A moment of silence — Members of the UNT community, including (from left) Maureen Clouse, residential and judicial affairs coordinator; Kelly Johnson, residential area coordinator; Don Michael, residential area coordinator; Edna Obichuku, assistant residence hall director; and Jessie Breaux, resident assistant, all in the Department of Housing, pause to observe a moment of silence to remember victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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ANNA E. HINKLE-TURNER, computer systems manager; LYNN JOB, administrative assistant in the College of Music; JOSEPH P. KLEIN, associate professor of music; and NEIL SLATER, professor of music, were awarded American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Awards based on their catalogs of original compositions and recent performances.

A book by MELINDA LEVIN, associate professor of radio, television and film, and FRED P. WATKINS, lecturer of radio, television and film, was published this month by Allyn and Bacon Publishers. The book is titled POST: The Theory and Technique of Digital Nonlinear Motion Picture Editing.

An article by RUDY RAY SEWARD, professor of sociology; DALE E. YEATTS, professor and chair of the Department of Sociology, and alumna LISA ZOTTARELLI was published in the Journal of Comparative Family Studies, summer 2002. The article is titled "Parental Leave and Father Involvement in Child Care: Sweden and the United States."

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, discussed economic indicators as a panelist at a Greater Dallas Chamber of Commerce forum, Sept. 5 in Dallas.

International

MELODY KELLY, associate dean of the libraries, discusses the addition of a café selling Starbucks coffee in Willis Library in the Sept. 9 Yahoo! News.

National

DAVID McENTIRE, assistant professor of public administration and emergency administration and planning, comments on the role businesses played in dealing with the effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the Aug. 28 Christian Science Monitor.

State

JOHN BAEN, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, comments on the role of investment tycoons in real estate development in the Sept. 1 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BERT HAYSLIP, Regents Professor of psychology, discusses the trend toward grandparents acting as primary caretakers of their grandchildren in the Sept. 8 Dallas Morning News.

JAMES KENNEDY, professor of biological sciences, discusses the discovery of West Nile virus in Denton County mosquitoes collected by graduate student BETHANY BOLLING in the Aug. 17 Denton Record-Chronicle and the Aug. 20 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

JEFFREY OXFORD, associate professor of foreign languages and literatures, discusses increased enrollment in university Spanish classes in the Sept. 10 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Local

JIM McDONALD, executive associate dean of the College of Business Administration, comments on a study by Stanford's Graduate School of Business devaluing an M.B.A. degree in the Sept. 2 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BETTY TOMBOULIAN, publications computer specialist in University Communications and Marketing, is Texas' representative in the nationwide "Colors" project. The project involves one artist from each state who composed, arranged, produced and recorded a musical setting for the same lyrics in order to represent the entire nation. Auditioning over the Internet, Tomboulian and a group of six musicians from the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Circo, were chosen to represent Texas in the project. Tomboulian wrote the music for the Texas version of "Colors" and recorded the song with Circo. Visit www.unt.edu/newuntfeatures/remembrance to listen to the song.

EARL W. KOOKER, 81, of Denton, Professor Emeritus of psychology, died Aug. 31 at his home. He served on the psychology faculty at North Texas from 1951 until his retirement in 1985.

Kooker, who was born in Iowa, received his bachelor's degree from Central College in Pella, Iowa. He served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps from 1942 to 1946. In 1948, he received his master's degree from North Texas, and in 1951, he received his doctorate from the University of Iowa.

His professional affiliations included the American Psychological Association, the Association for Exceptional Children, Phi Delta Kappa and Sigma Xi. He was an active sponsor of Psi Chi, a psychology honor society, and volunteered for RSVP at the Community Food Center, Teenage Emergency Care for Children's Protective Services and the Presbyterian College Campus Ministry. He was a founding member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Denton, where he served as an elder on the building committee, as church schoolteacher and on the mission committee.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Harman Kooker; three daughters, Lynn Fassnacht of Akron, Ohio, Cheryl Brainerd of Denton and Candace Luedde of Houston; one son, Kirk Kooker of Plano; two brothers, Wesley Kooker of Altoona, Iowa, and Stephen Kooker of Austin; one sister, Anita Waldron of Lowell, Ark.; one foster sister, Sylvia Wolfe of Emmetsburg, Iowa; six grandchildren; and one step-granddaughter.

Memorial services were held Sept. 7 at Trinity Presbyterian Church.

ALTA MAE DAVIS REBER, 79, of Denton died July 10 at Denton Community Hospital. She worked in the Center for Studies in Aging from 1974 to 1989.

Reber received a bachelor of science degree in nutrition from Berea College and a master of science degree in gerontology in 1978 from North Texas. As a member of the Center for Studies in Aging staff, she served as an adult educator on gerontological nutrition. During this time she wrote Nutrition and Aging, conducted retirement training for General Dynamics, and served as an expert witness for the Texas State Attorney's Office.

Upon her retirement, she continued to work on the boards of organizations dedicated to the care of the elderly, including the Service Program for Aging Needs; the Adult Day Care of North Texas, which she was instrumental in establishing; and Fairhaven Retirement Home.

Active in the Quaker Religious Society of Friends, she was a founding member of the Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting and served in several Quaker organizations. She also was an avid gardener and genealogical researcher and enjoyed traveling.

She is survived by daughters Ruth Ann Reber of Philadelphia, Margaret Beth Reber of Mechanic Falls, Maine, and Rebecca Irene Estes of Denton; sister Edna Margaret Davis Ellis of Fort Meyers, Fla.; and three grandchildren.

Memorial services were held July 17 at the Woman's Club Building in Denton.

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

The Vienna International Piano Duo. Krassimira Jordan and Wolfgang Watzinger. 8 p.m. Sept. 24, Recital Hall, Music Building.

Closing the Gaps Discussion Panel. Hispanic Heritage Month event sponsored by Lambda Beta Latin Fraternity. 2-4 p.m. Sept. 25, Golden Eagle Suite.

Sweet Nothing in My Ear. 8:30 p.m. Sept. 26-27, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Studio Theatre. Tickets $5, sold at the door only.

Women's Achievement Reception. Honors women faculty and librarians promoted in 2002-03. 4-5:30 p.m. Sept. 30, Diamond Eagle Suite.

Staff Convocation. 3-5 p.m. Oct. 1, Gateway Center Ballroom.

Mean Green Football. UNT vs. the University of South Florida. 7:05 p.m. Oct. 5, Fouts Field. For tickets, call 565-2527.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. Oct. 9, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

President's Staff Sack Lunch. Noon-1 p.m. Oct. 22, Silver Eagle Suite.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT enrollment reaches 30,256 students — an all-time high
• UNT Campus Master Plan provides beauty, functionality for future of campus
• UNT faculty, staff encouraged to participate in Parent and Family Weekend
• Hispanic Friends of UNT conference Oct. 4
• Staff Council elects officers
• Former Israeli Defense Force member to visit UNT
• SLIS associate dean appointed as faculty executive assistant to the president
• UNT is staying on top of compliance issues
• Decorate with Texas' Capitol

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