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More Off-Season Stuff - Name Changes & Firsts
Just some more off-season stuff. How many name changes for your school throughout it's history and how many historic "first" throughout the years ?
NORTH TEXAS
The university has had seven names through the years:
•1890 Texas Normal College and Teachers' Training Institute
•1894 North Texas Normal College
•1901 North Texas State Normal College
•1923 North Texas State Teachers College
•1949 North Texas State College
•1961 North Texas State University
•1988 University of North Texas
UNT “firsts” through the years include:
•First jazz studies program in the U.S.
•First emergency administration and planning program in the U.S.
•First peace studies program in the Southwest.
•First patent for a silicon-based ultra-sensitive chemical sensor for use in integrated circuit fabrication.
•First bachelor's degree in electronic merchandising in the U.S.
•First online school library preparation program in the U.S.
•First accredited counseling program in the U.S.
•First mechanical and energy engineering program in the U.S.
•First and only accredited undergraduate forensic science program in Texas.
•First four-year degree offered in aviation logistics in the Dallas–Fort Worth region.
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