Aug. 20, 2004
Volume 13, Number 15

KNTU, UNT Observatory named to D Magazine's 'Best of Big D' lists

KNTU-FM, UNT's student-run radio station, and the UNT Observatory were recognized in D Magazine's annual "Best of Big D" issue.

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Leadership Texas scholarship funds available

Applications are now available for the UNT Leadership Texas scholarship, sponsored and funded by the Office of the President. The scholarship pays for the Leadership Texas program, which encourages women to excel in prominent leadership roles in corporate, public and community sectors.

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Faculty, staff participants needed for new student mentoring program

More than 3,800 recent high school graduates will arrive at UNT next week to begin their college career. During the fall semester, they'll try to find enough time to study, get involved in campus activities, make friends, do their laundry and fit in at a large university.

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Money earned by interns translates to $1 million for region's economy

UNT's logistics internship program has an impact in excess of $1 million on the local economy, according to Ted Farris, associate professor of marketing and logistics.

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Grant supports UNT initiative to place librarians in border towns

The communities along the 1,300-mile Texas-Mexico border are experiencing great shortages of librarians, according to Ana Cleveland, professor of library and information sciences. Each year one to six academic and public library positions go unfilled — and some stay unfilled for several years.

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Sisterhood — Final touches are being put on UNT's 38,000 square-foot Sorority Row at Bernard and Prairie streets, which members of five sororities will call home this fall. Students began moving into the $4.6 million facility Aug. 14-15 and more than 120 students will be living in the houses when classes begin Aug. 30.

Student Recreation Center memberships available to faculty, staff for 2004-05

Faculty and staff make up a significant portion of the UNT Student Recreation Center's population, and now is the time to sign up for memberships for the 2004-05 academic year.

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Walkers, donors needed for 2004 American Heart Walk

It's time to gear up for this year's American Heart Association 2004 Denton American Heart Walk on Saturday, Oct. 9.

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Integration pioneers — Members of the University of North Texas Trailblazers, an alumni organization including the university's earliest African American students, gathered on campus July 15-17 for their sixth annual reunion. Attendees of a reunion luncheon in the Gateway Center July 16 included (from left) Carl Denmon, Gloria W. Denmon, Helen W. Washington, Sadie Kelley and James Gayle.

UNT scholarships available for faculty, staff

Working at UNT has many benefits, including educational scholarships for faculty, staff, retirees and their dependents.

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Paving the way — Ricardo Castillo, employee of CRS Construction, works on a project adjacent to the Hurley Administration Building. The summer project combines new pavement and landscaping beds to transform the far west end Chestnut Street into an aesthetic drop-off point for motorists letting passengers out in the center of campus.

Events planned to welcome students back to UNT

To help new and returning students adjust to college life, UNT annually sponsors Howdy Week and First Flight 2004, weeklong celebrations that signal the start of the fall semester.

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TV networks playing it safe this fall, UNT professor says

Reality series are a staple on the four main television networks' schedules for fall 2004, with the networks focusing on the familiar for new sitcoms and dramas. That's thanks in part to executives being content to leave daring shows to cable in the wake of last February's Super Bowl halftime show, says Kenneth Loomis, assistant professor of radio, television and film. He says the war on terrorism has also played a role in the shift in Americans' viewing preferences.

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Click 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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