May 19, 2000 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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Senior fashion design students present their colorful
and innovative creations during a fashion show
May 12. More than 100 original garments were
modeled.

AL BAVON, assistant professor of public administration, was published in the inaugural issue of African Social Science Review, spring 2000. His article is titled "Occupational Health and Safety in Ghana: An Agenda for Reform."

TIMOTHY BUNGUM, assistant professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, presented "Correlation of Parental Characteristics and Smoking Behavior Among Their Children" at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference, March 21-26 in Orlando, Fla.

DeeANN CHEATHAM, associate director of the Center for Public Management, was elected to the board of directors of the Government Treasurers Organization of Texas.

CHWEE LYE CHNG, professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, presented "Toward Culturally Competent Care for Asian-Pacific Islander Americans with Substance Abuse Problems" at the American Society of Addiction Medicine 31st annual medical-scientific conference, April 13-16 in Chicago.

BETH A. DURODOYE, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented "Scientific Racism" at the American Counseling Association conference, March 22-26 in Washington, D.C.

JOHN PAUL EDDY, professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented "Projects in Social Services" at the Walker Church, April 30 in Howard Lake, Minn.; "Stories of Hope for Americans" at the Salvation Army, April 9 in Denton; and "An Effective Response to School Violence: Teach Non-Violence Methods" at the American Counseling Association conference, March 23-26 in Washington, D.C. He was inducted into the UNT chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, April 20. He was elected as a Diplomate and Lifetime Member by the National Association of Sports Counselors, the National Association of Sports Psychologists and the National Sports Institute, April 17 in San Antonio. He was published in the College Student Journal, vol. 33, no. 4. The article he co-wrote was titled "Training Systems Management Implications."

DENNIS ENGELS, Regents Professor of counseling, development and higher education, presented the keynote address, "Personal Empowerment in a Changing World," at the Rio Grande Valley Counseling Conference in January in Corpus Christi. He presented two workshops on "Ethics in School Counseling" to counselors from the Irving and Lewisville independent school districts and presented leadership workshops for officers and committee chairs in the Texas Counseling Association this spring in Austin and Dallas. He is president-elect of the association. He presented "Publishing in Professional Journals" at the American Counseling Association conference, Washington, D.C., March 21-25. He was elected chair of the ACA Council of Journal Editors at the conference.

SIGRID S. GLENN, professor and chair of the Department of Behavior Analysis, presented "Operant Lineages and the Evolution of Cultural Complexity" at the West Virginia Conference on Theory and Philosophy in Behavior Analysis in April. Glenn and SHAHLA ALA'I-ROSALES, assistant professor of behavior analysis, presented "Framework for the Future: A System to Develop Effective Treatment Practitioners of the New Millennium" at the Association for Science in Autism Treatment Conference in March in New York City.

PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, was published in Magazin Litteraire (Paris), April issue. The essay is titled "Bergson Redevivus." He was re-elected chair of the board of the Foundation for Philosophy of Creativity, April 22 in Chicago. He presented "Henri Bergson, Aldo Leopold and an Ethics of the Land" and chaired a symposium on "Creative Freedom" at the University of Sunderland in the United Kingdom April 17.

JANIE B. HUFFMAN, assistant professor of teacher education and administration, presented "Communities of Inquiry and Improvement: An Emerging Vision for Professional Leadership" at the American Association of School Administrators National Conference on Education, March 2-6 in San Francisco.

DAVID J. KEITGES, associate director of International Studies and Programs, has been appointed to a three-year term on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner's Advisory Committee on International Issues. The committee develops proposals to aid in the effort to internationalize Texas higher education.

GERALD KNEZEK, associate professor of technology and cognition, presented "Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers to Infuse Technology" at the 11th International Conference for Technology in Teacher Education, Feb. 7-11 in San Diego.

JEFFREY OXFORD, assistant professor of foreign languages and literatures, was published in World Literature Today, vol. 74, no. 1. He reviewed Despierta y lee by Fernando Savater.

SAM SAULS, assistant professor of radio, television and film, and graduate student LISA RAY-BRAND presented "Perceptions of Live News Coverage: I Saw It Happen" at the Broadcast Education Association 45th annual convention, April 8 in Las Vegas. Sauls served on the panel "Advising the Advisers" and was elected vice chair of the Student Media Advisers Division at the convention. He will serve as vice chair for two years and as chair beginning in 2002.

KAREN WEILLER, associate professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, presented "Aesthetics vs. Athletics Media Coverage of the 1998 Winter Olympic Games" at the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance conference, March 19-22 in Orlando, Fla.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, and TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the center, were published in Economic Development Review, December 1999. Their article is titled "The Southern U.S. Economy 1980-1998: Growth Without Prosperity."

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The Zapotlan Project, organized by RAY TOLEDO, associate professor of psychology, is featured in the May 4 Dallas Morning News. The project provides assistance to residents of Ciudad Guzman (formerly Zapotlan) in Mexico.

GEORGE MORRISON, professor of teacher education and administration and Velma E. Schmidt Chair, discusses the importance of psychological counseling for Cuban refugee Elian Gonzalez in the April 25 Denton Record-Chronicle.

The Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science was the subject of "Brainiacs," a local segment that aired on KERA-FM April 25 during a broadcast of National Public Radio's All Things Considered program. Seven TAMS students were interviewed in the story.

Compiled by Donna Carter in Human Resources.

15 years

Linda J. Branson, Computer Services

10 years

Jane Ellen Howard, Libraries
Randy Thomas Oliver, Grounds Services
Sandie Stone, College of Music
Irma L. Waring,Registrar

5 years

Lisa Gay Gage,Institute of Applied Economics
Thurman Dwain Stewart, Printing Services

RALPH RICE, 62, lecturer in visual arts, died May 3 in Fort Worth. He had been a faculty member since 1994.

Rice was born July 5, 1937, in Fort Worth. He received a bachelor's degree from Texas Wesleyan University and two master's degrees and a doctorate from UNT. He was a member of the American Association of University Professors, American Library Association, American Society of Archivists, College Art Association, Historic Waco Foundation, National Trust for Historic Preservation and Texas Library Association.

His areas of expertise included 18th century art, the history of furniture, historic preservation and Victorian arts. He previously served as a rare book and antiques appraiser and cataloger for Dyess Grove Inc., a general manager for Dovetail Antiques Inc., and general manager and appraiser for R&G Ltd. Antique Importers at the World Trade Center in Dallas.

Survivors include his mother, Frances Rice; and cousins, nieces and nephews.