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Orlando Bagcal, clinical associate professor of mechanical engineering, was named 2026 Outstanding Educator by the Associated General Contractors of America Education and Research Foundation.
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From the Vice Provost for Faculty Success |
Greetings Mean Green Colleagues,
What do you get when faculty members from across the university come together for insightful, fast-paced conversations about student engagement, career advancement and infusing creativity into the classroom? You get an incredible speed mentoring luncheon! Read on to learn more, and a big thank you to our table peer moderators.
The Faculty Success team is green with pride to award over $65k in CREATE and Career Development grants to 23 faculty members in support of their research, teaching and leadership development. We look forward to sharing more about their projects in the coming months — especially now that we are officially on LinkedIn! We hope you'll follow us for our weekly posts, where we'll highlight faculty excellence and share stories about the remarkable work our scholars, educators, researchers, artists and innovators do each and every day.
To support the thoughtful work of UNT's College Realignment Initiative, Interim Provost Bimper hosted the Operations Working Group's first meeting last week to discuss cross-unit collaboration and to ensure transparency and faculty and staff input. Please visit the website to learn more and stay up to date.
Finally, be sure to check our Faculty Success Calendar for upcoming events and initiatives, and scare up some fun in the Halloween Capital of Texas with Denton’s 31 Days of Halloween.
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Holly Hutchins, Ph.D.
Vice Provost for Faculty Success
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Oct. 26
We Flipped Our Classrooms. Ask Us Anything: Faculty Panel
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Curious about how the flipped classroom model works in practice? In this virtual panel hosted by LEEF, faculty members who have successfully implemented flipped learning strategies will discuss their experiences, lessons learned and tips for engaging students. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, explore practical applications and gain ideas for incorporating flipped teaching approaches into their own courses. Register for the panel.
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Promotion and Tenure Workshop |
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Faculty Success and Academic Resources are hosting an informative session on the promotion and tenure process from 10:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Nov. 5. Get guidance on preparing and submitting materials, understanding timelines and requirements and utilizing available resources to ensure a smooth and successful review process. Register on Bridge.
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Faculty Awards Nomination Deadlines |
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There's still time to submit a nomination for one or more of UNT's prestigious faculty awards.
The deadline for UNT Foundation and Office of the Provost awards is 5 p.m. Oct. 12. Applications and instructions are available on the Faculty Success Award Portal.
Nominations for awards presented by the Faculty Senate and LEEF are due by 5 p.m. Nov. 9:
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Seeking Faculty Input on First-Year Academic Experiences |
Have you taught a first-year course or a course that supports students’ academic transition during their first year at UNT?
Jason Chiang, principal lecturer of educational psychology and Faculty Fellow in Student Success, invites you to share your experiences in a 20-30-minute conversation this October. Your perspectives will help identify useful support for first-year students. Email Dr. Chiang to participate.
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A team of UNT students placed first in the 2026 Strategic Excellence Awards, a national collegiate marketing competition co-hosted by the Ad Council and the Hispanic Marketing Council.
The students met in an advertising research course taught by Marta Mensa, assistant professor of advertising, who also served as their faculty sponsor.
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Hanchen Jiang (left), assistant professor of economics, has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the Research Institute for Housing America to support his ongoing research on housing affordability and rent control policies. Dr. Jiang will serve as principal investigator with Xun Bian (right), associate professor of real estate, serving as co-PI.
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UNT's 2026 University Research Day brought together faculty, students and researchers to celebrate the innovation and collaboration advancing research across UNT. With more than 700 participants, 475 research posters and multiple interactive panels and networking sessions, the event showcased how UNT's expanding research enterprise addresses real-world challenges and creates meaningful impact.
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Catch Up with Faculty Success |
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Celebrating Our Faculty Career Development Grant Recipients |
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We were delighted to celebrate our 2026-27 Faculty Career Development Grant recipients at our recent Grant Kickoff event. This year's recipients will record new albums, paint as a national park artist-in-residence, welcome scholars from Australia to campus, build a faculty community for teaching civil discourse, design inclusive science lessons and share research in Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Toronto, Sydney, Geneva and beyond. Follow us on LinkedIn to learn more about their projects in the coming months!
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17 inspiring projects
$38,250 invested in our faculty
8 colleges represented
12 individual grants and 5 team grants
Every career stage and appointment type represented, from assistant to full professors and professional-track faculty
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Faculty Speed Mentoring Luncheon |
We had a blast hosting our annual speed mentoring event on Sept. 28, giving faculty an opportunity to learn with and from their peers in a relaxed and supportive environment. We appreciate all of the participants who helped make this event a success, especially our six faculty mentors who hosted small-group discussions on topics ranging from student engagement to policy, service and professional well-being.
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Global Learning Community of Practice |
International Affairs and the LEEF Teaching Hub invite faculty to participate in the new Global Learning Across the Curriculum Community of Practice, designed to foster a collaborative network of faculty members committed to integrating global perspectives into teaching and learning.
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Study Abroad:
Leveraging Study Abroad to Enhance Global Learning Outcomes
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Nov. 19
COIL:
Implementing Virtual Global Exchange with Project-Based Learning into the UNT Classroom
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International Affairs Faculty Awards |
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Call for Proposals: Student Portraits Data Symposium |
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UNT faculty, staff and students are invited to submit proposals to present a learning session, panel discussion or poster at the 2027 Student Portraits Data Symposium.
The 2027 theme, From Educators to Impact: Advancing the Public Good Through Student Success, builds on last year’s focus on recognizing every UNT community member as an educator and shifts the conversation toward the collective impact of our efforts.
Read the Call for Proposals to learn more and submit your proposal by Feb. 2, 2027.
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