Spring has sprung — Some early signs of the new season were visible in late March in the rock garden between Willis Library and the Hurley Administration Building.

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JOAN CLAY, associate professor of merchandising and hospitality management, traveled to Hong Kong in February as a member of a team accrediting two new programs in hospitality management there. She is a hospitality specialist with the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation, the body overseeing accreditation at the eight universities in Hong Kong. The other team members were from Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

GLEN HAUBOLD, utilities manager of the facilities staff, completed requirements and has been approved as a Certified Energy Manager by the Association of Energy Engineers certification board.

BERT HAYSLIP, Regents Professor of psychology, presented a workshop for grandparents raising grandchildren titled "Taking Care of Yourself Physically and Mentally" at the First Baptist Church, March 11 in Denton.

An article by JOHN HIPPLE, staff counselor at Counseling and Testing Services, and LAUREL MILLER, associate professor of music, was published in the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2003, vol. 17, no. 3. The article is titled "Improving Vocal Performance Through Emotional Balance: An Interdisciplinary Group Approach."

JEFFREY OXFORD, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, published a student edition of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez's 1898 canonical novel, La Barraca, Cervantes & Co., 2003. An article he wrote was also published in World Literature Today, vol. 76, no. 3-4. The article is a book review of La Aventura del Tocador de Señoras by Eduardo Mendoza.

DUANE ROBERTS, associate director of housing, received an Executive Board Special Citation for outstanding contributions to the Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers at the association's conference, Feb. 23-25 in Tulsa, Okla.

SAM SAULS, associate professor of radio, television and film, was one of 65 U.S. educators invited to the International Radio and Television Society Foundation faculty/industry seminar, March 5-9 in New York.

CINDY STRIDE, associate director of housing and president of the Southwest Association of College and University Housing Officers, facilitated the executive board and business meetings and opening and closing banquet ceremonies of the association's conference, Feb. 23-25 in Tulsa, Okla.

KWAN WEE, assistant professor of management, was awarded a $5,000 Junior Faculty Summer Research Fellowship for 2003 for his proposal, "An Assembly-To-Order Manufacturing System With Component Commonality."

Regional

JOHN BAEN, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, comments on the shift of businesses from cities to suburbs as a result of Sept. 11 in the March 7 Dallas Business Journal.

TORY CAETI, assistant professor of criminal justice, comments on the statistical validity of data concerning the possibility of racial profiling in traffic-stop arrests in Southlake for the March 13 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

DONALD CHANDLER, adjunct instructor in rehabilitation, social work and addictions, discusses the warning signs of sexual abuse among African American children in the March 13-19 Dallas Post Tribune. The article originally appeared in the June 3 issue of Jet magazine.

SUSAN DUBOIS, assistant professor of music, comments on the performance of Michael Li, a 12-year- old violinist from Plano who was one of three grand-prize winners in the Collin County Young Artist Competition, in the Feb. 25 Dallas Morning News. Dubois was a judge in the competition.

GUENTER GROSS, Regents Professor of biological sciences and director of the Center for Network Neuroscience, and graduate research assistant EMESE DIAN comment on research to detect possible toxins in water and the air as a defense against bioterrorism in the Feb. 26 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

MARJORIE HAYES, associate professor of dance and theatre arts, discusses UNT's production of The Country Wife in the Feb. 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JARED HAZLETON, dean of the College of Business Administration and professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, and BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comment on the economic outlook and effect of the conflict with Iraq on the economy in the Feb. 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JAN HOLDEN, professor of counseling, development and higher education, comments on near-death experiences in the March 8 Dallas Morning News. A similar article appeared in the March 8 issues of the Denton Record-Chronicle and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

ADRIAN LEWIS, associate professor of history, is regularly appearing on the NBC Channel 5 newscast at 4 p.m., discussing the war in Iraq with the news anchors as part of the network's local coverage.

DAVID MOLINA, associate professor of economics and director of the Center for International Economic Studies and Research, comments on the positive impact of hemispheric free trade on Fort Worth in the March 17 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administration, comments on the recent Texas Higher Education Law Conference at UNT in the March 5 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He comments on the temporary reopening of the Eagle Point Golf Course in the March 9 Dallas Morning News and the March 8 Denton Record-Chronicle.

RICHARD SINCLAIR, dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, comments in the March 11 Fort Worth Star-Telegram on an Internet campaign by students to save the program, which may be cut because of a state budget shortfall and other funding problems.

ROBERT TAYLOR, professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice, comments in the March 4 Dallas Morning News on a report by the Dallas Police Department, which found that blacks and Hispanics were more likely than whites to be searched during traffic stops.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on whether major metropolitan areas need major research universities in order to grow in the Feb. 22 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. In a Feb. 28 Dallas Morning News article, Weinstein talks about how an increase in growth of Denton-area hospitals has positively impacted the local economy. A similar article appeared in the Feb. 28 Denton Record-Chronicle. In the March 4 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Weinstein comments on the appropriate use of extra money from bond programs. He comments on what businesses were doing to prepare for the possibility of war from an economic perspective in the March 6 Dallas Morning News. In a March 11 Dallas Morning News article, he comments on Dallas job-loss figures and the possibility of a double-dip recession. He discusses Texas companies' hopes to profit when Iraq is rebuilt after the war in the March 19 Austin American-Statesman.

Local

President NORVAL POHL comments on the future of special-item funding at UNT, such as the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, in the Feb. 23 Denton Record-Chronicle. In the same issue, he and CHEYLON BROWN, director of the Multicultural Center, comment on the experiences of some of the first African American students to attend North Texas and current programs for ethnic and cultural groups.

ALAN ALBARRAN, professor and chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film; AARON BRODIE, KNTU station engineer; and RUSS CAMPBELL, KNTU general manager and lecturer in radio, television and film, are quoted in an article about technical problems affecting the ability of the radio station to air programming in the March 1 Denton Record-Chronicle. Campbell comments on the spring pledge drive and the continued need for funds to repair the KNTU transmitter in the March 11 Denton Record-Chronicle.

RON DiIULIO, planetarium manager, and KEN DICKSON, Regents Professor of biological sciences and director of the Elm Fork Education Center, comment on recent water damage to the Sky Theater in the March 1 Denton Record-Chronicle. A similar article appeared in the March 5 Dallas Morning News.

CAPT. JOHN KITCHENS, assistant professor of aerospace studies and unit admissions officer of the ROTC program, discusses the effect of the war on military recruitment in the March 15 Denton Record-Chronicle.

MITCHELL LAND, associate professor of journalism and director of the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, discusses a recent graduate journalism class project of sending letters to detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the difficulties faced in implementing the project in the March 5 Denton Record-Chronicle. A similar article appeared in the March 6 Fort Worth Weekly.

JAMES MEERNIK, associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, comments on severe winter weather and its effect on classes at UNT in the Feb. 27 Denton Record-Chronicle.

HERMAN TOTTEN, faculty executive assistant to the president, comments on the winter storm and its positive effect on online classes in the Feb. 26 Denton Record-Chronicle.

30 years

• Connie Garland, Coliseum/Gateway Center

15 years

• Virginia Joy Brooks, Computing Center
• Mike Gilbert Flores, Union
• Catherine S. Hardy, Computing Center
• Robert A. Oehlschlager, Admissions
• Marilyn Ivey Patton, Libraries
• Steven H. Selby, Coliseum/Gateway Center

10 years

• Doina G. Farkas, Libraries
• Khang Huu Nguyen, Custodial Services

5 years

• Delmy Barillas, Dining Services
• Jeffrey Owen Bryant, Housing
• Jody Cardwell, Learning Center
• Nicole Morgan, Libraries
• Linda Sue Nesloney, Classroom Support Services
• Margaret G. Vestal, Academic Affairs
• Tommy E. Williams, Police and Traffic

GRACE WOODRUFF CARTWRIGHT, 94, the first woman member of the UNT Board of Regents, died Feb. 20 in Weatherford. She served as a regent from 1949 to 1955. Cartwright graduated from North Texas in 1929 and moved to Parker County to work as a home demonstration agent. She later served as mayor of Tin Top, an abandoned community she restored, and was appointed to many boards and committees by U.S. presidents and Texas governors due to her skills as a civic leader. Her friends referred to her as "Amazing Grace."

While serving as a regent at North Texas, Cartwright transplanted hundreds of trees around Fouts Field from her Parker County ranch. She also brought stones to form the rock garden between Willis Library and the Music Building. The wildflowers planted there are a tribute to her longtime interests in conservation. In 1984, she was awarded UNT's Distinguished Alumna Award, and in 1994, she received the President's Citation for outstanding contributions to North Texas. She was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame in 1985.

She was preceded in death by her husband, E.B. Cartwright, and nine siblings. She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services were held Feb. 24 in Weatherford.

ALLEN LAWS OLIVER III, 61, adjunct instructor in the School of Visual Arts who taught at UNT last spring and a short time this spring, died Feb. 20 in Dallas. He taught interior design courses.

Oliver was born and raised in Dallas and was a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and a San Francisco design school. He also attended Parsons School of Design in New York. He was a graduate of El Centro College's culinary arts program.

He also taught at El Centro College and owned several businesses in Dallas, including Inner Space furniture store and a Crabtree & Evelyn store. He did design work and restoration projects throughout Dallas.

Survivors include his mother, Margaret F. Smith Oliver; his father, Allen Laws Oliver Jr.; and two sisters, Olivia Leachman Bramblett and Margaret Bourland Garretson, all of Dallas.

Services were held Feb. 24 at Sparkman/Hillcrest Northwest Highway Chapel.

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

First Great UNT Cleanup and Beautification Day. 8:30 a.m.- 1 p.m. April 5, parking lot 10 east of the EESAT Building.

Mystical Arts of Tibet. 8 p.m. April 6, University Theater. Call (940) 565-3805 for tickets.

Student Employee Appreciation Party. 3:30-4:30 p.m. April 7, Silver Eagle Suite.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. April 9, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

President Pohl's Let's Talk. 4 p.m. April 9, Golden Eagle Suite.

Spring Fling. 3-6 p.m. April 10, Library Mall.

The Laramie Project. 8 p.m. April 10-12, 14-15, Studio Theater. Additional performances 2 p.m. April 12-13. Discussion symposia 10 a.m.-noon April 14-16, Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building. Call (940) 565-2428 for tickets and more information.

Educational Career Day. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. April 11, Coliseum.

COBA Distinguished Lecture Series. Presentation by Bill Winspear, retired president and CEO of Associated Materials Inc. 2-3:30 p.m. April 11, Art Building, Room 223.

Honors Day Ceremony. 3 p.m. April 11, Winspear Hall.

NT Preview. April 12. Preview of UNT for high school juniors and seniors and their parents.

Leon Brown Trombone Day. 8 a.m. April 12, Concert Hall.

Lab Band Madness. 7 p.m. April 15, Winspear Hall. Call (940) 369-7802 for tickets.

Healthy Eagles Fair. 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. April 15-16, Silver Eagle Suite.

Mean Green Blowout Student Party. 8:45 p.m.-midnight April 24, Coliseum.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Board of Regents authorizes $31.5 million to finance residence hall
• EDS contributes $6.25 million software to UNT
• UNT's International Week begins April 7
• Parking lot 10 scheduled to close in May
• UNT departments on the move
• Staff Council elects replacement officer
• Nutrition course assisting US Army Reservists
• 2003-04 Staff Council elections are this spring
• Outstanding staff, department awards presented at March 5 sack lunch
• Rafes gives Faculty Senate a campus development report

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