Officials dig in during groundbreaking ceremonies May 25 for the University Gateway Center. The state-funded facility will serve as a gateway to the UNT campus. The 116-square foot complex is scheduled for completion by late 2001.

UNT maintains nation's only 'cybercemetery'

Print publications from old, defunct government agencies may go to a federal depository library when they die. But their equally defunct web sites and electronic documents come to UNT's "cybercemetery" web site.

This unique web site, which is sponsored by UNT and the federal government, serves as the nation's only online archive for electronic documents of defunct U.S. government agencies.

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Interim music dean named

Thomas Clark, associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Music since 1995, has been named interim dean of UNT's internationally known music college. The appointment was confirmed May 26 by a Board of Regents vote.

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Summer camps supplement budget, recruit students

If you haven't noticed younger-than-average students scampering around campus this summer, look around.

UNT's summer band and cheerleading camps kicked into full swing May 30. About 5,400 junior high and high school students will be living in college residence halls for four to six days at a time during a two-month period. The final session ends July 22.

Brad Genevro, music lecturer and coordinator of UNT's music and National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) camps, says that the programs support the university financially and serve as an excellent recruitment tool.

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Twenty UNT students receive Frank W. Mayborn Scholarships

The Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism has awarded $200,000 in scholarships to students for the 2000-01 academic year.

Twenty students, all earning master's degrees in journalism, will each receive $10,000. Five of this year's recipients won the scholarships last year as well.

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Vroom! Speedway events will create heavy traffic

Truck and Indy racing events will be held at the Texas Motor Speedway June 8-10. The speedway is at Texas Highway 114 and Interstate 35 West.

The races on Friday and Saturday evenings are expected to draw the largest crowds. If you plan to travel in the area, you will want to be aware of these races because of their impact on they will affect traffic.

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Employees elected to serve as reps on Staff Council

The 18 employees have been elected or re-elected as representatives on the 33-member Staff Council beginning in 2000-01. Representatives will serve two-year terms.

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New program helps area children explore musical culture

A dozen or so area school children in Denton's Owsley Addition are exploring their musical culture and heritage with the help of UNT students. The Owsley addition is a concentration of multifamily units on the west side of Denton where about 300 disadvantaged families live.

The Owsley Music Explorers meet at the Owsley Youth Center weekly during the school year and on a modified schedule during the summer. Participants range from first- to fifth-graders. During their lessons, the students play singing games, make instruments and do activities that incorporate cultural experiences from their primarily Hispanic background.

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College radio offers programming flexibility

Radio listeners in parts of Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains never know what to expect when they tune their dials to 90.3, WESS-FM.

They may be treated to a symphony concert. They may hear movie soundtracks, Caribbean or Latin music, hip-hop, rhythm and blues, or alternative and classic rock. One hour on the dial may be devoted to Beatles songs, another to songs by female artists.

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National association elects art professor Nancy Berry as distinguished fellow

Nancy Berry, associate professor of visual arts, was recently named a National Art Education Association distinguished fellow.

To be named a fellow, a member must meet strict standards. The selection is made on the basis of lifetime academic and scholarly achievement as well as service to the profession. Only 200 of the more than 17,500 members of the association are fellows.

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Herman Totten will lead library group

Herman L. Totten, Regents Professor and associate dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences, will become the president of the Texas Library Association in April 2001.

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First TAMS class holds reunion

At an age when many university students receive their bachelor's degrees – 22 –Kelly Ivors received her master's degree.

While in her early 20s, Ivors became one of the youngest researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, working at the USDA's horticultural crops research labs to control a hazelnut fungus.

On May 27, Ivors returned to the place where she started on the fast track to her science career – the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at UNT. Members of the Class of 1990, the first graduating class at TAMS, attended their 10-year reunion.

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Faculty Senate elects officers, plans meeting

The Faculty Senate elected the following officers at its May 10 regular meeting: chair, Dennis Fisher, professor of music; vice chair, Suzanne Byron, librarian; and secretary, Karen Weiller, associate professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation. The new terms begin July 1.

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