Members of the UNT Trailblazers, an alumni organization including the university's earliest African American students, gathered on campus July 15-17 for their sixth annual reunion. The event was held in conjunction this year with 50 Years of Progress and Opportunity, the university’s yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its desegregation. Attendees of a reunion luncheon in the Gateway Center July 16 included, from left, Carl Denmon, Gloria W. Denmon, Helen W. Washington, Sadie Kelley and James Gayle.

Photo courtesy of Thomas King

UNT's Opera Theatre presented the French opera Cendrillon, Jules Massenet's version of the Cinderella story, this August in the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

photo by Li Fan

Students discuss what the Student Recreation Center has to offer members during the Mean Green Fling Aug. 29. The event provided students with information about various UNT services and organizations, live music and free food before fall classes began the next day.

photo by Li Fan

UNT's Partners for Peace quilt, given to the university by student groups during a Sept. 11, 2002, memorial, was featured in a display in the University Union during the week of Sept. 11 this year.

photo by Pam Province

The university is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of celebrations and educational events in September and October. The Sept. 14 carnival on the Library Mall included information on 22 Hispanic countries, games and entertainment.

photo by Pam Province