Graduate School
UNT student receives $30,500 Rotary Global Grant
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Gulin "Eva" Gelogullari, a graduate student at the University of North Texas, has received a $30,500 Rotary Global Grant to study at Tel Aviv University in Israel during the 2015-16 academic year.
Gelogullari, a master's student in UNT's Department of Media Arts, will use her grant to enroll in Tel Aviv University's one-year...
UNT student receives P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Emmanuela Akosua Opoku, a doctoral student in the University of North Texas' Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, has been awarded a $5,000 P.E.O., or Philanthropic Educational Organization, International Peace Scholarship. Seven UNT students have received the scholarship since 2002.
Opoku, a native of Ghana, entered UNT in the 2014 fall semester to enroll in the doctoral program in environmental ethics and philosophy....
Dallas Morning News editor emeritus to receive Mayborn School's Shuford Award
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Bob Mong, editor emeritus of the Dallas Morning News who held many roles at the newspaper during 36 years, will receive the C.E. "Pop" Shuford Hall of Honor Award from the University of North Texas' Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism.
The Shuford Hall of Honor Award recognizes individuals for professional and educational lifetime achievement and distinguished contributions to the journalism profession. The award is named for the faculty member...
UNT Jazz Studies graduate student wins $10,000
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Drew Zaremba, University of North Texas Jazz Studies graduate student, won the $10,000 top prize in UNT's second annual Sherman/Barsanti Inspiration Awards April 7. Zaremba won for his work as founder and composer for the Unity Orchestra, a large-scale ensemble of classical and jazz musicians.
"Writing for big ensembles is my primary passion," Zaremba said.
The orchestra consists of more than 50 musicians. Zaremba plans to use the prize...
Avoidant coping interferes with military veterans' successful transition to university life, study shows
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Military veterans who use avoidant coping strategies -- denying or minimizing distressing thoughts, experiences and emotions -- are more likely to exhibit symptoms of depression and generalized anxiety. However, emotional help and support from family members reduces the negative impacts of these conditions, according to a University of North Texas study on veterans' transition to becoming college and university students.
Counseling and wellness centers at colleges and universities -- where student veterans may seek help -- should therefore have more outreach to...
Applications being taken for financial awards for registration of 2015 Mayborn conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Online applications are being accepted through April 15 (Wednesday) for financial awards to cover university and college students' registration fees for this summer's Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference. Non-students will also be considered for some of the awards.
The conference, hosted by the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas for an 11th straight year, will be held July 17-19 (Friday-Sunday) at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas...
UNT on the Square's April exhibition displays paintings, drawings from art students
What: The UNT Painting and Drawing Show displays works from undergraduate and graduate students in the University of North Texas' College of Visual Arts and Design, one of the most comprehensive art programs in the South and Southwest.
When: April 3 (Friday) - April 30 (Thursday)
Where: UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St., Denton
Hours: 9 a.m. - noon and 1 -...
U.S. News & World Report ranks UNT's rehabilitation counseling program among top in nation
DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- The rehabilitation counseling program in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service at the University of North Texas has been ranked 15th in the nation in the U.S. News & World Report's newly released 2016 guidebook of Best Graduate Schools.
"The national reputation of the rehabilitation counseling program at UNT remains consistently strong," said Dean Tom Evenson. "The fact that the UNT master's program is consistently ranked among the top programs, most of which include...
UNT play therapy conference trains clinicians in ways to strengthen parent-child relationships
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...
Research from UNT's Castleberry Peace Institute to be presented at UNT on the Square March 11
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- University of North Texas faculty and graduate students will displays posters to illustrate their research conducted in UNT's Castleberry Peace Institute during a free program at UNT on the Square March 11 (Wednesday).
The event will be from 7 to 9 p.m. at the gallery, located at 109 North Elm Street on the west side of the Denton Courthouse Square. The posters will illustrate the latest findings on the causes and consequences of violence and conflict around the world.
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