The Schools of Texas
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The Schools of Texas |
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Southern Methodist University |
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| Founded: | 1911 |
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| Nickname/Mascot: | Mustangs / Peruna | |
| Colors: | Harvard Crimson, Yale Blue | |
| Motto: | Veritas Liberabit Vos / The Truth Shall Set You Free | |
| Location: | Dallas | |
| SMU has known the highs and lows. It has the distinction of being the only school to have the Football team put under the so called "Death Penalty" - eliminating the football program for a year. It also is the site of the George W. Bush Presidential Center currently under construction on the campus. | ||
Texas Christian University |
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| Founded: | 1873 |
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| Nickname/Mascot: | Horned Frogs | |
| Colors: | Purple, White | |
| Motto: | Disciplina est Facultas (Knowledge is Power) | |
| Location: | Fort Worth | |
| TCU have one of the great mascots: the Horned Frogs. And among the fictional graduates are Roy Hinkley (better known as the Professor on Gilligan's Island) and Reverend Timothy Lovejoy of the Simpsons. NOT poses with a Horned Frog sculpture on campus by Seppo Aarnos. | ||
Texarkana College |
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| Founded: | 1927 (TC) 1971 (TAMU-T) |
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| Nickname/Mascot: | Bulldog (TC) | |
| Colors: | Blue, White (TC) | |
| Motto: | A Great Place to Start...Or Start Over (TC) | |
| Location: | Texarkana | |
| Texarkana College and Texas A & M University - Texarkana share a campus space, they are two separate schools. Texarkana College was founded in 1927 as a branch of the Texarkana Independent School District, and joined with East Texas State University in Texarkana in 1971 to offer upper-level and graduate courses. When ETSU joined the Texas A & M System in 1996 (becoming Texas A&M University - Commerce, the Texarkana campus was created as a separate institution, Texas A&M University - Texarkana. TAMU-T has no athletics program. |
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Texas College |
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| Founded: | 1894 |
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| Nickname/Mascot: | Steers, Lady Steers | |
| Colors: | Purple, Gold | |
| Motto: | Per Lumen Scientiae Viam Invenient Populi (Through the light of knowledge the people will find a way) | |
| Location: | Tyler | |
| HBCU | ||
| This Historically Black College located in East Texas strives to "recognizes the dynamic nature of the modern world and, hence, the need to integrate faith with technological and scientific advancements to improve the human condition". | ||
University of Texas at Arlington |
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| Founded: | 1895 |
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| Nickname/Mascot: | Mavericks/Blaze | |
| Colors: | Blue, White | |
| Motto: | Disciplina Praesidium Civitatis (Cultivated mind is the guardian genius of democracy) | |
| Location: | Arlington | |
| Nestled between Dallas and Fort Worth, the school is known as the Mavericks and has been since 1971, predating the use of the name for the Basketball Team (1980). | ||
University of Texas at Tyler |
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| Founded: | 1971 |
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| Nickname/Mascot: | Patriots | |
| Colors: | Orange, Blue | |
| Location: | Tyler | |
| UT Tyler consists of four professional colleges and one traditional college of arts and science and serves the students of East Texas. | ||
Photos by J.J. Kwashnak
Updated December 2011