A $2.5 million anonymous estate gift will support students, faculty and programs in the College of Visual Arts and Design and lead to a name change for the communication design program. When the gift is in place, the program will bear the name Jack Sprague Communication Design Program. Sprague, Professor Emeritus of communication design, taught at UNT for 20 years before retiring in 2009. He now works as the education director at the Smart Center Santa Fe.

"Jack's expectations for excellence fueled his students' academic achievements," says Eric Ligon, associate dean for academic and student affairs in the college. "He is a man worth honoring for his contributions to the lives and livelihoods of all his students and to the greater good of the program."