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UNT College of Music doctoral student awarded $25,000 fellowship
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Andrea Recek, a University of North TexasCollege of Music doctoral student in musicology, has been awarded the Mellon-CES Dissertation Completion Fellowships in European Studies.
“I am honored to have been awarded this fellowship,” Recek said. “Having my project selected shows that other scholars recognize the value of my resear...
Real world experience, times two
DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Members of the Student Investment Group at the University of North Texas have lofty goals: increase the initial gift fund establishing the group to $1 million dollars and begin awarding scholarships. The group hopes an audit from accounting students at UNT can help them reach their target.
“The funds are entirely student managed – it’s all up to us,” said Kshitiz “Steve” Shrestha, the investing group’s president. “We have our own regulations, but an outside check is a great opportunity to make sure that we’re doing everything correctly.”
For the audit, abou...
UNT student learns about municipal bond markets first-hand with UNT finance office
DENTON (UNT), Texas — A University of North Texas finance senior experienced municipal bond markets in a way that not many undergraduates do. James Verfurth accompanied the UNT System’s finance team to New York in January to sell and refinance a total of $360.4 million in bonds. Working with companies such as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Ba...
UNT study: DFW creative economy is biggest in state, brings $34 billion to region
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- A newly released study by the University of North Texas shows that the Dallas-Fort Worth area’s creative industries are a boon to the local economy, jobs and taxes.
The region’s creative economies – the performing and visuals arts, music studios, museums and advertising agencies for example – contribute roughly $34 billion annually to the region, 205,000 in total jobs and $1.2 billion in state and local taxes. That’s according to the report from the Economics Research Group at UNT.
Michael Carroll, direc...
UNT's advertising department wins several national awards
DENTON (UNT), Texas - The advertising department in the University of North Texas’ Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing won several awards this year, including five Service Industry Advertising Awards, two Collegiate Advertising Awards and four Hermes Creative Awards.
The Service Industry Advertising Awards recognize advertising achievements in the service industry, wi...
UNT TAMS student to compete in international space competition
DENTON, Texas (UNT) — Imagine creating a human settlement on the planet Mercury. Now imagine having to create that in only 21 hours. That was exactly the task Joanna Feaster was given and the plan her team came up with is sending her to the International Space Settlement Design Competition this summer in Florida.
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UNT’s Mayborn School of Journalism to name Deborah Ferguson to Shuford Hall of Honor
DENTON (UNT), Texas - KXAS-TV/NBC 5 journalist Deborah Ferguson, whose career has spanned more than 20 years in broadcast news, 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...
UNT increases international connections with Beijing university partnership
The continued collaboration between the University of North Texas and Beijing Normal University will result in a joint lab that will focus on smart learning technologies.
UNT President Neal Smatresk and BNU President Dong Qi signed an agreement continuing a multiple-year partnership between the two schools, while attending the U.S.-China Smart Learning Conference in Beijing, China, last month with College of Informati...
UNT College of Music doctoral student named international peace scholar
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Juana Monsalve, a University of North TexasCollege of Music doctoral student in music performance, has been awarded the P.E.O., or Philanthropic Educational Organization, International Peace Scholarship. Ten UNT students have received a total of 15 P.E.O. scholarships since 2002.
Monsalve, a native of Colombia, is a classically trained singer who...
UNT’s Texas Fashion Collection presents exhibition of kimonos at NorthPark Center
What: “Reimagining the Kimono,” an exhibition featuring 13 kimonos from the Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas.
When: May 1 (Monday) to June 27 (Tuesday).
Where: NorthPark Center, 8687 North Central Expressway, Dallas.
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- One of the most iconic garments in the world – the kimono – gets its own exhibition from the Texas Fashion Collection of the Univer...