UNT students will have an opportunity to work with a newly launched music format this fall at KNTU — the university-owned radio station. To garner greater student participation and listenership for the traditional, terrestrial radio station, which is 88.1FM, the Department of Media Arts program recently moved from a jazz format to independent alternative. However, given the emphasis UNT continues to place on jazz, there's now an opportunity for more listeners to hear the station's jazz selection around the clock on KNTU.com. Also, once the station completes technological transmitter upgrades, jazz will return to the airwaves on 88.1 HD2. UNT has been committed to jazz since 1946 and the College of Music will celebrate 75 Years of North Texas Jazz Oct. 20-22 by welcoming alumni and faculty home for a reunion. As the first university to offer a degree in jazz studies, UNT takes pride in continuing its legacy of helping talented musicians launch their careers.

WFAA talked with incoming UNT ELEVAR student Pilar Rivera, who won gold medals in the vault and balance beam events and silver medals in the gymnastics all-around and uneven bars events at the Special Olympics USA in June. "Hard and hard, I have worked on gymnastics," she said. "If you still lose, you're always going to be proud of yourself no matter what." UNT ELEVAR, a four-year inclusive postsecondary education program for students with intellectual disabilities, accepted Pilar in its second cohort. Pilar said the opportunity to attend college and study at UNT is her dream come true.

Music education alumna Emily Fiasco ('12) became a three-day Jeopardy winner last month. An assistant band director in the St. Louis area, she won more than $87,000 in the episodes airing July 13-15. Now a trip to Australia may be in her family's future — because who doesn't love Bluey? Emily's pictured on the right, with Mayim Bialik on the set.