Instructing conducting — Jeff Cranmore, a UNT alumnus and music teacher at Dowell Middle School in McKinney, takes conducting instructions from Jack Stamp, assistant chair of the Department of Music at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, in Indiana, Pa., while conducting the UNT Wind Symphony. Cranmore is a participant in UNT's Conducting Collegium Workshop, held July 14-25, in the Murchison Performing Arts Center.

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PRISCILLA CONNORS, assistant professor of merchandising and hospitality management, was selected to be a National Food Service Management Institute Scholar by the institute's applied research division at the University of Southern Mississippi. She was selected based on her research in child nutrition and proposals concerning current needs of school meals programs.

BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development and associate professor of higher education, is president-elect of the Texas Association of College and University Student Personnel Administrators (TACUSPA). Her term begins Oct. 7 at the end of the annual conference and spans one year.

An article by SAM SAULS, associate professor of radio, television and film, was published in the June 2003 Journal of Radio Studies. He reviewed the second edition of An Introductory History of British Broadcasting. 

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, presented "Has NAFTA Fulfilled its Promise? An Assessment After 10 Years" at the bi-annual meeting of the Pacific Regional Science Conference, July 3 in Acapulco, Mexico.

International

A book by GUY CHET, assistant professor of history, about early American military history and the American Revolutionary War is featured in the July 29 New York Times. The book title is Conquering the American Wilderness: The Triumph of European Warfare in the Colonial Northeast.

State

JOAN ACKERSON, executive officer with the Murphy Enterprise Center, discusses the current Shirley Murphy Business Plan Contest in the June 26 Dallas Morning News.

DIANE ALLEN, associate professor of teacher education and administration and associate dean of the College of Education, discusses the appeal of the newest Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, to children as well as adults in the June 21 Dallas Morning News.

CASSANDRA BERRY, associate vice president for equity and diversity, comments on the current Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action in relation to UNT minority enrollment in the June 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JOHN BROOKS, lecturer in teacher education and administration, discusses the work involved in educational administration in a June 24 Dallas Morning News article about the increasing number of women in administrative positions in higher education.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on Arlington's economic development in the June 29 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TIMOTHY MONTLER, professor of English, talks about the need to preserve the language of Washington state's Klallam Indian tribe in the July 6 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Regional

UNT System Chancellor LEE JACKSON is featured in a June 19 Oak Cliff Tribune article about a recent speech former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani gave in Dallas. Jackson spoke about the importance of sustainable community summits before Giuliani's keynote address.

Local

REID FERRING, professor and chair of the Department of Geography, talks about the discovery made by an international team of colleagues regarding early human migrants from Africa to Eurasia in the July 5 Denton Record-Chronicle.

LANSE FULLINWINDER, grounds maintenance manager; PAT HOWELL, associate vice president for facilities; and DON SMITH, associate professor of biological sciences, are featured in a June 25 Denton Record-Chronicle article on the coordinated effort between UNT and the neighborhood surrounding Eagle Point Golf Course to create a greenbelt for the community before construction begins on a new residence hall and dining hall. Smith is also featured in the July 8 Denton Record-Chronicle in another article about the project.

MICHAEL GIBSON, associate professor of visual arts, discusses the art display "Roadshow: Dutch Graphic Design 1990-2003" at the UNT Art Gallery in the June 26 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BOB MAUGHAN, lecturer in kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, comments on the J. Robinson Wrestling Camp held at UNT, which he sees as an opportunity to promote wrestling in Texas, in the June 26 Denton Record-Chronicle.

KATHRYN McCAULEY, director of student legal services, talks about a recent case involving students who claim to have been overcharged for towing services by a Denton business in the June 22 Denton Record-Chronicle.

GARLAND R. BROOKSHEAR, 89, assistant professor of business administration from 1938 until 1977, died June 29 in Denton. He received his bachelor's degree in business in 1936 and his master's degree in administrative management in 1938, both from North Texas, and did additional graduate work at the University of Texas at Austin. He taught for one year at Whitesboro High School before joining the North Texas faculty.

Brookshear was a member of several professional organizations, including the Texas Association of College Teachers and the Southwestern Social Science Association. He had traveled extensively in Europe and was active in Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts as a volunteer.

He is survived by two sons, Robert Brookshear of Colorado City and Glenn Brookshear of Mequon, Wisc.; four grandchildren; and two great grandchildren.

A memorial service was held July 6 at First United Methodist Church in Denton.

LOUIS FRED CONNELL JR., 88, Professor Emeritus of physics who worked at North Texas from 1937 to 1942 and 1951 to 1975, died June 24 in Denton. He received his bachelor's degree in 1934 from the Texas College of Arts and Industries in Kingsville and earned his master's in 1936 and his doctorate in 1948, both from the University of Texas at Austin. He joined the North Texas faculty in 1937 after two years of high school teaching, leaving in 1942 to serve as a Navy radar officer during World War II. He taught at the University of Texas at Austin before returning to North Texas in 1951 as chair of the Department of Physics, a position he held until he returned to full-time teaching in 1969. During his tenure as chair, a new physics building was constructed, a doctoral program in physics was begun and the university gained membership in the Oak Ridge Associated Universities consortium. Connell's professional memberships included the American Physical Society, the American Association of Physics Teachers and Sigma Xi. He conducted summer research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratories in the 1950s and served on several proposal review panels for the National Science Foundation.

In Denton he served as a Flow Hospital volunteer and was a co-organizer of the Lifeline program, which connects older people to medical help in an emergency. He was a longtime member of the board of directors of Fairhaven Retirement Home and was on the council at Good Samaritan Village, where he and his wife had lived since 1991.

Survivors include his wife of 65 years, Geraldine; two sons, Fred Jopling Connell of Columbus, Ohio, and James Richard Connell of Garland; one daughter, Carolyn Connell of Salt Lake City, Utah; six grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.

A memorial service was held June 28 at First Presbyterian Church in Denton.

WALTER DELESANDRI, 44, art photography lab technician in the School of Visual Arts since 1991, died June 9 in Denton. He came to Denton in 1991 to work at UNT. Music and photography were his lifelong interests. He had played guitar with the Silvertones for the past three years, performing regularly at Leon's Place and Cool Beans in Denton. He also was a regular at the Prairie House Restaurant and had performed with Bo Diddley, Pops Carter, Texas Slim, Doyle Bramhall and Doyle Bramhall II, among others.

He is survived by his wife, Carol, and daughter, Dyna Linn, both of Denton, and his mother, Alice Delesandri, of Santa Fe.

Services were held June 14 in Hitchcock. A memorial concert, featuring the Smokin' Joe Kubek Band, the Silvertones, Holland K. Smith and Mitch Palmer, was held in Irving June 29.

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

Conductors Collegium Concerts. 7:30 p.m. July 19, 22 and 25, Winspear Hall.

Texas Association Quilt Guilds. July 19. UNT Coliseum.

Gabriela Kolcavova Photography Exhibit. Opening reception, 3-5 p.m. July 21, Union Gallery. Exhibit continues through Aug. 11.

UNT Volleyball Camp. July 24-27. Call (940) 565-3666 or e-mail headrick@unt.edu for more information.

Maddie Dietrich Presentation. UNT alumna speaks of her coming out and being transgendered. Noon-1 p.m. July 30, University Union, Room 413. Sponsored by the UNT Ally Program.

Opera: Puccini's Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi. 8 p.m. Aug. 1-2 and 5; 3 p.m. Aug. 3; Lyric Theater. Call (940) 369-7802 or e-mail rlitzer@unt.edu for more information.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT names interim dean of Toulouse School of Graduate Studies
• Vice president for development to retire from full-time duties
• State retiree insurance coverage qualifications to change Sept. 1
• Faculty, staff to enjoy exclusive Student Recreation Center preview Aug. 13-15
• Science and Math Teacher Academy receives funding
• Walkers, dollars needed for Denton-area American Heart Walk in October
• Volunteers needed for UNT's annual Sunday Fun Day event Aug. 17
• Mean Green season ticket packages available

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