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CHANGING THE WORLD [page 24]

Storytellers [page 14]

Bill Lively [page 32]

Homecoming 2010 [page 34] northtexan.unt.edu “I see a future where university support turns grieving back into living.” You don’t expect to deal with death as a college student. Th en my aunt died during my cousin’s fi rst year at college. Watching her cope with grief opened my eyes to the need for assistance from her university family. Th rough my research studies at UNT, I uncovered the value of social support for college students experiencing death and discovered how to improve their emotional health. My faculty mentor, Amy Murrell, was instrumental in teaching me research methodology and providing an invaluable opportunity to play a signifi cant role in research as an undergraduate. Th at hands-on experience is why I chose UNT and why I want to pursue a doctoral degree. I want to help others fi nd hope.

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF — Ryeshia Jackson (’10), psychology and rehabilitation studies in the UNT Honors College

Up to 30% of all college students are grieving. — David Balk, board member, Association for Death Education and Counseling

2 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Inside W i n t e r 2 0 1 0 FEATURES 14 Storytellers With a commitment to truth and accuracy, UNT’s newest school crafts engaging storytellers for the future. By Nancy Kolsti 32 Bill Lively 

Angilee Wilkerson Angilee A fundraiser with vision transforms the North Texas region’s cultural landscape and Super Bowl Sunday. By Ernestine Bousquet 34 Homecoming 2010 Kicking it back “Old School,” alumni, students and visitors celebrate decades of Mean Green tradition.

DEPARTMENTS

F R O M OUR PRESIDENT • 3 Students remain central

Gary Payne D E A R NORTH TEXAN • 4 Henry Whiddon … The Abbey House 24 U N T TODAY • 6 Promoting excellence … Multicultural Center renovation … Mean Green … George W. Bush

UNT MUSE • 1 8 Changing the World UNT Art Path … Spike Lee … Miss Texas … New f in d in g p e r s o na l m e a nin g in c u r r e nt ev e nts , concert hall ... Kick-off concert series u nt a lu m ni — o n e p e r s o n at a ti m e — b u il d o n th e i r ta l e nts a n d pa ssi o ns to m a k e a d i f f e r e nc e EAGLES’ NEST • 3 7 Starting from scratch … Connecting With in th e i r co m m u niti e s a n d a ro u n d th e g lo b e . Friends … Upcoming Alumni Gatherings … Work By Randena Hulstrand of a lifetime … Legacy Families ... An eco-friend- ly future ... In the News … Friends We’ll Miss

LAST WORD • 4 8 Cover design by Kit Young, photography by Angilee Wilkerson. The Golden Eagles remember campus Images from alumni used in composition. 50 years ago.

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Fouts Field memories Share your favorite memories of Fouts Field online, read what others remember and keep up with construction on the new stadium.

Alumna’s organic goodies Meet Meredith Smith (’08), Michael Clements Michael who turned a job loss into an entrepreneurial opportunity to produce organic, vegan and gluten-free baked goods.

MORE ONLINE FEATURES

• slideshow: art path • video: communication design student’s competition • Video: alumnus’ volunteer

Angilee Wilkerson work in haiti

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2 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 F RO M o u r President

Making a difference The North Texan University Relations, Photo Editor Students’ education remains Communications and Angilee Wilkerson Marketing Leadership Vice President Photographers uNT’s central focus Deborah Leliaert (’96 M.Ed.) Jana Birchum Michael Clements Associate Vice President Brad Holt (’09) I am honored to become UNT’s Marty Newman (’02 M.J.) Gary Payne (’99) Jonathan Reynolds 15th president. I expected only Assistant Vice President Mike Woodruff to serve my one-year appointment. Kelley Reese (’95) Writers But I fell in love with UNT and its Directors Sarah Bahari Jimmy Friend Ernestine Bousquet people — just as I thought I would — Kenn Moffitt Nancy Kolsti Dena Moore Adrienne Nettles and I consider it a great privilege to serve Rolando N. Rivas Buddy Price our university for the foreseeable future. Janet Zipperlen (’75) Ellen Rossetti (’00, ’08 M.J.)

Mike Woodruff Mellina Stucky I believe my experience and commitment Magazine Staff Alyssa yancey Managing Editor are a good fit for UNT at this time. Julie Elliott Payne (’97) Online Communications Eric Vandergriff And I’m excited about carrying on the Editors Randena Hulstrand (’88, ’07 M.J.) Integrated Branding work I have started and helping the President V. Lane Rawlins visits with Jill King (’93 M.S., ’00 M.A.) Joy Houser university achieve its goals with a deeper, presidents of UNT student organizations this fall. Online Editor Project Traffic sharper focus. Michelle Hale Amy Kious (’08) Laura Robinson As I hope you know, UNT is aiming to be a major research university that Art Director maintains a strong connection between education and research. Sean Zeigler (’00) Student Contributors Megan Beck And we’re making measurable progress toward this goal. We’ve enrolled and Designer Khashan Poitier kit young (’06) Thomas saldana graduated a record number of students this year. We’re undergoing one of our more Renee SKROBARCZYK (’10) significant campus expansions, building three facilities at once that will transform Elizabeth Smith academic and student life. We’ve attracted more leading researchers, and our faculty members are landing significant research grants. We’ve also been named a top The North Texan (ISSN 0468-6659) is published four times a military friendly school and Texas’ No. 1 university that’s Best for Vets. year (in March, June, September and December) by the University of North Texas, 1155 Union Circle #311070, Denton, But the impact we have on our students can be harder to quantify. The proof Texas 76203-5017, for distribution to alumni and friends of comes when we hear about alumni who are using what they learn to make a real the university. Periodicals postage paid at Denton, Texas, and at additional mailing offices. The diverse views on matters difference in communities around the world (see page 24). And I hope you’ll enjoy of public interest that are presented in The North Texan do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the university. reading how Bill Lively used his UNT music education to help change the cultural Publications staff can be reached at [email protected] or 940-565-2108. face of our region (see page 32). It is the policy of the University of North Texas not to More of our impact on North Texas is evident through the nearly 93,000 UNT discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability (where reasonable accommodations graduates working and contributing to the region’s well-being. So far, we have helped can be made), disabled veteran status or veteran of the Vietnam era status in its educational programs, activities, 1,900 Emerald Eagle Scholars pursue their college degrees and have had 13 scholars admission or employment policies. In addition to complying with federal and state equal opportunity laws and regulations, graduate early. You can help us make a difference by joining us Feb. 19 at the Belo the university through its diversity policy declares harassment Mansion when the Emerald Ball Goes Gatsby (see page 43). based on individual differences (including sexual orientation) inconsistent with its mission and educational goals. Direct Each milestone we hit shows that we are making progress. But there is no greater questions or concerns to the equal opportunity office, 940- 565-2737, or the dean of students, 940-565-2648. TTY access is reward than knowing that we’ve changed our students for the better. available at 940-369-8652. Postmaster: Please send requests for changes of address, accompanied if possible by old address labels, to the University Sincerely, of North Texas, University Relations, Communications and Marketing, 1155 Union Circle #311070, Denton, Texas 76203- 5017. “University of North Texas,” “UNT” and “Discover the power of ideas” and their associated identity marks are official trademarks of the University of North Texas; their use by others V. Lane Rawlins is legally restricted. President URCM 12/10 (11-004) [email protected]

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grade and finished high Let us know what you think about news school at the Demonstration and topics covered in The North Texan. School. Letters may be edited for length and publication style. Peggy Abbey Browne Denton

The lot on Avenue A Read more letters and share your comments at where the Abbey House northtexan.unt.edu. stood is now occupied by a business (The Garage) and a parking lot. When I was a Henry Whiddon When Mr. Whiddon The Abbey House little boy, I lived with my noticed and quietly comment- grandparents around the ed on my smaller-sized paper, The Abbey House (Dear corner on Mulberry Street, I said I hoped to be able to North Texan, fall 2010), at where the Art Building is purchase the correct size soon. 113 Avenue A, just half a now. When I first remember He made no further com- block from Hickory Street, it, it was called the Gross ment, but later in the class, he belonged to my mother, Lillie House, run by an older lady came to me carrying a large Abbey, who purchased it by that name. It was a large, almost-new drawing tablet. from a Mrs. Gross sometime very nice white frame house, Seeing the obituary notice He said, “A student left this around 1945. It had 17 two or three stories. I suspect for Henry Whiddon in the fall tablet here last semester, so bedrooms, as I remember, this fine house had been built North Texan brought back you may as well use it.” and she fed about 125 earlier by a prominent fond memories. Nothing about this students dinner and supper. Denton family. As an art major, I took exchange was done in a way to She had several students who From the 1920s to 1950s, Figure Drawing from Mr. embarrass me, but it let me waited tables for their food. Denton had many such Whiddon in the mid-’60s. We know he had sized up my I attended North Texas as boarding houses — many were required to use tablets of situation and cared enough to did several members of my converted from big, turn-of- large drawing paper for our help me find a solution. family. I also started first the-century family homes, classes. As a student on a very I always considered Mr. limited budget trying to Whiddon one of my favorite purchase supplies for all my professors — not only because art classes, I sometimes found he certainly knew how to the money running out before teach art and get the best from the end of the month. his students, but also because That situation occurred he showed me that he cared one time when I needed to about us. purchase a new drawing tablet for my class. Not having the Marsha Slaughter necessary funds at that time, I Barrett (’66) brought a smaller tablet that I Longview already owned until I could purchase another of the required size.

4 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Sweet Estes I was a student at North Texas from 1972 to 1974. While there, I took horseback riding for a P.E. class — much to my delight — taught by Sweet Estes (’48). I was able to do some volunteer work around the stables on Bonnie Brae and got to know Sweet well. She had a ranch near Sanger where some of us would go on weekends to work as volunteer wranglers and take groups out for trail rides — Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, church groups. We would get up before dawn to round the horses up, feed them and get them saddled and ready. Many of us also worked at the stables running the rental operation on the weekends, again volunteering for something we loved. We knew all the horses by name and knew their personalities, too. All of my close friends from UNT were “stable buddies” and are still my friends to this day. I believe Sweet has since Editor’s note: Last year, on the 20th anniversary of Sweet’s death, passed on, but I’m sure she’s not forgotten. some of her former students successfully applied for her inclusion in the pool of nominees for the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Karen Wooldridge Mulliniks Derouen (’74) Worth. They are now working to ensure she’s chosen. Visit northtexan.unt.edu/letters for information.

and many operated by archives, circa 1940, shows the just off the dance floor where widows. I understand they Abbey House at the top left on we often whiled away our originally catered to single Avenue A, across the street from time dancing the North men and salesmen. During the old Science Hall. Hickory Texas Push. It was called the the Depression, there were Street is on the left. UB back then. I’m the guy If you would like to comment many more men seeking trying to look cool with the on a story, share your North Texas cheap “room and board.” Changing times Philly’s Cheroot. We all used memories or photos, submit news By the end of World War to look so forward to the or obituaries, or otherwise get in II, there were hundreds of Yucca Beauty calendar. Times touch with us, we would love to thousands of veterans change. hear from you. coming home and taking advantage of the G.I. Bill to A.B. Thomas (’66) E-mail: [email protected] put them through college. I Dallas Online: northtexan.unt.edu think this is about the time (follow the “Contact Us” link) Mrs. Abbey took over. Phone: 940-565-2108 Fax: 940-369-8763 Joe Mitchell (’57) I recently ran across the Mail: The North Texan; Denton enclosed picture from a Feb. University of North Texas; 5, 1964, edition of the Division of University Relations, Editor’s note: The aerial photo Cam­pus Chat. It was taken in Communications and Marketing; at left from the university’s the late, lamented old UB, 1155 Union Circle #311070; Denton, Texas 76203-5017

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As unt grows, so does its commitment promoting to offering a high-quality education to undergraduate and graduate students across the disciplines. The university’s faculty excellence members are winning more awards for teaching, research and creative activities. And when faculty succeed, student achieve- With talents spanning the arts and the sciences, ment follows. UNT’s students and faculty garner national This fall, talented students and faculty members earned recognition as leaders in their fields. national recognition for their work in fields as diverse as fashion design, communication design, computer science, plant biology, chemistry, geography and psychology.

6 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Award-winning faculty Several UNT researchers have received national and international recognition this fall for their work. Cheng Yu, assistant professor of engineering technology, is UNT’s newest recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER award, the most prestigious award the NSF Cheng Yu gives to young investigators. His research Brad Holt Brad will help design stronger, reliable Student excellence cold-formed steel buildings to withstand earthquakes or Robert Richard, left, a double major in fashion design and hurricanes. Yu is the sixth UNT faculty member to receive a fashion merchandising, created a job interview suit that earned CAREER award. him second place and a $4,000 scholarship at the national Feifei Pan, assistant professor of Design Your Future competition presented by the Hispanic geography, has been selected to receive Association of Colleges and Universities and Gap Inc. Richard one of 32 nationally competitive Ralph was one of five finalists who competed in September during E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement HACU’s 24th annual conference. Awards from Oak Ridge Associated For an interactive design class at UNT, communication Universities, from 114 applicants. Pan design senior Emily Schwarting, above, used Adobe After was one of only four faculty members Effects software to create an interface concept that helps people from Texas colleges and universities shop for food while looking for recipes to fit their groceries. Her selected as winners. He is the seventh project was named one of three finalists in the non-browser- UNT faculty member to win a Powe Feifei Pan based design category at the international Adobe Design award since 2005. Achievement Awards 2010, the world’s premier design, film and For his work promoting disability issues in psychology interactive media competition for higher education students. graduate training and education, Randall J. Cox, principal Five Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science students lecturer in psychology and director of the Psychology Clinic, were named regional finalists at the 2010-11 Siemens Competi- received the Distinguished Contributions to the Advancement tion in Math, Science and Technology for their research in of Disability Issues in Psychology Award. It is given by the computer science, chemistry and biological sciences, and another American Psychological Association’s Committee on Disability 11 students were named semifinalists. TAMS students won more Issues in Psychology. awards than students from any other participating Texas school. Wes Borden, the Robert A. Welch Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry doctoral student Chris Dewberry won an award to received the James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic attend the Nobel Laureates Meeting in Lindau, Germany, this Chemistry, one of the American Chemical Society’s most year, the third UNT student chosen in three years. Top students prestigious honors. and young researchers from around the world apply. At UNT, And Angela Wilson, professor of chemistry and co-director Dewberry constructs and tests prototype microwave spectrom- of the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Model- eters, which provide information about a molecule’s geometry ing (CASCaM), has been named to the 2010 Class of Fellows and electronic structure. of the American Chemical Society. She also received this year’s And doctoral student Joe Louis was selected to receive the international Quantum Systems in Chemistry and Physics 2010 John Henry Comstock Graduate Student Award by the Promising Scientist Award of CMOA (the Centre de Méca- Entomological Society of America. Louis, who is working nique Ondulatoire Appliquée in Paris). toward his doctoral degree in plant molecular biology, is one of five students across the country chosen to receive the prestigious Watch a video of Schwarting’s project at and highly competitive award designed to promote interest in northtexan.unt.edu/online. entomology at the graduate level.

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Pass it on: Great things are happening at UNT. Learn about them here and share our successes with your family and friends. • New shelters are the cat’s meow. UNT’s structural maintenance department and the UNT Feral Cat Rescue Group are recycling scrapped materials to build waterproof, durable cat shelters with feeding stations. They’ll construct 23 shelters, expected to last 10 to 15 years, as the rescue group follows the humane “trap, neuter and return” philosophy for managing the feral cat population on campus. Since 1998, 258 cats have been helped. • Girl brain power! The College of Engineering’s Summer Robocamp for Girls won the Metroplex Tech Titan of the Future-University Level award. Now in their sixth year, the free summer camps for high school girls hosted at UNT’s Discovery Park feature hands-on activities and experiments in robotics, engineering design, critical thinking and computer programming. • Burn calories, churn electricity. The Pohl Recreation Center, one of the largest human power plants in the country, is feeding electricity into its power grid from the kinetic energy that is being produced by users exercising on the 36 Precor elliptical machines. One machine during a 30-minute workout produces 50 watt hours of clean, carbon-free electricity.

B r i LL I A n t LY g r e e n Thomas Saldana

LLP 2010 Leadership Record enrollment a 7 percent increase in new Luncheon in November. UNT’s fall 2010 freshmen. UNT was again The Murphy Award for enrollment increased 3.8 ranked in the top 50 for the Lifetime Achievement in percent from last fall. Today, number of undergraduate Entrepreneurship was awarded 36,118 students are pursuing degrees awarded to ethnic to Herb Kelleher, co-founder degrees at UNT, making it the minority students and is No. 6 Frank Deford lecture of Southwest Airlines. largest, most comprehensive on the 2010 Best for Vets list. Frank Deford, author of 15 The center also sponsors university in the 16-county It also was named by Forbes as books, commentator every entrepreneurial contests such as North Texas region, which is one of America’s Best Colleges. Wednesday on NPR’s Morning the IDEA competition and the home to the nation’s sixth Enrollment figures no longer Edition, and senior contributing New Venture Creation Contest. largest economy. include students at UNT writer at Sports Illustrated, The New Venture Creation This fall’s enrollment Dallas. delivered the keynote speech at winners, who can earn prize includes a 6 percent increase the Murphy Center for money totaling up to $50,000, in graduate enrollment, at an Entrepreneurship’s BDO USA, were announced at the luncheon. all-time high of 7,794, and

8 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 UNT students Terrell Quillin, left, RTVF senior, and Hazel Kittredge, home furnishings and merchan­dising senior, visit in front of the Multicultural Center’s new mural and offices at the University Union. Gary Payne Travel and learn from UNT faculty on Travel-Learn Program trips that combine Multicultural Center The new mural by Chicago Student services grant leisure and sightseeing renovation artist Damon Lamar Reed Through UNT’s Student with educational and Balloons, food, a keynote depicts college-age people Support Services Program, cultural enrichment. speech from Cynthia Iza­guirre of different cultures, showing many economically and Visit call.unt.edu, call (’97), co-anchor of WFAA’s the populations the center physically disadvantaged 940-565-3482 News 8 Daybreak, and the serves. Reed was one of six students are helped with or e-mail dianne. unveiling of a floor-to-ceiling artists to submit proposals to access to one-on-one tutoring, [email protected]. mural marked the opening of reflect access, diversity, equity skill-building workshops and the newly renovated Multicul- and inclusion. social and cultural events. tural Center in September, led “When I think of multicul- A recent $355,102 grant by Gilda Garcia, vice president turalism, I think of something from the U.S. Department of for institutional equity and colorful, and a celebration of Education will extend the diversity. peoples,” Reed says. program through 2015, As UNT’s “window to the The new space also has an providing academic support, world,” the center in the expanded student lounge with social engagement and cultural Uni­versity Union sponsors an computer and photocopy enrichment programs to about average of 80 events a year to services, an expanded Alton 250 students who are low- honor ethnic minority cultures and Renay Scales Ethnic income, are first-generation and foster relationships Studies Library, and a Norma college students or have a between different ethnic and Williams Collection of books. physical or learning disability. social groups. The center served more than 9,000 students in 2009-10.

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UNT began construction at Discovery Park on its new Nanofabrication Courtesy of Nelson & Morgan Architects Analysis and Research Facility, one of the most advanced materials analy- sis laboratories at any university with the ability to collaborate globally via computers. The $6.4 million project, funded in part by a National Sci- ence Foundation grant, will integrate UNT’s Center for Advanced Research and Technology with a new 3,000-square-foot clean room that will allow scientists to synthesize and process samples of new materials and then examine them at the molecular and atomic levels.

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New head coach, new stadium

to open new era in football

A new era in Mean Green football is taking shape. Dan McCarney, who has more than 30 years of experience coaching college football, was announced as head coach Nov. 30. And construction on the new stadium “topped out” in October. Both milestones added momentum to the growing excitement surrounding the upcoming season. McCarney, who spent the last three seasons as head defensive line coach at the University of Florida, will focus on recruiting for the Mean Green’s inaugural season in the new stadium. UNT’s 18th head football coach spent 12 seasons as head coach at Iowa State University (1995-2006) where he had a 56-84 record after taking over a program that had enjoyed just three winning seasons in the 16 years before his arrival. He remains the

Gary Payne longest serving (141 games) and winningest (56 wins) coach in Iowa State history. Even though McCarney is a new member of the Mean Green nation, he has ties to UNT’s history, having served on the staff of UNT Hall of Fame head coach Hayden Fry at Iowa from 1979 to 1989. At the press conference announcing his hiring, McCarney named Mike Canales, who was serving as the Mean Green’s interim head coach, as his associate head coach and offensive coordinator. You can be a part of the Mean Green’s future from the start. Order tickets for the 2011 season at meangreensports.com, where you also can keep track of the stadium’s construction. During Homecoming, about 400 people gathered to celebrate the “topping out” of the largest building project in UNT’s history. The traditional commemoration of reaching the highest point of the new structure came right on schedule, 10 months to the day after construction began, and about 11 months before the first home game will be played in the bowl-shaped arena. Alumni, donors and other invited guests, athletics staff and UNT administrators joined workers from Manhattan Construction to sign their names on a 32-foot-long beam that will become part of the infrastructure. The new stadium, as verified in a report by consultant Chuck Neinas, adds to UNT’s state-of-the-art facilities and will contribute not only to the university, but also to the region as a venue for sporting and music events. Through the excitement of what lies ahead, the Mean Green stopped to commemo- rate the long history of Fouts Field this season, recognizing the great moments and players of the past. Gary Payne

Listen to some favorite Fouts Field memories of football legends Abner Haynes (’62) and Joe Greene (’69), read other reminiscences from players, coaches and fans, and share your own favorite memories at northtexan.unt.edu/online. To watch a construction update video and the stadium construction cam live, go to www.unt.edu/stadium.

10 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Former President George W. Bush speaks in the UNT Coliseum during his November visit to campus in conjunction with UNT’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Michael Clements

G eo rg e w. b u s h s p e a ks Former President George W. Bush spoke on campus in November as part of the university’s Distinguished Lecture Series. Bush was the 46th governor of Texas, serving from 1995 to 2000, and the 43rd president of the United States, serving from 2001 to 2009. His memoir, Decision Points, was released in November. The Distinguished Lecture Series introduces the university community to the excellence of world-class speakers whose messages will enhance student learning outside the classroom. The series is sponsored by UNT’s Division of Student Affairs. Previous speakers include Vicente Fox, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Bill Nye and Suze Orman.

New appointments telecommunication services President V. Lane Rawlins for the Computing and filled two new administrative Information Technology positions this fall. Center, which fulfills the data, John W. Hooper, an communications and comput- information technology ing needs of the university’s executive with more than 33 more than 36,000 students years of experience in informa- and nearly 5,000 employees tion technology management, while also supporting services John W. Hooper Elizabeth With is serving as acting vice for the other institutions in president for information the UNT System. technology and chief informa- Elizabeth With (’02 Ed.D.) dent since January and housing, dining services, tion officer. was appointed vice president previously was assistant and Greek life, recreational sports, Hooper oversees the for student affairs. She had associate vice president. The the University Union, student information technology and served as interim vice presi- division oversees areas such as activities and mentoring.

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Yuankun Lin, an expert in joined the Center for distinguished energy engineer- optical physics, is part of the Advanced Scientifi c Comput- ing researcher, is the new chair Bio/Nano Photonics Cluster ing and Modeling (CASCaM). of the Department of Mechan- and has a joint appointment in His research interests include ical and Energy Engineering physics and electrical engineer- computational thermo- and director of the PACCAR ing. His research interests chemistry and spectroscopy Technology Institute at include photonics, laser optics, methods, more universally Discovery Park. Tao brings laser-matter interaction, fi ber applicable density functional to UNT his expertise in Senior research hires optics, sensors and photonic methods, and applications of thermal science, alternative Emerging as a major band gap materials. computational chemistry to energy, multiscale computa- research university, UNT is Jan Martin, most recently catalysis and renewable energy tional engineering, and focused on attracting promi- the Baroness Th atcher problems. renewable energy applications nent researchers, adding several Professor of Chemistry at the And Yong X. Tao, in buildings. to its faculty this fall. Weizmann Institute in Israel, an internationally known

...... ask an expert

Why do we celebrate holidays with certain foods?

odi Lee Duryea, lecturer in the School of Merchandis- • Kwanzaa means “fi rst fruits” in Swahili. Rooted in ing and Hospitality Management and a former execu- harvest celebrations, the holiday has been observed Jtive chef, embraces holiday foods. Duryea, who by African American communities with soul won an award for her potato latkes from the Idaho Potato food, fruits and vegetables, and East African Commission a few years ago, believes our hunger for cuisine since 1966. traditional dishes “goes way back in the human condition.” “Th ere’s always some need to celebrate life,” she says, and rebirth points out that as Americans cook less, a sit-down meal • Winter, when nature stops producing, with family becomes more elaborate and meaningful. signals a time to celebrate and remember Here she highlights recurring themes across celebrations. spring’s rebirth and hope for the coming year. Treats rich in culture • Black-eyed peas, said to symbolize prosperity • Celebrations often feature dishes fi lled with sugar and because they swell, are eaten as a side dish or spices such as cinnamon and nutmeg — ingredients that dessert on New Year’s Day in many cultures. were luxuries in Europe in the Middle Ages. Sweet eners, Collard greens and pork also are traditional, expensive and reserved for nobility, were special additions as green is associated with money and pigs for the holidays. root forward, with positive motion. • Some treats are symbolic. During Hanukkah, to • Th e birth of Jesus is celebrated at Christmas remember how oil miraculously lasted for eight days with feasts, typically including roasted meats. in one ancient story, Jewish desserts like soofganiot Turkeys were plentiful for American settlers. (doughnuts) and latkes or livivot (types of potato • Chinese New Year feasts include oranges, Mike Woodruff pancakes) are fried in oil. because the Mandarin word for the fruit sounds like “ji,” the word for good luck. — Megan Beck

12 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 $1 million donation Ann and Ken (’66) Newman of Denton — each the fi rst generation of their teChnoloGy SuMMit families to attend college and UNT partnered with dependent on fi nancial aid — TechAmerica and the donated $1 million for a trust

Dallas Regional Cham- fund for UNT’s Emerald Eagle Gary Payne ber in September to host Scholars program to support the fi rst United States/ academically talented students Mexico Technology Sum- from families with an adjusted Senior Kailah Borchers, center, and alumna Laura Waldrup-Enwere (’07), right, toast at the Etiquette Dinner. mit in Dallas — an oppor- gross income of $40,000 or tunity for the business less. Newman, now retired, community to explore was the founder and CEO of uNT alumni association international trade Horizon Health Corp. He has served on the UNT Founda- Th e fall Etiquette Dinner — one of many mentoring issues and network with tion Board of Directors since opportunities organized by the UNT Career Center and industry stakeholders 1982 and is currently its chair. the Alumni Association that off ers alumni a way to help from the two countries. students — paired former and current students for a meal The event gathered nSF math grant led by Diane Gottsman, owner of Th e Protocol School of business and academic Funded by a fi ve-year, $1.5 Texas. Gottsman coached them through professional table leaders, policymakers, million National Science manners in the Gateway Center Ballroom. government offi cials and Foundation grant, a new Senior psychology major Kailah Borchers attended the technology advocates Research Training Group in event and says the experience was invaluable. to learn more about logic and dynamics in the “I loved the networking, as well as the speaker, who was Mexico’s advancing Department of Mathematics highly entertaining — especially during situations when we technology economy will address fundamental didn’t know what we were supposed to be doing,” she says. and ways the countries questions in mathematics Borchers sat with Laura Waldrup-Enwere (’07), a can compete together about why certain problems fi nancial advisor for Ameriprise Financial Services in in the global economy. are more complex than others. Richardson. Th e program will work to “It was fun! Not only did I learn a lot about profes- Topics included how to increase the number of sional etiquette, but it was nice to see students interacting benefi t from international undergraduate and advanced with alumni, get to know a couple of them and give them product development, degrees in mathematics, as well some tips on what life is like after graduation,” Waldrup- create a cross-cultural as the number of female and Enwere says. and technically skilled ethnic minority mathematics Alumni volunteers are needed and can sign up to help work force, and better students, by providing students through etiquette dinners and other advising, understand NAFTA, legal scholarships, paid research networking, mentoring and skill development events. compliance issues and projects, annual conferences, To learn how you or your company can get involved, contact intellectual property laws. research seminars and teaching Alison Delicati at the UNT Career Center at 940-565-2102 workshops. Su Gao, professor or [email protected]. of mathematics, is coordinat- To join the association or learn more, visit ing the project. www.untalumni.com, e-mail [email protected] or call 940-565-2834.

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14 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Storytellers by nancY KoLStI

Cynthia Izaguirre (’97), co-anchor of News 8 Daybreak on WFAA-TV/ Channel 8 in Dallas, makes it her mission to tell inspiring stories about people helping other people. In her “Our Neighbor” segment, Izaguirre has profi led a 23-year-old with cerebral palsy who assists occupational therapists at a nursing home, a high school graduating class that raised money to pay the medical expenses of a classmate who died, and grandmothers who use their limited retirement funds to sew pillows for troops fl ying off to war zones. “I love highlighting the incredible people in North Texas who volunteer their time. Th ey make me want to be a better person,” says Izaguirre, who honed her storytelling skills in UNT’s broadcast journalism program. “My professors always told us it’s the human interest stories that grab the ear and the heart, because chances are we can all somehow relate.”

Compelling stories Training students to create compelling stories while informing society with truth and factual accuracy has been a goal of UNT’s journalism programs since C.E. Shuford founded the journalism department in 1945. Graduates of the department, which became the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism in September 2009, include several Pulitzer Graduates of unt’s Prize winners, such as Leona Allen (’86), deputy managing editor of Th e Dallas Morning News, who won the prize for her reports on local racial Mayborn School of attitudes while working at the Akron Beacon Journal, and the late Howard Swindle (’68), who led e Dallas Morning News to three Pulitzers as an Journalism focus on editor focusing on issues such as racial segregation and police abuse. Today’s journalism graduates are faced with the challenges of keeping up the basics of good with rapidly changing technologies while still telling stories that draw readers in. As newspapers’ online counterparts grow and a web presence is a corporate storytelling amid a necessity, journalists and public relations professionals now must know how to write for the web, shoot photos and create videos. changing fi eld. Function, not form UNT’s journalism faculty members are training students to adapt to these changes with undergraduate courses such as multimedia storytelling, visual

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news storytelling and online journalism. campaign,” he says. “If we teach students its Twitter and Facebook accounts. Th is spring, the Mayborn School will to craft beautiful stories in copy or image, Womble, who was an arts writer, off er a course on the use of Twitter, they will always have jobs.” commentary editor and editor-in-chief Facebook and other social media sites. of the North Texas Daily as a student, And the Mayborn Graduate Institute, A larger story launched Cosmopolitan’s website after her which houses the only nationally Eric Gay (’90), a photographer at the original website, Homegurls, with tips on accredited journalism master’s degree Associated Press San Antonio bureau decorating and entertaining, received program in Texas, off ers a course for more than 10 years, says he’s grateful positive attention. on blogs and other new areas he was required to report and write “Th e challenge of editing a website is of communication. stories like any other undergraduate in to create a product that is diff erent from Faculty members say there is the news/editorial journalism sequence. the magazine, but still interesting to the crossover between the school’s two Gay, a Pulitzer Prize fi nalist for subscribers as well as people who come undergraduate departments — news breaking news photography for his to the site while surfi ng the web,” she and strategic communications — coverage of New Orleans after Hurricane says. “At UNT, I learned that editing is and they encourage students to take Katrina, began shooting video essays as an ongoing process, which helps me courses from both. well as still photography this year. Th e tremendously because the website must “Our students have learned that footage is distributed worldwide through constantly change content.” there’s not just one way to tell a story the AP’s YouTube account. and convey information; instead, they “Even before I started creating video new opportunities know to use an integrated approach by essays, I realized I was shooting my Wendi Strong (’83, ’90 M.J.) is the combining print with visual media, the photos as part of a larger story, and the executive vice president of corporate web and social media,” says Roy Busby photos needed to go with the written communications at USAA, a Fortune (’59, ’66 M.B.A.), the school’s interim story,” he says. “Th inking as a storyteller 500 fi nancial services company in San associate dean and the associate director really helps you consider not just the Antonio. She and her staff frequently of the Mayborn Graduate Institute. broader view, but the details of how an create videos about the lives of the Mitch Land (’82), interim dean of the event impacts people’s lives.” members of the association — U.S. Mayborn School and director of the Ashley Womble (’04), who became military personnel and their families — Mayborn Graduate Institute, describes Country Living magazine’s web editor in to encourage emotional connections the school as one of “function, not form.” the fall after serving as web editor for between employees and those they serve. “Journalism is about telling stories, Cosmopolitan magazine, calls herself “a She says that USAA is a recognized reporting facts and keeping readers’ storyteller on the web.” She includes leader in the use of social media, with attention — whether it’s a long narrative everything from videos and slideshows to 100,000 Facebook followers and 10,000 story for a printed publication, a blogs, polls and quizzes on her maga- followers on Twitter. broadcast story or a public relations zine’s website. She also regularly posts on “We’re now working on an iPad

16 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Cragg Hines Alex Brandon Alex application,” says Strong, who earned her It appeared in the Chronicle for more Mayborn Graduate Institute sponsored undergraduate degree in psychology than a week,” Hines says. “Today, the the fi rst Mayborn Literary Nonfi ction before pursuing a master’s in journalism. industry is so fast-paced that you have to Conference and off ered its fi rst literary “We were taught the power of print, negotiate for an extra fi ve or 10 minutes nonfi ction writing class in Archer City, graphics, video and photos as tools to of writing, not another day or week.” home of author Larry McMurtry (’58). help us communicate clearly,” she says. Th e summer class includes attendance at “We just didn’t know the opportunities importance of narrative the conference where students meet and we’d have now for distribution.” Despite the immediate nature of take lessons from prominent storytellers Even veteran journalists with decades writing for the web, the Mayborn School such as Gay Talese, Joyce Carol Oates of reporting and writing are using new faculty continue to stress the value of and Ira Glass. technology. narrative journalism for all media and Knight says attending the Archer City Cragg Hines (’67), who was a genres. class, taught by George Getschow, Washington, D.C., bureau chief, editorial Paul Knight (’06), a reporter for the a principal lecturer in journalism and columnist and national political writer Houston Press, an alternative newsweekly, a Pulitzer Prize fi nalist for a series he for the Houston Chronicle, says he wrote notes that long-form journalism is still wrote for Th e Wall Street Journal, “was for the Chronicle’s blog toward the end of the focus of his work. He regularly writes an eye-opening experience.” his 35-year career — and not just magazine-length investigative pieces and “It changed my whole outlook on the political commentary. In one entry, he profi les for thePress’ print and online journalism industry and what I could do discussed his personal experience with versions, including a story about with my journalism degree,” Knight says. the not-so-friendly skies after facing unintended acceleration in Toyota As the journalism industry evolves, airline delays. Priuses that was published before the faculty members agree the Mayborn “Bloggers often must convince editors topic made international headlines last School is growing while holding true to that just because something is breezy, it’s spring. He also writes for the Press’ its commitment to accurate, compelling not going to take less time to craft,” “Hair Balls” blog. storytelling fi rst. he says. Knight credits the Mayborn School’s “Our new branding slogan is ‘Your Hines currently writes for Washingto- emphasis on narrative journalism — story starts here,’” Busby says. “Pop nian, a general interest monthly about nonfi ction writing that focuses on Shuford would clap his hands at what the Washington, D.C., area. storytelling — for his understanding we are doing.” He recalls that before the Internet and of how to keep readers engaged. other technology, more journalists had Th e school began both the time and the space in newspa- focusing on narra- pers for long, detailed stories. tive journalism at read more about journalism alumni and their “I spent six months working on a the graduate level in work at northtexan.unt.edu/online. series for the 50th anniversary of D-Day. 2005, when the

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A painting by the famous artist Renoir. UNT Art A sculpture by National Medal of Arts honoree Jesús Moroles (’78). A dump truck filled with native Texas plants, making a path statement about water conservation. Those are but three of the 36 art works on UNT Art Path — a self-guided walking tour From sculptures and paintings to light sconces, of art on campus. A color-coded, pocket-sized map now gives tour the art on campus with help from a new map. visitors the story behind the art. “Artworks have been important elements of the university Enjoy a slideshow of our campus treasures for many years,” says UNT Art Gallery Director Tracee W. at northtexan.unt.edu/online. Robertson (’94), who directed the project. “The tour introduces people to artworks or spaces they hadn’t noticed before and provides new information about favorite pieces.”

18 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 The two-part tour starts with artist Gerald Balciar’s bronze eagle, In High Places, outside the Hurley Administration Building. Visitors will see other eagle sculptures inside the building before heading out to the Library Mall and inside Willis Library, where Renoir’s painting hangs in the Rare Book Room. The tour also highlights the works of faculty, alumni and students — including two student oil paintings in the General Academic Building. Those student works were purchased in 2009 by the university’s Art in Public Places Committee with a grant Michael Clements from Wells Fargo. Other works include well-known artist Daniel Bozhkov’s Rainmakers’ Workshop, a rainwater catchment system. The piece, created in conjunction with the UNT WaterWays conference, features a dump truck filled with native Texas plants irrigated with water runoff from the Art Building’s roof. In all, the first leg of the tour includes 26 pieces in eight buildings. The final piece is artist Francoise Grossen’s large knotted sculpture, Tensile Ten, a wall hanging in the University Union. A 15-minute walk takes visitors to the second part of the tour, with Diamondback Ruin Totem by Moroles outside the Gateway Center, three bronze sculptures outside Mozart Square Michael Clements and a sculpture, painted portraits and stained-glass light sconces inside the Murchison Performing Arts Center. “Individually, the works on the tour mark milestones, such as the university centennial; they honor faculty contributions and student accomplishments; and they make statements about contemporary life,” Robertson says. “Together, they tell part of the story of UNT.” Works on the tour have been acquired through donations, student projects, purchases and commissions. The Art in Public Places program was initiated in 2009 to integrate new artworks into the campus environment. Contributing to the project were Robertson; Katherine Stewart, an art history student who conducted the research on Michael Clements the art works; Victoria DeCuir (’97, ’05 M.A.), assistant director of exhibitions and collections at the UNT Art Gallery; and designer Karen SG Milnes. The Art Path tour will be updated as new works are added At left: The Renoir paintingEtude: Femme en bust tenant un livre, and iconic spaces are created on campus through the Art in Public 1890s. Above, from top: Gerald Balciar’s In High Places, 1990; Mariko Frost’s Travel in the City, 2008, left, and Sarah Williams’

Places program. Marceline Dusk, 2009; and Mac Whitney’s Carrizo, 1992.

Pick up UNT Art Path maps in the University Union Information Center, the Office of the Dean in the Art Building, UNT on the Square or the Alumni Center at the Gateway Center. Docent-led tours are available by appointment. For information, contact Tracee W. Robertson at 940-565-4001 or [email protected].

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Chile Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Americans, Mexicans and pennybacker biography Books Conservation Program and Field Mexican Americans in Th e In Call Her Station, says the Yahgan and Literatures of the U.S.-Mexican a Citizen: Bird guide and more Mapuche people of the area have War: Narrative, Time and Identity Progressive- Th e Multi- handed down bird stories for (University of Texas Press). Era Activist ethnic Bird hundreds of years. Accompany- Rodríguez, who analyzes and Educator Guide of the ing the book are two audio CDs dime novels, accounts from the Anna Sub-Antarctic of bird narratives translated from front, Mexican American writ- Pennybacker (Texas A&M Forests of interviews with elders, birdcalls ings and other popular writings University Press), Kelley M. South America and pronunciations of the birds’ about the war, says historical King, assistant professor of (UNT Press/Universidad de names in four languages. awareness of the war and its ef- teacher education and adminis- Magallanes) by Ricardo Rozzi fects lies at the center of modern tration, examines the life of the and collaborators is much more U.S.-mexican War cultural issues, such as anxieties Texas educator, clubwoman, than a bird guide. Its entries on Jaime Javier about Mexican immigration or author, lecturer and activist. 50 bird species of southern Chile Rodríguez concern for recognition among Pennybacker wrote the book and Argentina, such as the giant (’81), assistant Mexican Americans. that became the state-adopted hummingbird and the Andean professor of His book is the fi rst major textbook for Texas history and condor, include indigenous ac- English, comparative study to analyze was used in classrooms for counts of the birds in history and explores how key Mexican war texts and their 40 years. From 1912 to 1914, folklore. literary narrative from the impact on Mexico’s national she served as president of the Rozzi, associate profes- U.S.-Mexican War, fought from identity. General Federation of Women’s sor of philosophy and religion 1846 to 1848, shaped relation- Clubs, one of the nation’s most studies and director of UNT’s ships today among Anglo powerful positions for a woman

Spike Lee at uNT

Writer, director, producer, actor and author Spike Lee spoke on campus Nov. 11 to a sold-out Murchison Performing Arts Center as part of UNT’s Fine Arts Series. Lee’s critical and box offi ce successes have included such fi lms as Inside Man, The Original Kings of Comedy and Bamboozled. He was fi rst nominated for an Oscar in 1989 for his original screenplay for Do the Right Thing. Lee spoke of his days as a student at Morehouse College and the summer of 1977, when he found inspiration from a Super 8 camera he’d received as a gift . “Filmmaking found me,” he said. “I didn’t know what I was going to do. I was floundering. And I got blessed.” He said he went from being unmotivated to being an A-plus student, and he encouraged UNT students to fi nd their passion too. “You don’t want to be positioned fi ve, 10, 15 years from now where you’re miserable,” he said. “When you love what you do, that is not work. That’s why it’s key for students here to fi nd what they love.” Lee, who knew of only one African American director working in Hol- lywood when he became interested in fi lmmaking, said he learned that when you have a goal, you cannot surround yourself with negativity. “Refuse to let obstacles hinder you,” he said. “You let nothing crush Michael Clements your spirit.”

20 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Miss Texas celebration Among the women profiled in75th Miss Texas Celebration: A Dream As Big As Texas by Randy E. Pruett (’77) are the three Miss Upcoming Texas winners who became Miss America: Events Tyler’s Jo-Carroll Dennison in 1942 and then two of UNT’s own, Phyllis George in 1971 and Shirley Cothran in 1975. George went on to fame as a sportscaster, television personality and entrepreneur. In the book, she recalls getting a rocky start to her Concerts in the Music Building’s Voertman Hall will honor retir- reign as Miss America when the crown fell to the floor. ing College of Music faculty James Gillespie, clarinet, Feb. 20, “Stones went flying, the banner dropped, my hair was sticking and Charles Veazey, oboe, March 21. Also on tap is Blitzstein’s up; I looked like a ragamuffin,” she says, but adds that it was a good Regina, the spring opera with the Concert Orchestra, Feb. 25 and ice breaker with the press and public. 27 and March 4 and 6 in the Murchison Performing Arts Center. Cothran (’73, ’74 M.Ed.), who married her college sweetheart, For information on these and other concerts, visit music.unt.edu/ Richard Barret (’74), used her scholarship money to earn a doctorate calendar. in education. “It had always been a life goal,” she says, “and I was determined to Productions of the Department of Dance and Theatre include In honor what was important to me.” the Blood, a tragedy based on The Scarlet Letter, Feb. 25-27, in the The book chronicles all 75 Miss Texas winners, and a DVD Studio Theatre, and the musical Godspell, based on the Gospel includes crowning moments and talents through the years. Pruett, of Matthew, March 31-April 3 and April 7-10, in the University who has judged state pageants and other competitions, was inducted Theatre. For tickets, call the box office at 940-565-2428 from 9 to into the Miss Texas Hall of Honor in 2005. Visit www.misstexas.org. 11 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m. weekdays when classes are in session, or visit www.danceandtheatre.unt.edu for more information at the time. King recounts also garnered awards from the Pennybacker’s advocacy in Dallas Fort Worth Theater Material Evolution: Ugandan Bark progressive reforms, education Critics Forum and the Dallas Cloth, on display March 1-26 at the and women’s suffrage. Observer. This fall, Vahle filmed UNT Art Gallery, presents the work of Seven Days in Utopia, which shot an international group of artists and Dance and Theatre in Fredericksburg. designers with cloth made from the bark of mutuba trees in Uganda. Lesli Best of Big D Garth Fagan Dance Robertson (’06 M.F.A.), lecturer in fi- UNT’s Fine Arts Series bers and faculty fellow in the Institute for the Advancement of the brings Garth Fagan Dance to Arts, is the guest curator. A reception is scheduled from 4:30 to 6 campus this season. The inter- p.m. March 1 in the gallery. Check gallery.unt.edu for information

Michael Clements nationally acclaimed company about related programs at UNT on the Square. Pictured is a detail is led by artistic director Fagan, of Ivan Yakuze’s Cowrie Shells, bark cloth collage and appliqué. the Tony and Olivier Award- winning choreographer of New York City and Hannibal, Mo., are two of the destinations for Sally Nystuen Vahle, assistant Broadway’s The Lion King. The UNT’s Travel-Learn Program this spring. Actor, director and play- professor of dance and theatre, was company performs at 8 p.m. Feb. wright Julie Brinker leads a New York theatre trip April 14-17, and named “Best Actress” by D 1 in the RTVF Performing Arts David Kesterson, Professor Emeritus of English, takes a group to Mag­a­zine in its “Best of Big D” Building’s University Theatre. Hannibal, Mark Twain’s boyhood home, May 20-22. For informa- issue for her role as Willie Loman’s For tickets, call 940-565-3805. tion, visit call.unt.edu/tourlist. wife, Linda, in Death of a Salesman at the Dallas Theater Center. She Visit calendar.unt.edu for more upcoming events.

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One O’Clock news music field. He was professor Voertman Hall of recorder and historical A redesigned concert hall development at the Sweelinck in the Music Building was Conservatory in Amsterdam, is unveiled this fall, after a $6.4 a founding member of the Am- million renovation project to sterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet create a more intimate and directs the contemporary performance space, enhance music collective Blue Iguana. acoustics and install The One O’Clock Lab Band DeRosa has toured and re- state-of-the-art equipment. hit Houston in November for its corded with Gerry Mulligan and Formerly known as the first performances with the Hous- Bob Brookmeyer, among others.

Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Concert Hall, the space was ton Symphony. The band also His arrangements have been renamed The Paul Voertman Concert Hall in honor of the Denton performed at area high schools recorded by big bands, soloists philanthropist and owner of Voertman’s Book Store and Gift Shop. and as part of UNT Alumni Day and orchestras, and he composes Voertman previously dedicated $1.5 million to build the Ardoin- in Houston. for television, film and theater. Voertman organ in the Murchison Performing Arts Center. You can read about the group’s He previously taught at William The hall was formally inaugurated in a three-part concert series in fall tour of Ireland and England in Paterson University, Manhattan November, which included music by artist-in-residence Jake Heggie. the October archives of director School of Music and The Juil- The Concert Hall served as the major performance space for the Steve Wiest’s (’88 M.M.) blog at liard School. College of Music until the 1999 opening of the 1,025-seat Winspear swiest2.wordpress.com. Performance Hall. Now the new Voertman Hall will seat 380 and will And Lab 2010, the band’s Television and Film be used for faculty and student recitals, chamber music and smaller follow-up to last year’s double ensemble concerts. The renovation project, which began in the spring, Grammy-nominated album, was NTTV awards included upgraded mechanical systems, multi-layered walls for sound released this fall and features For the fifth time since 2005, isolation, control booth, ticket booth, Green Room, new restrooms, compositions and arrangements NTTV, UNT’s student-run a updated lighting and a TV monitor in the lobby. Two acoustical by UNT students and faculty as television station, has been rec- “clouds” on the ceiling adjust to fit the needs of each performance. well as jazz classics. Visit www. ognized for excellence by Texas’ jazz.unt.edu or call 940-565-3743 Lone Star Emmy chapter, part of Music Orbison and Pat Boone, singer for information, or order online the National Academy of Televi- Norah Jones, rocker Meat Loaf, at www.penders.com. Proceeds sion Arts and Sciences. Rock rankings saxophonist Lou Marini of the support the jazz studies program In the category of Best Blues Brothers band, Sister Hazel through scholarships, perfor- Student Production, the chapter drummer Mark Trojanowski (’93) mances, tours and other activities. gave awards to two UNT and members of Brave Combo. nominees — “Backpack Journal- UNT faced some stiff compe- New at UNT ist,” a feature story that aired on tition. UCLA came in No. 5 with UNT’s renowned College NTTV Nightly News; and “The a musical alumni line-up includ- of Music continues to attract Republican Faceoff,” a three-hour ing Jan Berry of Jan & Dean, Jim world-class faculty. Among those special covering the Texas guber- Spinner.com, an AOL music Morrison and Ray Manzarek of joining the college this fall were natorial debate held on campus website, ranked UNT No. 2 this the Doors, and film composer Paul Leenhouts, professor and for Republican candidates. fall in its international “Col- John Williams. Edging UNT director of the early music pro- Two other NTTV programs lege Rankings of Rock: Top 20 out for the top spot was Thames gram and the Baroque Orchestra, also were nominated — the Universities Rated for Their Valley University in London, alma and Richard DeRosa, associate documentary/news feature Musical Alumni.” The list cites a mater of The Kinks’ Ray Davies, professor of jazz studies. “Homecoming 2009: A Look few of UNT’s musically famous The Rolling Stones’ Ron Wood, Leenhouts is a recorder Back” and “Taboo Topics,” a former students — The Eagles’ The Who’s Pete Townshend and virtuoso and an internationally roundtable discussion of issues in Don Henley, crooners Roy Queen’s Freddy Mercury. recognized leader in the early religion and politics.

22 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 gala in New York this fall. depicted included designs by Arab and Muslim Cultural visual arts Ligon, who created the line of Oscar de la Renta and Giorgio di’ Studies Institute at UNT, is the functional Braille jewelry to Sant Angelo. Th e images were on co-curator of the inaugural exhibit Winning bracelet increase awareness of Braille display during Fashion’s Night of the new Mathaf: Arab Museum literacy, donates a percentage of Out, an international event of Modern Art, which opens Dec. the company’s net profi ts to Braille founded and organized by Vogue 30 in Doha, Qatar. Th e museum, literacy organizations. She and her magazine, and during NorthPark “mathaf ” in Arabic, is dedicated to husband, Eric Ligon, associate Celebrates the Arts. showcasing modern and contem- professor of communication Th e Texas Fashion Collection porary Arab art from the 1840s to design, have a son who is blind. is considered one of the most today. Th e exhibit curated by important historic fashion Shabout and Al-Khudairi, “Sajjil: Th e winner of the 2010 Fashion on display collections in the country. Since it A Century of Modern Art,” is a People’s Design Award from the came to campus in 1972, it has survey of more than 100 artists. Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt grown from 3,000 items to more “Sajjil” roughly translates as the National Design Museum is a than 15,000. A new giving group, act of recording. former UNT student. Leslie Th e Dress Circle at UNT, helps Shabout participated in a Ligon, designer of At First Sight to fulfi ll the goal of caring for and series of art conversations between Braille Jewelry, won for her Braille preserving the collection. To learn artists and art practitioners in Alphabet Bracelet, which features more, visit tfc.unt.edu. Beirut and Marrakech this fall, on the alphabet in Braille on the front Photos of prized garments in a press tour that also included and print on the back. Th e award, the Texas Fashion Collection at Qatar exhibit Cairo, London and Paris, among voted on by the public, was UNT were on display this fall at Nada Shabout, associate other cities. She is known as one presented at the museum’s 11th NorthPark Center. Garments professor of art history and of the world’s leading authorities annual National Design Awards director of the Contemporary on contemporary Iraqi art. a uNT Symphony orchestra in

The members of the renowned 102-piece UNT Symphony Orchestra got the chance of kick-off to the Super Bowl a lifetime this fall, playing to a sellout crowd of 36,981 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. UNT was the only university the North Texas Super Bowl XLV Host Committee invited to participate in XLV Countdown: Live from Cowboys Stadium, presented by Frito-Lay Sept. 10. The event, which featured a special concert by country singer Tim McGraw, celebrated 50 years of Dallas Cowboys history and ended the three-part Kick-Off Concert Series for North Texas’ fi rst Super Bowl. Faith Hill and Sting were the headliners for the two previous concerts in the series. The UNT Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Clay Couturiaux (’94, ’96 M.M., ’00 D.M.A.), assistant director of orchestral studies, joined McGraw for part of his perfor- mance. The orchestra also played works commissioned by the NFL, providing a live soundtrack as fi lms highlighted Dallas Cowboys history and Emmitt Smith’s induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Michael Clements Michael “Our students played for a crowd larger than any they’ll likely ever play for again,” Th e UNT Symphony Orchestra performed in XLV Couturiaux says. “The Winspear Performance Hall holds about 1,000 people, by Countdown: Live from Cowboys Stadium Sept. 10 as comparison.” part of the Kick-Off Concert Series for North Texas’ He says the main challenge for the musicians at the stadium was being able to hear fi rst Super Bowl. Th e orchestra, conducted by Clay Couturiaux, joined country music star Tim McGraw each other play, not due to the crowd but due to the acoustics. at the celebration. “They had to learn to listen to each other in a diff erent way. It was a very unique experience,” he says. “I’d do it again in a heartbeat.”

Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 23 C hanging the World

Socially conscious alumni and students use empathy, insight, research and leadership for the greater global good by randena hULStrand

Two days after a devastating 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti’s infrastructure and buried masses of people under rubble, Graham Sowa (’08) trekked from one makeshift tent Tto another outside Port-Au-Prince to give victims water and medical care. Th is trip, his fi fth to Haiti, was instinctive after he spent summers in the Th ird World country as an undergraduate anthropology student at UNT. Patients wait outside the Real Hope for Haiti clinic in Cazale, Th rough garage sales and fundraising dinners to raise Haiti, where Graham Sowa (‘08) has worked several summers. money for his visits, he’s repeatedly worked to distribute medications for TB and HIV through Real Hope for Haiti, a nonprofi t humanitarian relief organization. He shares his experiences through YouTube videos and blogs. “We’re all in this together, especially my generation, since we are so globally interconnected,” he says. “Th e more we get one another on the same page and help each other, the stronger we are as a species.” Sowa and other UNT alumni activists are fi nding Courtesy of village Health Works personal meaning in the world’s current events, with a global understanding built in part on service learning, research and study abroad opportunities as students. Th ey recognize promise in adverse conditions and are coupling compassion with leadership skills to bring about change for some of the largest social, political, economic and environmental issues of our time. “Providing students with opportunities to be a part of the Sarah Broom (‘02), executive director of Village Health Works, meets with women at the clinic in Kigutu, Burundi, to community — either locally or globally — is an important hear about their lives and discuss ways they might work part of making sure they learn everything they can while together to improve them.

24 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 they’re here,” says Elizabeth With, vice president for student Botswana, and his passion for debate led him to help organize aff airs. “UNT is committed to engaging our students the 32nd annual World Universities Debating Championship through student organizations and activities that allow them this year, the fi rst in Botswana. to take responsibility and ownership of their communities. “Debate is getting people to talk and see things from Th is helps them become concerned citizens for the greater diff erent perspectives and is part of a better global under- good.” standing,” he says. “I’m trying to make sure that people who don’t have access to the globalized world get access to the globalized world.” Global health and inequalities Now a fi rst-year medical student at the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana, Cuba, Sowa is studying social Learning that Haiti was the second revolutionary republic and preventative medicine, which he plans to practice in rural in the Western Hemisphere in preparation for his high school communities. debate team, Sowa was perplexed by disparities between that “I want to make people’s lives more just,” he says. country and the U.S., despite their seemingly similar Like Sowa, Sarah Broom (’02) has an innate interest in histories. global health and inequalities. She worked as a reporter in “Th ey are so poor and we are so rich,” he says. It motivated Hong Kong for Time Asia and during a trip to Cambodia him at 18 to pack his bags and go. became interested in exploring how the country was recover- As a UNT student, his concern for disparity around the ing after genocide. globe grew. He volunteered with Catholic Refugee Services “I have always been interested in how torn-down places of and met regularly with a family from Burundi, helping with the world rebuild,” she says. their English, schoolwork and cultural adjustments. He based She also was the communications director at Th e Praxis his senior ethnography class research project on this experi- Project, a D.C.-based nonprofi t that works to shift policy ence, analyzing how the U.S. accepts and helps refugees. related to health justice issues in poor communities. She was “It taught me so much, and UNT facilitated that connec- writing and editing for O, Th e Oprah Magazine, when she tion,” he says. says a turning point came — Hurricane Katrina. Later as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, he earned a “I grew up in New Orleans, a place ravaged by all kinds of master’s in public administration at the University of poverty, with 11 brothers and sisters,” she says. “After the

Graham Sowa (‘08), left, provides HIV/AIDS information and support in Botswana.

Graham Sowa (‘08) worked with the Community Volunteer Group of Cazale, Haiti, to plant tree saplings, pictured right, as part of a reforestation project to help protect the roads from landslides caused by the rains.

Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 25 storm, many of my siblings experienced forced migration and generation undergraduates to eventually receive Ph.D.s. displacement. I wanted to go someplace in the world that “My research in publishing prepared me for my graduate could help me put New Orleans in its greater global context, studies in journalism at UC Berkeley,” she says. because what happened in New Orleans was really about the Today, as executive director of Village Health Works — a world.” community-led nonprofi t based in rural Burundi — Broom Leaving her job, she moved to Burundi for a year to work is responsible for the overall direction of the organization as at an independent radio station, Radio Publique Africaine, it grows. She says it is a collaboration that is meant to build where she raised funds and helped develop new social justice healthy, self-suffi cient individuals by providing high-quality programming. health care while treating the underlying causes of illness and disease. About 125 local staff members — community health The power of opportunity workers, agronomists, landscapers, doctors, nurses and cleaning staff — work at the health center in Burundi on 26 As a journalism and anthropology major at UNT, Broom acres donated by the community the organization serves. was always interested in people and the stories they had to “Imagine being less than poor and investing your land tell. Soon after beginning her studies, she joined the North — the one thing of any value — so that you can have a Texas Daily. health center,” Broom says. “I was looking for a big university and took advantage of “What makes me most proud and excited for the future UNT’s opportunities,” she says. of Village Health Works is when we treat and heal people Broom studied at the University of Massachusetts who came to us thinking they would be sent back home in a Amherst and at William Paterson University as part of a casket. When they leave our clinic alive, healthy and able to student exchange program. pursue productive lives, I feel immense joy and a tremendous She also was in the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate desire to do more and reach further.” Achievement Program, which prepares low-income fi rst- Courtesy of village Health Works Health village Courtesy of

A formerly malnourished child, above, enjoys a follow-up visit after receiving treatment at the Village Health Works clinic, right, in Kigutu, Burundi.

26 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 “What the world needs now is the courage to simply act, one person at a time.” Sarah Broom (’02) Courtesy of village Health Works Health village Courtesy of

Community health workers train at the Village Health Works clinic in Kigutu, Burundi. The workers are a critical link between the patients and the clinic.

Fostering new generations and president of the campus chapter of American Human- ics, spent last spring break working with underprivileged children in Kansas City. Th is year she’ll be a site leader in Helping students become engaged citizens and leaders is New Orleans, focused on Katrina rebuilding projects. one of the goals of UNT’s Center for Leadership and “UNT has become a gateway for me to learn about how I Service. In 2009, the center added UNT SERVES! to can play a role in the community,” she says. “And as a resident UNT’s REAL (Residents Engaged in Active Living) assistant in UNT SERVES!, I get to share the ownership I communities, which group together students in the resi- feel for giving back with other students who are then able to dence halls who share the same major or interest. UNT take it and run with it.” SERVES! is focused on community service and civic engage- ment, with students not only living on the same wing of Kerr Hall but also serving together. Building economies Th e Center for Leadership and Service also organizes student work projects each year for Make a Diff erence Day Kirk A. Johnson (’94 M.S.) fi nds personal success with — a national day of service — and through Alternative the triumphs of others. He assessed the war-torn region of Spring Break programs, students who might otherwise be Iraq as senior economic advisor of the U.S. Department of vacationing are rolling up their sleeves to connect with State’s Provincial Reconstruction Team in Muthanna. He communities. knew that the southernmost province, a desert, had promise, It’s through opportunities such as these that students despite having only a small Euphrates River and few natural discover the personal impact they can make, large and small resources. — whether they are picking up trash around campus during “I saw the natural strengths,” he says. “It lacks oil, but it Earth Week, mentoring area at-risk students or feeling has great tracts of land fi lled with limestone, the basis for empowered to take a political stand. UNT is building on cement.” individual talents and passions to foster new generations of Johnson saw this as Muthanna’s economic opportunity to humanitarians. build cement factories to fuel reconstruction projects such as Rachel Rachel, a senior applied arts and sciences major new roads and bridges. He says using real applications for

Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 27 problem solving is why he came to UNT to study applied economics. “It’s not just theory but knowledge you can apply to real life problems and public policy,” says Johnson, who went on to earn his doctorate from George Mason University. “I fi nd data to fi nd solutions.” As a representative of the U.S. Department of State, Johnson’s team is part of the 16 provincial reconstruction units working to build Iraq’s technical capabilities in areas including law, agriculture, the court system, prisons, and political and governance issues. Field visits require Humvee transports with a small Army platoon so Johnson can advise the provincial governments face-to-face on regulatory constraints and Iraqi private investors. “If you can marshal resources locally, you can have the competitive advantage,” he says. Th e transition from a centralized economic system in Baghdad to a more decentralized one with local decision makers has been at times slow and frustrating, he says, but each triumph — such as a new cement factory or the A man, above, in Muthanna province in Iraq, voted in the passage of a new law opening the door to foreign invest- provincial elections last year. All voters dip their fi ngers in indelible purple ink. Kirk A. Johnson (‘94 M.S.), who works ments — makes it worth it. with a provincial reconstruction team in Iraq, speaks with a “I keep coming back because I want to give back to my local businessman at his gas station. country,” he says, “and serve our nation’s best interests.”

Preserving nature’s resources

Steve Windhager (’94 M.A., ’99 Ph.D.) is an advocate for nature, which he believes is in the best interest of history and development. As director of the Landscape Restoration Program at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildfl ower Center in Austin, he oversaw the center’s ecological research and natural areas management for 11 years, and in November was named CEO and president of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in California. To his new post in Santa Barbara, he’ll take his research knowledge of the role of fi re and other historic ecological processes in restoring the Texas Hill Country, and the role of competition in controlling invasive species. “My goal is to use native plants to solve ecological problems,” he says. Since 2001, he’s worked with a team to restore the Mission Reach of the San Antonio River, an eight-mile stretch along the river, to its Philip Hawkins Philip Steve Windhager (‘94 M.A., ‘99 Ph.D.) served as director of the Landscape Restoration Program at the Lady Bird Johnson once stable native ecosystem. Th e area contains Wildfl ower Center in Austin for 11 years and recently was hiking and biking trails to connect San named CEO and president of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Antonio’s four historic Spanish missions.

28 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 “Decades of engineering to combat a fl ood plain damaged her studies piqued additional interests in resource scarcity a once existing bottomland forest,” Windhager says, “creating and, most recently, security issues. Awarded a Kathryn Davis a massive drainage ditch, washing away soil and the existing Fellowship for Peace, she is working on a master’s in nonpro- ecosystem.” liferation and terrorism studies at the Monterey Institute of He consulted with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on International Studies in Monterey, Calif. how to stabilize the eroding area by bringing back the “UNT is where everything started to change for me,” she Blackland Prairie ecosystems more common on higher says. “With these experiences and great mentors, I began to ground. see the world for what it was, not in a one-way interpretation.” He also worked with Advanced Micro Device (AMD) James Duban, director of the Offi ce for Nationally Inc.’s new corporate campus in Austin, built over the Competitive Scholarships, and faculty mentors helped guide contributing zone of the Edwards Aquifer, which feeds Admire and other students to prestigious national scholar- Barton Springs. It is the fi rst 100 percent native landscape ships and fellowships. Duban says it’s not surprising that so corporate campus in the U.S. and one of the largest rainwater many UNT alumni distinguish themselves professionally collection systems in the world, holding 1.5 million gallons. and help make the world a better place. Windhager says UNT’s world-renowned environmental “UNT is the ideal environment to cultivate leadership ethics program showed him that relevant research could solve and communication skills, community engagement, interna- real problems. While earning his doctorate, he founded tional outlook, innovation, creativity, intellectual risk-taking UNT’s chapter of the Texas Society for Ecological Restora- and self-learning,” he says. “It all adds up to an amazing tion, a natural extension of his interests in philosophy and education and numberless opportunities for distinction.” science. “From urban prairie restoration to rain gardens, it all comes out of a skill set of philosophy because it’s important to connect people with the environment,” he says. And as director of the Sustainable Sites Initiative, an interdisciplinary eff ort by the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildfl ower Center and the U.S. Botanic Garden, he’s helping to create national design standards for landscapes such as parks, roadways and gardens, similar to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED criteria. “I’m living my philosophy,” he says.

Everything started to change

Kristyn Admire (’09) worked for the Texas Campaign for the Environ- ment as an undergraduate interna- tional studies major at UNT. She Courtesy of CASA in Monterey County interacted with legislators, communi- ties and corporations, inspiring constituents to write more than 6,000 letters in support of legislation to have electronics companies dispose of or recycle their products. In 2007, this work helped result in Texas House Bill 2712, mandating Kristyn Admire (‘09) helped at a fundraising event for the responsible disposal of hazardous local chapter of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) electronic waste. in Monterey County, an organization dedicated to the safety of children in foster care and the welfare system. “I feel strongly about environmen- tal issues,” Admire says, adding that

Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 29 Al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee to further Peace through education her career interests in intelligence and analysis. “I want to use my Arabic language skills to conduct Admire, who minored in Arabic at UNT, refi ned her intelligence analysis, supervising fi eld missions and briefi ng language skills in Egypt through study abroad experiences, Capitol Hill,” she says. “I want to become a decision maker.” volunteered as an English teacher for Iraqi and Sudanese Patricia Aliperti (’99, ’02 M.Ed.) also is focused on refugees, and conducted extensive research in foreign policy. making lasting changes. She knew at 12 years old, when she As Miss Monterey Bay, running for Miss California USA, came to the U.S. from Mexico and was immersed in school she attends fundraising events for Court Appointed Special without English as a second language, that she wanted to Advocates (CASA) and is now sharing her platform of make a diff erence. language education, which she has learned improves “My views were limited, but something in me told me there globalization, security and adaptability. was a big world out there — you can feel it,” she says. “My Next year, she plans to work with the United Nations international move made me resilient and my school experi-

While doing research in 2007 on the role of education in preventing child traffi cking, Patricia Aliperti (‘99, ‘02 M.Ed.) visited with rescued children at Bal Ashram Rehabilita- tion Center, above, and with a women’s group from a child-friendly village, left, in India.

30 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 ence made me want to help other kids as a school counselor.” What can you do to After earning degrees in psychology and counseling at UNT with stints as a Spanish teacher, Aliperti was awarded make a difference? a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to Peru in 2002. She joined Rotary clubs in community projects including So, you’re interested in doing something to help a volunteering in orphanages and organizations for people cause, but you’re not sure where to start, or are afraid with disabilities, and in a medical campaign where she served to commit large amounts of time? Amy Simon, director as a counselor to remote communities. She returned as a of UNT’s Center for Leadership and Service, says there high school counselor to Fort Worth, but her experiences in are many ways to volunteer that fi t your lifestyle, and Peru kept fl ooding back. she emphasizes that volunteering needs to be a “All the poverty and need still to be addressed pulled me win-win situation. back to do more in other ways,” she says. “Expect to learn from your experience and gain some One year later, Aliperti joined the Peace Corps as a skills, connections and new friends,” she says. teacher trainer, certifying English teachers in Ukraine, “Service is about community and how we connect to educating them to teach students about HIV and providing people to help each other.” training on human traffi cking. Th rough the Rotary Club, Here are some ways you can begin: she helped bring computers to a school and arranged for four Ukrainian teachers to visit Texas to observe U.S. schools. • Don’t let a busy schedule stop you. Find a cause “It was an immersion in culture and learning,” she says. that is meaningful to you and then incorporate service into your routine. Can you make volunteer work a family habit? Can you fi t it into your lunch hour? Get Change through empowerment involved at work or your child’s school, vote or give blood, donate clothing or food. At the end of her assignment, Aliperti was awarded a Rotary World Peace Fellowship — the fi rst ever for a UNT • Serve online. Update organization e-mails and student — to study at the International Christian University reports, or advocate through social networks such as in Japan. She researched the role of education in preventing Twitter and Facebook. Donate through charity shop- traffi cking of children for forced and bonded labor in India. ping websites (search on www.goodsearch.com). Th rough fi eldwork in India, she chronicled the changes in children who had been rescued from traffi cking and learned • Serve on paper. Write letters and petitions. Look at about the empowerment of women in Bangladesh. local and national organizations and send out informa- “Th e children were empowered by human rights tion on political and volunteer or fundraising options. education to become leaders in their own communities, to Write letters to soldiers. organize adults to report cases and to stop the exploitation of other children,” she says. “Th ey were the changemakers.” • Round up loved ones. Start traditions in conjunc- Motivated by the children, Aliperti returned home to tion with holidays or memorable dates to commemo- Texas this year with a master’s in public administration and rate a loved one, such as cleaning up the environment a clearer understanding of peace education. She now works or donating school supplies. as an elementary school counselor in Austin and hopes to establish a peace education club for children. • Mentor in your community. There is always a need “My heart belongs in education,” she says. “I’ve seen the for coaches and teachers. world and the impact you can have by addressing the root causes of problems in society and not just covering them Visit www.volunteermatch.com, a nationwide with band-aids. Th is can only be done by an education that resource, for more information. empowers students to stand up for what they believe in to benefi t everyone, especially the voiceless and oppressed.” Broom agrees that making a diff erence involves inspiring Watch Graham Sowa’s fi rsthand others and eff orts of all sizes. account of Haiti’s devastation after “I feel on a very deep level that human beings have a the earthquake through YouTube responsibility, a calling even, to give back,” she says. “What videos at northtexan.unt.edu/online. the world needs now is the courage to simply act, one person at a time. We can do life-changing things together.” Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 31 highest number of million-dollar sponsorships in Super Bowl history. (See page 23 for more on the concert series Ernestine Bousquet by that included the UNT Symphony Bill Orchestra.) Lively says the Super Bowl is bringing together North Texas communities in powerful new ways. “This is much more than a football game. This has been a unifying agent,” he Lively says. Lively knows how mobilizing a ow does a musician who considered community can transform the cultural teaching his “life’s work” become a leading landscape. He led the campaign to build fundraiser, helping make history with the the world-class AT&T Performing Arts first Super Bowl in North Texas and Center, garnering more than $334 million giving rise to a performing arts mecca? in pledges, including the most million- H Bill Lively says he got “sidetracked.” dollar gifts to build a cultural facility in Lively (’70 M.M.Ed.), a trumpet player American history. who earned his master’s in music educa- Lively’s leadership made all the tion at UNT, first taught band for the difference, according to Howard Hallam, Dallas Independent School District, then president of Ben E. Keith, who was a taught music and led the band at Southern founding arts center board member and Methodist University. He moved into recently stepped down as chair. university administration, eventually A research firm told the campaign heading SMU’s fundraising and public leaders they would raise $150 million at Bill Lively’s first calling affairs operations. best. With Lively at the helm, the The career move was a good fit. Lively campaign reached the $250 million mark was teaching music, but considers himself a strategist rather than a in only three years and kept going. fundraiser, and what he knows about Lively is a great combination of fundraising became his strategizing comes from his musical workaholic, executive and visionary, background and education. according to Hallam. calling card. Lively led a “I think about a symphony and a march “He said many times that the city in terms of all the pieces and how they would only get to build a performing arts pacesetting campaign to start and finish. I approach my work the center once in four generations and this same way,” Lively says. was our time,” Hallam says. “He really build the AT&T Perform- Drawn by the reputation of UNT’s made the project seem significant.” music programs, Lively says he left the The ingredients of a successful ing Arts Center in Dallas university a better teacher and leader. He campaign are a good cause, great volun- learned to think of things — whether teers and a compelling message, Lively and is now overseeing the music or history — in a broader context. says. Lively relied on this perspective to “When you get other people thinking region’s efforts to host its motivate students and now uses it to about noble projects — whether academ- inspire donors. As president and CEO of ic or cultural or the Super Bowl — and first Super Bowl. the Super Bowl XLV Host Committee, he you do something at the highest level, is leading a group that has attracted the you can galvanize people,” he says.

32 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Angilee Wilkerson

Bill Lively founding director of the Dallas What people would be What I look forward to most Cowboys Band. For nine years, surprised to know about about the Super Bowl: (’70 M.M.Ed.) I worked with Jerry Jones as me: Experiencing its legacy, which I Q Dallas executive entertainment For more than 50 years, I have believe will be a unified region producer for Cowboys game been an avid mountain climber, that understands the power of and day entertainment. climbing mountains ranging from cooperation and collaboration. NFL experience: Africa’s Kilimanjaro to Wyoming’s For 23 years, my avocation was Music I’m listening to: Grand Teton. What I look forward to most the Dallas Cowboys and the Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait when the Super Bowl is over: National Football League. For A and Beethoven’s Seventh Advice I’d give a new Embracing my next assignment 14 years, I worked with Tom Symphony student: and climbing more mountains. Landry and Tex Schramm as the Invest your time wisely at UNT.

Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 33 Homecoming 2010 Gary Payne

Old School Homecoming 2010 October’s Homecoming kicked it “Old School” with this year’s takes alumni down theme and was full of friends, fun and Mean Green spirit. memory lane. The Golden Eagles brought 1960 to life again, while the Department of Chemistry celebrated a century as leaders in science. And with a look to the future, the university marked the official opening of the new Life Sciences Complex and the “topping out” ceremony of the new stadium. Alumni groups such as the Green Jackets and the Floyd Graham Society gathered to enjoy friendships old and new. Spirit and tradition was decades strong as crowds fired up for the bonfire, yell contest, parade, tailgating and last Homecoming game ever at Fouts Field.

Find out where the excitement was and post your own Homecoming stories, photos or videos for a chance to win UNT prizes at northtexan.unt.edu/homecoming2010.

34 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Left: Students show their Mean Green pride at the football game. Right: Scrappy gets the crowd fired up at the bonfire.

Middle row: From left, Chase Baine runs for yardage during the game against Florida International University; officials at the Life Sciences Complex ribbon cutting gather (top); fans show support with the Eagle claw (bot- tom); a couple enjoys the glow of the bonfire.

Bottom row: From left, Scrappy mingles at the Mean Green Village; the Aces of Collegeland bring back memories for the Floyd Graham Society; alums cook up spirit while tailgating before the game. Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Mike Woodruff Mike Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Reynolds Gary Payne

Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 35 Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Mike Woodruff Mike Jonathan Reynolds Jonathan Inspiring you, changing the world. As a place where ideas take root and knowledge grows, UNT promotes critical thinking with a global perspective and offers unique education opportunities for all. Through distinguished lecturers, prestigious conferences and personal exploration, students, faculty, staff and the community are inspired to change themselves and the world.

Soledad O’Brien 11th Annual Equity & Diversity Conference Soledad O’Brien, CNN news anchor and special correspondent 10 a.m. Feb. 25 Silver Eagle Suite — University Union Tim Wise, author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son 3:30 p.m. Feb. 25 Silver Eagle Suite — University Union Hill Harper Evelyn Hu-DeHart, director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University 9 a.m. Feb. 26 Silver Eagle Suite — University Union Hill Harper, actor (CSI:NY) and author of TheConversation 10:30 a.m. Feb. 26 Lyceum — University Union Mark Twain Tour to Hannibal, Mo. Through UNT’s Travel-Learn program, tour Samuel Clemens’ boyhood home with David Kesterson, Professor Emeritus of English. May 20 – 22 For more information, call 940-565-3482 or e-mail [email protected].

Multicultural Center Lecture: Blake Mycoskie Founder and chief shoe giver, TOMS Shoes 4:30 p.m. April 13 Main Auditorium — Auditorium Building

Creating Global Consumer Experiences Symposium 8:30 a.m. April 14 Silver Eagle Suite — University Union

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starting from Less than a year ago, Meredith SMith (’08) was using her applied arts and sciences degree working for a scratch travel company. When her position was terminated, she decided to start from scratch as an entrepreneur, opening Candi’s Organic Bakery. When Meredith Smith (’08) was laid off from her job At Dallas-area farmers markets, locals stop by for her as a strategic planner, the mother of four gluten-free, vegan and USDA-certified organic treats. She returned to her love of baking. developed all the recipes and now bakes about 800 cupcakes and more than 10 pounds of animal crackers each month. Read the full story and learn how Smith’s “I could have gotten another job, or I could have started my “Cupcakes for Charity” initiative supports own business,” Smith says. “My education at UNT prepared nonprofits atnorthtexan.unt.edu/online . me for both.”

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Keep up with the latest developments in the UNT as UNT’s assistant vice president Keith Galitz, Canby, Ore. :: family and tell your peers what you’ve been of business services after 34 years was named one of the top inde- up to since leaving the nest. Send your news to of service. During his time at pendent telephone company stars UNT, he was an adjunct by Fierce Telecom. He is presi- The North Texan (see contact information on professor for the College of dent and CEO of rural operator page 5). Members of the UNT Alumni Association Public Affairs and Community Canby Telcom. are designated with a . Service and advisor to Alpha Phi Read more, share comments and connect with friends at Omega, Talons and the Ameri- 1972 northtexan.unt.edu. can Humanics group. Among his many awards, he received the David Martin (’75 M.S.), Daniel M. Johnson Award for Denton :: is a special education 1956 special education facility, for 25 Community Service and counselor for Lewisville ISD. years. The school opened in a Lead­ership and the Ulys Knight Selected by the Amateur Softball Joe B. new building in August as the Spirit Award, given for excep- Association to umpire his 11th Cannon, Wayne D. Boshears Center for tional efforts to build spirit and national tournament, he is the Mexia :: Exceptional Programs. support among the university Texas ASA umpire in chief for received the family. Denton County and was desig- 2010 Texas 1965 nated an “elite” umpire. Bar Foundation Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award. A former Phillip M. Simpson (’66 three-time state representative, M.A.), Lawton, Okla. :: retired Upcoming Alumni Gatherings he has a practice in Groesbeck. after 34 years as a political UNT alumni are gathering to learn more about each other, celebrate At UNT, he has served on the science professor at Cameron their green pride and network for their next career moves – and you alumni association board and University, where he was twice can join them. Here’s a sampling of what’s coming up.

received the Green Glory Award. chosen professor of the year. At UNT Career Fairs: Career and internship fairs offered North Texas, he wrote his thesis by the UNT Career Center are free to alumni on Harry S Truman’s labor pol- job-seekers. Scheduled are the All Majors Fair, 9 1962 a.m. to noon Feb.16 at the UNT Coliseum; Non-Profit icy and was awarded a National and Government Fair, 9 a.m. to noon Feb.16 at the Evert L. Carter, North Rich- Science Foundation fellowship, UNT Coliseum; the College of Business Fair, 3 to 7 p.m. Feb. 16 at the UNT Coliseum; and the College of Engineering Fair, 9 a.m. land Hills :: owns a manufac- which he used to complete his to noon Feb.24 at Discovery Park. turer’s representative company master’s. He finished his doctor-

specializing in Texas gifts and ate at the University of Arizona, Travel-Learn Program Trips: Join small group tours, limited to souvenirs, located in the Fort where he was awarded his Phi 15 to 20 people, with UNT faculty serving as travel hosts. All Travel-Learn trips have been built around the expertise and Worth Stockyards. Beta Kappa key. knowledge of UNT faculty. A “New York Theatre” trip, an opportunity to experience a Broadway play, a musical and an 1964 1967 off-Broadway play, is planned for April 14-17, and an “Every- thing You Always Wanted to Know About Mark Twain” trip is scheduled to Twain’s hometown of Hannibal, Mo., May 20-22. Wayne D. Boshears (’68 Chuck For more information on these or other trips, contact Dianne Gibbons at 940-565-3482 or [email protected]. M.S.), Tyler :: is the new name- Fuller (’79 sake of a school in Tyler. He was M.P.A.), principal at St. Louis School, a Denton :: retired in July

38 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 Barbara Nicholson, Region IV Elementary Principal Nashville, Tenn. :: received the of the Year for the south region first-place gold award fromFore - of the Houston ISD. She is in Word magazine for the book she her eighth year as principal of co-wrote, Attached at the Heart: Rhoads Elementary School. Eight Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Com- 1976 passionate Children. The awards recognize the best independently Nydia published works from 2009. Gonzalez, Fort Worth :: 1973 was named associate vice Bob Eoff, Princeton :: a retired chancellor for institutional diver- banker, was elected treasurer of sity at Tarrant County College. Work of a lifetime the Constitution Party of Texas She previously held leadership at its state convention in June. positions at Yale University, the His mother, Willie Faye Eoff University of Texas M.D. An- Cecelia Feld (’76 M.F.A.) creates artwork like a (’73 M.Ed.), received her master’s derson Cancer Center and Dell musician plays jazz. She improvises. She finds the harmonies, themes degree the same day he graduated Computer Corp. in Asia, Europe and variations in art and captures them in paintings, photographs, in 1973. and Latin America. prints and collages. “Whether I am in a place with a wonderful landscape or in a city, 1974 1977 details catch my eye,” says the longtime Dallas resident. “When I go to work, it’s often easy to pull out natural forms that these images might Elizabeth Roseanna suggest. But that is for the viewer to find.” Wagner McGill (’78 Feld’s work has been in juried and solo exhibitions and corporate Carter, Fort M.B.A.), collections, including Frito-Lay, IBM and Delta Airlines. She has earned Worth :: was Dallas :: such honors as the MacDowell Colony Visual Artist Fellowship and a elected CEO and Residency/Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center. president of the JPS Health founder of PrimeLending, a She credits faculty members Wilfred “Flip” Higgins, Henry Whiddon Network medical staff. In PlainsCapital company, was and Don Schol as some of those who inspired her at UNT. addition to her faculty position honored by the Dallas Business “I was impressed with how many teachers they had in the art in the JPS Department of Family Journal as a Top 25 Industry department and how many different directions I could go,” Feld says. Medicine, she serves as medical Leader at its third annual Wom- “Those three teachers were the most important connections for me. director for physician quality and en in Business Awards luncheon. They were very interested in students grasping the fundamentals and director of quality improvement She founded the residential where you went with it. The enthusiasm they instilled in me made me programs for the family medicine mortgage lender in 1986. Today, want to do this as lifetime work.” and family practice residency it operates in 31 states. After graduation, Feld focused on large-scale abstract paintings. programs. Then in 1990, she pursued printmaking using techniques learned at Jon R. Vandagriff (M.A.), UNT. Now, she uses solar plate etching — using UV light and water 1975 Weatherford :: has published instead of toxic chemicals — at her studio on her farm in Bells. The Parker County Texas Story 1852 “This is not something that people retire from,” she says. Debera to 1956, a history of the county’s “This is the work I want to do all the time. It’s a never-ending learning Blanton formation and first l00 years. experience.” Balthazar, He spent 16 years in the news- Missouri City paper industry and 34 years in — Ellen Rossetti :: was selected education, the last 31 at

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Tarrant County College. The book Desert Storm, and earned a 2008 as a part of Stages, a her husband, Stephen, live with benefits the Doss Heritage and master’s while abroad through musical festival sponsored by “four beloved cats, and many, Culture Center in Weatherford. Central Michigan University. He Theatre Building Chicago. many books.” is pictured with his daughter, a 1983 recent high school graduate. Tom Hoefert (M.B.A., ’89 1987 M.S.), Mansfield :: was Bret D. Rebecca promoted to the position of vice Cary Boyce Adams, Burkhardt president of finance at Justin (M.M.), Austin :: (M.M.Ed.), Brands. He has been with the Bloomington, works for the Waterloo, company since 2006. Ind. :: wrote state of Texas Iowa :: joined the incidental as a consultant for records and the University of Northern Iowa 1985 music for Harp Dreams, a PBS information management. He is as director of orchestral activities documentary following several a certified continuity planner in 1988. She served as associate Rochelle L. Webb, Phoenix, harpists competing at the USA through FEMA and a certified director for graduate studies in Ariz. :: received her doctorate in International Harp Competition. personal trainer through the the UNI School of Music from management from the University The program aired on most PBS American College of Sports 2005 to 2010, and is a member of Phoenix in April. She is the stations in June. Medicine. He was a captain in of the music theory and president-elect of the National the U.S. Air Force, serving in conducting faculties. A musical Association of State Workforce 1989 she co-wrote was presented in Agencies and works as an admin- istrator for the state of Arizona Allan Escher, Land O Lakes, overseeing federal employment Fla. :: anesthesiologist and pain and training programs. management physician with the Moffitt Cancer Center, was 1986 elected vice chair of the Ameri- UNT Alumni Association membership can Osteopathic Board of Cindy Flanagan Stride Anesthesiology. His three-year (M.Ed., ’96 Ed.D.), Sanger :: term began in July. The association works to teaches English and yearbook promote UNT by connecting classes at Gainesville High Arturo ‘Art’ alumni, friends and current School. She received the Senior Gomez, students through programs, Class of 2009’s “Teacher of the Allen :: scholarships, activities, Year” award and was honored joined Atlas networking events and in May 2010 as a distinguished Service Link discounts through Alumni educator at the GISD Shining LLC at its Dallas headquarters as Membership in the UNT Preferred Partners. Stars Gala for honor graduates. a senior manager after 11 years Alumni Association has with CORPTAX LLC, formerly jumped 10 percent from last To join and learn Kathryn Martin Poe, Dallas known as Deloitte Tax Technolo- year to reach a record high of more about the :: was named a fellow in the gies LLC. more than 7,700 members. It’s alumni association Society for Technical Com- a sign that more alumni than and its benefits, visitwww. munication. With 20 years of Ernest J. Kramer (Ph.D.), ever are showing off their untalumni.com or contact the experience in technical communi- Maryville, Mo. :: was com- Mean Green pride, staying alumni association at cation, she speaks regularly about missioned by the Northwest connected with their alma [email protected] or at Agile Scrum Methodology for Missouri State band department mater and networking with 940-565-2834. software development. She and each other.

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music, learning and giving back A passion for music and teaching brought the young George Morey and his wife, Patricia, to North Texas in 1947 from Murray State University in Ken- Jonathan Reynolds George Morey tucky. George was a woodwinds teacher, and Pat taught piano. made for a musically Throughout his distinguished career at diverse home.” UNT, George was an influential teacher That same joy for During Family Weekend, the Morey family received the Generations of Excellence Award. and mentor, serving as professor of flute music passed to the third and teaching composition. He also was generation of Moreys. Grandson Mat- in music and business because they want the conductor of the UNT Symphony thew Morey (’10) earned his bachelor’s in others to have the opportunities they have Orchestra for 25 years. jazz performance, and grandson Michael had. “He was a born teacher,” says Pat of Morey Jr. is working on his doctorate in “Nesha and I have had a good life and her husband, who died in 1995. “It was music. Bridget Morey Davis’ son Keith our education is part of that success,” his calling.” Davis is a professional musician and George Patrick says. “We feel an obliga- Pat began teaching private piano recording specialist. Katherine Morey tion to give back, a desire that comes from lessons while raising their five children, all Jenkins’ children all have a great love for the example set by my parents. My father of whom attended the Lab School. They music. Margaret’s son, Russell Payne tutored adults in reading at the public all returned to the UNT campus and (’06), who studied emergency administra- library and experimented with music as a graduated from the university: George tion and is now in medical school, plays tool to communicate with autistic Patrick (’69, ’73 M.B.A.), Bridget (’70, ’73 guitar. children.” M.Ed.), Michael (’73, ’78 M.Ed.), After George retired in 1980, he and George and Pat were active in their Katherine (’75) and Margaret (’83). Pat took in musical events at famous church and delivered Meals On Wheels “There were so many opportunities for venues around the world. Vienna and to the elderly, work that Pat at 88 still them here,” says Pat, who took German London were favorite destinations. continues. classes herself after her youngest started The two spent their lives stressing the In Saint Jo, where Margaret lives, she school. Of Pat and George’s 17 grandchil- importance of an education to their met a woman who knew her dad. dren, nine have attended UNT, with five children. “I thought she remembered him as the finishing their degrees to date. “We all went to North Texas, not just well-known orchestra director at UNT,” “Mom and Dad loved learning, travel because it made economic sense with five Margaret says, “but she said, ‘George and music,” remembers Margaret Morey kids,” says George Patrick, a retired Morey? Your dad delivered meals to my Payne. “My mother at the piano often executive, “but because North Texas is a dad.’” accompanied my father playing flute or first-rate university. My education has His family says George Morey’s legacy viola, with our beagle, Hans, howling in blessed my life.” was his ability to genuinely care about and the background. And that, combined with He and his wife, Nesha Stone Morey help people. teenagers who loved all kinds of music, (’73), recently gave scholarships to UNT — Randena Hulstrand

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to compose a large work to be was proud to be the first female An eco-friendly future premiered at the presidential African American nominee for inauguration of John Jasinski in the court in about 18 years. October 2009. He has composed When James Clayton Lane (’08) was earning his anthropology many works for Alfred Publish- David Toney, Houston :: degree at UNT, he and his roommate, Matt Mayo, philosophy major ing and Hal Leonard, and lives in was elected to serve as president and childhood friend, spent hours discussing environmental philosophy. Maryville with his wife and three for the Houston Bar Association children. Construction Law Section in 2011. A partner in the Litiga- 1992 tion Practice Group in Adams and Reese’s Houston office, he John Douthitt, Midland :: was named a “Texas Rising Star” is general manager of Mission by Super Lawyers from 2008 to Fitness in Odessa, a medically 2010. based fitness facility managed by Healthplex Associates for 1995 Medical Center Hospital. He is married to Stephanie Douthitt, John Bryson (M.B.A.), and they are the parents of two Memphis, Tenn. :: helped boys, Chase, 7, and Ben, 4. develop “College Ready,” a six- week study aimed at helping Lane saw UNT constructing buildings with green technology on campus, 1993 high school seniors and college like the Environmental Education, Science and Technology Building. freshmen make the most of their “Seeing how UNT was leading the way firsthand really inspired me to Paul Berg (’95 M.B.A.), college experience. A national set the bar high,” he says. Fort Hood :: a major in the U.S. speaker and teaching pastor, he Soon after graduating, Lane worked for Capstone Mechanical and Army, completed the CH47F served at Denton Bible Church remembers sitting inside a Waco church, mentally engineering how its air Chinook Helicopter course. for 11 years. conditioning units could simultaneously heat water. He served in Operation Iraqi “It was all starting to click,” he says. “Nothing was efficient enough.” Freedom in 2009-10 in Kirkuk, 1996 He began researching energy efficiency and took the knowledge back Iraq, and is an operations officer to his hometown of Wichita Falls and his family’s business, James Lane in the Air Cavalry Brigade with Lisa L. Rollins, Langston, Air Conditioning and Plumbing. His grandparents started the mechanical the 1st Cavalry Division. He is Okla. :: is the new chair of the contracting company in 1957. scheduled to depart for Afghani- Department of Communication Lane is certified as a building energy analyst through the Building stan this summer for his fourth at Langston University. She won Performance Institute Inc., and he is a “Legacy” LEED AP (Leadership in combat tour. a Bronze Award in the Tennessee Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional), one of the College Public Relations Associ­ first accredited. This year, his family’s company was awarded a “Take a Terence ‘Teri’ Sharise ation’s 2010 communications Load off Texas” grant to install more than 4,000 square feet of solar pan- Estes, Fort Worth :: an contest for her public relations els, estimated to reduce energy consumption by almost 90 percent. attorney who has practiced campaign for “The Holocaust Lane is in the process of certifying the facilities as LEED Gold. He also family law for more than 10 and World War II” confer- serves on the board of Downtown Wichita Falls Development. Promoting years, ran for the position of ence at Middle Tennessee State business growth and beautification downtown, the group raises money to family district judge in the 360th University. buy old buildings so new businesses can reuse them. Judicial District in Tarrant “I’m proud to say the ideals and principles I learned at UNT helped County. A founding partner of James D. Saint (M.P.A.), drive me toward a more environmentally friendly future,” Lane says. Williams, Stevens & Estes PLLC Keller :: opened a law firm in Grand Prairie, she says she — Megan Beck

42 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 specializing in cases involving ISD in the Austin area. She was James riley, Woodbury, N.J. :: Jeff Temple family and juvenile law, traffi c director of communications for and his wife, Megan, welcomed (M.A., ’06 violations and wills. He previ- the Arlington ISD for six years. their fi rst child, Colin Gavaghan ph.d.), ously served as assistant city Veronica and her husband, Chris Riley, in January. James is a senior galveston :: attorney in Arlington and Sopher, have two daughters. staff accountant for a payments assistant Corpus Christi. and technology company in the professor in the Department of richard zicchino, frisco :: consumer-driven healthcare Obstetrics and Gynecology at the 1997 was promoted within Telligent industry. University of Texas Medical software company from vice Branch in Galveston, earned a Barbara Coan (ph.d.), frisco president of operations to senior 2004 research grant from the Hogg :: with Tarrant County College’s vice president of operations. He Foundation for Mental Health. Southeast Campus, was named oversees the company’s product Stephanie Strong-ables, He will expand a study of the vice president for teaching and development and delivery, which anna :: and Josh Ables eff ects of teen dating violence on learning. She formerly was the includes both professional welcomed their son, Tyler Price mental health and dropout rates fi rst on-site dean of academic services and hosting. Ables, in April. His proud UNT among low-income and aff airs at Collin College’s Preston family includes his uncle, robert ethnically diverse youth. Ridge Campus, responsible for 16 2000 Strong III (’09). departments. A regular presenter at state and national conferences, James she leads workshops on teaching popejoy eff ectiveness. (d.m.a.), grand forks, Jamie muro (m.S.), New N.d. :: was Haven, Conn. :: received an promoted to professor of music at Emmy Award from the National the University of North Dakota, Academy of Television Arts and where he serves as director of Sciences/Boston-New England bands. He received a 2009 chapter in May. A reporter for “North Dakota Spirit Faculty Join us feb. 19! ABC affi liate WTNH, he won Achievement Award” from UND emerald Ball goes gatsby the award for a piece he wrote, and was awarded the “Citation of produced and reported about Excellence” by the National Band The Belo Mansion & Pavilion in Dallas, Texas NASCAR driver Joey Logano. Association in 2010. At UNT, he Reception at 6 p.m. Seating for dinner begins at 6:15 p.m. He also was honored with two was a student of eugene migli- Dinner at 7 p.m. with dance immediately after Connecticut Associated Press aro Corporon. awards. The Emerald ball, UNT’s annual fundraising event to 2002 support scholarships for Emerald Eagle Scholars, is a black tie event. The Emerald Eagle Scholars program 1998 provides guaranteed tuition and fees to academically Nicole offerdahl, mckin- talented students from economically challenged families. veronica garcia Sopher, ney :: is a public safety offi cer Leander :: was named executive supervisor in Plano and was For more information, contact karen Selby at 940-565-3480 or [email protected]. director of school and commu- named the city’s 2010 Employee To purchase table sponsorships, please contact nity relations for the Leander of the Year. She was instrumental Patricia king at 940-565-3687 or [email protected]. in implementing the Automated RSvP by Feb. 7. Field Reporting system, allowing quicker data entry from police www.unt.edu/emeraldball vehicles into main records.

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to Know About Money, helping 2005 students understand principles of ...... I N T H E / / News money management and simple Reyna Gobel (’07 M.B.A., ’07 ways to practice them daily. She The Top 100 Century in the Making moments as voted ➺ M.J.), Grapevine :: dedicated is a financial educator, speaker, on by fans, in honor of Super Bowl XLV’s upcoming her book, Graduation Debt: How author and community activist arrival in North Texas, were announced at the State to Manage Student Loans and Live who attended graduate school at Fair of Texas this fall. The top UNT moment on the list, Your Life (Wiley Publishing), to UNT from 2005 to 2007. coming in at No. 12, was Abner Haynes (’62) and James Conover, professor of Leon King (’62, ’72 M.S.) breaking the state’s college finance, among others. The book 2008 football color barrier. Also in the top 100: Haynes was was the Washington Post’s “Color named the AFL Player of the Year, All-Star and Rookie of of Money” book club choice for Juan José de León, Corpus the Year, No. 28; G.A. Moore (’62) retired as Texas’ June. Christi :: is one of 38 singers winningest high school coach, No. 36; ‘Mean’ Joe chosen from more than 600 Greene (’69) was inducted into the Pro Football Hall 2006 applicants to participate in of Fame, No. 61; and Haynes and the Dallas Texans Glimmerglass Opera’s Young defeated the Houston Oilers for the AFL championship, Ashley Hyder (’08 M.P.A.), American Artists Program, an No. 100. Haynes was at Fair Park with Tony Dorsett to Dallas :: manager of public internationally recognized unveil moments 40 to 21. relations and communications apprentice program in New York. with the Volunteer Center of He earned a master’s in vocal The summer 2010 ➺ North Texas, was selected as one performance from Southern issue of the Smith- of the top 40 community leaders Methodist University in 2010. sonian National Mu- in the Dallas-Fort Worth area seum of the American under the age of 40. The “40 Sean Indian magazine Under 40” awards are presented Halpin, featured the article by the Dallas Furniture Bank. New York, “Composers and N.Y. :: Indians: The Search Toni M. Schuster (M.F.A.), earned a for a National Style Irving :: has owned Schuster master’s in psychology from Preserved Native Tradition” by Lisa Thomas (’10 Design Group since 1993 and is Columbia University in May. He D.M.A.). She performed the repertoire related to her assistant director of the School says as a proud UNT alum, he UNT dissertation lecture recital at the museum and the of Design at The Art Institute of wore his green under his blue. Kennedy Center Millennium Stage in Washington, D.C., Dallas. She is certified with the this summer. She also is working on two CDs for the Aerobics and Fitness Association Harvey ‘Hank’ Harwell, Toccata Classics label in London, a solo album and a of America, The Cooper Institute Irving :: was reassigned with his chamber music album of the work of Arthur Farwell. and the American Council of wife to the Alabama/Louisiana/ Exercise, earning recognition as Mississippi divisional headquar- Kyle Farley (’92) and his rural Cleburne home are ➺ an American Council of Exercise ters of The Salvation Army, featured as a “Work In Progress” in the June issue of international top 10 instructor. where he is divisional secretary Fort Worth’s 360 West magazine and in Dwell maga- She also published her first novel, for business. They were promoted zine’s “100 Houses We Love” 10th anniversary issue. Merging Currents (Aonian Press). from captains to majors within The mixed-media artist, who studied at UNT with the organization. Hank attended Vernon Fisher, lost his studio and artwork in a fire. His 2007 UNT in the late 1980s and later new house is the result of a chance meeting with Austin completed his degree. architect M.J. Neal. A combination work space and Shay Olivarria, Lawndale, home, the two-story, pitched-roof design has a full wall Calif. :: wrote her second book, of glass and translucent siding. 10 Things College Students Need

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Campus Chat and was a member Tucson completed her master’s in UNT’s alumni, faculty, staff and students are the of the Music Club and the Col- education at age 45. Her children lege Players. Survivors include say she instilled in them the idea university’s greatest legacy. When members of her daughter J. Louise that “education could be your the Eagle family pass, they are remembered and Thompson (’68). ticket anywhere.” their spirit lives on. Send information about deaths to The North Texan (see contact information on Myrtle Lea Bennett Romer Marcelle Florence DeLeleu page 5). (’36), Henderson :: She was Hopper (’44), Weatherford :: executive director of Camp Fire She taught elementary music Read more, write memorials and connect Girls in Marshall for 31 years and a education for 42 years and gave with friends at northtexan.unt.edu. charter member of the World War private piano lessons. She also II Memorial Monument Associa- played the organ at North Side 1930s Talons fraternity brothers for life. tion in Washington, D.C., as well Baptist Church for 57 years. She His friends say his retirement as former president of the Hender- spent countless hours researching Hershel H. Stephens (’34), days were spent at the local Dairy son AARP and Pilot Service Club. and writing about The Orphan Bowie :: He worked in the retail Queen, “solving the world’s prob- Train Society. furniture business, taught high lems” with a group of regulars. 1940s school and retired in 1996 from Wilma Cozart Fine (’47), the Denton Area Teachers Credit Violet Roark Ingram (’36, EffieM ae Hammonds White Plains, N.Y. :: She stud- Union. He earned an M.B.A. ’66 M.Ed.), River Oaks :: She Brooks (’40), Tucson, Ariz. :: ied music education and business from Texas Wesleyan University. earned her degrees in music She was raised in Joy, Texas, in a at North Texas and moved to At North Texas, he was presi- education and counseling and farming family with 10 children. New York to run the classical dent of his junior class, and his taught fifth-grade music at Circle She attended a one-room school- division of Mercury Records in wife, the late Helen Anderson Park Elementary School in Fort house and at age 17 became its the 1950s and early 1960s. She Stephens (’33), was a Yucca Worth for more than 30 years. teacher. She worked her way oversaw production of the famed Beauty. He remained close to his At North Texas, she wrote for the through college and later in Mercury Living Presence series

University Community a 22-4 finish, including victories of the University of North Dakota, over SMU, Baylor and Arizona Mitchell earning bachelor’s and master’s Bill Blakeley, State. Blakeley had coached for Douglas degrees. Dallas, men’s St. Mark’s School of Texas and for ‘Mick’ Bohn, basketball Christian College of the Southwest. Flower Mound, Robert J. head coach He coached the Dallas Chaparrals of adjunct instruc- ‘Bob’ Hardin from the 1975- the American Basketball Associa- tor in accounting, died Oct. 20. A (’50, ’56 M.A.), 76 to 1982-83 seasons, died Oct. 27. tion in 1970-71, a franchise that be- CPA, he previously was a consultant Denton, Profes- His teams won 20 games in three came the San Antonio Spurs. After to several companies and an audi- sor Emeritus consecutive seasons, and his record leaving UNT, he served as president tor with Price Waterhouse and for of French who worked at UNT from of 134 wins ranks third in UNT his- of Talent Sports International and the state of North Dakota. He also 1959 to 1994, died Aug. 16. He tory. Hired by Hayden Fry, he took represented numerous NBA and NFL taught at the University of Mary in served in the U.S. Air Force from over a team that won only six games players. He was inducted into the Bismarck, N.D. He was a graduate 1951 to 1955, studying Russian at in 1974 and led the Mean Green to UNT Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.

Winter 2010 | northtexan.unt.edu | The North Texan 45 EAGLES’ Nest of records, which grew to more an area supervisor and director of Charles Evans Dickey (’51, Gene L. Fowler (’56), Ken- than 400 recordings, and pro- vocational and adult education. ’52 M.S.), Fort Worth :: He nesaw, Ga. :: He worked for duced CD reissues in the 1990s worked for Alcon Laboratories Union Carbide Corp. for many for Philips/Polygram. She was 1950s Inc. for 32 years, beginning work years before retiring in 1985. named vice president of classical there when it was a small pharma- He was an active member of the music at Mercury in 1954 and Elizabeth Anderson ‘Libba’ ceutical company just starting up. Ridgefield Marine Corps League retired in 1964 to raise her four Weeks (’50), Dallas :: She He was quality control manager and was selected as member of the sons. Donations in her memory enjoyed a successful career in the for several years and then techni- year in 1985. At North Texas, he may be made to UNT. Dallas recording industry, singing cal international service manager, was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha. radio station and advertising setting up operations worldwide. James ‘Jim’ Paul Cooper jingles. At North Texas, she Richard V. Hall (’57 M.Ed., ’69 (’48), Odessa :: He was a World performed in the Saturday Night Gordon W. Grant (’54), Ph.D.), Victoria :: He earned his War II veteran who transferred to Stage Shows and sang in the Ho Dallas :: He served as an officer North Texas degrees in guidance North Texas on a football schol- Hums quartet and the College in the U.S. Air Force, then joined and counseling. After serving in arship. He was named Honorable of Music’s chorus. Years later, she Tennant Co. and retired in 1993 the U.S. Army, he worked as a Mention Little All-American and sang with the reunited Moon as regional operations manager. college professor, a licensed played for the Brooklyn Dodg- Maids. Survivors include her He and his wife moved to Destin, psychologist and a component ers for a season before pursuing husband, John E. Weeks, former Fla., in 1995. At North Texas, he director for the Region III a teaching and coaching career. director of news and information was a member of the Talons and Education Service Center. Memorials may be made to the at North Texas, and her sister, Kappa Alpha Order. UNT football program. Virginia Anderson Caffee (’50). 1960s Patricia Joy Parker Spears Robert M. McAbee (’49, Malon Lee Mitchell (’50), (’55), Dallas :: She studied edu- Billie Joyce Keathley Johnson ’51 M.Ed.), Fort Worth :: He Georgetown :: He earned his cation and foreign languages at (’64), Denton :: She attended served the Fort Worth ISD for degree in merchandising from North Texas. She was a member North Texas in the ’40s and left more than 35 years, retiring as North Texas and, upon gradua- of Delta Gamma, past Sigma school to marry returning veteran the assistant superintendent for tion, began a distinguished 38- Delta Pi vice president and mem- William M. Johnson (’42). secondary education in 1989. He year career with Kraft Foods as ber of the Rally Committee. She After they returned to Denton, also spent five years at the Texas an office manager and auditor. He was married to the late Stephen she earned a journalism degree. Education Agency, where he was retired in 1988. G. Spears (’59). She was a Girl Scout executive

the Monterey Language Institute in sity of Oklahoma in 1953 after two California. He earned a doctorate Robert ‘Bob’ interruptions for year-long tours of Scott in French from the University of Il- Lee Hughes, duty in the U.S. Marine Corps, first Simpkins, linois and received a post-doctorate Denton, Profes- in the Marine Reserves and then as Denton, profes- Fulbright Research Grant for study sor Emeritus a sergeant in combat in Korea. He sor of English at the University of Pau in France. of English completed his master’s at Oklahoma since 1989, He was a lifetime member of the who worked at UNT from 1962 to University in 1956. He taught for died Sept. 19. Before joining UNT, President’s Council and a longtime 1992, died Sept. 24. He taught in two years at Emporia State, then for he was an assistant professor at supporter of the university. As a the Honors Program and served as four years he was both a full-time South Dakota State University. He student, he was a member of Sigma director of basic courses, where instructor and a doctoral student at was the author of Literary Semiot- Delta Pi and was named Who’s Who he mentored teaching fellows the University of Missouri, where he ics: A Critical Approach, published in foreign languages. in the English department, until earned his Ph.D. in 2001, and edited several his retirement. He received his bachelor’s degree from the Univer-

46 The North Texan | northtexan.unt.edu | Winter 2010 and owned business properties phy director for 30 years. He also the age of 50. She donated original her UNT degree in interdisci- and travel agencies. The Johnsons worked at Willow Bend Mortgage paintings from her books to the plinary studies, with minors in were avid North Texas sports as a loan officer. College of Visual Arts and Design elementary education and reading. fans. to help support the Jean Andrews Her mother wanted Bethany’s Melinda Works Dark (’73), Scholarship fund. She was named UNT friends to know she passed Leila Carol Elam Cleve- Dallas :: She worked in vari- a Distinguished Alumna in 1991. away last year after a scooter land (’67), Mineral Wells :: ous manufacturing support and accident in Bermuda. She has a She taught choral music in the financial positions for Jostens and 1980s memorial on Facebook. Edgewood ISD in San Antonio Texas Instruments and retired as before moving to Dallas where she a financial analyst with Raytheon Hillary Allison Jones Han- 2000s sang and played flute for churches, in 2006. She was a longtime fan sen (’82), Richardson :: She weddings and private parties. of the Dallas Cowboys, Mavericks received a B.S. in elementary edu- Robert Leon Smith (’09), George Morey was her flute and Stars. cation and taught kindergarten Decatur :: He had worked as a professor. in Dallas, Denton and Dripping commercial artist, illustrator and Arlene Nancy Stuerzl Hess- Springs. cartoonist and was focusing on 1970s Dick (’73 M.Ed.), Richardson :: painting and drawing. At UNT, After receiving her master’s degree, Joseph 'Joe' Brent Freeman he was on the Dean’s List and a Candace Marie Wilson she became a marriage and fam- (’85), Arlington :: He graduated member of Phi Kappa Phi. He Singleton (’70), Kennesaw, ily counselor. She was a licensed from North Texas with a business served in the U.S. Air Force and Ga. :: After earning her degree at professional counselor with degree and had been employed Army National Guard and was a North Texas, she graduated from certifications in various addictions, with the Arlington ISD and the member of the Vietnam Veterans Texas Woman’s University with a marriage and family relations. Texas Rangers. Survivors include Motorcycle Group and the Texas master’s in food and nutrition. She his mother, Lynda Peterson Artist Coalition. worked as a certified dietician in Jean Andrews (’76 Ph.D.), Freeman, who attended North hospitals and in nursing homes as a Austin :: Also known as The Texas in 1957-58. Joshua Ray Rake, Southlake consultant. Pepper Lady, she was a celebrated :: He was a sophomore and a illustrator, author, lecturer, natu- 1990s member of the football team. Charles W. Mitchell (’71), ralist, world traveler, collector and He played at Southlake Carroll Murphy :: He sang in the Vocal cook who began pursuing her Bethany L. Hull Heinrichs before becoming a walk-on for the Majority and was the choreogra- doctorate in art at North Texas at (’98), Relay, Md. :: She earned Mean Green.

volumes of the annual publication, from the University of Wisconsin at teaching at UNT, she was involved the University of North Texas, Semiotics. From 1993 to 2003, Milwaukee and a doctorate in Eng- in weekly ministries to the Hispanic Division of Advancement, 1155 he edited Studies in the Novel, lish from the University of Tulsa. community, working with needy Union Circle #311250, Denton, a journal published by the UNT families and teaching English as Texas 76203-5017. Indicate Department of English. His research Gayla Tekell a second language. She also coordi- on your check the name of the focused on literary theory, composi- (’90 M.A.), Den- nated her church’s summer mission memorial fund or area you wish tion, English romantic literature, ton, lecturer in trips to the Valley, where she to support. You can make secure modernism and semiotics. He was Spanish since worked with Hispanic churches and gifts online at www.development. a lecturer in the Semiotics Institute 2003, died Aug. taught Bible studies in Spanish. unt.edu/givenow. For more infor- Online since 1996. He earned a 16. She earned a bachelor’s degree mation about an existing fund or bachelor’s degree in journalism in education from Baylor Univer- Memorials to learn how to honor a friend or from the University of Wisconsin sity before earning her master’s in Send memorials to honor UNT loved one, e-mail [email protected] at Eau Claire, a master’s in English Spanish from UNT. In addition to alumni and friends, made pay- or call 940-565-2900. able to the UNT Foundation, to

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ment of a football road trip, and a third, major prepared me for my career as a GOldEN MEMORIES now-forgotten, newsmaker — that lawyer. I once took a campus stray cat to involved totally redoing the front page of class at a senior level seminar. Every time When members of the class of 1960 Th e Campus Chat. Th is task was more the professor turned his back, the cat celebrated their Golden Eagle status this diffi cult in those days of typewriters, would stick his head up. Provided laughs fall, they marked an important milestone “hot” type and 10:50 p.m. curfews. Th e for everyone but the professor. I enjoyed for the university as well. Th eir freshman second was some mysterious gastrointes- being a part of student government. Th e class was the fi rst to be integrated, as the tinal “bug” that struck much of the experience taught me that the group is fi rst group of African American freshmen campus. Th ose of us still standing got more important than the individual. enrolled in fall 1956. Since the Golden the paper out and later even won an Mostly, I just had a ball. — former UNT Eagles graduated, UNT’s enrollment has award for that particular edition. Regent Edward V. Smith (’60), Dallas gone from fewer than 10,000 students to — UNT Professor Emerita Charldean more than 36,000. Here are a few of their Newell (’60, ’62 M.A.), Denton Upon my return from the service in memories. Visit northtexan.unt.edu/ late 1958, I focused on fi nishing a goldenmemories for more. Dr. Martin Shockley, English 27-hour requirement to graduate from professor, was notorious for leaving the university. I decided to take my last I was a member of the freshman class classroom windows open, no matter 18 hours in fall 1959. I met my future of 1956, which was the fi rst year that what the weather. When a snowstorm wife, Grace, at the company where I North Texas admitted freshman began one January morning, his 1 p.m. worked full time and we dated every Afro-American students. I was also an class came prepared. We had the usual night until my graduation. During this Athletic Barrier Breaker, as one of three coats, scarves and gloves, but we also time, I got very little sleep, lost about 30 Afro-Americans (along with Abner brought along blankets and bedspreads pounds and relied on adrenalin to Haynes and Leon King) to play varsity to keep ourselves warm. Snow and wind maintain my existence. Shortly after football for North Texas. — James made the room unbearable, but we had graduation, I married Grace, and we Bowdre (’60), Radnor, Pa. class as usual — and Dr. Shockley never recently celebrated our 50th anniversary. acknowledged that anything unusual was Th is time in my life was “as good as it Journalism majors tend to remember going on. — Sue Coff man (’60, ’65 M.A., gets” and very intense. I knew then that events associated with campus publica- ’76 Ph.D.), Dallas hard work, luck, being at the right place tions, especially if one were editor of the at the right time and a little smarts were campus paper. Th us, two events stand My fondest memories are of frater- the key ingredients for future success in out — a blockbuster news afternoon nity brotherhood and the lifelong friends the business world. — William Hunt involving a student death, the announce- I made as a result. Being a government (’60, ’64 M.B.A.), Dallas Michael Clements

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with confidence." — Josh White, Mean Green point guard and senior hospitality management major

Confi dence was the fi nal factor as point guard Josh White hit the game-winning free throw that ultimately led to the Sun Belt Conference championship and a spot in the NCAA Tournament. A history of key shots and clutch plays has earned White the respect of his teammates and his peers as he was recently selected the preseason conference MVP for the 2010-11 season by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook.

To children attending the Johnny Jones Basketball Camps, White is the star who uses the fundamentals of basketball to teach them how to succeed in the game of life. With a message to work hard, help others and be confi dent, he’s shaping future leaders.

UNT’s Mean Green student-athletes make a difference in the classroom, on the court and in the community.

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aft er joining uNT in may 2010, v. Lane rawlins became the university’s 15th president when the uNT System Board of regents appointed him in december to the uNT presidency. The former president of Washington State university and the university of memphis, rawlins has more than four decades of experience in higher education. He has built his career on maintaining strong connections between world-class education and research, and he has pledged to help uNT achieve its long-held goal of becoming a major research university while preserving its traditional areas of excellence. He is shown here with Jonathan gallegos, student regent.