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NEWS
| October 8, 2003
Campus
Briefs
Founders Day festivities include
speeches, tours
Today marks the university’s 108th birthday and its first
Founders Day celebration. Festivities will begin at 11:45 a.m. on
the University Center mall.
The event is sponsored by Student Congress, the Alumni Association,
the UTA Ambassadors, EX.C.E.L Campus Activities and the Office of
the President. Speakers will include interim President Charles Sorber,
Arlington Mayor Robert Cluck and SC President Josh Warren.
Seth Ressl, Student Activities program coordinator, said the celebration
will include speeches on the university’s past and future.
UTA Ambassadors and alumni will give historical tours of the campus.
“We’ll actually do a happy birthday celebration,”
Ressl said. “There’ll even be cake and punch.”
Administrators hope the day will become a tradition, he said.
— Chris Baggott
Forums to educate about university’s grad programs
Students can get information about all of the university’s
graduate programs this week during graduate forums.
The College of Science forum, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in 210 Life
Sciences Building, will feature its master of arts in interdisciplinary
science degree. The degree was created for instructors already teaching
science or for those wanting to be certified to teach science.
Other forums are:
• Urban and Public Affairs at 5:30 p.m. today in 532 University
Hall
• Education at 5:30 p.m. today in the University Center Guadalupe
Room
• Architecture at 5:30 p.m. today in 201 Architecture Building
• Liberal Arts at 5 p.m. today in 108 University Hall
• UTA/Fort Worth at 6 p.m. today in the UTA Fort Worth auditorium
• Social Work at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in 109 Social Work Complex
• Business Administration at 10 a.m. Saturday in 147 Business
Building
• Engineering at 10 a.m. Saturday in 100 Nedderman Hall
— Jessica Smith
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