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RICKEY EDDIE, UNT System Center financial aid officer, spoke at a Project Literacy/America's Promise program about encouraging youth to stay in school, Aug. 17 in Dallas.

CATHLEEN NORRIS, professor of technology and cognition, was awarded the "Making it Happen" jacket at a joint meeting of the International Society for Technology in Education and the National Education Computing Association, June 17-19 in San Antonio. Making it Happen is a program that recognizes outstanding educators for successfully integrating technology in education.

JOSEPH "BUTCH" ROVAN, assistant professor of music composition and director of the Center for Experimental Music and Intermedia, was selected to perform his work Collide as part of the New Interfaces for Musical Expression 2002 international conference, May 24 in Dublin, Ireland. Rovan went on to perform the piece, for glove controller and interactive video, in two summer concerts in Nürnberg, Germany.

BERNARD L. WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, presented invited testimony on the changing demographics and economics of Dallas and their implications for local governance to the city of Dallas Charter Review Commission, Aug. 22 in Dallas.

UNT DINING SERVICES received second place in the 29th annual Loyal E. Horton Dining Awards Contest for its "Five Star Dining Mansion on Turtle Creek Style" special dinner at the National Association of College and University Food Services Conference, July 18 in Orlando, Fla. Dining Services staff met with Dean Fearing, Mansion on Turtle Creek chef, and the Mansion staff, who shared several of the Mansion's recipes. Dining Services used those recipes to prepare a meal that was served to the UNT community in most residence hall cafeterias on March 6. Photos of the meal and the meal recipes were submitted as UNT's contest entry, which placed second out of 150 entries.

State

JOHN BAEN, professor of finance, insurance, real estate and law, comments on property owners' responsibility regarding proper tax records in the Aug. 15 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

DOUGLAS CHADWICK, executive director of the UNT Foundation, comments on the decline in scholarship dollars for the coming semester due to falling market values and reduced donations decreasing university endowments in the Aug. 19 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

LEE JACKSON, former Dallas County Judge, is featured in the Aug. 21 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Morning News and Denton Record-Chronicle concerning his last day as Dallas County judge and his first day as the new chancellor for the UNT System.

BONITA JACOBS, vice president for student development, commented on the estimated increase in freshman enrollment at UNT and its impact on housing on the Aug. 30 5 p.m. WFAA-Channel 8 newscast and in the Aug. 26 Denton Record-Chronicle.

PERRY McNEILL, professor of engineering technology, discusses the new engineering school at UNT in the Aug. 26 Dallas Morning News.

JEFFREY SAGER, professor of marketing and logistics, comments on tools used by the health care industry, such as health information kiosks in malls, to promote services and provide general health information in the Aug. 14 Fort Worth Star-Telegram.

VIRGINIA WHEELESS, vice chancellor for planning for the UNT System and UNT associate vice president for planning, comments in the July 20 Dallas Morning News on work being done by UNT to increase enrollment of Hispanic students.

BERNARD WEINSTEIN, professor of applied economics and director of the University Center for Economic Development and Research, comments on the current confusing economic outlook in the Aug. 13 Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Weinstein also discusses the jobless rate in an article in the Aug 16 Dallas Morning News. In a separate article appearing in the Aug. 19 Dallas Morning News, he comments on the job outlook in the energy industry.

VIRGINIA WHEELESS, vice chancellor for planning for the UNT System and UNT associate vice president for planning, comments in the July 20 Dallas Morning News on work being done by UNT to increase enrollment of Hispanic students.

Local

ROBERT BENJAMIN, associate professor of biological sciences, is featured in an Aug. 16 Denton Record-Chronicle article concerning his testimony on DNA samples in a murder trial in The Colony.

ALFRED F. HURLEY, Chancellor Emeritus of the UNT System and President Emeritus of UNT, and UNT President NORVAL POHL comment on the new research park for the future engineering college in the Aug. 13 Denton Record-Chronicle.

A visit by JOHN ELLIS PRICE, executive director of the UNT System Center at Dallas, is discussed in the Aug. 1 Dallas Post Tribune. The visit was an effort to expand community support and launch a public relations campaign for the System Center.

KURT J. NEUFANG, transportation manager and a major in the Army Reserve, received the Selective Service System Meritorious Service Medal for his role in coordinating leadership assemblies in Dallas public high schools, in partnership with Dallas ISD Superintendent Mike Moses. The effort increased Selective Service registration compliance and received national acclaim.

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

Talent Showcase Student Competition. 7-10 p.m. Sept. 9, Lyceum.

Faculty Senate Meeting. 2 p.m. Sept. 11, Wooten Hall, Room 322.

Postcards From Afar. Textiles, clothing, jewelry and sacred objects from Distinguished Alumna Jean Andrews' folk art collection. Sept. 12-Oct. 18, UNT Art Gallery.

Fall 2002 Ally Training. 1-5 p.m. Sept. 13, University Union, Room 418.

Teaching of History Conference. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 14. Call 565-3484 for registration information.

Samantha Moss Painting Exhibit. Opening reception, 7-9 p.m. Sept. 16, Union Gallery. Exhibit through Oct. 3.

"Sex, Intimacy or Assault." Presentation for Campus Safety Awareness Month by Men Against Violence. 7:30-9 p.m. Sept. 18, Silver Eagle Suite.

Sweet Nothing in My Ear. 8:30-10:30 p.m. Sept. 26-27, 2:30 p.m. Sept. 28, Studio Theatre. Tickets $5, sold at the door only.

Born Free. Performance of Luluk Purwanto and the Helsdinger Trio. 7-8:30 p.m. Sept. 30, University Union southwest lawn.

Other featured articles in this issue:

• UNT, Denton remember Sept. 11
• UNT study: Private businesses played vital role in WTC disaster response
• Regents rename Administration Building for Hurleys; approve emeritus appointments
• UNT regents approve fee increases, plans to build new residence hall
• UNT scientist: Spraying, prevention are key to killing West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes
• UNT creates electronic conferencing laboratory
• Food, services conveniently located in UNT's University Union
• Chinese cuisine served in Campus Chat Food Court
• Disaster Education Day at UNT Sept. 13

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