Each year, the University of North Texas’s College of Education reviews the past year's best theses and dissertations and awards two top honors. This year the dissertation award went to Dr. Peggy Ceballos (Ph.D. '08), a graduate of the Counseling and Higher Education (CHE) program. Her major professor was Dr. Sue Bratton. The thesis award went to Brian White (MS '08), a graduate of the Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation (KHPR) program whose major professor was Dr. Simon Driver.

Health officials predict increased flu cases this fall, including of H1N1 (swine) flu, so an upswing in the number of flu cases is also anticipated within the UNT community. Right now there is no indication that the effects of any flu strain, including H1N1, will be unusually severe, but we will keep you informed if this changes. It’s important that you know what to do if you think you may have the flu and steps you can take to help avoid getting the flu.

Visit www.unt.edu/flu for more information.

Welcome to the continuation of our newsletter, Results!.  The 2008 - 2009 year was a successful one for us, much of it due to friends like you! We received over $2 million in gifts this year with commitments of over $1 million for next.  External funding was over $12 million, of which $6 million was new.  Gifts are extremely valuable but particularly so because they benefit our students.

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On Tuesday, October 13th, the College of Education partners with the College of Arts and Sciences to bring you Education: The Key to Success for North Texans, an annual event that brings together community, political, academic and business leaders to promote the importance of education in Texas and raises funds for scholarships and student-based programs.  Click here to learn more!

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The University of North Texas has been designated as one of the top national universities because of its innovative changes in the 2010 U.S. News & World Report's rankings of colleges and universities released today (Aug. 20) by the magazine.

As interest in gifted education wanes at graduate-education programs in Texas, advocates want to see more training for educators who teach gifted students. Supporters feel that without properly trained teachers, the needs of gifted students often go unnoticed.

DENTON (UNT), Texas – Less than 50 percent of first-time teachers remain in the field for more than three years, according to University of North Texas associate professor Dr. Tandra Tyler-Wood. Wood is an associate professor in the College of Education's Department of Educational Psychology

UNT's Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi receives chapter excellence award. This award is the highest given by the International Honor Society for Education.

Well done Drs. Mary Harris, Jimmy Byrd, and Jeanne Tunks from the Department of Teacher Education and Administration on securing a grant for $19,000 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The $19,000 is UNT's portion of a larger grant to Stephen F. Austin University for the Texas Educational Research Center for Educator Preparation (TERCEP). SFA and UNT along with other participating institutions (Lamar University, Texas Tech University, and University of Texas at El Paso) are engaged in a research study about the factors affecting hard to staff schools.

We are very happy to announce the awarding of a $148,000 grant to Drs. Marc Cutright, Bonita Jacobs, Amy Fann, and Beverly Bower all of the Higher Education Program in the Department of Counseling and Higher Education.