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GENE J. CHO, Regents Professor of music, received the award for International Musician of the Year 2004. The honor was conferred by the International Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England.

TED FARRIS, associate professor of marketing and logistics, wrote "Logistics of Supply Chain Management," a chapter in The Purchasing Handbook, seventh edition, 2004. It was sponsored by the Institute of Supply Management and published by McGraw-Hill.

LINDA HOLLOWAY, associate professor of rehabilitation, social work and addictions and associate dean of the School of Community Service; PAUL LEUNG, professor and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions; and DAN O'BRIEN program coordinator, and SARAH SKORPIL, program specialist, in rehabilitation, social work and addictions, presented "Diversity Training for Community Rehabilitation Programs" at the Association of Community Rehabilitation Educators conference, Jan. 9 in San Diego.

PETE LANE, visiting lecturer in history and retired Air Force colonel, spoke at the UNT Air Force ROTC program's banquet, Dec. 4 at the Gateway Center, upon the request of the cadets.

JOHN "JACK" PETERS, assistant professor of English, presented "Nostromo's Narrative Confusion and Clarity: A Reassessment" at the Modern Language Association's annual meeting, Dec. 28 in Philadelphia.

JOHN R. "HAJ" ROSS, professor of English, presented "The Unmentioning of a Noun, and of a Verb, by the Belle of Amherst" at the Modern Language Association's annual meeting, Dec. 28 in Philadelphia.

JAMES C. SCOTT, professor and dean of the College of Music, has been elected chair of the Commission on Accreditation of the National Association of Schools of Music. He will lead an 18-member team that receives applications from institutions with baccalaureate or graduate programs that seek membership in NASM.

PETER SHILLINGSBURG, professor of English, presented "What Then Does Coetzee Mean?" at the Modern Language Association's annual meeting, Dec. 27 in Philadelphia.

Regional

DIANE BALLINGER, lecturer in anthropology, describes the appeal of traditional round robin letter writing in the Dec. 25 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, predicts slowly growing employment figures in the Jan. 8 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

KIMI L. KING, associate professor of political science, praises Texas' university moot court teams and the benefits of learning the art of persuasion to people in any profession in the Dec. 28 Denton Record-Chronicle and the Dec. 31 Dallas Morning News.

Excerpts from books by RICHARD LOWE and RANDOLPH B. CAMPBELL, Regents Professors of history, revealing that wealthy men served beside poor Civil War soldiers, are referenced by columnist Kent Biffle in the Jan. 2 Dallas Morning News. Biffle's column also mentions ALFRED F. HURLEY, Chancellor and President Emeritus; and PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies.

JOSEPH OPPONG, associate professor of geography, discusses zip code maps created to study the spread of AIDS in the Dec. 23 Dallas Examiner.

JAMES L. POIROT, Regents Professor of technology and cognition, talks about the need for literacy programs for immigrants' children in a Dec. 27 Dallas Morning News column about the UNT Center for Educational Technology's "Literacy for Special Populations via Technology" project.

HARRY WILLIAMS, associate professor of geography, was interviewed on Fox Channel 4 News and WFAA-TV Channel 8 News at 5 p.m. on Jan. 6. He commented on his six-year study of possible U.S. coastline disasters similar to that caused by the Dec. 26 Asian tsunami. Both interviews were repeated on that evening's news broadcasts and the next morning.

Local

HARLAN W. BUTT, Regents Professor of visual arts, talks about opportunities for artists to display their work at Denton's East Gallery in the Jan. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle.

PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology and Denton City Council member, comments about the Denton Aquatic Center' low attendance rates and its costs of operation in the Jan. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle.

JOE RICHMOND, associate director of transportation services, discusses the success of UNT's e-Trans system and the possibility of allowing the Denton County Transit Authority to operate the university's system in the Jan. 4 Denton Record-Chronicle.

E. ROBERT BLACK, 83, professor of speech from 1960 to 1971, died Dec. 8 in Colorado Springs, Colo. He earned his bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska in 1943, his master's degree from Northwestern University in 1945 and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin in 1955. Well known for his theater designs, directing and teaching, he held professorships at Texas Woman's University, the University of Texas and Northwestern State University in addition to North Texas. He was a member of the Texas Speech Association, the Speech Association of America and several theater associations. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Ann Neill Black; his sons, Robert, William and Casey; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service is planned this summer in La Veta, Colo.

STEPHEN C. MILLER, 56, assistant vice president for human resources who had worked at North Texas since 1972, died Jan. 12 in Denton. He graduated from North Texas with a bachelor's degree in finance in December 1971 and joined the university staff the following month. He worked his way up in the personnel office from a compensation specialist to director in 1991. He was promoted to assistant vice president in 2001, the same year he was certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). He was an alumnus of Leadership Denton and a former officer in the North Texas chapter of the College and University Personnel Association. Also, he was a member of the statewide Texas Higher Education Human Resources Association, which he had served as president in 1994. He is survived by his wife, Nita Huff Miller; one daughter, Mindi Keese; two sons, Travis and Cody; his parents, Phyllis and Harold Miller; and his sisters, Vicki and Sandi Miller. Funeral services were Jan. 15 at the Denton Bible Church, and a university memorial service was held Jan. 21 in Winspear Hall. Memorials may be made to the Steve Miller Human Resources Scholarship at UNT through the Office of Development at (940) 565-2900, P.O. Box 311250 or giving@unt.edu.

FRANK E. VANDIVER, 79, 11th president and first chancellor of North Texas and the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine from 1979 to 1981, died Jan. 7 in College Station. He earned a master of arts in history degree by examination and a doctorate from Tulane University. One of the nation's foremost military historians and a leading Civil War authority, he was the author of several books, including Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. Pershing, which was a National Book Award finalist. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis and came to North Texas from Rice University, where he had served as professor and chair of history, acting president, provost and vice president. He also spent a year at Oxford University and was a visiting professor at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. At North Texas he appointed a group of administrators who continued to serve the university for many years after his departure, including Chancellor and President Emeritus Alfred F. Hurley. In August 1981, Vandiver was appointed president of Texas A&M University, where he served until 1988. He continued to teach at the university as a distinguished professor, was named President Emeritus and served as director of the Mosher Institute for Defense Studies, a think tank based at A&M. Survivors include his wife, Renee; a son, Frank Vandiver; two daughters, Susan Jackson and Nancy Wahl; four stepsons, Arthur, Patrick, Timothy and Joseph Carmody; four stepdaughters, Helen Stroud, Renee Mathews, Mary Hart and Virginia Gunn; and 25 grandchildren and step-grandchildren. Services were Jan. 10 at the George Bush Presidential Library in College Station. Funeral services were Jan. 10 in College Station. Burial was at Memorial Oaks Cemetery in Houston. A memorial service at UNT was conducted Jan. 24. The family requests memorials be made in the form of donations to the UNT Libraries. Contact the Office of Development in the Gateway Center at (940) 565-2900 or giving@unt.edu. Burial was at Mount Zion Cemetery in Cooke County.

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

Women's Basketball. UNT vs. New Orleans, 7 p.m. Jan. 29, Super Pit (Coliseum). Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

NT Toastmasters. Noon-1 p.m., Feb. 2 and 9, Marquis Hall, Room 118.

Film Movement Series. Rage in Placid Lake. 7 p.m. Feb. 2, Chilton Hall, Room 111.

Men's Basketball. UNT vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m. Feb. 3; UNT vs. New Mexico State, 7 p.m. Feb. 5; Super Pit (Coliseum). Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

Tennis. UNT vs. Texas State, 2 p.m. Feb. 4; UNT vs. San Antonio, 10 a.m. Feb. 5; UNT vs. NCTC, 2 p.m. Feb. 5; UNT vs. Tyler Junior College, 2:30 p.m. Feb. 8; Tennis Complex. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Wind Symphony Concert. 7:30 p.m. Feb. 8, Winspear Hall, Murchison Performing Arts Center. Call (940) 369-7802 for ticket information.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. Feb. 9, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

13th Annual Parent Education Conference. Feb. 10-11. Call (940) 565-3481 for registration information.

COBA Distinguished Lecture. Trudy Bourgeois, president of the Center for Workforce Excellence.  2-4 p.m. Feb. 11, Eagle Student Services Center, Room 255.

Other featured articles in this issue

• Share your thoughts regarding UNT branding
• UNT examines Responsibility Center Management
• UNT plans several events to celebrate Black History Month in February
• Two UNT interior design graduates take ‘reality finals' on HGTV
• Higher education institutions seeing a drop in international student enrollment
• Dining services offers faculty, staff options to eat economically
• Faculty, staff Spanish classes starting soon
• Human resources providing customer service, leadership training this spring
• UNT Staff Council takes up faculty and staff scholarship issue
• Budget committee re-evaluates faculty and staff scholarship
• UNT professor gives advice for holiday overspending recovery

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