November 19, 2004 UNT InHouse publication: Bulletin board

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Femininity — Near UNT's new Sorority Row stands a statue, sculpted by Barvo Walker of Dallas, named Lady Standing. The houses at Bernard and Prairie streets, opened this semester, are the new homes for five UNT sororities.

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DORIS COY, associate professor of counseling, development and higher education, was named Writer of the Year by the Texas Counseling Association for her work in writing and editing articles, book chapters and books on counseling and guidance. She was awarded a plaque at the TCA conference, Nov. 5 in Fort Worth.

ROBERT FRODEMAN, associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, co-edited Rethinking Nature: Essays in Environmental Philosophy, published in October by Indiana University Press.

NANCY BOYD LILLIE, associate professor of management, and WILLIAM MATTHEW BOWLER, assistant professor of management, co-wrote with doctoral student WILLIAM McDOWELL "Over Reward and the Imposter Phenomenon," which McDowell presented at the Southern Management Association Conference, Nov. 5 in San Antonio.

LOU PELTON, associate professor of marketing and logistics, edited Business Ethics: Perspectives on Corporate Responsibility, published in August by Houghton Mifflin Co. and distributed to college and university faculty in business disciplines.

TERRANCE "TERRY" POHLEN, assistant professor of marketing and logistics, presented "Applying Activity-Based Costing to Logistics" at the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the National Defense Transportation Association meeting, Oct. 28 in Dallas.

National

STEPHEN KATSINAS, professor of counseling, development and higher education, Don A. Buchholz Chair in Higher Education and director of the Bill J. Priest Center for Community College Education, discusses financial options for community colleges facing budget cuts in the Nov. 5 Chronicle of Higher Education.

Regional

LETICIA ANAYA, lecturer in engineering technology, talks about innovative high school students who built robots for the 11th annual Denton County BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) robotics competition, which she coordinated, in the Oct. 31 Denton Record-Chronicle. A similar article appears in the Nov. 10 Dallas Morning News.

ERIC FRITSCH, associate professor of criminal justice, comments on the term "crime-ridden" in an Oct. 30 Dallas Morning News article about the Dallas Cowboys stadium site in Arlington.

WARREN HENRY, associate professor and associate dean of the College of Music, is quoted about the benefits of hands-on experience for student workers in the Oct. 31 Denton Record-Chronicle and Nov. 3 Dallas Morning News. He directs the early-childhood music program, in which UNT music students teach music to children.

BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development, credits fund-raising efforts for keeping fee increases lower for the new health and wellness center in the Oct. 11 Dallas Business Journal.

LEON KAPPELMAN, professor of information technology and decision sciences, comments on the effectiveness of universities in an Oct. 31 Dallas Morning News story about changes facing technology workers. He emphasizes the importance of companies working together in research and development in that same edition of the newspaper.

KIMI L. KING, associate professor of political science, explains the importance of name recognition for voters in a Nov. 2 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about the level of success former athletes find in politics.

PATSY ROBLES-GOODWIN, assistant professor of counseling, development and higher education, compares the abilities of children and adults to learn foreign languages in the Oct. 27 Dallas Morning News.

BRENDA P. WELLS, associate professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, comments on possible changes in the insurance industry in the Oct. 27 Dallas Morning News.

Local

ROB ERDLE, Regents Professor of visual arts, AMIE ADELMAN, assistant professor of visual arts, and MILLIE GILES, lecturer in visual arts, are among the artists featured in Oct. 31 and Nov. 4 Denton Record-Chronicle articles spotlighting the studios of members of the Visual Arts Society of Texas and the first Art Adventure Tour of Studios.

GRAHAM PHIPPS, professor of music, discusses some works of 16th-century Venetian composer Andrea Gabrieli in the Oct. 28 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DALLAS DENVER RILEY, 75, groundskeeper and painter at UNT from 1970 to 1990, died Oct. 29. He worked as a groundskeeper from 1970 to 1977 and returned to North Texas in 1978 to work as a painter.

He is survived by his wife, LaVerine Prestridge Riley of Sanger; one daughter, Juanita Stults of Sanger; two sons, Michael Riley of Sanger and Donald Riley of Krum; three sisters, Echo Carty of Whitewright, Louise Wheeler of Lindale and Dorothy Lovin of Amarillo; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

A funeral service was held Nov. 2 in the chapel at Coker Funeral Home in Sanger. Burial was at Roselawn Memorial Park in Denton.

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

Annual Faculty Exhibition. Exhibit runs Nov. 18 to Dec. 12, UNT Art Gallery.

Brown Bag Friday Films. Family Undertaking, noon Nov. 19; Friendship Village, noon Dec. 3. Chilton Hall, Room 111.

Puccini's Madama Butterfly. Opera. 8 p.m. Nov. 19; 3 p.m. Nov. 21. Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center. Call (940) 369-7802 for ticket information.

Diwali 2004. Sponsored by the India Students Association. 5:30 p.m. Nov. 20, University Union, Lyceum. Call (940) 300-9283 for ticket information.

President's Council Appreciation Dinner. 7 p.m. Nov. 20, Four Seasons Resort and Club, Irving. Call (940) 565-3689 for information on this black tie dinner and program.

Ceramic Installation Exhibit. Trish Igo and Catherine Swearingen. Opening reception, 7-9 p.m. Nov. 22, Union Gallery. Exhibit through Dec. 16.

One O'Clock Lab Band Fall Concert. Featuring Benny Golson, saxophonist and co-star of Steven Spielberg's The Terminal. 8 p.m. Nov. 23, Winspear Performance Hall. Call (940) 369-7802 for ticket information.

NT Toastmasters Meeting. Noon Nov. 24, Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Marquis Hall, Room 116.

Thanksgiving. No classes. University closed. Nov. 25-26.

Parenting Class. "Navigating the Roads of Communication Between Parents and Children." 6-7:30 p.m. Nov. 29, Highland Hall, Room 112. Call (940) 565-2432 for information and to RSVP.

Film Movement Series. OT: Our Town. 7 p.m. Dec. 1, Chilton Hall, Room 111.

Carter Blood Care Blood Drive. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Dec. 7-8, University Union, Golden Eagle Suite.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. Dec. 8, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

Service Recognition Awards and Reception. 2 p.m. Dec. 9, University Union, Silver Eagle Suite.

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