DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Robert McInturf recently joined the University of North Texas as executive director of the UNT Alumni Association. He comes to UNT from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, where he was director of alumni relations and executive director of the UNCW Alumni Association.
McInturf said he hopes to capitalize on the university's growing academic reputation, entrepreneurial spirit and athletics success to build alumni engagement.
"Engaging alumni in the life of the university needs to be at the...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Lyndal M. Bullock, Regents Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology in the University of North Texas College of Education, was presented in April with the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders for his contributions to the field...
What: University of North Texas Camp Communicate is a language-rich, summer day camp sponsored by the UNT Speech and Hearing Center for children ages 5-12 with speech, language and hearing disorders. Registration deadline is June 4.
When: 9 to 11:30 a.m. June 9-13 (Monday – Friday). Drop off begins at 8:30 a.m.
Where: Location Monday-Thursday:
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DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The Portal to Texas History, administered by the University of North Texas Libraries to provide access to more than 385,000 digitized books, photographs, maps, newspapers, letters and other historic materials, has been named a Service Hub by the Digital Public Library of America.
The DPLA Service Hubs are state or regional digital libraries that aggregate information about digital objects from libraries,...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Good things come in pairs for PUSH, Persevere UNTil Success Happens, a University of North Texas organization that gives support to UNT students formerly in the foster care or child welfare system, and also provides support to foster children in the Denton community. A featured speaker engagement at a national conference and an award by a community organization are among a string of recent honors bestowed on PUSH for its role helping foster care youth succeed.
"Success is our motto. Our...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- More than 20 University of North Texas students recently won awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Conference.
TIPA originated in 1909 and has become one of the nation's oldest and largest collegiate press associations. The association offers awards for more than 25 on-site contests at its annual conference, and also gives awards to pre-submitted entries in the categories of general magazine, radio, television, online media, yearbook, literary magazine and newspaper.
UNT had a total of 11 first place,...
DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Chi Sigma Iota honored Kara Hurt and Elizabeth Ener, doctoral students in the University of North Texas College of Education, as 2014-15 International Leadership Fellows.
Each year, CSI selects 10 aspiring leaders from more than 15,000 active members and 350 chapters to participate in their leadership program. This March, Hurt and Ener took part in the American Counseling...
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – The University of North Texas is among seven Texas universities identified as leaders in the New Mathways Project, an initiative ensuring students take math courses aligned appropriately with their future career plans, according to a newly released report, "Clearing pathways through modern mathematics...
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Jonathan A. Molina-Garcia, who graduated in May from the University of North Texas with a bachelor of fine arts degree in photography and art history, has won a Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Arts Award worth up to $150,000.
The scholarship, given to only 20 college seniors this year, is considered the most prestigious award for students pursuing postgraduate work in the creative arts field.
"Going into graduate school with that kind of...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When Robert Ashford got accepted at the University of North Texas, he knew what he needed to do. The undergraduate in social work and psychology set out to establish a student-run organization that would help students maintain a substance-free lifestyle and promote success in school. Ashford created and became president of the Eagle Peer Recovery association, and in less than a year it has grown to help more than 600 UNT students --...