Agenda Information Sheet
DEPARTMENT: Development Services/Economic Development Division
CM/ ACM: Jon Fortune
Date: August 23, 2016
SUBJECT
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Consider adoption of an ordinance approving an amendment to Ordinance No. 2015-074, relating to the Economic Development Partnership Board ("the Board") to add to the membership of the Board and to revise Sec. 2-251 C-1; repealing all conflicting ordinances and portions thereof; and providing an effective date.
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BACKGROUND
An act of the 27th Legislature in 1901 founded the Girls Industrial College as a public institution that would become Texas Woman's University in 1957. The school had then and has now a dual mission: to provide a liberal education and to prepare young women "for the practical industries of the age" with a specialized education. Men have been admitted to TWU since 1972.
Today, with an enrollment of approximately 15,000 students, Texas Woman's University is the nation's largest university primarily for women. It has an annual operating budget that exceeds $256 million and has an annual economic impact in the North Texas region of more than $721 million.
TWU offers degree programs in the liberal arts, nursing, health sciences, the sciences, business and education. Its campuses in Denton, Dallas and Houston are joined by an e-learning campus offering innovative online degree programs in business, education and general studies. TWU serves the citizens of Texas in many ways, including:
* Graduating more new health care professionals than any other university in Texas
* Easing the teacher shortage by placing highly qualified professionals in the classroom
* Conducting research that impacts the prevention and treatment of childhood obesity, osteoporosis, stroke and diabetes.
Carine M. Feyten became the eleventh president and second chancellor of TWU in July 2014. Dr. Feyten already has had a significant impact on the university during her tenure, including developing relationships with the busine...
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