January 11, 2002 UNT Inhouse publication: System Center director addresses Faculty Senate

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John Price, executive director of the UNT System Center at Dallas, spoke about the System Center's growth and impact on the Dallas community at the UNT Faculty Senate meeting Dec. 12.

Price said the center's goal is to have 2,500 full-time equivalent students enrolled at the center by 2007, at which point UNT at Dallas could begin operations.

Suzanne LaBrecque, vice provost and associate vice president for academic affairs, gave a report to senators regarding progress of the Americans With Disabilities Act task force, created by UNT President Norval Pohl in 2000. The report included accomplishments of the task force, like improved campus signage to help accommodate people with disabilities, and goals the task force has yet to meet.

In other business, senators:

approved a resolution canceling the scheduled January senate meeting. The senate meets again at 2 p.m. Feb. 13 in Wooten Hall, Room 322.
approved recommendations for nominations to senate committees.
heard a report from senate Vice Chair Jeffrey Oxford regarding the University Committee's regular meeting with administrators. Topics administrators discussed at the meeting included how the declining economy is predicted to affect UNT, plans for the Texas Instruments complex the university purchased in 2001, the status of the proposed engineering program and the prospect of creating a new class type for research professors.