Feb.
22 , 2002
Volume 11, Number 4
Former regent contributes $8 million to UNT campaign
E. Bruce and Virginia Owens Street of Graham have given the UNT College of Education a deferred gift currently valued at $8 million.
Bruce Street served the UNT System as a member of the Board of Regents for almost 20 years. He held many key positions, including vice chair, secretary, chair of the facilities committee and member of the executive committee. He also helped create the UNT Foundation, a critical tool to support the university through the stewardship and acquisition of financial resources.
The final event in the 98th season of the Fine Arts Series will feature Lech Walesa, former president of Poland, as a guest lecturer at 8 p.m. April 16 in the University Union's Lyceum.
Commission on the Status of Women conference at UNT in early March
Women
in higher education take the spotlight at the seventh annual conference
of the UNT Commission on the Status of Women set for March 7 from 11
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The conference, titled, "Changing the Portrait
of Leadership One Woman at a Time: Working Women's Wellness," will
be in the Silver Eagle Suite of the University Union.
Rec center construction to start in March
Members of the UNT community will notice new construction in the western portion of campus beginning in March.
Construction is scheduled to start on the new Student Recreation Center in March, but first, Edwards and Chestnut halls must be razed to make room for the new facility.
UNT law
conference to address issues affecting higher education in Texas
UNT
will host its sixth annual Texas Higher Education Law Conference March
4-5 in the Ballroom of the Gateway Center.
UNT
student named finalist for Truman Scholarship
During a 12-year career with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Region VI office in Denton, Wayne Rickard has managed disaster response to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and, most recently, domestic terrorism.
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Columnist
to sign book copies at UNT Feb. 26 
Former
Dallas Morning News columnist Bob St. John, who spent 14 years as a
sportswriter before moving to the Metro section, will sign copies of
his latest book, Texas Sportswriters: The Wild and Wacky Years,
at UNT Feb. 26.
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Through
the Ronald E. McNair Research Program at UNT, undergraduate students are
obtaining university degrees while they contribute their research to numerous
subjects. 
A real sweet deal: Hershey's candy bar nets
UNT staff member a new Jeep Liberty
Carol Lenoir just happened to be at the right place at the right time. The 50 cents she spent on a Hershey's candy bar won her a 2002 Jeep Liberty, worth $22,000, as part of Hershey's nationwide "25 SUVs in 25 Days" promotion. Lenoir works as assistant director for Printing Services and has been with the university for 30 years.
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Faculty Senate reconvenes for first semester
meeting
The
UNT Faculty Senate held its first meeting of the semester Feb. 13 and
heard several presentations on topics including the growth of the UNT
System Center, activities in the Office of Disability Accommodation and
the project to create a College of Engineering at UNT.
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