Sept.
5 , 2003
Volume 12, Number 16
Regents approve 2004 budget, 2 percent raise pool for faculty, staff
During
this year's regular summer meeting of the UNT System Board of Regents
on Aug. 21, the regents approved the FY 2004 budget for the university,
increased tuition and two student fees and authorized Regents Professorships
for seven faculty members.
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| Moving on up — Cara Cox (left) helps her big sister Chelsi Cox, UNT freshman, move into her Clark Hall room during Sunday Fun Day Aug. 17, the day UNT volunteers traditionally brave the late-August heat to help new students get settled in their new homes. |
UNT
announces tuition task force, seeks to create guaranteed tuition rates
With the
goal of making UNT the first Texas public university that gives its students
a firm commitment on the cost of college, UNT System Chancellor Lee Jackson
is creating a task force on tuition to study new options under the state's
deregulated tuition law.
The
task force would study various guaranteed tuition policies that could
give UNT's continuing students the opportunity to graduate without any
change in tuition cost or with predetermined limits.
UNT to petition Texas Education Agency for virtual charter school authority
Families of students across Texas who are looking for an alternative to traditional brick-and-mortar schools may soon have an online option to consider.
UNT will submit a Public Senior College/University Open Enrollment Charter School Application to the Texas Education Agency for discussion at its Sept. 12 meeting in Austin.
UNT offices
moving to, from and within the Hurley Administration Building
Several
offices have recently moved or are planning to move this semester to,
from or within the Hurley Administration Building.
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UNT
Observatory to provide up-close view of Mars
UNT will sponsor an open house at the UNT Observatory on Sept. 6 for a public viewing of Mars from midnight to 2 a.m. The observatory is located at 9103 N. Locust St. (FM 2164), approximately five miles north of the campus.
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| UNT fans will notice some changes at Fouts Field Saturday at UNT's first home game of the season, namely the new scoreboard and videoboard at the south end of the field. |
New Fouts Field scoreboard, videoboard to be finished in time for first home game
The athletics department will unveil a new scoreboard and videoboard at Fouts Field this fall as part of a major multimedia sponsorship plan. Major sponsors include Coca-Cola, Wells Fargo Bank and Denton Regional Medical Center. In addition to the Fouts Field scoreboard, phase 1 of the project includes a new video production truck, an aquatics scoreboard in the Student Recreation Center and enhancements to the concourse area at Fouts Field.
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| Oscar Garcia (right), College of Engineering dean, and Victor Bogomolov, vice rector of Kharkov National Automobile and Highway University in Ukraine, sign an agreement between the two institutions for cryogenic research. |
Agreement links UNT, Ukranian university
Scientists worldwide are expanding research on energy sources that don't pollute the environment. Cryogenic, or low temperature, substances like liquid nitrogen are one such source.
Cryogenic
research has received a boost with the signing of an agreement of cooperation
between UNT and a Ukranian university.
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Faculty
members honored at annual convocation
Several faculty members were honored at the annual Faculty Convocation Aug. 18.
Dance,
theatre arts tickets on sale soon
Season tickets for the 2003-04 dance and theatre arts productions will soon be on sale. From Sept. 8 to 22, new subscribers may purchase season ticket packages that include four shows for $30 for all faculty and staff members. UNT faculty and staff receive a 25 percent savings over the general public on individual productions, and season subscribers receive an additional 20 percent discount.
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