DENTON (UNT), Texas -- High-achieving juniors in the Denton Independent School District are now guaranteed admission to the University of North Texas through UNT's Eagle Advantage program.

Juniors in Denton ISD who rank in the top 20 percent of their class will earn guaranteed admission to UNT. In addition, this year's Denton ISD seniors who rank in the top 20 percent will be grandfathered into the program, receiving automatic admission...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas will host the sixth Conference on Education and Culture from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. May 1 (Friday) in the Ballroom of UNT's Gateway Center, 801 N. Texas Blvd, Denton. This year's conference is titled "Cross-border Challenges and Opportunities" and is co-hosted by the University of North Texas, the Secretariat of Education of Jalisco and the Consul General of Mexico in Dallas.

The...

DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Prevention and handling of sexual assault and harassment. The growing student debt crisis. Cyberbullying. And the ongoing Texas legislative session. These topics, as well as other major legal considerations for university and college professionals and attorneys, will be discussed at the Texas Higher Education Law Conference at the University of North Texas.

The conference will be March 30-31 (Monday-Tuesday) at the UNT Gateway Center, located at 801 North Texas...

What: Hosted by the University of North Texas Center for Play Therapy, a two-day workshop will train play therapists who provide mental health services to children and families. The workshop will fulfill partial prerequisite requirements toward certification as child-parent relationship therapy facilitators, as well as continuing education credits.

When/Where: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 5 and 6 (Thursday and Friday) in the forum of UNT's Willis Library, located at 1506 W...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Code Camp program, which began in 2014, will expand thanks to a $20,000 gift from Verizon. Code Camp advances science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education by teaching computer coding to Denton Independent School District elementary and middle school students.

"We are excited to partner with UNT to engage our youth in STEM," said Michelle Miller, regional president for Verizon Wireless. "There are currently 3 million STEM jobs in the U.S. that are unfilled. By raising both the interest...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Janice Holden, chair of the Department of Counseling and Higher Education in the University of North Texas College of Education, earned the Gilbert and Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person from the American Counseling Association for her contributions to the field.

Holden was selected to receive the award to...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Bethany Hendrickson, a recent graduate of the University of North Texas and a teacher at Denton's Stephens Elementary School, earned the 2015 Claudia A Balach Teacher Research Award for work she conducted while she was a student at UNT. The award is given by the Professional Development School Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association.

"My goal was to help...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas received an additional $109,000 grant from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to continue a program to help increase the number of African American and Hispanic males in physical therapy professions. The program, a collaboration with the UNT Health Science Center, began in 2012 and has been extended through Aug. 31, 2015.

Dr. Jean Keller, professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation studies and interim vice president for community engagement at UNT, will be recognized for leading the program at the...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Department of Mathematics  will offer free American Math Competitions for middle and high school students in the North Texas region during the 2014-15 academic year. UNT is the first university in the DFW area to host the competitions, which help students strengthen their math skills.

The eighth-grade level competition will take place Nov. 18 (Tuesday) from 5:30 to 6:10 p.m. The 10th- and 12th-grade level...

DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas College of Business celebrated the newly endowed Dean Henry Hays Professorship for Exemplary Service by honoring an up-and-coming professor, a distinguished former dean and the donors whose support made the professorship possible.

Danielle Cooper, associate professor of management, was named the inaugural recipient at a luncheon Sept. 2 at Dallas' Park City Club. The professorship provides recognition and salary support for a three-year term and...