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02/09/2012

DRC/David Minton

Sherilyn Bird, dean of libraries at Texas Woman’s University, unpacks some items from the Women’s Museum in Dallas that were given for the university’s Women's Collection on Wednesday at Blagg-Huey Library.

Although the Women’s Museum in Dallas is closed, it plans to leave a legacy by giving its archives to Texas Woman’s University. The archives will become part of the Woman’s Collection in TWU’s Blagg-Huey Library.

UNT student advances to ‘Jeopardy!’ finals
University of North Texas student Monica Thieu has made it to the Jeopardy! College Championship finals.

02/08/2012

UNT briefs

Author talks about giving hope to teens
Syndicated columnist and author Dan Savage talked candidly about life experiences and the It Gets Better Project, an outreach to gay youths, on Tuesday at the University of North Texas.

TWU briefs

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University briefs

02/07/2012

Alumnus to perform concert with UNT band
Jeremy Wilson left the University of North Texas College of Music in 2007 to join one of the best orchestras in the world. Now in his fifth season with the Vienna Philharmonic, Wilson has made his third trip back to his alma mater to perform in concert. In the meantime, the trombonist finished that master’s degree started when Europe made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.

02/02/2012

Payroll error spurs concern at UNT
A payroll glitch gave about 8,500 University of North Texas employees an extra paycheck in 2011 and will leave them one short in 2012.

TWU business programs earn accreditation
Texas Woman’s University’s business programs were recently awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs.

01/31/2012

Teen in finals for top science prize
Kurtis Carsch, a senior in the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas, was named one of 40 finalists in the 2012 Intel Science Talent Search. Carsch, who has worked on developing a more efficient way to convert methane gas into methanol, competed with more than 1,800 high school seniors across the country.

02/01/2012

UNT briefs

University briefs

01/30/2012

Three students garner $2,500
Three Texas Woman’s University students from the Denton campus will receive scholarships at the upcoming Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award luncheon. Heather Roberts, Tiffany Smith and Hannah Mills as well as a fourth student, Kathleen Shannon-McAdams from the TWU Houston campus, will receive scholarships at the 10th annual Virginia Chandler Dykes Leadership Award Luncheon on Feb. 16 at the Belo Mansion in Dallas.

01/28/2012

Dean sees compound opportunity
Myron “Mike” Jacobson has been appointed as the first dean of the University of North Texas System College of Pharmacy. “I think this is a unique opportunity to do something great,” Jacobson said.

01/24/2012

Mixup stalls UNT turbines

DRC/Al Key

Several pieces of equipment are needed before the University of North Texas can start generating electricity with its three new wind turbines on Bonnie Brae Street.

The wind turbines at the University of North Texas won’t start spinning until sometime next month because of a minor equipment setback. The university originally estimated that the turbines would be generating power by mid-December. “There were some minor pieces of equipment manufactured incorrectly,” said Don Lynch, director of system facilities administration at UNT.

01/23/2012

WASP collection coming to digital domain

DRC/David Minton

A bronze statue of a Women Airforce Service Pilots aviator sits on the second floor of the Blagg-Huey Library at Texas Woman’s University.

Texas Woman’s University announced last week that it had received a $100,000 gift from an anonymous donor to continue the digitization and preservation of the WASP collection. The Women Airforce Service Pilots designated the TWU Blagg-Huey Library as the repository of their national archives in 1992.

TWU launches first phase of mobile initiative
Up until last Tuesday, Texas Woman’s University students had to navigate multiple pages to check e-mail on their smartphones.

01/14/2012

Hotel, conference center idea revived
Interest from a Missouri company has revived a dormant project to bring a hotel and conference center to the University of North Texas campus. The university received an unsolicited proposal from the O’Reilly Hospitality Management Group and has agreed to begin negotiating a developer’s agreement, UNT spokesman Buddy Price confirmed Friday.

01/12/2012

Federal judge named dean

W. Royal Furgeson

A Dallas federal judge will become the first dean of the law college the University of North Texas system is creating. UNT officials announced Wednesday that U.S. District Judge W. Royal Furgeson Jr. will become the founding dean of the UNT Dallas College of Law beginning next year. Furgeson, 70, appointed to the bench by President Bill Clinton in 1994, presides over a federal court in the Northern District of Texas in Dallas. He has also served in federal courts in El Paso, Midland-Odessa and San Antonio.

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