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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

pradit@nida.ac.th

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

Sompornss@ru.ac.th

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

Jaturon.pruekpairojkul@fourseasons.com

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

pwait@ipst.ac.th

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

Pijarn.c@bu.ac.th

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

Buab2005@gmail.com

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

peemthailand@yahoo.com

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

fscimcm@ku.ac.th

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

jwrinaldi@gmail.com

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

raweewan@as.nida.ac.th

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

phanit@ftpi.or.th

66 2 619 5500 ext. 100

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