March
8 , 2002
Volume 11, Number 5
Approval of resolutions to secure state authorizations for a UNT College of Engineering and to allow the university to pursue the purchase of the Liberty Christian School property were highlights of the winter UNT System Board of Regents meeting at the UNT System Center at Dallas on Feb. 22.
Governor appoints UNT alumni Beatty, Smith as new regents
Waxahachie Mayor Charles "Chuck" Beatty and Plano business leader C. Dan Smith joined the UNT System Board of Regents following announcement of their appointments Feb. 22 by Gov. Rick Perry. The two, both graduates of UNT, will serve terms that expire May 22, 2005.
Thirty
UNT students introduce themselves to 750 alumni on an average night
during UNT's fund-raising phonathon. Sponsored by the Office of Development,
the phonathon happens twice annually —
in the spring and fall —
yet a donor-friendly system ensures alumni are not asked to contribute
more than once a year.
Chancellor search advisory committee formed
Fifteen
people have been appointed to a committee to advise the UNT System Board
of Regents as the regents search for a new system chancellor.
UNT System Chancellor Alfred F. Hurley announced in January that he plans to step down from his position this fall.
The search advisory committee will review applications received for the chancellor position and make candidate recommendations to the regents, who will make the final selection to fill the position. The committee held its first meeting in February.
UNT
students named Rotary Scholarship winners
Six
UNT students have received Rotary Scholarships for study abroad during
the 2002-03 academic year.
Rotary Scholarships are provided by each of the 521 districts of Rotary International, an organization for business and professional men and women that focuses on providing humanitarian service, encouraging high ethical standards in all vocations and building goodwill and peace worldwide. A Rotary district consists of about 45 Rotary clubs.
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Women's
History Month lecture to focus on women, United Nations
Traditional
studies of international relations and history focusing on men contribute
to the image of the United Nations as an organization of unfulfilled
promises and failed peace negotiations, according to Judith P. Zinsser.
For women, however, the United Nations is a positive force, she believes.
Zinsser, associate professor of history at Miami (Ohio) University,
will give a free lecture at UNT March 28 as part of UNT's observance
of Women's History Month. She will discuss how women activists gained
recognition of women's rights as distinct from men's through the United
Nations Decade for Women.
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Regents
appoint Shrader VP for development
The
UNT System Board of Regents appointed David Shrader, professor of music
and special assistant to the chancellor, as the university's vice president
for development during its regular meeting Feb. 22.
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Several
staff members were recognized at the President's Staff Sack Lunch Feb.
26.
Outstanding
staff awards were presented to Jan Hillman, Student Development; Nancy
Kent, University Communications and Marketing; Debra Kutsky, College of
Education; and Donna Mohon, Academic Affairs.
And
the Academy Award goes to ...
The difficulty of creating a movie about a thinker that will hold audiences' attention will result in A Beautiful Mind winning this year's Best Picture Academy Award and its director, Ron Howard, winning Best Director, according to Don Staples, UNT professor of radio, television and film.
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