Dec.
7 , 2001
Volume 10,
Number 22
UNT
to square off with Colorado State in inaugural New Orleans Bowl Dec.
18
Looking for a way to jazz up your holiday season? How about a pre-holiday jaunt to New Orleans to support UNT's Mean Green in the first-ever New Orleans Bowl? And as an added bonus, you can join fellow Mean Green backers for some spicy Cajun cooking and hot New Orleans jazz.
Dallas
deeds land to UNT
Last
month the city of Dallas officially purchased approximately 202 acres
in the I-20 corridor of southern Dallas and immediately deeded it to
the UNT System for the development of the first public university inside
the Dallas city limits.
President Norval Pohl hopes the first benefit from the $8.9 million purchase of the Texas Instruments property in north Denton will be the freeing of assignable space for program expansion on UNT's main campus.
Regents
approve science space construction
Approval of new science space construction at a cost not to exceed $28 million was one of the highlights of the fall UNT System Board of Regents meeting at the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth on Nov. 16.
UNT
Health Science Center president to speak at fall commencement
Ronald Blanck, UNT Health Science Center president, will be the featured
speaker at UNT commencement ceremonies Dec. 15.
The general convocation begins at 12:30 p.m. and will include Blanck's commencement address, recognition of honor graduates and the hooding of doctoral candidates. All commencement activities take place in the UNT Coliseum.
School
of Visual Arts faculty member to participate in Leadership Texas program
Jacqueline Chanda, associate professor of visual arts and chair of the art history/art education division, learned in November that she was chosen to serve in the Leadership Texas program after a group of the program's alumni selected her as UNT's nominee in September.
UNT
employees raise more than $141,000 for SECC
Despite the fact that many charities across the state and nation have suffered a marked decrease in contributions this year, UNT's 2001 State Employees Charitable Campaign took in a whopping $141,549 — beating the campaign goal of $125,000 by more than $16,500. That's a 10.4 percent donation increase over the 2000 campaign, which raised $128,172.
Future engineering school, TI plant purchase topics of November Faculty Senate meeting
The success of faculty forums on a proposed UNT engineering school and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's enthusiastic response to UNT's purchase of the Texas Instruments plant were two issues discussed during the Faculty Senate's November meeting.
Severe winter weather closing information
Cooler
temperatures mean winter is on its way. Unfortunately, winter brings the
threat of hazardous driving conditions due to snow and ice.
Holiday contribution drives in full swing
The season of giving is here, and it is not too late to make your contributions to local food and toy drives.
Two such drives are now under way on the UNT campus — though you need to act quickly. Deadlines for the human resources department's Silent Santa program and food drive and for the University Program Council's Adopt an Angel program are approaching fast.
UNT
experts prove to be useful media resources
Since the
terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11,
national, statewide and local media coverage has been heavily weighted
toward the attack on America, terrorism and the war in Afghanistan.
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you have a comment, complaint or compliment about the university, call
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