UT Tyler 40th Anniversary

• Anniversary
• Welcome from the President
  • Office of the President
• Events
• Gallery
• Leadership
  • President James H. Stewart
  • President George F. Hamm
  • President Rodney H. Mabry
• Memories
• UT Tyler Growth
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s

• UT Tyler
• UT Tyler 40th Anniversary

UT Tyler 40th Anniversary

1990s Growth

1990

• UT Tyler’s 10,000th academic degree awarded.
• UT Tyler initiates plans for Joint Baccalaureate Studies program with area community colleges.

1991

• UT Tyler’s first Interactive Video instruction implemented.

1992

• Coordinating Board authorizes master of science in mathematics.

1993

• University Pines apartments, first on-campus student housing, opens.

1994

• Coordinating Board authorizes master of science degree in biology.
• UT Tyler men’s tennis team wins second national title.

1995

• Groundbreaking ceremony for $22 million UT Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center.
• UT Tyler engineering program approved by Texas Legislature.
• Palestine campus opens.

1996

• UT Tyler George F. Hamm Endowed Chair in Arts and Humanities established by university supporters.
• UT Tyler Bart Brooks Endowed Professorship of Ethics and Leadership established.
• Coordinating Board authorizes master’s degree in political science.
• R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center opens.

1997

• UT Tyler four-year status approved by Texas Legislature.
• Development of UT Tyler Longview University Center approved by Texas Legislature.
• UT Tyler R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center opens with Marvin Hamlisch. This landmark edifice features 2,000 seat Vaughn Auditorium, Braithwaite Recital Hall and Meadows Arts Gallery.
• Coordinating Board authorizes master of arts in teaching and master of engineering degrees.

1998

• Rodney H. Mabry becomes the university’s third president.
• UT Tyler admits its first freshman class.
• UT Tyler School of Business Administration approved for accreditation by the AACSB-The International Association for Management Education.
• Eighty-four permanent university endowments reach a market value of more than $33 million.

1999

• New Millennium Vision announces UT Tyler’s 10-year strategic plan for growth.
• UT Tyler presidential and alumni scholarship program, for community and junior college transfer students, initiated – designed to increase not only the affordability of four-year college degree but also to address the low number of college graduates in the East Texas region.
• UT Tyler announces multi-million dollar building campaign to prepare for expected growth in student enrollment.