July 5, 2002 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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Poems by BRUCE BOND, professor of English, were published in the Paris Review, vol. 161, 2001. The poems are titled "The Island City of Dmitri Shostakovich," "The Lovers of Rome" and "Art Tatum."

JOHN PAUL EDDY, Professor Emeritus of counseling, development and higher education, presented two professional addresses on "Reforming and Reviewing Higher Education Worldwide" at the Oxford University Round Table Forum, July 2 and 4 in Oxford, England. Since retiring from UNT, Eddy has worked with the National Sports Institute of San Antonio; the Salvation Army of Denton; Crossfire of Asheville, N.C.; St. Dunstan's Church of Cranbrook, England; Reconciliation Ministries of Pasadena, Calif.; and Good Samaritan Center of Howard Lake, Minn.

DENNIS ENGELS, Regents Professor of counseling, development and higher education, was named a fellow of the National Career Development Association. He was also awarded the Carl D. Perkins Government Relations Award by the American Counseling Association.

JOHN HIPPLE, senior staff counselor at Counseling and Testing Services, spoke on communication and health problems that affect musicians' performance as a part of the ongoing "Up Close and Personal" lecture series of the Texas chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, June 26 in Lubbock.

PAUL LEVERINGTON, director of Student Employment and Career Services, and JANET DENNY, job development specialist in Student Employment and Career Services, presented "Utilizing Technology as a University Partner to Foster Lifelong Career Development for Traditional, Non-traditional, Virtual Students and Alumni" at the Southwest Association for Colleges and Employers annual conference, June 6 in Oklahoma City.

An essay by JACK PETERS, assistant professor of English, was published in the CEA Forum, vol. 32, no. 1, winter/spring 2002. The essay is titled "The (Somewhat) Lighter Side of the Academic Job Search."

A report by RICH WEBER, professional development coordinator for the Center for Public Management, and DAVID McENTIRE and ROBIE ROBINSON, assistant professors of public administration, has been published by the University of Colorado as Quick Response Report No. 155. The report is titled "Public/Private Collaboration in Disaster: Implications From the World Trade Center Terrorist Attacks." The Quick Response program provides funding for disaster scholars to report on response and recovery soon after major disasters.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, presented "The Fiscal Impacts of the Current Recession on Metroplex Cities," Metroplex Mayors Association, June 11 in Addison.

DALE YEATTS, professor and chair of the sociology department, and CHERYL HARDING, assistant professor of applied gerontology, received a grant of $189,142 from the Commonwealth Fund to conduct a study on self-managed work teams in nursing homes.

State

DIANE ALLEN, associate dean of the College of Education and associate professor of teacher education and administration, discusses the Science and Math Teacher Academy, a joint program of Paul Quinn College and the UNT System Center at Dallas for fifth- and sixth-grade teachers, in the June 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JEAN KELLER, dean of the College of Education, comments on the quality of education at Texas universities for students planning to be teachers in the June 12 Dallas Morning News.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on the 1 percent drop in high-tech industry employment in Texas in the June 26 Dallas Morning News.

Regional

RUTHANN MASARACCHIA, retiring director of women's studies and professor of biological sciences, was on the Glenn Mitchell Show on KERA 90.1 at noon June 18 to discuss feminism and the women's movement with Carolyn Graglia, author of Domestic Tranquility: A Brief Against Feminism.

GRANT MILES, associate professor of management, commented on the human side of President Bush's plan to reorganize federal offices on the June 7 10 p.m. WFAA-Channel 8 newscast.

Local

UNT System Chancellor ALFRED F. HURLEY discusses in the May 23 Oak Cliff Tribune a donation of 57 acres of land by Wilma and Vernon Jordan and Michael Boney of the Runyon Springs Co. for the development of the UNT at Dallas campus. The UNT System now has 259 acres to develop the campus.

MELODY KELLY, associate dean of libraries, discusses the reasons for opening the Cyber Café in Willis Library in the June 25 Denton Record-Chronicle.

SHANE MENZ, university police corporal, and his German shepherd partner, Hektor, are profiled in the June 17 Denton Record-Chronicle. Hektor is the only university police bomb dog in the state.

The campus blood drive for J.B. SPALDING, associate professor of business computer information systems currently receiving treatment for leukemia, is featured in the June 24 Denton Record-Chronicle. BEVERLY KENNEY, administrative services officer in business computer information systems; BOB KILLAM, administrative services officer in biological sciences and current North Texas blood drive coordinator; and CHANG E. KOH, assistant professor of business computer information systems, comment on Spalding, who coordinated blood drives at UNT from 1982 to 1992.

ISABEL SCIONTI HICKS, 90, of Denton, a renowned pianist who taught UNT students at her Denton piano conservatory in partnership with her former husband, the late Silvio Scionti, died June 26 at Denton Community Hospital.

Hicks was born Feb. 16, 1912, in Premont.

She attended Baylor University and the Chicago Musical School, where she met her first husband, Scionti, in 1933. The Sciontis, who both also had solo performance careers, were among the world's preeminent duo piano performers. They made their Carnegie Hall debut in 1938 and traveled the world as concert pianists until World War II ended their international career.

In 1942 the Sciontis returned to America to teach in Denton, and recorded with RCA. In 1949, 11 winners in the National Guild of Piano Teachers competition were students of the Sciontis, and one was named as one of the five finalists in the national young artists division. Students who went on to achieve sustained prominence include Ivan Davis, Monte Hill Davis, Jeannene Dowis, Johnny Woods and faculty members Mary Nan Hudgins Mailman and Jack Roberts. Hicks' survivors include her sister, Lucile Kibbe Martin of Denton.

Services were held June 29 at First United Methodist Church of Premont with burial in the Premont Cemetery.

UNT will host a memorial celebration at 3 p.m. July 7 in the UNT Recital Hall. Nelson Sullivan

NELSON SULLIVAN, 85, of Denton, Professor Emeritus of accounting, died June 16 at Denton Regional Medical Center. Sullivan served on the accounting faculty from 1947 until his retirement in 1982.

Sullivan was born April 2, 1917, in Sanger. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from North Texas in 1937, received his M.B.A. in accounting from the University of Texas at Austin in 1948 and completed course work toward a doctorate in accounting. He became a certified public accountant in 1957.

Sullivan retired from the U.S. Army Reserve as a colonel after serving in World War II and the Korean War. Before joining the faculty at North Texas, he taught high school in Sanger, Sweetwater and Wichita Falls.

He was a member of several professional organizations, including the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, American Accounting Association, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, National Association of Accountants and the Texas Association of College Teachers. He was co-author of the textbook Cost Accounting – Accumulation, Analysis and Control.

Sullivan is survived by his daughters, Patti Walker of Sanger and Mary Anne Gorman of Argyle; four grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren. Services were June 22 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial was in Roselawn Memorial Park.