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By Nasreen Iqbal
Staff Writer
UNT recently reached several mile-
stones which will affect students, from fees
to football. Here's a look at the future of
UNT.
A Landmark for UNT
he passing of a bill in the state legis-
lature on May 31 gave UNT administrators
permission to begin planning for the ur¿
versity's first law school. Dallas City offi-
cials and UNT administrators have already
begun to draft plans for the UNT at Dallas
College of Law, which is expected to open
its doors to prospective students in the fall
of 2011. The passing of the bill came as a
landmark move to UNT and state lobbyists
who have been working on the bill for over
a decade.
This bill marks the birth of higher edu-
cation in Dallas. It will bring many benefits
to the city and to college students of today
and generations to come, author of the bill,
Senator Royce West D-Dallas, said in a
previous NT Daily article.
According to West, the new college will
supply the Dallas/Fort Worth region with
its only public law school. Until the estab-
lishment of the college, the DFW region
remains to be one of the largest metropoli-
tan areas in the United States without a
public law school.
With funding from the city of Dallas,
the state Legislature and private contribu-
tors, renovations are scheduled to be made
on the Municipal Building, also known
as the Old City Hall Building, where the
new school will be housed. The Municipal
Building, located at 106 S. Harwood Street
is thought by some to be the heart of down-
town Dallas.
Establishing the UNT at Dallas College
of Law in the Municipal Building will now
promote partnership among students, facul-
ty, courts, law firms and businesses to serve
the greater DFW community. Spokespeople
for the UNT system said on the proposed
Law school's Web site.
The UNT system is currently conduct-
ing a national search for a dean of the law
school.
The founding dean will have a unique
opportunity to shape a 21st century law
school while providing academic, budget-
ary, administrative and managerial leader-
ship, officials say. To learn more about the
search for a dean or to see a list of qualifi-
cations visit www.untsystem.unt.edu/.
UNT journalism school sets state
standards
This September, UNT journalism stu-
dents will have their own school, thanks
to the approval from the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board in April.
The Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of
Journalism will no longer be attached to the
College of Arts and Sciences, where it was
previously housed. Set with its own dean,
advisors, and faculty, the school, which is
composed of both the undergraduate and
graduate programs, will be its own entity
beginning September 1, 2009.
"We love the idea of having our own
school, and it will be wonderful to leave a
footprint on this campus," Journalism chair-
man, Mitch Land, said in a previous NT
Daily article.
UNT officials said that Land will serve
as interim dean of the school until Provost
and Vice President of Academic Affairs,
Dr. Wendy Wilkins, finds a founding dean
for the school. A national search for a
founding dean is currently underway.
The emergence of the new school comes
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