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Hurley’s
accomplishments
Hurley
farewell photos
Jackson
confirmation video
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Fashion, High Art
The
Freshman Experience
Life
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HURLEY'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Major
progress made during UNT System Chancellor Emeritus and UNT President
Emeritus Alfred F. Hurley’s tenure includes:
- A 44
percent increase in enrollment — from 18,782 in 1982 to
27,132 in 2000 (Fall 2002 unofficial enrollment is a record 30,256
students)
- Endowment
growth from $850,000 to more than $45 million
- Transformation
of the UNT campus with more than $175 million in renovation and
construction
- Increased
nationwide recognition for many of UNT’s academic programs
- Transformation
of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine into the UNT Health
Science Center at Fort Worth
- Establishment
of the UNT Office of Postgraduate Fellowships to help students
seeking scholarship, research and study opportunities
- Raising
of $43.7 million between 1987 and 1992 to exceed the $35 million
goal of UNT’s first capital campaign
- A change
in the university’s name from North Texas State University
to the University of North Texas in 1988
- A change
in UNT’s image to that of a metropolitan, research university
working to become a top-tier institution
- Establishment
of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science and admission
of the first TAMS students in 1988
- Opening
in 2000 of the UNT System Center at Dallas — the first step
in establishing the University of North Texas at Dallas
- Recognition
of the UNT System as a formal system in January 2001, making it
one of six recognized higher education systems in Texas
- Unanimous
approval by both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives
of legislation statutorily establishing the University of North
Texas at Dallas, which will become the first public university
in the Dallas city limits
- Raising
of $155 million for Campaign North Texas between 2001 and 2002,
exceeding the $150 million capital campaign fund-raising goal
two years ahead of schedule
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