Behind the scenes — Erikka Barrera, University Union catering coordinator, is just one of many people who work in advance to make the Faculty Convocation a success every year. Read an article about those who were honored during this year's Faculty Convocation ceremony in this issue of InHouse.

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JAMES BAIRD, associate professor of English, presented "Jeffers and Hardy: Closet Ecologists" at a Robinson Jeffers Association meeting, April 27 in Flagstaff, Ariz.

BRUCE BOND, professor of English, read poetry and lectured on "The Ph.D. in Creative Writing" at the University of New Mexico, April 17 in Albuquerque, N.M.

A book by DORIS RHEA COY, assistant professor of counseling, development and higher education, and DENNIS ENGELS, Regents Professor of counseling, development and higher education, was recently published. The book is American Counseling Association — A Fifty Year History, published by the American Counseling Association, March 2003.

GAIL LIPPINCOTT, assistant professor of English, presented "Strategies for Preparing Writers to Research and Design Accessible Documents" at the Society for Technical Communication's 50th annual international conference, May 18-22 in Dallas.

GARY GAILLIARD, associate director of the UNT Police Department, and MARTY NEWMAN, executive director of University Communications and Marketing, have been selected to the 2003-04 class of Leadership Denton, sponsored by the Denton Chamber of Commerce. It is a nine-month training program designed to generate awareness of community and public service.

ANNE SCHOOLFIELD, lecturer in English, coordinated University Interscholastic League activities for the Department of English and directed the UIL regional spelling and vocabulary contest, April 12 at UNT.

State

REGGIE BOND, executive director of the Health and Wellness Center, and BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development, discuss weight issues for incoming college freshmen in the Aug. 11 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

TORY CAETI, assistant professor of criminal justice, offers his thoughts regarding factors that may have contributed to a higher crime rate in Dallas in the July 30 Dallas Morning News.

Excerpts from a book by RANDOLPH "MIKE" CAMPBELL, Regents Professor of history, appear in the Aug. 3 Dallas Morning News. The book, Gone to Texas, recounts the history of Texas and details its policy regarding Cherokee Native Americans. An Aug. 10 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article offers greater details about the book.

TERRY CLOWER, assistant professor of applied economics and associate director of the University Center for Economic Education, discusses the importance of minor-league baseball teams to a city in the Aug. 15 Fort Worth Business Press.

TOM HOEMEKE, executive director of international programs, comments about the U.S. State Department's new regulations for foreign students in the Aug. 7 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

ALLEN JACKSON, Regents Professor of kinesiology, health promotion and recreation, notes the importance of a good instructor in college physical education in the Aug. 4 Dallas Morning News.

LEON KAPPELMAN, professor of business computer information systems and director of the Information Systems Research Center, offers his thoughts on the problems associated with software project management in the Aug. 17 Dallas Morning News.

ROBERT LaFORTE, retired chair of the history department, talks about former State Rep. Sarah T. Hughes, the Dallas lawyer and judge who in 1933 co-sponsored the bill that led to the creation of the Texas pledge, in the Aug. 5 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BURLE PETTIT, UNT regent, is featured in an Aug. 3 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about his popular Lubbock Avalanche-Journal column "written" by his dog Schnopper.

JIM ROBERTS, professor of physics, discusses industrial corporations' need for scientists trained in analytical problem-solving in the Aug. 3 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

RUDY RODRIGUEZ, professor of teacher education and administration, talks about the ways Texas universities are helping to meet the shortage of teachers in Texas in the Aug. 5 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

ED SOPH, associate professor of music, voices his environmental concerns about natural gas drilling in the Aug. 17 Dallas Morning News and Denton Record-Chronicle.

JOHN STANSELL, professor and chair of teacher education and administration, notes the influence of teachers on college students pursuing a teaching degree in the Aug. 17 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

FRED WATKINS, lecturer in radio, television and film, notes the difficulty of directors in getting a film into the Sundance Film Festival in the Aug. 12 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director for the University Center for Economic Development and Research, offers his thoughts on the job market for college graduates in a July 25 Dallas Business Journal article. He discusses the debate over child-tax refund credits as an economic stimulant in the July 26 Dallas Morning News. He predicts a slow recovery for the telecommunications industry in the July 29 Fort Worth-Star Telegram. He states that manufacturing in technology is vital to the recovery of the Texas economy in the July 31 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He predicts that the worst is over for the Texas and national economies in the Aug. 20 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

Regional

GUY CHET, assistant professor of history, discusses British military tactics used by early American settlers during the War of Independence in the July 30 Gilmer Mirror.

UNT System Chancellor LEE JACKSON shares UNT's vision for the Dallas campus in the July 31 DeSoto Today.

DANIEL KUNZ, professor of biological sciences, explains his mission to discover the biological secrets of cyanide in the July 17 Lockhart Post-Register.

RICHARD LUSKY, associate professor and chair of the applied gerontology department, discusses the need for an aging studies doctoral program in the July 18 Brownsville Herald.

RICK REIDY, assistant professor of materials science and engineering, highlights the advancing and shrinking circuitry in electronics in the July 31 Allen American. Reidy and DENNIS MUELLER, professor of physics, discuss the smaller chips in an Aug. 11 Fort Worth Star-Telegram article.

RICHARD SINCLAIR, associate professor of biological sciences and dean of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Sciences, comments on costs and applications received for the TAMS Class of 2006 in the July 31 Dripping Springs News Dispatch. He discusses his duties as TAMS administrator in the Aug. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director for the University Center for Economic Development and Research, estimates the number of job losses to the North Texas telecommunications sector since 2001 in the July 30 Grapevine Sun. He compares the Texas population and economy of today to that of 20 years ago in an Aug. 7 article in the San Antonio Express News.

Local

LYNDAL BULLOCK, Regents Professor of technology and cognition, explains some of the reasons that special-education teachers leave their jobs in the Aug. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle.

STEVE HARLOS, professor of music, speaks about performing with his musician daughter in the Aug. 7 Denton Record-Chronicle.

RON MARCELLO, professor of history, talks about the similarities between the Oral History Program at UNT and the Veterans History Project in the Aug. 6 Denton Record-Chronicle.

PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology, compares the Denton city budget to the budgets of other Dallas-Fort Worth communities in the Aug. 12 Denton Record-Chronicle.

A recipe for Marquis Hall Frozen Fruit Salad shared by UNT President NORVAL POHL in the North Texas Insider is featured in the Aug. 8 Denton Record-Chronicle. Excerpts from a memo to UNT employees from Pohl regarding the university's proposed budget were highlighted in an Aug. 16 Denton Record-Chronicle article.

RUTH PRECKER, adjunct lecturer of foreign languages and literature, and BONITA JACOBS, vice president of student development, discuss the benefits of a transit rail system for UNT students and faculty members who commute on I-35 in the Aug. 17 Denton Record-Chronicle.

25 years

• L. Dianne Berg, Human Resources
• Sue Ann Delmark, Recreational Sports
• Benjamin Whitlock Jr., Facilities

20 years

• Debra Khoury, Purchasing and Payment Services
• Virginia Lassiter, Mathematics
• Monica Rais, English

15 years

• Judith Carolyn Glaser, Counseling, Development and Higher Education
• Donald Grose, Libraries
• Dale Randolph Hamilton, International Programs
• Brenda Sue Kirk, Computing and Information Technology Center
• Lewis Edward Lucas, Facilities
• Linda Finlay Wallace, Computing and Information Technology Center

10 years

• Susan Raenell Finch, Internal Audit
• Rita Gomez, Printing Services
• Albert B. Grubbs Jr., Engineering Technology
• Steven Humphreys, Coliseum/Gateway Center
• Laura Eileen Klein, Recreational Sports
• James R. Morrow Jr., Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation
• Rebecca Padia, Computing Center
• Charlotte Russell, Computing Center
• Senovia Wells, Housing

5 years

• Jerry John Aul, School of Visual Arts
• Wendy Boyd-Brown, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science
• Warren W. Burggren, College of Arts and Sciences
• James C. Byford Jr., Computer Support
• Heather Close, School of Visual Arts
• Ronald DiIulio, Planetarium
• Susan Gehrlein, Foreign Languages and Literatures
• Carolyn Hansen, Housing
• Jennifer Herman, Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Bonita Jacobs, Student Development
• Carolyn Knefely, College of Business Administration
• John McDermott, Internal Audit
• Scott Stoehr, Athletics
• David Sweeten, Athletics
• Caesar Wood, Recreational Sports

BRENDA FLEMING, 60, secretary of graduate studies in 1970, died Aug. 3 in Belton. She was born in Electra and attended Texas Woman's University and Temple College. She also worked for Humble Oil and volunteered with the Belton Independent School District. She is survived by her husband, Jerry Fleming of Belton; two sons, Steve Fleming of Bedford and David Fleming of Austin; and two sisters, Lou Story of Lefors and Wanda Skleton of Wichita Falls. A service was held Aug. 5 at First Baptist Church in Belton. Burial was in Highland Cemetery in Iowa Park.

NORA LENA FOOTE LOWREY, 81, an employee of the University Store from 1978 to 1988, died Aug. 18 in Denton. She was born in Pilot Ridge, Ky., graduated from high school at age 16 and earned a home economics degrees from Texas Woman's University. She married Thomas M. Lowrey of Denton in 1942. She had also worked at Voertman's and volunteered in the medical records department at Denton Community Hospital. She joined the Literature Department of the Woman's Shakespeare Club and was its president in 1964. She was a member of numerous other organizations and did much volunteer work. She is survived by her daughter, Jane Fulton of Denton; a son, W. Gerard Lowrey of Denton; six grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A service was held Aug. 21 at Schmitz-Floyd-Andersen Funeral Home.

LUCILLE SMITH, 87, a UNT food services worker from 1969 to 1981, died Aug. 9 in Denton. She was born Dec. 28, 1915, in Sanger. She is survived by a sister, Urena Jones of Midland; a brother, Earl Smith of Denton; and several nieces and nephews. A service was held Aug. 11 at Central Baptist Church in Denton. Burial was in Gribble Springs Cemetery in Sanger.

ANNA MARIA WRIGHT, 46, an employee in the psychology department from 1996 to 2003, died July 31. She was born in Ardmore, Okla. She graduated magna cum laude from UNT with a bachelor's degree in marketing and finance and a master's degree in accounting. She was a teaching assistant and was working toward a doctorate in psychology. She was a member of the Marketing Club and Delta Sigma Pi, serving as treasurer. She is survived by her mother, Mary Agnes Webre Wright of Denton; her sister, Charlotte Shelor of Arlington; and four brothers, Kenneth Wright III of Dallas, Michael Wright of Gainesville, Christopher Wright of Dallas and John Wright of Bloomington, Ill. A service was held Aug. 4 at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Denton. Memorials may be made in her name to the UNT Department of Psychology, P.O. Box 311280, Denton, Texas 76203, so that a fund can be established in her memory.

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

Mean Green Football. UNT vs. Baylor, 7:05 p.m. Sept. 6, Fouts Field. Call (940) 565-2527 for ticket information.

Lady Eagles Soccer. UNT vs. Rice, 1 p.m. Sept. 7; UNT vs. Texas Tech, 1 p.m. Sept. 14; UNT vs. Drury, 7 p.m. Sept. 19; UNT vs. Nicholls State, 1 p.m. Sept. 21. Mean Green Soccer Complex on Precision Drive. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. Sept. 10, Wooten Hall, Room 322. Call (940) 565-2053 for information.

Lady Eagles Volleyball. UNT vs. Tulsa, 7 p.m. Sept. 10; UNT vs. UT-El Paso, 7 p.m. Sept. 19; UNT vs. Oral Roberts, 1:30 p.m. Sept. 20; UNT vs. LSU, 7 p.m. Sept 20. Men's Gym. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Mean Green Cross Country Invitational. Sept. 13. UNT Research Park. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Parallax – UNT Photography Group Exhibit. Opening reception, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 15, Union Gallery. Exhibit through Oct. 2.

Mean Green Men's Golf Invitational. Sept. 15-16. Flower Mound. Call (940) 565-2527 for information.

Pierrot Lunaire. 8 p.m. Sept. 19, Lyric Theater, Murchison Performing Arts Center. Call (940) 369-7802 for ticket information.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• Regents approve 2004 budget, 2 percent raise pool for faculty, staff
• UNT announces tuition task force, seeks to create guaranteed tuition rates
• UNT to petition Texas Education Agency for virtual charter school authority
• UNT offices moving to, from and within the Hurley Administration Building
• UNT Observatory to provide up-close view of Mars
• New Fouts Field scoreboard, videoboard to be finished in time for first home game
• Agreement links UNT, Ukranian university
• Faculty members honored at annual convocation
• Dance, theatre arts tickets on sale soon

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