May 18 , 2001
Volume 10, Number 9

Governor signs UNT-Dallas bill

Gov. Rick Perry was at the UNT System Center at Dallas May 8 to sign legislation statutorily establishing the University of North Texas at Dallas.

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Pohl says thank you for inauguration, festivities

UNT President Norval Pohl expresses his gratitude for all the faculty, staff and students who participated in his May 4 inauguration as UNT's 13th president.

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Regents approve admissions policy modifications

Actions at the May 4 meeting of the UNT System Board of Regents included approval of a 2002 admissions policy that continues support for automatic acceptance to the top 25 percent of Texas high school graduates.

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Goven named interim vice provost for research

Biological sciences professor Art Goven was named interim vice provost for research by the UNT System Board of Regents during the board's May 4 meeting.

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Tornado season: Keeping an eye on the sky

Spring in Texas means bluebonnets, warm days and, unfortunately, unwelcome menaces in the sky — tornadoes.

An average of 118 tornadoes touch down in Texas each year, with more than half occurring in April, May and June, according to the Texas Almanac.

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McTee receives Guggenheim fellowship to write first symphony

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Cindy McTee, Regents Professor of music, a 2001 fellowship.

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TAMS student selected to participate in Presidential Classroom

Julie Whitis, a student at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, has been selected to participate in this summer's Presidential Classroom Science, Technology and Public Policy Program.

Open to high school juniors and seniors with a grade point average of "B" or better, the program gives students a firsthand look at the political responses to change brought about by scientific advances.

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Elm Fork Education Center Explorer's Camp registration deadline June 1

Parents of children in the second through eighth grades have until June 1 to register their children for the 2001 Elm Fork Explorer's Camp. The program offers a variety of opportunities, organized into eight half-day (8 a.m. to noon) weeklong camps and one full-day option. All camps are held at the Elm Fork Education Center and the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building at UNT.

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Totten receives Dewey Medal from ALA

Herman L. Totten, Regents Professor and associate dean in the School of Library and Information Sciences, recently was named the winner of the 2001 Melvil Dewey Medal from the American Library Association. Totten will accept the national award June 19 at the ALA annual conference in San Francisco.

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Staff awards presented at sack lunch

Several staff members were recognized at the President's Staff Sack Lunch May 9. Outstanding staff awards were presented to Tricia Banfield, College of Arts and Sciences; Terri Miller, Student Accounting and University Cashiering Services; Doug Renner, Coliseum; and Jim Webb, Payroll.

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