Melanie Wood looks at pieces included in an exhibit of work by feminine activist and artist Mary Beth Edelson, now on display in the UNT Art Gallery until April 7.

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DIANE ALLEN, associate professor of teacher education and administration and associate dean of the College of Education, participated in Leadership Texas workshops, Feb.18-21 in Austin.

JUDITH ADKISON, associate professor of teacher education and administration and associate dean of the College of Education, attended the executive board meeting of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration, Feb. 15-20 in Orlando.

BRUCE BOND, associate professor of English, published "The Flies" and "Rope" in Black Warrior Review, fall/winter 2000.

MICHAEL BRUNER, associate professor of communication studies, and alumna JUDITH BURNS were published in Communication Quarterly, vol. 48, winter 2000. The article is titled "Revisiting the Theory of Image Restoration Strategies."

KEVIN CLAY, lecturer in English, published "The Living Bible" in the Denton Scramble, January 2001.

JAMES COX, lecturer in English, published "'All This Water Imagery Must Mean Something': Thomas King's Revisions of Narratives of Domination and Conquest in Green Grass, Running Water" in American Indian Quarterly, spring 2001.

PATRICIA CUKOR-AVILA, assistant professor of English, presented "'She say,' 'She go,' 'She be like': Verbs of Quotation Over Time in African American Vernacular English" at the American Dialect Society Conference, Jan. 4-6 in Washington, D.C.

JAY CUMMINGS, associate professor of teacher education and administration, presented "Necessity Plus Possibility and Analysis of School Performance With Children and Youth of African Descent and Resulting Performance GAD Identification" at the Association of African American Studies national conference, Feb. 14-15 in Houston.

MICHAEL R. GIBSON, assistant professor of visual arts, chaired a session titled "A Plethora of Programs, A Paucity of Qualified Educators: Overcoming a Current Crisis in Communication Design Education" at the College Art Association national conference, March 3 in Chicago.

PETER HALLMAN, lecturer in English, presented "The Logical Form of Existential-There Sentences" at the Linguistics Society of America's annual meeting, Jan. 5 in Washington, D.C., and presented "Eventiveness, Existentiality and Intensionality" at UCLA, Jan. 26 in Los Angeles.

MICHAEL McGUIRE, assistant professor of public administration, has been named to a three-year term on the editorial board of State and Local Government Review.

JAMES R. MORROW JR., professor and chair of the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, was named the 2000 Scholar for the Southern District of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance and presented "Mentoring and Collaborative Research: Faculty and Students Working Together" at the district's conference, Feb. 9-10 in Birmingham, Ala.

SOLVEIG OLSEN, professor of foreign languages and literatures, was published in the French Review, vol. 74, no. 3. The article was a review of Alexandra Murphy's Jean FranV ois Millet: Drawn Into the Light.

LESLIE PALMER, associate professor of English, published a book of poems titled Last Bite, Viking Press, 2001.

TIM PARRISH, assistant professor of English, published "The Lesson of History: Don DeLillo 's Texas Schoolbook in Libra," Clio, fall 2000, and "The End of Identity: Philip Roth's American Pastoral" in Shofar, fall 2000.

SAM SAULS, associate professor of radio, television and film, and MARILYN L. BOEMER, retired lecturer in radio, television and film, were published in the Southwestern Mass Communication Journal, vol. 16, no. 1. The article is titled "Television Network Affiliation Changes in a Major Market and the Effect on News Viewing."

RANDALL SCHUMACKER, professor of technology and cognition, was elected president of the Southwest Educational Research Association. He chaired a session titled "Educational Accountability," and presented "Austin: We have a Problem" at the association's conference, Feb. 1-4 in New Orleans.

MARCIA J. STAFF, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, received the 2001 Outstanding Educator of the Year Award from the Southern Academy of Legal Studies in Business at the academy's annual meeting, Feb. 28 in New Orleans. At the same meeting, Staff presented "Arbitration Under NAFTA Chapter 11: Efficient Dispute Resolution or Threat to Sovereignty?" She is currently editor-in-chief of the Southern Law Journal.

J. DON VANN, professor of English, organized Dickens Day, "A Celebration of A Christmas Carol," for the Denton Dickens Fellowship, Dec. 9 in Denton. The program included "Christmas Day, 1843," a history of the celebration of Christmas in England, by DENIS PAZ, professor of history; "A Christmas Carol on Screen," film clips of movie adaptations, by DON STAPLES, professor of radio, television and film; and film clips of movies influenced by A Christmas Carol, by SANDI SPENCER, lecturer in English.

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LISA ENRIQUEZ, master calendar coordinator in the department of public affairs and information services, married Timothy Largen on March 3 at the Little Chapel-In-The-Woods at Texas Woman's University.

BOB MAUGHAN, lecturer and wellness/activity program coordinator in the Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation, was inducted into the Texas Wrestling Hall of Honor, Feb. 24 in Austin. Maughan started UNT's wrestling team in 1970 and coached the team until 1982.

DIANA BLOCK, director of the UNT Art Gallery, critiques artist Mary Beth Edelson and her exhibit Re-scripting the Story, now on display in the UNT Art Gallery, in the Feb. 23 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

HARLAN BUTT, professor of visual arts, discusses the exhibit "Materials: Hard and Soft" in the Feb. 11 Denton Record-Chronicle. He served as juror of the exhibit, which was on display in the Center for the Visual Arts.

GEORGE CHRISTY, Professor Emeritus of business administration, examines the threat of recession and its implications for the nation in a Feb. 16 Denton Record-Chronicle guest column.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on plans by the city of Graham to lure industry to the small town in the Feb. 16-22 Dallas Business Journal.

BETTY CROCKER, associate professor of teacher education and administration, discusses the use of food to help teach science lessons in the Feb. 17 Dallas Morning News.

A column by CONSTANCE HILLIARD, associate professor of history, about the impact of ancestral heritage on health, is featured in the Feb. 16 USA Today.

LEON KAPPELMAN, associate professor of business computer information systems and director of the Information Systems Research Center, discusses the use of technology and its "potential for good or evil" in a column for the Feb. 20 Dallas Morning News.

PETER LANE, visiting lecturer in history, spoke with reporter Curt Lewis of WBAP 820 about the recent bombings in Iraq. The report aired on Feb. 17.

PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology, discusses the goals of the group Civic Leadership for Exemplary Education in the Feb. 8 Denton Record-Chronicle. McNeill is chair of the organization, which is addressing legislative funding issues in the Denton school district.

The New York premiere of the composition Timepiece by CINDY McTEE, Regents Professor of music, is featured in a Feb. 10 Dallas Morning News article on the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's Carnegie Hall concert.

STEVEN POE, associate professor of political science, comments on the peace studies program at UNT in the Feb. 17 Dallas Morning News.

RICHARD SINCLAIR, dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, was featured in a Feb. 16 report about gifted children that aired on WFAA-TV, Channel 8.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the Center for Economic Development and Research, discusses the boom in housing near Alliance Airport in the Feb. 2-8 Dallas Business Journal; critiques a plan to turn undocumented workers from Mexico into legal "guest workers" in the Feb. 2 Fort Worth Star-Telegram; discusses the inevitability of a recession in the Feb. 16 Dallas Business Journal; and discusses the impact of electricity deregulation on Texas in a Feb. 18 Dallas Morning News column.


VIRGINIA WHEELESS, interim executive director of the UNT System Center at Dallas, discusses plans to increase enrollment and expand the System Center into a separate campus in the Jan. 27 Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Feb. 7 Dallas Morning News.

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• Prudie Jo Scott, Dining Services
• Pat Stinson-Switzer, Libraries
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• Sandy Behrens, College of Education
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• Karen Meredith, Dance and Theatre Arts
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10 years

• Sandi Cimperman, Chemistry
• Chuck Mills, Athletics
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• Rory Rivoire, Computing Center
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• Duane Roberts, Housing
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• Donna Smedley, Criminal Justice
• Sabine Thepaut, Intensive English Language Institute
• Vicky Walker-Brooks, Computing Center
• Lori Wolfe, Biological Sciences

NANCY KERKSIECK, 88, of Denton, died Feb. 4 in Dallas. She was employed at North Texas as a food service worker from September 1969 until her retirement in May 1982.

She was born Sept. 6, 1912, in Crossroads in Denton County and was a member of the Baptist church.

Survivors include her daughter, Wanda Belew of Denton; one son, William Kerksieck of Lake Dallas; six grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Services were Feb. 5 at Cooper Creek Cemetery.

L. FRED THOMAS, 73, of Denton, professor of technology and cognition, died Feb. 11 at Denton Community Hospital. He had worked at UNT since 1963.

Thomas was born Jan. 17, 1928, in Tucson, Ariz. He received a bachelor's degree from Peru State College and master's and doctoral degrees in educational administration from the University of Arizona. He served in the Army Counter-Intelligence Corps from 1952 to 1954.

At UNT he had served as president of the Faculty Senate and at one time was chair of the department of education. He was currently serving as program coordinator for the educational research program. The L. Fred Thomas Memorial Scholarship will be given to graduate students who are public school teachers, providing assistance to those who want to further their education and remain in the teaching profession.

Thomas was a member of several professional associations, including the Texas Association of Teacher Educators, the Texas Association of College Teachers and Phi Delta Kappa, which he had served as chapter president, chapter delegate and area coordinator.

Survivors include his wife, Toni Thomas of Denton; two sons, Larry Thomas of Denton and Tom Thomas of Corpus Christi; two sisters, Loretta Dietz of St. Jo, Mo., and Leona Thomas of Los Angeles; two brothers, Dennis Thomas of Bullhead City, Ariz., and Lester Thomas of Tucson, Ariz.; and one granddaughter.

Memorial services were Feb. 13 at Schmitz-Floyd-Andersen Funeral Home in Denton.

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

MPA Alumni-Student Luncheon and Workshops. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. March 9, University Union, Silver Eagle Suite. Contact Toni Nelson, 565-2165, in the Department of Public Administration for more information.

Student Fibers Exhibit. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. March 12-30, Union Gallery. Reception, 7-9 p.m. March 12.

New Zealand Youth Choir. 7:30 p.m. March 12, Winspear Hall. Admission charge. 369-7802.

Symphony Orchestra. 8 p.m. March 14, Winspear Hall. Admission charge. 369-7802.

Sixth Annual Conference of the UNT Commission on the Status of Women. 8 a.m.-4 p.m. March 15, University Union, Silver Eagle Suite. Admission charge. 565-3484.

Spring Break. University closed March 19-23.

Run, Walk and Roll-a-Thon. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. March 31, Fouts Field. Registration required. 243-4496.

International Student Exhibit. 8 a.m.-10 p.m. April 2-20, , Union Gallery. Reception, 3-5 p.m. April 2.

Fine Arts Series: Molly Ivins. 8 p.m. April 8, University Union Lyceum. Tickets on sale March 26. 565-3805.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT debuts :CRQ™ technology at capital campaign gala
• UNT opposes TNRCC permit for asphalt/concrete plant
• THECB grants planning authority for UNT engineering program
• Women's History Month events at UNT
• Time set for Pohl inauguration
• UNT schedules events for International Week
• UNT professor serves as phone-a-friend lifeline for "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" contestant
• UNT Vision forums completed
• Regents approve building name change, raise tuition and fees
• UNT cosponsors 100-year commemoration of community college

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