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UT Tyler Art Students Are Finishing Up on the New Discovery Science Place Mural

Nora Schreiber — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:48:59 +0000

The Discovery Science Place in Tyler is getting a new look. With the talented help of the University of Texas at Tyler’s art program, the walls of the entrance into the children’s learning center will be boring no more. You won’t believe how cool this will look when it is all done. The Discovery Science [...]

One Person in Custody + Another Being Sought After Robbery Near UT Tyler Campus

Dave Goldman — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:38:12 +0000

At 4:44 a.m. this morning (Wednesday), Tyler police responded to an armed robbery at Food Fast — Exxon at 4201 University Blvd. The store clerk told officers he was outside the store smoking when he was approached by two black males wearing all black, ski masks and armed with handguns. The suspects took the clerk [...]

New Traffic Signal is Going Up in Tyler

Jen Austin — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 15:29:14 +0000

Tyler is getting a new traffic light right after the Christmas holiday.

This is a busy travel weekend, and the constant buzz on the roads should hit a lull between Christmas and New Year's Eve. That will give drivers in Tyler a chance to ease into the habit of stopping at one extra place near TJC and UT Tyler.

UT Tyler Students Honored at Atlanta Conference

Jen Austin — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 13:30:03 +0000

The Southern Regional Model United Nations Conference in Atlanta turned out to be a great thing for UT Tyler students. The UT Tyler delegation earned top honors at the Model United Nations Conference in their representation of France. They were given the “Outstanding Position Papers” award for the best preparation and research, according to a [...]

UT Tyler Program Is Nationally Ranked

Jen Austin — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 13:45:32 +0000

UT Tyler students are smart! Criminal justice majors there recently took the Major Field Test examination and their scores were in the top 10 nationwide. This is the second time UT Tyler has been among the top 10 percent of all institutions taking the exam in the field, according to a news release from the [...]

UT Tyler Students Build Concrete Canoe

Jen Austin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:00:26 +0000

It would seem like a canoe made of concrete wouldn't have a chance at floating. It would be so heavy it would sink, right?

Thanks to laws of physics that are way over my head, concrete canoes DO float, because the weight of the water displaced is equal to the weight of the the boat. Some UT Tyler students know all about that, and the canoe team there has placed in the top 15 nationally. Nice goin'!

More East Texas Colleges Ban Smoking

Jen Austin — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:15:49 +0000

When I went to college at the University of Nebraska, I can remember walking out of my journalism building into a puff of smoke. Smokers would congregate outside after class to have a quick drag before the next class. That may be a thing of the past.

More and more schools now are banning smoking on campus, and one local college has already done it.

$1 Helps Achieve Educational Goals With UT Tyler Hole-In-One Contest [AUDIO]

Dave Goldman — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:00:29 +0000

For the past 26 years, amateur golfers having been taking swings for their chance to win $1 million, and are helping to support funding for scholarship programs at the University of Texas at Tyler. Levi Herrera, a 2009 recipient of the UT Tyler Hole-in-One scholarship, talked about how the extra money has benefitted his educational [...]

UT Tyler Patriot Million Dollar Hole-In-One Contest Kicks Off

Lucky Larry — Mon, 14 May 2012 15:03:46 +0000

Over the past 25 years the annual Hole In One competition has raised more than a million dollars for endowed scholarship programs at UT Tyler. Students have benefited directly from the competition that could be giving away $1 million itself on Sunday, May 20, at Hollytree Country Club! Qualifying began Saturday at the UT Tyler Herrington Patriot Center and continues through 11 p.m. Friday.