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UNT to honor student veterans the week of Nov. 11
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas will honor its student veterans and other veterans with a full week of events, beginning on Veterans Day Nov. 11 (Monday). The events will be put on by UNT Veterans Center, the Veterans National Honor Society and UNT Libraries. The events include:
- Nov. 11 (Monday)
- 11 a.m. – noon A Veterans Day program will be held on the lawn of the...
Education conference to draw top leaders in field
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Leaders in education will gather to address the state of education in Texas at the University of North Texas’ Education Leadership Conference.
Hosted by UNT’s College of Education, the conference is expected to draw teachers, principals, superintendents and others in the field of education to discuss the challenges currently facing public education and the keys to helping students succeed.
The conference is Nov. 13 (Wednesday) at UNT’...
University of North Texas Speaks Out on Veterans' Reentry to Civilian Life
What: The University of North Texas Libraries Speaks Out series hosts a special Veterans Day event. Dr. Guenter Gross, UNT Regents Professor of biological sciences and director of the Center for Network Neuroscience, and David Smith and Jason Gibson, two of his former students, will discuss the transition from military life to civilian life and how that experience can be improved.
When: 6 - 8 pm Nov. 14 (Thursday)
...Scholarship recipient hopes to pass on passion for reading
DENTON (UNT), Texas — As a high school student, Atticus Shaskan was captivated by classics like The Great Gatsby, 1984 and Flowers for Algernon.
Now a senior at the University of North Texas, Shaskan is pursuing a degree in education in hopes of helping other high school students develop the same love of reading his teachers gave him.
Shaskan was recently awarded four scholarships from the College of Education to help pay for his last year of school. Without the scholarships, Shaskan said he might not have been ab...
UNT College of Arts and Design faculty and staff show off art
DENTON (UNT), Texas — Award-winning and nationally recognized artists in the University of North Texas College of Visual Arts and Design will exhibit their work in the upcoming Faculty and Staff Exhibition.
Reflecting the wide range of talent in the college, pieces will include paintings, sculptures, drawings, jewelry design, fashion design and new media works, among others. More than 40 faculty and staff members will submit pieces to the exhibition.
For the first time, the exhibition will be featured at two venues: UNT Art Gallery and UNT on the Square.
“Partnering wit...
Journalism faculty member available to discuss media coverage of Little Bighorn for Native American Heritage Month
Paintings, Wild West shows, movies and other art and popular culture created the legend of Gen. George Armstrong Custer’s heroic “last stand” at the Battle of Little Bighorn. But newspaper coverage of the battle in 1876 actually was more balanced between making Custer a hero and being sympathetic to the Native Americans, says University of North Texas professor of journalism James Mueller.
Mueller is available to discuss Native Americans and the Battle of Little Bighorn for...
UNT announces inaugural national security speaker series
DENTON, Texas (UNT) – Leveraging its scholarly expertise and programmatic excellence in military history, political science, economics, peace policy studies and cyber security, the University of North Texas announced today that it has established the UNT Kuehne Speaker Series on National Security.
Retired Admiral James Stavridis, chairman of the U.S. Naval Institute Board of Directors and the first Navy officer to have served as both commander of the U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, is the inaugural speaker. S...
Executive chef of Gaylord Texan's Zeppole to cook with UNT students
What: Sascia Marchesi, executive chef and general manager of Zeppole Coastal
Italian Restaurant at Grapevine’s Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention
Center, will work with University of North Texas students to create a special
menu for Guest Chef Day at UNT’s Th...
UNT's A Cappella Choir celebrates 75 years with concert
What: The College of Music’s A Cappella Choir presents Blessed are they… a celebration of its 75th anniversary season. The concert features Herbert Howells’ Take Him, Earth, For Cherishing, written for President John F. Kennedy’s memorial service, and Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, in honor of what would have been Britten’s 100th birthday.
When: 8 p.m. Nov. 19 (Tuesday)
Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35E, in Denton. The concert will also be stre...
UNT Student Money Management Center receives national award
DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas Student Money Management Center has earned the AFCPE® (Association of Financial Planning and Counseling Planning Education)® Outstanding Financial Counseling and Planning Center Award for 2013.
The national award is given to a center that has demonstrated its effectiveness in the community, responded to needs of its target audience and delivered materials appropriate for its audience.
UNT’s Student Money Management Center,...