In a meeting with The Student Government Association (SGA) on Nov. 15, UT Tyler’s Tuition Committee proposed a 12 percent increase in students’ net price of tuition and fees, as well as a $20 per credit hour increase for business, engineering and nursing students, making their net price increase up to approximately 19 percent. Without…
The Tuition Committee unveiled the first draft of its proposal to increase UT Tyler students’ tuition and fees Wednesday in a presentation to student government. According to Committee Co-Chair Laura Jackson, the proposal is the result of many hours of deliberation by a cross-functional team of students, staff and faculty who served on the committee,…
The Student Fee Advisory Committee (SFAC), which oversees both the Student Services Fee and Recreational Facility Fee, held its first meeting of Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) Friday. The committee met in UC 3422A-B to elect new officers and review the its scope of work for the year. Elections The committee began by electing new officers.…
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*The following is the text of an email sent to the Tuition Committee at The University of Texas at Tyler on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017. Dear FY18 Tuition Committee: My name is James Hescock and I publish an independent news website for UT Tyler students called The Bell Tower Press. My website reports focuses on…
The UT Tyler Tuition Committee will present its draft proposal for a tuition increase next week, according to Co-Chair Laura Jackson who spoke in an interview Tuesday. “By next week, we will have a firm proposal to show the campus community, at which point they can say, We like this, we don’t like this, have…
New details from Tyler Police Department shed light on what happened in the accident that injured UT Tyler student Justin Bartie. According to The Tyler Police Department, Bartie was struck by a southbound vehicle about 300 feet south of Bell Mere Street on Old Omen Road on Oct. 22 at 4:39 p.m. Bartie was on…
University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) President Michael Tidwell updated the campus community in an email Thursday about the University’s efforts to ensure pedestrian safety and urged drivers and walkers to use caution. “I want to encourage walkers to take appropriate precautions when traveling next to the busy roads that touch our campus, especially…
Student Government Association (SGA) Parliamentarian Katelyn Hicken wants SGA to recommend the creation of a student organization that will advocate for free menstrual products on UT Tyler’s campus. Hicken said she believes the issue is important given that most of UT Tyler students are female and that SGA is one of the best places to…
The committee responsible for drafting an increase in tuition and student fees will finalize its proposal by December 5, Committee Co-Chair Dr. Laura Jackson announced Friday. UT Tyler held the first of two “Input Sessions” for students, faculty and staff Friday to provide the campus community with opportunity to voice its opinion about a potential…
Recently, students marked eight weeks into the new semester at The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler). Nevertheless, Sodexo, Inc. (Sodexo), the University’s unpopular food service provider still hasn’t delivered an update to student government about what it’s doing to improve its food services, services that students have repeatedly complained since last year. Eight…
The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) will decide what to do with its mascot Swoop by February 2018, Vice President of Marketing Lucas Roebuck told student government Wednesday. “I’ve showed slides in front of the deans and the cabinets that we’re going to have this problem solved by February,” he said. Students will…
University of Texas at Tyler President Michael Tidwell spoke to The Student Government Association (SGA) Wednesday about The University’s new strategic plan. He gave an overview of where the University is going and spoke to concerns about Swoop, the school’s mascot. Tidwell said the University’s new strategic plan has four strategic pillars for the institution…
UT Tyler students get free tickets to shows at The R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center (The Center). “To obtain a ticket: full time UT Tyler Students must personally present a 2017 Orange UT Tyler ID at [the] box office window to redeem for a ticket,” according to The Cowan Center website. The…
The University of Texas at Tyler (UT Tyler) is considering increasing student tuition and fees to fund its new strategic plan for the institution, according to UT Tyler President Michael Tidwell who spoke to student government Wednesday. According to Tidwell, UT Tyler is discussing a possible tuition increase to fund, in part, student success initiatives…
Last year, many students complained about The University of Texas at Tyler’s (UT Tyler) food service provider Sodexo. Many said they believed Sodexo was largely unresponsive to students’ complaints. These forces motivated some to wonder whether Sodexo’s contract with UT Tyler could provide some relief. Over the summer, The Bell Tower Press (The Bell Tower)…
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