August 20, 2004, Volume 13, Number 15 KNTU, UNT Observatory named to D Magazine's 'Best of Big D' lists; Leadership Texas scholarship funds available; Faculty, staff participants needed for new student mentoring program; Money earned by interns translates to $1 million for region's economy; Grant supports UNT initiative to place librarians in border towns ; Student Recreation Center memberships available to faculty, staff for 2004-05; Walkers, donors needed for 2004 American Heart Walk; UNT scholarships available for faculty, staff; Events planned to welcome students back to UNT; TV networks playing it safe this fall, UNT professor says
August 6, 2004, Volume 13, Number 14 Defense bill approved by Congress includes $4.8 million for UNT; 2004 proclaimed ‘Year of the University Press'; UNT summer commencement is Saturday; About the commencement speaker; Scholarship established to honor pioneering students, North Texas' desegregation; UNT study: Gender bias still evident in media's coverage of the Olympics; Campus Chat changes to be unveiled Aug. 30; Add, make changes to benefits this month; UNT libraries conducting school supply drive benefiting Denton-area children; Hop a bus to Austin for the Mean Green football season opener; Avoid sales tax as you outfit your Mean Green wardrobe; UNT enrollment for the 2004 Summer II term down slightly from 2003 official count
July 16, 2004, Volume 13, Number 13
Terrell named dean of the Toulouse School of Graduate Studies; Celebrity golf tournament doubles scholarship proceeds for Dallas Campus; Winners of staff survey drawing named; Win a trip to Austin aboard UNT's Regal Eagle bus ; Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs makes key appointments; Departments on the move; Make plans now for Sunday Fun Day Aug. 22; Sponsors needed for 2004 Eagle Camp; Mean Green season ticket packages still available
July 2, 2004, Volume 13, Number 12 Summer I enrollment climbs 1.2 percent over last year; UNT study: Suggestions could make DFW airport more family friendly; UNT marketing and logistics students impress General Motors executives; Play therapy pioneer retires from internationally renowned UNT center; UNT service providers have shorter summer hours; Federal grant fosters program for biomedical information professionals; Faculty Senate holds final 2003-04 meeting; University Union Information Center provides assistance; Nineteen UNT students earn Mayborn scholarships
June 18, 2004, Volume 13, Number 11
UNT administrator Walt Parker receives ring from Super Bowl III; Hastings to serve as School of Library and Information Sciences interim dean; Construction on Eagle Drive expected to begin soon ; UNT parking permits for 2003-04 for sale soon through intercampus mail; Historically Underutilized Business Fair brings many vendor options to campus; Fireworks at Fouts the day before Independence Day; UNT offers several summer dining choices; Texas Juneteenth tradition has roots in 1865 Galveston; Tips for drivers as summer gas prices remain high
June 4, 2004, Volume 13, Number 10 Six faculty recognized at UNT's annual Honors Day celebration; UNT students win top awards in Texas broadcast competition; Five UNT students, one alumna receive Hispanic Scholarship Fund awards; Administrators answer faculty questions during town hall meeting; Staff awards presented at sack lunch; Pohl appointed to SACS Commission on Colleges; Staff Council hears reports about Enterprise Information System, Star Performer award; Summer camps for children planned at UNT; UNT prepares to welcome area youth for National Youth Sports Program
May 21, 2004, Volume 13, Number 9 Six faculty recognized at UNT's annual Honors Day celebration; UNT students win top awards in Texas broadcast competition; Five UNT students, one alumna receive Hispanic Scholarship Fund awards; Administrators answer faculty questions during town hall meeting; Staff awards presented at sack lunch; Pohl appointed to SACS Commission on Colleges; Staff Council hears reports about Enterprise Information System, Star Performer award; Summer camps for children planned at UNT; UNT prepares to welcome area youth for National Youth Sports Program
May
7, 2004, Volume 13, Number 8 Two UNT graduate
programs ranked high by U.S. News and World Report: Entrepreneur ranks Murphy Enterprise Center in top tier of regional programs; College
of Business Administration dean to step down; interim dean chosen; Texas attorney general speaks at UNT; Karen Hughes,
Kinky Friedman headline first UNT System Book and Author Luncheon; New general counsel addresses Faculty Senate; U.S. National Security Agency names UNT College of Engineering center
among nation's elite computer security programs; UNT Moot Court
squad finishes 2003-04 year ranked first in the state
April
23, 2004, Volume 13, Number 7
Regents approve $22 per
semester credit hour tuition increase; Senator
to speak at UNT's general commencement ceremony May 8; About
the commencement speaker; Phi Kappa Sigma house residents to spend remainder of semester in residence
hall; Prizes up for grabs for survey participation; State Rep. Myra Crownover
to speak at TAMS graduation; National
Public Broadcasting System chief operating officer to speak at April
29 lunch; TAMS student wins Goldwater Scholarship; Professorships
to honor two Texas educators
April
2, 2004, Volume 13, Number 6
Maya Angelou to speak
at UNT April 20; UNT
presents honorary degree to King of Thailand in March ceremony; Own
a piece of UNT; Honors
Day speaker part of a tribute to UNT's 50th anniversary of desegregation; Annual jazz festival begins today in Addison; Faculty Senate
hears faculty mentoring report; UNT
health center receives national recognition; Major retailer touts
UNT's merchandising program as one of the best in the nation; UNT departments
on the move; Economist: Elite female college basketball players worth
$300,000 a season; Staff Council changes bylaws; Survey shows UNT students
a bit more liberal than peers
March
12, 2004, Volume 13, Number 5 UNT plans second
annual beautification day; Cleanup
continues at Clark Hall following small fire; Spring
brings Texas severe weather season; Regents approve honorary degree, authorize new athletic center completion; Staff awards presented at sack lunch; April brings University,
Alumni Appreciation, Honors days; UNT
student is a Truman Scholarship finalist; Faculty Senate hears
provost's academic plan for future of UNT; Division of University Relations,
Communications and Marketing earns three national awards; TAMS students
are semifinalists in national science competition
February
27, 2004, Volume 13, Number 4
$1 million gift to help
fund construction of new UNT athletic center;
UNT launches e-Campus web site; UNT to host annual law conference March
1-2; Faculty and staff can vote now for 2004 UNT Homecoming theme; UNT
students, alumna win Rotary Scholarships; Cowboy historian to speak
to Friends of the UNT Libraries; UNT professor finds that women's civic
clubs led to suffrage movement in Texas; Familiar faces should rule
at 76th Academy Awards; Totten named to National Commission on Libraries
and Information Science
February
6, 2004, Volume 13, Number 3
UNT aims to recruit, retain
first-generation college students with $30,000 grant; UNT
to offer PBS' Small Business School online; John
R. Todd named interim associate VP; Spring
2004 enrollment up 341 students over Spring '03; UNT
to celebrate Black History Month; UNT
to help sponsor Association of Teacher Educators national conference
in Dallas; UNT
offers career counseling; Survivor makes for family fun at
Elm Fork; Funds increase for UNT study abroad scholarships; UNT assistant
professor of English national Creative Writing Fellowship
January
23, 2004, Volume 13, Number 2 UNT to present gala
celebration Feb. 14 to honor 50 years of desegregation; Academy wins
federal funds; Gift creates UNT euphonium endowment; Equity, diversity
workshop set; Staff Council discusses insurance changes; New UNT research
center uncovers secrets of plants; UNT performance of oratorio set for
Jan. 29; UNT to present films from eight countries during series; Markley
accepted into Leadership Texas; 'Star man' fronts musically diverse
band Crawfish
January
9, 2004, Volume 13, Number 1 Hearing at
UNT explores nanotechnology; La
Point to serve on national committee; New
UNT center offers cyber security certifications; New
grading system announced to senate; International group elects Holden
president; UNT community's donations make the holidays brighter; Marcello
earns lifetime achievement award; Three
honored for 40 years of service to university; Film historian discusses
2003's best movies
December
12, 2003, Volume 12, Number 22
Regents grant emeritus
status to seven faculty; Mean Green to
revisit New Orleans Bowl; Nearly 2,000 students to graduate Dec. 13;
UNT System names Footer to counsel post; SECC drive tops $151,000; Faculty
concerns heard at senate meeting; UNT deans Davis and Turner stepping
down; search under way for replacements; Dangerous winter weather brings
possibility for closures; Murphy Enterprise Center awards prizes; Getty:
You can have dessert, just don't eat too much of it
November
21, 2003, Volume 12, Number 21
Rep.
Burgess announces $3.1 million for Center for Advanced Research and
Technology; Latest
UNT IDs serve as debit and ATM cards; E-trans offers many benefits;
Holiday giving continues on campus; Winter weather brings possibility
for closures; UNT creates Center for Psychosocial Health; Council focuses
on daycare; Women's Studies
Program sponsors new book club; UNT
Moot Court teams take first, second place at statewide tournament; TAMS
students honored in science competition
November
7, 2003, Volume 12, Number 20
UNT celebrates 50th anniversary
of desegregation with gala, online scrapbook; Governor
names Rice M. Tilley Jr. new regent, reappoints Strange and Nickell;
UNT raises almost $6,000 in heart walk; Awards presented at Staff Sack
Lunch; Faculty Senate hears from new engineering dean; Willis Library
offers appraisals at Roadshow; UNT
implementing new Enterprise Information System; UNT
professor creates new curriculum for WIC parents
October
17, 2003, Volume 12, Number 19
It's not too late to participate in SECC; South Pole cancer survivor
to speak at luncheon; UNT study questions sizing methods in women's
apparel; UNT historian says familiar Halloween icon came from history's
witch hunts; Staff members honored at annual convocation; UNTcrime statistics
available online; Campus events planned for Halloween; UNT to host conference
on green building; Faculty, staff encouraged to participate in parking
and transportation survey; Competition at UNT to rival TV's popular
robot wars
October
3, 2003, Volume 12, Number 18
UNT Board of Regents awards construction contract for Eagle Point projects;
Homecoming is Oct. 16-18; Professor to serve as guest researcher at
CDC; Princeton Review includes UNT in The Best Western Colleges
guidebook; UNT faculty, staff encouraged to contribute nominations for
annual alumni awards; The Club at Gateway Center opens for fall season;
new chef brings new flavor; SECC campaign puts focus on caring; NAFTA
pumps dollars into Texas economy, but at border cities' expense; Faculty
Senate hears reports from Pohl, new VP for research and technology transfer
September
19, 2003, Volume 12, Number 17
Multimillion-dollar bequest creates new behavior analysis research program
at UNT; UNT reaches all-time enrollment high for Fall 2003; Legislative
actions advance UNT Dallas project; UNT celebrates Hispanic Heritage
Month; Poet and essayist to speak at UNT Sept. 25; Staff Council elects
officers for 2003-04 year; Families to share in Mean Green spirit Sept.
26-28; Music industry supports musicians' health initiatives; Interpretational
change to holiday pay entitlement
September
5, 2003, Volume 12, Number 16 Regents approve 2004 budget, 2 percent raise pool for faculty, staff;
UNT announces tuition task force, seeks to create guaranteed tuition
rates; UNT to petition Texas Education Agency for virtual charter school
authority; UNT offices moving to, from and within the Hurley Administration
Building; UNT Observatory to provide up-close view of Mars; New Fouts
Field scoreboard, videoboard to be finished in time for first home game;
Agreement links UNT, Ukranian university; Faculty members honored at
annual convocation; Dance, theatre arts tickets on sale soon