Posted by: Mellina Stucky
Ten students from the principal certification program will depart for Cuernavaca, Mexico, on July 25 to participate in a language immersion and cultural acquisition program at the Universidad Internacional.
The university’s rigorous certification program, which puts a strong emphasis on bilingualism and multiculturalism, is funded by a $400,000 grant from the Educational Leadership Initiative of the Texas High School Project. The Educational Leadership Initiative is jointly funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Wallace Foundation, and is conducted in partnership with the Texas Education Agency.
For information on the principal certification program e-mail John Brooks, left, or call 940-565-2951.
“Our grant-funded program is intended to prepare students to become principals of highly impacted high schools,” says Brooks, executive lecturer and grant director. “We rolled the trip to Mexico into our grant because of the influx of Spanish speaking students in the state. We are well aware that many of the parents that our principals will be interacting with do not speak English, and therefore we want to make sure that the principals that we produce here at UNT are conversational in Spanish.”
The program is condensed into 18 months and spans from summer to summer. The program includes 36 hours of coursework including classes from the College of Education and the College of Business Administration. Students also work as assistant principals in a Dallas or Fort Worth ISD school during their fall and spring semester.
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Posted by: Carolyn Bobo
Mean Green Head Coach Todd Dodge, right, one of Texas' most successful high school coaches, will speak at the first annual scholarship breakfast sponsored by the College of Business Administration. Dodge was named Mean Green coach in 2007.
The breakfast will be at 7:30 a.m. Aug. 1 at Bent Tree Country Club, 5210 Westgrove Drive, Dallas. Tickets are $50 per person; tables of up to 10 people are $400. Go to http://www.coba.unt.edu/students/scholarships/breakfast/ or call 940-369-3043.
Learn about the 2008 football season at the annual Mean Green Kick-Off Cook-Out at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Mean Green Athletics Center,1301 Bonnie Brae. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for youth. The Mean Green placed three players on the All-Sun Belt team in 2007, including All-American wide receiver Casey Fitzgerald. The 2008 recruiting class was named best in the conference.
The fourth annual women-only Football 101 session will be 6 p.m. July 31 at the athletic center. Football 101 features discussions of football skills and strategy. Tickets are $20 at the door.
Go to http://www.meangreensports.com to learn more about players, the team and the 2008 schedule. The first game is Aug. 30 at Kansas State University; the first home game will be at 6 pm. Sept. 6 at Fouts Field.
Posted by: Carolyn Bobo
• Aug. 1, 2, 4 at 8 p.m.
• Aug. 2 at 3 p.m.
All performances are in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, Lyric Theater.
Stephen Dubberly, associate professor of music, is music director for L’elisir d’amore. Area middle school and high school students will join the chorus. The opera is sung in Italian, with English subtitles.
Dubberly will present an “In the Know” lecture about the opera 45 minutes before each performance.
Tickets are $8. For tickets, visit http://www.thempac.com or call 940-369-7802. Box office hours are 1 to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays July 28 – Aug. 4 and one hour prior to performances.
Posted by: Elizabeth Knighten
Admission is $5 for students, faculty, staff and senior citizens and $7.50 for adults. The shows will be performed in the Radio, Television, Film and Performing Arts Building. Tickets can be purchased in the production box office in the RTFP building. Go to http://www.danceandtheatre.unt.edu or contact (940) 565-2428.
• July 30-Aug.2 “Fourth Wall” The show is written by student John Martone and directed by student Ryan Williams.
• July 31-Aug. 3 “An Offering” The show is written by student David Hanna and directed by student Rey Torres.
• Aug. 1-3 “Ode to a Mattress” The show is choreographed by student Chelsea Kubiak.
• Aug. 8-10 “Say You Love Satan” The show is written by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and directed by student Christopher Rogers.
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