What: A celebration of the life and service of Dr. Alfred F. Hurley, who served UNT from 1980 to 2002
When: 3 p.m. Sept. 28 (Saturday)
Where: Winspear Hall of the Murchison Performing Arts Center, located along the north side of Interstate 35E at North...
What: 12th Annual Denton Area Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading (TAIR) conference sponsored by North Star of Texas Writing Project at the University of North Texas and North Texas Area TAIR
When: 8 a.m. to noon Sept. 28 (Saturday)
Where: Guyer High School, 750...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — A new University of North Texas grant project called Project STArT — or Systematic Training for Autism Teachers — will provide on-the-job coaching and full scholarships to special education teachers who are seeking master’s degrees in special education with a concentration in autism intervention, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
Over five years, about 40 teachers are expected to be trained...
What: Creators of the Beloit College Mindset List visit the University of North Texas for an open campus forum
When: 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sept. 18 (Wednesday)
Where: Matthews Hall Room 311, 1300 W. Highland St.
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What: Rainn Wilson, best known for playing “Dwight Schrute” on NBC’s “The Office” will speak Sept. 19 (Thursday) as part of the University of North Texas Distinguished Lecture Series. Wilson will discuss SoulPancake, a book and social project developed to encourage discussions on spirituality, creativity, arts and philosophy.
Where: UNT Coliseum, 600 Avenue D, at...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Dr. Tony Mendes, director of the University of North Texas Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship, has been named president-elect of the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE), the nation’s largest faculty organization for professors teaching and researching entrepreneurship.
Mendes is an acclaimed entrepreneurial educator who formerly served as executive director of the Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership (AEL) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a member of the USASBE since 2004, where he has held...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Tyler Brewer, a second-year Master of Public Administration student at the University of North Texas, received the nationally competitive Edwin O. Stene Academic Scholarship from ICMA, the International City/County Management Association, to attend the group’s conference Sept. 22 - 25 in Boston.
In addition to the $1,000 stipend, the Stene Scholarship — which is named in memory of a Kansas University professor —...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing at the University of North Texas has received national awards from four professional organizations for promotional materials.
URCM achieved three merit awards in the 28th Annual Educational Advertising Awards presented by the Higher Education Marketing Report. The following UNT recruitment materials were recognized:
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas Innovation Greenhouse, located in Sycamore Hall on the UNT campus, will host a North Texas music hackathon beginning at 6 p.m. on Sept. 13 (Friday).
The hackathon, which will last through Sept. 15 (Sunday), aims to bring together anyone interested in unique music applications, including designers, developers, programmers, industry...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Living by the motto “always prepared, always together (semper parati, semper juncti)” has paid off for UNT’s Alpha Nu Chapter of Phi Iota Alpha this year.
Although the UNT chapter is composed of only 13 active members, teamwork and preparedness helped them receive top recognition as Chapter of the Year at last month’s 2013 National Convention in Puerto Rico and Best Chapter in Texas at the 2013 Texas Phiota Formal awards ceremony in Austin last May.
“I was just shocked and overwhelmed,” said College of Business senior...