Day: August 18, 2004
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Presidential search committee set to begin work
The newly formed, 18-member presidential advisory search committee will soon begin its quest for UTD’s next leader. First on the agenda at the Jan. 26 meeting will be the contract of an executive search firm and the approval of an advertisement to solicit a new UTD president. The search committee will be responsible for proposing…
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Tuition increase to combat budget deficit
UTD administrators are looking to generate additional revenue with the tuition hike, approved last semester, to revitalize growth thwarted by last summer’s state-mandated budget cuts. With a $2 million budget deficit this year and a pledge to provide a 2 percent cost of living increase to all employees, UTD will be forced to draw on…
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Religious, scientific clash focus of summer trip
Several UTD students and faculty will travel to England this summer with Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, Frederic Farrar and many other great thinkers of the 19th century. Or rather, the students and faculty will be traveling as Darwin, Huxley, Farrar and other prominent figures of the late 19th century clash between science and religion. From…