Releases : Humanities

Hispanic Heritage Month gathers food, film and festivals
9.13.2005

Highlights include an evening with Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, and the Fuego y Alma art and music festival.

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Military history seminar considers Iraq War	8.26.2005
The daylong, invitation-only seminar for 200 includes a Marine Corps captain who saw action in Fallujah last year and a military historian.
General University News \| Humanities

Don Henley highlights Caddo Lake Institute work in lecture	8.24.2005
The Grammy-winning artist details efforts to save Texas' only natural lake, and its native flora and fauna, on Sept. 29.
General University News \| Humanities

Singer Patti LaBelle to speak at UNT	8.12.2005
Displaced Gulf Coast residents get in free to this event featuring the Grammy-winning singer and author of Don't Block the Blessings.
Arts and Music \| Humanities

Collection contains individual oral histories of VJ Day	8.8.2005
Archivists race against time to secure personal recollections from WWII veterans in ongoing project.
General University News \| Humanities

WebCT names online English course in linguistics exemplary	8.1.2005
General Linguistics 4040/5040 takes top honors with five other online classes in the U.S.
Humanities

Book deal and cash prizes awarded at Mayborn writers conference	7.25.2005
A web marketing specialist from Argyle won a provisional publishing contract. Three others earned cash prizes from UNT Press and Mayborn Graduate Institute.
Humanities

Journalism students win national award for investigative reporting	7.15.2005
Nine journalism students received the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award for their story "Insecurity on Campus".
General University News \| Humanities

Longtime editor and writer for The Wall Street Journal gives keynote address at writing conference	7.13.2005
Ken Wells will give a speech titled "Finding Flavorful Narratives in Everyday Life".
Humanities

"Orchid Thief" author set to inspire other literary adventures	7.7.2005
Seasoned travel writer Susan Orlean delivers the keynote address to Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference, which is open to the public.
Humanities

Students win scholarships to literary nonfiction conference	7.5.2005
Daniel Farias, Timothy Solano, John Lopez, Ashante Reese and Jennifer Carter will attend the Mayborn writers conference on scholarships sponsored by the Dallas Morning News.
Humanities

Media Advisory -- Fourth of July	6.27.2005
Guy Chet, expert on the American Revolution, debunks myths of colonial warfare.
Humanities

Professor's book receives Jefferson Davis Award	6.23.2005
Richard Lowe's Walker's Texas Division C.S.A.: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi is the year's outstanding Confederate narrative.
Humanities

Nonfiction writing classes begin with immersion	6.7.2005
The three-week course hones writing craft in Archer City, home to Larry McMurtry's soon-to-be-closed bookstore, Booked Up.
Humanities

Library sciences offers new graduate scholarship	6.7.2005
The deadline to apply for the first Kenneth L. Ferstl Scholarship, an alum and former faculty member, is July 1.
Education \| Humanities \| Social Science

Journalism announces Mayborn scholars	6.7.2005
Two students from the African continent and one from Nepal are among the 19 to receive the $10,000 award in graduate studies.
Humanities

Joe Barnhart	6.3.2005
A religion studies professor, Barnhart says the new trend of politicians stumping from the pulpit crosses ethical lines. For more information, contact Cathy Cashio at (940) 565-4644.
Humanities

Scholarships available for writers conference	6.2.2005
The Dallas Morning News offers five minority student scholarships for the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference, which features authors Sonia Nazario and Hannibal Johnson.
Humanities

New PhD in environmental ethics approved	5.27.2005
The philosophy department begins the one-of-a-kind program in cooperation with UT-Arlington this fall.
General University News \| Humanities

Belgian native receives first Wolens scholarship	5.20.2005
Antwerp-born Charlotte Decoster of Prosper will write her master's thesis on how the Holocaust affected Belgium.
Humanities

Ongoing music exchange with Czech Republic sparks major gift	4.27.2005
The Czech Educational Foundation awarded the College of Music $100,000 for festivals, colloquia and other artistic exchanges.
Arts and Music \| Humanities