More than 8,000 people have signed an online petition against the potential name change.
COMMERCE, Texas — Texas A&M-Commerce leaders are in early discussions about the possibility of changing the university’s name to incorporate Dallas. More than 8,000 people have signed an online petition against the potential name change.
The Commerce university, located 66 miles northeast of Dallas, has a satellite campus in the 8700 block of North Central Expressway and offers classes in McKinney, Mesquite and Corsicana, according to their website.
“The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is a major hub for our university. It features half our sites, has a large student and faculty population, and is the top employment market for our graduates,” Texas A&M Commerce chief marketing and communication officer Michael Johnson said in a statement. “A large percentage of our students come from Dallas, Kaufman and Collin counties. Last fall we had a 42 percent increase in enrollment from those counties.”
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