Oct.
3, 2003
Volume 12, Number 18
UNT Board
of Regents awards construction contract for Eagle Point projects
In
a Sept. 19 teleconference, UNT System regents awarded the construction
manager-at-risk contract for current projects on the Eagle Point Campus
to Austin Commercial. A construction manager at risk is the contractor
selected as the best qualified to guarantee a maximum price for construction
work on the project. Current Eagle Point Campus projects are Victory Hall,
a 600-bed residence hall; a dining hall; and the shell structure of an
athletic center.
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| A family affair — The UNT campus was full of activity for Family Week-end Sept. 27 and 28. (Above) UNT student Kelly Fetsch helps UNT parents Steve Hamilton and Mary LeRoy register for the Family Weekend drawing for a semester's worth of free tuition at UNT. (Right) Ed Williams, left, and John Flippin, both of housing maintenance, teamed up to try to concoct the perfect chili recipe for UNT's annual Eagle Fire Chili Cookoff. |  |
UNT celebrates school spirit and university traditions this year with its "Mean Green Back on the Scene" Homecoming weekend, Oct. 16-18.
Professor to serve as guest researcher at CDC
James
Morrow, Regents Professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation,
is serving for nine months as a guest researcher studying obesity in youth
for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Princeton
Review includes UNT in The Best Western Colleges guidebook
UNT was recently included in the Princeton Review's first edition of The Best Western Colleges, a regionally based guidebook for prospective college students.
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UNT
faculty, staff encouraged to contribute nominations for annual alumni
awards
The selection process for UNT's 2004 alumni awards is under way. Award recipients will be recognized at the Alumni Awards Dinner on April 16 at the Gateway Center. 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, Gateway Center, Room 201C by Oct. 10.
The
Club at Gateway Center opens for fall season; new chef brings new flavor
Chef Fernando Martinez of both Pappasito's Cantina Restaurant and Pappas Bros. Steakhouse will teach and direct the students cooking this year for UNT's student-operated restaurant, the Club at Gateway Center.
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| Well-staffed event — From left, Consuelo Ballom, TRIO program coordinator; Ken Ballom, dean of students; Pamela Sybert, Education Consortium for Volunteerism director; Liz Odle with Texas Campus Compact; and Tena Burley, Service Learning coordinator, enjoy a little conversation during the Staff Convocation reception Sept. 29. An article about the Staff Convocation will appear in the Oct. 17 issue of InHouse. |
SECC
campaign puts focus on caring
The
State Employee Charitable Campaign is a workplace campaign providing state
employees with a simple way to make voluntary, tax-deductible contributions
to more than 400 different charitable organizations. Employees may join
the campaign by donating as little as $2 per month in the form of a payroll
deduction.
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NAFTA
pumps dollars into Texas economy, but at border cities' expense
In
the nearly 10 years since the North American Free Trade Agreement became
effective in Canada, Mexico and the United States, retail sales decreased
— often drastically
— in many of Texas'
border cities with Mexico, according to David Molina, director of UNT's
Center for Inter-American Studies and an associate professor of economics.
However, NAFTA has also pumped $126 billion in constant dollars —
money that doesn't account for inflation as a cause of more dollars
— into the Texas
economy during the last three years, he adds.
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Faculty
Senate hears reports from Pohl, new VP for research and technology transfer
The UNT Faculty Senate heard a report from UNT President Norval Pohl about the university's goals and vision for the upcoming year during the senate's first meeting of the 2003-04 academic year Sept. 10.
Click
on the link to read an Answer Line comment and response regarding the
smell of tar in the University Services Building.
If you have a comment, complaint or compliment about the university, call Answer Line at (940) 565-4100 and leave your remarks on the recording.
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