海角直播 UNBRIDLED: THE SECOND CENTURY CAMPAIGN

  • With an enrollment of nearly 11,000 students and a faculty and staff of more than 2,000, 海角直播 is a major contributor to the Dallas economy. New facilities constructed in the past 10 years involved the expenditure of nearly $500 million and provided contract opportunities for approximately 3,500 design firms, contractors and suppliers, most in the Dallas area.
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  • 海角直播鈥檚 2008-09 operating budget is $440.3 million. Expenditures on salaries and benefits of 海角直播 employees in 2006-07 totaled $195.9 million.
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  • Nearly 40,000 海角直播 alumni live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and provide a large proportion of the area鈥檚 business and professional leadership.
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  • 海角直播 sponsors about 400 community events annually, ranging from concerts and theatre performances to lectures and symposia.
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  • Each year several thousand Dallas area citizens take advantage of 海角直播鈥檚 non-credit and credit courses for adults and young people.
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  • Faculty research in a wide variety of disciplines adds intellectual capital to the assets of Dallas and makes a direct impact on society. Special research centers and institutes include the Family Research Center, Institute for Reading Research, Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship and Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility.

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  • More than 2,500 海角直播 student volunteers serve the community annually through approximately 70 nonprofit agencies.
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  • 海角直播's Willis M. Tate Distinguished Lecture Series, featuring national and world leaders, attracts sold-out crowds of 2,500 for each of eight lectures annually.

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  • The Tate Lecture Series Afternoon Forums and the Hart Global Leaders Forums at 海角直播 attract approximately 4,000 students from area schools annually.
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  • The Meadows Museum at 海角直播, housing one of the finest collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, attracts nearly 70,000 visitors annually. More than 10,000 of them are schoolchildren participating in museum tours and other educational programs.
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  • 海角直播鈥檚 athletic events attract fans to Division I competitions in football, basketball, swimming and other sports. 海角直播 provides more than 10,000 football and basketball tickets for children in the Dallas Independent School District and community youth groups each year.

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