December 07, 2016
Betty H. Stewart Named University of North Texas at Dallas Provost
Betty H. Stewart, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Midwestern State University and a biochemist, will become the provost and executive vice president at the University of North Texas at Dallas in February 2017. She was...
December 07, 2016
What can a Tiny Island Show Texas about Finding Great Teachers? A lot, Actually. (DallasNews)
SINGAPORE — This Asian island roughly the size of Austin has dominated international rankings in education, with students regularly outperforming their peers in math, science and literacy. Singapore officials say the key to that success was...
December 06, 2016
This Jag's Got Talent-UNTD Athletic Director Featured on WFAA
Jack Allday, athletic director for UNT Dallas, is a man of many talents. In addition to serving as the university’s first athletic director, he is the drummer for Jack Allday’s Swing Shift, a local jazz band. Allday and his band will be...
November 21, 2016
UNT Dallas Launches “On the Move” Newsletter in Print
The premier issue of President Mong’s newsletter, “On the Move” was recently printed and mailed to 10,000 friends and potential friends of the university, including government and civic leaders. The 8-page newsletter was created to...
November 21, 2016
Community Leaders Collaborate at 6th Annual Community Engagement Day
Nearly 100 community leaders representing non-profit, for-profit and state agencies came together for the 6th annual Community Engagement Day November 11-12, 2016 at UNT Dallas. Michael Soto, CEO and founder of Spark Collaboration, was the keynote...
November 16, 2016
UNT Dallas Named Purple Heart University at Veterans Gala
The Military Order of the Purple Heart designated the University of North Texas at Dallas as a Purple Heart University November 11, 2016, as a part of the Veterans Day Gala at UNT Dallas. Dr. Dan Edelman, UNT Dallas executive vice president for...
November 11, 2016
UNT Dallas Students Partner with Children’s Health to Improve Child Safety in Dallas
UNT Dallas' Public Health Student Association partnered with Children’s Health Saturday, November 5, 2016 to provide car seats and injury prevention tips to families in the Southern Dallas community. The event served 90 children and...
November 10, 2016
Strategic Planning Ramping up for Year Two
The UNT Dallas strategic planning team leaders will meet in the coming weeks to begin implementing the second year of planning and implementation. Based on faculty and staff feedback, the university will devote time to set goals for graduation...
November 10, 2016
Real Estate Agents Visit Campus, Learn about Future Growth
President Mong presented to a group of about 50 real estate agents from the MetroTex group on Nov. 8 in Founders Hall Room 138. The group traveled by bus and saw the new UNT Dallas Dart station, the Centurion property, Gilliam Collegiate Academy and...
November 10, 2016
President Mong Serves on Education Panel
President Mong recently participated in a panel discussion for Commit’s Education Investors Meeting. Mong served on the panel alongside Rob Kaplan, CEO and President of the Dallas Fed moderated, Mark Rohr, CEO of Celanese and Loh-Sze Leung,...
November 10, 2016
Mark Hurley to Speak at Veterans Day Gala
University of North Texas at Dallas, in partnership with Dallas County Community College District, is proud to host the inaugural Veterans Day Gala on campus from 6:30-9:30 p.m., Friday November 11, 2016. Mark Hurley, president and CEO of Fiduciary...
November 10, 2016
Suds of Hope
Dr. Larrry Terry, director of the Urban SERCH Institute at UNT Dallas, and his team are working closely with Dallas Independent School District and OM Roberts Elementary on a program to provide students with clean uniforms each week. The Hope and...
November 10, 2016
Public Health Students Partner with Health Department on Zika Panel
UNT Dallas public health students partnered with the Dallas County Health Department for a forum on Zika. Dallas County Health Director Zach Thompson and medical director Dr. Christopher Perkins were they were impressed by the turnout and the...
November 10, 2016
UNT Dallas Welcomes Save-A-Lot to the Neighborhood
The University of North Texas at Dallas joined the Highland Hills community October 28, 2016 to celebrate the grand opening of Save-a-Lot. The grocery store is the first in the area in nearly a decade. Long considered a food desert, residents of...
November 10, 2016
UNT Dallas Continues Partnerships with Area Churches
UNT Dallas continues to seek and explore partnerships with area churches in an effort to better serve the community’s needs. Bishop T.D. Jakes recently expressed interest in partnering on a speakers series as well as internships. Pastor Tony...
November 10, 2016
High School Students Explore Career Options at Criminal Justice Day
More than 900 high school students and 65 vendors from the criminal justice field participated in UNT Dallas’ Criminal Justice Day October 28, 2016. The students had opportunities to explore a variety of career paths from law enforcement at...
November 10, 2016
UNT Dallas DART Station Officially Opens
The UNT Dallas DART rail station officially opened Monday, October 24, 2016. Celebratory events for the station’s opening started Thursday, October 20 with a VIP dinner at the new Camp Wisdom station, and concluded with a Community...
November 10, 2016
Educate Texas Delegation Calls Learning Tour to Study Singapore’s World-Class Education System “a Major Success”
Delegation of 37 education, business and philanthropic leaders bring back ideas to Texas after firsthand look at the policies, best practices that have made Singapore an “educational powerhouse” DALLAS (Oct. 28, 2016) –...
November 10, 2016
VISTAs, Students Spend Saturdays Giving Back
More than 100 UNT Dallas students, faculty and staff gathered together with the Americorps VISTAs Saturday, October 15 and 22, 2016 for a day of community service. The service projects took place throughout Southern Dallas, and ranged from community...
November 10, 2016
Dr. Babcock Publishes Book on Apaches
Dr. Matthew Babcock, assistant professor of history at UNT Dallas, recently wrote a book, Apache Adaptation to Hispanic Rule, which was published by Cambridge University Press in September. The book is part of the Studies in North American Indian...
November 10, 2016
Professor Amin Receives AARP Grant
Dr. Iftekhar Amin, assistant professor of Counseling and Human Services and Coordinator of Gerontology Certificate program, recently received an American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) grant award totaling $5,000. The grant will fund research...
November 01, 2016
True Blue Inspires Students to Leave a Legacy at UNT Dallas
Hundreds of high school and transfer students attended UNT Dallas’ True Blue Preview Day October 29, 2016. The event gave potential students an opportunity to see campus, visit with students, faculty and staff and have their questions answered...
October 31, 2016
DART Ride to Campus Proves to be Excellent Experience
We’ve all heard the announcements heralding DART’s Blue Line UNT Dallas station, but what is it really like to ride DART to campus? After hearing glowing reports from a colleague who rides the train from Garland, I decided to try it for...
October 26, 2016
Federal Internship Program Information Session
Federal Internship Program Information Session Thursday, October 27th 10am - 11am FH 336
October 24, 2016
New DART Line Extends Through Oak Cliff To UNT Dallas Campus (CBS DFW)
DART light rail and bus passengers will notice some changes starting today. Starting Monday the DART Blue Line will now extend an additional 3 miles, all the way to the UNT Dallas campus in south Oak Cliff. Read more on dfw.cbslocal.com.
