05/11/2008

New UNT director of diversity planning picked
The University of North Texas recently selected Kevin R. Carreathers to be the university’s new director of diversity planning. Carreathers will join UNT’s Division of Institutional Equity and Diversity in June.

05/09/2008

UNT board set to approve budget that boosts aid
The University of North Texas Board of Regents is expected to vote today on a $668 million proposed budget that includes increases in financial aid. The proposed budget features a 14.9 percent increase over the previous year’s budget, and a 35 percent increase in scholarship and grants funded through the university, according to the budget.

Schools look out for kids in raids
The morning that immigration enforcement agents raided a meatpacking plant in Cactus, Texas, a carpool of teachers called their superintendent to say they’d be late to school. A convoy of black Suburbans with flashing yellow lights was blocking their path.

UNT postpones opening independent UNT Dallas
The University of North Texas Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously approved postponing the opening of a free-standing university in Dallas until fall 2010.

05/07/2008

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05/06/2008

Delay expected for UNT Dallas
Once again, it looks as though Dallas County will have to wait a little longer for its own first public four-year university. University of North Texas officials are recommending that their Dallas campus not become a free-standing institution, independent of the main Denton campus, until fall 2010.

04/30/2008

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04/23/2008

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04/16/2008

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04/15/2008

Blaze destroys barn and carts at TWU golf course  
Fire destroyed the golf cart barn at the Texas Woman's University golf course early Monday and all its contents. Denton Fire Marshal Rick Jones said flames were coming through the roof on the north end of the building on the southeast side of the campus when firefighters arrived, and they were not able to enter to fight the fire from inside. They concentrated on pouring water on the outside of the building, but the roof collapsed soon after they arrived, he said.

04/14/2008

Fire destroys TWU barn, golf carts
Fire destroyed the golf cart barn at the Texas Woman’s University golf course early Monday and all its contents. Denton Fire Marshal Rick Jones said flames already were coming through the roof on the north end of the building on the sourtheast side of the campus when firefighters arrived and they were not able to enter to fight the fire from inside. They concentrated on pouring water on the outside of the building, but soon after they arrived the roof collapsed, he said.