DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Rachel Grimes, assistant director of outreach for the Student Money Management Center at the University of North Texas, has been named the Innovative Educator of the Month for August 2014 by Visa's Practical Money Management Skills for Life website. An article featuring Grimes is featured in the August Practical Money Skills email newsletter sent to more than 88,000 subscribers. This recognition is given to educators that have found a new way to help children or adults gain financial...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The initial enrollment period for the University of North Texas' new Eagle Express Tuition Plan ended with more than 4,600 eligible students signing up for the innovative, money-saving plan.
The plan proved a popular option with freshmen: Half of UNT's new freshman class selected Eagle Express over the traditional tuition plan.
The new plan locks in students' total academic costs for four years and offers them an opportunity to save up to $3,000 in their last 15 academic hours for graduating in four years. Plus,...
What: "The Creative Attitude" -- A presentation at the University of North Texas by Geoffrey M. Rappaport, co-founder and former president of Supercuts, and founder of the new dental chain concept Great Teeth, and So-kyoung Ahn, visiting research scholar in the Global Digital Retailing Research Center in UNT's College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism.
The first of three presentations in the Executive + Scholar Lecture Series for 2014-15, presented by the Global Digital Retailing...
What: Mean Green Move-In at the University of North Texas -- UNT officials and faculty and staff members will help students move into residence halls this semester
When: 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 17 (Sunday)
Where: UNT campus
Cookout at Crumley Park (near Crumley Hall, 1621 W. Highland St.) from 10 to 2 p.m. Aug. 17
Contact: Carmen Garza, UNT's residence life coordinator, at carmen.garza@unt.edu or 940-565-2890
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DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Three University of North Texas faculty members will receive UNT's highest faculty awards in recognition of their excellence in teaching, scholarly research and community service. The awards are among the approximately three dozen honors that will be given to faculty members and the more than 70 faculty promotions in rank and/or recipients of tenure. Recipients will be honored Sept. 22-26 (Monday to Friday) during a week-long series of events that culminates in an evening celebration.
The...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas' new Eagle Express Tuition Plan is proving very popular as 2,522 eligible students opted into the program during the first week of availability.
The plan offers students an opportunity to save up to $4,000 for graduating on schedule. The Eagle Express plan locks in students' total academic costs, saving up to $3,000 in their last 15 credit hours when they graduate in four years. Additionally, students who graduate on time also may qualify for the...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Beverly Cotton joins the University of North Texas as associate vice president for budget and analytics, effective Aug. 11, 2014.
Cotton, who most recently was vice president of business and finance for Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University, has years of experience in higher education accounting, having previously worked at Texas Tech University in various finance administration positions.
"Beverly brings to UNT a variety of valuable experiences from her time at Texas Christian University and Texas Tech," said UNT Vice President for Finance...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Interested in saving some money on college? The University of North Texas' innovative Eagle Express Tuition Plan is now available for sign-up. The plan is open to all students for fall 2014, which begins August 25.
The plan offers students the option to lock in their total academic costs for four years, saving up to $3,000 in their last 15 credit hours when they graduate in four years. Additionally, students that graduate on time also will quality for the state's $1,000 tuition rebate, providing an opportunity for...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Five days a week, Denton soup kitchen Our Daily Bread serves freshly prepared hot lunches to those who are hungry.
But how many people will show up on a given day? How many meals are needed? Now, University of North Texas economics students are collaborating with Our Daily Bread to design a statistical model that can better forecast how many meals the community soup kitchen will need to prepare each day based on historical data and varying factors such as weather conditions, unemployment numbers and more.
...What: "The Discovery of Coffee" -- A free class at the University of NorthTexas taught by Nahie Kim, World Coffee Events coordinator for the Korea Coffee Association and a visiting faculty member in UNT's College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism.
When: 9:30 a.m.-noon Aug. 5-7 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Where: Marriott Culinary Laboratory, Room 322 of UNT's Chilton Hall, 410 S. Ave. C (southwest corner of Avenue C and Chestnut Street)
DENTON (UNT), Texas...