November 16, 2001 UNT Inhouse publication: Bulletin board

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MICHAEL ALTEKRUSE, professor and chair of the Department of Counseling, Development and Higher Education, presented "Counselor Portability and Preparing a 2001 Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs Self-Study" at the Rocky Mountain Association for Counseling and Supervision conference, Oct. 3-7 in Breckenridge, Colo.

JOHN R. COLLINS, assistant professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, maintained the department booth at the National Recreation and Park Association Congress and Exposition, Oct. 3-6 in Denver.

MARY FINLEY, coordinator of Union marketing, received the Shirley Bird Perry Outstanding Professional Award for her professional contributions in the college union/student development field at the Association of College Unions International regional conference, Oct. 18-21 in Baton Rouge, La. She also presented "Coming Out is a Family Affair: How to Build an Inclusive Campus Community" at the conference.

PETE A.Y. GUNTER, Regents Professor of philosophy and religion studies, presented "The Big Thicket and the Great Chicago Wilderness: New Approaches to Conservation" at the Interagency Wetland Workshop, Oct. 29 at the Tanglewood Resort in Grayson County. He chaired a session on Asian philosophy at the 63rd Southwestern Philosophical Society meeting, Nov. 2 in Dallas.

JAN S. HODGES, assistant professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, presented "Building Community Supports for Persons With Brain Injury" at the National Recreation and Park Association conference, Oct. 3-6 in Denver.

JAMES D. LANEY, professor of teacher education and administration, presented "Teaching Tolerance: Diversity Training in a Texas School District" at the Texas Council for Social Studies conference, Oct. 3-7 in Galveston.

SCOTT MARTIN, assistant professor of kinesiology, health Darhyl Ramsey promotion and recreation, presented "Switching Midstream: New Professionals Perspectives on Changing Academic Domains for the Doctoral Degree" at the Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology conference, Oct. 2-7 in Orlando, Fla.

DARHYL RAMSEY, professor of music, received the Carson-Newman College Sesquicentennial Alumni Award for Teaching and Research, Oct. 11 in Jefferson City, Tenn.

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TED FARRIS, assistant professor of marketing and director of the Kimi King Center for Logistics Education and Research, is featured in a Sept. 10 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article on the recent rebound in the purchasing index of the area economy.

KIMI KING, associate professor of political science, discusses free speech and the impact of the Sept. 11 attacks in the Oct. 15 Dallas Morning News.

UNT President NORVAL POHL and CHUCK FULLER, assistant vice president for business services, discuss UNT's new Gateway Center in the Oct. 12 Dallas Business Journal.

RICHARD REIDY, assistant professor of materials science, talks about emissions regulations and an experimental zero-emissions vehicle, the CooLN2Car, he developed with two other UNT researchers in the Oct. 19 Fort Worth Business Press. Reidy's co-developers are MITTY PLUMMER, associate professor of engineering technology, and CARLOS ORDONEZ, associate professor of physics.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, spoke about the impact of the Sept. 11 tragedies on the U.S. and North Texas economies on the Nov. 8 KERA-FM "Evening Talk Show." Weinstein also discusses the impact of the economy on charity giving in the Oct. 22 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.