foscue donated land for
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2436-509: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pantego&oldid=541107250 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pantego, Texas Pantego is a town in Tarrant County , Texas , United States. Its population
2494-641: The master plan goal of reducing surface parking. Green spaces, or outdoor rooms, have increased in the 2000s most notably with the creation of the Greene Research Quad, the Green at College Park, a sunken courtyard at University Administration Building, Brazos Park, and the Davis Street west campus edge. Located in various regions of campus are fiberglass horse statues with uniquely colored blue and orange patterns called "Spirit Horses." The College Park District
2552-448: The nation. The College of Engineering offers eleven baccalaureate, fourteen master's, and nine doctoral programs. It is one of the largest engineering colleges in Texas with over 7,000 students. The engineering faculty includes over 50 fellows in professional societies. The school's graduate programs were ranked #69 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report in 2023. The School of Social Work offers three main academic programs:
2610-584: The only accredited architecture, urban planning, and landscape architecture programs in the North Texas region. The College of Engineering in conjunction with the architecture department is the first and only to offer a bachelor's degree in architectural engineering in the region as well. The Interdisciplinary Studies program (INTS), a program under the Honors College, is one of the fastest-growing programs on campus. The INTS program allows students to custom build their own program of study resulting in either
2668-460: The opening of Arlington College in September 1895. Arlington College was established as a private school for primary through secondary level students, equivalent to the modern 1st to 10th grades. At the time, the public school system in the city of Arlington was underfunded and understaffed. Local merchant Edward Emmett Rankin organized fellow citizens of the city to donate materials and land to build
2726-503: The property owners hired John B. Dodson to establish a third military academy for the 1916–1917 school year called Arlington Military Academy . Enrollment was apparently very low, and Arlington Military Academy closed after one year. Since the turn of the 20th century, the prospects for turning the campus into a public, junior vocational college had been discussed. By 1917, the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas in College Station
2784-494: The resource and energy engineering programs at UTA. The 420 acre main campus is at the southern edge of downtown Arlington , which also includes the largest branch of the public library, City Hall , Theatre Arlington , Levitt Pavilion, Arlington Museum of Art , churches, and numerous types of businesses just south of the Texas and Pacific Railway line, around which the city was established. The Barnett Shale formation sits below
2842-560: The second largest university in North Texas and fifth-largest in Texas . UT Arlington is the third-largest producer of college graduates in Texas and offers over 180 baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral degree programs. 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. The university traces its roots back to
2900-517: The top 50 for public universities in the 2017 U.S. News & World Report graduate school rankings. The college has one of the largest executive MBA programs in China, and offers a U.S. Executive MBA program that features a study trip to China. CEO Magazine ranked the Executive MBA program No. 1 in Texas, No. 16 in the nation, and No. 21 in the world. The college's endowed Goolsby Leadership Academy
2958-685: The total population. The top four countries of origin for international students are India , China , Taiwan , and Nigeria . The campus has four residence halls with a total capacity of at least 5,600 students. The university also has 18 on-campus apartment complexes and a limited number of houses for students with dependent children. The four halls are Arlington Hall, Kalpana Chawla Hall (KC Hall), Vandergriff Hall at College Park, and West Hall. The fraternity and sorority community at UT Arlington consists of dozens of national and local groups with four governing councils. Traditionally, between five and ten percent of undergraduate students participate within
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#17330941005843016-478: Was $ 105.7 million. According to the university's Research Administration, total research expenditures for fiscal year 2019 totaled $ 117 million. Up 52% over five years. There are several research institutes and facilities on campus. Some notable ones include: The U.S. News & World Report consistently ranked UT Arlington in the top 10 in the nation for achieving the most ethnically diverse undergraduate student body. Females account for about 55% of
3074-510: Was 2,568 at the 2020 census . It is entirely surrounded by the cities of Arlington and Dalworthington Gardens . It is in the middle of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex , a metropolitan area spanning several counties. The earliest Europeans in the area are thought to be the members of the De Soto expedition under Luis de Moscoso , in 1542. The expedition is thought to have camped near what
3132-400: Was changed to Arlington State College ( ASC ) in 1949 to reflect the fact that agriculture was no longer an important part of the curriculum. Efforts began to turn ASC into a four-year institution, but the Texas A&M system board refused to consider the idea since it was possible that ASC could grow to be larger than College Station. The growth of the city of Arlington in the 1950s led to
3190-775: Was completed in 2012 and significantly expanded the campus eastward. The district has an arena with seating for 7,000 spectators, dormitory, student apartments, retail space, an 1,800-car parking garage, a welcome center, a credit union, and a 5-acre park called The Green at College Park. The on-campus resident population is over 5,000, creating a lively 24/7 environment. Large numbers of students live in Arlington Hall, Kalpana Chawla Hall, Vandergriff Hall, West Hall, and numerous on-campus apartments. Shown below are: Nedderman Hall , Engineering Research Building, Arlington Hall, CAPPA Building , Texas Hall , Jack Woolf Hall, The Commons, and College of Business. In 2007, UTA opened
3248-449: Was emphasized along with the addition of doctoral programs in science, engineering, business, social work, and public and urban administration. The Texas Select Committee on Higher Education recognized UT Arlington as an emerging research institution in 1987. In May 2023, UTA alumnus Kelcy Warren gave the largest single philanthropic investment in UTA's history. He donated $ 12 million to grow
3306-399: Was overcrowded and had only one branch campus, Prairie View A&M. Vincent Woodbury Grubb, a lawyer and education advocate, organized Arlington officials to lobby the state legislature to create a new junior college. The Arlington campus was established as a branch of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas and was called Grubbs Vocational College . Students were either enrolled in
3364-412: Was required to manage the finances and campus for the property owners. By the 1914–1915 school year, the campus contained 11 buildings on 10 acres (40,000 m ) of land with 95 students enrolled. The school was incorporated in 1915 in order to raise funds to make improvements to the existing buildings, but more financial problems arose and another series of lawsuits were filed. Taylor left Arlington, and
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