DENTON (UNT), Texas – U.S. Army veteran and University of North Texas junior Kyle Rose is being rewarded for his work on improving military armor.
The materials science and engineering student earned the Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship for Service from the U.S. Department of Defense. The SMART scholarship covers full tuition and fees along with an annual st...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas is pleased to announce that Brandi Renton, UNT’s associate vice president for Administrative Services, has been selected by the National Association of College and University Business Officers as a 2018 NACUBO Fellow.
“I am deeply honored to have been selected as a fellow this year and have a chance to learn alongside my peers from the nation’s top colleges and universities,” said Renton. “...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The 500-bed residence hall currently under construction at the University of North Texas now has a name.
UNT President Neal Smatresk’s proposal to name the new building Joe Greene Hall after the university’s most iconic figure earned the stamp of approval last week from the UNT System Board of Regents.
“This is about more than just Joe Greene’s football career,” Smatresk said. “His impact on UNT goes beyond the prowess that put him in multiple halls of fame, won Super Bowls and earned him 10 trips to the Pro Bowl. He was the first African American to s...
The University of North Texas was recently awarded the prestigious Global Centers of Insurance Excellence designation by International Insurance Society for its outstanding risk management and insurance program. Last year in the inaugural year of the award program, only 20 institutions from around the world were recognized as recipients of the designation - and so far, UNT is the only school in Texas to be given this recognition.
The d...
The University of North Texas is leading an initiative to grow a sustainable, business accelerator platform throughout the North Texas region, thanks to new leadership for UNT’s Murphy Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Jon McCarry, a UNT alumnus with a wide breadth of experience in private equity, was tapped as the senior director for the center housed in UNT’s College of Business.
"The North Texas region offers so much for industry, and as a Tier One research university, UNT...
Staff from the University of North Texas student newspaper, the North Texas Daily and Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism students won 20 awards at the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association awards ceremony.
“All of our students on staff will be able to tell people they contributed to a newspaper that won a best in show award out of the entire state of Texas,” said North Texas Daily editor-in-chief Kayleigh Bywater. “To be a...
As the daughter of a U.S. Air Force veteran, Rachel Shafer knew moving was inevitable. What she didn’t foresee were the lifelong lessons each new military base would bring – from Ohio to Virginia to Kansas to Texas, Shafer learned to adapt to new environments and formed an appreciation for the different cultures that existed within each station.
Those childhood experiences also instilled in Shafer a yearning for peace and conflict resolution. Seeing her father deployed post-9/11, she said, was frightening, as was witnessing a world in the throes of intolerance.
“Observing th...
University of North Texas graduate student Charmaine Conner has been selected as a 2018 National Board for Certified Counselors Minority Fellow.
Conner, a doctorate student in the College of Education’s Department of Counseling and Higher Education, will receive a $20,000 stipend and attend the NBCC Foundation Bridging the Gap Symposium in May in Washington, D.C.
“This award means I can carry out my dissertation without worry and that is so meaningful to me,” she said.
Conner, who is studying for her doctorate in counseling, will conduct her dissertation on the effec...
Angie (Wilson) Cartwright, an assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education in the College of Education at the University of North Texas, has been selected as the school’s inaugural Presidential Early Career Professor.
“Upon receiving the news of my selection, I was excited and in a bit of disbelief,” Cartwright said. “There are so many wonderful members of the faculty here at UNT, and I am honored to be selected by the provost and the committee for this prestigious designation.”
Cartwright, who joined the UNT faculty in 2015, will receive $50,000...
With another school shooting today, this one in Sante Fe, Texas, Dee C. Ray, UNT counseling professor and director of the Center for Play Therapy, offers tips for talking to children about school shootings. Her advice is as follows: