STUDY ABROAD More UTA students are getting MAVERICK MAYORS UTA alumni are bringing PROVIDING RELIEF University researchers are their passports stamped and gaining valuable innovative solutions to city hall, leading three finding new and improved ways to treat and international experience by taking classes all diverse, dynamic Texas cities: Fort Worth, manage chronic pain, bringing relief to mil- over the globe. p. 20 Grand Prairie, and Frisco. p. 28 lions who suffer. p. 34

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Cities Rising UTA researchers are working to make large, urban megacities livable and sustainable. Digging it Oozeball, voted “most popular tradition on campus,” was held September 23, draw- ing 104 teams that battled it out on the muddy courts at the corner of Summit Avenue and Greek Row. Contents Winter 2016 Tweets From the Editor Features FACULTY 11 One of the highlights of my summer was having my Physics Professor Zdzislaw 22-year-old son James show me around Barcelona. He UTArlington Musielak has been honored was studying international marketing in the Catalo- Vol. XXXVII • Winter 2016 by the Alexander von nia capital as part of a study abroad program at the Humboldt Foundation Universitat Pompeu Fabra. EDITOR three times, enabling him His first week there he managed to lose his passport Kathryn Hopper to conduct research in and got lost trying to find his hostel. But by the time I Germany. visited at the end of his program, he was a pro at the ASSISTANT EDITORS Jessica Bridges city's metro system and knew the best spots for tapas. Amber Scott On our last night, he gave me an insider's tour of the Magic Fountains of Montjuïc, a spectacular water and EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS light show at the city's largest ornamental fountain. Herb Booth He is far from the only American college student Hillary Green STUDY ABROAD 20 Louisa Kellie traveling the globe this year. UTA sends more than A look at the adventures and Bridget Lewis 250 students abroad each academic year and our cover accomplishments of UTA Teresa Newton story looks at how and why the University is working students and alumni who Jim Patterson to increase those ranks. In the past year, UTA has seen Kristin Sullivan have participated in study a 30 percent increase in study abroad participants in abroad programs around the FUTURE 12 exchange and affiliated programs and a 32 percent ART DIRECTION world. Ireland, Mexico, Spain, Computer science and rise in advising visits. Brody Price and Japan. Joel Quintans engineering Associate For those who have used their passports, there’s a Professor Manfred Huber big payoff. In a recent MetLife survey of Fortune 1000 CITIES OF THE FUTURE 24 Timely. @utarlington pres @VistaspKarbhari & others walk ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR is designing a reservation/ companies, 65 percent termed global awareness “very MARKETING UTA researchers are tackling campus in high heels for #domesticviolence awareness. reminder software system important” or “essential” for career readiness. Marc Witter the challenges that will –@twoodard8 that could help veterans get This fall, we had the pleasure of meeting some amaz- be faced by cities with to doctors’ appointments ing Mavericks who serve as mayors in the Dallas-Fort VICE PRESIDENT FOR populations of 10 million Getting ready for the last College is honestly the best UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS using driverless cars. Worth-Arlington Metroplex. Their energy and enthu- people or more. summer class #test thing that has ever happened Lynne T. Waters siasm for their cities is inspiring residents of all ages @utarlington#computerScien to me. #UTArlington #UTA19 to get engaged in their communities. The mayors also PRESIDENT MAVERICK MAYORS 28 ce&engineering – @Khanadia3 appreciate their UTA education and eagerly share life Vistasp Karbhari A look at three UTA alumni #gottalovemycode lessons with current students when they get back to serving as mayors: Fort – @elsocioeddie I miss my school @utarlington campus. UTArlington Magazine is published Worth’s Betsy Price, Grand It was my home away from two times a year by University Com- We hope you enjoy reading this issue and learn - Prairie’s Ron Jensen, and Been sorting stuff round @ home! proud #Alumni #utar- munications for all alumni, as well as ing more about the many ways Mavericks are making Frisco’s Maher Maso. utarlington All day!! It’s of- lington #ForeverArlington for faculty, staff, and friends of the a difference in their local community and the world. University. Reproduction in whole ficial! I’m here and ready to – @imBhavinnaik Please share your news and accomplishments. Go Mavs! or in part without written permis- FEELING THE PAIN 34 start at #UTA —Kathryn Hopper sion is prohibited. Researchers at UTA are COMMUNITY 15 – @MadsEdwards Hey, Mavs! Your student body collaborating across Alumnus Mike Greene and president and vice president The comments and opinions disciplines to develop new his wife, Janet, are feeding Life is getting back to normal are ready to see you @utar- Got to meet @VistaspKarb- My first choir concert at UTA expressed in this magazine do ways to treat and manage families through their work after taking the big bad lington’s Convocation! hari and it was awesome! and as a member of A Cap- not necessarily represent chronic pain. with the Community Link Foundation Engineering test those of The University of Texas – @emmyology #UTArlington pella! @ Irons Recital Hall at Arlington or the staff of food bank. Thursday. #utarlington – @abbyrrrr @ UT Arlington UTArlington Magazine. – @chadbullard2 Happy first day of class @utar- – @MelodyGauntt Copyright © 2016, The University of Columns GALLERY 16 lington community! Here’s Omg yes!!! Starbucks at Texas at Arlington. An equal oppor- Nicholas Wood has honed Got accepted back into UTA to a successful academic year #UTAbookstore is open and I had a wonderful day be- tunity/affirmative action employer. TALK 7 his artistic skills over nearly for Engineering! I got a sec- to all our players and all stu- there is no line!!! #CoffeeAd- ing the keynote speaker at Sophomore film major four decades. The UTA art ond chance at life! So excited! ON THE COVER dents, faculty and staff!!! dict #UTArlington the University of Texas at Illustration by Neil Webb Josie Aslakson was featured and art history professor #thanksuta #uta #utarlington – @UTASoftball – @mirtlove Arlington annual communi- in a national advertising has exhibited his works – @awndrayuhh cation day! #commday2015 campaign titled “Play Like a internationally in France. Dear @utarlington, due to So proud of my Mommy! She #tayscomm15 #socialmedia Girl” encouraging girls to get #myfavoriteteacher is #DrAl- the number of freshmen, I’m enrolled in the Bachelor’s to experiment was awesome, more active. lanSaxe @utarlington #UTAr- forced to park an obscene dis- Master’s program of Nursing but Tay’s #instagram video Alumni News lington #worldteachersday tance away. I demand a tram. at UT Arlington! Never too was an #epicfail Record but- CRASH COURSE 8 – @jkmendy Sincerely, Sweaty Student old to go after your dreams! ton #malfunction!!! In her Community Health ROBBIE AND – @hilarying – @AshLuvsKingston – @taysgourmet Nursing class, Susan Cherry ADAM WERNER 40 I got to visit my grad school has students face a simulated The Maverick couple is baking for the first time today! Yay Dressing up as a UTA cheer- UTA Basketball go Mavs! Here is my celebratory tweet disaster drill. up business in Fort Worth. #utarlington #universityoftex- leader today for work. Easiest #mavscity #beatGrambling for my acceptance to UT asatarlington #gomavericks Halloween Costume Ever!! #arlington @UTAMAVS Arlington!! SHANNA PEEPLES 42 – @brittany_rives – @lane_newsom – @ajkelly_9 – @mulahontas_ Alumna Shanna Peeples is the National Teacher of the Year. YOUR THOUGHTS? Send letters to the editor to [email protected], or comment on magazine content at uta.edu/utamagazine. CAMPUS CAMPUS YouTube Instagram Trending MAVERICK SPEAKERS SERIES

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You were among the female Did they explain what “Play athletes featured in the Like a Girl” was about? “Play Like a Girl” advertis- Yes, they explained that it CampusBuzz ing campaign this year was a nonprofit promoting UT ARLINGTON AND THE WORLD designed to empower girls women and girls having an through participation in active lifestyle. They said they sports. How did you get wanted all types of athletes, involved? including a girl playing wheel- I’m on the Movin’ Mavs. We chair basketball, to have a were scrimmaging one day, well-rounded ad. and we found out that adver- tising people were wanting to When did you see it put come scope out our practice together? and maybe talk to one of us. I actually saw it after other Doug Garner, our athletic people had. I kept getting director, was talking to one of text messages saying, “You’re the advertising people when famous.” I was like, what? Our I pushed by them. He said, team’s Facebook page had “Here’s one of our girls, you put it up, so that’s when I first can talk to her." I guessed they saw it. liked what I said. What’s the message of the ad? There are a lot of things that can keep you from playing sports even if it’s something Professor Liping Tang, left, you really want to do. Maybe and Dr. Joseph Borrelli Jr., you’re embarrassed about an orthopedic surgeon, how you run. All the girls in play key roles in the new the ad have been through an Pre-Medical Student array of things, but they’re Preceptorship Program not letting that keep them designed to impact Health from an active lifestyle. and the Human Condition, a guiding theme of the What kind of feedback strategic plan. have you gotten? People really love it. I’ve got- ten some people who say it motivated them. That’s great Bold Solutions, Global Impact that it actually does what it’s supposed to do. One guy University transitions to aggressive implementation of Strategic Plan 2020 here on campus told me he Today’s megacities and those of tomorrow face mount- that extend across disciplines to guide academic and showed it to his daughter, ing challenges to become sustainable economic and research excellence throughout the decade. who lacked confidence, and it cultural centers that elevate prosperity and enhance “Our strategic plan positions us at the forefront of helped her. quality of life. the discovery, integration, and application of infor- Our Bold Defined as metropolitan areas exceeding 10 million mation and knowledge while leading the way for a Solutions, It sounds like the ad’s mes- people, these swelling urban regions combat pressing transformative educational experience not constrained sage is really resonating, issues such as improving health care, managing natu- by time, space, or location,” UTA President Vistasp Global Impact inspiring girls to get active ral resources, creating more livable communities, and Karbhari says. in sports. Is that a message harnessing the proliferation of data. The plan evolved over 15 months through discussions strategic you relate to? With a population over 7 million, the Dallas-Fort within the University and with key external constituen- plan is much Wheelchair basketball trans- Worth-Arlington area is rapidly approaching megac- cies. The UT System Board of Regents endorsed the formed me. Before, I wouldn’t ity status. And UTA stands poised to help ease the plan in February. more than a have had the nerves to even growing pains. “Our Bold Solutions, Global Impact strategic plan do this interview. I was so Focused on enabling a sustainable megacity, the is much more than a roadmap for the future—it is a roadmap for shy. It’s a good message. It’s a University’s Bold Solutions, Global Impact strategic call to action,” President Karbhari says. “It is a living, message about girls in sports. plan encompasses four broad themes: Health and the dynamic manifesto with targeted metrics that we will the future It’s not necessarily about Human Condition, Sustainable Urban Communities, continuously measure to assess progress toward our –it’s a call adaptive sports. It’s about Global Environmental Impact, and Data-Driven Dis- lofty goals.” gaining confidence from covery. The themes provide strategic areas of emphasis See more at uta.edu/strategicplan. to action. competing.

6 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 7 CAMPUS CAMPUS Crash Course Community Health Nursing Awards DAVID NYGREN Top researcher named Presidential Distinguished Professor of Physics David College of Science dean Nygren has been named a recipient of the 2015 Aldo “I am honored to join UTA Menzione Prize for his inven- at a time when the University tion of the Time Projection is clearly on the move,” he says. Chamber. The TPC has been “The College of Science will play used worldwide for more than a critical role in realizing the three decades in a variety of vision of the 2020 Strategic applications in particle detec- Plan and affirming UT Arling- tion and discovery. ton as the model for an urban, public research institution.” MELVIN IBANA Khaledi chaired the Chem- The American Kinesiology Morteza Khaledi believes the istry Department at North Association named graduate College of Science will be a Carolina State since 2014 student Melvin Ibana an AKA key collaborator in helping and previously served in the Master’s Scholar Award 2015 UTA achieve the goals of its same position from 2005 to recipient. The award recog- Bold Solutions, Global Impact 2011. Under his leadership, nizes academic and leader- NURS 4462 strategic plan. the department added mul - Expansion plans ship accomplishments of In this class, senior nursing Dr. Khaledi, who began tiple endowed chairs valued New building to accelerate health science graduate students in member students tackle a special in August as the college’s new at $1 million each; increased departments. assignment that can include dean, most recently served as funded research from federal exploration an Air Evac helicopter, chair of the nationally ranked and state agencies, founda- UTA researchers will soon have a new place to pursue hazmat gear, and a badly Chemistry Department at tions, and corporations; and life-enhancing discoveries. burned woman with a brain North Carolina State Univer- developed innovative sources The University is advancing plans for a six-story hemorrhage. It’s up to the sity. He is a renowned expert of revenue. The department Science, Engineering Innovation and Research (SEIR) 100 or so students enrolled in mechanistic studies and initiated programs aimed at Building to help meet increasing student demand and in Community Health Nurs- bioanalytical applications of student access and success. further the institution’s emerging concentration in ing to decide how to treat high-performance capillary UTA’s College of Science health science initiatives. patients—simulation mani- electrophoresis and high-per- includes more than 100 faculty “Demand for degrees in engineering, science, nursing, kins or human actors—in a formance liquid chromatogra- members in biology, chemis- and allied health careers continues to grow,” President DOUG GARNER mass disaster drill. “During phy. The National Institutes of try and biochemistry, earth Vistasp Karbhari says. “Given our substantial academic The Texas Governor’s Com- a true disaster, there’s no Health, National Science Foun- and environmental sciences, and research strengths in these areas, UT Arlington is mittee on People with Dis- perfect answer,” says Susan dation, and corporate entities mathematics, physics, and well positioned to become a national leader in health abilities named Doug Garner Cherry, lead faculty for have funded his research. psychology. science with the addition of this collaborative research to its ADA25 Texas Trailblaz- community health nursing and teaching facility and state-of-the-art laboratory ers: Past, Present, Future in the College of Nursing space.” list. Garner is head coach of and Health Innovation. To be located south of Pickard Hall and the Life UTA’s Movin’ Mavs wheelchair “You go with your gut, using Science Building, the 200,000-square-foot facility will basketball team. the assessment and triage feature a structural steel and glass atrium, multi-use skills learned. You catego- collaborative spaces, large classrooms and lecture halls, PRANESH ASWATH rize the patients, treat ’em, and innovative research and teaching labs. Materials science and engi- and ship ’em out.” Working State lawmakers approved $70 million in tuition neering Professor Pranesh As- in teams, students deter- revenue bonds to support the SEIR Building earlier this wath has been named a fellow mine who needs immediate year. Additionally, the UT System Board of Regents of the Society of Tribologists attention and who can wait. approved $20 million from the Permanent University and Lubrication Engineers. They also learn to oper- Fund and included the project in the UT System Capital Dr. Aswath is associate dean ate in tandem with other Improvements Program. UTA plans to raise additional for graduate studies in the first responders, including funding through grants and donations. College of Engineering. police, fire, ambulance, and “UT Arlington really is seizing the opportunity to be a helicopter operators. “The catalyst for growth and improvement in Arlington and UNIVERSITY helicopter really gets their CENTER OF EXCELLENCE The College of Nurs- across the North Texas region,” Arlington Mayor Jeff COMMUNICATIONS attention,” says Cherry, ing and Health Innovation has been designated a Center of Williams says. “The Science, Engineering Innovation The Office of University Com- who teaches the class and Excellence by the National League for Nursing, the nation’s and Research Building will enable UTA to scale up munications won five gold oversees the drill. “It’s a foremost organization for nursing faculty and leaders in academic and research activity to meet our regional awards for medical/science great opportunity to see nursing education. With 19,000 students in campus-based and statewide workforce and business needs.” news and feature writing, how the community comes and online degree programs, the college is one of only 12 Construction is expected to begin in 2016 with sub- Web design, social media, and together to respond.” nursing schools in the country to earn the designation this stantial completion by mid-2018. The architecture and graphic design at the 2015 year. Advancements include expanded research in kinesiol- engineering team comprises Page and ZGF Architects, Council for the Advancement ogy, healthy aging, rehabilitation, and physiology, as well as the firms that designed UTA’s Engineering Research and Support of Education collaborations with engineering, science, and social work. Building. District IV awards in Austin.

8 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 9 CAMPUS CAMPUS Grants Physics Faculty RAMON LOPEZ Physics Professor Ramon New dean helms College Lopez has received more than $500,000 from NASA to of Liberal Arts study the role of solar wind tureships, and the naming of fluctuations in solar wind- physical facilities. The college geospace coupling. The grant also had active international is sponsored by NASA’s Helio- ZDZISLAW MUSIELAK programs in more than 20 physics Supporting Research Growing up in Poland, Zdzis- countries through exchanges, Program, which selected 30 law Musielak loved to look research projects, and degree of 221 proposals submitted. at the stars. Eventually offerings. his interest turned into a Wong, who began as dean career as an internationally in July, received his bach - renown physics researcher elor’s, master’s, and doctoral known for his exploration degrees from the University of extra-solar planetary Paul Wong, an accomplished of California, Berkeley. He has systems, the origin of dark scholar with a proven track held academic appointments matter and dark energy, record of enhancing funded at UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, and black holes. This year research and donor support, University of Illinois Urbana- he was awarded the interna- is the new dean of the College Champaign, Arizona State tional Humboldt Research of Liberal Arts. University, and Washington Award for the third time. Previously dean of the Col- State University and was a fel- WEIDONG ZHOU The award allows recipi- lege of Arts and Letters at San low at the Center for Advanced Electrical engineering Profes- ents to work on a research Diego State University, he was Studies in the Behavioral Sci- sor Weidong Zhou has been project of their choosing also director of International ences at Stanford University. awarded $600,000 to make in Germany, together with Partnerships at SDSU, a profes- “The College of Liberal Arts ultraviolet laser detection a host and collaborative Added Degrees sor of sociology, and oversaw the and the University are getting more available in the field. partner. Musielak will select Social Science Research Labo- a superb administrator,” Presi- The funding is part of a three- Ph.D. programs planned in kinesiology a deserving UTA graduate ratory and the Charles Hostler dent Vistasp Karbhari says. “Dr. year, $4.3 million Defense student to assist him as he and international business Institute for World Affairs. Paul Wong will take our liberal Advanced Research Projects travels to Germany over the Under Dr. Wong’s leader- arts education to the next level Agency grant. Dr. Zhou will A new doctoral degree program in kinesiology in the summer. “This is a wonder- ship, SDSU’s College of Arts of excellence in national and develop low-cost, compact College of Nursing and Health Innovation is designed ful opportunity as it allows and Letters raised almost international engagement for ultraviolet lasers to detect to elevate research in physiology, movement science, a student to work directly $50 million for endowed pro- undergraduates, graduates, very small amounts of chemi- healthy living, and other health science disciplines. The with some of the world’s fessorships, scholarships, lec- and post-graduates.” cal and biological agents. first students are expected to enroll in 2016. top scientists at German The program builds upon the Department of Kinesi- institutions,” Musielak says. MATTHEW FUJITA ology and the Center for Healthy Living and Longevity’s His research in Germany will Biology Assistant Professor existing research, education, and community outreach be concentrated on three Matthew Fujita is principal initiatives in health and disease. It will focus on the different topics: tornado- investigator for a $670,797 prevention, assessment, and treatment of motor dif- like structures on the National Science Foundation ficulties; chronic diseases; and musculoskeletal injuries Sun; habitable exoplanets, grant to study and identify across the human lifespan. and exomoons; and new the processes that have gen- “UT Arlington graduates will be educated and well- theories for dark matter erated high species diversity positioned to thrive in research positions and faculty and dark energy. On June in West and Central Africa. He jobs,” says Anne Bavier, dean of the College of Nursing 12, Musielak was honored also hopes to discover new and Health Innovation. “They will receive unique mul- by his hometown of Kalisz, reptiles and amphibians in tidisciplinary and research experiences that directly Poland, with its highest one of the most biologically target these health needs.” honor, the Honorary Citizen diverse regions on Earth. The College of Business is launching North Texas’ award. first Executive Delivery Ph.D. with a planned start XINBAO YU date of January 2016. Civil engineering Professor The curriculum and dissertation research will focus Xinbao Yu is lead investiga- on international business, and classes are expected to ONLINE EXCELLENCE UTA is among the nation’s tor on a 17-month, $193,000 be offered at DFW International Airport for convenient top universities for earning a master’s degree in education grant from the Texas Depart- access to those not in the North Texas area. or nursing online, according to U.S. News & World Report’s ment of Transportation to “In business schools, there is a shortage of Ph.D.- Best Online Graduate Programs rankings for 2015. The Col- determine the feasibility of qualified faculty who have extensive, relevant business lege of Education’s online program ranked No. 30 among using geothermal energy experience,” says David Mack, associate dean of the 252 schools surveyed, and the College of Nursing and to melt ice and snow from College of Business. “Individuals who complete this Health Innovation’s online program ranked No. 31 among Texas roads. Civil engineering program will be able to combine their theoretically 133 schools surveyed. UTA’s total enrollment, including on- Professor Anand Puppala will based understanding with real-world experience in line students outside Texas, surpassed 48,000 in the 2014- work with Dr. Yu. the classroom.” 15 academic year.

10 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 11 CAMPUS CAMPUS Future Driverless Cars, 2025 Press MARCUS BUTTS A Time magazine article about World-renowned the stress created by receiving emails outside of work quoted researchers join faculty management Associate Kenneth Reifsnider, an inter- accelerating its research pro- Professor Marcus Butts. He is nationally recognized expert in gram and attracting world- the lead author of a study that high temperature energy sys- renowned experts to lead the found people who get elec- tems and composite materials, way,” President Vistasp Karb- tronic work communications has joined the UTA faculty to hari says. “Dr. Reifsnider will after hours get mad. “Being lead a new Institute for Predic- elevate our work in the funda- angry takes a lot of focus and tive Performance of Advanced mental areas of strength-life resources and it keeps us from Materials and Structures. relationships in composite being engaged with other A member of the presti - materials and structures.” things,” he says. gious National Academy of Marco Brotto, Paul Fadel, Engineering, Dr. Reifsnider is and Mark Haykowsky have ASISH BASU one of the world’s pre-eminent joined the College of Nursing Earth and Environmental Sci- fuel cell materials researchers. and Health Innovation’s fac- ences Department Chair Asish He becomes the third member ulty. An expert in muscle and Basu was interviewed by CBS of a national academy to join bone physiology, Dr. Brotto is Evening News with Scott Pel- the University in recent years. the George W. and Hazel M. ley about an Environmental Nai Yuen Chen, a Distin- Jay Professor. Protection Agency incident guished Research Professor in Dr. Fadel, an authority in that sent a million gallons of the Department of Materials neural cardiovascular con- toxic sludge from an aban- Science and Engineering, is trol in health and disease, is a doned mine into Colorado’s also a member of the Nation- professor of kinesiology and Animas River. “All these metals, al Academy of Engineering. director of clinical transla- in excessive amounts, are dan- David Nygren, an acclaimed tional science. Lingering Effects gerous to human life,” he says. physicist and member of the An accomplished research- Study shows need for post-cancer care National Academy of Sciences, er in exercise physiology and joined the University last fall rehabilitation medicine, Dr. Years after going into remission, many adult cancer as Presidential Distinguished Haykowsky was named the survivors still encounter challenges from the disease Professor. Moritz Chair of Geriatric Nurs- and its treatment. “UT Arlington is rapidly ing Research. A study by researchers at UT Arlington and the University of Central Florida has found that survivors continue to experience anxiety about recurrence and loss of personal control related to physical problems such as sexual dysfunction and the inability to control bodily functions two, five, even 10 years after they’re treated. DARLA HAMANN “So often, the expectation is that a cancer survivor NextAvenue.org reported should be grateful for having survived the diagnosis on a study co-authored by of cancer,” says social work Assistant Professor Gail Darla Hamann, an assistant Adorno, a co-principal investigator. “And while this professor in the College of may be true, those survivors with debilitating, linger- Architecture, Planning and ing effects of cancer and its treatment are not always Public Affairs, on the uphill acknowledged within health care systems as needing battle applicants over age 50 continued care based on their cancer survivor status.” face in the job market. The The study was published in the February issue of study found the odds of be- Cancer, a journal of the American Cancer Society. ing re-employed decrease Soldiers with brain injuries may soon have a new from traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic day street system will be difficult.” Other UTA To gauge the unmet needs of cancer survivors, by 2.6 percent for every year tool that helps them receive important medical stress disorder. It will hopefully get the veter- researchers participating in the software proj- researchers assessed responses from an American increase in age. treatment. Computer science and engineering ans where they need to be when they need to ect include computer science and engineering Cancer Society survey of 1,514 participants age 18 or Associate Professor Manfred Huber is design- be there.” Work will be done in Huber's lab in Professor Gergely Zaruba and electrical engi- BREATHING ROOM NASA’s Game Changing Devel- older. The randomly selected group included survivors MEGHNA TARE ing a reservation/reminder software system the Engineering Research Building. When com- neering Associate Professor Dan Popa. The res- opment Program awarded more than $500,000 to a UT Ar- of breast, prostate, colorectal, skin melanoma, bladder, Corporate Responsibility as part of a project to transport veterans on plete, the Applied Robotics for Installation and ervation system is based on an earlier project lington team to develop improved methods for oxygen re- or uterine cancer. They were asked to describe any Magazine published an article military bases to doctors’ appointments using Base Operations (ARIBO) project prototype Computer Science and Engineering did with covery and reuse aboard human spacecraft. UTA and three needs not being met to their satisfaction. co-authored by Meghna Tare, driverless cars. “We’re designing the system will be installed at Fort Bragg, N.C. The UTA the School of Social Work. That project used a other teams are charged with increasing oxygen recovery to A six-person interdisciplinary team spent more executive director of UTA’s to be accessible through an android cellphone software system is one of several prototype National Institutes of Health grant that helped 75 percent or more. Principal investigators are Brian Dennis, than 200 hours analyzing the answers. The average Institute for Sustainability and app or kiosk at a stop along the route,” says efforts under the ARIBO umbrella. “Driverless Tarrant County mental health patients keep up associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineer- number of unmet needs per survivor was 2.88, with Global Impact, about the of- Dr. Huber, the principal investigator. “This sys- systems are here,” Huber explains. “It’s just with their appointments through an interac- ing; Krishnan Rajeshwar, Distinguished Professor of chemis- breast cancer survivors identifying more than others. ten overlooked “free” services tem will help veterans who might be suffering that integrating them into the common, every- tive website. try and biochemistry; and Norma Tacconi, research associ- Survivors most frequently expressed physical problems, that biodiversity and ecosys-

ILLUSTRATION BY STEPHEN DURKE STEPHEN BY ILLUSTRATION ate professor of chemistry and biochemistry. with 38 percent saying this was an issue. tems provide to society.

12 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 13 CAMPUS CAMPUS Outreach Community Link Food Bank Community Partnership connects students to physicians A new partnership between the before medical school,” says University and Texas Health Joseph Balaban, a biochem- Resources offers undergradu- istry major who was part of JANET AND MIKE GREENE ates pursuing medical careers the pilot program. “One day Feeding the hungry is in a unique opportunity to expe- we’d be working in the office, Mike Greene’s DNA. The SMART CARE APARTMENT rience a physician’s work first- another day we’d go to the OR. UT Arlington Distinguished Researchers have unveiled a hand. That excitement of being able Alumnus grew up in a house model “smart care” apart- Begun in spring 2015 as a to do something new every day attached to a grocery store ment infused with intelligent pilot project, the Pre-Medical definitely had me hooked and and gas station his parents care technology designed to Student Preceptorship Pro- strengthened my resolve to go owned. “They helped feed reduce risks encountered by gram launched this fall and to medical school.” families when the families older adults and those with pairs high-achieving students Joseph Borrelli Jr., an couldn’t feed themselves,” disabilities who want to live with physician-mentors in a orthopedic surgeon at Texas he says. Now Mike ’69 and independently in their own hospital setting. The students Health Arlington Memorial, his wife, Janet, are doing homes. The federal Health participate in a six-week, for- worked closely with UTA lead- the same through their Resources and Services Ad- credit course, shadowing physi- ers to establish the program. involvement with the ministration provided more cians at Texas Health Arling- “It’s critical for students to Community Link food bank than $600,000 in funding for ton Memorial Hospital in the know early on how important in Saginaw. Established in the five-year project. The ef- operating room and in patient it is that they learn the sacri- 2005, Community Link had fort is a collaboration among settings. fices, the commitment that we operated from a small house premier faculty from the Col- Participants analyze medi- make,” Dr. Borrelli says. “They just a stone’s throw from lege of Nursing and Health cal literature and present case also see what a positive interac- Mike’s childhood home. Innovation and the College of Bright Ideas studies to their physician- tion health care is. We spend a The retired TXU executive Engineering. owned several vacant lots Innovation Day@UTA inspires students to mentors for critique. They great deal of time helping our also meet with UT Arlington patients, treating our patients, in the neighborhood and A CAPPELLA CHOIR develop creative solutions faculty members to evaluate, and bonding with our patients.” donated the land for a new UTA’s A Cappella Choir discuss, and enhance their Texas Health Resources is building, which opened in rocked out with the Rolling Imagine creating a scale-sized Formula race car for clinical experience. one of the largest faith-based, March 2014. He sought help Stones during the legendary less than $50 that could not just travel across a room, “Not many pre-med stu - nonprofit health systems in the from fellow UTA alumnus band’s “Zip Code” concert in but climb over obstacles. dents get this kind of exposure United States. Ralph Hawkins ’73, chair- June at AT&T Stadium in Ar- Oh, and it can’t run on any type of fuel or batteries. man of the architectural lington. The choir performed That challenge was presented to teams of high firm HKS, which provided the classic “You Can’t Always school and college students who competed in the sec- pro bono design. Last year Get What You Want” with ond annual Innovation Day@UTA held October 22 in Community Link distributed rock legend Mick Jagger and College Park Center. more than 525,000 pounds the band during their June 6 The winning high school team, led by 14-year-old of food to nearly 20,000 show. Samantha Maldonado, was from Arlington Martin people in Northwest Tarrant High School’s STEM Academy, an initiative developed County. Mike hopes UTA MOBILE FABLAB jointly by UTA with Arlington Independent School will use the nonprofit as a A partnership between the District to help students meet STEM college require- learning laboratory. Already UTA Libraries and Cook Chil- ments before graduation. the Computer Science and dren’s Medical Center in Fort First-year UTA students Chandon Lim and Chun Engineering Department Worth is providing high-tech Lau won the college-level team competition. is working to streamline health care learning opportu- Winners took home iPad minis. Community Link’s efficiency nities for pediatric patients. A The event also featured a technology showcase, fac- so it can serve more clients. mobile version of the Librar- ulty and student poster presentations, and sessions with “This place is very near and ies’ FabLab helps children and guest panelists discussing innovation, entrepreneurship dear to our hearts,” Janet their families explore health and how to attract angel investors. says. “It’s nice to be at a conditions and treatments UTA alumni also participated including Fadi Bishara, CHILD’S PLAY Four social work graduate students are point in our lives where we using 3-D printers, 3-D scan- a 1992 industrial engineering graduate and founder making a Mansfield playground more accessible to special can give back.” ners, and microelectronics. and CEO of the global start-up accelerator Blackbox. needs children. Liz Farias, Amanda Kruse, Laura Zavala, and Children create an electronic He provided the keynote address of the event, detailing Chidi Onyekanne started the effort as part of a class project heartbeat sensor to monitor how the University played a crucial role in his career and now are helping install sensory, tactile tables and wheel- their heart rate, translate the as an innovator and entrepreneur. chair-accessible equipment at Katherine Rose Memorial Park. brain’s electrical impulses to “What I’m doing now is going out and teaching to “We noticed that many parks claim to be inclusive,” Farias the movement of a mouse the rest of the world how things are done in Silicon says. “However, they only meet the minimum requirements pointer and print 3-D models Valley,” Bishara says. “But everything I’ve done, it all of the ADA, which includes the premises being wheelchair of DNA strands or organs to started here. I learned English here and learned how accessible. We wanted to advocate for modified equipment help illustrate their condition. to learn here.” to truly make a playground all-inclusive.”

14 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 15 CAMPUS CAMPUS Gallery Multidimensional Numbers Experienced leader 37,008 Number of Texas-based stu- NICHOLAS WOOD heads communications dents enrolled in the fall 2015 Nicholas Wood has honed creative services and market- semester, an all-time high. his artistic skills over ing, and brand management nearly four decades. “I’ve for the UH System, including always been intrigued by its 10 campuses and 59,000 the dimensional, spatially students. interactive, and mate- At UTA, she works closely th rial nature of sculptural with President Vistasp Karb- form, yet also drawn to the hari and the senior leadership frontal, illusionistic picto- team to direct the University’s UTA ranked fifth in the nation rial quality that drawings global marketing and commu- 5 for undergraduate diversity, and paintings can offer,” Lynne T. Waters began in Feb- nications efforts, institutional according to U.S. News & the UTA art and art history ruary as vice president for Uni- marketing and brand position- World Report, the highest professor says. He pre- versity Communications. She ing, internal communications, profile Hispanic-serving insti- fers to show his two- and most recently served as associ- media relations, and commu- tution in North Texas. three-dimensional works ate vice president for external nity relations initiatives. together and has exhibited affairs and university relations “UT Arlington is posi - in gallery and museum for the University of Hawaii tioned to become an even shows from coast to coast System. greater catalyst for positive 55,000 as well as internationally A native Texan and a economic change and a hub Projected combined enroll- in France and Germany. His graduate of Baylor University, for intellectual pursuits as ment in campus-based and charcoal and pastel draw- Waters is a former television the Dallas-Fort Worth region online programs by the end of ings began as visualizations news anchor and reporter who continues its trajectory toward the academic year. of sculptures but over time owned a comprehensive com- becoming one of our nation’s have evolved into their munications consulting firm great megacities,” President own thoughtful and visu- before joining the UH System Karbhari says. “Lynne Waters ally complex body of work. in 2011. shares that vision and brings When he combines them During her tenure in higher tremendous depth of experi- with three-dimensional education, she has directed ence in strategic communica- pieces, viewers can see how strategic communications tions, community engagement, the two media diverge and planning, community relations, and brand management.” coalesce, informing and Past times re-informing one another. The number of UTA faculty New book traces University’s history His abstract drawings and 13in the National academies of wall sculptures often refer through vintage photographs Engineering, Inventors, and to recognizable objects, Science – the highest level of It wasn’t easy to cull through thousands of archived allowing viewers to connect academic recognition in the photos to tell UT Arlington’s story, but Evelyn Barker on a variety of personal and United States. and Lea Worcester were up to the challenge. aesthetic levels. Barker, director of marketing and communications at the UTA Libraries, and Worcester, a librarian in Clockwise from top: Special Collections, spent more than a year selecting 10,564 Capsules D66 (snug vintage photos for University of Texas at Arlington, a Number of undergraduate 8 arcs), Bubble #6, 128-page paperback that’s part of Arcadia Publishing’s and graduate degrees Bubble # 8 (lift). Campus History Series. awarded in the 2014-15 aca- “Our intention is to make students, faculty, staff, and demic year. others more aware of our University’s rich history, but on a more personal level,” says Worcester, who along with Barker, also co-authored a 2011 book about the GETTING STARTED Innovators are enjoying a new city of Arlington. space aimed at bolstering the development and entrepre- The new book chronicles the history of the University neurial efforts of North Texas institutions. In April UTA through three centuries and under eight names as it launched the StartUp Lounge, a meeting place where ideas evolved into the research institution that now educates begin the journey toward becoming inventions, products, or more than 51,000 students globally. Number20 of student leaders processes. The initiative is a collaboration of UTA’s Shimad- Most of the images in the book are from UT Arling- in the charter class of Terry zu Institute for Research Technologies, College of Business, ton Special Collections. Others come from various Foundation Scholars. The College of Engineering, and College of Science, as well as Shi- campus departments, University Communications, Terry Scholarship covers the madzu Scientific Instruments and TechFW through TechFW@ and Tarleton State University, with whom UTA shared full cost of tuition, fees, books, UTA. The lounge is in the Campus Center on West Nedder- a spirited sports rivalry in the 1930s. on-campus living expenses, man Drive. To order, go to arcadiapublishing.com. and stipend for study abroad.

16 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 17 CAMPUS CAMPUS Champs Women’s Basketball Sports ACADEMIC HONORS The Sun Belt Conference hon- ored 86 UTA student-athletes Golf adds new coach, for their academic prowess during the 2014-15 school women’s program year. Thirty-eight Mavericks Stuart Deane has high expecta- events, and won the Trump REBEKAH VAN DIJK were named to the Sun Belt tions for the UTA golf program. Million Dollar Invitational. He Putting the previous year’s Commissioner’s List for post- Named head coach last spring, arrived in the United States four-win season behind ing a GPA of 3.50 or higher, he had served as the assistant in 1996 after a successful pro- them was paramount for while 48 made the Academic men’s coach since February. fessional career in Australia the 2014-15 women’s bas- Honor Roll for having GPAs “I’m looking forward to and Asia. ketball Mavericks. With the between 3.00 and 3.49. UTA making it a top 50, top 25 pro- Women’s golf is the first help of freshman Rebekah athletes compiled a 3.055 gram,” says Deane, who also sport expansion for UTA ath- Van Dijk, the team did just cumulative GPA last year. will coach the women’s team, letics since women’s tennis in that. The 6-5 center was which begins play in 2017- 1983. It will bring to 15 the named Sun Belt Conference 18. “I’m excited about adding number of NCAA Division I Freshman of the Year and women’s golf and building sports on campus. earned All-Sun Belt second- something that is extremely Jim Baker, director of team honors. She led all positive in that area.” Intercollegiate Athletics, NCAA Division I freshmen Deane previously was a vol- says the program allows for with 16 double-doubles and unteer assistant for the Mav- increased participation for was selected to the 2015 ericks, working with several women while strengthening Full Court NCAA Division I current and former student- the University’s footprint in Women’s Mid-Major Fresh- athletes. He is a PGA teaching the Sun Belt Conference. man All-America team. “I’m professional at Rolling Hills “Enhancing opportunities Sweet Repeat a big believer in post play, and that’s what our offense Country Club in Arlington, for female student-athletes Men’s track wins second straight SBC title one of the facilities the UTA is part of our mission,” Baker centers around,” coach Kris- CHINEME OBIKUDU golf program uses. says. “The addition of women’s The men’s outdoor track and field team continued its ta Gerlich says. “Rebekah Sophomore Chineme Obi- He is ranked seventh golf furthers our commit - Sun Belt Conference dominance last spring, winning was a perfect fit for that.” kudu won the women’s triple among PGA members in the ment to building and fielding its second title in only two years in the league. Van Dijk, who averaged 13 jump at the 2015 USA Junior United States, has been a championship-caliber Divi- Senior sprinter Clayton Vaughn led the way, blazing points and 10 rebounds, was Track and Field Champion- member of the Web.com tour, sion I programs in each of our to victory in the 100 meters. His time of 9.93 shat - one of 11 newcomers who ships in Eugene, Ore., to has played in 10 PGA tour sports.” tered his own school record of 10.07 and ranked as helped UTA win 17 games earn a spot on the U.S. Junior the third-fastest time in the NCAA for 2015. Vaughn and finish tied for fourth in National Team. She smashed placed third in the 200 and was part of the winning the conference. The Naza- her personal record by more 4x400 relay team with Cameron Newson, Quentin reth, Texas, native attri- than a foot on her way to win- Butler, and Tarik Crear. butes the team’s success to ning the competition by nine Other first-place finishers were Craig Lautenslager buying into Gerlich and her inches with a leap 42 feet, 7 in the 10,000- and 5,000-meter runs, Emil Blomberg staff’s coaching philosophy. inches. in the steeplechase, and Roland Sales in the high jump. “I came here and thought I The Mavericks outdistanced second-place Arkansas just had to play my best and DARIEN MCLEMORE State 166-148. do what I could for the team. Junior infielder Darien “We came through with clutch performances in every I was excited to win awards, McLemore was named to the event area,” said head coach John Sauerhage, who but it all happens with the Sun Belt Conference Leader- guided the men to a No. 25 national ranking. “That’s team. I couldn’t have done ship Team. The honor goes the fun thing about having a complete team. It wasn’t it without them.” to a letter-winning student- one area. It was everyone.” athlete based on leadership, For the second consecutive season, Sauerhage was sportsmanship, community named SBC Coach of the Year. He has now been named service, citizenship, academic outdoor men’s Coach of the Year four times, twice in the excellence, and other quali- SBC and twice in the Southland Conference. Includ- ties valued by the institution. ing men’s and women’s cross country, indoor track, and outdoor track, he has received Coach of the Year WOMEN’S TENNIS honors 26 times. The doubles team of Elizabeth PROFESSIONAL PIPELINE The final day of the 2015 Vaughn, Butler, Blomberg, and Sales all qualified for Thoms and Angeles de los Major League Baseball Draft saw a pair of UTA seniors se- the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Champion- Rios represented UTA as au- lected. The Toronto Blue Jays took first baseman Levi Scott, ships in June. Vaughn placed eighth in the 100 meters, tomatic qualifiers in the 2015 above, in the 28th round, and the Seattle Mariners chose earning All-America recognition for the sixth time. He NCAA Division I Women’s right-handed pitcher Colin Tornberg in the 32nd round. The is just the fourth Maverick athlete to achieve the feat. Tennis Championships. They Mavericks have had at least one player selected in 17 of the “What a career Clayton had,” Sauerhage said. “He’s fell to top-ranked Alabama in last 18 drafts, including the last seven in a row. The 2015 MLB one of the all-time greats and a true pleasure to coach. the first round after posting a Draft marked the 15th time in UTA baseball history that mul- He has made all of UT Arlington proud, both on and 7-1 record during the season. tiple players have been chosen. off the track.”

18 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 19 FROM

UTATO ANYWHERE

Lessons learned while studying abroad leave a lasting impact BY AMBER SCOTT • COLLAGE BY SEAN MCCABE

n the crowded streets of Temple Lane have experienced the moment if not for a decision she made several years prior: No matter what, she would in Dublin, Ireland, not far from the River study abroad while earning her undergraduate degree. While Siprian’s destination was Seville, Spain, she Liffey, Alexzandria Siprian, her friends, saw more of Europe than she ever thought possible. O “Part of studying abroad anywhere in Europe is that and about 70 strangers were having a dance party. you are very close to tons of countries with completely different cultures,” she says. “And there are so many The night was clear, the air was sweet, and buskers sights to see and beautiful people to encounter, with all different perspectives on life.” played on for the rapt and joyful crowd. It was life- Location wasn’t the only reason Siprian was able to enjoy spontaneous dancing in Dublin’s streets. Earlier changing for the then-UTA junior, who never would that evening, she and her friends decided they would

WINTER 2016 21 accept every opportunity (within reason) presented accepted and began two years of service in Ethiopia in an international context,” Anderson says. “When to them. last summer.) they return, they return with new ideas to incorporate “I’ve experienced cultures from a handful of coun- “Living abroad made me addicted to living an adven- back on campus and in their future.” tries,” she says. “All of that newness just makes it easier turous life,” he says. “I got a taste of independence and for me now to approach things with an open and accept- a stark realization that traveling was something I could INCREASING INTERNATIONAL REACH ing mind.” see myself doing long term.” In 2012-13 about 280,000 U.S. students participated Studies show that studying abroad can have a lasting in study abroad programs. While the number seems BROADENED PERSPECTIVES impact on one’s personal, professional, and academic impressive, it’s only 9 percent of the country’s total col- Openness to new experiences and ways of thinking, life. In an Institute for the International Education of lege student population. For the United States to stay along with dexterous communication skills, are key to Students survey, 87 percent of respondents said study a global leader, experts agree it’s essential to increase the idea of cultural competence, a quality employers abroad influenced their later educational experiences. access to cultural learning experiences. seek in college graduates. In a recent MetLife survey Sixty-four percent said it impacted their decision to “Study abroad is one of the best ways to provide of Fortune 1000 companies, 65 percent termed global attend graduate school, and nearly half engaged in students with the foreign language and cross-cultural awareness “very important” or “essential” for career international work or volunteerism after studying skills necessary to compete and thrive in today’s global readiness. abroad. Nearly 75 percent said they acquired skills economy,” Marlene M. Johnson, executive director and In a nutshell, cultural competence enables indi- that influenced their career paths. CEO of the National Association of International Educa- viduals to interact effectively with people of different “The benefits to opening yourself to new cultures tors, writes on the organization’s website. “International cultures and backgrounds. While UT Arlington and are undeniable,” Anderson says. “Whenever I or others experiences not only prepare students to succeed in other universities offer a diverse landscape, noth- in the office talk with students about studying abroad, careers, but also to collectively strengthen our cultural ing compares to the training received when students what we most want them to know is that it is possible. diplomacy, national security, and the economy.” immerse themselves in a foreign culture. Not only should Mavericks study abroad, Mavericks While initiatives like Generation Study Abroad are “We can almost guarantee that at some point, stu- absolutely can and do.” boosting enrollment numbers, it’s equally important for Photos taken by UTA dents will interact with someone who comes from a universities to remove barriers to study abroad experi- students show the different cultural background. Having an international GLOBAL GOALS ences. The Institute of International Education targets many ways studying experience and developing a truly global perspective UT Arlington sends about 250 students abroad each the “three Cs” that make it harder for students to study abroad promotes cultural experiences, will benefit them not only in terms of earning their academic year, and the University’s Office of Interna- abroad: cost, curriculum, and culture. from a visit to a temple degrees, but after graduation as well,” says Kelli Ander- tional Education is working to increase that number. UT Arlington is doing its part. Students participat- in Hong Kong (top), son, director of UTA’s study abroad program. “By living UTA is a partner with Generation Study Abroad, an ing in a reciprocal exchange, affiliate, or faculty-led to hiking through the and studying abroad, whether for a few weeks or several Institute of International Education initiative that program are eligible for the same financial aid they rainforests of Costa months, students gain or improve tangible skills that seeks to double the number of U.S. students who study would receive if they were studying on campus. The Rica (right). can make them more marketable to potential employ- abroad by the end of the decade. In the past year, UTA study abroad office also submits budgets for all programs ers or graduate programs.” has seen a 30 percent increase in study abroad par- to the Office of Financial Aid on the student’s behalf For Devin Nguyen, a UTA student who traveled to ticipants in exchange and affiliated programs and a and provides scholarship workshops every semester. DESTINATION: SUCCESS Sightseeing creates Cuernavaca, Mexico, and studied Spanish for a month, 32 percent rise in advising visits. Over the last year, the University charted a 50 percent No matter the destination or duration of an interna- indelible memories for students seeking the broadened perspective was much more personal. Students can choose from more than 500 program increase in students receiving nationally competitive tional experience, outcomes for study abroad alumni to broaden their Four days into his trip, he took the first step toward options in 62 countries. In the 2014-15 academic year, scholarships for study abroad, such as the Benjamin are impressive. According to IES Abroad, 97 percent horizons and soak in achieving a goal he had since high school: applying Spain, Mexico, Italy, France, and China were the most A. Gilman International Scholarship and the Fund for find employment within 12 months of graduation, com- other cultures. to work for the Peace Corps. (He subsequently was popular UTA destinations. Many programs involve Education Abroad Scholarships. pared to 49 percent of non-study abroad students. Study experiential components such as internships and ser- Siprian, whose resources were limited, benefited abroad alumni out-earn their peers by 25 percent and vice learning. The University offers internship/service from financial aid and a fundraiser to cover her living are accepted to their first or second choice of graduate programs in 18 countries, and students can make indi- expenses overseas. schools at a 90 percent rate. “By living vidual arrangements in several others. “I don’t come from a background of financial sta- Siprian, who graduated from UT Arlington in 2014, Recently, a group of civil engineering students trav- bility, which made it difficult to do much traveling,” took a job in Cehegín, Spain, as a North American and studying eled to Valencia, Spain, with Professor Nur Yazdani she says. “In a personal way, it was an experience that language and culture assistant in elementary schools to work with Spanish mentors on improving disaster kind of reassured me that I can do anything I set my soon after receiving her degree. She can attest to both abroad, response and recovery. The cohort researched nonde- mind to. I went from depending on my small-town the personal and professional benefits of study abroad. whether for structive testing and wireless monitoring for seismic community for things like food and shoes to traveling “It opens a part of you and sparks this new way of risk reduction, worker fall protection from temporary Europe, which is crazy!” thinking. When you return to the states, you’ll just a few weeks construction, and fire resistance of building elements. All UTA students participating in study abroad pro- continue to grow in that way,” she says. “It also looks or several “The hope is that students will maintain collabora- grams earn resident credit. They remain enrolled at great on a résumé!” tion with Spanish mentors and research there so they the University, enabling them to continue their degree She’s what Allan Goodman, president and CEO of months, get a global perspective of engineering and an idea of progress. They also can earn credit toward their major, the Institute of International Education, calls the fourth students gain how mitigation is done in other parts of the world,” minor, or elective hours. “C” of study abroad: a champion. Champions support Dr. Yazdani says. “That makes them more marketable Alex Quyen Vo, a math major and aspiring teacher, study abroad programs across the nation, whether or improve to the industry once they graduate.” attended Yamagata University in Japan last year. She they’re faculty members who facilitate applications tangible skills The University offers about 10 of these faculty-led not only fulfilled course requirements but also learned and financial aid or alumni who teach others through programs each year. Other options include reciprocal to apply Japanese structure to her working knowledge their own experiences. that can make exchange, where UTA and partner universities swap of how a classroom should operate. “I personally believe study abroad is something every them more students for a semester, and affiliated programs, where “My Japanese professors were very professional and single person should do in order to be a truly well- students enroll in universities abroad and take courses formal in their style of teaching,” she says. “Their lesson rounded individual,” Siprian says. “It’s about expanding marketable there. plans were well-structured, and they were extremely your horizons, learning things in a way that you can to potential “We want studying abroad to be an integrated part patient in teaching me the basics of the language. I only learn by being there, and taking your perspec- of the UTA student experience, where students take the know what I learned from them will be with me through tive on life and creating things you never would have employers.” lessons they’ve learned here and put them into practice my teaching.” otherwise. It’s completely catalytic.” ✪ ­—Kelli Anderson

WINTER 2016 23 Shaping the Cities of the Future UTA tackles the complex challenges facing today’s swelling urban communities BY NANCY B. STRINI • ILLUSTRATION BY NEIL WEBB

y 2017 more than half the world’s popu- crumbling infrastructure, and environmental devas- tation, not to mention the human toll from living in lation will live in large urban regions. That overly tight quarters divorced from nature. Creating more sustainable urban communities is a may not sound like an urgent problem until pillar of UTA’s Bold Solutions, Global Impact strategic B plan. Through a focus on the natural, built, economic, cultural, and social environments, University research- you learn that these megacities of 10 million or more ers and urbanists are shaping the future of emerging people occupy only about 4 percent of our land. This megacities like Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington. PREPARING TOMORROW’S URBAN PLANNERS population migration has generated enormous 21st- Established in May, the College of Architecture, Plan- ning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) unites the School of century challenges: traffic miasmas, toxic air and water, Architecture and the School of Urban and Public Af-

24 UTArlington Magazine fairs. The college brings six professions—architecture, addresses the North Texas region’s burgeoning con- Institute (UTARI) in Fort Worth. landscape architecture, interior design, urban plan- struction industry. Hossain says many developed and developing coun- ning, public policy, and public administration—into one “There are highway projects, new malls and schools, tries are realizing the benefits of landfill management academic home, expanding opportunities to improve pipelines and trenchless technology, and industrial con- as an alternative energy source. urban vitality. struction,” says civil engineering Professor Mo Najafi, “We have to get people to understand that solid Founding Dean Nan Ellin considers North Texas an who directs the program. “The degree basically cuts waste management is not a liability but an asset. It ideal place to study urbanism. It’s the nation’s fourth- across all construction management sectors.” can mean supplementing electricity generation in more largest urban area—growing from 3 million people in progressive countries and cities. It can mean providing 1985 to more than 7 million today—and is projected SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS NEAR AND FAR electricity in less developed countries where there is to top 12 million by 2050. In her most recent book, Two new centers—the Institute for Sustainability and no electricity now.” Good Urbanism, she describes how urban growth and Global Impact (ISGI) and the Solid Waste Institute for development can “restore connections that have been Sustainability—focus on spreading UTA’s expertise in MANAGING WATER, IMPROVING severed over the past century between body and soul, sustainability to communities locally and worldwide. INFRASTRUCTURE between people and nature, and among people.” Launched in February, ISGI brings together inno- Transforming water-related challenges into opportuni- One way CAPPA practices this approach is through vative researchers and local leaders to tackle urban ties is the mission of the Urban Water Institute and its its Urban Farming Project. “We are prototyping an challenges such as poor air quality, constrained water 80 researchers. They are creating computer models that urban farm and farmer’s market in downtown Arling- supplies, energy demand, and lack of transportation can track and predict flooding and water movement, “We are ton,” Dr. Ellin says, “converting an underutilized site options. As executive director, Meghna Tare ensures that shining light on our leaky infrastructure, and assess- prototyping an into a productive landscape and vibrant public space the institute’s mission of addressing these challenges ing how climate change may impact our water supply. for the community.” builds upon the four cornerstones of education and Recent research by institute faculty reveals that urban farm and Students will design and build a large shade struc- outreach, strategic planning, research, and operations. decrepit water systems in the United States annually ture, a greenhouse for aquaponics, a chicken coop, tool- “The institute was created to support growth in leak, on average, enough water to supply the nation’s farmer’s market shed, and raised beds. Crafted from recycled plastics, North Texas in a very sustainable manner,” she says. 10 largest cities for a year. Another team led by civil in downtown these portable, lightweight, and durable structures are “The goal is to collaborate with businesses, government, engineering Associate Professor D.J. Seo is expanding easily assembled and stored to aid in the relocation of and nonprofits to offer solutions to these problems. the potential and use of the Collaborative Adaptive Arlington, urban farms and farmer’s markets. We are the place for people outside UTA to come and Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) radar system in “Ideally, this farm-in-a-box prototype can help urban collaborate on projects of sustainability, broadly speak- North Texas, which Dr. Seo helped create in 2012 to converting and farmers anywhere and contribute to alleviating world ing, but also specifics like water management, energy, address an array of urban water challenges. underutilized hunger, poverty, and conflict,” Ellin says. “The Urban or transportation.” National Science Foundation funding will allow the Farming Project aims to demonstrate best practices in ISGI is collaborating with faculty on projects, with researchers to integrate data from the CASA system, site into a sustainable urban living right here in our own back- government organizations like the North Central Texas wireless sensors, and the public by crowdsourcing data productive yards and across the globe.” Council of Governments, and with other nonprofits. via cellphone applications for high-resolution model- Beyond the farm, CAPPA and the College of Engi- The institute also supports UTA’s academic offerings. ing of urban water systems. The result: more accurate landscape and neering this fall began offering a bachelor’s degree in “It will naturally connect to the undergraduate minor warnings for flash floods and better forecasting that architectural engineering—the first in North Texas. in environmental and sustainability studies and the can improve water supply and quality as well as infra- vibrant public Housed in the Civil Engineering Department, the graduate program in earth and environmental sci- structure management. space for the degree prepares students for high-demand jobs in the ences, preparing students for success in a complex and “Every moment matters when a flash flood occurs. architecture, engineering, and construction sectors. changing global environment by giving them hands-on You have very limited time to respond,” Seo says. “This community.” Another academic offering—a construction man- experience through experiential learning and capstone prototype will provide timely, accurate information —Dean Nan Ellin agement master’s degree—began in fall 2014 and also projects,” Tare says. that will help emergency managers make the most Established in June, the Solid Waste Institute for informed decisions.” Sustainability helps countries and cities around the UTA researchers are also pursuing solutions to a globe improve their waste management and make range of infrastructure issues. The new Center for landfills more efficient and sustainable. The center Integration of Composites into Infrastructure (CICI) stems from Director Sahadat Hossain’s work in waste examines how best to use composite materials to extend management and bioreactor landfill technology and his the life cycle of civil infrastructure, resulting in less research with the city of Denton and in Ghana, Africa. maintenance and lower costs to taxpayers. CICI is In Denton, Dr. Hossain and civil engineering Asso- a National Science Foundation Industry/University ciate Professor Melanie Sattler developed and imple- Cooperative Research Center. mented a sensor system designed to boost methane Anand Puppala, associate dean for research in UTA’s production in landfills as an alternative energy source. College of Engineering and the center’s director, says the The Denton landfill system generates enough methane center will highlight the sustainable benefits of using grant, Puppala also leads a team that is using giant gas to power 3,000 homes. composites in infrastructure construction because geofoam blocks to bolster the earth beneath roads and “Our mission on the worldwide front would be one traditional methods of repairing roads, bridges, and bridges. The researchers installed the blocks near a of training and education,” says Hossain, a civil engi- other structures aren’t working. bridge at U.S. Highway 67 and State Highway 174 in neering professor. “You have some countries that don’t “Our hope is that research conducted by CICI will Johnson County, slowing settling dramatically. even know what a landfill is. They just dump their solid lead to better structures with less maintenance over “Several methods were used previously to try to waste in open space or water streams. That spreads the next three years,” says Dr. Puppala, a Distinguished stop the settling, but none worked,” he says. “We are disease and creates serious public health concerns.” Scholar Professor in the Civil Engineering Department. encouraged by the results of using the geofoam so far.” The Solid Waste Institute for Sustainability is housed “Sustainability is highly important, and although build- Taken together, the work of UTA urban planners, in the Civil Engineering Lab Building, and the city of ing the structures may be more expensive, the hope is architects, engineers, and scientists is equally encourag- Denton has agreed to give the center 10,000 square that the extra money will be recouped through lower ing. By developing more sustainable communities, they feet of space at its landfill for training and research. maintenance costs.” are strengthening the economy, enhancing everyday Training also will be conducted at the UTA Research Armed with a Texas Department of Transportation life, and providing a foundation for lasting prosperity. ✪

26 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 27 UTA alumni are leading three vibrant and diverse Texas cities BY KATHRYN HOPPER PHOTOGRAPHY BY GLEN E. ELLMAN MAV ERICK

RON JENSEN, ’73 MAYORS Grand Prairie, Texas hree texas cities, three majors, three Mavericks. Fort T Worth Mayor Betsy Price ’72, Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen ’73, and Frisco Mayor Maher Maso ’08 each took different paths to The University of Texas at Arlington, but they all found success in the business world and now hold their city hall’s highest office. They also share a Mayor Ron Jensen was elected to the Grand similar passion to make their communi- Prairie City Council in ties better for all residents, present and 2002 and elected mayor in 2013. future.

28 UTArlington Magazine FORT WORTH MAYOR BETSY PRICE public policy. Her charge to involve citizens under 40 For Betsy Price, the key to being a successful mayor led to the formation of SteerFW, an organization that comes down to two things: passion and people. has grown to more than 300 residents who work to “It takes a true commitment to your city because it’s tackle some of the biggest problems while focusing on an all-consuming job if you let it be,” she says. “And civic engagement. you better darn sure be a people person. You’ve got to She also has reached out to the city’s youngest resi- really like people to do this job.” dents, engaging school-aged children in her quest to Price, a mother of three who has been married for improve overall wellness by eating healthier and opting more than 40 years to husband Tom, ran a successful for more active pursuits than sitting on the sofa for title service and was active in school and civic groups screen time. So far, 25,000 children have completed before she entered politics. In 2000, she was elected the challenge, with 3,400 going from being obese to Tarrant County tax assessor and after a decade on a healthy weight. the job, she won the non-partisan election for mayor Price says she’s not trying to dictate a healthy life- in 2011. Two years later, she was unopposed in her bid style, just working to make it easier to exercise healthy for a second term. choices. She believes those decisions can have huge Since taking office, Price has embraced the city’s results that improve not just the quality of life, but also the economic health and sustainability of the entire community. “It goes back to a better educated and “It’s old-fashioned, but it goes back to engagement,” healthier workforce, which for us she says. “It goes back to a better educated and healthier goes back to economic development.” workforce, which for us goes back to economic develop- —Mayor Betsy Price ment.” Price’s efforts to promote Fort Worth and its residents BETSY PRICE, ’72 iconic Western heritage while working to promote job paid off earlier this year when the city attracted the growth, strengthen education, fight crime, and improve coveted Facebook Data Center, beating out 200 cit- Fort Worth, Texas mobility. She’s also focused on making Fort Worth a ies vying for the facility that will bring an estimated healthy, engaged, and fiscally responsible city. Price, $1 billion in economic development to north Fort Worth an avid cyclist, launched “rolling town hall meetings” near Alliance Airport and the Texas Motor Speedway. where she invites fellow citizens to bike alongside her “All the studies we saw showed if we landed it, it and discuss issues ranging from potholes to trash pickup would be a big draw for other companies and for young to the city’s budget and departments. At the end of the people, too,” she says. “They’d say if Facebook likes ride, she continues the conversations at a restaurant, Fort Worth, there’s something cool going on there that food truck park, or community center. For those not I want to be a part of. It’s a big deal.” interested in cycling, she also holds “walking town hall meetings,” “caffeinated town hall meetings,” and even GRAND PRAIRIE MAYOR RON JENSEN “Twitter town hall meetings.” Ron Jensen is a natural storyteller. Asked how he came Price also actively promotes FitWorth, an initiative to be mayor, he sits back in his chair and starts the to encourage healthy living, and launched the Tour de tale he calls “my one night at Baylor.” Fort Worth, a scaled-down Texas version of the Tour It was 1971. Jensen had completed his sophomore de France. year at UTA, where he was juggling his studies with Growing up, she never thought she’d enter politics. a job as a machinist at Rayco Construction. She came to UTA with dreams of being a veterinar- “My father, who was a Baptist minister, told me, ‘we’ve ian and majored in biology. Volunteer and leadership got enough money to send you to Baylor,’ so I was set opportunities played a big part in her personal devel- to transfer,” Jensen says. opment, including serving as president of Delta Delta Then in July, Jensen’s best friend introduced him to Delta sorority. She also broadened her coursework with his sister, Rebecca Hyde, and they soon started dating. classes in business and English and fondly remembers When September rolled around and Jensen moved into Allan Saxe’s government class. his dorm in Waco, he had second thoughts. “He was a screaming liberal when I had him and I “I knew if I stayed a Baylor I could lose her,” he says. just loved him, but we would harass him about being “I moved back the next day. That was my one night at far too liberal,” she says. “Now he’s very conservative, Baylor.” Mayor Betsy Price was to get involved in the community. Products and now serves as president and CEO. so we have these major conversations about the switch As luck or fate would have it, he was able to make late elected tax assessor for Jensen joined and took leadership roles in the YMCA, Now, the father of three and grandfather of three from one to the other.” registration at UTA and got his old job back. He and Tarrant County in 2000 Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, and other civic can reflect and see how the lessons he learned in col- When she comes back to campus, she encourages Rebecca married in December, and they had their first and won the Fort Worth groups. In 2002, he was elected to the City Council, lege continue to pay off. students to connect with their professors and develop child the following year when Jensen also completed serving alongside longtime Mayor Charles England. “At UTA, back when I was young and married and mayor’s race in 2011. mentoring relationships. “Too many kids don’t see their his degree in psychology. When England decided not to run for re-election in working, I learned to organize, to balance things, and professors. They don’t visit with them, so they miss that After graduation, he went to work for Control Prod- 2013, Jensen, then mayor pro-tem, ran and won. to keep things prioritized,” he says. “I learned to focus opportunity to pick someone else’s brain.” ucts Corp., a Grand Prairie producer of aircraft lighting “As they say, the rest is history,” says Jensen, who on what has to be done first and maybe what I’d like As mayor, Price engages young people in developing parts. There, his boss, Wayne Hanks, encouraged him achieved his lifelong dream of purchasing Control to do last.”

30 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 31 As mayor, Jensen’s priorities have included boosting Park west of State Highway 161. To improve community “I’m doing it so people can get to know each other,” and resolved the issue by becoming president of the economic development, lowering crime, and improv- engagement, Jensen launched monthly five-mile bike Mayor Maher Maso was he says. “Once you get to know people who are from Homeowner’s Association. From there, he became the ing transportation in Grand Prairie, which has grown rides called Cyclin’ with the Mayor and two-mile walks elected to the Frisco different races or different backgrounds, they’re no neighborhood’s go-to guy to resolve issues with the city. from 127,000 in 2000 to more than 182,000 this year. called Strollin’ with the Mayor as part of the Get Fit City Council in 2000 and longer strangers. They’re not ‘those people.’ ” “People started asking for my help. Gradually, I was If trends continue, the population could reach 217,000 GP community initiative. was the city’s longest He adds that two topics are off-limits: politics and interacting more and more with the city and the more by 2020. In a bid to unite the city’s diverse communities, Jen- religion. I did, the more I enjoyed it,” he says. “It progressed to He also worked to increase tourism and recreational sen started the Mayor’s Community Table, which allows serving mayor pro-tem “When you talk about those you get emotional. It’s the point that people were telling me I should run for opportunities, including construction of The Epic, a attendees to mix with fellow residents from different before becoming mayor just divisive. I can’t change your mind on religion, and city council. It was not something I asked for. Some $75 million water park under construction in Central neighborhoods, backgrounds, ethnic groups, and races. in 2008. it’s pretty hard to change your mind on politics, so why people have the goal to be elected, but it was never try? Let’s just talk.” my goal. It was just a byproduct of engagement in the Asked about his legacy, he says it’s simple. When he community.” leaves office, he wants Grand Prairie residents to feel Elected mayor in 2008, Maso has helped Frisco posi- better about working, living, and playing there than tion itself as a sports mecca, becoming the corporate when he got elected. home of the Dallas Cowboys and a new 12,000-seat “That’s why I do this, things like the bike rides, talk- multi-use practice stadium and outdoor fields complex. ing to every group I can. Community involvement is The city’s roster of teams also includes the corporate what gives people that feeling. We can build roads and home of the Dallas Stars professional hockey team; have great fire and police, good restaurants. Those are super- ficial things we need to enjoy in the city, but it’s not what I want my legacy to be. I want us “Frisco is the most successful to get along, have a good time, and be proud of the city.” city in the country and a lot of FRISCO MAYOR that has to do with the great staff MAHER MASO Maher Maso believes being a people who love what they do.” mayor isn’t that different from being a chief executive officer. —Mayor Maher Maso “The good leadership skills are the same, and those include servant leadership, especially in our role as volunteers,” the Texas Rangers Double-A affiliate baseball team, he says. “There are positional leaders and servant lead- the Frisco Roughriders; the FC Dallas professional ers, and I certainly believe in servant leadership, prac- soccer team; and the Dallas Mavericks' professional ticing good listening skills and being able to get input development basketball team, the Texas Legends. Frisco from many different sources.” also recently landed the National Soccer Hall of Fame. To encourage engagement, he launched “Coffee with With the hotel inventory set to double over the next the Mayor,” a monthly forum for citizens to air concerns three to four years, taxes from the growing number of over a cup of joe. Those personal interactions have tourists can boost city coffers, supplementing sales helped the three-term mayor connect with constitu- and property taxes. ents in the fast-growing city of more than 150,000 as “We will build out one day and revenue will slightly it approaches build-out (it’s only about 60 percent of flatten, and the challenge is to make sure the city stays the way there). The city’s economy continues to thrive fresh and runs state of the art,” he says. thanks to multi-use developments in the works—dubbed Maso grew up the youngest of eight to Jordanian MAHER MASO, ’08 “the $5 Billion Mile”—along the city’s stretch of the immigrants. His parents stressed education and worked Dallas North Tollway two jobs to help put their children through college. He Frisco, Texas “Frisco is the most successful city in the country, followed his siblings in seeking higher education, but and a lot of that has to do with great staff people who got a devastating diagnosis of cancer at age 20. love what they do,” he says. “Surrounding yourself with “There were a few years of battle,” he says. “It changed people who have passion for their jobs makes being a my life for the better, and I’m glad it happened to me. leader much easier.” Who knows where I could have ended up without it?” In addition to his mayoral duties, Maso serves on He eventually completed his undergraduate degree the board of directors and is vice president of the retail online and went on to earn an MBA at UTA while serv- services firm Maso Inc. and the investment firm CMTEX ing on the City Council. “I looked for a program that Corp. The married father of three was first elected to was highly rated and that fit my schedule, and that I public office in 2000 when he joined the Frisco City knew I could expand on later.” Council and was re-elected in 2002 and 2004. He was Maso is eager to continue his education, perhaps the city’s longest serving mayor pro-tem, appointed by enrolling in the University’s new internationally focused his colleagues five times from 2003 to 2007. business Ph.D. program. As for other plans, he says he Frisco was still a small farming community of doesn’t have loftier political aspirations. 6,500 when Maso bought a home in one of the first “I love being the mayor of Frisco,” he says. “I tell subdivisions in 1992. He ran afoul of the community’s people I’ve already achieved the top job. I can’t think covenants when he wanted to add a circular driveway of any other higher position I can be in.” ✪

32 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 33 Millions of chronic pain sufferers may soon find welcome UTA lectrical engineering professor researchers J.-C. Chiao doesn’t have to look far to find are devising relief. inspiration for helping the 100 million AmericansE living with chronic pain. He’s one of new ways them. Not only does Dr. Chiao have constant pain to treat and from slipped discs and pinched nerves in his neck, prevent he also witnessed a family member suffer after chronic pain chemotherapy for prostate cancer. Chiao’s uncle BY TRACI PETERSON used an implant device to electrically stimulate

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34 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 35 his spinal cord and relieve the pain. The technology this area, he has just been appointed as a Co-Chair of to evaluate the influence of gait/walking changes in “There’s a dramatic increase in methodology that has was the best available, but he had to manually change an National Institutes of Health (NIH) Work Group older adults. The aging population often incurs chronic been driven primarily by our increased understanding the stimulation dosages every 15 minutes. which will address research related to the "Prevention pain that affects mobility. of underlying biological mechanisms that are related “How can you work? How can you sleep?” asks Chiao, of Acute and Chronic Pain." Gatchel also is part of a team from the College of Sci- to pain.” the Janet and Mike Greene Professor and Jenkins Gar- “People in chronic pain develop a lot of depression ence and College of Engineering that recently received In early 2015, Dr. Fuchs and physics Assistant Pro- rett Professor in the College of Engineering’s Electrical because they can’t do the things they used to do," he a $374,998 National Science Foundation grant. The fessor Samarendra Mohanty published a study in the Engineering Department. “He has passed away, but he says. “They develop a lot of anxiety. They are really researchers plan to use big data analytics to develop journal PLOS One that showed how to inhibit pain had a miserable year before that because of this pain.” struggling to make a living, which then spreads to the a predictive model for how chronic pain patients will perception in the anterior cingulate cortex region of the The U.S. Institute of Medicine estimates that chronic family, so the family is also struggling.” react to certain treatments and how to optimize health brain. In their optogenetic stimulation method, genes pain costs $560-$640 billion annually. The institute’s Dr. Gatchel co-developed the first interdisciplinary care decisions for the best cost-effective results. for light-sensitive proteins are delivered to neurons 2011 “Relieving Pain in America” report called on public pain management program, called functional restora- Jay Rosenberger, an associate professor of industrial, and then activated by a laser. and private sectors to create better ways to prevent tion. It’s a team approach that requires psychologists, manufacturing, and systems engineering, leads the The study demonstrated that optogenetic stimula- and manage pain. physicians, physical therapists, and other treatment project. The effort will use data from patients at the tion could be more accurate and effective than current Chiao and other UTA researchers are working to providers to meet regularly, coordinate their methods Eugene McDermott Center for Pain Management at ways of delivering stimulation for pain relief. It also develop knowledge, methods, and technology across and goals, and report progress. UT Southwestern, where Gatchel is a clinical professor. enabled the researchers to see how different types of Electrical Engineering disciplines. Several partnerships in the College of Engi- As the leader of UTA’s Center of Excellence for the “The idea is to support the physician to try to make pain activated neurons in the brain’s thalamus. Professor J.-C. Chiao, pictured on left, and neering, College of Science, and College of Nursing and Study of Health and Chronic Illnesses, Gatchel has led good treatment decisions,” says Dr. Rosenberger, who “The optogenetics helps you to dissect the neural other UTA faculty Health Innovation have garnered millions of dollars two large, federally funded research projects over the directs UTA’s Center on Stochastic Modeling, Optimiza- circuitry,” Dr. Mohanty says. “That could also help with including Psychology in research support. past five years. In one, supported by the Department tion, and Statistics, or COSMOS. “Our data include not drug discovery.” Professor Robert Chiao and psychology Professor Yuan Bo Peng have of Defense, he applied the principles of functional res- just what’s happened in the past with their decision- Funding for pain research remains problematic. Gatchel (center) and worked since 2006 to create a closed-loop pain treat- toration to treating military veterans suffering post- making, but what other physicians have seen with their The American Pain Society, which released its “Pain Cynthia Trowbridge, ment system. Dr. Peng devised the technology, which traumatic stress and chronic pain. In the other, funded patients. In that sense, it can see through certain human Research Agenda for the 21st Century” in December associate professor of kinesiology (right) has received funding from the National Science Foun- by the NIH, he worked with dental clinics to identify, judgment biases.” 2014, compared research spending on pain with that are working across dation, Texas Medical Research Collaborative, Texas treat, and record results from 600-700 sufferers of The interdisciplinary team includes professors from of other prevalent diseases. Pain research accounted disciplines to explore Higher Education Coordinating Board, and Intel’s temporomandibular joint and muscle disorder, or TMJ. the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and for just 1 percent of the National Institutes of Health new ways to treat and telehealth initiative. He is also collaborating with UNT Health Science Engineering Departments. budget or about $4 per affected person, considerably less manage pain.

“There are a lot of us in this who are very passionate It starts with a device similar to the one Chiao’s Center on the Precision Texas project, which involves “In many research institutions, researchers often than the $431 a person for cancer and $2,562 for HIV. because we uncle used. But the researchers are adding wirelessly collecting a large biobank of back pain patients' genomic work in silos where they’re doing their own research. Some researchers are attracting dollars from pri- see the human networked implants, a computerized algorithm, and profiles in order to assess what genotypes, combined They don’t necessarily walk down the hall or into another vate institutions and companies. Cynthia Trowbridge, advanced flexible implantable devices that can docu- with lifestyle factors, will predict the development of building,” Rosenberger says. “Here we are building a an associate professor of kinesiology in the College of suffering as ment the subjective feeling of pain quantitatively and chronic back pain. team that works really well together.” Nursing and Health Innovation, has done sponsored eliminate the need for manual operation. The device “Musculoskeletal pain problems are more prevalent research to explore how cryotherapy, thermal therapy, well as the takes patients out of the equation, treating their pain than all the other diseases or are part of those other TEAMING UP and electric stimulation can ease pain. in the background as they go on with their lives. conditions,” he says. “There are a lot of us in this who Collaboration also is essential to pinpointing the basic Her work reveals how to best relieve muscle tissue financial cost are very passionate because we see the human suffer- sensory components of pain and how it’s processed or pain in different body types, improving on the old “ice FEELING THE EFFECTS ing as well as the financial cost associated with pain.” felt. Psychology Professor Perry Fuchs has studied these it for 20 minutes” advice. associated Easing pain doesn’t just help individuals, it also impacts aspects since the early 1990s, developing behavioral “Movement is the key,” Dr. Trowbridge says. “So get- with pain.” families and workplaces. Robert Gatchel, who holds the HARNESSING DATA research methods that can be applied in laboratory ting people back moving and using their body how it’s Nancy P. and John G. Penson Endowed Professorship Gatchel hopes to work with Christopher Ray, associate studies. intended to be used instead of compensating, that is — Dr. Robert in Clinical Health Psychology at UTA, has researched dean for research and an associate professor of kinesiol- “Our understanding of the system has increased the goal. We want to improve function, but we can’t Gatchel the topic for 30 years. Because of his extensive work in ogy in the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, tremendously over the past 20 to 30 years,” he says. do that until we relieve the pain.” ✪

36 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 37 ALUMNI NEWS Events DIE FLEDERMAUS The Maverick Theatre Company in association with This year’s the Department of Music THE WORLD AND UTA Distinguished AlumniNews presents the Johann Strauss’ Alumni Award opera. Co-directed by Soo recipients were, Hong Kim and Anne Healy. clockwise from February 26, 28, March 1, and top left, Raj Malik 3, Mainstage Theatre. More ’93; Alan Petsche information: uta.edu/theatre ’80 and Bonnie Petsche ’86; Arnold Petsche, who received the Honorary Distinguished Alumni Award; Tamara Hext Hilliard ’87; and Sohrab Charna RON PAUL ’76. The former U.S. Congressman speaks as part of the Maverick Speakers Series. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 2, Texas Hall. With Highest Honors More information: uta.edu/ maverickspeakers 50th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards recognize excellence UTA honored five alumni and a prominent Arlington ucts for bands like Metallica and the Deftones. Malik businessman for their professional achievements, com- has built BioWorld into a multinational organization munity engagement, and service to the University at the with more than 250 employees and offices in China, 50th annual Distinguished Alumni Awards in November. Canada, India, Europe, and New York. Sohrab Charna ’76, Tamara Hext Hilliard ’87, Raj Alan Petsche owns Aaron Ave Records and the Can- Malik ’93, Alan Petsche ’80, and Bonnie Petsche ’86 dlelite Inn and is the retired chief operating officer for received the Distinguished Alumni Award, while Arnold A.E. Petsche Co., an Arlington aerospace distribution

ILLUSTRATION BY SHAW NIELSEN Petsche received the Honorary Distinguished Alumni firm founded by his father, Arnold. An ardent civic sup- DONNA BRAZILE Award. porter of Arlington, Alan received a BBA from UTA The political strategist and Charna is a licensed architect in California with and worked for the family business until it was sold media commentator speaks over 35 years experience in architecture and real estate in 2009. He and his wife, Bonnie, have opened two Law and Order as part of the Maverick Speak- development. As founder and principal of Designworx, restaurants, established a commercial cabinet shop, ers Series. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, an architecture and land planning firm, he oversees the started real estate investment/development companies, Armed with master’s degrees, alumni police chiefs develop skills and strategies to February 25, Texas Hall. company’s design and production work. His diverse and founded two independent record labels, and built two navigate law enforcement’s evolving challenges More information: uta.edu/ extensive portfolio includes office buildings, research recording studios. maverickspeakers Leading a police force has never been easy, but it’s Chief Rhonda Robertson joined the Fort Worth “Policing is and development facilities, manufacturing facilities, Bonnie Petsche, who received a BBA from UTA, is become even more difficult given recent police shoot- Police Department in 1985 and rose through the ranks shopping centers, and mixed-use business parks. Charna principal and vice president of Petsche Commercial ings and charges of excessive force. to serve as assistant chief. In January, she was appointed still about earned a degree in architecture from UTA and has been Properties in Arlington. A devoted community vol- Programs such as UTA’s Master of Arts in Criminol- interim chief of police and served in that post through involved with numerous young technology companies. unteer, she serves on the Board of Trustees for Cook ogy and Criminal Justice offer networking opportunities, September. She says earning her master’s degree at working with Hilliard is the founder, CEO, and owner of Tay’s Children’s Medical Center and Cook Children’s Health insight into the latest research, and comprehensive UTA was not only a key to advancing her career, but Gourmet LLC, a gourmet granola company based in Care System, among others, and chairs the Home Health management training that prepare law enforcement also an engaging way to network with and learn from people, about Texas. Tay’s Gourmet Power Granola can be purchased Board of Trustees. Bonnie and Alan Petsche donated professionals to lead a force through challenging times. classmates and fellow law enforcement professionals. caring for your in more than 500 stores throughout the Southwest or $1 million in 2011 to support construction of UTA’s “Working toward a master’s degree really helps you “I found that there was an interest in talking about online at taysgourmet.com. In 1984 Hilliard won Miss College Park Center. The court of the state-of-the-art in thinking strategically about your field with long- current events and current challenges as well as where community, Texas and was fourth runner-up in the Miss America special events venue is named in their honor. JANE GOODALL range planning and vision,” says McKinney police Chief we came from and some of the old theories, strate - competition. After earning her bachelor’s degree in Arnold Petsche is president of A.E. Petsche Prop- The UN Messenger of Peace Greg Conley, who earned his master’s in 1996 and was gies and tactics that have been used to help us learn about keeping radio/TV broadcasting from UTA, she enjoyed a long erty Co. and the retired president and chairman of the and renowned expert on tapped to lead the McKinney Police in March. from past experiences and mistakes so we don’t make people safe.” career as a spokeswoman and as an actor in commer- board for the A.E. Petsche Co. He founded the A.E. chimpanzees will deliver a A few months later, Chief Conley worked to rebuild them again,” Chief Robertson says. She was in the first cials, TV, and films in the Dallas area. Petsche Co. in 1966 to meet the aerospace industry’s speech titled “Gombe and community ties after an officer’s aggressive response graduating class of students earning a Master of Arts in Malik is president and founder of BioWorld Mer- need for streamlined production and distribution of Beyond: An Evening with to a pool party was captured on video and went viral. Criminology and Criminal Justice in a cohort program chandising, a leading design and distribution company high-performance wire and cable. When the Arlington- Dr. Jane Goodall” as part The officer has since resigned. offered at UTA’s Fort Worth Center. of licensed and private-label apparel and accessories based company was sold to Arrow Electronics, it had of the Maverick Speakers “While times have changed, policing is still about “Anyone who is interested in advancing in their law with a focus on pop culture and youth brands. After grown to 20 branches worldwide with sales exceeding Series. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, working with people, about caring for your community, enforcement career needs to have a master’s degree, earning a bachelor’s degree in computer science and $200 million. In 2012 Petsche donated $1 million to March 31, College Park Center. about keeping people safe,” he says. “These are the same in my opinion,” she says. “It’s a great program that’s engineering, he secured a music license and began establish the Arnold E. Petsche Center for Automotive More information: uta.edu/ human values and expectations we all share.” helping us to professionalize law enforcement.” designing and manufacturing unique licensed prod- Engineering at UTA. maverickspeakers

38 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 39 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Alumni Fort Worth, Texas Snapshot Alumna funds study abroad scholarship

Jacqualyn Fouse knows the than 50 countries, including an value of an international edu- international headquarters in cational experience for a busi- Switzerland. ness student’s portfolio. A high “I want to make it possible SAXE CELEBRATION school trip to France fueled her for international business stu- Allan Saxe, associate profes- passion for a global career in dents and Goolsby scholars to sor of political science, health-related industries. have a global experience that celebrated 50 years at UTA Now she’s giving UTA stu- will complement their existing at a reception in September. dents the same opportunities academic careers and hope- Attendees included political to learn from other cultures. fully open up some new worlds leaders, local officials, and Dr. Fouse has committed for them,” Fouse says. administrators. $762,500, with additional sup- Fouse previously estab- port from the College of Busi- lished the John and Judy ness, to establish the $1.525 Goolsby-J.A. Fouse Endowed million Jack and Doris Fouse Chair in the College of Busi- Scholarship for Study Abroad ness and the Jacqualyn A. fund. Named in honor of her Fouse Endowed Scholarship in parents, the gift will support the Goolsby Academy, a com- international business and petitive leadership program for Goolsby Leadership Academy UTA business students. ROBBIE AND ADAM Healing Touch students. She says traveling and HALL OF HONOR WERNER This year’s inductees into the Mike Gonzales earns national recognition A Distinguished Alumna working abroad have ad - It was probably her first who earned bachelor’s, mas- vanced her career. UTA Athletics’ Hall of Honor slice of birthday cake, Imagine a place designed to comfort patients facing ter’s, and doctoral degrees “It opens your mind and al- included, from left, Mike baked from scratch by terminal illnesses, an oasis where they can savor time from UT A, Fouse is president lows you to be more creative. Stamps, Elston Cawley, and mom, that stirred Robbie spent with family and friends. of Global Hematology and On- International experience has Val Whitfield-Dunn. Other Werner’s love of baking. “I That was the assignment facing Dallas architect cology at Celgene Corp. The helped me become a better inductees were Hunter Pence grew up with my mom bak- Mike Gonzales ’92 and the team at PRDG. The firm was biopharmaceutical company manager by making me more and the 1996-2000 men’s ing in our home kitchen,” charged with designing the T. Boone Pickens Hospice has corporate headquarters in appreciative of other people track team. she says. “When my own and Palliative Care Center, the first campus of its kind New Jersey and offices in more and their world views.” daughter had her first birth- in the nation and Dallas’ first free-standing hospice. day, I wanted her to have “It’s really an awesome project for the community,” that same experience I did. Gonzales says of the center, which is scheduled to open And it continues to be that in 2016. way.” Two more kids and Owned and operated by Presbyterian Communities several years later, Robbie and Services, the campus will include an inpatient care Werner, who attended UTA center, an all-faiths chapel, an education and resource from 1997 to 2000, and her center, and an outdoor reflection center. Gonzales is MAIN STREET ARTS husband Adam ’06 BFA took project architect, which he says means “making sure Alumni enjoyed brunch and that “love and care through the buildings come out working.” the sounds of the UTA Jazz baked goods” ethos to a Earlier this year, the project received an Award of Combo, Jazz Ensemble, and professional level with the Merit at the 2015 Environments for Aging Conference in Jazz Orchestra April 11 at the launch of Stir Crazy Baked Baltimore. In July the American Institute of Architects’ Main Street Fort Worth Arts Goods, now in two Fort Design for Aging Review, 13th Edition recognized the Festival. Worth locations on Daggett center with a merit award. Street and Magnolia Ave- Gonzalez looks back fondly on his years at UTA and nue. Family continues to be the close-knit community he found in the architecture an essential component of program. SELECT COMPANY UTA’s African-American Alumni its success. “We’ve been so “When I was in the studio, working late and on week- Chapter presented the Outstanding African-American Alum- supported by our neighbor- ends, it was like we were all there working together. It ni Award to eight graduates during its 25th annual banquet in hood that we are thrilled created a sense of team.” March. Receiving the honor were, Akilah Ferguson ’99; Opal to offer them a place to His favorite projects have been schools and senior Mauldin-Robertson ’96 ’09; Tomas Rivera ’99; Lillie Biggins hang out in,” she says. “I’m living facilities, including an addition to The Vantage ’74; Nommo Combs ’05; Charles Williams ’03; Errol Byles ’96; excited about what is to in CityView, a Fort Worth assisted living center. and Junius Dotson ’90. Established in 1995, the Outstanding UTA-UT TAILGATING come!” “It’s an accomplishment to have a building being African-American Alumni Award honors African-American Maverick alumni enjoyed used and to see people living their lives in it,” he says. graduates who have made significant contributions to soci- pre-game tailgating before “That’s one of the main reasons that after 20 years I’m ety and whose accomplishments and careers have brought UTA beat UT 6-5 in a March 17 still excited to get up in the morning and go to work.” credit to UTA. game at Globe Life Park.

40 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 41 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Spotlight Athletics Giving Moritz family funds nursing professorship The Moritz family, founders impact on society.” of Moritz Dealerships in au- Haykowsky served as ex- tomotive sales, has long been ercise physiology team lead committed to improving health for Alberta Heart, funded DREAM MAKERS LUNCH outcomes. To advance research by Alberta Innovates Health Attendees at the College of in elder care, the family in 2011 Solutions, and the Multidis- Nursing and Health Innova- established the Moritz Chair ciplinary Team Intervention tion's March event included of Geriatric Nursing Research in Cardio-oncology, funded Eric Nedderman, Peter Deng, in the College of Nursing and by the Mazankowski Alberta and UTA President Emeritus Health Innovation. Heart Institute. Wendell Nedderman. Renowned nursing re - Dean Anne Bavier believes searcher Mark Haykowsky Haykowsky will inspire stu- has joined UT Arlington as dents to see themselves as the inaugural Moritz Chair. scientists and scholars. PATTI AND ROY WILSON An internationally recognized “His focus on early predic- Alumnus Roy Wilson em- expert in exercise physiology tors of heart failure brings braces the baseball adage and rehabilitation medicine, significant science to this that batters can never see he most recently was a physical major killer of older women,” too many pitches. The 1979 therapy professor in the Uni- Dr. Bavier says. business graduate is also versity of Alberta’s Faculty of Haykowsky’s appointment ALUMNI HONORED passionate about helping Top Teacher Rehabilitation Medicine. is supported in part by The The College of Business rec- student-athletes achieve “We are pleased to see University of Texas System ognized alumni and service Shanna Peeples inspires educators as greatness. That’s why he that our support has brought Science and Technology Ac- award winners January 31 calls his gift to create the 2015 National Teacher of the Year Dr. Haykowsky to UT Arling- quisition and Retention, or including, from left, Dr. David Justin D. Wilson Batting ton,” says John David Moritz, STARS, program. The initia- Gray, Ashley Murphree ’95 Alumna Shanna Peeples worked as a disc jockey, medi- Facility a “no-brainer.” president of Moritz Dealerships. tive provides start-up funding BBA, Richard Ashton '05 BBA, cal assistant, pet sitter, and journalist before finding Opened on the eve of the “We know his work will elevate needed to attract scholars with and David Elkins ’65 BBA. her true calling as a teacher. 2013 UTA baseball season, opportunities for students and exceptional records of research, Now she’s representing the nation’s 3 million educa- the 5,940-square-foot com- will continue to have a lasting teaching, and creative activity. tors as the 2015 National Teacher of the Year, America’s plex is named for his son, oldest and most prestigious honor of its kind, bestowed who died in 2010 at age 13. by the Council of Chief State School Officers. Justin was an accomplished Peeples teaches English at Palo Duro High School in youth baseball player and Amarillo, where 85 percent of the school’s students live frequent participant in below the poverty line. Many are refugees who speak Maverick baseball camps. English as a second language and recently entered the He and his dad watched United States from war-torn regions. many UTA games together. MAVERICK SPEAKERS “My students, survivors of deep and debilitating “Those were some of our Vicky Teherani ’79 BBA, ’81 trauma, have shaped the kind of teacher I am,” she favorite times,” says Wilson, MBA visited with actress says. “They have taught me never to make a promise an operations engineer at and activist Mia Farrow, who I can’t keep because so many already have learned to Lockheed Martin Aeronau- came to campus October 8 as see the world through suspicious eyes. tics in Fort Worth. “When part of the Maverick Speakers “To be the best teacher to them, I have to remember my wife, Patti, and I had the Series. this and honor their background. I remember so I can chance to make the neces- gain their trust because I want them to read and write sary commitment, we want- their way out of where they are.” ed to have Justin’s name on Peeples is the first Texas teacher to win National the building.” The facility Teacher of the Year since 1957 and the first UTA gradu- contains pitching mounds ate to do so. BENCHMARKS Between them, Jerry and Shirley Rod- and interchangeable bat- She earned a master’s degree in curriculum and nitzky have devoted almost 75 years of their professional ting cages and enables the instruction in 2013 through an online program offered lives to UTA. Jerry, a history professor, plans to retire next team to practice indoors by the College of Education through Academic Part- year after 50 years of service. Shirley retired in 2002 after during inclement weather. CAPPA LAUNCH nerships. working nearly 25 years in the UTA Libraries’ Special Collec- “This facility was just the Ralph Hawkins ’73 BS and his “UT Arlington’s Academic Partnerships program tions. To leave a legacy, the Rodnitzkys made a gift to pur- first step of several to take wife, Susan, attended the helped me do what I didn’t think was possible: earn chase two wooden benches outside University Hall that bear this baseball program to the October 9 celebratory launch my master’s degree while staying in the classroom,” their names. “We hope this will start a tradition of other em- next level,” Wilson says. of the College of Architecture, she says. “I’m proud of UT Arlington’s commitment ployees doing the same thing,” Jerry says. For information Planning and Public Affairs to create more teacher-leaders in Texas and the U.S., about naming opportunities, call the Development Office at (CAPPA). and I’m proud to be a UT Arlington alumna.” 817-272-2584.

42 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 43 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Class Notes Notable 1971 1979 ness. James Hawthorne (’83 Worth’s top 13 chief financial al of the Year Award. She is partner in charge of North an FNP at Mission Arlington. with WWE superstar Shawn 1999 Kristy Libotte Keener (BFA, Alfred Vidaurri Jr. (’79 BA, Journalism; ’10 MA, Crimi- officers of the year by the the president and CEO of Val- American Financial Services Scott Finnell (PhD, Social Michaels and Foxcatcher Joseph Loretto (BBA, Ac- Art) won three gold Interna- BS, ’82 MArch, Architecture) nology and Criminal Justice) Fort Worth Business Press. ueOptions Texas and heads for EnFORM Technology/ Work) is executive director with Olympic wrestler Mark counting) is an audit partner tional MarCom Awards for was named to the American founded the Arlington Film He is vice president, chief NorthSTAR, a publicly funded SunGard Consulting Services. of the Williamson County Schultz. and International Business graphic design. She is the Institute of Architects College Society to build interest in lo- financial officer, and secretary behavioral health program Children’s Advocacy Center Center director for the graphic design coordinator of Fellows. He is a principal cally made films. He present- of the board at Calloway’s serving the medical indigent 1991 in Georgetown. Michael 1995 Americas and Central Region at NCTCOG. Juli Warner (BA, at Freese and Nichols in Fort ed his first film screening in Nursery. Wrennah Gabbert and Medicaid population of Celeste Johnson (MSN, Holguin (BA, Journalism) is Arturo Campos (BBA, Ac- of Grant Thornton LLP, an History) was honored along Worth. January at UTA. He retired in (’85 BSN, ’90 MSN) is the greater Dallas. Chat York Nursing) received the 2014 an assistant chief in the UTA counting) is director of independent audit, tax, and with colleague Rhonda Pugh 2013 as an assistant chief after James A. “Buddy” Davidson (BBA, Accounting) is chief Academic Achievement Police Department. Previously accounting and finance at advisory firm. He is based CARLA SAYAN as International Educators of 28 years with the Arlington Chair in Nursing Excellence financial officer at Saulsbury Award at Texas Woman’s he was acting police chief at Lone Star Ag Credit in Fort in the company’s Houston 1980 Sayan (’08 BS, Industrial the Year by the World Affairs James Ratliff (BS, Electri- Police Department. Marcia in the College of Health and Industries in Odessa. Previ- University, where she earned UT Brownsville. Karen Moree Worth. Nathan Hoffman office. Letha Clair Robert- Engineering) received the Council of Dallas-Fort Worth. cal Engineering) is associate Moore (MS, Social Work) is a Human Services at Angelo ously he was senior director a Doctor of Nursing degree. (BBA, Finance) is a manag- (BBA, Marketing) is a com- son (BA, Art and Art History) 2014 National Most Promising Warner taught world geogra- chief in the Avionic Systems human resources consultant State University. of finance at Luminant. She is director of nursing ing partner at AustinCSI, a mercial banker for Southwest was guest curator at the Tyler Engineer of the Year Award phy and world and European Division at NASA’s Johnson to small- and medium-sized and psychiatric services for management consulting firm Bancorp in Fort Worth. Museum of Art for an exhibi- from the Society for Hispanic history at Martin High School Space Center in Houston. businesses in the Dallas-Fort the Parkland Health and in Plano. She was named a top tion that commemorated 1986 1988 Professional Engineers for her in Arlington. She retired in Worth area. Janice Klostermeier (BBA, Michael J. Murray (BBA, Hospital System in Dallas. female CEO by Inc. magazine the 150th anniversary of the 1996 breakthroughs, outstanding June after 41 years. Accounting) was named Best Accounting) is executive vice Matt Jones (BA, Broadcast in 2013. Andrea Souflee (’93 Kathy Berek (MEngr, Civil American Civil War. She is 1981 technical contributions, and Kaye Horn (MBA, Business Growth Manager at the 2014 president and chief operat- Communication) is evening BFA, Art; ’13 MPA, Public and Engineering) is regional prac- an assistant professor of art 1984 volunteerism. She is a senior Administration) was elected Susan Drake (BBA, Account- New Jersey Business Journal’s ing officer for D.R. Horton in news producer for KTNV, ABC Urban Administration) is the tice manager for the water history at UT Tyler. Benjamin 1972 information systems engineer Janna Ward Clarke (BA, Po- to the board of directors for ing) was recognized as one CFO of the Year Awards. She Fort Worth. Previously he was Channel 13, in Las Vegas. Riz- communication director at division at Burns & McDonnell, Sparks (BBA, Accounting) for Raytheon Missile Systems litical Science) is board chair the YWCA of Houston. of Fort Worth’s top 13 chief is executive vice president senior vice president of busi- wan Sheikh (BS, Information the United Way of the Coastal a full-service firm for large is counsel for Shackelford, in Tucson, Ariz. for Texas Legal, the statewide financial officers of the year and chief financial officer for ness development. Systems) is a managing part- Bend in Corpus Christi. capital programs in Houston. Melton, McKinley & Norton nonprofit legal insurance plan. by the Fort Worth Business Emergency Medical Associ- ner at AustinCSI, a manage- Greg Conley (MA, Criminal LLP, a business and entertain- 1982 STEVE NORWOOD She is an attorney at Broude, John Pinkerton (MPA, Pro- Press. She is deputy director ates in Parsippany, N.J. Teris ment consulting firm in Plano. Justice) is McKinney chief ment law firm. He is a tax and 1989 1994 Norwood (’88 MA, Urban Smith & Jennings PC in Fort fessional Accounting) was of finance and administration Solis (BA, Political Science) Yossef Lahad (MS, Interdisci- Jackie Ward (MS, Social Mike Clark (MS, Electrical of police. Previously he was financial services attorney in Affairs) is El Paso County’s first Worth. named to the board of direc- at the Kimbell Art Museum. is the Arlington city attorney. plinary Studies) is chair of the Work) received the Lifetime Engineering) is senior direc- an assistant police chief in the Dallas office. chief administrator. He helps tors of Lonestar Resources Glen Golightly (’84 BA, She had been an assistant board of directors for Better Achievement Award from the tor of microwave solutions Garland. commissioners run the coun- Ltd. He retired as CEO of Journalism; ’93 MA, Urban city attorney for 23 years, Online Solutions. He serves National Association of Social of the electronics group for 1973 2000 ty while supervising several Javier Gutierrez (BBA, Range Resources in 2012 Affairs) received best director handling matters ranging as director of JPI Group Workers, Texoma Branch. An Crane Aerospace & Elec- Matt Brown (BM, Music) 1997 departments. He is a former Business Administration) and continues to serve as a and best short thriller awards from contracts and eco- China, a leading strategic active volunteer and mentor, tronics in Chandler, Ariz. Wendy Evans (BBA, Real is principal at Diane Patrick city manager for Round Rock, received a 2015 Minority director. for The Screaming Room at nomic development deals to planning firm, advising com- she has served on numerous Previously he was business Estate) is senior commer- Elementary School, which Texas, and Prescott, Ariz. Business Leader Award from the Zed Fest 2014 Film Festival advising the City Council and panies entering the Chinese social work-related boards director for Crane, where cial property manager for opened this fall in Arlington. the Dallas Business Journal. 1983 in Burbank, Calif. He took citizen boards. Estrus Tucker market. Kevin Richardson and committees. he has worked since 2003. Brookwood Financial Partners, Previously he was principal He is the sole proprietor and David Griffith (BBA, Manage- second place with his TV (BA, Sociology) is vice chair of (’89 BBA, ’92 MBA, Finance) is Kevin Hugman (MPA, Public a real estate investment and at Arlington’s Remynse general manager of Javier’s ment) retired from the Army commercial “Kill Flags” at the the Workforce Development U.S. vice president and gen- 1992 and Urban Administration) asset management company Elementary. Ben Myers Gourmet Mexicano Restau- as a colonel after 31 years of Shriekfest 2014 Film Festival Board of Workforce Solutions eral manager at Sirtex Medi- Casey Coleman (MBA, Busi- is Duncanville city manager. based in Massachusetts. She (BS, Economics) is an expert rant in Dallas. active duty. Over the past 10 in Hollywood, Calif. He is for Tarrant County. He has cal, a medical device com- ness Administration) is client A retired Navy captain, he oversees the Dallas-Fort in real estate research and years, he served in the Office a writer, director, and pro- served on the board since pany that manufactures and executive vice president at previously was assistant city Worth area. Paul Frederik- has experience with several 1974 of the Assistant Secretary of ducer in the Los Angeles area. 2005. He is also vice chair markets a product to treat AT&T Government Solutions, manager in Wichita Falls. Prior sen (’97 MPA, Public and firms in the United States and Fred Gibson (BS, Civil Engi- the Army (Manpower and Carolyn Mentesana (BBA, of the Workforce Delivery liver cancer with radioactive where she leads the business to serving in Wichita Falls, Urban Administration; ’97 Canada, including Hanley neering) earned a Ph.D. in Reserve Affairs), the Africa Management) was honored Systems Committee. beads from the inside out. He unit’s information technol- Hugman worked 17 years for MCRP, City and Regional Plan- Wood Market Intelligence, health care administration at Center for Strategic Studies, as one of the Great Women of recently was appointed to the ogy and professional services the city of Southlake. Paula ning) is the town manager Altus Clayton, and Urbanation. DENÉ HILL Capella University. He was a and the National Defense Texas 2014 by the Fort Worth 1987 board of directors at Explore work for federal civilian agen- Sanders (BA, English) co- of Argyle. He has more than He is based in Toronto. An- Hill (’06 BM, Music) starred dentist in the Houston area University in Washington, D.C. Business Press. She is execu- Karen Borta (BA, Commu- Austin, a nonprofit that helps cies. Previously she was chief founded the entertainment 20 years experience working gela Plauche (BSN, Nursing) in PBS' JFK-LBJ: A Time for from 1979 until his retirement Bill Hale (’83 BS, ’89 MEngr, tive director of the Arlington nication) is now a morning underserved youth through information officer for the group the Blaque Artists Col- with Texas municipalities, is co-founder of the apparel Greatness, playing Geri Whit- in 2010. Civil Engineering) is the Tomorrow Foundation. Nada anchor at KTVT Channel 11 in leadership, mentoring, and General Services Adminis- lective, which the WaterTower including Las Colinas, Dallas, company Urbane Scrubs. She tington, the first African- Texas Department of Trans- Shabout (’84 BS, Architec- Dallas-Fort Worth after many adventure. tration. Ray Lopez (’92 MS, Theater selected to perform Colleyville, and Shenandoah. is an ICU nurse at Parkland American White House 1976 portation’s chief engineer, ture; ’88 BFA, Art; ’91 MA, years as an evening anchor. Psychology; ’93 PhD, General Blaque-to-Blaque: A Trilogy Hospital in Dallas. secretary to President Lyndon George Riba (BA, Speech) re- responsible for management ’99 PhD, Humanities) wrote She has been with KTVT for 1990 Experimental Psychology) of Short Plays at the Out of 1998 Baines Johnson. The film cel- tired after 37 years as a sports of the bridge, construction, Modern Arab Art, a histori- 20 years. Stephanie Bowman Elisa Artusa (BS, Aerospace is an advisory software en- the Loop Fringe Festival in Kerri Ressl (’98 BA, Journal- 2001 ebrates the 50th anniversary anchor/reporter at WFAA- design, maintenance, traffic cal and theoretical overview (BBA, Accounting) is chief Engineering) retired after gineer for the IBM Watson Addison in March. David ism; ’10 MEd, Educational Matt Anderson (BBA, Mar- of the Voting Rights Act. TV in Dallas. He was guest operations, and right-of-way of art from the 1940s to the financial officer at BenefitMall, 24 years with NASA. At the Group in San Antonio. Thomas (BA, Journalism) Leadership and Policy Studies) keting) is vice president of speaker at the UTA All-Sports divisions, as well as the Local present day. She is a professor a provider of employee ben- Kennedy Space Center she was the inaugural speaker at is executive communica- business development for DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Banquet in April. Government Projects Office. of art history and director efits, human resources, and was the lead design engineer 1993 the Marjorie Herrera Lewis tions manager at Sabre. She the western United States at Chamberlain (’75 BBA, Man- Brian Happel (BBA, Man- of the Contemporary Arab payroll products and services. for the Crawler Transporter, Denise Bredow (MSN, Endowed Speaker Series at writes speeches and prepares Provant Health Solutions, a agement) was elected chair of 1977 agement) is chief executive and Muslim Cultural Studies Sonya Collins (BS, Biology) is modifying it to carry heavy- Nursing) is a member of the Texas Wesleyan University in presentations for the vice workplace well-being compa- the State Bar of Texas Board of Les Shuler (BBA, Accounting) officer of BBVA Compass in Institute at the University of a neonatologist in the Floyd lift space vehicles to the clinical faculty in the Family March. A former sportswriter president of the Travel Net- ny. Todd Holzaepfel (’01 MA, Directors and will serve until was recognized as one of Fort Fort Worth. Previously he was North Texas. Medical Center Level III Neo- launch pad. Rod Fomby Nurse Practitioner Program at and columnist at The Short- work, Sabre’s largest business History; ’09 PhD, Transatlan- June 2016. He is the senior Worth’s top 13 chief financial Fort Worth city president for natal Intensive Care Unit in (MBA, Business Administra- Baylor University in Dallas. She horn and the Fort Worth unit. During the past 15 years, tic History) retired as vice partner in the Austin civil trial officers of the year by the BBVA Compass. He serves on 1985 Rome, Ga. Sandy Potter (MS, tion) is senior vice president received her Ph.D. in popula- Star-Telegram, he has written she has worked at the UTA president of planning and firm of Chamberlain McHaney Fort Worth Business Press. the boards of Downtown Fort Dan Reynolds (’85 BBA, Social Work) received the of global services for Allegro tion health sciences from eight books, including two Alumni Association, Office of operations after 30 years with and is certified in personal He is CFO at Worthington Worth Inc., The Art Station, ’13 MS, Accounting) was National Alliance on Mental Development Corp. in Dallas. Texas Woman’s University in New York Times bestsell- Development, and Leader- Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. injury trial law by the Texas National Bank. and the UTA College of Busi- recognized as one of Fort Illness Dallas’ 2014 Profession- Previously he was managing May 2014 and practices as ers, Wrestling for My Life ship Center. As manager of the downtown Board of Legal Specialization.

44 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 45 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Briefly public improvement district, the Middle East. She worked 2005 Dallas. Amy Powell Blomst- and women’s tennis and with the Houston Rockets. is curator of the Goss-Michael 2013 based on his doctoral disser- his work led to the creation as a flight nurse transporting Lauren Chastant (BA, Psy- edt (BS, Biology) is a research golf. Kathy Weaver (EMBA, Nealy Mincher (BA, Public Foundation in Dallas. Rhonda Caitlyn Barbee (BA, Spanish/ tation. Andrew Wilson (BS, of the Main St. Arts Festival. patients from the surgical chology) received a certifi- technologist for the Food Sci- Business Administration) is a Relations) is a senior account Robertson (MA, Criminology English) is a campus mission- Civil Engineering) was named Catherine Montgomery shock trauma hospital to the cate in paraplanner develop- ence and Technology Depart- principal at Ryan, a global tax executive at FleishmanHillard, and Criminal Justice) served ary intern for the UTA Baptist the 2015 Edmund Friedman Luster (’01 BM, Music; ’11 BA, local hospital via helicopter, ment from the American ment in the Food Allergy Re- services firm. She joined the a communications agency in as interim police chief in Fort Student Ministry. The intern- Young Engineer of the Year Theatre Arts) co-founded at times under enemy fire. College of Financial Plan- search and Resource Program company in 2006 and is based Dallas. Angela Peragine (BA, Worth. She has been with ship is provided by Go Now by the Fort Worth branch the entertainment group Leah Brady (BA, English) ning. She is a client service Analytical Laboratory at the in Dallas. Spanish) was one of six Ar- the FWPD since 1985. Aaren Missions, a ministry of Texas of the American Society of the Blaque Artists Collec- was one of six Arlington specialist for LD Lowe Wealth University of Nebraska–Lin- lington Independent School Gignac Stratton (BS, Athletic Baptists. Ryan Barfoot (BS, Civil Engineers. An engineer tive, which the WaterTower Independent School District Advisory in Dallas. Willie coln. Kelly Carruthers (MEd, 2009 District elementary school Training) is an athletic trainer Exercise Science) is a student in training, he works with Theater chose to perform elementary school teachers Houston (MBA, Business Ad- Educational Leadership and Jason Fitzgerald (’09 BA, teachers to receive the at Lake Ridge High School in in the Doctor of Physical the hydraulics and hydrol- Blaque-to-Blaque: A Trilogy to receive the Teacher of ministration) is chief financial Policy Studies) notched her History; ’13 MEd, Educational Teacher of Excellence award Mansfield. Traci Turner (MEd, Therapy program at Texas ogy group at Peloton Land MAVERICK MERCHANDISE of Short Plays at the Out of Excellence award from the officer for Satori Capital, a 100th win as girls basketball Leadership and Policy Studies) from the Arlington Masonic Educational Leadership and Woman’s University. Adam Solutions in Fort Worth. Allie Everybody looks better in the Loop Fringe Festival in Arlington Masonic Lodge. She Dallas-based multistrategy coach at Bowie High School is an assistant principal at Ar- Lodge. She teaches read- Policy Studies) is an assistant Bell (MEd, Educational Lead- Warren Woldtvedt (BA, blue and orange. Gear up for Addison in March. teaches fifth-grade science investment firm. in Arlington during the 2014- lington High School. Holland ing and writing in Spanish to principal at Key Elementary ership and Policy Studies) is Broadcast Communication) springtime weather by visiting at Miller Elementary School. 15 season. She became Bowie Sanders (BA, Public Relations) third-grade bilingual students School in Arlington. an assistant principal at Ellis is a morning anchor at KMTR- UTA’s one-stop online shop- Gail Kemp (BSN, Nursing) is head coach in 2011. Daniel is director of marketing and at Crouch Elementary School. Elementary School in Arling- TV in Eugene, Ore. ping mall. A wide selection 2002 2006 Becky Abuor (’02 BSN, Nurs- an emergency room nurse Cara Wallace (MS, Social Elk (BA, Interdisciplinary communication for the Fort Alexis Spears (BA, Broadcast ton. David Christopherson of T-shirts, polos, caps, bags, 2012 ing; ’08 MSN, Nursing Practi- and clinical coordinator for Work) co-wrote a study that Studies) works at Darling Worth Opera. The opera’s Communication) is a multime- LaDonna Aiken (BA, (BS, Exercise Science) is a stu- accessories, and other mer- 2014 tion) is founder and chair of Rescue Nurse International, looked at the needs of cancer Homes in Frisco. Adam marketing department won dia journalist for KWKT Fox 44 Broadcast Communication) dent in the Doctor of Physical Avery Anderson (BA, Broad- chandise awaits. The online Afya Health Systems, a non- which provides bedside nurs- survivors decades after their Henning (BBA, Accounting) the Communicator of the News in Waco. She won a 2014 received a Dean’s Award for Therapy program at the cast Communication) is a mul- shop includes links to the UTA profit that provides access to ing care and transportation to medical treatment ended. is an assurance manager at Year award from the Center of Media Honor Roll award for Research Travel and traveled Texas Tech University Health timedia journalist at KTAB-TV Bookstore, athletics store, comprehensive health care ill travelers worldwide. She is a UTA School of Social JTaylor, a Fort Worth-based Nonprofit Management. coverage of the local public to Okinawa, Japan, in January. Sciences Center. Jeff Gib- in Abilene. Elin Andersson Planetarium gift shop, and in parts of Kenya where such Work doctoral student. professional service firm. His school systems. She is a part-time broadcast bons (MFA, Art) received a (BA, Political Science/French) more. Check it out at services are not available. practice areas include oil and lecturer in the UTA Commu- Masterminds award from the is pursuing a master’s degree uta.edu/shoponline. 2004 2010 Rachel Bates (BFA, Art) was Gene Capps (BS, Civil Engi- 2007 gas, financial services, and Paul Bennett III (MBA, Busi- 2011 nication Department. Jenna Dallas Observer for his work in development studies at one of many artists displaying neering) was named Young Tara Haskins (MSN, Nursing real estate. Caleb Aaron Mil- ness Administration) is execu- Elaine Brown (BA, Public Coffaro (’12 BS; ’14 MArch, on Deep Ellum Windows. the Graduate Institute of GET CONNECTED their wares at the 13th annual Engineer of the Year by the Practition) is a nursing as- ligan (BS, Civil Engineering) tive vice president at Bennett Relations) is a marketing Architecture) is an architec- Amber Govan (BA, Public International and Develop- Stay apprised of all things Empty Bowls in Fort Worth Mid-Cities chapter of the sistant professor at Louisiana was named Young Engineer Mineral Co. in Walkerton, Va. executive at Social Change tural designer with Bennett Relations/Advertising) is a ment Studies in Geneva, Swit- Maverick by joining the Uni- in February. She specializes Texas Society of Professional Tech University. She complet- of the Year by the Fort Worth Sean Bolton (BA, Communi- UK. Justin Ginsberg (MFA, Benner Partners Architects + social media specialist at JC zerland. Anna Marie Boyd versity’s social media sites. in earthenware and clay. The Engineers. He is project man- ed her doctorate in forensics chapter of the Texas Society cation Technology) is a senior Art) received a Master- Planners in Fort Worth. Van- Penney. Tiffany Jackson (BA, (BFA, Theatre Arts) was cast UTA’s official Facebook page event benefited the Tarrant ager for site development at the University of Tennessee of Professional Engineers. He ServiceNow consultant for minds award from the Dallas essa Fuentes (BA, Criminol- Communication Technol- in Rudolph the Red-Nosed had more than 41,800 “likes” Area Food Bank. Christy and public works projects Health Science Center. Randi is an engineer in the public Evanios, an information tech- Observer for his work on ogy and Criminal Justice) ogy) is the creative director Reindeer: The Musical on tour as of early November. Be- Cardillo (MS, Accounting) is at Fort Worth-based Baird, Nelson (BA, Journalism/Pub- sector services department nology service management Deep Ellum Windows, which attends Baylor Law School in for Fishbowl Radio California. with Wishing Star Produc- come a fan and get updates in a partner for Shinn & Co., a Hampton & Brown. Daron lic Relations) was selected as at Dunaway Associates in company. Jacob Briggs (’10 included exhibitions in Waco and plans to gradu- Katey McFarlan (BA, Public tions. Kevan Gerabagi (BA, your newsfeed about campus CPA firm in Bradenton, Fla. Evans (MS, Biomedical Engi- a 2014 Top 10 Family Law At- Fort Worth. Kelvin Phan (BS, MBA, Business Administra- abandoned buildings over ate in summer 2016. Steven Relations) is a fashion blog- Communication Technology) happenings and achieve- She has worked for the firm neering) chairs the board of torney in Connecticut under Athletic Training) is coordina- tion; ’11 MPACC, Professional the past three years. He is an Hussain (BS, Political Sci- ger at chroniclesoffrivolity. is a quality assurance analyst ments. Follow @utarlington since 2007. Kaci Hickox directors at Nephros, a com- the age of 40 by the National tor of clinical education for Accounting) is a certified assistant professor in glass ence) is community services com. Chronicles of Frivolity is at Santander Consumer on Twitter for the latest news, (BSN, Nursing) was named mercial stage medical device Academy of Family Law Attor- the Department of Athletic public accountant at Cash and the area coordinator in director for the mayor of part of an affiliate advertising USA, which specializes in network with fellow alumni 2014 Woman of the Year by company that develops neys. She is an associate at- Training at the University America International in Fort the UTA Art and Art History San Antonio. Katy Kiger (BA, program. Travis Merrell (BA, automotive financing for through LinkedIn, and share mtvU.com, MTV’s website for and sells high-performance torney at Nusbaum & Parrino of Charleston in Charleston, Worth. He completed the Department. Josh Greenlee Public Relations) is assistant Journalism) is a producer/ dealers and consumers. Hieu photos from UTA’s Pinterest college students. She spent liquid-purification filters. He PC in Westport, Conn. Tracy W.Va. He is an instructor in Fort Worth Chapter of CPAs (BA, Broadcast Communica- brand marketing manager at editor for NewsFix on CW33- Hoang (BA, Advertising) is boards. much of last year working also serves as chair of the Rundstrom Williams (PhD, the athletic training program Leadership Development tion) works at the Southern LexisNexis, a provider of legal, TV in Dallas. He also tutors in a junior graphic designer at with Doctors Without Bor- audit committee at Neph- Linguistics) wrote a chapter and also provides medical Program and is serving on the Oklahoma Radio Center in government, business, and the Arlington Independent Atomic Design and Consult- ders in impoverished areas ros. Liz Heck (’04 BA, Public in the book Teacher, Scholar, services to the university’s chapter’s Business and Indus- Ardmore, Okla. He is midday high-tech information sourc- School District. Kristin ing in Plano. David Kline (BA, of Burma, Sudan, and Nigeria, Relations; ’12 MBA, Business Mother: (Re)Envisioning softball team. Kristin Salinas try Committee. Seth Holw- DJ on the classic hits station es in Raleigh, N.C. Previously Milam (BS, Aerospace Broadcast Communication) is and she traveled to Sierra Le- Administration) is vice presi- Motherhood in the Academy, (BS, Athletic Training) works erda (MS, Exercise Physiol- GTO 107 KYNZ and works she was marketing manager Engineering) is an associate a news producer for KVLY-TV one to help fight the spread dent of membership/pres- which was published earlier at Houston Methodist St. ogy) is a doctoral student in nights on the company’s for Radio Disney in Charlotte, flight-test analysis engineer in Fargo, N.D. Natonya Med- of an Ebola outbreak that has ident-elect for the Greater this year. She is associate John Hospital as an outreach the Department of Medical country station, 95.7 KKAJ. N.C. James Merkel (’12 BS, ’13 at Airbus Helicopters in ford (BA, Public Relations) is a LICENSE PLATES killed thousands in Africa. Fort Worth Chapter of the director in the Center for athletic trainer for Clear Lake Pharmacology and Physiology Jane Harmon (DNP, Nursing MS, Aerospace Engineering) Grand Prairie. She is the only representative for Plan B PR, a Show your Maverick pride Sussy Ruiz (BA, Broadcast Public Relations Society of International Studies at Texas High School. Richard Skurla at the University of Missouri Practice) is a psychiatric men- is a flight-test engineer at woman among the 12 team- Dallas-based firm focused on with the eye-catching UTA Communication) is manager America. She is community Christian University. (BFA, Art) displayed paint- School of Medicine. Brandon tal health nurse practitioner Airbus Helicopters in Grand mates in the experimental fashion and entertainment. Texas license plate. for regional broadcast and outreach coordinator at the ings on canvases molded into Laird (BS, Industrial Engineer- at McCurtain Memorial Hos- Prairie. Sonia Salas (BA, flight-test department. Sara Jesus Silva (BA, Advertis- MyPlates.com, the state’s of- digital local news at Univision Moncrief Cancer Institute. 2008 three-dimensional forms ing) is regional vice president pital in Idabel, Okla. She also Broadcast Communication) Scarborough (BA, Public ing) is a communication ficial vendor, offers specialty Communications in Miami. La’Quana Price (BA, English) Nelda Acosta (MEd, Educa- among his more than 30 of the South Central region manages psychiatric patients won a 2014 Lone Star Emmy in Relations) is special events assistant at the Fort Worth tags with the UTA logo. Prices She received three Lone Star is an implementation project tional Leadership and Policy pieces at a solo exhibition at for the Institute of Industrial in a primary care clinic and the Promotion, News Promo coordinator at Tyler Junior Better Business Bureau. Chris for personalized plates start Emmys in the past two years manager for the contract Studies) is principal of the Waco’s Art Center in January Engineers. He is a manufac- provides care in four nursing category. She is a media spe- College. Emily Stafford (MA, Thipavong (BA, Communica- at $90 per year. A percent- while at Univision Houston. operations division in the Workman/Hutcheson junior and February. Jed Strat- turing engineer at Martin homes in McCurtain County. cialist for Univision 23 Dallas/ Communication) is senior tion Technology) is an inside age of sales benefits student Texas Attorney General’s high schools, which con- ton (BS, Athletic Training) is Sprocket & Gear in Arlington. Brandon Hurtado (BA, Public Fort Worth. Samantha Wat- brand marketing manager software service specialist at scholarships. Find out more 2003 Office. She received a Master solidated this fall in Arlington. an assistant athletic trainer Long Lam (BS, Athletic Train- Relations) is director of social son (BA, Public Relations,/ at Sabre Hospitality Solu- Omnitracs, a mobile technol- details by visiting Kelly Bowman (BSN, Nurs- of Science degree in project Kelly Aman (’08 BA, ’14 at UT Arlington and the ing) is head athletic trainer for operations at More Cabbage, Broadcast Communication) is tions. Vitaly Voinov (PhD, ogy company. D’Andrea myplates.com/go/uta. ing) is pursuing a master’s de- management from St. Ed- PhD, Mathematics) is a senior primary athletic trainer for the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, a Dallas-based social media public relations coordinator Linguistics) wrote Politeness Willis (BA, Public Relations) is gree at UT Arlington after two ward’s University in Decem- lecturer in the Department of the women’s basketball team, a developmental league and Internet marketing firm. and social media specialist at Devices in the Tuvan Lan- an internal communications tours of duty with the Navy in ber 2014. Mathematical Sciences at UT while assisting with men’s basketball team affiliated Michael Mazurek (MFA, Art) Half Price Books in Dallas. guage (Turcologica), a book contributor at Sabre.

46 UTArlington Magazine WINTER 2016 47 ALUMNI NEWS In Memoriam 1940s Helicopter. Emory Thomas Ann Connolly Hair (’81 BA, 26, 2014 in Arlington. Ms. Bar- Lloyd Clayton Clark Jr. (’42 Fletcher Jr. (’72 BBA, Man- History), 57, Oct. 31 in Hous- nett was a math teacher in the AA, Journalism), 91, Nov. 17, agement), 76, Oct. 25, 2014 in ton. Ms. Hair taught second Tomball Independent School 2014 in Paradise Valley, Ariz. Arlington. Mr. Fletcher retired grade at Dunn Elementary District. David Elkouri (’12 Mr. Clark was a reporter for as executive vice president School in Arlington before BS, Social Work), 55, Feb. 23 in The Dallas Morning News and treasurer after 41 years serving as a counselor at Wil- Benbrook. Mr. Elkouri worked and a reporter and editor with Martin Sprocket & Gear liams Elementary in Arlington. for various 12-step recovery for the Phoenix Gazette. He in Arlington. Jane P. Harlow Bobby Charles Deaton (’82 programs. He was in the band FRANCE MEIER later worked for the northern (’73 BA, ’77 MA, French), 88, MS, Geology), 78, Jan. 13 in Blue Radio, which recorded Professor Emeritus France Arizona and southeastern Ari- Oct. 30, 2014 in Fort Worth. Arlington. Dr. Deaton taught an album in 2002. Meier died Feb. 17 in zona councils of government Ms. Harlow taught French for for 47 years at Texas Wesleyan Arlington. He was 86. and the Arizona Department 32 years at White Lake Private University, wrote more than Faculty/Staff Dr. Meier joined the UTA of Transportation. While at School, The Oakridge School, 60 academic papers, and was Clarence Coney “Chuck” Department of Industrial, North Texas Agricultural Col- Tarrant County College, and granted several patents. He Hall, 93, Dec. 30, 2014 in Manufacturing, and Systems lege (now UTA), he was editor UT Arlington. She was a was inducted into the Texas Arlington. Dr. Hall taught Engineering as an assistant of The Shorthorn and ROTC lecturer in French in the UTA Amateur Athletic Federation biology at UTA from 1962 until professor in 1965 and became battalion commander. He was Department of Modern Lan- Hall of Fame in 2008. his retirement in 1992. Previ- a full professor in 1969. He inducted into the UTA Military guages from 1995-2006. Roy ously he taught at Samford served as the department Hall of Honor in 1998. Nancy Leonard Anderson Jr. (’76 1990s University in Birmingham, Ala. chair from 1969-74 and retired Patterson Kirchhof (’46 AA, BBA, Business Administration), Addie C. “Kitty” Farrell Ulrich O. Herrmann, 89, Jan. in 2000. Under his leadership, Liberal Arts), 87, June 7, 2014 67, March 18 in Arlington. Mr. (’91 BA, History/Elementary 14 in Arlington. Dr. Herrmann the department developed in Canton, Ga. Ms. Kirchhof Anderson retired as direc- Education), 63, Feb. 1 in Fort taught physics at UTA from graduate programs and was a homemaker, raising tor of corporate purchasing Worth. Ms. Farrell taught at 1961 until his retirement in awarded its first master’s and two children. She had three after a 36-year career at Alice Ponder and Mary Jo 1998. He was responsible Ph.D. degrees. In 1984 he grandchildren and a great- Alcon Laboratories in Fort Sheppard elementary schools for bringing the astronomy SHAPE THE FUTURE. received the Distinguished granddaughter. Worth. He was a member of in the Mansfield Independent program and the first plan- Service Award from the Phi Delta Theta fraternity at School District. Bonnie Jean etarium to the University. American Institute of 1950s UTA. William C. Holbert Jr. Karrer (’92 BA, ’95 MA, Span- Barbara Butler Hibbard, Industrial Engineers. William Lee Hughes Jr. (’50 (’77 BS, Criminal Justice), 60, ish) 63, Jan. 7 in Bedford. Ms. 91, Jan. 5 in Arlington. Ms. AA, Liberal Arts), 83, March 9 Nov. 18, 2014 in Cleburne. Mr. Karrer retired in June 2014 as Hibbard worked 26 years as CHANGE A LIFE. in Arlington. Judge Hughes Holbert was an auto theft a lecturer in Spanish in the a departmental secretary in was an attorney with Cantey detective with the Fort Worth UTA Department of Modern the College of Engineering. Hanger LLP. He was appoint- Police Department, retiring in Languages. After retirement in 1988, she ed judge of the 48th District 2012 after 31 years of service. stayed active with the UTA Court in Tarrant County, Susan Largent (’79 BFA, Art; 2000s Retirees Club, serving as UT Arlington boasts some of the nation’s brightest and hardest- serving for 10 years before ’80 MA, English), 58, March Frances Saperstein (’07 MEd, president in 2000. Jerry Isler, retiring. He was named a 30 in Fort Worth. Ms. Largent Educational Leadership and 53, Jan. 11 in Clovis, N.M. Mr. But many struggle to make ends meet. More than 75 percent of our UTA Distinguished Alumnus taught in the Arlington Inde- Policy Studies), 86, Oct. 3 in Isler was the head women’s working students. in 1990. pendent School District for Fort Worth. At 80 Ms. Saper- basketball coach at UTA from students report being employed during the school year, with almost 20 percent working full time. Yet 29 years. Carol Schlesinger stein was the oldest to receive 1989 to 1992. He also coached THOMAS PORTER 1960s (’79 BA, Speech), 58, April 5 a master’s degree in ELPS. at New Mexico high schools these high-achieving scholars consistently receive national recognition for academic excellence and find Professor Emeritus Thomas Calvin Edward Foster (’63 in Arlington. Ms. Schlesinger She taught special education in Grady, Clovis, and Elida, Porter died Feb. 13 in Arling- BA, Economics), 81, Feb. 19 in taught Spanish for 28 years in students in California and as well as at New Mexico time to volunteer more than 400,000 hours in the community each year. Your annual gifts help our ton. He was 87. Dr. Porter was Arlington. Mr. Foster was an the Arlington Independent Texas. Amanda Rae Penry Junior College and McMurry dean of the UTA College of industrial engineer at General School District. (’08 BS, Social Work), 31, Feb. 5 University. Duane R. Martin, Liberal Arts from 1978-93. He Motors for 36 years. He was in Fort Worth. Ms. Penry was 81, Jan. 24 in Arlington. Dr. dedicated and talented students succeed academically, earn their degrees, and become accomplished was also an English professor, a founder of the Arlington 1980s an advocate for people with Martin was a UTA psychology teaching courses in Shake- Softball Association. Dana Betsey Rardin Bark (’80 BA, disabilities and volunteered professor from 1965-2000. professionals in their chosen fields. By contributing each year, you create a consistent stream of support speare, English and Ameri- Jo Hale (’68 BBA, Business English), 76, Nov. 15 in Burle- in the community, including He also founded the Dallas can literature, film, drama, Administration), 68, March 17 son. Ms. Bark was a teacher at the Salvation Army night Jazz Society and co-hosted a that changes the lives of deserving Mavericks who will shape the future of our world. religious studies, and Latin. in Arlington. Ms. Hale worked at St. Maria Goretti Catholic shelter. She was a member long-running radio jazz show Before coming to UTA, he for Airborne/DHL for 33 years. School in Arlington and of Student Congress at UTA. on KERA-FM. Cal Reimer, 83, served in the priesthood and She was an original mem- Nolan Catholic High School Kimberly Louise Todd (’09 Jan. 11 in Arlington. Mr. Reimer Make a gift online today at uta.edu/giving or call the Office of Development at 817-272-2584. was dean of arts and sciences ber of UTA’s Zeta Tau Alpha in Fort Worth. David Stewart MBA, Business Administra- was a UTA assistant football at the University of Detroit. sorority. Thornton (’80 BBA, Finance), tion), 31, Nov. 24 in Dallas. Ms. coach from 1967-74. He left He wrote two books and 60, Nov. 29, 2014 in Bedford. Todd worked at Citicorp and coaching to teach in the UTA numerous scholarly articles. 1970s Mr. Thornton retired from was a mortgage support ana- Kinesiology Department, re- After retiring in 2004, he David Russell Baker (’70 BS, the federal government after lyst and financial accounting tiring in 1997. Prior to UTA, he received the title of profes- Mechanical Engineering; ’73 30 years of service, including support worker. worked at schools in Kansas sor emeritus and volunteered BBA, Business Administra- 28 with the Internal Revenue City, Coffeyville, Peabody, as an English teacher at St. tion), 76, Jan. 30 in Quitman. Service. He was a member of 2010s and Abilene, Kan. See more Ignatius College Prep School Mr. Baker retired as a project the UTA Movin’ Mavs wheel- Karri Ann Hickman Barnett In Memoriam at uta.edu/uta- in Chicago. engineer after 38 years at Bell chair basketball team. Sheryl (’10 BS, Mathematics), 26, Nov. magazine/in-memoriam.

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Past Ransom Hall, Circa 1960

The winter of 1960 saw a particularly powerful snowstorm hit North in UTA Libraries Special Collections, a treasure trove of the University’s Texas dropping 10 inches of the white stuff in some places. While it’s not past mined by Barker and librarian Lea Worcester for their new book The clear if that particular storm accounted for this wintry photo of Ransom University of Texas at Arlington. The 128-page paperback, published Hall, which at that time housed the University’s administration offices, by Arcadia Publishing’s Campus History Series, chronicles UTA’s his- Evelyn Barker, director of marketing and communications for UTA Librar- tory through three centuries and eight name changes as it evolved into ies, says the air conditioners perched in a few windows help date the a model, urban research institution that will educate more than 55,000 photo to around 1960. This image is one of thousands of campus photos students this year.