Nov.
1, 2002
Volume 11, Number 20
| Musical takes top award — (From left) Registrar's Office staff members Ramona Laird, service coordinator; Renee Draper, service representative; and Kiersty Stewart, service representative, as the Von Trapp children; Patrick Holloway, student assistant, as Capt. Von Trapp; and Ben Dearman, assistant registrar, as Maria, dressed as the cast of The Sound of Music and performed songs from the musical, winning the best of show category during UNT's annual Halloween costume contest Oct. 25. To see more photos from UNT's costume contest, click here. |  |
UNT
System Board of Regents approves sale of bonds to finance new residence
hall
During
a teleconference Oct. 23, the UNT System Board of Regents approved the
sale of bonds to fund construction of a new residence hall. The sale
is not to exceed $10 million.
UNT
participating in plan to reduce Dallas Independent School District dropouts
The dropout rate for students in the Dallas Independent School District
may diminish in the near future because of UNT's efforts to help combat
the problem.
Acting
associate dean named to help lead UNT College of Engineering
In
a step forward for the future College of Engineering, Reza Mirshams
began serving as the acting associate dean on Oct. 16.
A professor in the Department of Engineering Technology for the past two years, Mirshams came to UNT with research and teaching experience in the area of metallurgy and materials engineering.
Academic
brochure redesign available
The
University Communications and Marketing office recently developed a
new look for the brochures it produces that describe undergraduate and
graduate academic programs and student services.
UNT using UNT Dallas Campus name for System Center
UNT has begun using the pseudonym UNT Dallas Campus to market the UNT System Center at Dallas. The legal name for the center remains unchanged.
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Institutional
Review Board: Protecting human subjects in research
Because
of new national standards, UNT researchers using humans as research
subjects must complete an instructional program before submitting their
research plans to UNT's Institutional Review Board, which works
to ensure safe and respectful conditions for human research subjects.
UNT
seeking nominations for annual alumni awards
The
selection process for the university's 2003 alumni awards is under way.
Award recipients will be recognized at the Alumni Awards Dinner on April
11. Faculty and staff members who want to nominate alumni or friends
of the university need to complete a nomination form and return it to
the Office of Development by 5 p.m. Dec. 2. Nomination forms were distributed
in mid-October.
UNT President Norval Pohl addressed members of the Faculty Senate during the group's regular meeting Oct. 9.
Pohl touched on a variety of topics, including parking on campus, proposed residence halls, the College of Engineering, sponsored research, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's most recent meeting, searches to fill administrative roles, UNT enrollment, use of historically under-utilized businesses (HUBs) as vendors, communications and student initiatives.
Awards presented to staff, faculty members at luncheon
Several staff members and two faculty members were recognized at the President's Staff Sack Lunch Oct. 22.
Teaching, research, service. How many times have you, as members of the faculty, heard these expressed as the basic responsibilities of the professoriate? I call these particular elements to your attention to emphasize the basic structure of the university.
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you have a comment, complaint or compliment about the university, call
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