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JUDITH ADKISON, associate professor of teacher education and administration and associate dean of the College of Education, was a panelist on the session "Sifting Sands of Educational Administration: Who's Got the Shovel?" at the American Educational Research Association conference, April 10-13 in Seattle.

CYNTHIA K. CHANDLER, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented "Treating ADD Kids and Their Stressed-Out Parents" at the American Counseling Association conference, March 5-20 in San Antonio.

BETH DURODOYE, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education, served as president-elect of the Texas Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development at the American Counseling Association conference, March 15-20 in San Antonio.

NOREEN L. GOGGIN, associate professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, presented "A Comparison of Web-Based Course Instruction and Traditional Teaching in Motor Behavior" at the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference, March 25-April 1 in Cincinnati.

PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, presented "Possibility, Probability and Professor Auxier's Modal Logic" at the Central Division of the Society for Philosophy of Creativity, May 3 in Minneapolis.

HENRY HARRIS, assistant professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented "What Are School Counselors Saying About Interracial Families and Biracial Children?" and "Attitudes Toward Interracial Dating and Marriage: Taboo or Accepted Practice" at the American Counseling Association conference, March 15-20 in San Antonio.

JAN S. HODGES, assistant professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, presented "Outcome Achievement in Therapeutic Recreation" at the American Therapeutic Recreation Association conference, March 9-11 in Las Vegas. She also co-presented two sessions with BARBARA WILHITE, professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, "The Case Study Approach in Therapeutic Recreation" and "The Cognitive Pragmatic of the Aging Self: Implications for Optimizing Health and Well-Being Across the Life Span."

JANICE HOLDEN, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented "Working with Spiritual Experiences (in Counseling)"at the American Counseling Association conference, March 15-20 in San Antonio.

MICHAEL KOZAK, associate professor of engineering technology, was the local organizer of the Society of Plastics Engineers annual technical conference and exhibition, May 8 in Dallas.

KENNETH D. LOOMIS, assistant professor of radio, television and film, presented "Learning as a Function of Time Management in the Asynchronous Environment" at the Broadcast Education Association annual convention, April 20-23 in Las Vegas. The paper was awarded second place in its division.

JANELLE MATHIS, assistant professor of teacher education and administration, presented "Literacy Learning with Culturally Relevant Literature" at the National Reading Conference, Nov. 29-Dec. 3 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

DAVID McENTIRE, assistant professor of public administration, was published in the Towson University Journal of International Affairs, vol. 33 no. 2. The article is titled "Distinctive Theory or Theoretical Dispute? Revisiting the Balance of Power."

PAUL NAKONEZNY, assistant professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, presented "A Demographic Analysis of Dallas County: Health Care Implications and Community Health Planning Recommendations" at the Southwestern Social Sciences Association conference, March 17 in Fort Worth. He also chaired and organized the medical sociology session of the conference.,.

JEFFREY OXFORD, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, was published in Vicente Blasco Ibáñez: 1898-1998. La vuelta al siglo de un novelista. Actas del Congreso Internacional celebrado en Valencia del 23 al 27 de noviembre de 1998,Generalitat Valenciana, 2000. The article is titled "La falta de La voluntad de vivir."

JANE PEMBERTON, assistant professor of technology and cognition, presented "Using Two-Way Audio Video Conferencing to Enhance Practicum Experiences" at the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education conference, March 4-9 in Orlando.

JOYCE RADEMACHER, associate professor of technology and cognition, presented "Implementing Technology into Preservice Teacher Education Courses: PT 3 First Year Accomplishments" at the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education conference, March 1-9 in Orlando. .

SAM SAULS, associate professor of radio, television and film, presented "Understanding Your Media Outlet: An Administrative Guide to the School Radio Station" and was a panel member on "Programming Students' Wants vs. Community/College Needs" and "The Advising Odyssey" at the Broadcast Education Association convention, April 21-22 in Las Vegas.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, presented the keynote address, "Is the New Economy Getting Old?," at the Society of Plastics Engineers annual technical conference and exhibition, May 8 in Dallas.

CAROL WICKSTROM, assistant professor of teacher education and administration, presented "They Have the Pieces, I Have the Process," "Using a Portfolio Process as a Model for Teaching, Assessing and Learning" and "Reflections of Reading Course: Is a Portfolio Conference Always Reflective?" at the American Educational Research Association conference, March 9-16 in Seattle.

RAMONA PEREZ, assistant professor of anthropology, comments on a program developed by the Denton County Commissioners Court to translate county documents into Spanish in the April 25 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

NORVAL POHL, UNT president, discusses challenges and changes facing the university in the April 30 Denton Record-Chronicle. UNT Chancellor ALFRED HURLEY is also featured in the article, discussing the presidential inauguration and the work being done by the new university president.

UNT's new athletic director, RICK VILLARREAL, discusses his vision for the athletics program in the April 29 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the Center for Economic Development and Research, discusses the influence of new construction on Tarrant County in an article in the April 14 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He discusses the negative effects of a living wage proposal in the April 23 Dallas Morning News. , Weinstein discusses the impact of high gas prices on tourism in the April 29 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and he comments on the rise in energy costs and its duration in the May 2 Chicago Tribune.

LINDA F. ALLMAND of Fort Worth has committed $100,000 to the University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences. The gift, which will be given to the university over five years, will be used to create an endowed matching gift fund intended to stimulate the creation of additional endowed scholarships for the school.

JOHN and LINDY RYDMAN of Houston, through Spec's Charitable Foundation, have given $1 million to the University of North Texas. The bulk of the gift, $900,000, will endow the One O'Clock Lab Band Fund to be named for Spec's Charitable Foundation. This endowment will provide for the annual operations of the One O'clock Lab Band, and excess earnings from the endowment will be used for jazz scholarships.

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

May Mini-mester. Final exams, May 30.

Summer I. Classes begin, June 4.

Maritza Aviles Exhibit. Prints, paintings and drawings. Reception, 3-5 p.m. June 4, Union Gallery. Exhibit through June 22

Faculty/Staff Picnic. 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. June 6, Library Mall behind the Administration Building. Lunch is free for faculty and staff, $3.50 for guests.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Governor signs UNT-Dallas bill
• Pohl says thank you for inauguration, festivities
• Regents approve admissions policy modifications
• Goven named interim vice provost for research
• Tornado season: Keeping an eye on the sky
• McTee receives Guggenheim Fellowship to write symphony
• TAMS student to participate in Presidential Classroom
• Elm Fork Explorer's Camp registration deadline nearing
• Totten receives Dewey Medal from ALA
• Staff awards presented

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