Feb.
8 , 2002
Volume 11,
Number 3
Hurley
announces he will step down at fiscal year's end
Saying,
"The time has come for me to seek new challenges and pass the UNT
System baton to another leader," Chancellor Alfred F. Hurley announced
his intention to step down Aug. 31 when this fiscal year ends.
Search
process for new UNT System chancellor is under way
Following Chancellor Alfred F. Hurley's announcement of plans to step down, UNT System Board of Regents Chair Bobby Ray notified the UNT community in a Jan. 29 letter that the regents have launched a search for a new UNT System chancellor. According to Ray, the board plans to name a new chancellor by the end of the 2001-02 fiscal year.
Campaign North Texas tops 75 percent
Alumni and friends of UNT are responding positively to Campaign North Texas. Gifts and pledges have reached $115 million — more than three-fourths of a $150 million goal.
UNT enrollment up 7.2 percent for spring
As of the 12th class day for Spring 2002, unofficial enrollment at UNT is up 7.2 percent over last year. That's 27,501 students this spring compared to a 25,652 official enrollment last spring — a difference of 1,849 students.
Club
at Gateway Center opens for spring
UNT's student-run restaurant, the Club at Gateway Center, will start a new season at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 18 in the UNT Gateway Center.
The restaurant moved last fall to its new facility, which features a $500,000 state-of-the-art kitchen with a variety of ovens and steamers and an expanded dining area capable of accommodating anywhere from 150 to 500 people.
UNT
professor says Sept. 11 exposed vulnerability of cities as commercial
centers
John Baen,
professor of real estate, says the tragic events of Sept. 11 showed
businesses just how vulnerable major urban commercial centers can be.
UNT's Black
History Month celebration under way
This
year, more than 15 events are planned at UNT for Black History Month,
observed each February to celebrate the history, culture, life and achievements
of Africans and African Americans.
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UNT
program participates in TRIO Day observance
TRIO, a federal program directly responsible for making educational opportunities available to students from disadvantaged backgrounds, will honor its current UNT students and alumni during the National TRIO Day celebration Feb. 18.
Two TAMS students named semifinalists
in national Intel contest 
Two
Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science students have been selected as
semifinalists in the 2002 Intel Science Talent Search. Stephen Chen and
Vivian Liang, both second-year TAMS students, are among 10 Texas students
named as semifinalists in this year's competition.
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