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| Straight from Smatresk |
Dear UNT supporter,
It is truly an amazing time for the University of North Texas. In the last year alone, we have gained incredible momentum. We welcomed our largest-ever freshman class, boosting enrollment to more than 39,000 students, received reaffirmation as a Tier One research university, increased our research expenditures to $74.7 million, secured a record-high of $60 million in annual giving, graduated more than 9,600 students and impressively increased student retention, nearly hitting our FY22 goals two years early.
We have spent 2019 focused on solidifying our brand as a caring, creative and resilient university community, listening to the UNT family and cementing our mission to help students thrive. At this year's 2019 State of the University, I discussed UNT's trajectory for continued growth as a first-choice institution and outlined our five-year strategic plan to advance our mission and support student success. I shared a comprehensive, deeply layered plan full of goals, metrics and action steps that crosscut the many ways we will build student success pathways and scholarly aptitude as a university. New initiatives and partnerships with Cisco and EAB, intended to bolster our student success management system, were introduced. You can watch my address, read the transcript or review my presentation slides to better understand our future.
Our strategic plan will require a culture of collaboration and huge investment of time and resources during the next five years. Everything we have planned is meant to help us better transform students' lives and connect them to their dreams. We will not just settle for good, but will become extraordinary. Thank you for supporting UNT.
UNT Proud,
Neal Smatresk
President
 @UNTPrez
P.S. Be on the lookout this weekend for the fall edition of The North Texan magazine, which has a fresh redesign. Get a behind the scenes look at our university magazine, completely devoted to bringing you the best stories from the UNT campus, and beyond.
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Ethnic diversity and social
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UNT was proud to be named one of the top 100 American universities for ethnic diversity and social mobility by U.S. News & World Report in its 2020 Best College Rankings. The annual rankings report also rated UNT 140th among the nation's top public schools, marking the first time UNT earned a spot on the coveted list. UNT has long celebrated its unique campus culture, attributing much of what makes the community special to its diversity. The report rated UNT 58th nationwide for ethnic diversity, with more than half of UNT's students representing diverse racial and ethnic groups, and 96th for social mobility, which measures how well schools graduated students who received federal Pell Grants. Our notable growth in the quality, diversity and breadth of our student population is a sign of important change and momentum and it is wonderful to see our efforts recognized in national publications like U.S. News & World Report.
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Wingspan
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Enriching students' lives and providing opportunities for inquiry and investigation are at the heart of UNT's caring community. Join us Nov. 16 for the Wingspan Gala, a celebration of UNT's excellence that highlights the achievements of our UNT family and university. The event showcases what makes UNT a unique, special place and includes the presentation of the Wings of Eagles Presidential Award. Proceeds from the preeminent university event benefit the President's Scholarship Fund to support UNT's best and brightest students.
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| College of Music courtyard |
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After a summer long renovation, the College of Music will dedicate the newly remodeled Spec's Charitable Foundation Courtyard Oct. 3. Thanks to a large donation from the Spec's Charitable Foundation, the area now features the special sound and video components necessary to host outdoor concerts and events. Spec's is owned by 1972 College of Music graduates John and Lindy Rydman, ardent supporters of UNT and the College of Music. For almost 20 years, the foundation has been the naming sponsor of UNT's award-winning One O'Clock Lab Band, and provides UNT scholarships for Spec's employees and their families.
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| CVAD Grand Opening |
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The College of Visual Arts and Design will host a grand opening celebration Oct. 12 in conjunction with UNT Preview, an event for prospective students from 9 a.m. to noon. CVAD's new 238,000-square-foot complex sets a new standard for state-of-the-art facilities for teaching and scholarship in studio art, design, art education, art history and interdisciplinary art and design studies. An open house will take place from 1 to 4 p.m. and include self-guided building tours, exhibitions of student, faculty and professional work, hands-on art and design demonstrations, opportunities to meet current faculty and students, T-shirt printing from alumni-led Pan Ector Industries, a lecture by founding Dean Jack Davis and alumni reunions. Plan to join us for an exciting day exploring the new opportunities for our CVAD students.
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| Beyond the Green provides extra insight on our student-athletes |
Keep up with our Mean Green athletic teams by watching Beyond the Green, our award-winning series that has a new look for 2019. You'll still gain insider access to our football team, but it will now feature stories on other sports, too, bringing more original content while highlighting a broader, more inclusive number of Mean Green student-athletes. The new format will run for a minimum of 21 weeks during the fall and winter sports seasons as a streaming series available on MeanGreenSports.com as well as YouTube and Mean Green Sports social media channels. Don't miss each week's episodes – Beyond the Green: Game Rewind is released each Tuesday, and feature-based Beyond the Green episodes are released on Thursdays. Watch these great videos on North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame member Patrick Cobbs ('05) returning home to UNT as running backs coach, and how Tre Siggers (pictured above) finally found his place on the team as a running back. We want to see you at our remaining UNT home games this season, especially our Nov. 2 Homecoming game against UTEP. Two lucky Mean Green fans will win a four-pack of tickets for that game! To enter the giveaway, email president@unt.edu with "Homecoming tickets" in the subject line by Oct. 7. |
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Faculty fellowships facilitate pursuit of
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I'm excited to relay that four of our supremely talented professors will receive time to work on personal projects, ranging from writing poetry to creating a new method of printmaking, after receiving a prestigious Institute for the Advancement of the Arts fellowship, which allows them to take a semester off from teaching to pursue creative research in the arts. Fabiana Claure, assistant professor and director of music business and entrepreneurship, will create a multimedia lecture-recital program focused on the entrepreneurial careers of female concert pianists Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn and Teresa Carreño; Lari Gibbons, professor of art, will produce and exhibit a series of artworks exploring how the language of print shapes the understanding of the natural world; Panayiotis Kokoras, associate professor of composition, will travel to Zurich for a residency at the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology where he will work on 3D Ambisonics with an immersive lab research team; and Corey Marks, Distinguished Teaching Professor and director of creative writing, will work on a poetry manuscript entitled My Satellite that explores the natural world. I wish them all the best as they work on these groundbreaking projects, and I can't wait to see their undoubtedly impressive creations. |
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