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UNT Jazz Studies students win 10 DownBeat music awards
DENTON (UNT), Texas – UNT College of Music Jazz Studies program students and ensembles were recognized with 10 DownBeat Student Music Awards this year. The prestigious awards were announced in the current (June) issue of the national jazz magazine "DownBeat."
Among the winners was the Two O'Clock Lab Band, Large Jazz Ensemble Graduate College Winner based on their work on the CD Kind of Two. The Two O'Clock Lab Band was directed by Jay Saunde...
UNT faculty conducting video game study at Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
What: Children ages 5-12 and their parents can participate in a University of North Texas research study examining whether playing video games can be beneficial to a child's physical and cognitive well-being.
Participants will play Dance Dance Revolution and Wii Sports
When: 1-4 p.m. May 10, 17 and 24 (Saturdays). Times for Saturdays in June, July and August to be decided.
Where: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1600 Gendy St., Fort Worth
DENTON (UNT), Texas -...
Graduating student finds inspiration at UNT to help others
Success doesn't happen overnight. Kelly Savage knows that better than anyone.
Nineteen years after her high school graduation, Kelly Savage is realizing her dream of earning a college degree. And now, she wants to become a teacher, helping others on that same path to education.
Savage -- a UNT College of Education student, first-generation college student and mother of six -- will walk across the stage to get her degree at 7 p.m. May 9 (Friday) in the UNT Coliseum, 600 Ave. D....
UNT College of Music faculty, students to teach and perform in Vietnam in late May
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Faculty and students from UNT's College of Music will perform three concerts and teach master classes in Vietnam later this month as part of a visit conceived and organized by a doctoral violin student.
Chuong Vu, who was born and raised in Vietnam, wanted to share the talents of his fellow students and faculty members from UNT with aspiring musicians in his native country.
Many students and faculty members in the college spend the summer teaching and performing internationally during the summer – anoth...
UNT hosts 4th annual international cold-formed steel competition
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas is hosting the 2014 International Student Competition on Cold-Formed Steel Design for the fourth year, and entries can now be submitted to UNT's College of Engineering.
Created by Engineering Technology Associate Professor Cheng Yu, the competition helps build interest in cold-formed steel, an economical and recyclable construction material.
Full-time undergraduate and graduate students from any university in the world can enter the competition. Entrie...
UNT senior awarded for leadership, service through social work
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When Jordan Holley enrolled in the Introduction to Social Work class at the University of North Texas, she had no idea the class would change her life. But it did. And the social work major and graduating senior has been changing the lives of others ever since, both as an advocate for disenfranchised populations and as a leader for fellow social workers.
UNT's Social Work program, based in the College of Public Affairs and Community Service, recently rec...
Got a great business idea? UNT’s Entrepreneurs Boot Camp offers advice to launch start-ups
What: University of North Texas Entrepreneurs Boot Camp — Students and community members are invited to apply for a series of workshops offering guidance on how to build a successful business. Application deadline is May 6 (Tuesday).
When: 6 to 9:30 p.m. June 5, 12, 19 and 26 and July 3 (Thursdays) with final business plan presentation from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 12 (Saturday)
Where: Bu...
UNT student and combat veteran receives $3,000 scholarship from TDF Foundation
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Combat Veteran and University of North Texas student, David Smith received the TDF Foundation Veterans Scholarship on April 25 (Friday). Former Congressman Jack Fields, Congressmen Michael Burgess, UNT President Neal Smatresk and UNT Vice President Elizabeth With from Washington attended the presentation of the award.
"I am excited to be able to talk to people so high up about issues I truly am concerned about," Smith said.
As a biology and chemistry double major,...
Design of UNT student from Arlington selected to be registered as university's official tartan
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- When University of North Texas senior Casey Heidt began designing a tartan -- a design for weaving that consists of two or more alternating colored stripes that intersect vertically and horizontally to form a repeated checkered pattern -- to mark UNT's 125th anniversary in 2015, she looked to the campus' location in Denton for inspiration.
The pattern is a double-layered map of the campus, with one map featuring UNT's Hurley Administration Building in the center, outlined in black. The thick white lines represent north-so...
More than 4,000 students to graduate from UNT in Spring 2014
What: Spring commencement ceremonies at the University of North Texas
When: Doctoral and master's commencement ceremony at 3 p.m. May 9 (Friday); baccalaureate commencement ceremonies at 7 p.m. May 9 (Friday) and 9 a.m., 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. May 10 (Saturday)
Where: UNT Coliseum, 600 Ave. D, Denton
DENTON (UNT), Texas – More than 4,000 students will receive degrees from the University of North Texas this spring. Comme...