Jan.
23,
2004
Volume 13, Number 2
UNT to present gala celebration Feb. 14 to honor 50 years of desegregation
Faculty,
staff and students are invited to visit www.unt.edu/50yearsofprogress to
share memories of desegregation and life at UNT over the last
50 years.
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A gala
celebration Feb. 14 marks the beginning of a yearlong observance of
the 50th anniversary of the university's desegregation, 50 Years
of Progress and Opportunity, 1954-2004.
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| Lots of 'news' — With the new semester, some faculty and staff are settling into a new home at the UNT Research Park. They include Kelli Levine of dining services (left), staffing the new Bits & Bytes food cart on the first floor of the south concourse, and Vijay Vaidyanathan, director of the electronics engineering technology program. |
Thanks to a federal appropriation secured by U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, additional funding has been awarded to the UNT Science and Math (SAM) Teacher Academy.
Gift creates UNT euphonium endowment
Sara Neal Eskew presented a gift of $150,000 for the creation of the Larry Roark Euphonium Scholarship at the UNT College of Music Dec. 17 in memory of her husband, who was killed in a car accident in 2001.
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| Construction progress — The Eagle Point Campus project is on schedule for the opening of Victory Hall — the new 600-bed residence hall — and a new dining hall in August. The residence hall pads have been poured with concrete, and the first-floor steel panels have been erected. Concrete support columns for the lower level of the new athletic center are also being formed. |
Equity,
diversity workshop set
The annual UNT Equity and Diversity Conference and pre-conference begins Feb. 25, with the first Texas regional Stop the Hate! Campus Bias and Hate Crime Prevention Train the Trainer Program.
Staff
Council discusses insurance changes
During the Jan. 7 Staff Council meeting, Donna Shell, assistant director of human resources, addressed general staff concerns about recent legislative and Employee Retirement System changes in active and retiree insurance coverage.
New UNT research center uncovers secrets of plants
Through
the new UNT Center for Plant Lipid Research, UNT scientists are using
biochemical and molecular genetic approaches to understand plant metabolic
processes.
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| A smashing idea— Student Tiffany Hudson takes aim at a van on campus Jan. 13 and helps support the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Denton organization. The beginning-of-the-semester fund-raising event was sponsored by Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. |
UNT performance
of oratorio set for Jan. 29
The
UNT Baroque Ensemble and Collegium Singers will participate in
three performances of Handel's oratorio Jephtha this month, including
one on campus.
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UNT
to present films from eight countries during series
Films
from eight nations will be shown at UNT during the Spring 2004
Global Film Series, which begins Feb. 3 with Mr. Klein, a film
from France about an art dealer living in Paris during the Nazi
occupation.
Markley
accepted into Leadership Texas
Dianne
Markley, director of UNT's office of Cooperative Education
and Internships, was recently accepted into the Leadership Texas
program.
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'Star
man' fronts musically diverse band Crawfish
UNT
planetarium manager Ron DiIulio doesn't just gaze at stars — he
is one. DiIulio fronts the five-man group Crawfish, a baby-boomer
band that plays music audiences can sing along with.
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on the link to read an Answer Line comment and response regarding the
smell of tar in the University Services Building.
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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