Committed to excellence

It is an honor to serve as president of the University of North Texas, a major force in the Dallas-Fort Worth region’s economy and the largest university in the region.

Because UNT is an innovative, large public university in the business of change, we decided to do something different when creating this report. We resisted the temptation to tell only stories about our outstanding students, faculty and programs. Instead, we are giving you a quantitative view of what UNT is and what we are trying to do.

With this report, you can assess the importance of UNT, through numbers that clearly measure our strengths and weaknesses. By relying on these data, we are giving you a picture of where we are as well as our plans for the future.

I would be interested in your comments on this approach to a report. While the data reveal areas that need attention, they still show that UNT is on a very positive trajectory toward our goal — to be a nationally recognized research university offering the best undergraduate education in Texas.

Partly as a response to tough economic times, and partly because it’s how UNT has always operated, we are changing many aspects of how we do business so we can protect what we do well and improve upon what we can do better. We know there is more work to do, but we are building on a strong foundation and nothing is out of reach.

Sincerely,

V. Lane Rawlins
President
president@unt.edu