UNT: Projects & Development

[NThomas]

Aerial gallery full of construction pics of the new stadium: http://propandlens.smugmug.com/Other...77841195_mGuCD

[NThomas]

http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Const...125897353.html

Construction complete on new Mean Green Stadium
by WYATT GOOLSBY
WFAA
Posted on July 20, 2011 at 12:01 PM

DENTON - Officials at the University of North Texas say it is time to take off the hard-hats because construction is finished on the new Mean Green Stadium...

There's a video in the link too. It's a good looking stadium, it'd be great without that endzone...

[Mr Carter]

$22M gift to UNT is school's largest-ever donation
Dallas Business Journal - by Lance Murray
Date: Tuesday, August 16, 2011, 6:56am CDT

The University of North Texas is on a roll. Last week the Denton school announced a $20 million naming rights deal for its new stadium, and Monday it announced the largest gift ever made to the university.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported that Charn Uswachoke, a UNT alumnus and entrepreneur in Thailand, has pledged $22 million to the school

The gift will support music, engineering and business, the newspaper reported.

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/bl...s-schools.html

[Mr Carter]

As part of the three-way partnership among UNT, the UNT Health Science Center and UNT-Dallas, students at the UNT System College of Pharmacy will earn a doctor of pharmacy degree and will attend the graduate portion of their classes on the UNT Health Science Center campus at Fort Worth. Additional classes will eventually expand to UNT and UNT-Dallas.

http://www.dallasnews.com/business/2...acy-school.ece

[mjblazin]

We should send the "prestigious" law school to Ft. Worth and keep the pharmacy school for DTD. We actually need more pharmacists though I am not sure what a doctor of pharmacy does.

[warden62]

^ A doctor of pharmacy dispenses medication at your local CVS.

[RuggerAl]

Any ideas as to the announcement on Feb 13th of what the new 5 year plan will look like and what "a fresh new look for our university image" could be?

[RuggerAl]

props for the ol alma mater "The University of North Texas Opera program earned first place in the National Opera Association's Opera Production Competition in Division V – the highest division among conservatory and university programs – for its production of Marc Blitzstein's Regina" per the UNT news service. Large donation to the university fashion collection and lots of other honors. Is it just me or does UNT need to work on getting some of the news out?

[mjblazin]

Do they compete against programs like Julliard or Berklee School or are those programs considered not universities? If so, that would be a great recognition that is likely driven by a few exceptional masters in that arena that draw students.

[CTroyMathis]

Whats with the wind turbines in the back round of the last photo? http://forum.dallasmetropolis.com/sh...l=1#post344309

http://www.unt.edu/president/insider...en-stadium.htm
http://sustainable.unt.edu/wind-turb...nt-main-campus


Source: http://inhouse.unt.edu/wind-turbines-apogee-stadium

And, currently behind schedule:
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedconten...40940d529.html

The university conducted a feasibility study and approved construction of the turbines in 2010.

The energy generated from the turbines, located at UNT’s athletic complex on Bonnie Brae Street, will help power the Mean Green Village, which includes Apogee Stadium, the Victory Hall residence hall and the athletic center.

The university estimates it will replace about 6 percent of the energy in the complex with renewable energy.

[tamtagon]

Really glad North Texas is finally getting this program started.

http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/ne...-pharmacy.html

Bill Hethcock
Staff Writer - Dallas Business Journal

The University of North Texas Health Science Center has named Myron "Mike" Jacobson as the founding dean of the UNT System College of Pharmacy after a national search.

...The UNT System College of Pharmacy is scheduled to graduate its first class of Doctor of Pharmacy students in 2013. UNT in Denton and UNT Dallas are developing plans to collaborate with the College of Pharmacy to expand pre-pharmacy undergraduate programs, graduate programs in pharmaceutical sciences, and clinical programs in conjunction with hospitals throughout the region.

[Random Traffic Guy]

The university estimates it will replace about 6 percent of the energy in the complex with renewable energy.

I look forward to the audit on that one.

The pedestrian bridge across IH 35E was let by TxDOT in December, so construction should start in the spring.

[jredallas]

[tamtagon]

http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/l...h-campuses.ece

By Rachel Mehlhaff / Staff Writer
Published: 10 August 2012 04:52 PM

The University of North Texas system is considering the reorganization of UNT in Denton and the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth into a single academic institution, according to an announcement made Friday. The UNT Board of Regents will discuss the proposal during its regular meeting Thursday and decide whether to conduct a study on the benefits and disadvantages of the reorganization, Chancellor Lee Jackson said.

...“We haven’t really had that option in Texas, and now that we do, we are going to seriously consider it to see if it will enhance both UNT and the health science center,” Jackson said.

...It could take one to three years to establish this model, depending on accreditation, state budgets and the necessary policy development, he said. The university system will study it for several months, he added. “Most of the major research universities in America are organized this way,” Jackson said. Jackson said the institution would be perceived stronger if it’s larger and if research dollars are consolidated.

...But there also are disadvantages to consider, Rawlins said. “I think that’s why a study is the right way to go,” he said.

I don't know why a study is the right way to go, everyone already knows that no matter what the study says, the merger will happen. UT did it, A&M did it, it would make the university seem a better school, it's going to happen.

[TexasVines]

http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/l...h-campuses.ece



I don't know why a study is the right way to go, everyone already knows that no matter what the study says, the merger will happen. UT did it, A&M did it, it would make the university seem a better school, it's going to happen.

UT hasn't done anything.....their medical school is not even scheduled to start for another couple of years and they are not merging anything they are starting a new medical school......the other UT System medical schools in Houston, San Antonio, Galveston and dallas will still be independent