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    Students react to pause of university DEI hiring initiatives amidst potential further state removal

Students react to pause of university DEI hiring initiatives amidst potential further state removal

Students are concerned about the direction of the university after the UNT System’s pausing of new diversity, equity and inclusion policies on campus and other Texas legislation seeking to remove any DEI policies from colleges. The UNT System is the last of the major Texas university systems to pause its

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    New College Dean Audhesh Paswan sees fresh opportunity at UNT Frisco campus

New College Dean Audhesh Paswan sees fresh opportunity at UNT Frisco campus

Marketing professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of G. Brint Ryan College of Business, Audhesh Paswan, has replaced Wesley Randall as dean of the New College department at UNT Frisco. Paswan says his focus will be developing new program to further expand the Frisco campus and attract new business

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    North Texas Daily March 23 2023 e-edition

North Texas Daily March 23 2023 e-edition

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    Denton City Council approves polling location on university as legislators file to ban campus voting

Denton City Council approves polling location on university as legislators file to ban campus voting

The Denton City Council voted 6-0 to include a polling place on the university campus for early voting and the May 6 election as Texas lawmakers file legislation that would ban college polling locations. The polling location, which will be located at The Denton Wesley Foundation, was not included in

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    TWU provides security for students through ‘Night Owls’ program

TWU provides security for students through ‘Night Owls’ program

Texas Woman’s University now offers a free service called Night Owls to assist students walking to destinations on campus at night by providing help from volunteers. The new program is available to students who may feel unsafe walking across campus without company and offers rides in golf carts to their

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    City of Denton cites lack of authority in implementing Proposition B

City of Denton cites lack of authority in implementing Proposition B

Proposition B, an ordinance ending citations and arrests regarding minor marijuana possession, will not be fully implemented despite being approved by voters in the November 2022 election. At the Denton City Council meeting held on Feb. 21, city manager Sara Hensley held a presentation for the council members regarding the

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    North Texas Daily March 9 2023 e-edition

North Texas Daily March 9 2023 e-edition

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    College of Business students, faculty disagree on firearm company case study

College of Business students, faculty disagree on firearm company case study

Some students at the university’s College of Business are concerned by the college’s use of Smith & Wesson, a firearms company, as their case study for this semester’s Business Policy course for final-semester seniors. The course serves as the capstone course for every major in the G. Brint College of

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    UNT pauses all new diversity, equity and inclusion practices

UNT pauses all new diversity, equity and inclusion practices

Editors Note: This article has been updated to include additional information about Chancellor Michael Williams. University President Neal Smatresk and Provost Michael McPherson spoke today at the university’s faculty senate meeting to discuss changes to diversity, equity and inclusion policies in the UNT system. Chancellor Michael Williams’ notice, sent out

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    UNT DEI initiatives at risk of removal in anticipation of potential legal troubles

UNT DEI initiatives at risk of removal in anticipation of potential legal troubles

University students and faculty are unsure of the future of diversity, equity and inclusion policies on campus as other Texas institutions remove DEI initiatives from their hiring practices. Texas universities’ removal of DEI hiring practices has come as a reaction to a letter sent by Gov. Greg Abbott’s Chief of

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