April
2, 2004
Volume 14, Number 6
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| Red handed — UNT student Richa Kapil applies henna to the hand of fellow student Sara Anvari during the World Cultures Fair and Market on March 29, part of festivities marking the first day of International Week at UNT. |
Maya
Angelou to speak at UNT April 20
UNT's
Division of Equity and Diversity will host a performance by Maya Angelou
at 7 p.m. April 20 in the UNT Coliseum. She will be presented with a UNT
honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
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| Neil Slater, professor of music, leads the One O'Clock Jazz Band as it performs a concert in Thailand honoring King Bhumibol Adulyadej, an accomplished jazz musician. |
UNT
presents honorary degree to King of Thailand in March ceremony
UNT presented King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand with an honorary doctor of music composition and performance degree on March 17 during a special ceremony in Hua Hin in Prachuabkirikan Province.
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Own a piece
of UNT
Those wanting a permanent indicator of their ties to UNT can make that desire a reality by participating in the Student Government Association's Adopt-A-Brick campaign.
Through the end of April, bricks can be purchased for $30 each and engraved with the name of the purchaser or a customized message.
Honors
Day speaker part of a tribute to UNT's 50th anniversary of desegregation
Mickey
Burnim, chancellor of Elizabeth City State University and 1972 graduate
of North Texas, will be the featured speaker at UNT's Honors Day ceremony
at
3 p.m. April
16 in the Murchison Performing Arts Center's Winspear Hall.
Annual
jazz festival begins today in Addison
Swing into spring at the fourth annual North Texas Jazz Festival in Addison April 2-4 at the Hotel Inter Continental, 15201 Dallas Parkway.
Faculty
Senate hears faculty mentoring report
At
the UNT Faculty Senate's March 10 meeting, senators approved a report
from the senate mentoring committee regarding a faculty mentoring survey
completed by tenured and new or nontenured faculty members.
UNT
health center receives national recognition
The UNT Student Health and Wellness Center will be honored with the first
Best Practices in College Health Award by the American College Health
Association June 10 at the ACHA national conference in New Orleans.
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| The beat of a different drummer — Gideon Alorwoyie, associate professor of music, (center) provides percussion sounds for dancers as part of the UNT African Cultural Festival. The festival was March 27 in the Murchison Performing Arts Center. |
Major
retailer touts UNT's merchandising program as one of the best in
the nation
UNT
has one of the best merchandising programs in the nation, according to
Roland Hearns, vice president of recruitment and placement for Saks Inc.
Hearns recognized UNT's program and research conducted by two UNT faculty
members at the National Retail Federation's annual convention in January
in New York City.
UNT departments on the
move
Several
UNT departments and offices changed location late last year, mostly due
to construction and space management issues. Some of the moves are permanent,
while others are merely temporary while offices are being renovated.
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Economist:
Elite female college basketball players worth $300,000 a season
When
the starting players take the floor Sunday and Tuesday at the NCAA Women's
Final Four in New Orleans, they will be putting the finishing touches
on individual seasons that saw each generate an estimated $300,000 for
their respective universities, according to a UNT economist.
The Staff
Council made changes to its bylaws regarding members serving multiple
consecutive terms and missing consecutive meetings at its March 3 meeting.
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Survey shows UNT students
a bit more liberal than peers
With
a majority supporting legal marital status for same-sex couples and decreasing
penalties for marijuana possession, respondents to a UNT student survey
are slightly more liberal than respondents to the University of California
at Los Angeles' most recent American Freshman survey.
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on the link to read an Answer Line comment and response regarding the
smell of tar in the University Services Building.
If you have a comment, complaint or compliment about the university, call Answer Line at (940) 565-4100 and leave your remarks on the recording.
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