was completed on Founders Hall, the university’s second academic building.
In 2013, the UNT Dallas College of Law was established as part of the UNT System, with Senior U.S. District Judge William Royal Furgeson, Jr. serving as the founding dean. The law school is located downtown in the Dallas Municipal Building. It began accepting students in 2014 and was granted full accreditation by the American Bar Association in 2022.
In 2016, the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) system opened the UNT Dallas Station on the Blue Line, improving public transportation access to the campus. That same year, university enrollment surpassed 3,000 students for the first time.
The university’s first residence hall, Wisdom Hall, opened in 2017, providing on-campus housing for students. In 2019, UNT Dallas opened a new Student Center, which includes dining facilities, student services, and event spaces.
In 2020, the university launched the Trailblazer Elite Program to provide academic and social support for first-generation college …