May
16 , 2003
Volume 12, Number 9
Regents approve senior vice president appointment
In an
April 30 teleconference meeting, the UNT System Board of Regents confirmed
Richard Rafes as UNT senior vice president for administration. Regents
also authorized advanced preparation for the construction of a residence
hall and a dining facility on the university's Eagle Point Campus
(the former Eagle Point Golf Course).
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| Giving signs — (From left) Eric Breland, sign language interpreter in the dean of students office, and Jeanette Moore and Craig Parsons, sign language interpreters in the Office of Disability Accommodation, assisted with Spring commencement ceremonies May 10. |
Medical geographer
researches spread of infectious diseases like SARS
With
recent warnings about diseases such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
(SARS) appearing worldwide, health care officials are scrambling to learn
more about the spread of new infectious diseases.
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parking permits for 2003-04 now for sale through intercampus mail
UNT
faculty and staff have until Aug. 8 to purchase parking permits
for 2003-04 through intercampus mail.
Two
UNT programs ranked high this year by U.S. News and World Report
UNT
scored twice among graduate programs ranked this year by U.S. News
and World Report. The master's and doctoral programs in counseling,
part of the Department of Counseling, Development and Higher Education,
were ranked in the top 20, and the master of fine arts program in
art and design was listed among the nation's top 50. Both are top-tier
rankings.
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Elm
Fork Education Center to conduct summer camps
Again this summer, UNT will offer the Elm Fork Explorers Camp for students entering second through eighth grades. The science camp will take place Mondays through Fridays June 9-27 and will be based at UNT's Elm Fork Education Center in the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building. The registration deadline for the program is June 1.
Staff
Council holds its final meeting of the 2002-03 academic year
Staff Council members heard a report regarding the Student Recreation Center, learned about the proposed holiday schedule for 2003-04 and discussed ways to improve communication with staff members during the group's final meeting of the academic year May 7.
Staff
awards presented at President's Staff Sack Lunch
Several staff members were recognized at the President's Staff Sack Lunch May 8.
Tips to help control mosquitoes
Summertime is quickly approaching. With it will come one of summer's most familiar pests — mosquitoes. And with mosquitoes comes the threat of West Nile virus.
James Kennedy, professor of biological sciences and an aquatic entomologist, and biology graduate student Bethany Bolling are experts on the spread of the virus, which garnered national attention last summer as it spread across the South and Southwest.
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