2011 Faculty and Staff Holiday Reception

Pres­i­dent James D. Span­iolo shared his ver­sion of “The Night Before Christ­mas” with a Mav­er­ick twist at the Faculty-Staff Hol­i­day Reception.

Speedy Mavericks

Every year our For­mula SAE (Soci­ety of Auto­mo­tive Engi­neers) team designs, builds, and races cars at com­pe­ti­tions around the globe. Mechan­i­cal and aero­space engi­neer­ing Pro­fes­sor Robert Woods talks about what it takes to win the chal­leng­ing com­pe­ti­tion, while Lena Gerry, the For­mula SAE team cap­tain, takes us through this year’s project.

Stallions of School Spirit

Each year incom­ing fresh­men dec­o­rate white fiber­glass horses in Mav­er­ick orange and blue. The horses are then placed in a promi­nent place on cam­pus. Watch this year’s horse being adorned as stu­dents dis­cuss what par­tic­i­pat­ing in the art instal­la­tion means for them, the stu­dent body, and the Uni­ver­sity as a whole.

Damage Control

Research by UT Arling­ton sci­en­tists and engi­neers shows promise in mit­i­gat­ing the types of earth­quake dis­as­ters that recently dev­as­tated Japan and Haiti. Anand Pup­pala, Simon Chao, Pamela Jansma, and Glen Mat­ti­oli share insights of what they’ve gleaned from their explorations.

Hooping It Up

LaMar­cus Reed III, the top return­ing scorer for the Mav­er­icks, dis­cusses what being a big-time ath­lete at UT Arling­ton means to him. A star on the bas­ket­ball court and in the class­room, Reed already has earned a bachelor’s degree in finance and is pur­su­ing a sec­ond degree in economics.