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TV features TAMS students (open access)

TV features TAMS students

Article discussing the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science program being featured in a television show, in hopes of bringing awareness to the Texas population.
Date: November 16, 1989
Creator: Ayers-Dunkin, Debbie
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT offers program for gifted students (open access)

UNT offers program for gifted students

Article giving an overview of the creation of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, its admissions process, and a list of graduating seniors of 1990.
Date: August 13, 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Board OKs TAMS expansion (open access)

Board OKs TAMS expansion

Article discussing the approved expansion of McConnell Hall, and the number of college and academy students who require campus housing.
Date: July 20, 1989
Creator: Hemby, Julie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academy prepares for second class (open access)

Academy prepares for second class

Article discussing the requirements for admission to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and the geographic distribution of academy students.
Date: Summer 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academy sharpens teens' math, science skills (open access)

Academy sharpens teens' math, science skills

Article discussing the students of the first class of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Date: May 9, 1989
Creator: Pryzant, Connie
System: The UNT Digital Library
UNT Academy celebrates first year with awards brunch (open access)

UNT Academy celebrates first year with awards brunch

Article covering a Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science awards brunch, including a list of the awards given and to whom.
Date: May 4, 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: NT gives special recognition awards] (open access)

[Clipping: NT gives special recognition awards]

Article discussing the recipients of the 1989 University of North Texas President's Award (Dr. James Miller) and the President's Special Recognition Award (Dr. Jim Berry Pearson and Rachel Mays). Portions of other articles are on the reverse.
Date: April 28, 1989
Creator: Moore, Kelly
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Portion of Newspaper Article] (open access)

[Portion of Newspaper Article]

Portion of an article discussing the difficulties students at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science have in leaving their families at such a young age.
Date: April 26, 1989
Creator: Jamos, Cathy
System: The UNT Digital Library
TAMS closes first year with success (open access)

TAMS closes first year with success

Article discussing the successes of the first class of Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science students, and th difficulties they had in adjusting to living away from home.
Date: April 26, 1989
Creator: Jamos, Cathy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Math, science group ahead of schedule (open access)

Math, science group ahead of schedule

Newspaper clipping discussing the success of the current class of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Date: April 3, 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Students take a stand (open access)

Students take a stand

Article about Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science students voicing disapproval about an editorial published in the North Texas Daily recently.
Date: March 10, 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
NT students come first (open access)

NT students come first

Article expressing the opinion that undergraduate and graduate level students at the University of North Texas should not be shoved aside to make room to house TAMS students on campus, and that a cap should be placed on the number of TAMS students admitted to the university until there is enough room to house all students.
Date: March 8, 1989
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Addition displaces students from halls (open access)

Addition displaces students from halls

Article discussing the beginning of construction on an addition to McConnell Hall, and the students that will be displaced by the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science taking over the dormitory.
Date: March 3, 1989
Creator: Lusk, Melinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
U.S. Students Flunk Math, Science (open access)

U.S. Students Flunk Math, Science

Article discussing the poor ranking of American teenagers in a study of proficiency in math and science, including students from the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain, Ireland, Korea, and four provinces of Canada.
Date: February 10, 1989
Creator: Byrne, Gregory
System: The UNT Digital Library
Academy faces battle for 1989-90 funding (open access)

Academy faces battle for 1989-90 funding

Newspaper article discussing the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science's struggle to gain funding for the 1989-90 school year from the Texas Legislature.
Date: January 20, 1989
Creator: Lusk, Melinda
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Academy students find place at college] (open access)

[Clipping: Academy students find place at college]

Article interviewing students at the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science about their first semester living on the University of North Texas campus. Parts of ads are on the reverse of the article.
Date: January 20, 1989
Creator: Cobb, Dawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
TAMS director leaves for Colorado academy (open access)

TAMS director leaves for Colorado academy

Newspaper article announcing that Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science director Rogers Redding is leaving the University of North Texas to take a one-year visiting faculty position at the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Date: January 20, 1989
Creator: Hueholt, Leslie
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Academy hopefuls tour campus: 500 students learn about UNT program] (open access)

[Clipping: Academy hopefuls tour campus: 500 students learn about UNT program]

Article about prospective students touring Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science and the University of North Texas campus. It discusses the success of the first semester and the funding situation for the Academy. Parts of other articles are on the reverse.
Date: January 15, 1989
Creator: Cobb, Dawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Director to resign from UNT academy (open access)

Director to resign from UNT academy

Newspaper article announcing Rogers Redding's decision to resign from the position of director of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science for a one-year term as a visiting faculty member at the U. S. Air Force Academy in Colorado.
Date: January 13, 1989
Creator: Cobb, Dawn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biologist isolates receptor responsible for PMS effects (open access)

Biologist isolates receptor responsible for PMS effects

Newspaper article discussing the work of a member of the University of North Texas's biology faculty resulting in the isolating of a serotonin receptor.
Date: January 1989
Creator: Adler, Karen
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: Academy reflects educational leadership] (open access)

[Clipping: Academy reflects educational leadership]

Guest column discussing the five "chief virtues" of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science program. Portions of other articles are on the back.
Date: 1989~
Creator: Stanely, Julian
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Clipping: TAMS closes first year with success] (open access)

[Clipping: TAMS closes first year with success]

Article interviewing students in the first class of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science program at the University of North Texas.
Date: 1989
Creator: Janos, Cathy
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Last Page of Clipping] (open access)

[Last Page of Clipping]

Last page of an article discussing the success of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and suggestions that its model be used for other states.
Date: 1989~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spirit of partnership contributes to UNT academy's success (open access)

Spirit of partnership contributes to UNT academy's success

Newspaper editorial praising the partnership between business and education that funded the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Date: 1989~
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library