Aggieland in Cowtown.

[ShadowFrog]

Just wait until you see what UTA is going to do to Walsh Ranch.

Annetta may have to add a Stop-Light.

 

[Fosterpark Squatter]

Just wait until you see what UTA is going to do to Walsh Ranch.

Football stadium?

 

[Brog]

Just wait until you see what UTA is going to do to Walsh Ranch.

Like what? Need more info on this.

 

[TCUdirtbag]

Like what? Need more info on this.

UTA West

www.uta.edu

 

[TCUdirtbag]

A cogent reply, thanks—2 questions please:

abandoning science and engineering efforts—please expand.
Also, aviation efforts, is there still a satellite campus at Alliance airport?

1. We graduated our first (small) class of engineers in 1996, started building Tucker Technology Center in 1999, split the [now “Davis”] College of Science and Engineering off from AddRan in 2000, and haven’t done much other than routine updates to those programs since. All focus went to Business and Honors. And through 2-3 rounds of strategic plans made repeated conscious decisions to not pursue research and growth in STEM programs.

2. Don’t know those full plans. Lease or acquisition of space there seems like the obvious best bet, if workable. Ohio State, Oklahoma, Kansas State, Auburn, and Angelo State have similar satellite facilities at local airports. As an aside, I can only imagine TCU is pursuing major sponsorship for a building. Auburn’s has Delta in its name, and surely we’re chasing AA here. You can’t overstate the startup costs for these programs—planes, simulators, faculty, and somewhere to put all of them.

It’s interesting that the aviation programs are being housed in the College of Education. It seems to me TCU has some odd program alignments. With planned growth, I wouldn’t be shocked to see some colleges and programs realigned in the coming years (e.g., a standalone natural sciences college and a reimagined college of engineering, aviation and technology—especially if we eye adding aerospace engineering (also provides a home for the AI initiatives).