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The Texas Buddhist Association (TBA, traditional Chinese: 德州佛教會; simplified Chinese: 德州佛教会; pinyin: Dézhōu Fójiào Huì) is a non-profit nondenominational religious organization committed to providing religious ceremonies and educational programs and serving the community.
The center hosts faculty research associates from several departments, and administers a minor in Mexican American Studies. The center was founded in 1993 by a Texas state mandate. [90] The UT Arlington Research Institute (UTARI) is a research and development unit of The University of Texas at Arlington. [91]
The existence of these legends, state some scholars such as Stevenson, suggests that Jagannath may have a Buddhist origin. [76] Another evidence that links Jagannath deity to Buddhism is the Ratha-Yatra festival for Jagannath, the stupa-like shape of the temple and a dharmachakra-like discus (chakra) at the top of the spire.
Arlington State College graduation ceremony, circa 1950s. In September 1949, NTAC was renamed Arlington State College (ASC), [1] [84] in part because agriculture was no longer a major course of study at the college. [62] During the 1950s, it was the largest state junior college in the Southwest. [62]
[1] [3] Arlington College was the first of a series of private schools to exist on the site of the present University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). [2] From the beginning it was championed by civic booster Emmett Rankin, [1] [3] a native of Tennessee who moved to Arlington in 1874 and established the Rankin Hardware Company. [5]
The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) inherited a theme, including a nickname and mascot, of "Rebels" from its days as Arlington State College (ASC). The theme dated back to 1951, but after the integration of the school in 1962 and its admission into the University of Texas System (UT System) in 1965, The Shorthorn student newspaper ...
As expansion continued, a curriculum for an Associate of Arts degree was developed, and in 1989, the institute was granted authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. During this time, overseas study programs in Oxford and Rome were added. In 1991, the Institute changed its name to The College of Saint Thomas More. [1]
European settlement in the Arlington area dates back at least to the 1840s. After the May 24, 1841 battle between Texas General Edward H. Tarrant and Native Americans of the Village Creek settlement, a trading post was established at Marrow Bone Spring in present-day Arlington (historical marker at