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TI, UNT Dallas Campus establish Math Scholars program
to add math teachers in Dallas-area school districts
by Torrence Robinson, Director, Public Affairs
From left: Texas State Senator Royce West, UNT Regent Marjorie B. Craft, TI President and CEO Rich Templeton, UNT Dallas Campus Vice Provost Dr. John Price, UNT Chancellor Lee Jackson, and UNT Vice Chancellor for Administrative Services Rich Escalante |
Underscoring its commitment to building tomorrow’s
work force through higher education, the Texas Instruments
Foundation presented the University of North Texas Dallas
Campus with a $1.1 million grant on March 5 to establish
the TI Math Scholars program.
The program’s goal is to encourage more students,
especially from underrepresented groups such as minorities
and women, to seek bachelor’s degrees in mathematics
with math teacher certification. Students selected for
this program must agree to teach in Dallas-area school
districts for a minimum of two years upon graduation.
“We’re delighted to be able to give this
gift to the UNT Dallas Campus and to be a part of getting
young people excited about their college educations,”
said Rich Templeton, TI president and CEO.
“We at TI have a real stake in increasing the
interest in, and teaching of, math and science —
not only at the university level, but from kindergarten
to the twelfth grade as well. The TI Math Scholars program
at the UNT Dallas Campus will go a long way to stoking
that interest and creating the math teachers of tomorrow.”
Cultivating tomorrow’s work force through higher
education has been a commitment of TI’s for more
than 60 years. The company works to develop partnerships
and programs, contribute financial resources, offer
expertise and donate equipment. The goal: to make higher
education — particularly education focused on
engineering, math and science — better and more
accessible.
Graduates in these disciplines are the lifeblood of
high-technology companies such as TI. For this reason,
the company is placing more emphasis than ever on core
areas, such as math and science, to help foster the
next generation of high-tech workers. TI also is expanding
its focus on educational opportunities for women and
minorities to increase their representation in technical
fields.
“One of the most compelling aspects of the TI
Math Scholars program is that it seeks to achieve student
participation with a high degree of diversity,”
said Dr. John Price, vice provost, UNT Dallas Campus.
“Educational partnerships such as the one between
the UNT Dallas Campus and Texas Instruments will be
critical if we are to develop a diverse pool of qualified
teachers in math, and also the sciences, technology
and engineering.”
TI’s efforts reach the top engineering university
programs around the world. In the past 10 years, TI
and its foundation have made grants totaling more than
$75 million to colleges and universities.
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