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Thursday, August 25,2011
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Amber Arnold and Isaac Wright, News Editors
ntdnewseditors@gmail.com
niversity leadership boosts pledges, gifts
Baronio takes new approach to fundraising
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Voertman's pledge will
be split equally among the
College of Visual Arts and
Design, the College of Music
and the College of Arts and
Sciences, with most of it
going toward student schol-
arships.
The College of Visual
Arts and Design will put
the money toward creating
an Ardoin-Voertman Artist-
in-Residence position for a
nationally renowned artist
to teach at UNT for up to
two years, and the College
of Music will use about $2.3
million for opera produc-
tions, student travel and
recording.
Radio, television and
film senior Ryan Serr said
he was glad so many of the
recent donations to UNT
were going to scholarships.
"College isn't cheap," Serr
said. "I'm glad the dona-
tions help students on top
of just making the school
look good."
Other donations the
university received in August
include a software donation
valued at about $1.2 million
and a donation of a photo-
graph collection to the Frank
W. and Sue Mayborn School
ofjournalism. Photographers
CHARN
USWACHOKE
Joe and
Junebug
Clark
took the
photos,
and the
collection
has been
appraised
at about
$1.6
million and contains more
than 2 million photos.
Joe Clark, the self-
proclaimed Hillbilly Snap
Shooter, is known for photo-
graphs of the early Detroit
auto industry and a popular
advertising campaign for
Jack Daniel's Distillery.
Baronio said the increase
in donations the univer-
sity has received since she
was hired in 2009 is largely
because of the leadership
UNT has had under current
president V. Lane Rawlins
and former president
Gretchen Bataille. Baronio
said Rawlins was very influ-
ential in the $22 million
pledge from Uswachoke.
"The institution has been
on the rise, but from the
fundraising side, if we hadn't
become more focused on
that... if people hadn't laid
the path before us, we would
not be where we are today,"
Baronio said.
Brittni Barnett
Senior Staff Writer
Lisa Baronio's job as vice
president of advancement
doesn't typically take her to
Thailand, but it comes with the
territory for the woman leading
the effort that has delivered
a recent string of donations
that includes the largest dona-
tion in school history. Last fall,
Baronio took a trip to Thailand
for a face-to-face visit with
Charn Uswachoke to nego-
tiate the '73 MBA graduate's
$22 million donation.
"We needed to show him
that we were the type of insti-
tution that he should invest
time and funds in," she said.
"While he knew that this was
his alma mater and he had a
great love and admiration for
the institution, he did not know
the leadership well, and so we
needed to make sure through
all of this that he felt comfort-
able."
She added that donations
such as Uswachoke's don't get
to UNT without work.
"These recent donations are
not a coincidence," Baronio
said. "We hoped that they
would happen because of all
of the hard work we have put
in behind the scenes."
She came to UNT in January
2010 from the University of
Connecticut, where she served
as the vice president of devel-
opment for the University of
Connecticut Foundation.
But Baronio had no intention
to seek a career in administra-
tion when she graduated from
the University of Iowa with two
undergraduate degrees, one
in management information
systems and one in computer
science.
"I had interned with IBM as
a student and I had planned to
go to work for IBM," she said.
She said that since she came
to UNT, she has tried to use
very strategic methods to
acquire gifts from alumni.
"We have tried to take a
very systematic approach to
fundraising and I think this
is really the first time that the
university has looked at it in
this fashion," she said.
Those approaches include
keeping in regular contact with
potential donors and providing
them with information about
what is going on at UNT.
Besides major gifts made
by those like Uswachoke,
UNT provides several outlets
Photo by Amber Plumley/Staff Photographer
i Baronio's guidance, UNT was recently gifted $22 million from alum-
nus Charn Uswachoke.
for giving back, including
the most common method,
known as annual giving.
"Our motto is everyone,
every year, every day," said
Alyssa Ferrer, interim director
of annual giving. "Our goal is
to get everyone to give a gift
every year that has an impact
on our campus every day."
About $4.2 million was
donated to the university last
year through annual giving.
This summer alone, UNT's
Call Mean Green Phonathon,
a program that reaches out
to UNT alumni for contribu-
tions and is staffed by UNT
students, has helped bring in
more than $350,000 in gifts
and pledges, Ferrer said.
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Pedestrian bridge to provide safe passageway for students
Ann Smajstrla
Staff Writer
A pedestrian bridge is slated to
be built over Interstate Highway
35E to link the main campus
to the new Apogee Stadium
and provide students located
on campus south of I-35E with
easier passage on foot to the main
campus.
Conceptual designs for the
bridge were unveiled at UNT's
Board of Regents meeting on Aug.
18. Plans depict a walkway with a
V-shapedroof, intended to mirror
the design of the new football
stadium.
"The bridge is not just for the
stadium itself. It's a pathway for
people to get over to this side of
campus. A safe pathway," said
athletic director Rick Villarreal.
Graphic courtesy of UNT Facilities
A sketch of the final concept of the 1-35 pedestrian bridge connecting Apogee Stadium to campus.
The bridge was originally a
project of the Texas Department
of Transportation, to be built
when I-35E is expanded. With
the construction of Apogee
Stadium, UNT decided to take
on the project as well and have
the bridge built sooner.
The bridge will belocated west
ofthe Murchison Performing Arts
Center at the south end of the
Fouts Field parking lot and will
span the width of I-35E to end just
north of Apogee Stadium.
UNThas committed $1 million
to the bridge's total estimated
cost of $3.5 million. UNT has
entered into discussions with
Denton County and the Texas
Department of Transportation
concerning j oint funding for the
project.
Education junior Garrett Lee
Hutchison-Lester lives close to
Apogee Stadium and said he will
take advantage of the bridge.
"[The bridge] would cause
less parking problems because
people wouldn't have to park at
the stadium. They could park on
campus and walk over. Sol think
it's a great idea," he said. "I would
definitely use the bridge if it was
there. Maybe not as much as
others since I live by the stadium,
but I would use it to maybe walk
to class."
Villarreal noted that the new
bridge may lead to the spread
of the tailgating area. Fans will
have the option of tailgating in
the new parking lot surrounding
Apogee Stadium, but will also still
be able to tailgate at Fouts Field
and then safely walk over to the
new stadium.
Until the completion of the
bridge, part of North Texas
Boulevard will be shut down on
game days to allow for tailgaters
at Fouts Field to have a safe way
to walk to Apogee Stadium.
Construction will begin in late
winter or early spring of next
year and is scheduled to finish
by August 2012.
Maple Hall cafeteria encourages healthy, balanced eating
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Even before the start of
the semester, the cafeteria
attracted students with
different tastes.
"I wasn't sure about the
cafeteria," said Asael Marquez,
a jazz studies freshman. "I've
had vegan chips before and I
didn't like them. The pizza here
is good, though, and I really
just care about the taste."
Along with a new menu,
Mean Greens boasts a
completely new look inside to
reflect the vegan food's fresh
quality. Designers Bryant
Canzoneri and Izzi Vasquez
designed vibrant wallpaper
that looks as fresh as the vege-
tables served.
"Portion
control forced
students to
eat healthy
—Ken Botts
Special projects manager
for dining services
Along with its vegan
title, Mean Greens is one of
three trayless cafeterias on
campus.
"It decreases the waste
that comes out of here," Botts
said. "Students just take less
by nature."
"Portion control forced
students to eat healthy," Botts
said. "They're adults though
and can make their own deci-
sions."
In the new Mean Greens,
there is no limit on students'
portions.
"Vegans have to be careful
about how they combine their
foods," Botts said. "High-
protein meals are important
when students think about
eating a balanced [vegan]
diet."
Mean Greens is one of two
new cafeterias on campus. West
Hall opened its new dining hall
offering true southern food
including a variety of fried
dishes such as chicken and
pickles.
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Photo by Brian Maschino/Staff Photographer
A student tops her salad off with dressing. Maple Hall, with the change to an all-vegan diet, still offers the salad bar to
those looking for a healthy side or a light lunch
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