A new home — David Layton, North Texas Exes executive director (right), introduces Euline Brock, Denton mayor, while President Norval Pohl and Gayland Howell, North Texas Exes president elect, look on at the ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Alumni Center in UNT's Gateway Center on July 17.

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An article by "PETE" A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, was published in Metsaan mieleni (The Call of the Forest), Maahenki Ltd., 2003. The article, presented at a 2001 conference and published in Finnish, is titled "A Whiteheadian Aesthetics of Nature: Beauty and the Forest." Gunter presented "A Philosophical Basis for Curricula Based on Environmental Projects" at the Association for Process Philosophy of Education Conference on Education and Environment, July 12 in St. Paul, Minn.

Four journal articles by DAVID A. McENTIRE, assistant professor of public administration, were recently published. The article "Causation of Catastrophe: Lessons from Hurricane Georges" was published in the Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 1, no. 2; "Searching for a Holistic Paradigm and Policy Guide: A Proposal for the Future of Emergency Management" was published in the International Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 1, no. 3; "Emergent Phenomena and the Sociology of Disaster: Lessons, Trends and Opportunities from the Research Literature" was published in Disaster Prevention and Management, vol. 12, no. 2; and "The Community Dispatch Center: An Assessment of a Neglected Component of Emergency Management" was published in the Journal of Emergency Management, vol. 1, no. 1. McEntire co-wrote with ROBIE ROBINSON, assistant professor of public administration, and RICH WEBER, professional development coordinator, Texas Homeland Defense Preparedness, Century Foundation, 2003.

State

TYSON GIBBS, associate professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology, explains the lure of the famed U.S. highway, Route 66, in a July 12 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article and in a July 12 Victoria Advocate article.

ERIC GORMLY, assistant professor of journalism, comments on the ethics of radio station product promotions in the July 13 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RICHARD LUSKY, associate professor and chair of the Department of Applied Gerontology, comments on baby boomers in a July 11 Dallas Morning News article. He also comments in a July 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about UNT's plans for a doctoral program in applied gerontology.

GEORGE MORRISON, professor of counseling, development and higher education and the Velma Schmidt chair, discusses the need for early childhood education in the July 19 Dallas Morning News.

UNT President NORVAL POHL and DAVID LAYTON, executive director for the North Texas Exes, talk about the slated North Texas Exes alumni association home in the Gateway Center and the importance of university alumni in the July 19 and July 21 Dallas Morning News and the July 20 Denton Record-Chronicle. Pohl expresses his views about community colleges granting baccalaureate degrees in the July 19 Dallas Morning News and July 19 Denton Record-Chronicle.

GUS SELIGMANN, associate professor of history, applauds the work ethics of 68-year-old non-traditional student Virginia McNeill, who has returned to UNT after 50 years to complete her degree, in a July 14 Dallas Morning News article.

RICK VILLARREAL, athletics director, discusses possible college football conference changes in the July 6 Dallas Morning News.

Regional

JARED HAZLETON, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law and dean of the College of Business Administration, talks about the leadership of Todd Wagner, the speaker for UNT's Business Honor Banquet, in the July 3 Oak Cliff Tribune.

RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administration, discusses pending changes university admissions policies in the June 26 Little Elm Journal and the June 26 Plano Star-Courier.

Local

ROBERTO CALDERON, associate professor of history; DEBRA GRIFFIN, administrative services officer in the College of Arts and Sciences; NORVAL POHL, UNT president; and HAROLD TANNER, associate professor and chair of the Department of History, talk about the success of UNT's Mexican-American studies minor, part of UNT's history department, in the July 10 Denton Record-Chronicle and the July 11 Dallas Morning News.

JANET DENNY, job development specialist for Student Employment and Career Services, discusses growth in area job markets and the economy in the June 29 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BONITA JACOBS, assistant professor of counseling, development and higher education and vice president for Student Development, discusses the possible impact of the recent Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action on admissions enrollment in the June 24 Denton Record-Chronicle and the June 25 Dallas Morning News.

PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology, explains plans for city development in Denton in the June 29 Denton Record-Chronicle.

UNT President NORVAL POHL comments on the stepping down of Don Brown, the state commissioner of higher education, in a July 17 Denton Record-Chronicle article.

JEAN SCHAAKE, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and lecturer in chemistry, comments on the growth of the Denton Independent School District in the June 29 Denton Record-Chronicle.

TINA SLINKER, women's head basketball coach, praises SCOTT STOEHR, returning UNT assistant women's basketball coach, in the July 22 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DON SMITH, associate professor of biological sciences, is cited in a July 11 Denton Record-Chronicle article about a plant root stimulant he developed.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics, director of the Institute of Applied Economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, talks about the slow down of growth in the North Texas region and the number of North Texas telecommunications jobs lost during the previous two years in the July 10 Denton Record-Chronicle and July 10 Dallas Morning News. He notes the predictions of economic analysts regarding calling the end of the recession in the July 17 Dallas Morning News.

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LESLIE HOWARD PALMER, 62, associate professor of English since 1967, died July 16 in Dallas.

He earned his bachelor's degree from Memphis State University in 1962. In 1963 he received his master's degree, then his doctorate in 1966, from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.

He taught English courses at UNT on a variety of subjects, including creative writing and sports in literature, and taught the Great Books course and other courses in the Honors Program. His specialty was author Thomas Hardy.

Palmer had won several poetry awards. His works include A Red Sox Flag, The Jim Tom Poems, Last Bite, The Bryn Mawr Poems, Disgraceland and Ode to a Frozen Dog. Two of his books, Frou Frou of Ms. Sedberry and Nine Lives, One Love, were published last year. He was a member of several professional organizations, including PEN (an international organization of writers), the Modern Language Association, the Authors Guild and the Poetry Society of Texas.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce Cornette Palmer of Denton; a son, David Palmer of Seattle; a daughter, Rachel Shelton of San Francisco; his mother, Janie Palmer of Somerville, Tenn.; a brother, James F. Palmer of Elizabethton, Tenn.; and three sisters, Amber Palmer of Memphis, Tenn., Jan Langford of Somerville, Tenn., and Mary Cagle of Murray, Ky.

A memorial service was held July 20 at Welch Street Church of Christ in Denton. Memorials to the Leslie H. Palmer Honors Memorial Fund may be sent to the attention of Steve Walker, University of North Texas, P.O. Box 305189, Denton, Texas 76203-5189.

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

Summer Commencement. 12:30 p.m. Aug. 9, Coliseum. Ceremonies for individual schools and colleges, 2:30 and 4:30 p.m.

Student Recreation Center Sneak Preview. Noon-6 p.m. Aug. 13-15, Student Recreation Center. Free food, prizes, games and use of the Student Recreation Center for UNT faculty, staff and retirees before the center opens to students.

Sunday Fun Day. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 17. Faculty and staff help students move in as residence halls open for the fall semester.

Faculty Convocation. 3:30-5 p.m. Aug. 18, Lyceum, University Union. Reception to follow in the Silver Eagle Suite.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT Board of Regents approves design, construction of UNT Sorority Row
• Almost 2,000 expected to graduate during UNT commencement ceremonies Aug. 9
• About the commencement speaker
• TAMS receives 2003-04 funds
• UNT, Texas Instruments to use $2.2 million for NSF-funded nanotechnology project
• UNT to award scholarship for 12 credit hours with Family Weekend drawing
• Howdy Week events planned Aug. 24-30
• UNT's Summer II enrollment down slightly from last year's total enrollment numbers
• Changes made to state employee benefits, leave, compensation policies
• UNT historian debunks Revolutionary myths

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