Take a visual journey through time in our “130 Years Of…” photo collections, where we raid the UTA Libraries Special Collections archives to show how campus life, traditions, athletics, and more have changed—and not changed!—since 1895.
Break out your party hats and start lighting the many (many) candles: We’re celebrating UT Arlington’s 130th anniversary with a yearlong party—and you’re invited!
We asked the Maverick community past and present to tell us their favorite UTA memories. From bowling at the University Center to late nights on the set of UTA News to watching the great Allan Saxe become a man-sized chicken, the moments they shared are insightful, entertaining, and diverse—just like UTA.
The history of UT Arlington is inspiring, complicated, memorable—and weird. Take a guided tour of 130 lesser-known facts, occurrences, events, milestones, and mishaps that helped shape the University into what it is today.
The Maverick Battalion has been a fixture on campus for more than a century. Before UTA was UTA, before it was Arlington State College or even North Texas Agricultural College, it was a military school, shaping students into disciplined, duty-bound leaders.
UTA’s student newspaper is almost as old as the University itself. Yet its student-journalists remain driven by the same desire as those who published the very first issue: to tell the important stories of the campus and its community.
The story of UTA can only fully be told by hearing from its faculty and staff—after all, who knows its history better than those who witnessed it firsthand? In this oral history, the University's longest serving employees share their memories.
While UTA is celebrating an important historic milestone this year, it is also keeping an eye on the future and how best to serve the next generation of Mavericks.
Come join us as we commemorate 130 years of UTA!
