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Utarlington-Spring 2014.Pdf INDEPENDENT LIVING Researchers are design- A WINDOW TO THE WORLD With its high- AHEAD OF THE CURVE As 3-D printing ing smart environments and programming ranking academic programs and welcoming changes the business landscape, UT Arlington lifelike robots that could transform care for atmosphere, UT Arlington is a popular choice has emerged as a leader in adapting this the nation’s elderly and disabled. p. 26 for students from all corners of the globe. p. 30 technology for a range of disciplines. p. 34 UTATHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTONrlington MAGAZINE | SPRING 2014 24-HOUR M AVERTake a unique ICKS look at a day in the life of UT Arlington. A DAY AT THE BEACH? The sand volleyball courts outside the Maverick Activities Center provide a tropical setting for students on a balmy spring afternoon. Salt water and palm trees not included. Contents Spring 2014 Email BLOWN AWAY who might otherwise have FACULTY 11 Features I was born and raised in slipped through the cracks. Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez, an Arlington, and I can remem- UTArlington associate professor of NENE NWOKO ’02 ber when The University Vol. XXXVI • No. 1 • Spring 2014 Spanish, won a prestigious Fort Worth, Texas of Texas at Arlington was a literary award open to EDITOR fraction of the size it is today. poets from Mexico and STOP AND THINK Mark Permenter It’s incredible how much it Central America. “The Tracks of Progress” in the has grown and changed over fall 2013 issue was an excellent ASSISTANT EDITORS the years. But I didn’t realize Jessica Bridges FUTURE 12 article! I will now be reminded just how much it had grown. Amber Scott Civil engineering Associate to be grateful to the railways Reading the stories of how Professor Stephen Mattingly the next time I have to stop EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS active the campus is and the says Texas could have high- at the Cooper Street railroad Herb Booth depth of its research today in speed rail in the next decade. crossing. John Dycus 24 HOURS AT UTA 20 the latest issue, I was blown work! I’m a proud UT Arling- freshman. Now I’m an English Drew Harris No matter the time of day or away. I can’t wait to see what PRASHANTH RAVI ton alumnus, and reading the teacher in the Dallas Inde- Bridget Lewis COMMUNITY 15 night, UT Arlington bustles the University achieves next. Arlington, Texas magazine gives me a renewed pendent School District and Teresa Newton Allies in Youth Develop- with activity. A photo essay sense of pride each time. UTA would highly recommend this Jim Patterson ment sends professors and SCOTT MCCARTHY Traci Peterson offers a snapshot of a day NEW PERSPECTIVE truly is an institution on the program to both high school students to aid children in Burleson, Texas Kristin Sullivan in Maverick Country. I had no idea that the history rise, and I’m grateful to be one and college students. Russian orphanages. of Arlington is so rooted in small part of its larger story. REACHING OUT JENNIFER TRUJILLO ’11 ART DIRECTION INTO THE ARMS the train tracks that can make Brody Price I just got the latest issue of BRYAN RENKEN ’07 Dallas, Texas OF TECHNOLOGY 26 driving on Davis or Cooper so Joel Quintans UTArlington Magazine, and Midlothian, Texas Researchers are at the annoying! It definitely gives I wanted to write in and say: FRESH TAKE UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS forefront of assistive living me a new appreciation for “Wow!” The amount of work READY, SET, GO I must admit that I was Robert Crosby innovations that could their purpose. Thanks for the going on at the University I worked at the GO Center growing a bit tired of the Beth McHenry revolutionize care for the informative read. lately is so impressive. I was when I was a UT Arlington media blitz leading up to elderly, disabled, and injured. ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR especially glad to read MELODY TOLLESON ’06 student, and it was a great the 50th anniversary of the COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING the stories on community Arlington, Texas experience. It’s a wonder- assassination of President A WORLD OF P. David Johnson outreach. Programs like the ful resource for high school John F. Kennedy. It seemed POSSIBILITIES 30 GALLERY 16 GO Centers will really have a MAVERICK PRIDE kids. I even worked with Gabe like all the TV stations and VICE PRESIDENT India, Venezuela, Nigeria, Alumnus Carlos Donjuan’s profound impact on the I just wanted to write a quick Escobedo (featured in the newspapers were covering FOR COMMUNICATIONS and Spain are among paintings explore a future of so many students note to say keep up the good fall 2013 issue) when he was a the event to the point of Jerry Lewis the almost 120 countries childhood misconception. overexposure. So when represented by UT Arlington’s PRESIDENT I opened the fall issue of growing international Vistasp Karbhari UTArlington Magazine and student population. Alumni News Message from the Editor noticed yet another JFK UTArlington Magazine is published assassination story, I had no three times a year by University EMBRACING THE Alumnus Mike Dolabi was a passenger the University’s growing international Communications for all alumni, as MIKE DOLABI 39 plans to read it. However, the NEXT DIMENSION 34 on one of the last planes to leave Iran student population. well as for faculty, staff, and friends Starting from nothing, Iran “Words of Anguish” headline Experts predict 3-D before the 1979 revolution. His parents An international thread connects of the University. Reproduction in native Mike Dolabi has built caught my eye, and I began printing will transform the sold their car to send 16-year-old Mike, many of the articles in this issue. whole or in part without written one of the largest auto body to read. I found the article to permission is prohibited. way companies do business. the oldest of three children, to the United Read about Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez, an parts businesses in Texas. be a poignant and completely UT Arlington is on the States to get the education they hoped associate professor of Spanish, who won fresh take on the topic. The comments and opinions leading edge of this would provide a better life. a prestigious international poetry award. expressed in this magazine do Reading the letters from the burgeoning industry. Dolabi made his way to Greenville, Experience the artwork of alumnus not necessarily represent students, I could feel their where he was the only Iranian in the Carlos Donjuan, whose “Illegal Aliens” those of The University of Texas anguish over one of the worst northeast Texas town. He lived by him- paintings depict his family’s journey from at Arlington or the staff of tragedies in American history. UTArlington Magazine. self as a high school student, took classes Mexico to the United States. Columns That the magazine landed in Copyright © 2014, The University of with fifth-graders to learn English, and UT Arlington’s global reach extends to my mailbox a few days before Texas at Arlington. An equal oppor- TALK 7 worked at Burger King to make ends meet. Russia, where students and professors in tunity/affirmative action employer. the anniversary was a bonus, Through her Celebrate With Now 52, Dolabi founded and owns Allies in Youth Development teach and giving me a new perspective a Princess business, junior National Autobody Parts Warehouse. mentor orphans. It stretches to Africa, ON THE COVER on an event that forever finance major Lauren McCall STEPHANIE DUNCAN 40 After scraping together the initial where nursing alumna Stephanie Duncan Illustration by Kyle T. Webster changed our country. entertains children at parties Nursing graduate Stephanie investment in 1993, he has overseen treats sick children aboard a hospital by dressing as Rapunzel and Duncan treats patients the company’s transformation into one ship near the Republic of Congo. SAMUEL CRAWFORD other storybook characters. aboard a large hospital ship of the nation’s premier auto body parts Engaging with people from other cul- Phoenix, Arizona near the Republic of Congo. distribution centers (see p. 39). tures and countries is one of life’s trea- CRASH COURSE 8 Like Dolabi in the 1980s, about 3,200 sures. It challenges our beliefs, expands YOUR THOUGHTS? UT Arlington’s state-of-the- GLEN WHITLEY 41 students from other countries attend our thinking, broadens our worldview— Send letters to the editor art Planetarium provides an Tarrant County Judge Glen UT Arlington today in search of a and becomes clearer through UT Arling- to [email protected], ideal setting for Introductory Whitley ’76 is known through- brighter future. You’ll meet Tram Cao ton’s wide lens. or comment on magazine Astronomy students to study out North Texas for his tireless of Vietnam, Souvik Dubey of India, and content at uta.edu/ the wonders of the universe. community engagement. Sunil Sahi of Nepal in our story about – Mark Permenter utamagazine. CAMPUS CAMPUS YouTube Tweets Trending UT Arlington named one of Come see the actual #TX go on the road and watch my Join @utarlington for panels, SANJAY GUPTA top schools for veterans. Declaration of Independence home school play. screenings & speeches about – @georgepbush for yourself when our new – @JoshSours “Superheroines! Female He- Sanjay Gupta at UTA? #exhibit opens next week. roes in Fact & Fiction.” Yeppppp – @linet_john Researchers at the Univer- – @spcouta Yes! UT Arlington Maverick – @dallaswomensfdn sity of Texas at Arlington are Speakers Series with Nina Medicine and Media y’all by working on the world’s tiniest Blessed to do what I love! Totenberg at Texas Hall, Is MLB responsible for steroid Sanjay Gupta.
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