Photograph of Special Collections staff (L-R) Jessica Phillips, Robert Lay (back), Perri Hamilton (front), Morgan Gieringer (back), Connor Flowers (back), unidentified, Rachel Motes (back), and unidentified. Celebrating 125 Years of UNT Excellence the inaugural Wingspan Gala was held during UNT’s 125th anniversary year in the new University Union.

Photograph of guests climbing up the University Union staircase as they are in attendance of the Wingspan Gala of 2016, a special event in celebration of the University of North Texas' 125th anniversary of their founding.

Photograph of (L-R) Dorothy Bland, Dean of Mayborn School of Journalism, Kay Clark, Junebug Clark's wife, Nicholas and Anna Ricco, and two unidentified guests attending the Wingspan Gala of 2016 and posing together for pictures. Celebrating 125 Years of UNT Excellence the inaugural Wingspan Gala was held during UNT’s 125th anniversary year in the new University Union.

Photograph of an unidentified woman, Cornelius Foote Jr., Dorothy Bland, Mayborn Dean, and Roy Busby, a Regents professor in the Mayborn School of Journalism. They are posing together to get their portrait taken as they attend the Wingspan Gala of 2016. Celebrating 125 Years of UNT Excellence the inaugural Wingspan Gala was held during UNT’s 125th anniversary year in the new University Union.

Photograph of a man and woman, who are in attendance of the Wingspan Gala of 2016, looking over a display case that is housing old documents that belongs to the University of North Texas. Celebrating 125 Years of UNT Excellence the inaugural Wingspan Gala was held during UNT’s 125th anniversary year in the new University Union.

Photograph of the University Union entrance staircase with stands that are holding up old photographs of the university The staircase has been decorated for the Wingspan Gala of 2016, a celebration of the 125th anniversary of the University of North Texas. White and green balloons are seen hanging from the ceilings as part of the decoration.

Photograph of two bartenders behind their counter, serving a drink called "The 1890," the year the University of North Texas was founded. The bartenders are hired for the Wingspan Gala of 2016, the 125th Anniversary celebration of the school. A hundred glasses are seen at the ready with one filled with a green tinted liquid.

Photograph of two Wingspan gala guests climbing the green staircase at the University Union building. The staircase has been decorated with white and green balloons, a Scrappy the Eagle balloon is visible behind the two girls.