Cutting up — Roy Nance, Copy Center operations supervisor, as “Budget Cuts,” slices through the “UNT Budget,” played by Rachel Smith, student services coordinator in student employment, as part of the popular Service Advantage annual skit. The skit, part of UNT’s recognition of National Customer Service Week, was the focus of the 10 Years of Service party Oct. 10, this year honoring all of UNT.

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CHARLIE JACKSON, director of facilities maintenance, was recognized for the completion of four tracks of instruction at the Institute for Facilities Management, Sept. 14 in Indian Wells, Calif. The institute offers a curriculum in the four main components of facilities management: general administration and management, operations and maintenance, energy and utilities, and planning, design and construction.

Artwork by ANNETTE LAWRENCE, associate professor of visual arts, was displayed at the gallery at the University of Texas at Arlington from Sept. 2 until Oct. 4.

An article by CATHLEEN NORRIS, professor of technology and cognition, and JAMES POIROT, Regents Professor of technology and cognition, was published in the fall issue of Journal of Research on Technology and Education, vol. 36, no. 1, 2003. The study is titled "No Access, No Use, No Impact: Snapshot Surveys of Education Technology in K-12."

STEVE POE, professor of political science and Johnie Christian Family Professor of Peace Studies, was recently named chief editor of International Studies Quarterly. JOHN BOOTH, Regents Professor of political science and interim chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, STEVE FORDE and DAVE MASON, professors of political science, and JAMES MEERNIK, associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, were all named associate editors. The International Studies Quarterly is the flagship journal of the International Studies Association.

A book by GENE WRIGHT, professor of English, is being published this month by Publish America. The book, Nobody Knows His Name is the sequel to his 2001 novel, Run, Run As Fast As You Can.

National

RANDALL GUTTERY, associate professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, offers his opinion about why fewer homes are being purchased with cash today than five years ago in the Sept. 30 USA Today.

DALLAS NEWELL, computer systems manager for enrollment management, discusses efforts by the university’s Feral Cat Rescue Group to trap and find homes for homeless felines in the Sept. 12 Chronicle of Higher Education.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, appeared on the Sept. 29 NBC Nightly News speaking about the exporting of American jobs.

State

JOHN BAEN, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, comments on the building and drilling of natural gas rigs near an Alliance Airport residential neighborhood in the Oct. 5 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

GLORIA BAHAMON, director of student services at the UNT Dallas Campus, comments on a speech given by former senatorial candidate Victor Morales at the UNT Dallas Campus in the Sept. 19 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Regional

HARRY WILLIAMS, associate professor of geography, appeared on WFAA-TV Channel 8 for a Sept. 25 news segment about Dallas-Fort Worth-area homes built on soil that can cause foundation problems.

Local

JESSE ESCHBACH, professor of music, praises a rare organ purchased by the College of Music and the benefits it will bring to the program in the Oct. 5 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development; KENNETH BALLOM, dean of students; and CHONG CHOE, director of contracts administration and director of equal opportunity, discuss free speech rights on university campuses in the Oct. 5 Denton Record-Chronicle.

DAVID McENTIRE, assistant professor of public administration and emergency administration and planning, talks about courses designed to teach residents of isolated communities with emergency and disaster training in the Sept. 29 Denton Record-Chronicle.

ED REYNOLDS, senior associate director and deputy chief of police, comments in an Oct. 4 Denton Record-Chronicle article about an arrest made in the case of a motorcycle stolen from campus in September and the recovery of the motorcycle stolen from campus in September. He talks about the investigation that led to the arrests of five men accused of a string of burglaries on campus in an Oct. 7 Denton Record-Chronicle article.

KEITH SHELTON, retired professor of journalism, recalls the installation of the flexography unit in the 1980s when he was editor of the Denton Record-Chronicle in the Sept. 21 article in the newspaper. The "flexo" technique improved the newspaper because it utilized a water-based ink that didn’t bleed through the page or rub off on the reader.

TOM SOVIK, associate professor of music, provides insight into Czech music and the benefits of a travel exchange program between Czech performers and UNT students in the Oct. 5 Denton Record-Chronicle.

UNT faculty and staff who celebrated anniversaries in August:

40 years

• Bob Way, Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation

35 years

• Martin David Yaffe, Philosophy and Religion Studies

30 years

• Joan Groom, College of Music
• Jean Schaake, Chemistry
• Rudy Ray Seward, Sociology

25 years

• D. Barry Lumsden, Counseling, Development and Higher Education
• William L. McKee, Institute of Applied Economics
• Donald Alan Retzlaff, Computer Science and Engineering

20 years

• Carolyn Blagoev, Housing Maintenance
• Linda Marshall, Psychology
• John C. Windsor, Business Computer Information Systems

15 years

• Christopher Leslie Littler, Physics
• Francisco Cruz Lozano, Police and Traffic
• Paul Marshall, Chemistry
• James F. Quinn, Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions
• Randall E. Schumacker, Technology and Cognition
• Charlotte Elizabeth Spencer, Dining Services
• Celia Williamson, Rehabilitation, Social Work and Addictions
• Michelle Wircenski, Technology and Cognition
• Dale E. Yeatts, Sociology

10 Years

• Maurice Campbell Leatherbury, Computing and Information Technology Center
• Dennis J. Ray, Intensive English Language Institute
• Jesse L. Senderson, Criminal Justice
• Frances Van Tassell, Teacher Education and Administration
• Terry L. Wilson, Housing Maintenance
• Susan C. Zavoina, Journalism

5 Years

• Austin Dylan Laird, Computing and Information Technology Center
• Hank Lynn Long, Dining Services
• Sharon A. McLaughlin, Computing and Information Technology Center
• Carol Jean Pollard, Music
• Cathy Thompson, Health and Wellness Center
• Steven G. Vocelka, Computing and Information Technology Center

Because so many employees have August anniversaries, those with last names beginning with A through K appeared in the Oct. 3 issue of InHouse.

ORRIN SMITH ‘SMITTY’ KIKER JR., 66, assistant professor of journalism from 1960 to 1961 and from 1962 to 1997, died Oct. 1 in Lewisville.

He enlisted in the National Guard after high school in 1955 and remained in the guard until 1963. He received an associate’s degree in 1957 from Paris Junior College, and earned a bachelor’s degree in photojournalism in 1959 and a master’s degree in education in 1960, both from East Texas State University. At UNT he served as the official football game photographer for many years and was the Yucca yearbook faculty adviser from 1963 to 1972. He left UNT from 1961 to 1962 to become an active-duty photographer for the U.S. Army.

Kiker’s photographs have appeared in Newsweek (1967), Sports Illustrated (1975) and other magazines, as well as area newspapers. He received several honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and from UNT, including an Outstanding Professor award in 1970 and an Honor Professor award in 1982. He was a member of many organizations, including Sigma Delta Chi, Kappa Alpha Mu, the National Press Photographers Association, the Society for Professional Journalists and the Texas Association of College Teachers. He was a member of the North Texas High Frequency Association for ham radio operators and took part in various public service projects, including tornado watching.

Survivors include his wife, Etha; daughter, Kimberly Kates; and one granddaughter.

A funeral service was Oct. 8 at First United Methodist Church of Denton. Burial was in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas.

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

Homecoming. Oct. 17-18. Visit www.unt.edu and click on the Homecoming link for more information about activities.

Breast Cancer Information Table. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 20-24, Union Level 1.

President's Staff Sack Lunch. Noon - 1:30 p.m. Oct. 21, University Union, Silver Eagle Suite.

Mean Green Women’s Volleyball. UNT vs. Arkansas State, 7 p.m. Oct. 24; UNT vs. Arkansas-Little Rock, 1 p.m. Oct 26; UNT vs. South Alabama, 7 p.m. Oct. 31; UNT vs. New Orleans, 1 p.m. Nov. 2. Men’s Gym. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Mean Green Women’s Soccer. UNT vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 7 p.m. Oct. 24; UNT vs. South Alabama, 1 p.m. Oct 26. Mean Green Soccer Complex on Precision Drive. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Mean Green Football. UNT vs. Troy State. Televised by ESPN Regional. 6:05 p.m. Oct. 30, Fouts Field. Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

Women’s Swimming and Diving. UNT vs. Trinity. 3 p.m. Nov. 1, Student Recreation Center. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Regents Faculty Lecture. Robert Taylor, professor and chair of the Department of Criminal Justice. 8 p.m. Nov. 3, University Union, Lyceum.

Mean Green Women’s Basketball. UNT vs. Houston Jaguars exhibition game. 7 p.m. Nov. 6, Coliseum. Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• It’s not too late to participate in SECC
• South Pole cancer survivor to speak at luncheon
• UNT study questions sizing methods in women’s apparel
• UNT historian says familiar Halloween icon came from history’s witch hunts
• Staff members honored at annual convocation
• UNT crime statistics available online
• Campus events planned for Halloween
• UNT to host conference on green building
• Faculty, staff encouraged to participate in parking and transportation survey
• Competition at UNT to rival TV’s popular robot wars

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