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About Texas/DFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas
• Equidistant to the continent’s five largest business centers (New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Toronto).
• Home to 29 foreign consulate offices.
• DFW Airport serves 175 world destinations and is world ranked 3rd in terms of operations and 8th in terms of passengers.
• 239 languages are spoken in DFW; English is not the primary language in about 1 of 5 DFW households.
• 44% of DFW residents are new Americans, including 1+ million that have moved here in the past decade.
DFW Ratings & Rankings
• Texas Ranks #1 in 2011 Top State For Doing Business (Area Development Online: September 22, 2011)
• Texas Ranks #2 on CNBC's Top States for Business 2011 (CNBC: July 2011)
• DFW scores well as best cities for business (Forbes: June 30, 2011)
• Dallas Named in Top Places to Live (RelocateAmerica: June 2011)
• Texas proves the most vibrant place for employment opportunities in the U.S. (Forbes May
2011)
• Texas voted the Best State for Business for the Seventh Straight Year (Chief Executive Magazine:
May 2011)
• Texas wins award for the most new and expanded corporate facilities (Site Selections Magazine:
March 2011)
• Dallas Ranks 3rd as Best Cities for New College Grads (Bloomberg Businessweek: July 2010)
• DFW Ranks in the Top 10 Sustainable Metros (Site Selection Magazine: July 2010)
• Dallas Fastest growing U.S. city (CNN: June 2010)
•Denton named “Best small town in America” USA Today - also was voted the friendliest town, the most fun town, the fourth-best town for food, and the ninth-most patriotic town in the country.
About Texas/DFW
Technology
•The DFW region’s technology sector encompasses a wide range of industries and employs over 221,000, or 38.4% of the total high tech workforce in Texas.
•High-Tech Manufacturing is the largest sector, employing over 83,000. The sector is anchored by industry stalwarts; Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, and HP Enterprise Services.
• In terms of sustainable technologies, DFW ranks as one of the Top Sustainable Metros in the U.S. (Site Selection Magazine, July 2010). By 2038, DFW is expected to have added over 70,000 green jobs.
Business
•Texas is home to 51 of the Fortune 500, with 10 based in DFW, including #2 Exxon Mobile and #12 AT&T.
• Texas has the third most Fortune 500 companies of any U.S. state.
• The DFW region ranks 2nd in U.S. metropolitan areas for revenue generated from Fortune 500 companies. (2009)
About Texas/DFW
Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) has 6.4 million residents, the largest metropolitan area in Texas,
4th largest in the U.S., and larger than 39 states.
•Outpaced the five largest U.S. metropolitan areas in growth; population increase of 19.1% from 2000-07 while U.S. growth rate was only 7%.
•Low cost of living, and considerably lower than major east and west coast cities.
•Home to four of the eleven Texas Nobel Prize winners.
•Dallas metro area was selected as one of the "Best Cities for Relocating Families“ (Worldwide ERC and Primary Location, 2008).
About Texas/DFW
Texas has 25.7 million residents, accounting for over 8% of the U.S. population.
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Fast Facts
• Established in 1890.
• UNT is a comprehensive public research university.
• UNT is the flagship of the University of North Texas System and the largest university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region.
• With more than 36,000 students, it also is the fourth largest university in Texas.
• It is ranked by the Carnegie Foundation as a Research University in the High Research Activity category.
• UNT is one of the seven emerging research universities in the state of Texas. The university aspires to move to Carnegie Very High Research Activity category and the company of 90% of the Association of American Universities members.
Colleges & Schools
UNT has 12 colleges and schools:
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Information
• College of Music
• College of Public Affairs & Community Service
• College of Merchandising, Hospitality & Tourism
• College of Visual Arts and Design
• Mayborn School of Journalism
• Honors College
• Toulouse School of Graduate Studies
Fast Facts
• UNT offers 225 degrees in many diverse areas:
9788
40Bachelor's
Master's
Doctoral
• Other campuses in the UNT System:
– UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth
– UNT Dallas Campus
– UNT at Dallas College of Law (enrolls first class in 2012)
Estimated $862 million budget for 2011-12
Famous Alumni
Norah Jones, Grammy Award winner
Dr. Phil McGraw, self-help expert
Shirin Askari, Project Runway contestant
Larry McMurtry, Pulitzer Prize winner
Jesús Moroles, renowned granite sculptor
Thomas Haden Church, Academy Award nominee
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Famous Alumni
James Pawelczyk, Astronaut
“Mean” Joe Green, NFL Hall of Famer
Bill Moyers, Broadcast Journalist, Author
Michael Burgess, U.S. Congress
Charn Uswachoke, Entrepreneur
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Honors & Giving
“Best of the West.”
-The Princeton Review
Named one of America's 100 Best College Buys® for15 consecutive years.
Historic year of giving:
• $22 million pledged gift from alumnus Charn Uswachoke
• $20 million stadium sponsorship from Apogee
• $8 million bequest from Paul Voertman
• $1.6 million valued photograph collection from Junebug & Kay Clark and Art & Charlotte Hancock
• $1.2 million in merchandising design software from VRSoftware Ltd.
Accomplishments
• UNT is one of nine public universities in the nation with more than 5,000 Hispanic students and more than 4,000 African Americanstudents.
• We Mean Green Named Green College Princeton Review.
• Alumni honored with numerous prestigious awards including the Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award, UNT's One O‘ Clock Lab Band has had 6 Grammy nominations to date.
• Sustainable Tourism CMHT and CATIE joint degree.
• Designated a major research and digital library by the U.S. Department of Education (6 million cataloged holdings), 2013 Chair International Internet Preservation Consortium.
Nationally-Recognized
Faculty
• 3 National Academy Members
• 3 Fulbright honors in 2010 alone
• 6 NSF Career Awards since 2004, most prestigious award offered by the National Science Foundation for young researchers
• 7 Powe Awards since 2005, given to faculty members with research in engineering, applied science, life sciences, mathematics, computer science, physical sciences, policy management and education.
• 30% increase in faculty endowed chairs and professorships since 2000
• 21 new patents since 2000
• 60% increase in research awards since 2007
• 50% increase in total awards since 2007
• 142% increase in research expenditures for science and engineering fields since 2007
Nationally-Recognized
Programs
Program Recognition
Environmental Philosophy Program Best in the world: International Association
for Environmental Philosophy
Medical Librarianship Graduate Program 3rd in U.S.: U.S. News & World Report
Graduate Counseling Program 12th in US: U.S. News & World Report
Public Administration Master’s Program 9th in U.S.: U.S. News & World Report
Graduate Rehabilitation Counseling Program 13th in US: U.S. News & World Report
School Library Media Graduate Program 11th in US: U.S. News & World Report
Jazz Studies First program in U.S.
E-Merchandising Undergraduate Program First program in U.S.
Applied Anthropology Graduate Program Online First program in U.S.
Art Education Doctoral Program First and only program in Texas
Aviation Logistics Undergraduate Program First and only at a Texas university
Emergency Administration and Planning
Undergraduate Program
First program in U.S.
Nationally-Recognized
Programs
• One of the nation's best music colleges.
• Top 5 and largest logistics and supply chain managementprograms in nation. Aviation logistics 1st four-year degree TX – one of only two in nation
• Behavior analysis 1st Department in nation (undergrad-masters)
• Nation's first degree program in mechanical and energy engineering, focus on renewable and sustainable energy.
• The only accredited professional journalismmaster's program in Texas.
Research Highlights
UNT has 67 research and service centers, including:
• Center for Advanced Research and Technology
• Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling
• Center for Computational Epidemiology and Response Analysis
• Center for Electronic Materials Processing and Integration (SRC)
• 3 NSF Industry/University Cooperative Research Centers
• Net-centric SW; Non-Ferrous Structural Alloys; Friction Stir Processing
• Field Station in Chile on Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems & Conservation
Research Clusters
UNT has 21 innovative research clusters:
• Bio/Nano-Photonics
•Complex Logistics Systems
•Computational Chemical Biology
•Consumer Experiences in Digital Environments
•Developmental Integrative Biology
•Hazards and Disaster Research to Respond to Global Crises
• Human Security, Democracy, and Global Development
• Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts
• Knowledge Discovery from Digital Information
•Materials Modeling
•Multi-scale Surface Science and Engineering
• Renewable Bioproducts
• Renewable Energy and Conservation
• Signaling Mechanisms in Plants
• Sub-Antarctic Ecosystems and Biocultural Conservation…
Research Clusters
Knowledge Discovery from Digital Information
Developing innovative technologies to process and analyze massive amounts of digital information - from terabyte to petabyte.
COI; CSE; Libraries
https://kddi.unt.edu/
Consumer Experiences in Digital Environments
Developing social and economic strategies for global digital networks that impact consumer decision-making, consumption, and experiences.
CMHT
http://digitalconsumer.unt.edu/
Initiative for Advanced Research in Technology and the Arts
Exploring emerging technologies and new media for novel interactions between the arts, engineering and sciences.
Music; CAS; CVAD; CEng
http://iarta.unt.edu/
New Facilities
Discovery Park is a 290-acre UNT campus,
located 5 miles north of the UNT main
campus, currently includes a 554,000 square
foot building, which is also occupied by the
College of Engineering, the College of
Information and the Computing and
Information Technology Center.
Discovery Park promotes and
supports interactive and multidisciplinary
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and
Mathematics) research, education, and
training that benefits students, faculty, and
the community, and expands economic
development by developing industry-
university partnerships.
New Facilities
College of Business Leadership Building –Opened Fall 2011
Received gold-level Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED) certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
New Facilities
Apogee Football Stadium – Opened Fall 2011
First newly constructed athletic stadium in the world to receive Platinum
LEED certification.
Life Sciences Complex – Opened
Fall 2010
Received gold-level LEED certification.
New Facilities
Zero Energy Research Lab – Opened Spring 2012Designed specifically to test various energy
technologies and systems in order to achieve a net-zero consumption of energy.
International Students
UNT is currently home to over 3,000 international students from 118 countries.
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Thailand
Japan
Vietnam
Mexico
Taiwan
Nepal
Saudi Arabia
Korea
India
China
Top Sending Countries Fall 2012
International Partners
Since 1985, UNT has signed 225 MOUs with institutions in 49 countries.
Source: http://gunn.co.nz/map
UNT Students Abroad
Since 1998, UNT students have gone abroad on exchanges,
faculty-led programs, and affiliated programs in
approximately 46 countries and 78 cities.
Source: http://gunn.co.nz/map
Initiatives in Thailand
• Emergency Management- Dr. Sudha Arlikatti, (NSF RAPID) Examining Resiliency from Tropical Storm Nock-ten which overflows the Chao Phraya River basins resulting in severe inland flooding affecting over 12 million people. Kanappa Pongpurat, Thammasat.
• Geography and Geospatial Sciences- (NSF) Dr. Harry Williams examines marsh core samples to examine geological record typhoon activity with Prof. Montri Choowongat Chulalongkorn
• Early Childhood Education- Success for life Program- Dr. George Morrison with KasetsartUniversity
• Mathematics Education Research – Dr. Colleen Eddy with Prof Maitree Inprasitha at Khon Kaen University
• Emerald Eagle Scholars Study Abroad in sustainable development, environmental ethics, disaster recovery and prevention and media representation while living in a Thai community.
• Sustainable Tourism Studies- Dr. Dan Spears - Foundations of International Travel and Tourism
• Business, Dr. finance and accounting with Mahidol and NIDA
• Film Documentary- Prof. Melinda Levin on Global Rivers
Support for Initiatives
in Thailand
• UNT’s new Global
Research
Development Fund
(GRDF)
– Funding for joint
graduate student
advisement
– Funding for joint
workshops
– Research Experiences
for Students
Not ‘just an office’!
Not by ‘flying in
and out’ but
through a local
presence
Not ‘until we
meet again’ but
with the local
capability to
follow-up
No ‘cold call
from afar’ but
warm
introduction in
Thai style
Not centrally
‘intermediated’
but driven by
college interests
Office Coordinator Ambassadors ChampionsUniversity of North Texas – Bangkok Office
Level 29, 388 Exchange Tower
Sukhumvit Road, Klongtoey
Bangkok 10110, Thailand
Dr. Pradit
Wanarat
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for UNT
College of Business
Vice President for Academic Affairs
National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Dr. Pradit Wanarat
Ph.D. Management Science, UNT, 1994
66 2 727 3332
Dr. Somporn
Sutinuntopas
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Arts & Science
Professor of Mathematics
Ramkhamhaeng University
Dr. Somporn Sutinuntopas
Ph.D. Mathematics, UNT, 1988
66 2 310 8388
Mr. Jaturon
Pruekpairojkul
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Merchandising, Hospitality
Management & Tourism
Manager, Learning & Development
Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok
Mr. Jaturon Pruekpairojkul
Master’s Hospitality Management, UNT, 2003
66 2 126 8866
Dr. Pornpun
Waitayangkoon
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Education
President
Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science &
Technology (IPST)
Dr. Pornpun Waitayangkoon
Ph.D. College and University Teaching, UNT, 1989
66 2 392 4021 ext. 1301
Dr. Pijarn
Charoensri
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Education
Instructor / Former Chair Information Technology
Bangkok University
Dr. Pijarn Charoensri
Ed.D. Higher Education Administration, UNT, 1999
66 2 350 3500 ext. 1690
Mrs. Noppakamol
Chana
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Visual Arts & Design
Lecturer: Jewelry Design
King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology
Mrs. Noppakamol Chana
Master’s Fine Arts, UNT, 2000
Dr. Peemasak
Angchun
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Information
Faculty Member: Faculty of Humanities
Ramkhamhaeng University
Dr. Peemasak Angchun
Ph.D. Information Science, UNT, 2011
66 2 318 0888
Dr. Monchan
Maketon
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Arts & Science
Head: Department of Zoology
Kasetsart University
Dr. Monchan Maketon
Ph.D. Biology, UNT, 1986
66 2 562 5555 ext. 3256
Dr. Joseph
Rinaldi
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Music
Lecturer : Vocal Pedagogy
Mahidol University
Dr. Joseph Rinaldi
Ph.D. Musical Arts, UNT, 2011
66 2 800 2323
Dr. Raweewan
Auepanwiriyakul
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Engineering
Acting Dean, Graduate School of Applied Statistics
National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA)
Dr. Raweewan Auepanwiriyakul
Ph.D. Computer Science, UNT, 1989
66 2 727 3057
Dr. Phanit
Laosirirat
Honorary Alumni Ambassador for the UNT
College of Public Affairs & Community Service
Director: Research and Information Technology
Thailand Productivity Institute (FTPI)
Dr. Phanit Laosirirat
Ph.D. Political Science, UNT, 1995
66 2 619 5500 ext. 100
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