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4 unusual facts about north Texas


Allan Saxe

Dr. Saxe is well known for his philanthropy in the North Texas area.

The Allan Saxe NT Green Loan is a loan offered to students of the University of North Texas for unexpected expenses outside of tuition, fees, and books.

Mahmoud Sadri

Mahmoud Sadri is a full professor of sociology at the Federation of North Texas Area Universities that includes Texas Woman's University, University of North Texas, and A&M University, Commerce.

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton

Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton (formerly Denton Community Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital of Denton) serves the communities of North Texas and southern Oklahoma.


2013 Conference USA football season

Florida Atlantic, FIU, Middle Tennessee, and North Texas joined C-USA from the Sun Belt.

Camp El Tesoro

It is one of the oldest camps still in operation in North Texas and the only Camp Fire camp in Texas.

KSCS

Also, KSCS, and sister station WBAP-AM are responsible for activation of the North Texas Emergency Alert System when hazardous weather alerts, Disaster area declarations, and child abductions are issued.

KUOK

Prior to affiliating with Univision, KOKT-LP operated as an independent station from 1994 to 1995, before becoming the UPN affiliate for the Ada, Oklahoma-Sherman, Texas television market between 1995 and 2004; however Oklahoma City area and North Texas editions of TV Guide (during the magazine's local listings era) claimed that the market's NBC affiliate KTEN ran select UPN programs as an additional affiliation from 1995 to 2002.

National Organization for Albinism and Hypopigmentation

In 2009, mini-conferences have been scheduled for Chicago, New York, West Virginia, north Texas, Kansas City and Los Angeles.

Ray E. Heady

Heady devoted his entire adult adult life to the ministry of pastoring several churches in the North Texas area except for two years while pastoring in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Sherman–Denison metropolitan area

The Sherman–Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of one county – Grayson – in North Texas, anchored by the cities of Sherman and Denison.


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Angela K. Wilson

She helped create the CASCaM program with funding and support from the University of North Texas, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the United States Department of Education, and the United States Department of Energy.

Bob Hames

While a student at North Texas in 1946, Hames was one of eight student musicians from North Texas to guest star on Interstate's weekly musical radio show, 3:30, Sunday, April 14, 1946, aired on WFAA.

Chateau Theater

The Chateau Theater (not to be confused with Minnesota's more historic Chateau Theatre) opened in 1964 as part of a chain of premium, dollar, and drive-in theaters that stretched across North Texas and Oklahoma, owned and operated by entrepreneur, cameo star of 1980s slasher film Honeymoon Horror and (alleged) former Golden Gloves boxer Jerry Meagher.

China Stamp Society

China Stamp Society chapters in the United States are located at: San Francisco Bay, California (Chiu Chin Shan Chapter); Los Angeles, California (Chia Nan Chapter); Chicago, Illinois (Ping Yuan Zhi Zhu Chapter); Dallas - Ft. Worth Area (North Texas Chapter); and, Seattle, Washington (Chang Qing Long Chapter).

Frank N. Mitchell

He attended Colorado College under the Navy V-12 program, and also attended Southwestern University and North Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College.

Heroes Day Parade

Started in 2002, after the creation of the Russ Martin Show Listeners Foundation, the Police and Fire Parade was organized by the cast of The Russ Martin Show to show appreciation for the work of Police and Fire agencies around North Texas.

History vs. Hollywood

For example the movie The Last Samurai was featured in one episode in which military historian Geoffrey Wawro, professor of history at the University of North Texas, and director of the university's Barsanti center for military-history, compared the movie with the actual events (December 2003).

KMPX

In 2004, Daystar acquired PBS member station KDTN (channel 2) from North Texas Public Broadcasting.

Marvin Sanders

The Rams went 7-5 in 2001, and defeated North Texas in the 2001 New Orleans Bowl.

NTPA

North Texas Philosophical Association, an organization dedicated to the quality of philosophy teaching in North Texas

Project Transformation

Project Transformation was founded in 1998 by Sarah Wilke and Dr. Leighton K. Farrell, two leaders of the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church.

Stream Energy

Since the onset of Texas electricity deregulation in 2002, the regional ex-utility companies active in the Texas power market -- i.e., TXU Energy in north Texas, Reliant Energy in southeast Texas and Direct Energy in coastal and west Texas—continue to retain roughly 60% of their pre-deregulation former monopoly residential bases.

The Shops at Willow Bend

The majority of the stores in the mall cater to women, although some stores have broader appeal, such as the department stores, the restaurants, and North Texas' largest Apple Store.

University of Central Florida College of Optics and Photonics

He was joined by North Texas State University colleagues Eric Van Stryland and David Hagan.

Wingate H. Lucas

Born in Grapevine, Texas, Lucas attended the public schools, the North Texas Teachers College at Denton, the Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College at Stillwater, and the Texas University at Austin.