Hairy situation — Internationally renowned artist Wenda Gu spent a weeklong artist's residency at UNT earlier this month, which culminated with the opening of an original installation, “From Middle Kingdom to Biological Millennium,” in the UNT Art Gallery. Among the pieces is “United Nations 7,561 kilometers (4,698 miles),” which uses human hair to create a large temple that viewers may enter. Click here to read more about GU

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PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, was published in the International Journal for Field-Being, vol. 2, no. 1 (www.iifb.org/ijfb/pagunter-3.htm). The article is titled "The Actual Indefinite in Bergson and Whitehead."

ROBIN LAKES, assistant professor of dance and theatre arts, presented "Heightening Aesthetic Awareness Via World Dance Forms on Video" at the Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance annual conference, Dec. 4-7 in Fort Worth, and "Issues of Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Performing Arts Classroom" at the American Educational Studies Association annual conference, Oct. 30-Nov. 3 in Pittsburgh. She presented "The Teaching Legacy of Daniel Nagrin" at the National Dance Education Organization annual conference, June 27-30 in Providence, R.I. She presented "Daniel Nagrin's ‘Indeterminate Figure': The Shattered Illusions of an Urban Man" and chaired a panel on "Politico-Historical Issues in Dance" at the Society of Dance History Scholars annual conference, June 20-23 in Philadelphia.

CHARLDEAN NEWELL, Professor Emeritus of public administration, was published in Public Management, December 2002. The article is titled "Voluntary Credentialing: The First Year."

JOHN PETERS, assistant professor of English, chaired a "Conrad and Philosophy" session at the Modern Language Association's annual convention, Dec. 29 in New York City and was elected vice president of the Joseph Conrad Society of America in December.

ALEXANDER PETTIT, professor of English, presented "Mistakes of a Night: or, Who Does What With Where, When" at the Centre des Etudes Anglaises Conference, Dec. 14 in Paris.

DARYL SCROGGINS, lecturer of English, was published in The Comstock Review, vol. 16, no. 2, fall/winter 2002. The poem is titled "The Long Way Through."

PETER SHILLINGSBURG, professor of English, presented "Private Reading, Public Writing: W.M. Thackeray, Mrs. Grundy and The Market" at the European Society for Textual Scholarship Conference, Dec. 5-7 in Antwerp, Belgium, and he was published in Variants: The Journal of the European Society for Textual Scholarship, vol. 1, December 2002. The essay is titled "Manuscript, Book and Text in the 21st Century."

BRENDA SIMS, professor of English, presented "Writing Effective RFIs and Correspondence" for Centex Rooney, Dec. 6 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

National

CONSTANCE HILLIARD, associate professor of history, comments on the fragility of the institution of marriage, particularly within the African American community, in an opinion piece appearing in the Dec. 20 USA Today.

State

Plans by the university to resolve the current parking situation are discussed by RICHARD DETER, director of police, parking and transportation, and RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administration, in the Dec. 15 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

DARHYL RAMSEY, professor of music, and DEBBIE ROHWER, assistant professor of music, discuss the New Horizons Band, composed of members all over the age of 50, in the Dec. 15 Dallas Morning News.

KEITH SHELTON, professor of journalism, is featured in a Dec. 22 Dallas Morning News article highlighting his career accomplishments.

ELISABETH WARREN, director of housing, comments on the policies of some universities permitting co-ed residence rooms in the Dec. 28 Dallas Morning News.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, and TERRY CLOWER, professor of applied economics and associate director of the center, discuss the negative effects of a smoking ban on businesses and the city of Dallas in an opinion piece appearing in the Dec. 14 Dallas Morning News. Clower also comments on the challenges faced, in particular, by high-income victims of the technology bust, trying to find comparable paychecks in the near future, in the Dec. 17 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Local

A look back at 2002 in the Dec. 29 issue of the Denton Record-Chronicle features the retirement of Chancellor Emeritus ALFRED F. HURLEY from UNT and the increased enrollment at the university.

President NORVAL POHL, RICK VILLARREAL, athletics director, and DARRELL DICKEY, head football coach, discussed the positive effects of the New Orleans Bowl win by UNT in the Dec. 16 Denton Record-Chronicle.

RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administration, talks about proposed development of the Eagle Point Golf Course and the reaction of area residents to the plan in the Dec. 28 Denton Record Chronicle.

LESLIE THOMAS, co-director of international admissions, is featured in an article in the Dec. 25 Denton Record-Chronicle. Thomas discusses her experience adopting a child from India.

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GILES RAYMOND MITCHELL, 74, professor on modified service and former co-chair of the UNT English department, died Dec. 26 in Denton. He served on the English faculty for 40 years.

He began his career teaching in the Oklahoma public schools and served in the Army before pursuing his graduate degrees. He earned his master's and doctoral degrees in English from the University of Oklahoma.

He joined the UNT faculty in 1962, teaching courses in American, British and world literature. He specialized in psychological criticism and published articles in the American Journal of Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Review and American Imago. He was also a poet and published two collections of his poetry, Love Among the Mad and Some Green Laurel. He was actively involved with Trinity Presbyterian Church in Denton and was devoted to the causes of Al-Anon, the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, the National Wildlife Fund and the Nature Conservancy.

Survivors include his son, Brent Mitchell of Kenosha, Wis.; four siblings, Wilma Mitchell, Betty Ann Dayton, Stan Mitchell and Doris Bina; and two grandchildren.

Services were Dec. 30 at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

EDWARD LOUIS RAINBOW, 73, Professor Emeritus of music, who helped start UNT's doctoral program in music education in 1971, died Dec. 21 in McKinney. He served on the music faculty for 28 years and was the first full-time double bass teacher at North Texas.

As a performer in the 1940s, he played with the Al Donahue Orchestra, the Honey Brothers, Jimmy Ray and the Freddy Martin Orchestra. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Northern Iowa and his doctorate in music education at the University of Iowa.

Rainbow joined the North Texas music faculty in 1966 and trained many students who went on to become professional musicians.

In 1987 he was the principal author of Research in Music Education, a graduate-level textbook. He served on the Music Education Research Council of the Music Educator National Conference and the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education. He was also a double bassist with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra for 25 years.

Survivors include his wife, Hildegard Froehlich Rainbow; four children, Pamela Wilkendorf of Everett, Wash., Charles Rainbow of Arlington, James Rainbow of Conroe and Thomas Rainbow of Sioux Falls, S.D.; a sister, Barbara Marine of Sun City West, Ariz.; and six grandchildren.

Services were Jan. 4 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Denton. A memorial concert at UNT is planned this spring.

The Rev. WILLIAM B. ROGERS, 82, Presbyterian chaplain who ministered to students at North Texas and Texas Woman's University, died Dec. 10 in Denton. He was a UNT campus minister from 1955 to 1959 and also taught classes in UNT's Bible department. He was a combat pilot of the 39th Fighter Squadron, SW Pacific during World War II, achieving the rank of major. He earned bachelor's degrees from Davidson College and from Princeton Theological Seminary and earned master's and doctoral degrees from Union Theological Seminary. He was ordained by Brooklyn-Nassau Presbytery. He served 22 interim pastorates in 24 years, many after his retirement. He was director of University Christian Mission sponsored by the National Council of Churches and was president of the Texas Association of Developing Colleges, a pilot consortium of African American colleges sponsored by the Ford Foundation.

He wrote articles in scholarly journals and periodicals, including Curricular Religious Studies in the Public Universities of Texas. He also wrote two books about his experiences as a pilot during World War II.

Survivors include his wife, Agnes Lacy Rogers; son James W. Rogers; sisters Mary Jo McRae and Jane Romano; and grandson Seth W. Rogers.

Services were Dec. 14 at Trinity Presbyterian Church in Denton.

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

Non-Traditional Student Appreciation Week. Jan. 27-31. Call (940) 369-5847 for more information.

Fibers Exhibit. Opening reception, 7-9 p.m. Jan. 27, Union Gallery. Exhibit through Feb. 10.

Mean Green Basketball. UNT vs. UL-Lafayette, Jan. 30. UNT vs. New Mexico State, Feb. 1. UNT vs. Western Kentucky, Feb. 8. All games played at 7 p.m. in the Coliseum. Call (940) 565-2527 for tickets.

Evening of Contemporary Dance/Theatre Works. 8 p.m. Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2 p.m. Feb. 2. University Theater. For tickets, call (940) 565-2428.

Lady Eagles Basketball. UNT vs. Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m. Feb. 6, Coliseum. Call (940) 565-2527 for tickets.

COBA Distinguished Lecture Series. Presentation by R. Allen Angell, founder of Angell Financial Group. 2 p.m. Feb. 7, Art Building, Room 223.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• New campaign promotes UNT license plates and scholarships
• Women at work: Habitat for Humanity calls for Women Build volunteers
• Rafes named senior vice president for administration
• Equity, diversity conference registration deadline nearing
• Pohl addresses golf course development issue
• UNT offers support system to employ people with disabilities
• Rafes speaks to Staff Council about salaries, staffing levels, legislative session
• UNT to sponsor Leadership Texas participant
• GU creates new installation during residency
• UNT scholars win four Rotary scholarships

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