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University has high undergrad return rate for grad school

Published Apr 23, 2010

Josh Noble spent one year working for SurfRay, a partner of Microsoft, before he realized he would need a graduate degree in order to further his management skills.

Noble, a 2008 university graduate with a degree in biology, said he will return to the university to begin the Evening Professional Master in Business Administration program in fall 2010.



Noble returned to the university's graduate program because of the proximity to home, the team-focused environment and the quality of the programs available.

Graduate stands out for job among 150 applicants

Published Apr 23, 2010

Within one week, Kate Lunati went from having no interviews and no phone calls to having a job as a trauma Intensive Care Unit nurse at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth.

Lunati got the call from the hospital on March 19.



"I stopped breathing; I was so excited," said Lunati, a senior nursing major. "So much stress was just gone."



Lunati was chosen from 150 applicants for a position and said she only interviewed once to get the job she wanted.



"It only takes one," Lunati said.

Student-run campus ministry gaining rapid popularity

Published Apr 23, 2010

A recently established student-run campus ministry has caught fire with university students in the past several weeks.

More than 500 students attended Monday night's Ignite college worship. Students from University of North Texas and Texas A&M University joined Horned Frogs at the third Ignite meeting.



Paige Nettles, a senior fashion merchandising major, pioneered Ignite last semester. Nettles said the goal of the nondenominational ministry is to bring college students together to worship and hear the gospel in a comfortable setting.

Sorority grad gains leadership role with national chapter

Published Apr 23, 2010

As a freshman going though recruitment, senior Polly Niccoli said she never imagined she would one day be employed by her sorority. Niccoli, a graphic design major, has been a member of Pi Beta Phi since her freshman year.

"I really think it was meant to be," Niccoli said. "I know it sounds cliche but I think it's true, the sorority chooses you just as much as you choose the sorority,"

Sodexo protest does not affect university

Published Apr 23, 2010

While labor disputes between Sodexo and some of its employees have not surfaced on campus like they have in other states, Sodexo employees at the university may have nowhere to turn should trouble hit home.

In recent weeks, employees of Sodexo, the French-based multinational food service company contracted by the university, have incorporated strikes and civil disobedience as a part of the Service Employees International Union's protest efforts across 10 U.S. states against the company's alleged intimidation of employees seeking to unionize.

Official: Internship legality not an issue

Published Apr 23, 2010

Despite increased media attention about the legality of unpaid internships in recent weeks, the university did not have a problem with students reporting doing unrelated work in their career field at an unpaid internship, a Career Services official said.

According to an April 2 article in The New York Times, federal and state officials had concerns that employers used unpaid internships for free labor by having students do work that was mostly noneducational, such as making coffee and sweeping bathrooms.

SGA shows wisdom in discussion of gossip website

Published Apr 22, 2010

Even though some Student Government Association representatives have strong feelings about the gossip website CollegeACB.com, the group acted with commendable restraint in its discussion and decisions...

ICC ideal judgment system

Published Apr 22, 2010

From time to time, the U.S. government chooses to isolate itself from the rest of the world.Particularly when it comes to judicial sovereignty, the government goes on the defensive and chooses to exclude...

Coach Patterson donates to local food bank

Coach Patterson donates to local food bank

Published Apr 22, 2010

Horned Frog football head coach Gary Patterson chose the Tarrant Area Food Bank as the charity to receive a $10,000 donation as part of his 2009 Bobby Dodd National Coach of the Year Award honors.

Mary Kathryn Anderson, TAFB business development director, said the donation will benefit TAFB's BackPacks for Kids program. BackPacks for Kids is a weekend food program for school-aged children who are at high risk for hunger.

Students get TV experience

Published Apr 22, 2010

University students are now getting a chance to announce games for the nationally-ranked Horned Frog baseball team not only on the radio, but on television as well.

Chuck LaMendola, play-by-play announcer for the baseball team, said that because of the deal struck with The Mountain West Sports Network last fall to air student-produced sporting events, students are now getting television announcing experience for the first time. Students were able to call games on the radio in the past, he said.

Officials hire firm to study streetcar project

Published Apr 22, 2010

City of Fort Worth officials moved closer to finalizing a modern streetcar system with a unanimous vote to hire engineering and consulting firm HDR Inc. to begin developing phases one and two of a three-part plan, a city official said.

David Gaspers, a senior planner in the city's planning and development department, said the company will begin planning a recommended alignment route and developing a business plan for the streetcar system as early as next week.

Senior concert to debut Q&A session

Published Apr 22, 2010

The senior class of the School for Classical and Contemporary Dance will showcase its artistry to the public this week by featuring a new question and answer portion with the choreographers, a senior choreographer said.

Natalie Henry, a senior modern dance major, said that for the first time, all choreographers of the night will be available to answer questions from the audience about their pieces following the concert. She said the students and professors added this component as a way for choreographers to talk about their work.