Enrollment Management and the Next-Generation Course Redesign Project have been named finalists for the Texas award, which recognizes contributions toward achieving the goals of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's Closing the Gaps program.
The third annual conference will feature local and national autism experts for parents, teachers, professionals and others interested in learning more about autism.
DISD students who complete the Education is Freedom curriculum will be automatically admitted to UNT's Emerald Eagle Scholars program, assuming the student is academically and financially eligible.
Robert "Bob" Maughan, a lecturer in the College of Education's Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation and former UNT students, Mike McQueen and Larry Karl III, will be recognized.
Tom Leppert will deliver the keynote address at UNT College of Education's sixth annual "Education: The Key to Success for North Texans" luncheon Oct. 27.
The program will accept 24 students each year based on financial need, with top consideration going to students who belong to a population that is underrepresented at universities and first-generation students.
UNT is creating a master's degree program in special education, with an emphasis in autism, which can be earned completely through distributed learning methods
For the 12th year, UNT's College of Music offers early childhood music classes for children from birth to 5 years old. The program is designed to nurture children's musical aptitudes and help babies and toddlers develop a strong musical foundation.
The New York City-based education services company selected UNT as one of 120 institutions it recommends on its website feature, "2009 Best Colleges: Region by Region."
Students will be learning economics and personal finance this fall, due largely to the summer training efforts of the University of North Texas' Center for Economic Education.
UNT opens for applicants the 2009-2010 Fulbright U.S. Student Program which operates in more than 140 countries annually and awards about 1,450 new grants each year.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering's certificate requires a four-course sequence including two classes in game programming, one on game math and physics, and a game development class.
One Last Look: Nonfiction Revision Strategies for Mayborn Conference Writers - a pre-conference workshop to help writers submitting articles or essays to the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest is May 24.