Sept.
7 , 2001
Volume 10,
Number 16
UNT
approves $344.17 million operating budget for 2001-02
The UNT
System Board of Regents approved a university operating budget of $344.17
million for the 2001-02 academic year at its meeting Aug. 17. The budget
takes effect this month.
Regents approve university, system appointments
During its regular meeting Aug. 17, the UNT System Board of Regents approved the creation of UNT positions for a vice president for university relations, an associate vice president for facilities and an assistant vice president for business services. Regents also confirmed three other key appointments.
UNT welcomes expanded e-trans service
To ease
traffic congestion and parking shortages in the center of campus, UNT
will begin an expanded e-trans shuttle service.
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Many of the 214 students entering the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science this semester know very little about the UNT campus. Before they arrived Aug. 23, they only visited the campus when they interviewed for admission to the academy and when they attended orientation in June.
Church
membership may bridge social distance gap between races, study says
Praying
together, rather than living or learning together, may be the primary
way for Caucasian Americans and Americans of other races to become comfortable
with each other, according to a UNT study.
George
Yancey, assistant professor of sociology, found that Americans of European
descent who are the racial minorities in their churches exhibit lower
levels of social distance from African American, Hispanic and Asian groups
and are more supportive of government programs aimed at those groups than
Americans of European descent who don’t attend multiracial churches.
When Marketing and Communications/Public Affairs and Information Services employees reported for work Sept. 3, they began the day working under a new name.
Program combines business, music, journalism
Often musicians starting out find they must be their own managers and marketers, says David Shrader, professor of music and interim vice president for development. But their training rarely covers the business side of a music career.
Faculty members honored at annual convocation
Several faculty members were honored at the annual Faculty Convocation Aug. 21.
Faculty handbook available online
The 2001-02
Faculty Handbook is now available online at www.unt.edu/vpaa_fhb/homepg.html,
which is the provost and vice president for academic affairs site. It
contains links to the Policy Manual and several faculty forums. It can
also be printed using the download icon on the provost and vice president
for academic affairs home page.
Faculty Senate meets Sept. 12
The UNT
Faculty Senate will resume its monthly meetings at 2 p.m. Sept. 12 in
Wooten Hall, Room 322. The meetings are open to all members of the UNT
community. A summory of the Sept. 12 Faculty Senate meeting will appear
in the Oct. 5 InHouse.
UNT
regents approve 2001-02 holiday schedule
The Board of Regents approved the following holidays during the 2001-02 academic year:
- Thanksgiving, Nov. 22 and 23
- Christmas, Dec. 24 through 28
- New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2002
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Jan. 21, 2002
- Spring Break, March 18 through 20, 2002
- Independence
Day, July 4, 2002
In addition, the regents approved a recommendation to close the university Dec. 31 and March 21 and 22. Staff members will be required to use vacation or compensatory leave for those closure days.
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