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December 2003

• UT System Regents Approve Agenda Items in Final Meeting of 2003 (12/19)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet via Telephone Conference Call on December 19 (12/16)
• Advisory Committee Named for Presidential Search at UT Dallas (12/12)

November 2003

• UT System Receives $7.5 Million Grant to Support Reading Initiative (11/24)
• Innovative Financial Aid Website Launched (11/24)
• ADVISORY: Yudof to Announce New Financial Aid Website, Resource for Texans (11/21)
• James Spaniolo Named President of UT Arlington (11/19)
• Regents Emphasize Financial Aid in Approving Tuition Increases (11/18)
• Tuition Increases Will Strengthen Academic Programs and Student Services (11/18)
• Financial Aid Plans and Incentives Will Help Students Pay (11/18)
• Consultation Process Helped Tuition Plans Gain Wide Support (11/18)
• Presentations from the Special Meeting of the Board (11/18)
• ADVISORY: Media Availability with Chairman and Chancellor To Follow Special Meeting of Regents on Tuesday (11/17)
• Statement by Chancellor Mark G. Yudof: Tuition Setting of the University of Texas System (11/14)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet in Austin to Review Tuition and Interview UT Arlington Finalists for Presidency (11/14)
• 104th Lease Sale Earns $2.5 Million for Permanent University Fund (11/13)
• Enrollment Continues to Grow at Most UT Institutions (11/13)
• Presentations from the Meeting of the Board (11/13)
• UT System Regents Approve Degrees and Research Buildings (11/13)
• UT System to Adopt Reforms Inspired by Sarbanes-Oxley (11/13)
• ADVISORY: System-wide Commission to meet for review of tuition proposals (11/13)
• ADVISORY: Board of Regents to Meet in Odessa (11/7)
• Tuition Proposals from UT Campuses Available Online (11/4)

October 2003

• ADVISORY: UT System extends tuition proposal submission deadline (10/31)
• ADVISORY: UT System Launches Website to Inform Public About Tuition (10/30)
• Advisory Committee Named for Presidential Search at UT Pan American (10/29)
• Kenneth I. Shine Named Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs (10/17)
• Finalists Named for President of UTA (10/15)
• ADVISORY: System-wide Tuition Meeting Open to News Media (10/14)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet Regarding UTA Presidential Search (10/13)
• Health center association recognizes Yudof for public service (10/7)
• UT System launches Academic Assessment Pilot Project (10/2)

September 2003

• ADVISORY: UT System and NACUBO to Host Conference on Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (9/30)
• ADVISORY: Regents' Committee to Meet September 30 (9/29)
• Vice Chancellor for Educational System Alignment Accepts Faculty Position at UT Austin (9/25)
• Statement from Chancellor Yudof on the Death of A.W. "Dub" Riter, Jr. (9/24)
• UTA President Search Advisory Committee Completes Work (9/22)
• UT System Statement - Implementing Revisions to Admissions and Financial Aid Policies (9/9)
• Interim Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs is Appointed (9/5)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet in Austin on September 8 (9/3)

August 2003

• Yudof Appoints Members to System-wide Commission on Tuition (8/27)
• Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs Accepts Executive Position at UT Health Science Center at Houston (8/13)
• Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs Resigns (8/12)
• Presentations from the Meeting of the Board (8/7)
• $7.8 Billion Operating Budget Approved by Board of Regents (8/7)
• Revision of Admissions and Financial Aid Policies Authorized by Board of Regents (8/7)
• $4.59 Billion Capital Budget Approved by Regents for 2004 - 2009 (8/7)
• Six New Degree Programs Approved by Board of Regents (8/7)
• $6.5 Million Committed to San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (8/7)
• Board of Regents Approves New UTIMCO Board Members (8/7)
• Yudof Names New Vice Chancellor for External Relations (8/4)

July 2003

• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet in San Antonio on August 6-7 (7/31)
• Washington Consultant to be Hired on Developing Research Universities (7/7)
• Presentations from the Special Meeting of the Board (7/7)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet in Austin on July 7 (7/2)

June 2003

• Statement at News Conference to Announce Partnership between UTD, State, and Texas Instruments (6/30)
• Statement Regarding Supreme Court Decisions on Affirmative Action (6/23)
• Vice Chancellor Shirley Bird Perry to Retire (6/19)
• Comment on George Wright by UT System Chancellor Mark G. Yudof (6/9)
• UT System Welcomes Legislative Decisions (Statement by Chancellor Mark G. Yudof) (6/3)
• ADVISORY: News Media Availability-Legislative Actions to be Discussed (6/2) [Event Rescheduled]
• ADVISORY: News Media Availability Reschedules for Tuesday (6/2)

May 2003

• TAKS Help is on the Way (5/20)
• 103rd Lease Sale Earns $1.2 Million for Permanent University Fund (5/15)
• Chairman Miller's Testimony on Higher Education Accountability to U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce (5/13)
• ADVISORY: Chairman of Board of Regents to Testify to Congress on Accountability (5/12)
• Presentations from the Meeting of the Board (5/8)
• Regents approve $193.3 million for housing, academic, and health science facilities (5/8)
• Search Firm Named for Presidential Search at UT Arlington (5/5)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet in Austin May 7-8 (5/2)
• Statement regarding UT Arlington (5/1)

April 2003

• Statement Regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory (4/30)
• Chancellor Comments on the Death of George Kozmetsky (4/30)
• UTIMCO Selects Investment Risk Manager (4/22)
• Statement regarding the passage of HB 1887 (Indirect Cost Recovery) by the Texas House (4/22)

• Regents Affirm Support for UT Arlington (4/10)
• ADVISORY: Media Availability with Chairman and Chancellor To Follow Special Meeting of Regents on Thursday (4/9)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Hold Special Meeting by Telephone Conference Call (4/7)
• UTIMCO Receives Attorney General Ruling (4/2)
• Charles Miller Re-Elected Chairman of Regents (4/1)

March 2003

• ADVISORY: Regents' Committees to Meet March 31 - April 1 (3/26)
• ADVISORY: List of Experts on War Now Available on the Web (3/26)
• Three University Systems Unite with Houston Endowment to Strengthen Teacher Education (3/18)
• ADVISORY: News Conference-Three state university systems to announce collaborative effort to improve the preparation of teachers (3/17)
• UTIMCO seeks ruling to make records public permanently (3/13)

February 2003

• Advisory Committee Named by Regents' Chairman for Presidential Search at UTA (2/25)
• ADVISORY: Regents to Meet by Telephone Conference Call (2/21)
• ADVISORY: Chancellor Yudof to testify at House Appropriations Education Subcommittee Hearing (2/18)
• Presentations from the Meeting of the Board (2/13)
• Regents Support UTA Agenda Items, Including New Building (2/13)
• Charles Sorber Appointed Interim President of UTA, National Search to Begin (2/10)
• UT System Compliance Program Recognized as Model for Nation (2/10)
• 7% Budget Cuts Are Outlined (2/6)
• ADVISORY: Document to be Released at News Conference Scheduled on U. T. System Budget Cuts (2/6)
• ADVISORY: News Conference Recording Available (2/6)
• ADVISORY: News Conference Scheduled on UT System Budget Cuts (2/5)
• ADVISORY: News Conference Scheduled on UT System Budget Cuts (Details) (2/5)
• ADVISORY: Board of Regents to Meet in Austin Feb. 12-13 (2/5)

January 2003

• Chancellor Calls for UT System-wide Flexible Hiring Freeze (1/28)
• Chancellor Praises President Witt, Plans Orderly Succession at UTA (1/27)
• Statement Regarding Spending Cuts (1/24)
• Statement Regarding the Governor's Zero-Based Budget Proposal (1/17)
• Three Administrative Appointments Announced (1/13)
• Statement Regarding the Comptroller's E-Texas Report (1/10)
• ADVISORY: Regents' Committees to Meet January 6 - 7 (1/3)

 

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December 2002

• Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Community Relations is Announced (12/20)
• Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations is Announced (12/6)
• Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs is Announced (12/2)

November 2002

• Revised Policy on Criminal Background Checks is Announced (11/27)
• Yudof Named to National Literacy Advisory Board (11/22)
• 102nd Lease Sale Earns $792,000 for Permanent University Fund (11/21)

October 2002

• Applications Being Accepted for Scholarship Program (10/14)
• UTIMCO makes investment returns data available (10/4)
• Campus Life Committee Organized by Board of Regents (10/4)
• Enrollment Grows at All UT System Institutions (10/3)

September 2002

• Delta Air Lines Selects UT TeleCampus as Educational Partner (9/23)
• Kirk Aquilla Calhoun Appointed President of UT Health Center at Tyler (9/21)
• UTIMCO Board Unanimously Approves New Public Information Policy (9/18)
• Teresa Sullivan Named Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs (9/11)

August 2002

• Yudof Announces Major Staff Changes for UT System Administration (8/23)
• Employee Advisory Council Elects Officers (8/15)
• University Systems and Community Colleges Join Forces to Support Students (8/12)
• $7.02 Billion Operating Budget Approved by Board of Regents (8/8)
• "Reach Out & Read" Comes to El Paso (8/8)
• UT and U.H. Systems Form Partnership to Assist Public Education (8/8)
• 5 Ph.D. Programs Approved by Board of Regents (8/8)
• Regents Approve $162 Million in New Academic and Medical Facilities (8/8)
• Wales Madden to Receive Santa Rita Award (8/8)
• Promotions announced at UTIMCO (8/2)

July 2002

• Appointment of Vice Chancellor for Administration is Announced (7/25)
• Employee Advisory Council Elects Officers (7/9)
• Inaugural Class Selected for Management and Leadership Development Program (7/1)
• UT System Compliance Program Is Recognized as a National Model (July 2002)

June 2002

• Finalists Named For UT Health Center - Tyler Presidency (6/28)
• Mark Yudof Appointed Chancellor (6/21)
• UT System Names New Assistant Vice Chancellor (6/3)

May 2002

• Mark Yudof Named Sole Finalist for UT System Chancellor (5/31)
• Health Science Center President Names Diaz VP for Governmental Relations (5/24)
• 101st Lease Sale Earns $1.17 Million for Permanent University Fund (5/16)
• UT System Unveils Expanded Public School Initiative (5/9)
• Regents Approve 7 Graduate Degree Programs Across UT System (5/9)

April 2002

• UT TeleCampus Online Master's Degree in Kinesiology Wins National Honors (4/29)
• Med School Admission Program Assists Economically Disadvantaged Students (4/29)
• UT System Institutions Win Public Affairs Awards (4/26)
• UTEP Launches the Sam Donaldson Center for Communication Studies (4/18)
• UT System Officials to Discuss Telecommunications Programs in Mexico (4/5)

February 2002

• Chief Information Officer Appointed for UT System (2/26)
• Human Resources Director Appointed for UT System (2/22)
• UT System to Establish Management Development Program (2/14)
• Employee Advisory Council Outlines Issues (2/13)
• President Named for UTIMCO (2/12)
• Advisory Committee Named for Presidential Search at UT HCT (2/6)
• Firm Selected to Assist UT System in Proposal to Manage Sandia (2/4)

January 2002

• Coordinator named for Sandia National Laboratories Proposal (1/31)
• President of UT Health Center at Tyler to Retire (1/14)

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December 2001

• Regents Approve New Board Assignments (12/10)
• Texas A&M Regent Named to University Investment Board (12/10)

November 2001

• UTEP Scholar Named Texas Professor of the Year by CASE (11/14)
• Vice Chancellor Confirmed by U.S. Senate for Defense Post (11/13)
• 100th Lease Sale Earns $7.3 Million for Permanent University Fund (11/13)
• National Center for Educational Accountability Established (11/8)
• Regents Begin Process of Searching for New Chancellor (11/8)

October 2001

• UT TeleCampus Online Enrollments Climb Above 2,000 (10/19)
• Vice Chancellor to be Nominated for Defense Post (10/18)
• Archer Fellows Serve in Washington Internships (10/5)
• Enrollment Grows Across the UT System (10/2)

September 2001

• Shute Named UT System Vice Chancellor for Federal Relations (9/19)
• UT System Offers Assistance in National Recovery Efforts (9/18)

August 2001

• Guckian Named Acting Executive Vice Chancellor (8/27)
• Burck to Step Down as Chancellor of UT System (8/17)
• $6.4 Billion Operating Budget Approved by Board of Regents (8/9)
• Regents Adopt $3.4 Billion Capital Improvement Program (8/9)
• Employee Advisory Council Sets Agenda (8/1)

July 2001

• Statement by Chancellor Burck on John Montford (7/3)

June 2001

• Hispanic Contractors Honor Chancellor and UT System (6/8)
• Executive Director of Public Affairs is Appointed (6/7)

May 2001

• UT System Praises Work of 77th Legislature (5/30)
• Lease Sale Earns $7.2 Million for Permanent University Fund (5/18)
• MBA Online from UT TeleCampus is Named Best in Distance Learning (5/16)
• Ed Tech Program Produces First Virtual Graduate (5/11)
• Board of Regents Reorganizes Committees (5/9)

April 2001

• Charles Miller Elected Chairman of Board of Regents (4/30)
• Houston Firm Selected for Bonding and Technical Assistance Program (4/24)
• UTIMCO News: Resignations Announced at UTIMCO (4/6)

March 2001

• Bonding Program to Assist Small Subcontractors, Including HUBs (3/13)
• Willerson Named President of Houston Health Science Center (3/9)

February 2001

• UT System Forms Energy Task Force (2/22)
• Medical 'Renaissance' To Flow From Human Genome Project (2/15)
• Regents Approve Joint Programs in Life Sciences for San Antonio (2/15)
• UT System Reports Record for Fund Raising (2/15)
• UT System Regents Approve Accountability Plan (2/15)
• Alabama Administrator Named President of UT Permian Basin (2/14)
• Willerson Named Sole Finalist for Presidency of Houston HSC (2/14)
• Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs to Resign (2/14)

January 2001

• Board of Regents Names Loeffler Chairman (1/26)
• Evans Resigns from Board of Regents; Loeffler Becomes Chairman (1/19)

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December 2000

• Finalists Named for UT Permian Basin Presidency (12/15)
• R. D. Burck is Named Chancellor of the UT System (12/6)
• Administrative Appointments Announced by UT System (12/6)

November 2000

• Regents Name Burck as Sole Finalist for Chancellor (11/15)
• Lease Sale Earns $4.6 Million for Permanent University Fund (11/8)

October 2000

• UT System Promotions Announced (10/26)
• San Antonio Surgeon Named President of Health Science Center (10/10)
• Regents Approve Acquisition of El Paso County's Interest in Sun Bowl (10/2)
• Dallas Attorney Named General Counsel of the UT System (10/2)

September 2000

• Finalists Named for Presidency of UT HSC San Antonio (9/11)

August 2000

• Cardiologist Appointed Interim President of Health Science Center (8/21)
• Construction Director Named Assistant Vice Chancellor (8/21)
• $5.8 Billion Budget Approved by Board of Regents (8/10)
• Wind Power Project Approved for UT Land in West Texas (8/10)
• Board of Regents Approves $358 Million in New Construction (8/10)
• Board of Regents Authorizes Staff Advisory Council (8/10)
• Peter Flawn to Receive Santa Rita Award (8/10)

July 2000

• UT System Reorganizes Management of Distance Ed and Info Tech (7/21)
• Statements Re Dr. M. David Low's Decision to Step Down as President (7/11)
• Statements Regarding Professor Charles Alan Wright (7/10)
• Statements Re M.D. Anderson Ranking as Number One Cancer Center (7/10)
• Innovative Pre-Law Program Gets Dramatic Results (7/10)

June 2000

• Moody's Upgrades UT System's Long-Term Debt Rating to Triple-A (6/27)
• Advisory Committee Named for UTPB Presidential Search (6/19)
• Graduate Kinesiology Degree Gets Physical in Cyberspace (6/14)
• Interim Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations is Announced (6/7)

May 2000

• Sale of Oil Leases Adds $1.4 Million To Permanent University Fund (5/18)
• Business Affairs Appointments Made For UT System (5/15)
• Scholarship Fund Honoring Cunningham Is Announced (5/10)

April 2000

• UT TeleCampus Receives National Award For Innovation in Distance Ed (4/24)
• Vice Chancellor Mike Millsap To Resign (4/20)
• Interim Chancellor Appointed For UT System (4/14)

March 2000

• Advisory Committee Named For San Antonio Presidential Search (3/29)
• Statement by Chancellor Cunningham (3/24)
• UT System Offers Seven Online Master’s Degrees For Fall 2000 (3/24)

February 2000

• Regents Add $468.4 Million to Capital Improvement Program (2/9)
• President Sorber To Step Down At UT Permian Basin (2/8)

January 2000

• Cunningham Issues Statement on Kissinger Cancellation (1/28)
• UT Chancellor Proposes Broad Upgrade of Public Universities (1/11)
  
  

 

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