DENTON (UNT), Texas – Dr. Wendy Middlemiss, associate professor of educational psychology in the University of North Texas' College of Education, is available to discuss how parents can help their children cope with this week's onslaught of news – from the Boston Marathon bombings on Monday to the West fertilizer plant explosion on Wednesday and the hunt for the marathon bombing suspect today.
Middlemiss can be reached at wendy.middlemiss@unt.edu or 940-369-8870.
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DENTON (UNT), Texas — The University of North Texas will open its Goolsby Chapel from 4-5 p.m. today (April 18) for reflection and prayer for the victims of the bombings in Boston and the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas. The chapel is at 1622 Maple St. in Denton.
The UNT chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity is collecting items for residents of West who have been left homeless from yesterday evening’s fertilizer plant explosion.
Fraternity members have set up a collection box in Room 422 of UNT’s Univ...
DENTON (UNT), Texas — In an effort to encourage narrative nonfiction storytelling at newspapers across America, the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference and The Dallas Morning News are launching a new writing contest this year. The Best American Newspaper Narrative Writing Contest will award prizes to three long-form narrative nonfiction pieces previously published in daily U.S. newspapers or on the newspapers’ websites.
Newspaper reporters and editors may submit one...
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Lee Hughes, an assistant professor of biology in the University of North Texas College of Arts and Sciences, has been named an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer.
The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Distinguished Lecturer Program annually selects a scientifically diverse group to deliver lectures at ASM b...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – University of North Texas experts are available to comment on the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, that has reportedly killed and injured several people.
Dr. David McEntire, professor of public administration, is available until 3 p.m. today (April 18) to discuss emergency management response and multi-organization coordination. Previously, McEntire conducted research on a 2010 gas pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., studying how organizations adapt, plan and improvise i...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – Word wizards will gather at the University of North Texas April 18 (Thursday) to test their vocabulary prowess — while raising money for a children’s reading program.
A UNT Scrabble® tournament — open to the public — will benefit Success for Life through Reading, a nonprofit organization at UNT that promotes early childhood literacy in north Texas. Program volunteers visit area preschools and infant and toddler classrooms each week to read to children. In turn, each child gets to take home a copy of...
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What: Partners in Change: Bridges and barriers to the design and delivery of health messages — Presented by the Department of Educational Psychology in the University of North Texas’ College of Education.
Stephanie Cowan, director of Change for Our Children Limited in Christchurch, New Zealand, will talk about how child care workers, health care workers, parent educators and others can effectively communicate important child care informat...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – U.S. News and World Report ranked the counseling program in University of North Texas’ College of Education as 13th in the nation in the student counseling and personnel services category in its recently released 2014 Best Graduate School rankings.
The program was the top-ranked in Texas.
“This ranking reflects the high regard nationally in which our program, our faculty and our students and our staff are held,” said Dr. Janice Holden, chair of the Department of Counselin...
DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas College of Public Affairs and Community Service honored outstanding staff members, faculty members, students and community members at an April 5 appreciation dinner in UNT’s Gateway Center.
“I am humbled by the dedication and commitment of those who are so committed to strengthening their communities,” said Dr. Thomas Evenson, dean of UNT’s College of Public Affairs and Community Service. “Strengthening communities is our mission, and we feel it’s important to recognize the individuals and organ...