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TimelyCare Adds Veteran Exec as Chief Marketing Officer

by | Dec 20, 2024
The Fort Worth-based company said Michelle Lanter Smith will drive brand engagement and revenue growth through innovation, data-driven marketing strategies, and talent cultivation.
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HSC Fort Worth Streamlines College Names, Launches New Graduate School as Central Hub
by | Aug 29, 2024
In September, a new Graduate School will act as the main coordinating hub for advanced degree programs, while three HSC schools get rebranded as colleges.
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Texas Christian University Names First Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
In a strategic move, TCU has added a new executive role dedicated to driving forward-thinking initiatives and fostering innovation. The university has named Tom Wavering to take the post.
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Texas Woman’s University Names Inaugural President for Its Dallas Campus

by | Jan 19, 2024

Longtime nonprofit executive and community relations veteran Monica Christopher has been named the inaugural president of Texas Woman’s University’s Dallas campus and will begin on Feb. 1.

Christopher, who has held key fundraising and relationship building posts over the past 25 years at Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Morning News, and WFAA....

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Fort Worth’s TimelyCare Names New Chief Financial Officer
by | Dec 28, 2023

Fort Worth-based higher education virtual health and well-being provider TimelyCare announced that veteran financial executive Cortney Johnson is joining the company as chief financial officer.

TimelyCare said that Johnson has a rich background in financial leadership and will play a pivotal role in guiding its financial planning, strategy, accounting, and reporting to propel the company’s exceptional growth....

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UTA Greenlights $6M Imaging Center, Cutting-Edge MRI for Brain Health Research, and More
by | Nov 2, 2023
The new on-campus facility at the University of Arlington will be a major upgrade in research infrastructure for the Texas Tier One institution. A focus of the new center will be pressing issues in brain health.
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Brewing Up Solutions: UT Dallas Students Perk Up Travel and Automated French Press for Coffee Co.
Engineering students from UTDesign developed two innovative solutions for Anikona Coffee: an automated French Press that revolutionizes coffee brewing and a transformative suitcase with a unique mechanical design featuring extendable wheels for easier stair navigation.
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Future Ready: UNT at Frisco’s $100 Million Campus Will Prep Students for the Fourth Industrial Revolution

by | Oct 27, 2020
The new campus on donated land has its roots in an innovative "public-public" partnership between the City of Frisco, its Frisco Economic and Community Development Corporations, and the University of North Texas.
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Dallas College Restructure Focuses on Collaborative Partnerships for the Future of Higher Ed
“Our students don’t really want to enroll in college, they want to enroll in a job," Dr. Joe May of Dallas College said. Here are takeaways from a discussion on the college's restructure and its renovation plans spurred by a billion-dollar bond fund.
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Paul Quinn College Launches 36-Month Urban Scholars Degree Program for High-Achieving Students Who Want to Make a Difference
by | Jul 14, 2020
This fall, Dallas' Paul Quinn College will launch an accelerated Bachelor’s degree track that's designed to help students become "leaders and activists with a commitment to real change" in partnership with education innovator Minerva Project. The program, part of PQC's newly established Honors College, offers a double-major in Business and Public Policy that will focus on the economics and politics of societal transformation.
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UTD and Rainbow Kids Partner in Summer Camp to Inspire Local Homeless Youth
by | Jun 5, 2019
At the 24th annual Kids' University summer camp, the mission is simple: inspire participants to stay in school, pursue college, and consider a multitude of future career paths and possibilities.
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New SMU Business Dean Sees More Tech in Cox School’s Future

by | Sep 14, 2017
Myers said the school will need to adjust how it approaches education because the North Texas business needs increasingly are more technology-driven.
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Texas Leads in Making Youth Sports Safer from Concussions
by | Oct 29, 2016
Since 2010, we have gotten much better at recognizing, detecting, treating, and working to restore the brain after injury.
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