Feb.
7, 2003
Volume 12, Number 3
UNT
working to reduce fiscal year 2002-03 budget by $8 million
Almost
all faculty and staff positions currently open at UNT will remain unfilled
following a hiring freeze directive handed down by President Norval
Pohl late last month.
The freeze
comes as part of the university's plan to trim 7 percent of the
current fiscal year's budget. Cutbacks were ordered by the state
in late January to help combat a projected $1.8 billion deficit in the
state budget.
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| A memorial for heroes — The UNT community came together at the Shrader Pavilion Feb. 5 to memorialize the seven astronauts who died Feb. 1 when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas, minutes before it was due to land in Florida. Michael Slaughter, UNT ROTC member, holds an American flag used in the service while Ken Ballom, dean of students, addresses those who gathered. |  |
Escalante
named UNT System vice chancellor for administrative services
The
UNT System has named Richard L. Escalante, city manager of Farmers Branch,
to the post of system vice chancellor for administrative services.
Enrollment
up 6.8 percent over last spring
As
of the 12th class day for Spring 2003, unofficial enrollment at UNT
is up 6.8 percent over last year. That's 29,373 students this
spring compared to a 27,398 official enrollment last spring —
an addition of 1,975 students.
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UNT
mathematics professors find solution to 50-year-old math problem
After
four years of careful consideration, two UNT professors have solved
a 50-year-old problem that has stumped mathematicians worldwide.
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| Keeping his dream alive — Members of the UNT community bowed their heads for a moment of silence as they gathered Jan. 22 at the Shrader Pavilion for a candlelight vigil and solidarity march honoring the life of civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. |
Book
drive for Thailand community expanded to include books for adults
The people of Chiang Rai, Thailand, need books, any books — from Grisham to Steinbeck — to build an English community library.
2002-03 Fact Book available
online
Have
you ever been asked how many freshmen were enrolled at UNT last year?
Or the number of degrees UNT conferred last year? Or how about UNT's
enrollment by age group?
Now the answers to questions like these and many more are right at your fingertips, on the UNT Planning Office web site, at www.unt.edu/planning/ Fact_Book/Fact_Book_2003/Index.htm. The book can be viewed in html format or downloaded as a pdf document.
Enterprise
Information System project implementation under way
The
Enterprise Information System project team moved into the UNT Research
Park last month and has begun implementation of the software utilized
by the new system that will integrate many of the separate administrative
systems currently used by the university.
With the budget shortfall and challenging times ahead of us, we as members of the UNT staff are faced with some choices. Are we as individuals going to be positive or negative forces within our departments and the UNT community? Are we going to be part of the problem or part of the solution? In other words, do we see the glass as half empty or half full?
Black
History Month under way at UNT
Black
History Month will celebrate "The Soul of Black Folk: Perspectives
on the African/African American Culture" during the month of February.
Click
on the link to read an Answer Line comment and response regarding campus
aesthetics and landscaping.
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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