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For David Schless (’89 M.S.), leadership in American senior housing has always been about people, families and dignity. Over a career spanning decades, Schless has helped advance research, advocacy and education around aging and Alzheimer’s care — work that this year earned him a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alzheimer’s Association. Since its inception in…

Mentors at UNT helped shape one student’s path from a small Texas Town to education leadership, and now he’s helping students across North Texas find their own. The town of La Villa sits deep in South Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, where most graduating classes are small and many families have known one another…

Life’s trajectory doesn’t always follow a clear path — Herbert Weiss (’79 M.A.) knows a little something about that. More than 50 years ago, the Dallas, Texas native set out to study psychology, ended up with a master’s in aging studies and went on to become a leading voice on the topic of aging through…

Distinguished UNT alumnus Victor Rodriguez (’55, ’62 M.A.) has many accolades associated with his name, having lived a life fulfilled with distinction, meaning and purpose. This past fall, at age 93, he was inducted into the San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame — further recognizing his storied athletic career and his contributions to the larger community.  Rogriguez grew up in Edna, Texas, and attended…

The Details That Matter On any given night in Dallas–Fort Worth and across the nation, thousands of hotel guests slip into crisp sheets, dry off with plush towels and head to dinner without ever thinking about what makes that seamless comfort possible. Mark Nordick does think about it. Because behind every bath towel, pool towel…

UNT talent works behind the camera on “One Battle After Another,” turning the spotlight toward El Paso. In the years since graduating from the University of North Texas, David Velez (’19) has been able to utilize his talents in media arts across numerous avenues — working in news, freelancing and, along with two other UNT alums, co-founding…

For Krislyn Massey (’23, ’25 M.A.), receiving a UNT Ring Award was the shiny topper to an already rewarding journey through higher education that expanded her worldview and led her to find community. It all culminated in Krislyn’s moment on the UNT Ring Ceremony stage in December, followed that very afternoon by her graduation with…

Sitting up on the stage at the UNT Ring Ceremony in December 2025, Juliette Rivera (’25) couldn’t help but feel like it was a full-circle moment — the culmination of her first-generation student and fashion industry dreams all coming together in a special ceremony where she’s also being honored as a UNT Ring Award recipient.…

Kylee Withers (’16, ’17 M.B.A.) quite literally hit the ground running as a student athlete on the track and field team at the University of North Texas in the fall of 2012. “It may sound silly, but I remember the day the pedestrian bridge over I-35 opened,” Kylee says. “It’s a simple piece of infrastructure,…