Love notes — Tramelle Jones, clerical assistant in biological sciences, listens to a tuba Valentine serenade performed by UNT tuba players (from left) Ryan McGeorge and John Rizzo. McGeorge and Rizzo were two of a quartet of North Texas International Tuba-Euphonium Association members who performed the serenades Feb. 14 to raise money for the organization.

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VERNON FISHER, Regents Professor of visual arts, spoke at Art and Civic Identity, a panel discussion about proposed artwork for the Fort Worth Convention Center, Feb. 11 in Fort Worth. The proposals are on display at the Fort Worth Community Arts Center until Feb. 28.

STEVE HARLOS, professor of music, appeared on KERA-90.1 FM's The Glen Mitchell Show at 1 p.m. Feb. 3. The program featured Robert Wyatt, author of the Gershwin Reader.

JOHN HIPPLE, counseling psychologist, presented a training session on single-session counseling at the annual Texas Counseling Centers Staff conference, Feb. 5 in San Antonio.

ANNETTE LAWRENCE, associate professor of visual arts, has artwork on display at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary through March 28 in Dallas. Her work appears in the third exhibition of the Belo Foundation sculpture series Essential Space, a three-year series showcasing the work of nine Texas sculptors. Also featured in the exhibition are the works of UNT alumnus JESÚS BAUTISTA MOROLES.

DAVID McENTIRE, assistant professor of public administration, co-wrote "Disaster Preparedness," published in IQ Report, vol. 31, no. 1, by the International City/County Management Association, November 2003. One of the article's co-authors is UNT alumna AMY MYERS.

National

MYRA WALKER, professor of visual arts and director of the Texas Fashion Collection, talks about the influence London suit maker Dougie Millings — tailor for the Beatles — had on fashion and the fashions that influenced his designs in a Feb. 8 Los Angeles Times article.

State

HARRY BENSHOFF, assistant professor of radio, television and film, discusses an eight-part series of diverse foreign films showing at UNT in the Jan. 30 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, is quoted in an article about the political power of affluent neighborhoods in the Feb. 5 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JIM LEE, Professor Emeritus of English, is quoted in an article about Texas poet Cleatus Rattan in the Jan. 25 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

LYLE NORDSTROM and LENORA McCROSKEY, professors of music, talk about the biblical opera Jephtha in the Jan. 28 Dallas Morning News. Nordstrom provides more details of Handel's oratorio in the Jan. 29 Denton Record-Chronicle.

UNT President NORVAL POHL and CASSANDRA BERRY, associate vice president for equity and diversity, discuss the continued need for an increased African American population of students and instructors at UNT in articles about the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of North Texas in the Feb. 1 issues of the Dallas Morning News and Denton Record-Chronicle.

MIKE WILLIAMS, computer support specialist in the Computing and Information Technology Center, explains the dangers of a recent e-mail worm in the Jan. 28 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Regional

STEVE HARLOS, professor of music, appeared on KERA-90.1 FM's The Glenn Mitchell Show at 1 p.m. Feb. 3. The program featured Robert Wyatt, author of the Gershwin Reader.

Local

KATE GESCH, manager of box office and promotions for dance and theatre arts, praises Denton for its art community in the Feb. 5 Denton Record-Chronicle.

TIMOTHY L. JACKSON and STEPHEN DUBBERLY, associate professors of music, and PAULA HOMER, professor of music, provide details of the "lost" opera Dorian Gray in the Feb. 5 Denton Record-Chronicle and the Feb. 6 issues of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Dallas Morning News.

GRANT BARTHE WILLIAMS, Professor Emeritus of music who worked at North Texas from 1966 to 1994, died Jan. 27 in Farmers Branch. He earned his bachelor's degree in 1955 and master's degree in 1960 from the Juilliard School of Music in New York, studying voice under Sergius Kagen and acting under Uta Hagen.

During his career he recorded music for the RCA Victor, MGM and Lyrichord Records labels and performed with the Robert Shaw Chorale, New York City Ballet, Martha Graham Co., World's Fair Festival of American Opera in Belgium, Horace Heidt and Wayne King Stage Bands, and the Radio City Music Hall Men's Glee Club, among many other organizations. He performed leading roles with numerous opera companies and was the founder and first president of the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra and the founder and conductor of the Grant Williams Chorale.

At North Texas he was named an outstanding faculty member for the 1969-70 academic year and was the sponsor of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, the national music fraternity. Before coming to Denton, he was on the faculty of Oklahoma State University and Drake University. For the past 10 years he worked with the Dallas Symphony Chorus as a vocal technique coach and consultant and gave private voice lessons.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Smith Williams; seven children; and seven grandchildren.

A memorial service was held Jan. 31 at Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church in Dallas.

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

Global Film Series. Gumnaam (Nameless), 7 p.m. March 2; Cronos, 7 p.m. March 9; Radio, TV, Film and Performing Arts Building, Room 184.

Staff Council Meeting. 2-4 p.m. March 3, Marquis Hall, Room 118.

Opera A La Carte. 8 p.m. March 3, University Theatre. Call (940) 565-3805 for tickets.

North Texas Counseling Conference. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. March 5, University Union, Silver Eagle Suite. Call (940) 565-3484 to register.

Tennis. UNT vs. Denver, 2 p.m. March 5; UNT vs. UL-Lafayette, 11:30 a.m. March 7; Denton. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Women's History Month Information Table. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. March 8-12, University Union, first floor.

Annual Voertman Student Competition. Opening reception and awards ceremony, noon March 8, UNT Art Gallery. Exhibit through March 30.

Miranda Finley and Olivia Thompson Printmaking Exhibit. Opening reception, 7 p.m. March 8, Union Gallery. Exhibit through March 25.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. March 10, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

Other featured articles in this issue

• $1 million gift to help fund construction of new UNT athletic center
• UNT launches e-Campus web site
• UNT to host annual law conference March 1-2
• Faculty and staff can vote now for 2004 UNT Homecoming theme
• UNT students, alumna win Rotary Scholarships
• Cowboy historian to speak to Friends of the UNT Libraries
• UNT professor finds that women's civic clubs led to suffrage movement in Texas
• Familiar faces should rule at 76th Academy Awards
• Totten named to National Commission on Libraries and Information Science

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