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City & Campus
TUESDAY, August 31,1999
The North Texas Daily
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• saw the first artist renderings possibility that it simply-will be sion of the campus.
of the new Gateway Center, which relocated, said Fred Pole, vice • approved the appointment of
from page 1 will be built on the site of the president for administrative affairs. Dr. David Kesterson to vice presi-
’ between the years 2005 and 2010, in it becomes very difficult to pre- Those students dissatisfied with
Housing according to Fred Pole, vice presi- diet which students will remain and options other than living on campus
dent for administration. which will find housing someplace may choose to not return to NT,
from page 1 ' Stride said that there will be a else. “It changes so quickly every Stride said. But according to War-
need for an additional 300 spaces by day throughout the summer. It is ren, those students whose situation
J ■ ; ’ next year. indescribable. No shows are the is crucial are being more closely
According to Stride, the depart- “Housing first realized that, there only predictable thing,” she said. dealt with.
ment of housing and residence fife were more students who wished to And at this point the department is “We tried to save every desperate
•has been actively looking at devel- five on campus than space to fit banking on having the traditional 75 person,” she said. Also, those who
oping a “game plan.” them at the beginning of July, said spaces that are usually available live outside of the Denton area were
“We thought it might be two or John Cox, assistant director of hous- after the official no-show count, given first priority to on-campus
•three years as opposed to ‘we need ing. Although this was realized, no which becomes official today at 8 housing, Cox said.
•to do it next year’,” she said. contracts were denied, except when a.m. “We are hopeful that we can
Even with the development of there were no spaces left for female The no-show count is the number strategize well as we look towards
•Mozart Square, which created space residents. of residents who have been assigned building. We must make smart deci-
•for 240 students, there remains a Instead of denial, all 250 residents rooms but who have not shown up sions as we work towards alleviating
•growing need for additional hous- without rooms, were called and by the first day of classes. Resident an immediate problem. We need to
•ing. Student enrollmept has given other living options , such as assistants roommates will be the be smart in how we do this, Stride
•increased for the past four years, and renting, for the fall. first to be moved out when space said.
is projected to be near 30,000 Stride said that once contracts are becomes available.
The university is also trying to find
ways to deal with traffic concerns.
J Obtaining’ federal funding for
NT President Al Hurley welcomed research has become difficult since
faculty at the annual convocation on the university does not have substan-
Aug. 23 with the promise of a chai-, tial engineering and agricultural
lenging new year. ■ j research programs, Hurley said.
NT received the second highest "An institution such as ours, with
percentage funding increase fromthe, close to 150 master’s and doctoral
Legislature among the major institu-. degree programs, must be a research
tions, behind Texas Tech University, university, he said.
with a total of $8.4 million in new Money has been set aside
in the
money for this campus. This money budget for the purpose of improving
will allow the salary increase, with the university’s research capabilities,
the possibility of a 3 percent increase Hurley said the Legislature must
next year from the Legislature. be credited with the improved budget.
The Legislature has targeted a 3 "A sign of our much improved
percent faculty merit raise if the state standing in this area and the legisla-
comptroller will certify the availabili- ture is shown by the support we have
ty of $40 million to this purpose, received from all area state Senators
Hurley said. The money would be and Representatives,” Hurley said,
used for a statewide increase in The faculty will also be asked to
salary. choose a vision statement—what the
The Board of Regents approved university wants to accomplish in the
the salary increases on Friday, as well next 15 years—during the year,
as funding for four areas of concern “Although we have a mission
for the university. statement, we do not have a vision
One issue is increasing the number statement," Hurley said..
of Texans that enroll at the graduate Hurley reviewed some of the
level in college. Hurley said adminis- accomplishments from the past year,
trators were looking to fund more fel- such as the $4.2 million grant from
lowships and scholarships at the grad- the U.S. Department of Education,
uate level, as well as increasing the $3.5 million in equipment for
recruiting efforts and enrollment of research from Texas Instruments and
more part-time students. the completion of the Environmental
Funding to increase the number of Education, Science & Technology
undergraduates that complete their and the Lucille “Lupe” Murchison
degree was another concern Performing Arts Center.
■addressed. “These and many other well-publi-,
A key reason why the Legislature cized signs of improvement have,
increased funding for higher educa- caught the attention of our alumni and
tion stemmed from its concern about friends " Hurley said
undergraduate recruitment, retention The result is 11,000 separate gifts,
and graduation levels,” Hurley said, adding up to $10.5 million, he said. T
Although recruitment is going At the end of the convocation,
well, not enough students are com- Hurley announced the recipients of
pleting their degree, and it raises the various faculty awards. Dr. Dennis,
question of does Texas have enough Engels of the education faculty and
highly-educated people, Hurley said. Dr j Lynn Johnson, interim chair-
The board was asked for money for man of the management department,
new programs to increase graduation were both recognized for their work. ,
rates. ...7
Advancement Center. The gate- Certain memorabilia from the dent for academic affairs and Dr.
” way center will serve as the new building, such as the mantle, may Suzanne LaBrecque to associate
based services such as online tran- front door for the campus and will be incorporated into the new build- vice president for academic affairs,
script requests and course sched- be in direct line of sight to Avenue ing, he said. Both appointments are for a three-
lies and to help convert the records D. • purchased five pieces of prop- year period,
system to an imaging system, the The poor condition of the erty, on West Sycamore, Welch and
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