Aug.
2 , 2002
Volume 11, Number 14
Regents
confirm Lee Jackson as new UNT System chancellor
The
UNT System Board of Regents voted unanimously July 25 to confirm Dallas
County judge and former Texas legislator Lee Jackson as the UNT System's
third chancellor.
There's a new bird on campus
UNT
community members may notice a new face around campus this fall. And we
aren't talking about incoming freshmen, new faculty or staff members,
or even UNT's new chancellor.
Lew Taylor, professor of management and director of the Murphy Enterprise Center, will be the featured speaker during the general convocation portion of the UNT commencement ceremonies Aug. 10. Taylor was nominated and selected to speak by members of the Faculty Senate.
About
the commencement speaker
Lew
Taylor has been instrumental in creating a new kind of educational program
at UNT that brings corporations, other educational departments and the
community together.
Mean
Green Village to return to practice field for Homecoming 2002
UNT's
Homecoming 2002 may still be months away, but plans to make this year's
event unforgettable are well under way.
UNT enters agreement with Mexican university
The exchange of ideas is crucial to the research process. That sentiment is the genesis of what recently became an international exchange program between UNT and La Universidad Autonoma del Estado de Mexico at Toluca, Mexico.
2002
Summer II enrollment climbs 8.5 percent over 2001
The unofficial head count numbers for Summer II, which were up 8.5 percent — coupled with substantial enrollment gains in Summer I and the May Mini-mester — indicate that as of the July 11 census date UNT summer enrollment is up dramatically over last year.
UNT professor works to predict
a fire's probable pathway 
Earl
Zimmerman, chair of the biology department, spent part of his summer
vacation observing firefighters battling blazes in the West.
Zimmerman
and his former student Tom Alcoze, an associate professor of forestry
at Northern Arizona University, are conducting research to help predict
the path a fire will most likely take.
Zimmerman was in Durango, Colo., June 18-25,
watching the destruction caused by some of the worst fire outbreaks
in recent memory.
Warning to area hackers: Before you attempt online computer vandalism, consider that your future adversaries, certain UNT students, are among the best in the world.
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