EDUCATION NOTES
Dallas Morning News, TX
12:00 AM CDT on Monday, September 18, 2006
OF NOTE
UNT Foundation receives $1 million gift: G. Brint Ryan of Dallas, a
University of North Texas accounting graduate who founded Ryan & Co. –
America’s largest independent state and local tax consulting firm –
has donated $1 million to the UNT Foundation. The gift will create a
permanent endowment fund that is expected to generate approximately
$40,000 a year in discretionary spending for the accounting department
in UNT’s College of Business Administration. Prior to his $1 million
donation, Mr. Ryan gave gifts totaling more than $74,000 to the
university and the accounting department.
West End center to be announced: El Centro College will announce plans
to remodel the Paramount building at 301 N. Market St. in the Dallas
West End at 10 a.m.
Friday. The building will house the college’s Center for Allied
Health and Nursing. Plans call for immediate demolition of most of
the building’s internal structure to construct a new state-of-the-art
health and nursing facility that will serve the needs of El Centro
nursing programs and 12 of its 13 allied health programs. The college
expects construction to be completed in time to open the remodeled
building in fall 2007. El Centro, the flagship college of the Dallas
County Community College District, is at 801 Main St., about a block
south of the Paramount building, which dates to 1924.
Grant to help teacher hopefuls: Aspiring teachers can now receive
monetary assistance to meet their career goals, thanks to a new Fort
Worth Independent School District program funded by the U.S. Department
of Education. The Transition to Teaching grant represents about $1.6
million in tuition and tuition support. The district will work with
Texas Woman’s University to administer the program over the next
five years.
Individuals who take advantage of this program must make a commitment
to teach in the Fort Worth school district for a period of time after
completing the program. For more information, contact Birdie Avant
at 817-871-2237.
DCCCD open house this week: The Dallas County Community College
District will host a design and construction open house for interested
area builders, construction firms, architects and contractors from 4 to
6 p.m. Wednesday at 1505 S. Lamar St., Suite 1015, in Dallas. Business
people will learn more about phase II and phase III projects in the
DCCCD bond program, which was approved by voters in May 2004, and
upcoming bond projects. Refreshments will be served, and complimentary
parking is available. For more information about location and parking
or to make a reservation, contact Dee Crawford at 972-860-7903.
THINGS TO DO
Parent program scheduled: "911 for Parents … Stop Fighting, Whining &
Back-Talk" is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Terrell
Performing Arts Center and is being hosted by Terrell High School. It
is free for parents. "We’re going to teach parents, grandparents
and child-care providers how to effectively manage everything from
the little guys in the family to the teenagers," said Diana Day,
a child behavior expert.
Media panel set Wednesday: The University of Texas at Arlington will
host a panel of media experts to talk about free speech and the media
from noon to 1 p.m.
Wednesday in the sixth-floor parlor of UT Arlington’s Central Library,
702 Planetarium Place. This event, "Power of the Press," is free and
open to the public.
For information, contact Robert Wright, UT Arlington director of public
affairs, at 817-272-5364 or visit http://
ACHIEVERS
DISD social studies teacher Carolyn Reitz has been chosen for the
2006 Armenia School Connectivity Program. Ms. Reitz, who teaches at
Booker T.
Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, was one
of 25 educators nationwide selected for the program.
IN DISD
Student holiday this week: Friday is a staff development day for DISD
teachers and a holiday for students.