The beat goes on — Andy Williams, graduate assistant in the College of Music, instructs high school drummers participating in UNT's Marching Percussion Camp last month.

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JOHN COX, assistant professor of technology and cognition, received one of seven Excellence in Research-to-Practice awards for a paper he co-wrote, "New Ideas for Retaining Store-Level Employees," from the American Society for Training and Development at the ASTD International Conference and Exposition, June 6 in Orlando.

ELIZABETH HINKLE-TURNER, student computing systems manager, received the 2005 Pauline Alderman Award for Outstanding Scholarship on Women in Music from the International Alliance for Women in Music in the category of outstanding journal article. She wrote "Women and Music Technology: Pioneers, Precedents and Issues in the United States," published in the April 2003 issue of Organized Sound: An International Journal of Music Technology, vol. 8, no. 1. The award was presented at the annual concert and board meeting of the IAWM, June 4-5 in Washington, D.C.

BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development, received the 2005 John Jones Award for Outstanding Performance as a Senior Student Affairs Officer from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Region III at the NASPA Region III/Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators Conference, June 14 in San Antonio.

MIKE KOZAK, associate professor of engineering technology, co-hosted the workshop "Effective TC2K (Technology Criteria 2000) Assessment Practices," at the American Society for Engineering Education annual conference, June 12 in Portland, Ore.

PAUL LEUNG, professor and chair of the Department of Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions, was elected to a two-year term as a member at large on the board of directors of the American Psychological Association's Division 22, Rehabilitation Psychology, in June.

RICHARD LOWE, Regents Professor of history, received the Jefferson Davis Award from the Museum of the Confederacy for his book Walker's Texas Division C.S.A.: Greyhounds of the Trans-Mississippi, June 4 in Richmond, Va. The award honors the outstanding narrative on the Confederate period published in the past year. The book was published in May 2004 by Louisiana State University Press.

WILLIAM MOEN, associate professor of library and information sciences, received the 2005 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology from the OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. and the Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association, June 26 in Chicago.

BRIAN RICHARDSON, assistant professor of communication studies, presented "Expanding Whistle-blowing Scholarship: How Stakeholder Theory, Organizational Structure and Social Influence Processes Can Inform Whistle-blowing Research" at the International Communication Association annual convention, May 29 in New York City. The paper was selected for the Top Four Paper panel in the organizational communication division.

JOE ROSENTHAL, executive chef for Verde catering, was awarded the bronze medal in the team competition at the Chef Culinary Conference at the University of Massachusetts, June 17 in Amherst, Mass. He cooked with three other chefs from the University of Kentucky and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and defeated 11 other teams. The team also won a $100 prize from Campbell's, making theirs the only team to win two prizes.

RANDALL SCHUMACKER, professor of technology and cognition, chaired the Rasch Measurement Special Interest Group, the Rasch Special Interest Group business meeting and a session titled "Rasch Measurement: Philosophical, Biological and Attitudinal Impacts" at the American Educational Research Association, April 11-15 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He also was a discussant for papers in the session titled "Issues in Multiple Linear Regression." In addition, Schumacker made six presentations at the conference: "Effect Size and Confidence Intervals in General Linear Models for Categorical Data Analysis"; "Predicting Self-Concept of Community College Students in Science, Mathematics and Engineering"; "Detecting measurement Disturbance Effects: The Graphical Display of Item Characteristic Curves"; "Assessment of Technology Proficiency in K-12: Establishing Valid and Reliable Measures Using Mixed Methods"; "Rasch Measurement: Important Aspects of the Models"; "Applications of Multiple Linear Regression."

CORRINE STEEGER, associate director of the Center for Public Management in the Department of Public Administration, presented "Investing Public Funds 101" at the 99th annual conference of the Government Finance Officers Association, June 27 in San Antonio.

MURALI R. VARANASI, professor and chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering, received the Richard E. Merwin Award for Distinguished Service from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society.

National

RANDALL GUTTERY, associate professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, was interviewed by NBC reporter Don Teague during a June 20 NBC Nightly News segment on credit card fraud. In the June 17 USA Today, Guttery ponders the question of what home sellers do with the money from sold houses. Also, he describes the relationship between baby boomers and home owners in the June 26 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Regional

JOHN BAEN, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, reports that some Tarrant County communities have little land remaining for affordable housing development in the June 30 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on a recent decline in foreclosure postings in the June 17 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

KAREN COGAN, assistant professor of psychology, appeared on WFAA-Channel 8 news at 10 p.m. July 1. She talked about the actions of Kenny Rogers, the Texas Rangers pitcher who assaulted a cameraman.

JONEEL HARRIS, associate vice president for enrollment management, explains decisions that help UNT staff summer school classes in the June 26 Dallas Morning News. Harris and DAVID HARTMAN, dean of the School of Community Service, provide reasons for delays in distributing students' summer financial aid in the July 4 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

PHILIP PAOLINO, associate professor of political science, explains the political clout of senior citizen voters in the June 15 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, appeared on FOX-Channel 4 news at 6 p.m. June 30. He spoke about the economic outlook for the airline industry.

Local

ABRAHAM BENAVIDES, assistant professor of public administration, explains the relationship between markets and cultural growth in the July 4 Denton Record-Chronicle.

OSCAR GARCIA, founding dean of the College of Engineering, talks about the annual DC Best robotics competition in the June 27 Denton Record-Chronicle.

VALERIE GLENN and ARLENE WEIBLE, librarians, and MELODY SPECHT KELLY, associate dean of libraries, discuss the approximately 6,500 congressional reports now available to the public online thanks to a project to electronically archive the reports, funded by the American Library Association, in the July 4 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development, offers possible reasons home owners have conflicts with renting neighbors in the June 19 Denton Record-Chronicle.

MARSHA KEFFER, director of the Program for Academic Readiness, explains the need for math tutoring programs and remedial education programs in the July 2 Denton Record-Chronicle.

NANCY KELLER, academic counselor for visual arts and director of the UNT Feral Cat Rescue Group, talks about how volunteering allows people to feel they make a difference in their community in the June 26 Denton Record-Chronicle.

MAURICE LEATHERBURY, associate vice president for computing and chief technology officer, and MIKE MANER, manager of data communications, discuss Internet file-sharing concerns at UNT in the June 28 Denton Record-Chronicle.

President NORVAL POHL and Regent BOBBY RAY discuss the addition of a nonvoting student to the UNT Board of Regents in the June 23 Denton Record-Chronicle.

RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administration, talks about the possibility of the university building an employee child care facility with the Denton ISD in the June 16 Denton Record-Chronicle.

MICHAEL SAYLER, associate professor of technology and cognition and associate dean of the College of Education, praises the growing city of Denton in the June 26 Denton Record-Chronicle.

ED SOPH, associate professor of music, and PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology, debate the pros and cons of Denton's Eureka Park in the June 18 Denton Record-Chronicle.

ROBERT OTTMAN, 91, Professor Emeritus of music who worked at North Texas from 1946 to 1981, died June 30 in Denton.

He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Eastman School of Music and received his doctoral degree in music theory in 1956 from North Texas. He was also awarded an honorary doctor of music from William Woods College in Fulton, Mo.

He taught at several New York public schools before enlisting in the U.S. Army as a chaplain's assistant during World War II. After the war ended, he studied at London's Trinity College of Music.

At North Texas, he was coordinator of music theory and directed the Madrigal Singers. His textbooks are required curriculum for many American music schools. The first, Music for Sight Singing, was published in 1956 and is in its sixth edition.

Ottman was a member of the College of Music Dean's Camerata at UNT and was a life member of the UNT President's Council. In 2003 he and his wife, Shirley, donated a French baroque-style organ to UNT, located in the Main Auditorium. He received the UNT President's Citation in 2004.

Survivors in addition to his wife include his daughter, Ruth Ellis of Sanger; two sons, Marc Johnson of New York and Miles Johnson of San Antonio; his brother, Everett S. Ottman of Denton; a sister, Ann Chapman of Fairhope, Ala.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A memorial service was held July 10 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Denton.

CHRISTY ANN STRICKLAND, 41, administrative assistant in the Department of Information Technology and Decision Sciences since 1991, died June 15 in Dallas.

She was born in Denton and graduated from Denton High School. She was a member of Southmont Baptist Church. A funeral service was held June 17  at New Hope Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Melanie Strickland Ross of Krum; her son, Jake Christopher Strickland of Denton; her parents, Donald Ray and Julia Anne Strickland of Little Elm; two sisters, Melissa Redfearn of Aubrey and Donalee Ledoux of Amarillo; and two brothers, David Blake Strickland of Denton and Bobby Gene Strickland of Saginaw.

A funeral service was held June 17 at New Hope Baptist Church. Burial was at Belew Cemetery in Aubrey.

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

Transfer Orientation. 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. July 15 and July 22, Main Auditorium. Call (940) 565-4198 for more information.

Senior Mini Football Camp With Coach Darrell Dickey. For athletes who will be high school seniors in 2005-06. July 16. Call (940) 565-3662 or (940) 369-7638 for more information.

Dawson Memorial Baptist Camp. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. July 16-23. Call (940) 565-3481 for more information.

Parenting For Life Choices Program. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. July 16 and Aug. 6, Terrill Hall. Call (940) 565-2631 for more information.

John Bramblitt Exhibit. July 18-Aug. 15, Union Gallery. Reception, 3-5 p.m. July 23.

Jostens National Journalism Workshop. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. July 18-20. Call (877) 573-9342 for more information.

Nike Volleyball Camps With Cassie Headrick. For students age 10-18, all playing levels. July 21-24. Call (940) 565-3666 for more information.

Freshman Orientations. July 24-26 and July 27-29. Call (940) 369-8397 for more information.

Summer Commencement. 12:30 p.m. Aug. 13, Coliseum. Visit www.unt.edu/commencement for times and places of school and college convocations.

Other featured articles in this issue

• Implementation of Academic Plan begins
• Strategic Plan and Responsibility Center Management
• Work to create a UNT child-care facility is moving forward
• Summer benefits enrollment begins July 25
• Two UNT music students earn Fulbright grants to fund international study
• Sunday Fun Day volunteers needed
• Murphy Enterprise Center awards $30,000 to UNT students with winning business plans
• Nineteen students earn Mayborn scholarships

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