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JEFFRY KELBER, professor of chemistry, received the 2002 Doherty Award from the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the American Chemical Society. The award is given for outstanding achievements in research, education and professional activities.

NANCY McCRAY, assistant director of university planning, and RAUL HINOJOSA, student services manager and recruiter for the UNT System Center at Dallas, presented "Creating Collaboration, Breaking Down Barriers and Gaining Trust" at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 18th annual recruitment and retention conference, June 18 in Austin.

CHARLDEAN NEWELL, Regents Professor of public administration, has been elected an Honorary Lifetime Member of the International City Management Association.

RUDY RAY SEWARD, professor of sociology, presented "Using Social Identity Theory and Models of Involvement to Account for Fathers' Involvement With Children" at the 15th World Congress of Sociology of the International Sociological Association, July 13 in Brisbane, Australia. DALE E. YEATTS, professor and chair of the sociology department, and RYAN G. FLETCHER, teaching fellow in sociology, were co-authors.

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ALAN ALBARRAN, professor and chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film, comments on the reasons for an increased interest in television and radio business programs in the Aug. 4 Dallas Morning News.

MARCILLA COLLINSWORTH, director of admissions, comments on the increase in the number of families with prospective college students touring campuses as a part of their selection process in the July 22 Dallas Morning News.

CAROLYN CUNNINGHAM, director of financial aid, speaks about the rise in requests for financial aid as a result of the slower economy in the Aug. 6 Dallas Morning News.

A book by JOHN MARK DEMPSEY, assistant professor of journalism, is mentioned in an Aug. 7 Dallas Morning News arts column discussing Western swing pioneers the Light Crust Doughboys. The book title is The Light Crust Doughboys Are on the Air.

STEPHEN DUBBERLY, associate professor of music, discusses the UNT opera production of The Magic Flute in the July 26 Dallas Morning News.

Paintings by VINCENT FALSETTA, professor of visual arts, on exhibit in the Conduit Gallery in Dallas, are featured in an article in the July 19 Dallas Morning News.

DONNA FLEMING, director of counseling and research for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, was included as part of the July 23 Glenn Mitchell Show on KERA-FM 90.1 to discuss the stress that gifted children face in public school systems.

CHARLIE FOX, environmental services manager, and RODDY WOLPER, associate director of University Communications and Marketing and director of news and information, comment on the campaign to rid the campus of grackles in an article in the Aug. 6 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JONEEL HARRIS, interim associate vice president for enrollment management, talks about UNT's online admissions web site in the Aug. 6 Dallas Morning News.

ALFRED F. HURLEY, UNT System chancellor; NORVAL POHL, UNT president; JOHN PRICE, executive director of the UNT System Center at Dallas; VIRGINIA WHEELESS, vice chancellor for planning for the UNT System; and RAUL HINOJOSA, the System Center's student services manager and recruiter, are featured in the July 29 Dallas Morning News discussing the work being done to increase enrollment at the System Center to reach the goal of 2,500 full-time equivalent students by 2006. Hurley and DAVID SHRADER, vice president for development, comment on UNT exceeding $150 million for Campaign North Texas: An Act of Leadership in the July 25 Dallas Morning News.

BEN LEVIN, professor of radio, television and film, is mentioned in a July 26 Dallas Morning News column for his work in lobbying for the inclusion of the 14-minute silent film Cologne: From the Diary of Ray and Esther in the National Film Registry.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, commented on the interest to purchase of the Burger King company by a Fort Worth business group July 24 on the KDFW Fox 4 News at 9 and 10 p.m. He discusses the probability for raises in the public and private sectors this year in the Aug. 4 Denton Record-Chronicle.

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CHUCK BEATTY, UNT System regent, and the Steel Curtain Golf Classic and Scholarship Gala to raise money for the UNT at Dallas Scholarship Fund are featured in an article in the June 23 Waxahachie Daily Light. JOHN PRICE, executive director of the UNT System Center at Dallas, and NORVAL POHL, UNT president, discuss the enrollment goals of the UNT System Center at Dallas in the article.

HANK DICKENSON, senior associate athletic director, talks about a promotion on www.gomeangreen.com, a Mean Green fan web site, in the Aug. 6 Denton Record-Chronicle. Fans on the site's message board initiated a pledge drive to sponsor 1,000 Denton and Lewisville youth to attend the UNT football season home opener.

LORENZO GARCIA, associate professor of dance and theatre arts, discusses the drama Sweet Nothing in My Ear in the Aug. 11 Denton Record-Chronicle. UNT student producers are seeking deaf performers for the play, which tells the story of a couple — a woman who is deaf and a hearing man — who divorce after the man insists their deaf son should have an operation that will restore his hearing.

DAVID McENTIRE and ROBIE ROBINSON, assistant professors of public administration, and RICH WEBER, professional development coordinator for the Center for Public Management, talk about ways New York City businesses responded to the events of Sept. 11 and discuss lessons other businesses can learn about disaster planning in the Aug. 5 Denton Record-Chronicle.

PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology, is featured in a personal profile in the Aug. 11 Denton Record-Chronicle.

UNT System Board of Regents Chair BOBBY RAY comments in the Aug. 1 Oak Cliff Tribune on the unanimous confirmation of LEE JACKSON as chancellor for the UNT System.

DON SCHOL, professor of visual arts and associate dean of the School of Visual Arts, speaks in the Aug. 8 Denton Record-Chronicle about a cooperative agreement between TWU and UNT that allows 60 UNT undergraduate students to take art classes at TWU.

STEPHEN TATE, associate professor of computer sciences, discusses the second-place showing of a UNT group in the Honeynet Project's "Reverse Challenge" in the July 29 Denton Record-Chronicle. The challenge pits teams of computer whizzes against software used by hackers to infiltrate networks.

35 years

• James Andrew Roberts, Physics

25 years

• Rosemary N. Killam, College of Music

20 years

• Dennis W. Fisher, College of Music
• Haward L. Tolbert, Housing Maintenance

15 years

• John Eric Duchemin, Computing Center
• James H. Kennedy, Biological Sciences
• Leta J. Pennington, Admissions

10 years

• Melvin C. Dunn, Custodial Services
• Ronald W. Hasty, Marketing
• Virginia Joyce Kennedy, Computing Center
• Freddie Mae Logan, Custodial Services
• Edward Tatsumi Morimoto, Risk Management and Environmental Services
• Lewis A. Taylor III, Management

5 years

• Maureen McGuinness Clouse, Housing
• Melinda G. Lilly, Human Resources
• Terri L. Miller, Student Accounting and University Cashiering Services
• Roy D. Nance, Copy Centers
• Kelley Reese, University Communications and Marketing

LARRY GENE BOWMAN, 67, of Denton, professor of history at North Texas from 1966 until his retirement in 1998, died July 28 at his home.

He was born June 11, 1935, in Hutchinson, Kan. He received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from Fort Hays Kansas State University and earned his doctorate in 1967 from the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. He joined the North Texas history faculty as an assistant professor. He was director of the cooperative education program from 1983 until his retirement.

He was a member of several professional organizations, including the Organization of American Historians, the Institute of Early American History, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, the Texas Cooperative Education Association and the Cooperative Education Association. He was on the board of editors for the Journal of Cooperative Education. In addition to his professional affiliations, he volunteered at the Denton community food bank and was a strong supporter of hospice care.

He was most known for his study of baseball history, especially the Negro National League. During his tenure at North Texas, he developed and taught a course in baseball history. He also organized many roundtable discussions on the topic.

In 1975 and 1976, he wrote and edited a series of 74 articles that appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle in honor of the country's bicentennial. He also wrote two books, Captive American: Prisoners During the American Revolution, published in 1976, and Before the World Series: Pride and Profits in Baseball's Early Days, to be published in 2003.

Survivors include his son, Curtis Bowman of Philadelphia, and his sister, Donna Bowman of Denver.

Graveside services were held Aug. 3 at Roselawn Memorial Park in Denton. A memorial service was Aug. 17 at the Mulkey-Mason Funeral Home in Denton.

MAUDENE HAMMONS, 90, of Pilot Point, food service employee from 1957 until 1974, died Aug. 2 at Denton Community Hospital.

She was born Dec. 11, 1911, in Cooke County. On Dec. 10, 1932, she married Bill Hammons in Marietta, Okla. He died Jan. 2, 1986.

Survivors include two sons, Leroy Hammons of Aubrey and Tommy Hammons of Pilot Point; one daughter, Shirley Morrow of Pilot Point; one brother, Sid Cockrill of Denton; two sisters, Nina Hammons of Pilot Point and Thelma Maughan of Denton; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Services were Aug. 5 in the chapel of Huff/Slay Funeral Home in Pilot Point. Burial was in Tyson Cemetery in Denton County.

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

Adkins String Ensemble. 8 p.m. Aug. 29, Winspear Hall. Call 369-7802 for ticket information.

Lady Eagles Soccer. Noon Aug. 31 vs. Nicholls State; noon Sept. 1 vs. Duquesne; 7 p.m. Sept. 3 vs. Stephen F. Austin, UNT Soccer Field.

Labor Day. Sept. 2. No classes. University is open.

Staff Council Meeting. 2 p.m. Sept. 4, Gateway Center, Room 43.

Mean Green Football. 7:05 p.m. Sept. 7 vs. Nicholls State, Fouts Field. Call 565-2527 for ticket information.

Grain of Thought: A Survey of Works by Don Schol. UNT Art Gallery. Through Sept. 7.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. Sept. 11, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

Law Symposium. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 12, Silver Eagle Suite A. Sponsored by the Office of the Student Legal Advisor.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT opens research park facility
• Food and fun: Howdy Week welcomes students back to campus Aug. 25-31
• Exhibit of folk art, textiles marks SOVA 10th anniversary
• Talent Search funded for five more years
• Incoming UNT chancellor calls for ideas from faculty, staff to build UNT partnerships
• Stressful life events linked to injuries in football players, according to UNT study
• Faculty members honored at annual convocation ceremony
• National science grant puts students on fast track

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