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An article by CARRIE AUSBROOKS, assistant professor of teacher education and administration, was published in ERS Spectrum: Journal of School Research and Information, vol. 1, no. 20, winter 2002. The article is titled "Texas Open-Enrollment Charter Schools: Implications for Policy Development." She presented "Who Chooses Charter Schools? A Closer Look at Texas Open-Enrollment Charter School Students and Their Parents," and chaired a session at the Southwest Educational Research Association conference, Feb. 14-16 in Austin. She made two presentations, "Charter Schools and Equal Access" and "Texas Open-Enrollment Charter Schools: What Are They Like, How Are They Doing?" at UNT's Educational Research Exchange, Feb. 1 in Denton.

JOHANNA BARDDAL, visiting assistant professor of English, presented "'Mir ist kalt' in Icelandic and German" at the Denton Linguistics Circle, Feb. 22 in Denton.

A poem by BRUCE BOND, professor of English, was published in 9mm: Poets Respond to Violence in America, University of Iowa Press, 2002. The poem is titled "Aim." His poem "Fallen Star of the Third Eye" was published in Phoebe, vol. 31, no. 1, spring 2002.

Two articles by SHOBHANA CHELLIAH, assistant professor of English, were published in Medieval Tibeto-Burman Languages, Brill Press, spring 2002. The articles are titled "Early Meithei Manuscripts" and "A Glossary of 39 Basic Words in Archaic and Modern Meithei."

A poem by MARIE CONIN-JONES, lecturer in English, was published in The Underwood Review, vol. 3, no. 1, February 2002. The poem is titled "Eve of Thanksgiving."

An article co-written by DAN EMENHEISER, equal opportunity officer in the Division of Equity and Diversity, and RICHARD TAS, associate professor of merchandising and hospitality management, was published in the Journal of Hospitality & Leisure Marketing, vol. 8, nos. 3/4, 2001. The article is titled "Is the Lodging Industry Serving the Needs of Mature Consumers? A Comparison of Mature Travelers' and Lodging Managers' Perceptions of Service Needs." Emenheiser also serves as a member of the advisory board for Annual Editions Human Resources 02/03.

GAIL LIPPINCOTT, assistant professor of English, was organizer and chair of the session "Web Spinning: A Rhetorical Approach" at the Rhetoric in a Changing World conference, Feb. 8 in Denton.

DIANA MASON, associate professor of chemistry, was named the secondary school editor of the American Chemical Society Division of Chemical Education's Journal of Chemical Education in January. Mason will develop a special section in the journal designed to help secondary school educators.

A report by DAVID McENTIRE and ROBIE ROBINSON, assistant professors of public administration, and RICH WEBER, training coordinator in the Center for Public Management, was published in IQ Report, December 2001, the monthly publication of the International City/County Management Association. The report is titled "Managing the Threat of Terrorism."

CINDY McTEE, Regents Professor of music, received a $7,500 Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. McTee will also receive $7,500 to help fund the recording of one of her works. The award honors outstanding artistic achievement.

E. DALE ODOM, Professor Emeritus of history, served as chair at the session "Innovations in Texas Agriculture" at the Texas State Historical Association annual meeting, March 7-9 in Corpus Christi. Odom and his wife, Laverne, are the authors of An Illustrated History of Denton County, Texas, From Peters Colony to Metroplex.

A short story by BARBARA RODMAN, associate professor of English, was published in Colorado Review, spring 2002. The story is titled "Bumblebee."

JOHN "HAJ" ROSS, professor of English, presented "Siamese Sentences: A First Look at the Grammar of Multinodal Constructions" at the Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics, International Linguistics Center, Feb. 12 in Duncanville.

An article by PETER SHILLINGSBURG, professor of English, was printed in Perspectives of Scholarly Editing, Weidler Buchuerlag, 2002. The article, "The Subject of Our Mirth: The Aesthetic Object in Anglo-American Editing" is a revised version of a paper he presented at the Conference on Anglo-American and European Scholarly Editing, Dec. 8, 2000, in The Hague, Netherlands. Shillingsburg presented "Authority in Anglo-American Scholarly Editing" at the Conference on German Scholarly Editing, Feb. 21 in Aachen, Germany.

EUGENE P. WRIGHT, professor of English, spoke on "Shakespeare's The Tempest and Post-Colonial Commentary" at the Fort Worth Shakespeare Club, Jan. 23 in Fort Worth, and "Shakespeare's Ideas and Language in the New Millennium" at the Addison Rotary Club Luncheon, Jan. 31 in Addison. He talked about the importance of education with students at W.H. Adamson High School, March 8 in Dallas.

State

GLORIA BAHAMON, director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs and Community Relations, and ROBERTO CALDERÓN, associate professor of history, discuss the growing importance of the Spanish language in the Feb. 9 Dallas Morning News. Calderón also comments on the importance of the use of Spanish within the Southwest in the Feb. 2 Dallas Morning News.

BOB BLAND, professor and chair of the Department of Public Administration, talks about the effectiveness of municipal hot lines in the March 10 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TED FARRIS, assistant professor of marketing and logistics, discusses changes in the economy indicated by the D-FW Purchasing Managers Index in the March 7 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

MADHAV PAPPU, assistant professor of marketing and logistics, discusses the trend toward creative integration of existing technologies in the March 4 Dallas-Fort Worth TechBiz. He says an area of interest for the UNT Center for Logistics Education and Research is tracking and tracing inventory within a facility and across the supply chain.

PHIL TURNER, associate vice president for academic affairs for distance education and dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences, discusses the Hazel Harvey Peace Endowed Professorship in Children's Library Science in the Feb. 22 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. The professorship will enable the school to recruit and retain an outstanding faculty member in the area of children's library services.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on the loss of area jobs as reported by the Texas Workforce Commission and its impact on the regional economy in the March 12 Dallas Morning News. In a separate article appearing in the March 12 Investor's Business Daily, Weinstein gives his opinions about the possibility of discontinuing government support of renewable resources.

Local

PHIL DIEBEL, vice president for finance and business affairs, discusses the increase in student tuition at UNT in the March 4 Denton Record-Chronicle.

JOHN TODD, associate professor of political science, discusses the importance and regulation of signs in political campaigns in the March 4 Denton Record-Chronicle.

EUGENE P. WRIGHT, professor of English, is featured in a Nov. 29 Oak Cliff Tribune article that discusses his new book, Run, Run as Fast as You Can.

30 years

• Glenn Dell Teague, Zone Maintenance

25 years

• Maria E. Parker, Hospital and Health Services

15 years

• John Keith Flippin, Housing Maintenance
• Diana Kay Reaves, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science

10 years

• Viola M. Dumas, Police and Traffic
• David Robert Losh, Dining Services
• Ann K. Mayer, Development
• Janice L. Patterson, Telecommunications
• Tricia Antionette Raper-Combs, Hospital and Health Services
• David Allen Williamson, Sociology

5 years

• Zoila I. Hernandez, Dining Services
• Shelley J. Hinojosa, Financial Reporting
• Kirk B. Lowe, Moving Services
• Eldon Lee Mears Jr., Restricted Parking
• Susan E. Parks , Libraries
• Reeca Jane Pulliam, Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation
• John Craig Terrell, Computing Center

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

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. 8 p.m. April 5-6, 2 p.m. April 7, 8 p.m. April 11-13, University Theatre. For tickets, call 565-2428.

International Week 2002: Celebration of World Cultures. April 8-13. Events scheduled throughout the week.

International Food Fair. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. April 11, Baptist Student Union.

Alumni Appreciation Day. April 12. Luncheon, noon, Silver Eagle Suite. Reception and dinner, 6:30 p.m., Gateway Center Ballroom. For tickets, call 565-2900.

Honors Day Ceremony. 3 p.m. April 12, Winspear Hall.

Opera: Don Giovanni. 8 p.m. April 12 and 19, 3 p.m. April 14 and 21, Lyric Theater. For tickets, call 369-7802.

African Cultural Festival. 8 p.m. April 13, 10 a.m. April 15, Winspear Hall. For tickets, call 369-7802.

This is [Not] Photograph. Reception, 6 p.m. April 15, UNT Art Gallery, Art Building. Exhibit through July 9.

Lech Walesa Lecture. 8 p.m. April 16, Lyceum. For tickets, call 565-3815.

Jazz Singers II. 6 p.m. April 19, Stan Kenton Hall, Music Building.

U.S. Army Field Band. 7:30 p.m. April 21, Winspear Hall. For tickets, call 369-7802.

Faculty Jazz Trio. 8 p.m. April 22, Stan Kenton Hall, Music Building.

Senior Choreography Concert. 8 p.m. April 25-27, 2 p.m. April 28, University Theatre. For tickets, call 565-2428.

National Honor Society Phi Kappa Phi Induction. 3 p.m. April 29, Silver Eagle Suite. Inductees include UNT President Norval Pohl and James Duban, director of the Office of Postgraduate Fellowships.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT's University Day April 5
• Next week marks International Week 2002 at UNT
• Interactive campus map premieres on UNT web site
• UNT Earth Day activities aimed at building community pride
• UNT professor leads research at Winter Paralympic Games
• UNT Faculty Senate approves changes to senate's bylaws and charter
• UNT College Bowl team to compete against faculty, staff
• InHouse@UNT awarded for visual design
• Staff Council plans resolution to support UNT-provided child day care program
• UNT units on the move

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