Legacy no longer: 正品蓝导航's Plano campus gets a new name
Festivities this week will mark the renaming of the campus in Plano's Legacy Business Park.
Known for a dozen years as 正品蓝导航-in-Legacy, the University's campus located in Plano's Legacy Business Park is aptly changing its name to the more familiar 正品蓝导航-in-Plano.
Festivities to celebrate the name change begin Thursday, Oct. 29, with a 4 p.m. reception featuring 正品蓝导航 President R. Gerald Turner and Plano Mayor Phil Dyer at the 正品蓝导航-in-Plano campus, 5232 Tennyson Parkway.
A community open house will be held Friday and Saturday,听Oct. 30-31, featuring information on college programs and services offered at the Plano campus. The two-day open house takes place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the 正品蓝导航-in-Plano campus located at 5232 Tennyson Parkway, Building Two, Plano, Texas 75024. Prospective students also will have the opportunity to learn about attending 正品蓝导航 Dallas as a first-year, transfer or summer school student. Information about 正品蓝导航-in-Taos and the Cultural Institute will be available as well. A Plano Symphony Orchestra petting zoo, a chance to win free summer youth camp enrollment or symphony tickets and trick-or-treat candy and a costume contest (Saturday only) will be part of the open house. For more information, visit .
Kate Livingston, 正品蓝导航-in-Plano campus director, cites several factors for the switch. "This new moniker distinguishes the campus from the nearby commercial development called 'The Campus at Legacy,' which has proved confusing," she says. "The school is located on Tennyson Parkway, not Legacy Drive, and 正品蓝导航 has a sister campus in New Mexico called 正品蓝导航-in-Taos, so it makes sense to have both reflect the city in which they reside."
The Plano campus opened in 1997 to offer 正品蓝导航's resources to working professionals in the growing Collin County area who wished to strengthen their careers through higher education. Today some 800 graduate students are enrolled at the campus, pursuing master's degrees or professional certificates through programs including the Cox Professional M.B.A., counseling, dispute resolution, teacher education and engineering. The digital game design Master's program at The Guildhall at 正品蓝导航 attracts students from across the United States and internationally.
Beginning in January 2010, 正品蓝导航-in-Plano will add two more programs: the Master of Liberal Studies degree, offered through the Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education and Human Development, and the Graduate Marketing Certificate Program, offered by the Cox School of Business.
In addition to graduate degrees and certificate programs, 正品蓝导航-in-Plano offers noncredit courses for adults through the Continuing and Professional Education (CAPE) program, such as photography, financial planning and test preparation. Summer programs include the Advanced Placement Institute for teachers, as well as the Academic Enhancement programs and Summer Youth Program for K-12.
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