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Dear UNT students, Since 1890, UNT has had one overriding mission: Helping our students to achieve their dreams. In that time, we’ve helped hundreds of thousands of Eagles soar, graduating students who have used their knowledge and power to change the world around them. To all of our students who are graduating in the 2016-17 academic year, congratulations! We’re celebrating the Class of 2017 in a big way at the May 12-13 ceremonies. To celebrate in UNT style, we’re holding a Graduation Block Party for graduates and their guests from 5 to 9 p.m. May 12 on Highland Street. The party will include family-friendly festivities, food trucks, music, free giveaways and photo opportunities. It will culminate at dark with fireworks and the UNT Alma Mater. Plan to be there and celebrate your big moment with fun and fanfare! Graduating is a life-changing moment — when your hard work pays off and your dreams take flight. As a UNT graduate, the sky is the limit for you. Being a UNT graduate says a lot about who you are. It says that you’re a change agent and a leader. You’re part of a culture that values curiosity and creativity. And you blaze your own path to success. Stay true to those values because they will help you rise to the top. To all of our 38,000 students, you are our legacy and our future. We are grateful you chose UNT and we are forever proud to call you an Eagle. UNT will always be your family. Our university will always be your home. UNT Proud,

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nstead of sitting officials decided to try in Apogee Stadisomething new for 2017. um next month for a universi“Rather than two differty-wide coment ceremonies, it makes mencement, Uni- sense to keep it the same, versity of North but the entire thing of Texas graduates can attend trying to do something a block party in addition extra is to try to make to their individual gradua- commencement special for tion ceremonies. these students,” said Margarita Venegas, a spokesAs always, there will be woman for the university. eight commencement “So we started thinking, ceremonies based on the ‘What else could we do graduate’s college and ma- that’s special for them?’ ... jor. Here, students’ names We’re trying to make it a are called as they cross really nice sendoff.” the stage to receive their diploma. Graduations this year will be Friday, May 12, and In 2015, for the first time, Saturday, May 13, in the the university had a comMurchison Performing mencement ceremony in Arts Center and the UNT addition to these smaller Coliseum. Friday night “breakout” ceremonies. will be the Graduation After two years of lacklus- Block Party where graduter attendance, university ates and their families and

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friends can gather with food trucks, live music and a fireworks show. Robin Kelley, a senior who was on the committee that planned the event, said the goal was to make sure students getting bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees all feel welcome. The event is scheduled from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. May 12 along Highland Street on the University Union’s south lawn. Graduates get a gift for attending, there will be memorabilia for purchase and, of course, Scrappy the eagle mascot will be there for photo opportunities. Kelley will graduate May 13 and has family coming from across the country, so having a big university event to bring them to the day before will give them an opportunity to learn more about UNT, she said. “I think it’s a really good idea to send students off in a positive manner,” she said. “We want to make everyone feel loved and appreciated. This is North Texas thanking you before we send you off for bigger and better things.” This article was originally published in the Denton Record-Chronicle on April 30.

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Denton Arts Walk of Fame: the faces behind the art engraved in Denton’s history. “Since I’ve been 19 years old The Denton Arts and maybe even before, I’ve been playing with great muWalk of Fame is a “Blue Lou” Marini: sicians,” Marini said. “SomeSaxophonist Lou Marini how doing that sharpens place that honors boasts a lengthy discograpersonalities in their own phy with The Blues Brothers, unique ways. These people all sorts of Denton James Taylor, the SNL house that I’ve been playing with band and Buddy Rich. He have inspired me also tickle artists, one granite attended UNT and quickme. I’ve been laughing for all ly joined the One O’Clock these years.” square at a time. Lab Band while also playing alongside professionals in Brave Combo: the music industry. If a band could encompass Along the stretch of East the spirit of Denton, Brave Hickory Street from Locust “Beside the joy of playing in Combo would be one of to Bell, pedestrians can the band and the challenge them. recognize familiar names of the music I was also getetched into the sidewalk. ting an education in profesThe band is comprised of The project is a collabosional work,” Marini said. “At members Carl Finch, Danrative effort between the the end of my freshman or ny O’Brien, Alan Emert, City of Denton, the Denton sophomore year, I remember Lyle Atkinson, and Robert EDC and the Downtown playing for Smokey RobinHokamp who play a range Revitalization Program to son and The Supremes.” of polka, salsa, the blues and commemorate Denton’s arts more. scene. Each two-by-two Upon graduating, Marini square is installed into a joined the jazz-rock band Finch founded Brave Combo brick band, engraved with Blood, Sweat and Tears. in 1979 in hopes of playing each artist’s name and claim Since then, he has worked music that went against the to fame. with countless other artstatus quo. ists and composed his own “It’s really creates awareness music. “I thought it’d be interesting of how many talented people to play in a band that played have passed through our His first recording, “Lou’s music that was forgotten or portals and have been born Blues,” is a common track made fun of by the mainhere, gone to school here,” played by the One O’Clock stream,” Finch said. “The said Julie Glover, Denton’s Lab Band today. point of the band was to go Economic Development Proto nontraditional sources gram Administrator. “A long time ago, the musical instead of recycling whatever department achieved critical was popular.” Honorees must to have been mass because they’re all such born in, attended school or great players,” Marini said. The band has won two spent their formative years “They inspire each other Grammy awards for “Best in Denton. and that’s what I feel like Polka Album” and was nomthe great staff of this school inated seven times. Finch Other criteria includes their promotes.” says polka music was their longevity, impact on cultural cornerstone, but they slowly heritage and contributions to Nowadays, Marini is busy began to expand into more the Denton arts community. touring overseas with the unique styles. They welJames Taylor Band and The comed in every genre of muThe first inductees in 2015 Blues Brothers. Because he’s sic, from lounge and Latin to included UNT alumna in good health, Marini says Japanese pop music. Norah Jones, architect O’Neil he’s trying to make the best Ford and polka and worldout of the time he has now. “All the things that you norbeat band Brave Combo. Recently, the city announced Now, Marini will forever be See Walk of Fame of pg. 8 Amy Roh | Staff Writer

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mally would do, we try to evoke the opposite reaction to that,” Finch said. “Anything you already know, we want to turn that upside down and make you wonder about your core values.” To put it simply, they’re the kind of band to turn “O Holy Night” into a cha-cha.

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Denton has been instrumental in directing Brave Combo’s unique sound. Finch said there was once a time when the city was cool “before anybody realized it.” “Not everyone was walking around patting themselves on the back for being how cool of a town we are,” Finch said. “But if you were just focused on making good music and look for that community, you would stumble over that in five seconds.” For their unparalleled sound, Brave Combo was one of the first inductees of the 2015 Denton Arts Walk of Fame. “The city of Denton has

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allowed us to be as insane it’s ready to become a permaas we are, longer than we nent part of someone’s structhought we’d be doing it,” ture or of a bigger picture.” Finch said with a laugh. “We’re in a town that loves us, Collins has also worked with respects us and considers us multiple clients, including a part of the fabric. You can’t the city of Denton. Along separate Brave Combo from with her products on her Denton. We are Denton.” Etsy store, Collins is currently working on a project with Paula Blincoe Collins: the city to create a design Across I-35 and UNT’s Apo- for the Denton Municipal gee Stadium, Paula Blincoe Airport. Collins sculpts in her makeshift garage and studio she The Arts Walk of Fame is appropriately calls just another way Collins knows her work, among “The Garadio.” many other talented musiWith over 40 years of excians and artists’ works, are perience working with admired throughout the clay, Collins is one of the community. 2017 inductees who is not a musician. Collins did her “The fact that I live in Denpostgraduate work at TWU, ton gives me an enrichment studying ceramics. She has and opportunity to listen to commissioned over 250 music of other artists,” Colworks. lins said. “The home that I’ve found here was the key. Even “It’s a joy to me to see the though I’m close to the stasmiles of the folks that have dium and I’m close to I-35, I hired me with the faith that I have my serenity here.” can get it done,” Collins said. “This comes out of the earth, I mess with it for a while, it goes through fire and then

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ddie Arellano snapped photos every few seconds, smiling proudly in between each click of the camera. In front of him, two dozen elementary kids were bubbling with admiration as they bombarded college students with questions.

They were all participating in the Discover College Life Project, a program led by Arellano, that encourages elementary-age kids to see Eddie Arellano, coordinator of the Discover College Life Project, stands university in their future. with a group of his elementary students during their annual visit to UNT. Students from Dolores Courtesy | Eddie Arellano Huerta Elementary in Fort Worth, along with their college the next year. This parents, toured the campus visit marked the program’s “I have other kids at home, on Friday, April 7, as part of 25th anniversary. so my mom had to take the the program’s annual visit. day off so I could be here They also met their pen “The purpose of the Diswith Christian,” Espino said. pals, students from UNT cover College Life Project “But she came with my sister and Texas Woman’s Univer- is to encourage everyone to and she loved it, so she told sity, who talked about the find what they’re interestme I needed to bring him.” many aspects of being ed in,” Arellano said to his in college. students on Friday. “When The Discover College Life you finish school and you Project is an afterschool “The program is more start working, you want to program open to all stuimportant now than ever,” do something you enjoy.” dents at Dolores Huerta Arellano said. “We need to Elementary with parental inspire the next generation Linda Espino and her and teacher consent. Colof American dreamers.” 7-year-old son Christian are lege students have to apply The program began in 1991 participating for the first to participate, and those when Cesar Chavez visited time in the program, unlike that are not assigned a pen UNT to boost a movement other students who have pal are still able to particled by his farmer worker’s been involved for several ipate in or volunteer with union. At the time, Arellano years. However, Espino’s the program. was a new teacher at Washyounger sister was in the ington Heights Elementary program and is graduating Both students and parents when his fourth graders’ from high school with a full are encouraged to have a skit about the Mexican scholarship to Texas State pen pal, most of whom are activist won district and University in San Marcos. students in organizations regional history fairs. Their with Hispanic roots. The college pen pals in Hispanic This involvement in the elementary students are Students for Higher Educa- program from a young age all bilingual and many of tion invited the class to per- helped foster an academtheir parents only speak form for and meet Chavez. ic motivation that Espino Spanish, so Arellano wants wanted to instill in her son, to ensure that his kids have After seeing the effect the especially since she herself positive role models from experience had on his stuwas unable to pursue the similar backgrounds. dents, Arellano decided to teaching career she had bring his students back to hoped for. See Discover Project of pg. 8

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A grad party for mom and dad By Matt Payne | Denton Record-Chronicle

Rishun Beasley’s children aren’t the only ones grabbing their backpacks each weekday morning. After prepping her kids for the school day ahead before leaving her home in Dallas, Beasley grabs her own backpack. For the past four years, she’s driven her three oldest children to school before the first bell rings, and then set out for her hourlong commute to Texas Woman’s University in Denton.

Graduation Celebration. Beasley is graduating with a 4.0 grade-point average. Beasley and about 60 fellow students who are also parents took photos with their children, who clamored as they walked the stage in the Multipurpose Classroom and Lab building with their parents while wearing their own miniature caps and gowns.

gether with her children, then ages 2 and 4, moved out of a comfortable home and into a shoddy rental property.

“Our lives changed dramatically. I had no more time to chaperone field trips, and schoolwork became my focus. I was convinced that my children would be in a lifetime of therapy because of my inability to make them cupcakes,” Abigail Tilton, a professor in Tilton said. “Guilt was my TWU’s social work program, burden.” shared with the crowd her But Tilton said her children She does it all by herself. own story of being a single, tell her they don’t remember “It’s a struggle having to construggling mom in 2006 who things like she does. stantly switch from student returned to school at the The small rental house was mode to mommy mode,” Bea- University of North Texas for just the place with a big tree sley said. “But it’s nice having her Ph.D. in the front yard they got to my study buddies go with me climb, and a toolshed in the to the library.” “Although intellectually I knew backyard made for a great that this was a good decision clubhouse. All that studying paid off. that would ultimately benefit The 28-year-old single mother, my family, I have to admit that “They helped me move from a together with her children my feeling was one of guilt,” deficit perspective of this jourSir’Anthony, Jewelz Tilton said. “I felt selfish.” ney and struggle into strength and Santana, celebrated her perspective,” she said. “And so bachelor’s degree in social She had just gotten out of a I know what I’ve given to my work Saturday morning at 14-year relationship when she children today: discipline, grit TWU’s inaugural Family began her studies. Tilton, toand resilience.”

TWU’s student demographic. Amy O’Keefe, the executive At TWU, the average student’s director of the Campus Alliage is 29, she added. ance for Resource Education (CARE) at TWU, collaborated “It takes a load of hard work to with the Student Union to get a degree. You know what else create a celebration of those takes hard work? Raising kids,” students who made it through O’Keefe said. “That’s why we call classes with those same ideals. them Pioneer superheroes.” O’Keefe said these nontraditional students comprise See Parents & Grads of pg. 16 a considerable portion of

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Rishun Beasley, a mother of four and former foster care child, takes a photo with her children Sir’Anthony, left, Jewelz and Santana to celebrate her graduation with a 4.0 GPA on Saturday at Texas Woman’s University. TWU had an event to celebrate graduating student parents. Beasley also has a 1-year-old child, Zane. DRC

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“I think she’s excited about college and will have these memories for a long time,” Salas said of his younger sister.

“For many of the students move on past elementary school, what they always remember is coming to the university campus,” Arellano said. “Even if they decide that they’re not coming here to UNT, the goal is to get them to move on past high school.”

is Esmerelda Salas, 7. Her parents were unable to accompany her on the college visit, so her brother Francisco Salas, 19, came with her. He is a student at Tarrant County College in Fort Worth but wants to transfer to a four year university.

Another student in the Discover College Life Project for the first time

The trip was an opportunity for both of them to learn “College is fun and I want about higher education. her to have fun,” Salas said.

The chance for both of them to be immersed in the university experience for a day was something they were both eager to experience. Salas hopes that by pursuing his own education alongside Esmerelda, he will motivate her to do the same.

“And even though it’s hard, it will be rewarding in the end.” In order to keep his students excited about college even when they’re not visiting campus, Arellano keeps them active in the program year-round. The kids research subjects they are interested in and keep a portfolio with their activity for the year they participated in. They also had their first fundraiser in Denton on Wednesday to raise money for future activities.

Arellano said keeping the program alive is difficult but what keeps him motivated is when he gets calls from students and parents every summer asking if it will be available the next year. He’s seen how it has helped the kids grow and push themselves to succeed in school, but he wants Discover College life to become bigger. “I challenge other elementary schools here to create a project like this one,” Arellano said. “We need other teachers and schools to start doing pen pals with college organizations.” Arellano was the first in his family to attend college, and after spending five years at UNT, he wanted to help more students like him do what they once thought was impossible.

Students from Dolores Huerta Elementary in Fort Worth asked questions about college to their pen pals from UNT and TWU. Courtesy | Eddie Arellano

“You want the best thing for your children, and the best thing you can give them is education,” Arellano told the program’s parents. “If you have education, you have power.”

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She first met Beasley four years ago when they went to the Education Reach for Texans Convening, an annual conference held in Dallas that helps plug former foster care children “I saw her dreams and potential, into educational resources. having gone through all that she has,” O’Keefe said. “Her When she first learned about effort as a student has been Beasley’s work and the sevextraordinary, and I think it’s eral obstacles she’s overcome important for institutions like as a former foster care child, ours to recognize that.” O’Keefe saw a grand opportunity for her to succeed at TWU. What’s next for Beasley? She plans to attend the University After completing some comof Texas at Arlington in the fall munity college work, Beasley for her master’s degree in so-

cial work. She eventually wants to start a nonprofit benefiting children in foster care. Her message to women in situations similar to hers is a simple one.

“I want all the women out there to never give up and stay strong, and realize that this is possible,” Beasley said. “This experience has been so rewarding.” This article was originally published in the Denton Record-Chronicle on Apr. 30.

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Poll finds more than half of students toured campus before coming to UNT By Anna Orr | North Texas Daily

The Eagle Ambassadors were established in 1998 after research done by communication and marketing office produced a result on how to best appeal to prospective students.

tremely useful since it will draw touring traffic away from the dorms and let them see the rooms without having to interrupt the students.

Universities rely heavily on marketing to get the students they want and keep up with the competition. One of the best tactics is getting the student to look at the When the group was origicampus. “The study showed that nally created, there were 13 prospective students wanted ambassadors, today there Sixty-one percent of UNT to hear from people their are 25. students said in a Twitown age instead of adminis- Travis Green, a senior marter poll of 155 people that trators,” Reif said. “We were keting major, is one of curthey chose to attend the one of the first school in the rent 25 Eagle Ambassadors. school after coming to see country to put the resources Green leads tours every day. it. Thirty-nine percent said toward creating an ambassathey chose to attend without dor group.” “I got involved through the touring campus. The campus tours and Eagle Ambassadors as a events will be directed to sophomore. It’s a lot of fun The UNT Eagle Ambassathe new tour center that and I get to meet people, dors are given the responis being built right next it’s taught me a lot about sibility of leading tours to Kerr Hall and will be customer service skills and for prospective students, completed in the fall of interpersonal skills,” said transfer students, graduate 2018. Reif said she is lookGreen. students, or anybody who is ing forward to the new tour interested in seeing UNT. center since it could provide Green said being an Eagle the opportunity to host the Ambassador has taught Jennifer Reif has been in the group tours and prospective him how to love UNT. He position of Director of Visstudents in a new way that believes that there is a lack itor Experience since 2001. has never been possible of school spirit on campus, Reif understands the jobs of before. and it is difficult to get stuthe Eagle Ambassadors very dents excited about being a well, she herself was a part The new tour center will part of the school. of the third cohort of Eagle include many new features Ambassadors when she was such as a mock dorm room. This makes his job as a tour a student at UNT. Reif said this will be exleader of UNT important, he must sell the school to potential students. Green lead a tour on Friday around 3:00, and despite malfunctions with a tour golf-cart and a late family arrival, Green said he stayed optimistic and gave the family an entire tour of the campus when they arrived.

On Friday, April 21, Eagle Ambassador Travis Green takes his tour group around campus to show guests the array of departments and facilities at UNT. The vehicles like this one that are used by the tours program are electrically powered and seat up to 11 people. Katie Jenkins

Throughout the tour, Green sold UNT to the family, speaking only positively of everything on campus. He said that while some may consider this fabrication, he has a genuine love of the campus and gives his honest

opinion to the families he hosts for tours. Eagle Ambassadors are required to have interpersonal skills and a great knowledge of the campus. With the school year drawing to a close, the upcoming enrollment of students for the 2017-2018 school year will show if the Eagle Ambassadors have done their job at

selling UNT. If students have questions for the Eagle Ambassadors, they can call 940-565-4104. The Eagle Ambassadors are also available to chat online through the Eagle Ambassador website from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

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UNT professor named among top eight female art historians Lucinda Breeding | Denton Record-Chronicle

An art magazine has named a University of North Texas professor among the top eight female art historians working today. Nada Shabout, a UNT art history professor, has dedicated much of her academic life to

studying modern Arab art. It’s this pursuit that got the attention of Artsy, an online gallery and magazine. Shabout is co-editing a book on modern Arab art for the Met-

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ropolitan Museum of Modern Art in New York City, and she is coordinator of the Contemporary Muslim Cultural Studies Institute at UNT. Artsy.net recognized Shabout for lending more visibility to a community that is often overlooked in the art world.

“It’s been a great ride,” Shabout said in a press release. “To be recognized with art historians who’ve done great work is an honor.” She is co-editing Modern Art in the Arab World: Primary Documents with Anneka Lenssen and Sarah Rogers. The Museum of Modern Art, one of the most prestigious museums in the world, will publish it in 2017. The book will include manifestos, letters, journal entries and

articles by both artists and critics from the modern Arab world. The book also features art and essays.

Turkey in 2007. The association promotes discussion between scholars and organizations of the field.

Shabout hopes students will The professor Shabout worked use the book to study the era — briefly as an architect, but her from 1882 to 1987 — and region. interest in 20th century art inspired her to change careers. “To provide these texts allows She lived in the Middle East for them to venture to deeper re13 years, and calls the period a search,” she said. transformative age. The book gives readers a glimpse The other historians noted by of Arab art in Iraq, where a Artsy.net are contemporary art large amount of artwork was critic Lucy R. Lippard; Columdestroyed in 2003 during the bia University professor Kellie Iraq War. Jones; Frida Kahlo biographer Hayden Herrera; photographer Shabout is digitizing and comDeborah Willis; feminist art piling some of the documents historian Linda Nochlin; critic onto the website, Modern Art of classical Dutch art Svetlana Iraq Archives. She also started Alpers and Taina Caragol, curathe organization, the Association tor Latino Art and History at the for Modern and Contemporary National Portrait Gallery at the Art of the Arab world, Iran, and Smithsonian.

Neighborhoods around UNT could get planning help Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe | Denton Record-Chronicle

Development pressure around the University of North Texas has become so intense, city leaders agreed the area needs a new “small-area” plan. In a briefing Tuesday afternoon, Denton City Council members learned nearly 2 square miles would be part of the new plan. Planners would study and make recommendations for neighborhoods to the north, south, east and west of the main UNT campus. The plan would help tackle problems with parking and getting around, as well as help protect existing homes and established businesses, according to Planning Director Munal Mauladad. The city expects to hire a con-

Mayor Chris Watts said he feels the City Council has done a good job overseeing the kind of redevelopment that’s taken place in the area in recent years. He was concerned a new plan would try to control the real estate market, but he pledged to wait and see.

sultant later this month to help write the plan. City staff and property owners would be a part of the discussions, Mauladad said, as would UNT’s planners. The plan would cover the area between Interstate 35/35E and Carroll Boulevard up to Panhandle Street. “I’m worried about stamping this for a long time,” Watts said. “The Small-area plans are more devil’s in the details.” detailed than general land-use Other council members said plans in guiding new develthey were concerned about opment, usually in areas that whether UNT would respect already have homes and busithe plan. As a state entity, UNT nesses. The city has two other isn’t obliged to follow the city’s small-area plans, both near UNT. development code; however, The Fry Street plan covers sever- Mauladad said she expected to al blocks on the northeast corner find ways to collaborate with the of the main campus. The Denia university’s planners. neighborhood plan covers about 1.5 square miles near UNT’s Apogee Stadium. See Neighborhoods of pg. 23

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City Manager Todd Hileman told council members he already has visited with UNT officials about the plan and he expects to see collaboration, too. First, the university plans to make some changes on campus near Fry Street. Also, the plan may include recommendations for the future of city streets inside the campus. “UNT wants a more walk-

able campus,” Hileman said. “They have to have our part in that.” Mauladad told council members the plan wouldn’t be finished until next summer. However, any builders who want to bring redevelopment projects in the meantime will be considered under the current codes, she said. This article originally ran in the Denton Record-Chronicle on May 2.

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