All wet — Jim Nicklas, University Union director of activities, climbs back onto his perch in the University Day dunking booth, still wearing his tie and sports jacket, after being unseated by a well-aimed pitch. University Day was April 4.

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MICHAEL K. ALTEKRUSE, professor and chair of the counseling, development and higher education department, was awarded the Arthur A. Hitchcock Distinguished Professional Service Award at the American Counseling Association convention, March 19-22 in Anaheim, Calif.

JAMES BAIRD, associate professor of English, presented "Seed Plots of the Legendary Memphis Musician, Jim Dickinson: The Baird Archives Holdings" at the Delta Blues Symposium IX, Arkansas State University, March 29 in Jonesboro, Ark., and "The Psychopathology of Jack Webb" at the Far West Popular Culture/American Culture Association annual meeting, Feb. 1 in Las Vegas.

A poem by BRUCE BOND, professor of English, was published in River Styx volume 63/64, 2003. The poem title is "The Fall."

DORIS RHEA COY, assistant professor of counseling, development and higher education, was awarded the Gilbert & Kathleen Wrenn Award for a Humanitarian and Caring Person at the American Counseling Association convention, March 19-22 in Anaheim, Calif.

JOHN PAUL EDDY, Professor Emeritus of counseling, development and higher education, presented "Dealing With Bullying Students in the Schools," "Infusion of Essential Technical Competencies in Counselor Training Issues in the Practice of Supervision," "Psychology and Profile of School Shooters," "Learning Disabilities and Substance Abuse: Treatment and Prevention Issues" and "Meeting the Needs of Today's Military Family" at the the American Counseling Association convention, March 23-25 in Anaheim, Calif.

TRACEY M. GAU, lecturer in English, presented "Teaching the Iliad: A Rhetorical Perspective" and chaired three sessions on "Shakespeare in Popular Culture" at the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association conference, Feb. 12-15 in Albuquerque, N.M.

JOHN HIPPLE, senior staff counselor in Counseling and Testing Services, served on the panel "Band Dynamics" at the international music conference South by Southwest, March 15 in Austin. He was a workshop facilitator on "Suicide Assessment and Intervention" and "Problems College Freshmen Present to Student Personnel Workers" at the Texas Education Agency's High School Counseling Conference, March 17 in Austin. An article he wrote was published in the Texas Counseling Association newsletter Guidelines, March 2003, vol. 51, no. 3. The article, "Those Special Days And the Stress They Create," discusses the impact of the anniversaries of traumatic events.

DAVID HOLDEMAN, associate professor of English, served as organizer and program chair for the Society for Textual Scholarship conference and presented "‘A Masterpiece of its Genre': Yeats' XYZ Notebook" at the conference, March 19-22 in New York.

ULRIKE JAECKEL, lecturer in English, made a presentation and led a discussion on the "Encomium of Helen" by Gorgias at the Professor's Corner at the south branch of the Denton Public Library, Feb. 12 in Denton.

PETER LANE, visiting lecturer in history, was invited to speak on the Iraqi war at a breakfast event of Kiwanis International, April 3 in Denton.

An article by GAIL LIPPINCOTT, assistant professor of English, was published in the Technical Communication Quarterly, summer 2003. The article is titled "Moving Technical Communication Into the Post-Industrial Age: Advice From 1910."

VICKI PEAKE, lecturer in English, judged a public relations competition for the Society of Technical Communication at Texas Instruments, March 8 in Dallas.

An article by JOHN PETERS, assistant professor of English, was published in The Explicator, March 2003. The articled is titled "Wordsworth's ‘Tintern Abbey.'"

ANNE SCHOOLFIELD, lecturer in English, judged a public relations competition for the Society of Technical Communications at Texas Instruments, March 8 in Dallas.

A book by DARYL SCROGGINS, lecturer in English, was published by Trilobite Press, 2003. The book title is Winter Investments.

PETER SHILLINGSBURG, professor of English, organized and chaired three sessions of the Society for Textual Scholarship conference, March 20-22 in New York.

BRENDA SIMS, professor of English, presented "Internships in Technical Communication" at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, March 19 in New York, and "Assessment in Technical Communication" at the Association of Teachers of Technical Writing annual conference, March 18 in New York.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, presented "War, Uncertainty and the Unfinished Recession" at the Leadership Fridays forum of the Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce, March 28 in Dallas.

Regional

MONIKA ANTONELLI, librarian and chair of the Faculty Senate's Visiting Lecture/Seminar Series, discusses a lecture in the series on the concepts of patriotism and world citizenship in the April 7 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

LEON BREEDEN, Professor Emeritus of music, discusses his life and career at North Texas in a March 30 Dallas Morning News feature article. JIM RIGGS, professor of music, and DAN HAERLE, Regents Professor of music, are also quoted.

DOTTY HORTON, director of international advising, comments in the April 5 Fort Worth Star-Telegram on glitches in a new automated system designed by the federal government to track international students.

LEON KAPPELMAN, professor of business computer information systems and director of the Information Systems Research Center, and BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comment on the future of employment in the telecom industry in the March 13 Plano Star Courier.

PETER LANE, visiting lecturer of history, was on the Marty Griffin Radio Show on KRLD March 20 and 21 and on Fox News, Channel 4, March 23 at 9:30 p.m. discussing the war in Iraq.

ADRIAN LEWIS, associate professor of history, comments on the difficulties of fighting a war inside a city, such as Baghdad, in the April 1 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JOSEPH OPPONG, associate professor of geography, discussed the way Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is spreading around the world on the 6 p.m. CBS-Channel 11 newscast April 1.

President NORVAL POHL and RICHARD SINCLAIR, dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, discuss efforts by UNT to keep the academy from closing as a result of state budget cuts in the March 31 Dallas Morning News.

JOHN TODD, associate professor of political science, comments on the possible negative effects of a criminal record on a candidate's chances of winning a seat on The Colony's City Council in the April 6 Dallas Morning News.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, appeared on Fox Channel 4 and WFAA Channel 8 on March 25 discussing the economic impact of the war in Iraq. Weinstein, along with PAUL RUGGIERE, assistant director of the Survey Research Center, discuss in the April 1 Dallas Morning News a recent study by the Dallas Women's Foundation being conducted by the Survey Research Center, which examined income, health and educational levels of area women and girls In the April 3 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Weinstein comments on the ripple effect of layoffs by American Airlines on the local economy. In an April 6 Dallas Morning News article, he discusses the economic difficulties the airline faces.

Local

EUGENE CORPORON, Regents Professor of music, comments on the performances of "Carmina Burana" and "Ra!" by the College of Music in the April 3 Denton Record-Chronicle. Also mentioned are music faculty MARK FORD and HENRY GIBBONS, associate professors, and JERRY McCOY, professor.

FRED HAMILTON, professor of music, is featured in an April 6 Denton Record-Chronicle article on the Earl Harvin Trio, in which he plays bass.

TIMOTHY MONTLER, professor of English, is featured in an article on the preservation of Native American languages in the April 1 Denton Record-Chronicle.

ELISABETH WARREN, director of housing, comments in the April 7 Denton Record-Chronicle on the housing-funded program "Swapping Places," which allowed students from Maple and West halls, along with an interior design student, to refurbish kitchenettes in each dorm. Changes to rooms in Bruce Hall and College Inn were scheduled for the next weekend.

35 years

• Paul R. Jones, Chemistry

30 years

• Carol Ann Lenoir, Printing Services
• James Lawrence Marshall, Chemistry

25 years

• Walter A. Bowen III, Admissions
• C. Reid Ferring, Geography

20 years

• Jean R. Bush, Budget Office

15 years

• Nancy Kay Fisher, Computing Center
• Billie Jean Russell, Libraries

10 years

• Victoria Moya Corum, Custodial Services
• Roberta Key, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
• Scott Allen Salsman, Facilities
• Kimberly A. Wendt, College of Arts and Sciences
• Comfort Yamoah, Dining Services

5 years

• Richard Michael Chenault, Facilities
• Pamela Gaye Collier, Computing Center
• Darrell Ray Dickey, Athletics
• Connie Fickenscher, College of Arts and Sciences
• Charles E. Fox, Risk Management and Environmental Services
• Pamiela M. Hight, Libraries
• Linda S. Hodges, Texas Center for Educational Technology
• Barbara Jackson, Dining Services
• Leonard. L. Logan III, Police and Traffic
• Marilyn M. Murphy, Survey Research Center
• Marielena Resendiz-Carpanzano, Survey Research Center
• Gary E. Steele, Cooperative Education
• Danny A. Williams Jr., Facilities

WELDA HENDERSON BROWN, 86, of Denton, a North Texas book bindery employee from 1949 to 1957 and from 1959 to 1976, died April 4 in Fort Worth.

She was born in Fort Worth and was a member of Highland Baptist Church in Denton. She married Will O. Henderson in Marietta, Okla., in 1939. After his death she married Emmett Brown in Denton, who died in 1990.

Survivors include one daughter, Barbara McGuffin of Fort Worth; two sons, George Ed Henderson of Krum and John Fred Henderson of Argyle; three stepsons, Jack Brown of Justin, Dale Brown of Denton and Don Brown of Austin; one sister, Ethel Galbreath of Joshua; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were April 8 with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park.

JESSIE V. McFARLIN SCHERTZ, 76, of Denton, cashier and cook in the University Union from 1976 to 1981, died March 26 in Dallas. She was born in Cooke County and married Homer W. Schertz in Sherman in 1945. He died in 2001.

She was a graduate of Sanger High School and a member of the Sanger Church of Christ and was also an officer of Germania Local No. 4 for 27 years. She had worked as a cashier at Luby's and Wyatt's cafeterias for more than seven years. She was involved with Denton, Sanger and Krum senior organizations and also frequented local libraries, loving to read and to write poetry.

Survivors include a daughter, Carolyn Mallard of Sanger; three sons, Sam Schertz of Robstown, Danny Schertz of Krum and Ricky Schertz of Sanger; two sisters, Dorothy Newton of North Richland Hills and Cornelia Lemley of Farmersville; two brothers, George McFarlin of Refugio and Johnnie McFarlin of Crowley; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services were March 31 with burial in Blue Mound Cemetery in Denton.

See a full listing of events at www.unt.edu/events

Voertman Annual Student Competition. Opening reception and award ceremony, noon April 22, UNT Art Gallery. Exhibit through May 6.

Light Crust Doughboys Concert. 7-9 p.m. April 22, University Union Lyceum.

African Heritage Banquet. 6:30 p.m. April 23, Silver Eagle Suite. For tickets, call (940) 565-3424.

Opera: Coronation of Poppea. 8 p.m. April 24-26, 3 p.m. April 27, Lyric Theater. For tickets, call (940) 369-7802.

Senior Choreography Concert. 8-10 p.m. April 24-26, University Theatre, RTFP Building. For tickets, call (940) 565-2428.

Rebecca Vreeland and Vanessa Michel Painting Exhibit. Opening reception, 7-9 p.m. April 28, Union Gallery. Exhibit through May 15.

Retirement Reception. 2 p.m. April 29, University Union Golden Eagle Suite.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Judy Shepard speaks about violence
• Ireland's former head of state to speak at UNT
• Hurleys honored at UNT Alumni Awards Banquet
• State cuts force May 1 benefit changes
• Spring means keeping an eye on the sky
• UNT leads Texas in number of Goldwater scholarship winners
• Staff Council gets campus development report
• New voice mail system to provide users with new and improved services
• UNT expert explains when, how parents should talk to their children about war

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