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NT's Parking and Transportation services have increased the price of parking permits and several parking fines by as much as $150. The first increase since fall 2001, violations for illegally parking in visitor parking spaces will increase by $5, the fees for removing a boot and towing increased by $50 and the fine for illegally parking in a handicapped space increased by $150, said Scott Kangas, associate director of NT's parking services Andrew Harris, vice president for finance and administration, said the reason for the increase is due to rising costs of construction supplies and labor. (2) comments
NT is the first university in the Dallas-Fort Worth region to sign the College Board's CollegeKeys Compact. The College Board, best known for its implementation of the SAT and other higher education testing, launched the CollegeKeys Compact in order to mobilize a collective effort of its more than 5,000 members to help students from low-income situations prepare for and succeed in college. (0) comments
The staff compensation study will not lower anyone's pay on campus. In fact, it may raise some staff members' salaries. Management Advisory Group Inc., the consulting firm conducting the study, is attempting to reorganize job classifications and judge whether the university is paying their staff enough. (0) comments
By Corey Hennigan Junior Staff Writer NT could soon join the ranks of Harvard University, the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Central Florida as it introduces trayless dining in the University Union and dining halls. Three dining halls have already gone trayless, said Regenia Phillips, director of dining services . (0) comments
By Courtney Roberts Senior Staff Writer As students living in the dorms flip open their laptops to surf the Internet, they may or may not be surprised to come across an unfamiliar login page. This summer, NT began a new partnership with Apogee, a communication services network, in order to provide Residential Network, or ResNet, Internet service in all the dorms. (3) comments
After Hurricane Gustav passed through Louisiana on Tuesday, many are looking for ways to help out. NT President Gretchen Bataille sent out a campus-wide email detailing ways students can help. According to the e-mail, The United Way of Denton County at 625 Dallas Dr. (0) comments
New researcher on board for Discovery Park On Sept. 2, Rick Nader joined the NT Discovery Park staff in order to extend the universityís recognition in the research and grant fields. He will begin assisting faculty in grant writing and obtaining additional funding for various research projects. (0) comments
