News Releases
UNT named Fit-Friendly Worksite by American Heart Association
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- On March 24 (Monday) the University of North Texas received a Gold Level award from the American Heart Association as a Fit-Friendly Worksite. Fit-Friendly Worksites are workplaces that go above and beyond when it comes to their employees' health. The Gold Level award is for worksites that fulfill criteria such as offering employees physical activity support, increasing healthy e...
UNT Jazz Singers perform two concerts with Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer
What: UNT College of Music's Jazz Singers will give two performances of their spring concert featuring Janis Siegel of The Manhattan Transfer
When: 8 p.m. April 11 (Friday) and 8 p.m. on April 12 (Saturday)
Where: Voertman Hall in the College of Music building, 415 Avenue C, Denton, TX
Tickets: $10 for adults; $8 for seniors, non-UNT students, children, UNT faculty, staff and retirees, and groups of 10 or more; free for UNT students with valid ID. UNT stu...
Heard Museum's "Birds of a Feather" award recognizes UNT students' animal training services
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Pops and Uno did not always cooperate with the museum staff at the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary in McKinney, Texas. They would run away and play rather than follow directions. Fortunately, University of North Texas students of behavior analysis found ways to train the precocious ring-tailed lemurs and teach these techni...
More than 2,500 UNT students, alumni, to devote day to community service
What: The Big Event -- The University of North Texas' largest single day of community service. More than 2,500 students, staff members and alumni will give up a Saturday morning to do 40 service projects at 70 locations in Denton County, including the UNT campus. Many of the students will represent student organizations.
When: 8 a.m.–2 p.m. March 29 (Saturday).
Where: The volunteers will begin the day by meeting in the mall area outside UNT's...
What will graduating in 4 years get you? At UNT, up to $4,000
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Incoming freshmen and new transfer students to the University of North Texas in the fall of 2014 can sign up for a new flat-rate tuition plan that offers students graduating in four years a $3,000 reduction in tuition and fees plus a $1,000 bonus.
The new Eagle Express tuition plan was approved Thursday by the UNT System Board of Regents and locks in tuition rates for four years. Students who sign up for the Eagle Express plan and earn the graduation incentives could effectively pay the same price for four years of tuition and fees as they would pay if this yea...
UNT faculty member recognized for teaching online storytelling course
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- Carmen Santos grew up hearing legends about the Chamorro people of her native Mariana Islands, but she didn't know she could use those stories in a career.
That changed when she was a student in the University of North Texas College of Information's distance education program for the U.S.-affiliated Pacific Islands. Last summer, Santos took an online class, SLIS 5440, Storytelling for Information Professionals, as part of her master of library science degree and...
UNT's art history program invites public to hear lecture by Vietnamese art expert
What: Nora A. Taylor, Art Institute of Chicago professor of South and Southeast Asian art history, will give a lecture examining the works of two contemporary Vietnamese artists
When: 5 p.m. April 3 (Thursday)
Where: Room 223 in UNT's Art Building, 1201 W. Mulberry, Denton
Cost: Free
Parking: In addition to street meters, there is parking available at the Union Circle Garage, 1155 Union Circle, and the Highland Street Garage, at Avenue...
UNT joins Liberal Education and America's Promise Texas coalition
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas is part of a new consortia partnership for Texas, Liberal Education and America's Promise (LEAP): Excellence for Everyone as a Nation Goes to College. LEAP Texas is a voluntary coalition that includes more than 60 other institutions of higher education in Texas.
The consortium is a national initiative created by the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The LEAP Texas coalition has a common pu...
Academic, business leaders to discuss community engagement at UNT conference
What: Annual Master of Public Administration Alumni-Student Conference at the University of North Texas featuring keynote speaker B.J. Reed, senior vice chancellor at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, and panel discussions about UNT and Its Community Partnerships -- A World of Possibilities
When: 9 a.m. – 3:15 p.m. March 21 (Friday)
...UNT to launch Latina/o and Mexican-American Studies program
DENTON (UNT), Texas -- The University of North Texas has launched the Latina/o and Mexican-American Studies program for undergraduate students. The program provides an opportunity for students to learn about Hispanic cultures.
According to the Pew Research Center, Hispanics have accounted for more than half of the United States' growth in the past decade, with a steadfast increase of 50 million Hispanics to the U.S. "The need exists now more than ever to educate students about the complexity, history, pol...