Alternative means of travel — Joe Richmond, left, associate director of transportation services, and Don White, alternative transportation coordinator, were at Denton's Alternative Transportation Day event May 14 to encourage members of the community to use alternative transportation options like Denton's LINK transit system.

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JOHN C. BROOKS, lecturer in teacher education and administration, has been named an Alumni Ambassador for Texas A&M University-Commerce, the highest honor its academic departments give to their graduates.

ROBERTO CALDERON, associate professor of history, was the keynote speaker at the Denton League of United Latin American Citizens meeting, May 15 in Denton. His speech was about schools, teachers and mentoring.

DARRELL DICKEY, UNT head football coach, was named the Sears Collegiate Men's Coach of the Year by the Greater Denton Sports Commission at the commission's awards banquet May 19.

DOUG ELROD, TRIO Upward Bound Math Science director, was voted president-elect of the Texas Association of Student Special Services Programs. He will serve as president in 2004-05. He is currently serving as the chair for the TASSSP Student Leadership Conference, which is expected to bring more than 400 students and professionals to UNT this summer.

National

JOSEPH OPPONG, associate professor of geography, was interviewed live about the SARS virus on CNN at 2 p.m. May 10.

KAREN WEILLER, associate professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, was interviewed by Jon Frankel on the May 22 CBS Early Show regarding Annika Sorenstam playing in the Colonial Golf Tournament.

State

JOHN BAEN, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, discusses the need for affordable housing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in the May 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

ROBERT BLAND, professor and chair of the Department of Public Administration, comments on the Texas Senate sales tax plan for funding education in an opinion column in the May 9 Austin American-Statesman. Bland talks about credit card abuse by city employees in the May 25 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

DONALD CHIPMAN, retired history professor, was featured in a May 25 Dallas Morning News article about his recent knighting by the king of Spain, Juan Carlos, for his studies on the role of Spain in Texas history.

MARCILLA COLLINSWORTH, admissions director, and JEFFREY OXFORD, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures and chair of the Faculty Senate, comment on the effect of the implementation of higher admission standards by UNT in the May 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. A similar story with quotes from Oxford;P.R. CHANDRASEKARAN, Regents Professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law; and JONEEL HARRIS, associate vice president for enrollment management, appears in both the May 24 Dallas Morning News and the May 24 Denton Record-Chronicle.

SU GAO, assistant professor of mathematics, talks about the impact of the SARS virus on travel plans of international students from countries with SARS outbreaks in the May 12 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

PETER GIGLIO, university architect, and RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administration, comment on the new Student Recreation Center and Traditions Hall residence hall in the May 18 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

CONSTANCE HILLIARD, associate professor of history, talks about the destruction of Iraqi antiquities in the aftermath of the Iraq war in an opinion piece in the April 24 Dallas Morning News.

UNT System Chancellor LEE JACKSON comments on plans to add a pharmacy school at the UNT-Dallas campus in the May 15 Oak Cliff Tribune. In another article in the May 15 Tribune, Jackson comments on issues of school finance at a legislative breakfast of the Best Southwest Partnership. Jackson talks about the viability of cyber-education in the April 27 San Antonio Express-News and is mentioned in an article about the ending of tuition limits by the state in the May 25 Dallas Morning News.

TOM LaPOINT, professor of biological sciences and director of the Institute of Applied Sciences, was interviewed by both NBC-Channel 5 and ABC-Channel 8 on May 21 concerning the water and fish research he is conducting. He has found that estrogen levels in the water due to human wastewater are affecting male fish, causing them to become more female.

RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administration, comments on the recent increase in state workers' health care costs as a result of budget cuts in the May 8 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

DAVID SHRADER, vice president for development, comments in the May 22 Denton Record-Chronicle on the donation by Bill Winspear to provide UNT with the "Regal Eagle," a customized 15-passenger luxury bus to bring invited guest to campus for university activities. A similar story appears in the May 25 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JOHN STANSELL, professor and chair of the Department of Teacher Education and Administration, discusses the merit of a discipline assignment given to Frisco middle school students by their teacher in the May 9 Dallas Morning News.

TOM WALLER, Regents Professor of biological sciences, discusses the use of Asiatic clams to warn of possible toxins entering water systems in the May 21 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on state funding of education in the April 27 Plano Star-Courier. He comments in the April 28 Fort Worth Star-Telegram on the impact of the economic downturn to area businesses in terms of employment. In the May 16 Dallas Morning News, he discusses the current job market in terms of the numbers of jobs created and lost in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. In another article in the same issue, he comments on the increase of property valuations in the area. Weinstein discusses the current economic difficulties for retailers in far West Plano in the May 15 Plano Star-Courier.

Regional

KENT MARSHALL, coordinator of student life, was interviewed by Rebecca Lopez on ABC-Channel 8 at 5 p.m. May 26 about the prevalence of cheating and disciplinary measures taken against cheaters.

Local

DOUG CHADWICK, executive director of the UNT Foundation; BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development; and ELIDA TAMEZ, development officer for the College of Music, comment on the difficulties of awarding scholarships to incoming college students as a result of a struggling endowment, weak economy and a decline in charitable giving in the May 26 Denton Record-Chronicle. A similar story appears in the May 28 Dallas Morning News.

J.W. GIESE, Professor Emeritus of business administration, comments on the current federal government plan for tax cuts in a May 20 Denton Record-Chronicle opinion piece.

NATALIE O'BRIEN, program coordinator for the Print Research Institute of North Texas, comments on the recent work Glow Town by Sharon Louden, a visiting artist of the UNT P.R.I.N.T. Press, in the May 25 Denton Record-Chronicle.

MITTY PLUMMER, associate professor of engineering technology, comments on a high school class project based on a North Texas Engineering Week activity in the May 19 Denton Record-Chronicle.

JOHN PAUL EDDY, Professor Emeritus of education, was invited by a South Korean government official to participate in a peace prayer mission Jan. 22-29 in Seoul, South Korea. He visited leaders in some of the world's largest churches and universities in Seoul and prayed with them for peace between North Korea and the United States.

35 years

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25 years

• Phyllis Irene Eccleston, Applied Gerontology

20 years

• Margie Ann Jimmerson, University Union
• Teresa L. Richardson, Facilities
• Sue Ellen Richey, Computing Center

15 years

• Johnny L. Cox, Housing
• Richard Wayne Hultsman, Facilities
• Heather A. Weiss, Hospital and Health Services
• Edmond Gale Williams, Housing Maintenance

10 years

• Donald L. Anderson, Center for Media Production
• Beverly Jean Cody, Grant Accounting

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• Leslie Burkett, Department of Behavior Analysis
• Rebecca A. French, Purchasing and Payment Services
• Amos Green, Facilities
• Delta D. Jackson, Custodial Services
• Arturo Ortega, Libraries
• Rebecca Sue Parton, Computing Center
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ROY H. MILLS, 90, a custodian at North Texas from 1972 until his retirement in 1988, died May 26 in Pilot Point.

He was born May 10, 1913, in Denton County and was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.

Survivors include two sisters, Lucy Maples of Denton and Gracie L. Coulter of Aubrey; and several nieces and nephews.

Services were held May 29 at Old Trinity Baptist Church. Burial was in Trinity Cemetery.

GAIL SMITH ROLA, 47, assistant dean of the School of Community Service since 1998, died May 19 in Dallas.

She received her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1982 and her master of education degree in counseling and student services in 1984 from North Texas. She was working on her doctorate in higher education at UNT.

She was formerly the dean of student services at Brookhaven College in Dallas and was a licensed professional counselor with a private practice in marriage and family counseling.

Among her professional memberships were the National Career Development Association, the National Academic Advising Association and the National Coalition Building Institute.

She was also founder of the Imani Institute at Horizon Unitarian Universalist Church in Carrollton and served on the board of directors of the Dallas Kindness Foundation and the Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

Survivors include her husband, Keith, and daughter Kelyn of Flower Mound; her parents, Harold and Nelda Smith of Lannius; one sister, Susan Easley, of Bonham; and one nephew.

Services were held May 24 at Trietsch Memorial United Methodist Church in Flower Mound with burial following at the Dodd Cemetery in Dodd City. Memorials may be made to the Gail Rola Service Learning Scholarship, in care of Trey Anderson, UNT School of Community Service, P.O. Box 305248, Denton, Texas 76203-5248.

VELMA OLIVE SMITH SELBY, 92, retired assistant professor of music, died May 5 in Denton. She taught at North Texas from 1939 to 1942 and from 1960 to 1975. She earned a bachelor's degree in music from Texas Christian University and a master's degree from the Teacher's College at Columbia University. When she first worked at North Texas, she supervised student teachers in the music education department. She then married and moved to California, returning to Denton after World War II. She taught music at Jefferson Davis Elementary School in Denton before rejoining the North Texas faculty.

She was a longtime member of the Sigma Alpha Iota music fraternity and the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was also a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Denton.

She and her husband, George D. Selby, recently contributed to UNT's Oral History Collection. George Selby grew up in what is now Denton's Bayless-Selby House Museum.

Survivors in addition to her husband include one daughter, Susan Selby Buehner of Louisville, Ky.; one son, Richard "Dick" Selby of Denton; and two grandchildren.

A memorial service was held May 8 at the First United Methodist Church of Denton.

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

Baroque Orchestra. 8 p.m. June 11, Concert Hall.

Johnny Jones North Texas Basketball Overnight/Commuter Camp. June 12-15. Call (940) 565-3649 or send e-mail to jones@unt.edu.

Inaugural Summer Softball Pitcher/Catcher Camp. June 12-14. Call (940) 369-7822 or send e-mail to ssegal@unt.edu.

UNT Soccer Camp Residential II. June 15-19. Call (940) 565-3669 or send e-mail to jhedlund@unt.edu.

Tina Slinker Basketball Premier Camp. June 19-22. Call (940) 565-3667 or send e-mail to slinker@unt.edu.

Building Community Through Welcoming Diversity. 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. June 20, Marquis Hall, Room 118.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Regents change admissions policy, extend president's contract
• Million-dollar touring bus provides VIPs with star treatment
• Union Gallery welcomes staff arts and crafts show this month
• Hot news: Ideas to conserve energy and to dress to beat the heat this summer
• Staff Council representatives elected
• Making sure that Texas trees provide shade this summer
• Faculty Senate elects officers for 2003-04
• Faculty recognized at Honors Day event
• Staff Council working to find more effective ways to communicate with staff

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