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Assistant professor of instruction has published four novels in four years
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Inspiration struck Seraphina Nova Glass, assistant professor of instruction and playwright-in-residence, on a drive home from rehearsal for a play she was directing at UTA. An avid fan of thrillers and crime fiction, she was listening to one on audiobook when it occurred to her: “I could write one of these.”
As soon as the play closed in October, Glass got to work; by Christmas, she had finished her first novel, Someone’s Listening. By New Year’s, she had landed an agent, and just a few weeks later, she had secured a multibook deal with HarperCollins.
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The war in Ukraine
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Brian Whitmore, a Russia and Eurasia specialist and adjunct assistant professor, discussed the current situation in Ukraine with NBC 5 reporter Brian Curtis.
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Plastic roads for Texas
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Sahadat Hossain, professor of civil engineering, spoke to CBS 11 about his research group's plan to use plastic road material to make Texas roads more durable and sustainable.
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Performance evaluations
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The 2022 annual performance evaluations for staff employees are due today, Monday, April 10. Training guides and videos are available on the ePerformance resources page. Email questions to hrperformreviews@uta.edu.
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National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week April 10-14
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Public safety telecommunicators, or dispatchers, are vital to the UTA police department’s ability to serve the University community. They ensure vital systems are monitored and communication with our community is consistently available. UTA Police answers and processes approximately 8,000 emergency and non-emergency calls each month. Dispatchers coordinate the response of police and public safety officers, monitor burglar alarms and cameras, and provide valuable information to students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the UTA campus.
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Spring Forward
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UT System’s Spring Forward Challenge is here. Groups of five to seven participants are encouraged to collectively log 1 million steps between April 3-30. For more information, visit http://go.uta.edu/wellness.
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Community concert
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The UTA Department of Music invites all Mavericks to enjoy a free concert featuring Scott Sean White and Grammy-nominated musicians Sierra Hull and Justin Moses on Friday, April 14, at 7 p.m. at Levitt Pavilion in Arlington.
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Retirement seminars
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The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association offers free webinars on topics including retirement strategy, money and debt management, estate planning, and more. Visit tiaa.org to register.
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Kizer to manage procurement
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Effective April 10, Kris Kizer will assume the role of procurement manager, overseeing the daily operations of the procurement and strategic sourcing teams.
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Celebrate Earth Day
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Celebrate Earth Day with your fellow Mavericks at events sponsored by the Office of Sustainability. Join a session on worm composting, attend the Earth Day Fair, and bring your electronics for recycling. For a full schedule of events, visit events.uta.edu.
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57th Annual Webb Lectures
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Join the Department of History for the 57th Annual Walter Prescott Webb Lectures April 19 and 20. This year's theme centers on LGBTQ+ history in the American west and southwest. For more information, contact history@uta.edu.
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RACI webinar
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Wednesday, April 19, at 11 a.m., Antonio Nava, senior strategic initiatives manager at UC San Diego, presents a free webinar on how to use the RACI model for process improvement. The virtual session will be held on Microsoft Teams.
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Psychology colloquium
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The Department of Psychology Colloquium Series presents Provost Tamara Brown's lecture, "Considering Culture and Testing Assumptions," on Friday, April 21, at 2 p.m. in Life Science 124.
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Golf tournament
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Join UTA Athletics Thursday, May 4, for the annual Maverick Open at Texas Rangers Golf Club, the home of UTA Golf. All funds raised will be used to directly support student-athlete scholarships. Participants must register by Monday, May 1.
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