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NT will not create any new jobs for university staff employees for about the next 18 months, said Donna Keener, assistant vice president of human resources. The NT System is conducting a classification and compensation study, Keener said. The study will look at all non-faculty and non-student job titles on campus, what those jobs entail and if the salaries pay market value, Keener said. (0) comments
As the sun set Tuesday evening, Texas voters took to the polls. One would have though it was a rock concert or some celebrity had made a surprise appearance, but no; the line that stretched around the corner of the First Baptist Church on 1100 Malone St. (2) comments
NT received a life sized check for $2.4 million on Friday morning for the new Teach North Texas program. NT administration and guests flooded the Diamond Eagle Suite of the University Union as President Gretchen Bataille opened a press conference for Teach North Texas, a program that is an extension of UTeach that was started at the University of Texas in Austin. (0) comments
Commuters who make the 23-mile trek between Carrollton and Denton will have an easier journey ahead of them starting in December 2010. The Regional Transportation Council granted the Denton County Transit Authority $57 million Jan. 24 to develop a rail line running 21 miles from Carrollton to Denton. (0) comments
Denton City Council members approved a resolution supporting NT Tuesday night in the creation of a four-year comprehensive aviation sciences program to be developed at the Denton campus. Denton Mayor Perry McNeill said the idea came up in conversation at an economic development group meeting, where members discussed the advantages of having this type of program in Texas. (0) comments
By name they are boys. But in the world of computer programming, they are men. The Texas Codeboys, a group of three current and former NT students, qualified for the international Challenge 24 programming competition. The team will travel to Budapest, Hungary, this May to compete and is the sole team representing the United States. (0) comments
By Krystal Gullage Intern NT students who choose to ride their motorcycles to campus for class may now have a harder time finding parking spots because of the demolition of Masters Hall. Masters Hall once held a parking lot specifically for students with bikes. (2) comments
The Denton Committee for the Environment formally introduced the city's urban forester Monday and elected to solicit more public input for the tree ordinance revision process. Earl J. Cochran is Denton's new urban forester. Before joining the city Feb. (0) comments
During a move to block YouTube.com Feb. 24, the Pakistani government knocked out worldwide access to the popular video-sharing Web site for two hours. "When you have a country that doesn't have free speech protections, things like this happen," said Paul Collins of the political science faculty. (0) comments
David Wachanga of the journalism faculty watched helplessly as violence unfolded in his home country of Kenya during the last few months. "There is no way one can talk of having peace when your country is in such crisis," Wachanga said. "It's getting better in terms of the violence has subsided. (1) comment
NT art historians and educators received money this semester to conduct institutes to inform educators on how to integrate the history of Hispanic art. Kelly Donahue-Wallace of the art history faculty said the Hispanic history institutes would focus on Hispanic art from the early 18th century to the present. (0) comments
