TOP 10

in 2009-10
 We got better looking.

350 new building signs

Safer curbs and sidewalks

New pedestrian-friendly,
energy efficient lights
#10: Campus beautification
 We attracted musical fame.
Again.
UNT Symphony Orchestra
to be part of Dallas Cowboys history
and Super Bowl kickoff celebrations.
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International Double Bass Solo Competition
One O’Clock Lab Band album earned
2 Grammy nominations in 2009-10

(6 nominations and counting)

#9: Grammy nominations
 Talon High-Performance
Computing System

Tenfold increase
in computational power

We boosted our research power and environment.

#8: Talon and other enhanced research capability
We welcomed more veterans.

• 1,200 student veterans in 2009-10

• New Veterans Center
• More services, more resources
#7: Military friendly university honor
Our faculty earned more top awards.
3 Fulbright winners
2 American Chemical Society Fellows
2 Texas Institute of Letters inductees
1 Powe Junior Faculty award winner
1 Art Education Distinguished Service winner
Many more honors …
#6: Faculty awards for excellence
We kept opening doors.
Half of the 2009 freshman class was first-generation.
 13 Emerald Eagle Scholars
graduated early so far

1,800 Emerald Eagle Scholars

able to pursue degrees

3rd Texas Higher Education Star Award

#5: First Emerald Eagle graduate
(a year and a half early)
We started rewriting Mean Green history.
#4: New stadium
We set a course for excellence.

• Strengthened research focus

• New infrastructure for research
• More excellent faculty
• Increasing graduate enrollment
#3: Strategic plan for research
We built for the future.
21st Century buildings
=
Better learning
+
Innovative research
#2: New Life Sciences Complex
• Rooftop greenhouses
• Open labs for collaboration
• Premier aquatic research facilities
We broke records.
Ninth year of record-breaking enrollment in 2009-10
Largest graduating class ever in 2009-10
SAT scores of incoming freshmen rising
1,200 Honors College students, 800 graduates
#1: Growth and quality of undergraduates