University Celebrates Start of Residence Hall Construction

Participants include (from left) Michael Petty, senior project manager; UT System Office of Facilities, Planning and Construction; Chip Clark, director of facilities planning, construction and operations; Dr. Jim Ferguson, vice president for business affairs; Dr. Howard Patterson, dean of student affairs and director of athletics; Dr. Dale Lunsford, vice president for student affairs and external relations; Dr. Rodney Mabry, president; and Louise Ornelas, representing the UT Tyler Development Board. More>>>

Film Series Presents ‘Remains of the Day’

The Friends of the Arts and the UT Tyler theatre department will present “Remains of the Day’’ Dec. 15, as part of the Third Wednesday Film Series.

The film starring Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson and Christopher Reeve, will be shown at 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Cowan Center lecture hall, Room 1009. Tickets are $4. UT Tyler, Tyler Junior College and Texas College students will be admitted free with valid ID. More>>>

Words of WNBA Wisdom

Van Chancellor, coach of the WNBA Houston Comets, speaks to members of the UT Tyler women’s basketball team Dec. 1 on campus. Chancellor, who coached the 2004 Olympic gold medal women's basketball team, visited Tyler to speak at a community luncheon. “We were fortunate enough to get him to come out and speak to my team that afternoon,’’ said Terri Deike, UT Tyler women’s basketball coach. More>>>

Meadows Gallery Features Works of Graduating Seniors

The Senior Exhibition presents 40 recent works by Tazivei Makwavarara, Desirree Parker, Heidi Warren and James Michael Whitten through Wednesday, Jan. 5, at the Meadows Gallery, located in UT Tyler Cowan Center. More>>>

Ralph Hippenstiel
Hassan El-Kishky
Chad Frick
Sandeep Dataprasad
Penio “Pepe’’ Radev
Brian Taylor
Danijela Kebir
Jason Distefano
Scott Brown
John Brannon Gary
Danijela Kebir
Dustin Porter

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Commencement to Recognize 351 Candidates

The ceremony for candidates in the Colleges of Business and Technology, Engineering and Computer Science and Nursing and Health Sciences will begin at 10 a.m. The ceremony for candidates in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Education and Psychology will begin at 1:30 p.m. More>>>

Programs Offered for the Study of Early Historical Periods

The College of Arts and Sciences has established two interdisciplinary minors and a scholarship program for the study of early historical periods, Dr. Donna Dickerson, dean, announced.

Students may select a minor in classical studies or in medieval and renaissance studies to satisfy bachelor’s degree requirements in any major that requires a minor. Each minor requires a total of 18 semester hours, 12 of which must be upper division. Both minors would allow students to select from appropriate courses in a wide variety of disciplines. More>>>

Scholastic Book Fair Benefits Learning Development Center

The Department of Early Childhood, Reading and Special Education sponsored a Scholastic Book Fair to benefit the UT Tyler Learning Development Center Dec. 1-2 in the University Center.

The book fair provides materials for students in education to use in their field experiences and for use in the Learning Development Center’s assessment, reading and strategies clinics. More>>>

Alpha Chi Honor Society Inducts 95 Students

Ninety-five students were inducted into UT Tyler’s Alpha Xi chapter of the Alpha Chi Scholastic Honor Society recently.

The ceremony included the presentation of outstanding faculty awards to: Paul Streufert, College of Arts and Sciences; Sheldon Dunham, College of Business and Technology; Bernadine Hansen, College of Education and Psychology; Stephen Rainwater, College of Engineering and Computer Science; and Melinda Hermanns, College of Nursing and Health Science. More>>>

Health Clinic to Remain Open During Holidays

The University of Texas Health Clinic will remain open during the holidays to serve UT Tyler students, faculty and staff.

Located south of the Engineering Building, the clinic is open 8 a.m.to noon Monday, Wednesday and Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday. More>>>

‘Clearly You’

Business senior Renee Lampkin (left) and nursing sophomore Jamie Wilson immortalize their image in crystal Dec. 2 in the University Center. More>>>