May
3 , 2002
Volume 11, Number 8
"Fantastic," was UNT President Norval Pohl's first comment on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's unanimous vote April 18 to authorize the establishment of a college of engineering at UNT.
Margot
and Bill Winspear of Dallas have given the UNT College of Music $1.2
million to fund student scholarships and faculty excellence.
When
The Story of North Texas was published in 1965, it chronicled
the 75-year evolution of Texas Normal College into North Texas State
University. Recently, author James L. Rogers, Professor Emeritus of
journalism, updated and expanded his work to bring the history of UNT
into the 21st century. The new Story of North Texas highlights
the building of the UNT System.
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MIT
dean to speak at TAMS commencement
Robert M. Randolph, senior associate dean for student life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will be the featured speaker at the commencement ceremony for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at UNT on May 10.
Faculty Senate approves proposal
about undergraduate admissions policy
The UNT Faculty Senate approved a proposal to continue automatically accepting new college freshmen who are in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating class for the 2003-04 academic year during the senate's April meeting.
UNT
faculty members offer seminars to local teachers
The
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation recently invited UNT to
participate in the Teachers as Scholars program.
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Elm Fork Explorer's Camp planned
this summer
Parents
interested in an educational and entertaining summer experience for
their children have until June 1 to register for the 2002 Elm Fork Explorer's
Camp, based at UNT. Camps are open to all children in North Texas.
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UNT
professor aids in improving hospital food
One
of the most frequent and consistent complaints patients have about hospitals
is the food. But, in searching for answers, hospital administrators
say it's hard to figure out what patients want without disrupting
patient care.
Springtime
in Texas means 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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