DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Incoming freshmen and new transfer students to the University of North Texas in the fall of 2014 can sign up for a new flat-rate tuition plan that offers students graduating in four years a $3,000 reduction in tuition and fees plus a $1,000 bonus.
The new Eagle Express tuition plan was approved Thursday by the UNT System Board of Regents and locks in tuition rates for four years. Students who sign up for the Eagle Express plan and earn the graduation incentives could effectively pay the same price for four years of tuition and fees as they would pay if this...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Carmen Santos grew up hearing legends about the Chamorro people of her native Mariana Islands, but she didn't know she could use those stories in a career.
That changed when she was a student in the University of North Texas College of Information's distance education program for the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. Last summer, Santos took an online class, SLIS 5440, Storytelling for Information Professionals, as part of her master of library science degree and...
What: Annual Master of Public Administration Alumni-Student Conference at the University of North Texas featuring keynote speaker B.J. Reed, senior vice chancellor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and panel discussions about UNT and Its Community Partnerships -- A World of Possibilities
When: 9 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. March 21 (Friday)...
What: The Art and Science of Animal Training Conference at the University of North Texas, featuring keynote speaker Jaak Panksepp, professor and Baily Endowed Chair of Animal Well-Being Science at Washington State University, and other leading animal trainers and behavior analysts discussing the science of animal training and developments in the field
When: 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. March 22 (Saturday)
...DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Four University of North Texas students have qualified for this year's National Debate Tournament, the most prestigious tournament in competitive policy debate for U.S. college and university students. The UNT Debate Team also had four of its students -- the maximum of number that any college or university can qualify for the National Debate Tournament -- qualify in 2012 and 2013.
Brian Kersch, a senior communication studies major...
What: "The Republic of the Rio Grande: A Historical Orphan" -- A lecture at the University of North Texas by author and Austin attorney Beatriz de la Garza. The 13th Annual Commemorative Lecture in Mexican American History, presented by the University of North Texas Department of History, the department's Mexican American studies minor and the...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism has been selected to host this year's Barbara Jordan Media Awards Luncheon presented by the Texas Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities. The awards ceremony will be held March 20 (Thursday) at Club Level of UNT's Apogee Stadium, located...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A University of North Texas student will collaborate with Children's Medical Center of Dallas to study why parents take their children to hospital emergency rooms instead of primary care doctors for non-urgent medical matters. And another UNT student will work with the university's Speech and Hearing Clinic to help people with hearing loss...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Lewisville resident Danielle Lane, a junior psychology major at the University of North Texas, has been selected to attend the seventh Clinton Global Initiative University with full sponsorship from the American Association of University Women.
Founded in 2005 by former President Bill Clinton, the Clinton Global Initiative is a non-partisan organization that brings together global leaders to devise and implement...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The 2014 Emerald Eagle Honors: Recognizing a Lifetime of Contributions to the American Landscape will honor outstanding UNT alumni Phyllis George, Peter Weller and Larry McMurtry on Wednesday, March 5, at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in the Dallas Arts District. Presented by the UNT Foundation, the second annual event begins with a reception at 6 p.m. followed by the awards ceremony and...