August 19, 2003 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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A little opera — UNT's summer workshop performances combined scenes from two Puccini operas — Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. In a performance of Suor Angelica, UNT student Kristen Wunderlich (left) portrayed Sister Angelica and UNT student Brooke Ferguson (center of chorus group) played the Virgin Mary. The opera also featured a children's chorus made up of area performers.

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An article by JENNY ADAMS, assistant professor of English, was published in the Journal of Popular Culture, spring 2003. The article title is "Marketing the Medieval: The Quest for the Authentic History in Michael Crichton's Timeline."

PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, presented "Bergson's Approach to Social Structures: The Centrality of Openness" at the University of Saint Andrews, July 24 in Scotland.

An article by JAMES M. KENDRA, assistant professor of public administration, was published in Disasters, vol. 27, no. 1. The article title is "Elements of Resilience After the World Trade Center Disaster: Reconstituting New York City's Emergency Operations Center."

JOHN ROSS, professor of English, presented two papers: "Rotorooters: What to Invade (Certain) Anaphoric Islands With" at the Chicago Linguistics Society regional meeting, University of Chicago, April 11 in Chicago; and "The Human Dimension in Teaching" to the Department of Critical Studies at Rikkyo University, May 19 in Tokyo.

PETER SHILLINGSBURG, professor of English, presented "Textual Criticism in Religion, the Law, History and Psychology" at Rhodes University, May 16 in Gramstown, South Africa.

State

PHILIP BACZEWSKI, associate director of academic computing services, offers his advice to parents shopping for computers in the July 25 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

PAUL BEDNAR, marketing specialist for the Center for Distributed Learning, notes the benefits of online courses for students in the July 31 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, discusses the current slow spending of North Texas businesses in the July 23 Dallas Morning News. He talks about residential growth in southern Fort Worth suburbs in the July 26 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RON DiIULIO, planetarium manager, and RANDALL PETERS, planetarium production specialist, discuss their roles as entertainers and teachers of astronomy, science and the environment in a July 27 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about UNT's Sky Theater.

FRED HAMILTON, professor of music, shares his thoughts on the decision of Fort Worth jazz guitar designer Ed Schaefer to relocate to Minnesota in the July 28 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

DOTTY HORTON, assistant director of international studies and programs, comments in a July 29 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about UNT's tracking of international students and visiting scholars in compliance with the Student Exchange Visitor Information System, a federal security system.

RICHARD SINCLAIR, associate professor of biological sciences and dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, elaborates on the cost of college and the problem it presents for some future and present TAMS students in the July 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

PHILIP TURNER, professor and dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences and associate vice president for academic affairs for distance education, highlights the shortage of Texas librarians trained to work with children in a July 30 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about UNT's endowment honoring local educator Hazel Harvey Peace.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, discusses the slow increase of the Texas economy in the June 25 Austin-American Statesman. He reports on the sudden increase in Denton County unemployment figures in the July 20 Denton Record-Chronicle. He predicts a future recovery of the North Texas economy in the July 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Weinstein and TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the Center for Economic Development and Research, comment on the mixed messages of the local, state and national economies in the July 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Regional

CHUCK BEATTY, UNT regent and alumnus, discusses his upcoming entry into the UNT Athletic Hall of Fame in the July 4 Waxahachie Daily Light. He will be enshrined in the 2003 class at the Oct. 17 Homecoming game with five other honorees.

TERRY GOLDING and CHRISTOPHER LITTLER, professors of physics, appeared on the 5:30 a.m. FOX-Channel 4 news broadcast Aug. 1. They are working to make infrared devices used by military troops better and more affordable to the general public.

Local

BOB BLAND, professor and chair of the Department of Public Administration, discusses the reasons for the value and growth rate of Denton County property in the July 25 Denton Record-Chronicle.

STEPHEN DUBBERLY, associate professor of music, highlights the emotion and use of the Italian language in UNT's summer workshop opera production of Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi in the July 31 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DENNIS MUELLER, professor of physics, discusses a UNT-Texas Instruments project to improve the insulation of electrical wiring in the circuits of small electronic products in a July 24 Denton Record-Chronicle story. The project has been funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

GERALD WAYNE JACKSON, 74, an industrial arts instructor at North Texas from 1964 to 1969, died June 17.

He earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Abilene Christian University and served as a Marine in the Korean War. In addition to teaching at North Texas, he taught at ACU, Christian College of the Southwest and secondary schools in Garland, Azle and Abilene before retiring in 1984 after a 28-year career. He also played in the Senior Tennis Circuit across the United States and taught a tennis class at ACU at age 72.

He is survived by his wife, Ruth Jackson of Abilene; a son, Mark Jackson of Burleson; two daughters, Judy Cross and Jan Davis of Abilene; three stepchildren, Lanny Lambert of Brownsville, Valeri Mayes of Tuscola and Natali Dubovik of Las Vegas; a brother, Jim Jackson of Nashville, Tenn.; a sister, Francis Finley of Centerville; and 15 grandchildren.

His funeral was held June 21 at Highland Church of Christ in Abilene.

MARY McCLURKAN LYLES, 89, payroll department and business office employee from 1947 to 1976, died July 22 in Denton.

She was born in Pilot Point and was a longtime resident of Denton. She graduated from North Texas in 1933 with a bachelor's degree in general business. In 1985, after she retired, her volunteer work at the university earned her UNT's Outstanding Service Award. She regularly attended campus activities and sporting events. She is survived by her brother, Burney McClurkan, and numerous nieces and nephews.

A service was held July 24 at Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church in Denton. Burial was at Roselawn Memorial Park.

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

Student Recreation Center. Open Aug. 17. Faculty, staff and retirees call (940) 565-2275 for information about purchasing a membership.

Faculty Convocation. 3:30-5 p.m. Aug. 18, Lyceum.

Fall 2003 Ally Training. 1-5:30 p.m. Aug. 21, University Union, Silver Eagle Suite. For information call (940) 565-2456 or e-mail emenheiser@unt.edu.

Lady Eagles Soccer. UNT alumni game, 7 p.m. Aug. 23; UNT vs. Southwest Texas, 7 p.m. Sept. 3. Mean Green Soccer Complex on Precision Drive.

Fall Classes Begin. Aug. 25.

Dive-in Movie: Jaws. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Aug. 27, Student Recreation Center. Free admission.

Rich Ames: Hypnotist. 9-10:30 p.m. Aug. 28, Lyceum. Free admission.

Labor Day. Sept. 1. University open. No classes.

Mean Green Football. UNT vs. Baylor, 7:05 p.m. Sept. 6, Fouts Field. Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

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