The University of Texas at Tyler University Advancement

Why UT Tyler Matters

The R. Don Cowan Center for Fine & Performing Arts and Ralph and Mary John Spence Plaza

 

 Why The University of Texas at Tyler Matters to You

 ¨      We, at The University of Texas at Tyler, are grateful to those of you in this East Texas community who have been so generous to us over the years, even though we know and understand that you may have had other, often higher, philanthropic priorities – your church, your alma mater, or perhaps another charitable organization in which you are heavily involved.

¨      We believe, however, that UT Tyler has also earned consideration as one of your highest priorities; that we merit strong, generous support in the future, not only from the citizens of Tyler, Longview, and Palestine, but from the entire region.

¨      Our case for support centers around why The University of Texas at Tyler truly matters to you – the citizens of East Texas – and why we are one of the most worthy philanthropic investments you have ever made or will ever make.

¨      The Return on Investment from your philanthropic dollars is also manifested in our deep impact on the economy of East Texas.

¨      When corporations consider a move to East Texas, quality of life issues are important in their deliberations. They want to know about higher education and cultural opportunities. UT Tyler offers both.

¨      As an institution, UT Tyler contributes to the economy of East Texas by spending about 90 percent of our annual $60 million operating budget locally. Our students spend another $36 million in this region each year.

¨      In the past decade, we have invested more than $160 million in capital projects on our three campuses, the vast majority of those dollars staying right here in East Texas.

¨      Far and away the greatest worth of this University to the people of East Texas, however, are our students – our future alumni. Simply stated, they are our raison d’etre – why we exist.

¨      The incalculable value of The University of Texas at Tyler to all of us who live in this region is measured by our commitment to satiate the hungry minds of our students, not just with knowledge, but also with wisdom and an understanding.

¨      Since UT Tyler was founded nearly four decades ago, more than 20,000 students have graduated. Over 60 percent of them stayed right here in East Texas, helping to build the social and economic strength of this region. It stands as a bright beacon of learning to all of East Texas and beyond.

¨      In that 2006 Perryman study, he pointed out that the total future value of each of our graduating classes to the economy of East Texas is over $4 billion.

¨      So who are these wonderful products of a UT Tyler education?

¨      Much more than their aggregate value to the economy, our graduates are real names and real faces. They are your employers and your employees, your friends and neighbors, members of your congregations, and fellow volunteers at your favorite charities.

¨      They are taxpayers and “tithers”; Scout leaders and school board members.

¨      They are your newspaper publisher, your sheriff and chief of police, your city manager, your judges and state representatives.

¨      They start new companies, develop new technologies to improve your lives, and design the bridges you safely cross over each day on the way to work.

¨      They teach your children and grandchildren. One of every five students in East Texas is taught by a teacher who was educated at UT Tyler.

¨      They lay loving hands on you and your family when you need tender care and healing. Forty percent of all practicing nurses in East Texas were trained at UT Tyler.

¨      In short, the women and men from UT Tyler are you – they are us.

¨      You may have attended UT Austin, Texas A&M, SMU, Harvard, or Rice. But now you live and work right here in East Texas. You raise your families here.

¨      That also means that you are reaping the considerable benefits provided by the well-educated men and women who earned their degrees at UT Tyler and who now work and live along side of you.

¨      For all of those reasons and more, THAT is why the return on your philanthropic investment in our students, in UT Tyler, is so vitally important.

¨      For all those reasons and more, THAT is why The University of Texas at Tyler matters to you.

 

There are many ways to support this University. If there are any questions, please contact our office, or you may send a check direct to The Office for University Advancement:

The University of Texas at Tyler
3900 University Blvd.
Tyler, TX 75799
903.566.7110

or

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University Advancement
The University of Texas at Tyler
3900 University Blvd.
Tyler, TX 75799
903.566.7110
advancement@uttyler.edu