March 13, 2003 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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A chilly chore — Things were getting back to normal at UNT on Feb. 27 after the university had been closed for two and a half days due to an ice storm that brought the North Texas region to its knees. Brad Blaylock (left) and Neal McCord, both groundskeepers in grounds services, spent part of their first day back at work making sure walkways and parking areas were clear.

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JUNE BROWNLEE, assistant director of the Student Health and Wellness Center, presented a case study on the J.C. Penney Co. at the Southwest Academy of Management meeting, March 4-8 in Houston.

SANDY BURKE, computer systems manager in the Computing Center, presented "Seeing the Forest and the Acorns in the Decision Tree" at the Educause Southwest regional conference, Feb. 20 in Dallas.
An article by DAVID A. McENTIRE, assistant professor of public administration, was published in the International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, vol. 20, no. 2, 2002. The article is titled "Emergent Phenomena and Multiorganizational Coordination in Disasters: Lessons from the Research Literature."

A book co-written by MICHAEL McGUIRE, associate professor of public administration, was published by Georgetown University Press. The book is titled Collaborative Public Management: New Strategies for Local Governments.

National

PRISCILLA CONNORS, assistant professor of merchandising and hospitality management, talks about the nutritional challenges facing high school students at lunchtime in the Feb. 16 Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, Mass.

PHILIP TURNER, professor and dean of the School of Library and Information Sciences and associate vice president for academic affairs for distance education, discusses the importance of online library services for distance education programs in the Feb. 15 Educational Pathways.

State

GUS CEDILLO, project assistant for the bilingual education program, comments on the positive effects of a new program to interest students in bilingual education in the Feb. 15 Dallas Morning News. The weeklong program gives students the opportunity to learn from and speak with bilingual education teachers about their work.

OSCAR GARCIA, newly hired dean of the College of Engineering, is featured in a Feb. 17 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article discussing future plans for the college.

DAVID MOLINA, associate professor of economics, comments on the potential impact of a war with Iraq on the local economy in the Feb. 20 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

MIKE SAYLER, associate professor of technology and cognition and associate dean in the College of Education, discusses the requirements for state teacher certification in the Feb. 16 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RICHARD SINCLAIR, dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, comments in the Feb. 20 Fort Worth Star-Telegram on the uncertain future of the academy as a result of state budget cuts. A similar article on the academy also appears in the Feb. 21 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BRENDA WELLS, associate professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, and director of the Financial Services Center, discusses the lack of training requirements in the homeowner mold remediation industry in the Feb. 16 Dallas Morning News.

Local

TERESA COOPER, lecturer in dance and theatre arts, discusses the course requirements for the bachelor of fine arts degree in dance at UNT and future plans for the degree in the Feb. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle.

MARJORIE HAYES, associate professor of dance and theatre arts, is featured in a Feb. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle article on changes in the Denton Community Theater's mission and audience.

NORVAL POHL, UNT president, talks about revisions for the development of the Eagle Point Golf Course, including a new plan for the greenbelt area, in the Feb. 18 Denton Record-Chronicle. RICHARD RAFES, senior vice president for administrative services, is also featured in the article. Pohl comments on possible increases in tuition in the Feb. 19 issues of the Denton Record-Chronicle and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

OLIVIA MASIH WHITE, lecturer in biological sciences, is featured in a Feb. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle article focusing on her 10-day peacekeeping trip to Iraq with the World Alliance of Reformed Churches. A similar article on White appears in the Feb. 14 Dallas Morning News.

HELEN ANN WILLIAMS HANICAK, 65, of Denton, English instructor from 1970 to 1971, died Feb. 19 in Denton. She was born Sept. 19, 1937, in Port Arthur. She received her bachelor's degree in 1960, her master's in 1967 and her doctorate in 1976, all from North Texas. Survivors include two sons, Geoffrey Lewis Hanicak of Allen and John Joe Hanicak of Buena Park, Calif.; one sister, Elizabeth Place of Arlington; three brothers, Ted Williams of Florida, Joe Williams of California and Jim Williams of Austin; and three grandchildren. Graveside services were held Feb. 21 at Oaklawn Cemetery in Decatur.

RICHARD M. OWSLEY, 79, Professor Emeritus of philosophy, died Feb. 16 in Dallas. He worked at UNT from 1963 until his retirement in 1996 and was a former chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, which he helped create in 1969. Owsley was born Dec. 5, 1923, in Louisville, Ky. He served in the Army Medical Corps during World War II and earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville and a master's degree and doctorate from Indiana University. He taught at Indiana University and at Auburn University before joining North Texas. He was a member of several professional organizations, including the American Philosophy Association and the Society for Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy. He was the former president of both the New Mexico West Texas Philosophy Society and the Karl Jaspers Society of North America. His specialties were existentialism and phenomenology. For more than 20 years he organized annual conferences on the life and thought of philosopher Martin Heidegger and the phenomenological movement. He continued to participate in UNT's Great Books Program until two weeks before his death. Survivors include a daughter, Susan Owsley of San Francisco, Calif., and two granddaughters. A memorial service was held March 7 in the EESAT Building on campus. Memorials may be made to the Continental Philosophy Scholarship Fund, in care of the UNT Office of Development.

ANTONIA E. PEREZ, 59, a member of UNT's Custodial Services staff from 1990 through 1999, died Feb. 17 at her home in Denton. She was born Sept. 22, 1943, in Brownsville and married Manuel Perez in Rio Hondo on May 28, 1961. Survivors include her husband of Denton; two daughters, Guadalupe and Juanita Perez, both of Denton; four sons, Adan Perez, Francisco Perez and Abel Perez, all of Denton, and Manuel Perez Jr. of North Carolina; five sisters, Manuella Elizardo, Breta Elizardo, Juanita Elizardo, Julila Elizardo and Esther Elizardo, all of Brownsville; one brother, Pedro Elizardo Jr. of Brownsville; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services were held Feb. 20 at Immaculate Conception Church with burial in Belew Cemetery in Aubrey.