July
7, 2000
Volume 9, Number 9
UNT's head track coach, Rick Watkins (standing, center) is among those
observing during the USA Track & Field Junior National Championships,
held June 23 and 24 at Fouts Field.
Craft named to Board of Regents
Texas Gov. George W. Bush has appointed Marjorie B. Craft of DeSoto to the UNT Board of Regents.
Craft's term will end May 22, 2001. She is completing the unfinished term of Joe Kirven of Dallas, who resigned. The Texas Senate must confirm the appointment.
Craft, a Dallas independent business consultant and UNT alumna, has assumed her new responsibilities and will participate in the next regularly scheduled board meeting Aug. 24 and 25 at the UNT System Center at Dallas.
System Center expansion adds rooms, technology
The UNT System Center will complete construction of the second part of its facility by the first day of fall classes, Aug. 28. The addition will bring 44,000 square feet of new space for classrooms and offices to the center.
UNT impact expected to reach $1 billion
During 2000, UNT will generate more than $880 million in economic activity in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and support 16,000 jobs.
Projections of growth, budget and enrollment predict a total economic impact of $1 billion by UNT in fiscal year 2001, according to an economic analysis conducted by Terry Clower and Bernard Weinstein of the UNT Center for Economic Development and Research.
Recent System Center donations exceed $1 million
UNT has been awarded more than $1 million in recent gift commitments to fund activities, equipment, operations and programs at the UNT System Center at Dallas.
The donors are 3M Austin, $19,000; American Airlines, $180,000; AT&T Foundation, $150,000; Chase Bank of Texas, N.A., $125,000; Coca Cola Enterprises, $25,000; GTE Foundation, $250,000; Hoblitzelle Foundation, $100,000; Lancaster Economic Development Corp., $10,000; Oak Farms Dairy, $20,000; Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust, $100,000; and Trammell Crow Dallas-Fort Worth, $25,000.
UNT recognized for fund-raising efforts
UNT has been selected for a 2000 Circle of Excellence in Educational Fund-Raising Award by the Council of Advancement and Support of Education. CASE will present the award to university officials at its International Assembly in Toronto on July 14.
Students
select catalog design concept
The university catalog released this month begins a new tradition at UNT. Catalog cover designs are now being chosen by students attending Freshman Orientation.
Conference on access is planned
The UNT System Center at Dallas will be the site of the fourth Student Access to Higher Education Conference from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 21.
The conference is a result of a partnership of the Texas A&M University System, the Dallas County Community College District and the UNT System.
Both university systems and the community college district are seeking to increase enrollment, retention and graduation rates for underserved populations.
Harlan
Butt, professor of visual arts, recently sold his piece "Earth Beneath
Our Feet: Incense Burner #3" to the Renwick Gallery of the National
Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution for its permanent
collection. The incense burner is made of silver, enamel and brass. The
Renwick is considered the premier craft museum in the United States.
Photos document pollution effects
A traveling photo exhibit that illustrates the possible effects of pollution on residents of an East Texas town is now on display at UNT. The exhibit by photographer Tammy Cromer-Campbell, "Fruit of the Orchard: Pollution, Environmental Justice and Social Responsibility," will run through July 28 at the Eagle Exhibit Hall in the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building.
UNT helps Intel train teachers
UNT is one of five agencies selected to coordinate part of a multimillion-dollar international Teach to the Future project designed to enhance the way teachers use technology in the classroom.
Intel Corp., a leading manufacturer of computer processors, hopes to train 100,000 master teachers within 1,000 days through grants awarded to coordinating agencies and school districts, says Lemoyne Dunn, Intel's Teach to the Future project coordinator for UNT.
A fond farewell: 1999-2000
retire
es
More than
five dozen employees, with more than 1,300 years of experience at UNT
collectively, retired during the 1999-2000 academic year, including those
pictured here. Read the list of retirees.
Only on the web:
Chancellor's statement on Dallas City Council action
UNT Chancellor and President Alfred F. Hurley on recent Dallas City Council action affecting the UNT System:
"On behalf of the University of North Texas System, I want to express sincere appreciation to the Dallas City Council and everyone involved in the passage of the June 28 resolution that brings the establishment of a public university serving southern Dallas and northern Ellis counties closer to realization.
"We applaud the resolution directing Dallas City Manager Ted Benavides to secure up to $3 million in funds from public and private sources to purchase approximately 200 acres and/or provide infrastructure in the I-20 corridor of southern Dallas that eventually would be the permanent site for a University of North Texas at Dallas. ...
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