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Students in the College of Visual Arts and Design at the University of North Texas will show off their work at the 56th annual Voertman's Art competition, April 14 - July 23.
Jerry Thomas, the dean of the College of Education at the University of North Texas, will retire in July. Thomas has served as dean since 2008. He came to UNT from Iowa State University, where he was a professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology.
The UNT HarpBeats, an ensemble of nine harpists who perform pieces ranging from Bach to the music of Michael Jackson and Taylor Swift, present an evening of modern and classical music.
When the University of North Texas opened its doors in Denton on Sept. 16, 1890, founding President Joshua C. Chilton declared the university's aim to "become leaders in the education of the young men and women of Texas." More than 125 years later, that mission has spread beyond the state, and more than 2,500 international students from 122 countries attend the flagship Denton campus.
Brenda Sims, director of the University of North Texas New College at Frisco, has been named a Fellow for the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing.
UNT College of Music jazz studies and music education student Brendon Wilkins has been selected to perform in the 2016 Disney All-American College Band on saxophone and piccolo. The 21-piece ensemble performs at the Disneyland Resort in California for 11 weeks each summer.
Retail gurus will share their expertise on "Big Data and the Retailers of the Future" -- the theme for the Consumer Experience Symposium at the University of North Texas. The half-day event will feature talks about ways large-scale data analysis can be used to create meaningful and profitable customer engagements.
The Nova new music ensemble from the University of North Texas College of Music is putting the "fun" in the fundamentals of contemporary classical music at 8 p.m. on April 12 (Tuesday). Elizabeth McNutt, the director of the ensemble, says the performance will include highly varied pieces that will appeal to many types of audiences.
Two University of North Texas faculty members Joseph Klein and Melinda Levin, will have a semester off from teaching to concentrate on their own creative projects – an ambitious composition and a groundbreaking documentary production.
The University of North Texas and Denton County Friends of the Family will host a variety of events for Sexual Assault Awareness Month throughout April. The events aim to raise awareness and bring together those who want to end sexual violence.
