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UNT student receives scholarship to attend Meeting Professionals International conference
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Allie Salgueiro of Garland, a senior hospitality and tourism management major at the University of North Texas, has received a Wyndham Worldwide WEC Scholarship that will allow her to attend the 2015 World Education Congress, the annual global conference of Meeting Professionals International. The World Education Congress will be held in San Francisco Aug. 1-4.
...UNT Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism announces biography fellowship recipient
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Judith Bula Wise of Boulder, professor emerita of social work at the University of Denver, has been awarded the 2015 Mayborn Fellowship in Biography from University of North Texas' Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism.
The fellowship is co-sponsored by James McGrath Morris, a founder and president of Biograph...
UNT student receives Spectrum Scholarship from American Library Association
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Tommy Vinh Bui, a master's student in library science in the University of North Texas' College of Information, has been named a 2015 Spectrum Scholar by the American Library Association. Bui is earning his master's degree through the college's Greater Los Angeles Cohort.
The Spectrum Scholarships, which provide students with $5,000 for one academic year and are non-renewable, are considered to be among the most p...
TD Ameritrade awards UNT $50,000, Mascot Scrappy and faculty to help ring NYSE closing bell
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas Financial Services Program will be awarded a $50,000 grant from TD Ameritrade Institutional as part of its NextGen Financial Planning Initiative. To celebrate the honor, TD Ameritrade Institutional will fly two UNT representatives to the New York Stock Exchange to accept the award July 22 (Wednesday), where they'll be joined by UNT's mascot, Scrappy, to help ring the closing bell.
Two grants and 14 sc...
UNT journalism faculty available to discuss Michael Brown coverage on mainstream, social media
On Aug. 10, 2014, one day after 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, the hashtag #IfTheyGunnedMeDown began appearing on Twitter after an attorney in Jackson, Mississippi, posted it with two photos of himself -- one showing him positively and the other stereotyping him negatively. The text urged others to consider which photo would be used by the media to report on his theoretical death by police.
Meredith Clark and...
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference awards $12,000 in cash prizes for writing competitions
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- George Bowden of Fort Worth received the top prize of $3,000 and a provisional book contract with the University of North Texas Press in the Book Manuscript competition sponsored by the 2015 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference.
In "That I must Tread Alone," Bowden tells the true story of a Marine corporal who grew up hunting in the Blue Ridge Mountains, but vowed to not kill any Koreans when he was sent to the Korean War in 1950.
The Mayborn...
Finley Graves appointed to two-year term as UNT provost and vice president of academic affairs
DENTON (UNT), Texas – University of North Texas President Neal Smatresk appointed Finley Graves as the university's provost and vice president of academic affairs. This two-year appointment follows Graves' service as interim academic leader since March 1.
"Dr. Graves' leadership has effectively advanced some of our major institutional initiatives," Smatresk said.
"His ongoing service will bring more continuity and stability to the executive leadership team during this dynamic phase in our university's evolution, especially as we strive toward national prominence and continue to...
Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award-winning playwright to serve as UNT's 2015-16 artist-in residence
DENTON, Texas (UNT) -- Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright Doug Wright will work with students and conduct research for upcoming works as the 2015-16 artist-in-residence for the Institute for the Advancement of the Arts at the University of North Texas.
"It seems like a wonderful opportunity to pursue my own writing and engage with a vibrant community," he said.
Wright, who grew up in the Dallas suburb of University Park, won the Pulitzer and Tony for his 2003 play, "I Am My Own Wife," which portrays...
Chattanooga Shooting: UNT expert available to discuss police response, campus safety
DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Eric Coleman, lecturer in the UNT Department of Criminal Justice with expertise in campus safety, security administration and police response, is available to discuss a shooting reported today at a Naval Reserve Center, near a community college in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Coleman is a former associate vice president for campus safety and s...
Political scientist will comment on Iran nuclear agreement
Today (Tuesday, July 14), representatives with the United States and other world powers reached a historic agreement with Iran's leaders that calls for limits on Tehran's nuclear program in return for lifting economic sanctions that have crippled Iran's economy. The agreement, which is aimed at averting the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran and another U.S. military intervention in the Middle East, is the result of 18 days of negotiations.
Dr. J. Michael Greig, chair of the University of North Texas...