July 7, 2000 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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Jerry Gore of the National Underground Railroad Museum in Maysville, Ky., gives a presentation during the university's June 16 celebration of Juneteenth.

WILLIAM ACREE, professor of chemistry, has been appointed to the UNT McNair Advisory Board. The board is made up of university administrators and faculty members.

SHAHLA ALA'I-ROSALES, assistant professor of behavior analysis, and graduate student DOMONIQUE RANDALL presented "The Effects of a Sibling Training Package on Play and Engagement Between Children with Autism and Their Siblings." Ala’i-Rosales and graduate student LORI RUSSO presented "Increasing the Duration and Variability of Typical Play Interactions in a Boy with Autism." Ala’i-Rosales and JESUS ROSALES-RUIZ, assistant professor of behavior analysis, presented "Degrees of Response Freedom in the Treatment of Children with Autism." Ala’i-Rosales co-presented "Standard Celeration Chart Reading and Charting." All presentations were at the 26th annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, May 2000, in Washington, D.C. photo of Deborah Atkins

DEBORAH H. ATKINS, director of research and development for the Velma E. Schmidt program in early childhood education, co-presented "Temperament Variability and Music Styles: Relationships With Dimensions of Emotional Tone, Arousal Magnitude and Compositional Structure" and "Infant Music Listening Preferences: Implications for Child Development, Influences on Behavior and Music Education" at the Texas Music Educators Conference in February in San Antonio.

PAUL BRATERMAN, Regents Professor of chemistry, presented "Layered Double Hydroxides: Synthetic Minerals With Many Uses" at the Coahuila Chemistry Week Conference, Autonomous University of Coahuila, May 15-17 in Coahuila, Mexico. Braterman is conducting research with A.J. Hurd of Sandia National Laboratories at the Sandia facility in Albuquerque, N.M., this summer.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, presented "Modeling Hotelier Revenue Sensitivity to Increasing Occupancy Taxes: An Interrupted Times Series Approach" at the Sixth World Congress of the Regional Science Association International, May 16-20 in Lugano, Switzerland.

BETTY CROCKER, associate professor of teacher education and administration, presented "Motivating Students Through Food" and "Grocery Store Geology, Restocked" at the National Science Teachers Association conference, April 4-10 in Orlando, Fla.

JOHN PAUL EDDY, professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented "A Model for Non-Violence" at the International Association of Educators for World Peace 10th World Peace Conference, June 16 in London. He received the International Research Scientist Award for his Gulf War Syndrome research at a United Nations-sponsored conference June 16 in London. While he was in England, Eddy also accepted invitations to speak at Wesley Chapel and the Salvation Army in London and at St. Dunstan's Anglican Church in Cranbrook. Eddy is co-author of several journal articles: "Training Systems Management Implications" in College Student Journal, vol. 33, no. 4; "End-User Training: A Meta Model" Journal of Instructional Psychology, vol. 26, no. 2; "Counseling Asian Americans: Implications for Training" in Education Journal, January 2000; and "Utilizing Financial Ratio Analysis in Assessing Higher Education Institutions" in Education Journal, May 2000. He was elected to the advisory board of the National Institute of Sports, June 1 in San Antonio. He was re-elected as a member of the Board of Reconciling Ministries, based in Pasadena, Calif., June 8. He presented "From Philadelphia, Pa., to Denton, Texas: History of the African Methodist Episcopal Church" at the 125th anniversary of the Saint James African Methodist Episcopal Church, May 21 in Denton. He presented "Rosa Parks, Leader in Civil Rights in America: Montgomery, Ala., to Denton, Texas" at the annual Teacher Appreciation Service of the Denton Area Alliance of Black School Educators at the Morse Street Baptist Church, May 27 in Denton. He presented "Planning for Community Involvement" at the Denton County Substance Abuse Coalition Youth Opportunities Summit Planning Conference, June 6 in Lewisville. He helped to create a library of alcohol and drug education materials for Enhancing Life Ministries during May in Denton.

OLGA D. GRIECO, program coordinator of the International Welcome Center, presented "Creative Campus/Community Orientations: From Concise to Comprehensive" at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference, May 30 in San Diego.

PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, was published in Process Studies, winter 1999. He reviewed Whitehead and the Philosophy of Education by Malcolm D. Evans. In the same issue his article, "Bergson, Mathematics and Creativity," is the central essay in a "focus" section, which also includes photo of Tom Hoemeke discussions of the article by R.E. Auxier and C.R. Hausmann and a dialogue between Gunter and his critics.

TOM HOEMEKE, director of International Studies and Programs, presented "Preparing International Education Leaders for the 21st Century" at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference, May 29 in San Diego.

LINDA JAHN, director of International Admissions, presented "Foreign Credential Evaluation," a training workshop for credential evaluators in U.S. and foreign universities, at the NAFSA: Association of International Educators conference, May 28-29 in San Diego.

GEORGE S. MORRISON, professor of teacher education and administration and Velma E. Schmidt chair, was published in the spring and summer issues of the Public School Montessorian. His articles were titled "OK, Montessorians, Put on Your Game Face" and photo of George Morrison "Montessori Educators, Presidential Candidates," respectively. He presented "Bridging the Gap Between Brain Research and Early Childhood Practice" and "The Myth of the Myth of the First Three Years" at the Children: Our Common Wealth III Conference, March 23-24 in Covington, Ky. Morrison was recently appointed chair of the Publications Advisory Committee, Southern Early Childhood Association. Morrison and the Velma E. Schmidt program in early childhood education received a grant of $2,000 from Hyundai Corp. to support the "Success for Life Through Reading Initiative." Morrison and DEBORAH H. ATKINS, director of research and development for the Velma E. Schmidt program presented "Developmental and Neuroscience Research Applied to Early Childhood Education" at the 2000 Association for Childhood Education International Conference, April 19 in Baltimore. Morrison, Atkins and others co-presented "Support of the Texas Reading Initiative: A Collaborative Effort" at the Commissioner’s Reading Day, Feb. 3 in Austin.

STEPHANIE STEGALL, information desk/Eagle Ambassador supervisor, was selecte photo of Bernard Weinstein d as director of communications for the Collegiate Information and Visitor Services Association, based in New Brunswick, N.J., June 13. She will serve a one-year term.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, presented "Global Markets and Local Institutions: A Critique of the World Development Report" at the Sixth World Congress of the Regional Science Association International, May 16-20 in Lugano, Switzerland.

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RANDOLPH CAMPBELL, Regents Professor of history, is quoted in a June 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about descendents of slaves who bore their slave owners’ children.

The impact of the web on college admissions is discussed by MARCILLA COLLINSWORTH, director of admissions, in the May 31 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RICHARD GOLDEN, professor and chair of the Department of History, discusses the new Jewish studies program at UNT in the June 5 Denton Record-Chronicle.

The effects of toxic waste dumps on the environment are discussed by EUGENE HARGROVE, professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, in the June 6 Denton Record-Chronicle.

Viruses and the vulnerabilities of mobile phones are discussed by LEON KAPPELMAN, associate professor of business computer information systems and director of the Information Systems Research Center, in the June 14 Dallas Morning News.

PETER B. LANE, lecturer of history, spoke during a Memorial Day service at Roselawn Memorial Cemetery, according to the May 29 Denton Record-Chronicle.

The 10-year reunion of the TEXAS ACADEMY OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE Class of 1990 was featured on Weekend Edition Sunday on National Public Radio June 18.

A study by the TEXAS CENTER FOR MUSIC AND MEDICINE of specialized medical care needed for musicians is discussed in a June 16 article on the WebMD Health web site. The center is a joint effort of the College of Music and the UNT Health Science Center at Fort Worth.

FRANCES VICK, director of the UNT Press, is the subject of a "High Profile" article in the June 11 Dallas Morning News.

FRED WATKINS, media services specialist in the Department of Radio, Television and Film, discusses the UNT student film festival in the June 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RICHARD H. WELLS, professor and chair of the journalism department, is the subject of a June 18 Denton Record-Chronicle article discussing his appointment to the position of superintendent of the Naval Postgraduate School.

Compiled by Donna Carter in Human Resources.