Saying good-bye — More than 90 employees, with almost 2,200 years of combined service to UNT, retired during the 2002-03 academic year, including those pictured here.

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ALAN B. ALBARRAN, professor and chair of the Department of Radio, Television and Film, was elected national president of the Broadcast Education Association, the professional organization for professors, industry professionals and graduate students interested in teaching and research related to electronic media and multimedia enterprises. He will serve a one-year term as the association's president, then a final year on the board of directors as immediate past president.

BERT HAYSLIP, Regents Professor of psychology, was awarded the Services Program for Aging Needs Bridge-It Award in April for outstanding commitment and service in improving the lives of seniors in Denton County. Among other work, he helped found Ann's Haven Hospice in Denton, has volunteered with SPAN and currently serves on the professional advisory board for Grand Connections, a program for grandparents raising their grandchildren.

JANICE M. HOLDEN, professor of counseling, development and higher education, was recognized by the Association of Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling, a division of the American Counseling Association, with the 2002-03 Ecumenical Award at the 50th American Counseling Association conference, March 23-26 in Anaheim, Calif.

MITCH LAND, associate professor of journalism and director of the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism, published two chapters, "Media Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa" in Global Journalism: Topical Issues and Media Systems, fourth edition, 2003; and "Status of Media in French-Speaking West Africa" in the Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications, vol. 2, 2003.

State

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, discusses the economy with regard to employment in the April 26 Dallas Morning News.

CHARLES GUARNACCIA, associate professor of psychology, and alumna EVELINN BORRAYO talk about their study of breast cancer screening behaviors among Hispanic women in the Oct. 1 Marble Falls Highlander.

MITTY PLUMMER, associate professor of engineering technology, comments on the nitrogen-fueled car being built by North Texas in the April 28 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, speaks about possible transportation issues facing the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a result of increasing population growth in the April 25 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Weinstein was interviewed about the economic climate for graduating seniors on ABC-Channel 8 on April 23 at 6 p.m. Weinstein also comments on the job market for recent college graduates in the May 6 Dallas Morning News.

Regional

LEE JACKSON, UNT System chancellor, was featured April 23 in an ABC-Channel 8 news story at 6 p.m. about proposed legislation to allow universities to run state charter schools. Jackson, who watched the House debate the legislation from the House Gallery, said that North Texas planned to operate a virtual charter if the legislation passed. (It later failed.)

EMILE SAHLIYEH, associate professor of political science, appeared on the Glenn Mitchell Show on KERA-FM, 90.1, on April 22. Sahliyeh discussed whether democracy and Islam can easily co-exist.

Local

NEAL BRAND, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics, and LAREEN HAMILTON, assistant registrar, discuss the decrease in summer class offerings in response to budget cuts in the May 3 Denton Record-Chronicle.

CHRISTY CRUTSINGER, associate professor of merchandising and hospitality management, was elected May 3 to a three-year term on the Sanger Independent School District School Board, winning 71 percent of the vote.

PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology, was re-elected May 3 to the District 4 seat on the Denton City Council.

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

Summer I Classes Begin. June 2.

Faculty/Staff Picnic. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 4, behind the Administration Building. Lunch free with invitation or $3.50 per person. Rain site: Union Courtyard.

Jennifer Ward Photography Exhibit. Opening reception 3-5 p.m. June 6, Union Gallery. Exhibit June 2-26.

Inaugural Summer Softball Fundamentals Camp. June 8-11. Call (940) 369-7822 or send e-mail to ssegal@unt.edu.

UNT Soccer Camp Residential I. June 8-12. Call (940) 565-3669 or send e-mail to jhedlund@unt.edu.

Tina Slinker Basketball Eagle Junior Camp. June 9-13. Call (940) 565-3667 or send e-mail to slinker@unt.edu.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. June 11, Wooten Hall, Room 322

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Regents approve senior vice president appointment
• Medical geographer researches spread of infectious diseases like SARS
• UNT parking permits for 2003-04 now for sale through intercampus mail
• Two UNT programs ranked high this year by U.S. News and World Report
• Elm Fork Education Center to conduct summer camps
• Staff Council holds its final meeting of the 2002-03 academic year
• Staff awards presented at President's Staff Sack Lunch
• Tips to help control mosquitoes

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