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Graphic Design Intern

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:19:00 -0400

Hi! My name is Nadia Nealy from Dallas, TX. I am the new graphic design intern for UNT- International‘s In-house communications team. I attend Texas Woman’s University where I am working towards getting a BFA in fine arts with a concentration in graphic design. I am excited about the projects that I will be working on over the summer such as pens, large posers, tote bags, templates, and so much more. I really enjoy what I do. I am hoping to learn from everyone here and produce good work. Here is some work I’ve done in the past.

Eazy Inspections is a home inspection company based in McKinney, Texas. The logo consists of the “e” and “i” that form a magnifying glass.

TWU Library asked me to design a poster around a theme of their event. We put together a very nice event for students and all the decor was inspired by my poster.

I designed a type specimen book about the typeface Myriad. The concept was to have a continuous arrow throughout the book to show how the type face was constantly changed during its development.

Self service requires information, which requires design

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:24:10 -0400

Tech guru Seth Godin says:

Self service requires information, which requires design

Consider travel as an example:

If you’ve arranged the flights on the monitor in order of flight time, not destination, requiring me to stop and take out my ticket, you have failed.

If you’ve hidden the room numbers (or given them fancy names) so that only an employee can find the right spot, you’ve failed as well.

The label on prescription drugs, the instructions post-doctor visit, the manual for using software or putting together furniture—if we’re getting rid of service and turning it into self-service, we owe it to our newly deputized employees (our customers) to give them the tools they need to not need us.

Sure, you need someone in charge of customer service. But you also need someone in charge of service design. Someone responsible for fixing what’s broken, not merely apologizing for it again and again.

It’s not cheap, but it’s way cheaper than answering the phone or annoying the people who pay our bills.

Printing Services customer service representative Roy Nance...

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 11:18:47 -0400

Printing Services customer service representative Roy Nance shows our new graphic design intern, Nadia Nealy, around the UNT printers on our tour of printing services.

Beyond Boundaries Magazine

Fri, 10 May 2013 15:08:45 -0400

Beyond Boundaries Magazine:

It has arrived! The summer issue of our revamped digital magazine Beyond Boundaries is online. Read about the rich and dynamic international community at UNT.

Fighting facelessness and incoherence at UNT since 2008. :)...

Thu, 09 May 2013 14:08:18 -0400

Fighting facelessness and incoherence at UNT since 2008. :) #smileyaward #unti

Staff Appreciation Lunch today!(we had iced tea, along with...

Thu, 09 May 2013 13:04:00 -0400

Staff Appreciation Lunch today!

(we had iced tea, along with other deliciousness)

Staff Appreciation Lunch @ 11am in Times Square. I was told...

Mon, 06 May 2013 10:08:10 -0400

Staff Appreciation Lunch @ 11am in Times Square. I was told there would be juice.

we won this….ZING!

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:33:59 -0400

we won this….ZING!

"Oh good! You can tell me what to do with that potato."

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:37:40 -0400

““Oh good! You can tell me what to do with that potato.””

- Betty Roy, explaining her student’s reaction to her American culture course she gave in Thailand #beyondboundariesmagazine

PREVIEW: Beyond Boundaries The UNT-International digital...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:44:44 -0400

PREVIEW: Beyond Boundaries

The UNT-International digital magazine is a collection of stories, photos and multi-media pieces that tell the story of international at UNT. The two focus areas of this semester’s issue is Thailand and IELI.

It will be released at the end of the semester. Get ready! :)

Shooting for Beyond Boundaries. We can definitely say we make...

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:21:48 -0400

Shooting for Beyond Boundaries. We can definitely say we make the most of our space! Poor Nat…

We do magic tricks at our staff appreciation breakfasts!

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:38:35 -0400

We do magic tricks at our staff appreciation breakfasts!

UNT-I staff appreciation cake-for-breakfast breakfast. Everyone...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:26:20 -0400

UNT-I staff appreciation cake-for-breakfast breakfast. Everyone thankful for their colleagues!

Welcome, TESOL Visitors!

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:10:04 -0400

- posted by Mary Beth

Banner to welcome visitors from the TESOL International Convention in Dallas (March 20-23) to UNT. TESOL stands for “Teachers of English as a Second or Other Language” and it is one of the major organizations for

The visit to IELI featured the only college-based program available to the conventioneers.

Another work in progress: the UNT Peace Conference program. The...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:37:56 -0500

Another work in progress: the UNT Peace Conference program. The conference will be March 22-23 at the Gateway Center.

Our very own graduate assistant, Rebeca, created this...

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 16:14:12 -0500

Our very own graduate assistant, Rebeca, created this installation currently outside the Languages building. Stop by when you have a chance!

More promos for the UNT Peace Conference outside Sycamore.

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:53:12 -0500

More promos for the UNT Peace Conference outside Sycamore.

Check out the new table tents that will be used to promote the...

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 12:02:21 -0500

Check out the new table tents that will be used to promote the ME music and dance night and the Peace Conference.

You can see them in the union this week and March 18-22.

Greetings from Marquis Hall

Wed, 06 Mar 2013 10:47:00 -0500

From the 1970’s, UNT-International, including the Intensive English Language Institute (IELI) was housed in Kendall Hall.

That location is now the site of the Business Leadership Building. The division moved to the second floor of Sycamore Hall in December of 2009, and most of our staff are still there.

Due to growth in IELI enrollment and in staff, some UNT-I staff members moved to Marquis Hall in December 2011.

Currently the Communications staff, the Sponsored and Special Programs Office, the IELI lab and several IELI classrooms are housed here. Soon the Recruitment Office staff will be joining us.

Marquis Hall was built in 1936 and named after Dr. Robert Lincoln Marquis, President of North Texas State Teachers College from 1923-1934. Dr. Marquis was extremely important in advancing what would become UNT, and he turned down prestigious and lucrative opportunities to pursue the presidency of Texas A&M and the superintendency of the San Antonio schools. He commented on the former offer, “You are aware, of course, that I am tremendously interested in the whole question of teacher training. I am perfectly willing to dedicate my entire life to this work and I see no better place than Denton and the Teachers College where I may work.”

Dr. Marquis was very beloved on campus, and his sudden death at age 54 of a heart attack came as a huge shock to the campus community. The bronze plaque at the front entrance to the building concludes,

“…although the loss of our leader is deep, the loss of our friend is unfathomable.”

More About Us

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:50:00 -0500

More About Us:

It’s a little known fact that our web developer, John Mayfield, also works as a freelance web designer. His freelance clients are located throughout Texas and the United States and his projects encompass content management systems such as Drupal, Wordpress and Joomla.

Check out the link above (More About Us) to see his portfolio site.