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| Political science student one of two UNT Hispanic Scholarship Fund awardees |
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on Thursday August 21, @10:43AM
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A recent UNT political science graduate who is also starting her master’s degree work here is one of two UNT students receiving scholarships from the national Hispanic Scholarship Fund. Rosa Maria Fonseca Acosta of Halrom City will receive an award of up to $2,500.
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| Russian invasion cuts short UNT geoarcheologist’s summer work in Georgia |
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on Monday August 18, @01:18PM
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Like many UNT faculty members, Reid Ferring spends his summer focusing on his research and publishing agenda. A geoarcheologist in the Department of Geography, Ferring has been working with an international team of colleagues in the investigation of early humans in Europe. This summer, the 15th year Ferring has spent extended time in the Republic of Georgia, the enterprise was abruptly curtailed when hostilities broke out between his host country and Russia.
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| UNT Center for Economic Education brings economics to thousands of Texas students |
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on Monday August 18, @12:53PM
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Thousands of Texas students will be learning economics and personal finance this fall, due largely to the summer teacher training efforts of the UNT Center for Economic Education. Steve Cobb, the center director and chair of the Department of Economics, proposes that students need more than just “reading, writing and arithmetic” to be responsible citizens in our modern society.
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| CAS supports UNT’s One Book, One Community program |
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on Monday August 18, @08:27AM
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Beginning Wednesday, August 20, new freshman students will be meeting in small groups to discuss Barbara Kingsolver’s “The Bean Trees,” the chosen work for UNT’s inaugural One Book, One Community program. College of Arts & Sciences Dean Warren Burggren is among the faculty members who will lead discussion sessions for new freshman students that day. CAS departments are among the many units scheduling related events throughout the year.
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| Journalism professor’s book analyzes Clintons’ success in dealing with press |
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on Monday August 18, @08:07AM
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In his new book, “Tag Teaming the Press: How Bill and Hillary Clinton Work Together to Handle the Media,” James E. Mueller notes that in their more than 30 years in politics, the Clintons have fulfilled a number of roles for each other in dealing with reporters, including good cop, bad cop, lightning rod and schmoozer. Mueller is an associate professor in the Department of Journalism.
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| Friday, August 29th |
| • | Orientation for New CAS Faculty, 1-5pm, Chemistry 352 |
| Saturday, September 6th |
| • | Rafes Urban Astronomy Center Monthly Star Party, begins 1/2 hour after sundown at observatory |
| • | CAS Tailgate Party, Fouts Field, 3:30-5pm, open to Arts & Sciences Guild, Alumni and Faculty |
| • | UNT Sky Theater Sneak Preview & Open House, 8:00pm, EESAT Bldg Planetarium |
| Monday, September 8th |
| • | Promotion and Tenure Session for CAS Faculty, 3:30-4:30pm, ENV 130 |
| Wednesday, September 17th |
| • | "Does the Constitution Still Matter?" Catharina Haynes, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge, 4pm in Lyceum |
| Saturday, September 20th |
| • | "Adventurers and Innovators in History" Teaching of History Conference, Sept. 20, 8am - 4pm, Wooten |
| Wednesday, September 24th |
| • | "Her Brilliant Career" - Fem Flicks Film Series, Sept 24 5:30pm in Chilton Hall Media Library |
| Friday, September 26th |
| • | Promotion & Tenure Essay Workshop for CAS Faculty, 2-4pm, ENV 115 |
| Thursday, October 2nd |
| • | Annual UNT Women’s Promotion & Tenure Reception, 4:30-6pm, UNT Union Silver Eagle Suite A |
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