EDRA BOGLE, associate professor of English, was published in the SFRA Review, March-April. She reviewed a book by Karen Sand and Marietta Frank titled Back in the Spaceship Again: Juvenile Science Fiction Series Since 1945.

PAUL BRATERMAN, Regents Professor of chemistry, presented "Polymerization of Cyanide on Mineral Surfaces" at the First International Conference on Astrobiology, April 2-5 in Moffett Field, Calif.

SHOBHANA L. CHELLIAH, assistant professor of English, presented "Politeness in Collaboration: Sugar and Spice and Much too Nice?" at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 14 in Minneapolis, Minn.

CYNTHIA DUNN, visiting assistant professor of English, presented "Rethinking Language and Area Studies: Transnationalism and Hybridity as Challenges to Standard Language Ideologies" at the Workshop for Foreign Language Faculty, Hamline University, April 1 in St. Paul, Minn.

JEFF KELBER, professor of chemistry, presented "Metal-Oxide Interactions in Microelectronics" at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, April 10-12 in Troy, N.Y. Kelber, with chemistry research assistants SWARNA ADDEPALLI, BRAD EKSTROM and DAVID MARTINI, presented "Sulfur Chemistry of Oxide/Metal Interface" at the Materials Research Society International Spring Symposium, April 23-29 in San Francisco.

MELODY KELLY, head of government documents, was the first recipient of the Texas Library Association GODORT/MARCIVE "Knowledge is Power" Award, presented at the TLA annual conference, April 13 in Houston. The award recognizes an outstanding government documents librarian and an active supporter and advocate for the use of government information in education, research and commerce.

ALAN MARCHAND, Regents Professor of chemistry, presented a poster at the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management Science Program, April 24-27 in Atlanta, and presented a seminar to the chemistry department's faculty and students at Texas Tech, May 2-3 in Lubbock.

JAMES MARSHALL, professor of chemistry, has been an official tour speaker for the American Chemical Society, presenting the tour, "The Discovery of the Elements." He recently toured sites in Missouri, April 3-7; West Virginia, April 29-21; and Wichita Falls, May 3-5.

PAUL MARSHALL, associate professor of chemistry, presented the seminar "Toward Environmentally-Safe Fire Extinguishers: The Atmospheric and Flame-Inhibition Chemistry of Halogenated Compounds" to the chemistry department's faculty and students at Texas A&M-Commerce, April 20 in Commerce.

LEE MARTIN, assistant professor of English, was published in Creative Nonfiction, vol. 14. The article is titled "Trugs."

MARILYN MORRIS, associate professor of history, has received travel grants for her book project, "Moral Performances: Monarchy, Commerce and Theater in 18th-Century England." The grants include $1,800 plus travel and lodging from the Lewis Wapole Library, $1,000 plus travel and lodging from the Yale Center for British Art, $4,000 from the Huntington Library, and $2,000 from the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

JON CHRISTOPHER NELSON, associate professor of music, has released "Other Terrains" for percussion ensemble and computer-generated tape, on the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States' SEAMUS 9 CD.

KATHRYN RAIGN, associate professor of English, presented "Gendering Collaboration: The Influence of Gender on Collaboration in the Workplace" at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, April 13-18 in Minneapolis, Minn.

HENRIETTA NICKELS SHIRK, associate professor of English, presented "Re-imagining Patient-Practitioner Communication: Lady Mary Montagu and Her Physicians" at the College Conference on Composition and Communication, April 13-18 in Minneapolis, Minn.

JACQUELINE VANHOUTTE, assistant professor of English, presented "Queen or Country? Female Monarchs and Feminized Nations in Tudor Political Pamphlets" at the Shakespeare Association of America, April 1-6 in Montreal, Canada.

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JOE BARNHART, professor of philosophy and religion studies, discusses the nationwide criticism of the International Church of Christ, which has a large Dallas-Fort Worth congregation, in the May 8 Dallas Morning News.

BOB BLAND, professor and chair of public administration, is featured in the May 7 Fort Worth Star-Telegram in an article concerning the frustrations of waiting.

JESSE ESCHBACH, professor of music, and WILL MAY, professor of music and dean of the College of Music, discuss the impact of increased enrollment of Asian students on the UNT music program in the May 14 Dallas Morning News.

C. REID FERRING, professor of geography, was the key source in the Associated Press and Reuters wire services' stories about a significant archaeological find of two early hominid skull fossils. The fossils, found in the Republic of Georgia, suggest that humans left Africa at least 1.7 million years ago for Europe and Asia. The wire stories appeared in newspapers and on TV news programs across the nation on May 12. Ferring was also featured in the Dallas Morning News, on MSNBC cable news and on the ABC national news, among others.

Among the artists contributing to a recent showing at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was VERNON FISHER, Regents Professor of visual arts, as noted in the May 14 Dallas Morning News.

ARMINTA JACOBSON, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education, comments on the changing view toward housework in the May 16 Dallas Morning News.

The "ILOVEYOU" virus and computer security are discussed by LEON KAPPELMAN, associate professor of business computer information systems, in the May 6 Dallas Morning News.

The growth of parochial schools is discussed by FRANK KEMERER, Regents Professor of teacher education and administration, in the May 16 Dallas Morning News.

The use of mini-terms by UNT is discussed by SUZANNE LaBRECQUE, associate vice president for academic affairs, in the May 16 Dallas Morning News.

PETE LANE, lecturer in history, appeared on On The Record, a public affairs show produced by KERA-TV/Channel 13 in Dallas. Lane discussed the U.S. role in peacekeeping around the world, particularly the Texas National Guard's role in Bosnia. The show aired May 21 on KERA-TV and May 19 on KDTN-TV/Channel 2.

TOM LaPOINT, professor of biological sciences, and graduate students working with LaPoint, were featured in a May 11 Fox 4 news story concerning their work at the new experimental stream system at the Denton Wastewater Treatment Plant. The new stream research facility and the research were also featured in Fort Worth Star-Telegram and Denton Record-Chronicle stories the week of May 8.

UNT's efforts to contain the damage caused by the "ILOVEYOU" virus is discussed by MAURICE LEATHERBURY, senior director of academic computing, in the May 9 Dallas Morning News. Leatherbury was also featured May 15 on the 9 and 10 p.m. news for Fox 4, discussing student downloading of MP3 computer files.

The SCORE program created by the UNT Center for Sport Psychology and Performance Excellence is discussed by its director, TRENT PETRIE, associate professor of psychology, in the May 15 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

A recent UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS study concerning the Denton County drinking supply contributed to the decision to blockade a cove near the county's main drinking water source at Lake Lewisville, according to the May 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

NANCY WALKUP, project coordinator for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, is quoted in an article about Japanese pottery in the May 12 New York Times.

The recent fall of Dallas from No. 3 to No. 24 on the Forbes list of the best cities in which to do business or advance a career is discussed by BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics, and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, in the May 15 Dallas Morning News. Weinstein analyzes the impact of higher interest rates on the housing market in the May 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Compiled by Donna Carter in Human Resources.

20 years

• Lynn McCreary, Registrar's Office
• Nancy K. Reis, Libraries

15 years

• Sue Gilbert Rowan, Biological Sciences
• Deniece A. Taylor, Arts and Sciences — Office of Student Services
• Sandra C. Thurman, Research Services

10 years

• Ursula-Christa Alexander, Custodial Services
• Gloria B. Bahamon, Equity and Diversity
• Juanita F. Davis, Teacher Education and Administration
• J. Silvestre Montalvo, Mechanical Services

5 years

• Wil Clark, System Center at Dallas
• Shirley L. Eastman, College of Education
• Dorothy J. Flores, Computing Center
• Todd Russell Hall, Biological Sciences
• David Leslie Palmer, Libraries
  
  

PAULINE GALVAN, 79, of Denton, died May 14 at her daughter's home in Wayne, Pa. She retired in 1991, after 34 years of employment, from UNT Dining Services, where she was a baker.

She was born in Stonewall County, Texas. She married Antonio Galvan Jan. 1, 1938, in Rotan. He died in 1993.

Galvan was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church

Survivors include her daughter, Theresa Martin of Wayne, Pa.; three sons, Dan Galvan of Mexico City, Gilbert Galvan of Brownsville and David Galvan of Plano; three sisters, Joyce Gonzalez of Denton, Soila Roa of Amarillo and Cecilia Roa of Alamagordo, N.M.; one brother, Joe Rodriguez of Aubrey; 15 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

Services were May 19 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Fort Worth.

PEGGY SUE SMELSER, 53, of Denton, died May 15 at her home. She retired in 1999, after five years of employment, as a clerical assistant in the UNT Housing Office.

She was born June 23, 1946, in Brookhaven, Miss. Smelser retired after 20 years of state and federal employment. The Peggy Smelser Exceptional Service Award was established in her honor to be awarded annually.

Survivors include her husband, Charley Leslie Smelser of Denton; her mother and stepfather, Edith and Gary Morgan of Madison, Miss.; two sons, David Faulkenbery Smelser of Denton and Dale Smelser of Sanger; two daughters, Gale Touchstone and Cindy Drake of Lake Dallas; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and her father, Harvey Osborne of Jonesboro, Ga.

Services were May 17 at the McKinney Street Baptist Church. Burial was in Swisher Cemetery in Lake Dallas.

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

Summer I First Class Day, June 5.

Doug Pike and Robin Arthur Exhibit, sculpture and paintings, reception 3-5 p.m. June 5, exhibit through June 30, Union Gallery.

Faculty and Staff Picnic, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 7, behind the Administration Building.

Fruit of the Orchard: Pollution, Environmental Justice and Social Responsibility, panel discussion, 3-5 p.m. June 8, EESAT Building, Room 130.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT maintains nation's only 'cybercemetery'
• Interim music dean named
• Summer camps supplement budget, recruit students
• Twenty UNT students receive Frank W. Mayborn Scholarships
• Vroom! Speedway events will create heavy traffic
• Employees elected to serve as reps on Staff Council
• New program helps area children explore musical culture
• College radio offers programming flexibility
• National association elects art professor Nancy Berry as distinguished fellow
• Herman Totten will lead library group
• First TAMS class holds reunion
• Faculty Senate elects officers, plans meeting

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