DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design announced today it will honor longtime supporters Jo Ann (Jody) and Dr. Charles O. Onstead by renaming the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA).
The Jo Ann (Jody) and Dr. Charles O. Onstead Institute for Education in the Visual Arts and Design, made possible through a $2.5 million gift from the Dr. Charles & Jo Ann Onstead Foundation, will foster research, support talented arts and design educators, and collaborate with local, state...
What: Scott Dikkers, founding editor of the satirical publication The Onion, presents "Funny Story Behind the Funny Stories," part of the 2014-15 Mary Jo and V. Lane Rawlins Fine Arts Series, at the University of North Texas.
When: 8 p.m. Sept. 18 (Thursday)
Where: UNT's Main Auditorium, 1401 W. Hickory St., Denton
Cost: Tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for UNT faculty/staff/alumni, free for UNT students (but ticket must be reserved in advance)
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What: "Leadership and Legacy Through Biography" -- The 2014 Teaching of History Conference presented by the University of North Texas Department of History. Featuring Randolph "Mike" Campbell, Lone Star Professor of Texas History at UNT, as keynote speaker.
When: 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sept. 20 (Saturday)
Where: UNT's Business Leadership Building, 1307 W. Highland St., Denton
Cost: $25 regular...
What: Topping off ceremony for the UNT University Union construction project. Construction crews will lift and place the highest steel beam on the new University Union during the ceremony
When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 4 (Thursday). Beam will be lifted between 12:30 – 1 p.m.
Where: UNT Library Mall, 1506 W. Highland St.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- More than 1,200 tons of concrete, 16,000 yards of rebar and 1,800 tons of steel have been poured, placed and secured in the new UNT...
As you prepare for the first Fall 2014 Mean Green home game Sept. 6 against SMU, plan to tailgate Mean Green style:
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Two University of North Texas faculty members and current administrators – Eric Ligon and Dr. Gloria Cox – have been named interim deans for the College of Visual Arts and Design and the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science respectively, by Dr. Warren Burggren, UNT provost and vice president for academic affairs.
"Eric and Gloria bring an unusual degree of experience and expertise to their new roles," said Burggren. "Both Eric's and Gloria's history with the university will provide important continuity for students, faculty and staff in this transitional...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Not all scars of war fade for those who have witnessed or experienced its horrors. Scars run deep in the case of the Yugoslav Wars of 1991–2001, in which genocide, torture, rape and other inhumane acts destroyed entire communities as well as individuals. The justice system can put a criminal in jail, but what of justice for the victim? What remedy can heal suffering wrought by crimes against humanity?
University of North Texas political scientists...
What: 13th Annual Denton Area T.A.I.R. Conference -- Navigating Your Path as a Lifelong Literacy Leader
When: 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 20 (Saturday)
Where: Guyer High School, 7501 Teasley Lane, Denton
Cost: $25 for early bird registration postmarked by Sept. 9;
$40 for late registration and on-site registration
Contact: For registration information, contact Teddi Martin, lecturer in the College of Education, at...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Two students in the University of North Texas College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism each received $2,500 scholarships for being named semifinalists in the 2014 Ray M. Greenly Scholarship Competition sponsored by the National Retail Federation.
Khuyen Nguyen and Adriana Solis, both senior merchandising and digital retailing majors, were among 25...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- For the second time in 10 years, Alan Albarran, chair of the University of North Texas Department of Radio, Television and Film, has received the annual Robert G. Picard Book Award by the Media Management and Economics Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
Albarran was honored for being the editor of...