MILITARY INTELLIGENCE The number of RETHINKING HOW WE LIVE A study by Richard DESIGNING THE METROPLEX The words military veterans pursuing college degrees Florida and his Creative Class Group suggests and vision of the late architecture critic and is soaring, and UT Arlington provides an that knowledge, creativity, and innovation will UT Arlington benefactor David Dillon helped environment where they can flourish. p. 20 dominate the local future economy. p. 24 North Texas define its aesthetic identity. p. 28

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Conquering the Bully UT Arlington researchers take off the gloves in the battle against bullying A LASTING LEGACY A few weeks after speaking at the first commencement ceremonies in College Park Center in May, James D. Spaniolo announced his retirement as president of UT Arlington. Since he became chief executive in 2004, the University’s enrollment has increased 32 percent, total research expenditures have more than doubled, and private philanthropic support has reached an all-time high. President Spaniolo launched efforts to make UT Arlington a nationally recognized research university and boosted student success with the opening of University College. Other milestones of his administration include the development of the College Park District, anchored by College Park Center, and construction of the Engineering Research Building. “Our next president will join a university on track to become a major research institution,” he says. Spaniolo plans to stay on as president until his successor is selected.

ii UTArlington Magazine Contents Summer 2012 Message from the President Features FACULTY 11 Priscila Caçola has been UTArlington DUTY, HONOR, COLLEGE 20 helping children improve Vol. XXXIV • No. 3 • Summer 2012 After life-changing their motor skills since she deployments to the was a teenager in Brazil. Passing the Baton EDITOR Middle East, young military Mark Permenter veterans are turning to FUTURE 13 by James D. Spaniolo UT Arlington to help them With funding from the ASSISTANT EDITORS Jessica Bridges fulfill their career goals. National Science Foundation, I recently announced my decision to retire from The University of Texas Jim Patterson Qilian Liang examines how Amber Scott BUILDING AN smart grids can increase URBAN UTOPIA 24 our energy capacity. at Arlington. After serving as president for eight-and-a-half years, it EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS UT Arlington anchors a study Herb Booth by Richard Florida and his seems like the appropriate time to pass the baton and let others continue John Dycus Bridget Lewis Creative Class Group that the stewardship of our remarkable institution. I am so proud of where Teresa Newton aims to foster collaboration Traci Peterson among major cities in the Kristin Sullivan Dallas-Fort Worth region. the University is today. UT Arlington’s record-setting achievements ART DIRECTION demonstrate what we have accomplished together. No matter the mea- Brody Price Joel Quintans sure, our institution has made great progress during the past decade. UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY 14 Robert Crosby We enrolled thousands of new students—on campus motivated students, passionate alumni, and dedicated Self-reflection is a common Beth McHenry and online. We invited thousands of students to live friends and supporters. theme in Nancy Palmeri’s on campus and experience a traditional residential Our leadership team—deans, vice presidents, and ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR printmaking artwork. environment. We opened new recreational spaces for others—is superb, the best I’ve worked with anywhere. If COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING students and developed robust, 24/7 activities and I have been successful, it is because of our collaborative P. David Johnson COMMUNITY 17 events to keep them engaged. efforts. It has been a joy to work with such a talented Two dozen UT Arlington VICE PRESIDENT We reinvigorated our athletics program and moved team and to bring attention to their accomplishments. students spent their spring FOR COMMUNICATIONS SHAPING A METROPOLIS 28 it to the next stage, literally, opening up new vistas For all the challenges we face, we are fortunate to be break helping people in need. Jerry Lewis Take a look at some of for competition and achievement. We created new part of the finest university system in the country. North Texas’ most significant traditions and honored long-established ones. We helped UT Arlington is thriving and is well positioned for the PRESIDENT SPORTS 18 architecture, as described elicit the enormous pride our alumni have always felt future. The transformation we have ignited will guide James D. Spaniolo Spain native Maria Martinez- by late Dallas Morning News for their alma mater. the way for years to come, and our next president will Romero was named Southland UTArlington Magazine is published critic and UT Arlington We built amazing buildings that grace our campus join a university on track to become a major research Conference Women’s Tennis three times a year by University benefactor David Dillon. at every turn. We added research laboratories and institution. Player of the Year. Communications for all alumni, as classrooms. We increased our external research funding With the concurrence of Chancellor Francisco well as for faculty, staff, and friends FIGHTING BACK 34 by tens of millions of dollars and continue to build a Cigarroa and The UT System Board of Regents, I will of the University. Reproduction in As bullying becomes more thriving research enterprise that addresses some of continue as president of UT Arlington until a successor whole or in part without written widespread and vicious, Alumni News society’s most serious issues. is selected. permission is prohibited. UT Arlington professors are We built a college town from the ground up and Meanwhile, we will stay focused on our mission. There BEACON OF HOPE 39 The comments and opinions engaged in sweeping helped reinvigorate downtown Arlington. We is much work to be done, and our continued progress as Dr. Robert Lynch ’78 plays expressed in this magazine do research to curb the problem. reached out to the city, our neighbors, and a university requires our best efforts. In the words not necessarily represent a leading role in healing the community—and they embraced us. of Robert Frost, whom I quoted eight years ago those of The University of Texas post-Katrina New Orleans. Most importantly, we helped tens in my investiture address, we “have promises to at Arlington or the staff of of thousands of students pursue their keep, and miles to go before we sleep.” UTArlington Magazine. Columns Copyright © 2012, The University of dreams. We helped put a college degree It has been the highest honor of my career Texas at Arlington. An equal oppor- TALK 7 not only within their reach but into their to have served as your president, and I will tunity/affirmative action employer. Aerospace engineering and hands. devote myself in the months ahead to assuring physics major Erica Castillo is UT Arlington is what it is today a smooth transition in leadership. ON THE COVER UT Arlington’s first Goldwater because of talented faculty and staff, Go Mavericks! From psychology and education Scholar. The prestigious to criminal justice and social honor goes to only 300 work, UT Arlington professors are giving hope to bullying victims. college students nationwide. caring heart 40 Illustration by Noma Bar. Myanmar is among the places CRASH COURSE 8 where nurse Kaci Hickox ’02 Susanna Khavul’s popular has battled disease outbreaks. As president of UT Arlington Entrepreneurship course since 2004, James D. Spaniolo has overseen unprecedented growth takes a customer-focused DEBO BAND 41 in enrollment, research activity, approach to teach students Led by Danny Mekonnen ’03, and the physical campus. how to start and manage Boston-based Debo Band is their own businesses. gaining national attention. CAMPUS CAMPUS Facebook Email Tweets LOOKING BACK Woolf becoming president spring 2012 issue. It reminded College Park Center. Keep up @Mr_Verde09 After 8.5 years I appreciate being able to re- after the sudden death of me of a very long time ago the great work. Go Mavs! at UTA, President Spaniolo decided to retire. He was the ceive UTArlington Magazine. E.H. Hereford. Woolf placed when Brazos House was called MARK SLITER-HAYS ’90, ’96 definition of a MAVERICK. You My time at what is now UTA no bureaucratic barriers Davis Hall. I went to North Wheeling, W.Va. will be missed! #MavsNation occurred between 1956 and between himself and the new Texas Agricultural College @ItsClassy_Jazzy UT Arlington 1961. I graduated with the student leadership group. (now UT Arlington) in 1942 is my choice! first degree-granting class I still have many vivid memo- and later joined the U.S. Navy. MEDIA COVERAGE in 1961. I noticed a photo of ries of my time at Arlington After three semesters wearing Thanks for making me look @The_Sun_Belt Welcome @UTAMAVS to the #SunBelt! the current class ring in the State College, helping to the A&M military uniform, way more important than I am UT Arlington will join the spring 2012 issue. During the establish the first all-student I was called in to the Navy. in the article “Day Trippers” league in 2013. 1959-60 academic year, government and the special They sent me to NTAC (where (spring 2012). My mother saw I was primarily responsible effort President Woolf pro- I already was), and we lived in the article before I did from a @DallasDogLife Happy to support the students at for helping design the first vided to ensure ASC would Davis Hall. So for two or three copy that a family friend and UT Arlington who started student ring associated with be as independent as one years, the “Love Shack” was fellow UTA alum showed her. this group - Maverick Animal graduating from Arlington could be in the Texas A&M used by the U.S. Navy. There That was fine with me because Activists of UTA! State College. For the 1960-61 System of that era. are many stories there. I wanted her to show my @Texas Monthly UT Arlington school year, we established a five siblings how successful scored a commencement JAMES “SARGE” CHAPPELL ’61 W.J. ROBERTS ’44 student council where faculty I had become. I'm kidding, speaker with credentials from Houston, Texas Dallas, Texas Columbia & Yale. He's also members did not have a vote of course. I only have four done a little acting. but did advise. Being able to siblings. All joking aside, what create a functioning student NAVAL BASE CATCHING UP you did was shine a spotlight @TheWingExpert Proud to hear that my University council would not have been I enjoyed reading the article Being away from Texas, on the College of Liberal Arts of Texas at Arlington Mavs possible without Dr. Jack “Love Shack, Baby” in the UTArlington Magazine helps and those who represent UTA made the Baylor Regional in me stay connected with the in the media once they gradu- baseball. #gomavs University, alumni, and the ate. I am flattered and proud @ArlingtonDaily‬ UT Arlington Metroplex. I enjoy reading to represent the school. senior defies the odds after greek week the magazine, as it has a growing up without a father. YouTube JOE GUMM ’01 Connecting with his inner A NICE RING TO IT variety of informative articles Oklahoma City, Okla. @RobertWilonsky James Simba, Christopher Dinh One of UT Arlington’s newest traditions is the Official through the Campus Buzz Franco's UTA commencement donned the Lion King Maverick Ring Ceremony held each spring and fall section, especially those speech was quite endearing and costume for a movie- semester. At the event, alumni and students receive their related to my field of social YOUR THOUGHTS? even inspirational. And way better than "Your Highness." themed talent show last Official Maverick Ring from the president or the provost. work. The spring 2012 edi- Send letters to the editor to spring during Greek Week. Watch a video of graduates showing off their rings at tion is another informative, [email protected], or @timholt2007 At UT Arlington “I like to participate in youtube.com/utarlingtonmavericks. well-polished issue. I loved comment on magazine con- College Park Center watching my wonderful wife get her all the craziness,” says hearing about the opening of tent at uta.edu/utamagazine. M.Ed. in science education! Dinh, a communications technology senior and @TSimonec I enjoyed this weekend immensely. The Beta Theta Pi fraternity symphony was wonderful and member. “Especially Flickr so was The University of Texas if it’s representing the INTERNATIONAL FASHIONISTAS at Arlington's choir. Greek community and Students from more than a dozen countries modeled outfits @Readex UT Arlington Library shows that we aren’t from their native lands last spring at the International Week to receive historical papers of the stereotypes that Fashion Show. China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, Negro League baseball player, Hollywood has created.” Peru, Japan, and the Philippines were among the nations rep- African-American newspaper publisher. The Betas collaborated resented. The show was part of UT Arlington’s 35th annual Inter- on the skit with Delta national Week, which also included a parade of banners, food LET’S SOCIALIZE Delta Delta sorority, fair, talent show, soccer tournament, and cultural exhibits. With Check us out online and on including theatre arts major a theme of “Peace, Love, and Culture,” the week celebrated your favorite social media Raquel Wiseneske in the the heritage of the University’s more than 2,800 international sites. We welcome your background. Greek Week students who hail from 116 countries. View more International comments, posts, and tweets. is an annual celebration Week images at flickr.com/groups/utamagazine. of UT Arlington’s social uta.edu/utamagazine fraternities and sororities. 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4 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 5 CAMPUS Erica Castillo, Goldwater Scholar Talk

As UT Arlington’s first Double majoring in Goldwater Scholar, how aerospace engineering do you plan to use the and physics and minoring CampusBuzz scholarship? in mechanical engineering UT Arlington and the world I’d like to continue doing seems like a heavy load. research in biomechanics. I thought I wanted to do In engineering we deal with engineering, then I took stress and strain with metals, physics and really liked it. The but our bodies feel stresses first month I struggled, but and strains, too. When I was with Dr. (Barry) Spurlock’s introduced to this idea, I help and his motivation, I liked it because it combined became confident that I could engineering and nature. do it. I completed the minor Little by little, we’re trying to and wanted to keep going. In understand ourselves. We are today’s world, I think if you a complex machine. broaden your area and com- bine different perspectives, What are some of your it can help solve complex research projects? problems. My summer research project at Cornell (in 2011) was with What’s the secret to the biomechanics group. We succeeding as a first- calculated the forces of cells generation college student? on other cells. But biomateri- I’ve been very lucky. Some als are soft and squishy, not parents push their kids to hard like metal. The tradition- get a job after high school or al ways of measuring proper- after a bachelor’s degree. My ties are not very applicable parents are able to see the to these materials. I was in value in education. Through charge of fabricating some of their support, I am motivated the materials. There are tools more. They’ve never said “you out there to measure this, but can’t do that.” I also have a they are not accessible to all brother at UNT, another at the labs around the country. North Lake College in Irving, We tried to do what the aver- and one in high school. age biolab could do. “Our move to What do you want to do Ahead of the Game the Sun Belt Aren’t you also researching with all this? sensors? I always wanted to be a Joining Sun Belt Conference expected to boost University’s national exposure will allow us Last spring in Dr. (Haiying) teacher and an astronaut. Come fall 2013, Maverick athletes will display their with ESPN and boasts the longest partnership between Huang’s advanced sensor Those are two of my greatest talents as members of the Sun Belt Conference. the network and any collegiate athletic conference. to continue lab, I worked on a sensor for passions. I know one day I’ll UT Arlington has accepted an invitation to join the “Our move to the Sun Belt will allow us to continue to to showcase structural monitoring. We be a professor. I see gradu- Sun Belt, a move expected to elevate the University’s showcase our athletics program on a national level and are trying to make a sensor ate school and research in athletics programs and increase its national profile. create further awareness for the University,” Athletics our athletics to detect defects from a my future. How I get there, I Conference play will begin in the 2013-14 academic year. Director Jim Baker says. distance. We want to make don’t know. I like the journey. President James D. Spaniolo says the move will Sun Belt Commissioner Karl Benson says the recent program on a it wireless with a photocell I also like looking into space advance the University’s goals of becoming a top-tier athletic success enjoyed by UT Arlington and the that can send a signal on and looking at airplanes and institution. “Along with the opening of College Park opening of the 7,000-seat College Park Center made national level measurements. It’s still in the asking, “How can we fly?” I’m Center just a few months ago, this move to the Sun Belt the University an appealing choice. and create developmental stages. a very curious person. This is another sign of the growth not only of our athletics “The addition of UT Arlington is tremendous for is our world, and I think we program but of our entire University.” the Sun Belt Conference, as the league will now move further aware- oey should explore it.

UT Arlington becomes the 12th member of the Sun forward with 12 member institutions with two six-team aria H Belt for 2013-14, joining current members Arkansas divisions,” Benson says. “UTA will help continue the ness for the State, Arkansas-Little Rock, Florida Atlantic, Louisiana- rise of the Sun Belt Conference as a national contender University.” Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee, South in intercollegiate athletics.” eter and M

Alabama, Troy, and Western Kentucky. Georgia State UT Arlington, which competes in 14 NCAA Division y P and Texas State also will join the conference in 2013. I sports, will play in the Western Athletic Conference Formed in 1976, the Sun Belt is a member of the for the 2012-13 academic year. The University recently 11-league alliance of the Bowl Championship Series. It finished its final season in the Southland Conference, llustration B was the first conference to sign a long-term contract where it was a charter member since 1963. I

6 UTArlington Magazine CAMPUS CAMPUS Crash Course Entrepreneurship Awards NAI YUEN CHEN College Park will be Prolific researcher Nai Yuen Chen has been named a member of the Academy of a diner’s paradise Medicine, Engineering and College Park Center may be from a selection of salads Science of Texas. Dr. Chen, a MANA 3324 complete, but related grand and sides; Pie Five Pizza Co., distinguished research profes- Creative business minds openings are yet to come. specializing in personal-size sor in the Materials Science flourish in Susanna Khavul’s On Oct. 3, UT Arlington pizzas assembled and baked and Engineering Department, popular entrepreneurship will formally dedicate College in front of the customer; Cool- is inventor or co-inventor classes. “Many students Park, a mixed-use development berry Frozen Yogurt with its 90 of 126 U.S. patents on novel want to own businesses, immediately north of the arena. flavors of frozen yogurt and 20 catalysts, oil refining, and but others aren’t so sure,” The $80 million project, which varieties of smoothies; and Pho petrochemical and biomass says the assistant professor opens in August, features Xpress, which features healthy processes. of strategic management, five restaurants, a residence Vietnamese options. entrepreneurship, and hall, student apartments, a Jack Burgher, an SRS Real innovation in the College satellite campus police station, Estate associate who’s work- of Business. “My classes are a 1,850-vehicle parking garage, ing on the College Park project, personal; they are about and the Dan Dipert University says prospective tenants are a unique entrepreneur in Welcome Center. attracted to the sense of place each person.” Dr. Khavul, Of the places to eat, the most that it creates. who notes that the cost of notable could well be MAVS “College students want a starting a business is drop- Sports Grill in 4,500 square unique place to live, hang out, ping, stresses a customer- feet of prime space on the north study, and grab a meal,” Bur- focused approach. “Stu- First of Many side of Moritz Plaza, across gher says. “This kind of devel- dents work on feasibility from the College Park Center opment is what helps make a Scott ryan studies for new ventures. More than 4,400 graduate in inaugural entrance. It will offer tradition- university a place where people School of Social Work Dean But this is not desk research ceremonies at College Park Center al grill items, sliders, chicken want to be.” Scott Ryan has been selected or a flight of the imagina- tenders, and sandwiches. College Park Center, the Making history never crossed Na Li’s mind when she an American Council on tion. Students seek out Other College Park restau- University’s 7,000-seat special arrived at UT Arlington in 2007 to pursue a doctoral Education fellow for the potential customers, under- rants include GRIP Mediterra- events venue, opened in Febru- degree in computer science engineering. But the China 2012-13 academic year. stand their needs, and fig- nean Grill, where diners “grip” ary and is expected to draw up native now holds a singular designation: She is the first The ACE fellows program ure out how to serve them.” custom sandwiches wrapped to 400,000 patrons during its Maverick to graduate in College Park Center. prepares promising faculty Ideas are as diverse as the in a 10-inch pita and choose first year of operation. “I was honored and excited about being the first to and administrators for senior students themselves. A walk across the stage,” she says. “It was also very reward- positions in college and recent student with a social ing to get through the tunnel and successfully complete university administration. work background proposed the Ph.D. program after five years of hard work.” Dr. Ryan joins 56 other fellows a service to help families Spring 2012 graduation exercises were groundbreak- for next year. untangle the bewildering ing not only for being the first in College Park Center, the array of elder-care options. University’s 7,000-seat events showpiece that opened in jeannette crenshaw “This had significant traction February to rave reviews. The ceremonies also featured and JUDY LEFLORE with potential customers,” a record number of graduates. College of Nursing faculty says Khavul, who won the UT Arlington conferred more than 4,400 degrees, an members Jeannette UT Arlington President’s increase of about 700 from May 2011. The total included Crenshaw and Judy LeFlore Award for Teaching Excel- 3,000 undergraduates, 1,309 master’s candidates, and have been named fellows of lence this year. But not 97 doctoral scholars. the American Academy of every idea is an oppor- “Half of this spring’s graduates are the first in their Nursing. Fellows are chosen tunity, and students grill family to earn a college degree,” UT Arlington President each year from the nation’s each other as the discovery James D. Spaniolo says. “Imagine the doors they’ve top researchers, policy- process unfolds. “Students opened with their resiliency and determination. Imagine makers, scholars, executives, love it because the aim is to the lessons they’ve learned about themselves and what educators, and practitioners. build a robust, more vibrant they can achieve. And imagine where they’re going.” business that can stand Class Act Award-winning actor and education advocate James Franco Dr. Li plans to work in academia; her dissertation PURNENDU DASGUPTA up to scrutiny beyond the inspired and amused a lively Graduation Celebration crowd at focuses on privacy and security issues in online and Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta campus.” College Park Center in May. During keynote remarks at the an- mobile social networks. Inspired by her mother, a received the 2012 Dal Nogare nual event, the Spider-Man and 127 Hours star told the Class of high school teacher, Li has dreamed of becoming a Award for his contributions to 2012 that college gave him the confidence to pursue his dreams. college professor since she was a child. She taught a the chromatographic process. “Education gives you the opportunity of choice. Whatever choices freshman-level programming course last fall and men- He is the Jenkins Garrett you make, make them with confidence,” he said. “Don’t be afraid tored undergraduate students in a National Science Professor of Chemistry and to change your life’s course. Don’t be afraid to reinvent yourself.” Foundation-funded research program. Biochemistry and a pioneer The Hollywood Reporter selected Franco’s speech for its “7 Great “These experiences let me see clearly what I am pas- in ion chromatography, the Hollywood Commencement Speeches to the Class of 2012” list. sionate about,” she says. “I am convinced that I should process of separating and Watch a commencement video recap at youtube.com/utarlington. try to realize my dream.” detecting ions for analysis.

8 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 9 CAMPUS CAMPUS Grants Department of Kinesiology Faculty ALAN BOWLING The National Science A patented method Foundation has awarded a grant to UT Arlington researchers to study a for solving big problems new model for how motor Maximizing profits while min- tational model in the business proteins behave in the body. imizing costs is a top priority and scientific worlds,” Dr. Cor- PRISCILA CAÇOLA Mechanical and aerospace for organizations of every type. ley says. “It will now become Kinesiology Clinical engineering Assistant That may become a lot simpler, much more important. That’s Assistant Professor Priscila Professor Alan Bowling thanks to two UT Arlington the bottom line. We drastically Caçola has been helping is the lead investigator. industrial engineers. improved more than 60 years children improve their Physics Assistant Professor Professor Bill Corley and of research for computing motor skills since she was Samarendra Mohanty Associate Professor Jay Rosen- with this ubiquitous decision a 15-year-old ballet teacher and chemistry Associate berger—both faculty members model.” in her native Brazil. Get- Professor Subhrangsu Mandal in the University’s Center on The patent uses a process ting a bachelor’s degree in are co-principal investigators. Stochastic Modeling, Optimi- called Constraint Optimal physical education seemed zation, and Statistics—have Selection Techniques to reduce natural, but she knew she patented a method to solve the number of calculations wanted to go further. So in linear programming problems. needed to make an optimal 2006, after earning a mas- Linear programming is a decision, thus making it thou- ter’s degree in motor behav- mathematical modeling tech- sands of times faster to solve ior, Caçola left her job as a nique used to help make quan- problems that have huge num- rhythmic gymnastics coach titative decisions in business, bers of solution variables and in her hometown of Curitiba, engineering, and other fields. restrictions. Such enormous sold her few belongings, Solving these problems enables problems previously could and headed for the United a more efficient allocation of take weeks of computer time States. She had money for resources. In the telecommu- or exceed memory limitations. Molecular Detectives an English-language course JENNIFER GRAY nications industry, for example, “It will also give answers to Artificial nanopores aid disease discovery and the determination to The College of Nursing will linear programming can route currently unsolvable nonlinear enter a doctoral program. use a federal grant to bolster cars in transit to their destina- decision problems by approxi- Tiny technology is having a big impact on cancer She came to UT Arlington recruitment of minorities to tions in the quickest manner. mating them with enormous detection. Electrical engineering Assistant Professor in fall 2011 after completing its Ph.D. program. Nursing “Linear programming is linear programming problems,” Samir Iqbal and his interdisciplinary research team her Ph.D. in motor neurosci- Associate Dean Jennifer Gray the most widely used compu- Dr. Rosenberger adds. are building nanopores made of silicon to detect “bad ence at Texas A&M Univer- is the principal investiga- molecules” that may indicate cancer and other diseases. sity. Her research focuses tor for the three-year award “We know many variants of certain chemicals and on cognitive processing from the Department of the abnormal amounts of others. These chemicals tell problems that cause about Health and Human Services. us if someone is subject to certain diseases,” Dr. Iqbal 6 percent of American The grant provides funds explains. “Now we will be able to detect these variants school-age children to have to recruit candidates from at extremely small amounts and in a portable system significant coordination historically underrepresented format. We’ll be able to detect even a few hundred copies difficulties. Dr. Caçola is groups and boost their suc- of bad molecules to identify risks of diseases like cancer. enrolling children for a proj- cess through mentoring, That is very, very early detection.” ect called the Little Mavs professional socialization, and To detect the bad molecules, Iqbal’s team runs Movement Academy. Her enhanced academic advising. blood-derived samples through the nanopores, which goal: find ways to help them are about 1,000 times smaller than a human pore or overcome the social isola- Luca Maddalena hair, and measures the reaction between them and the tion that often accompanies and Luca Massa ions of blood. Then they compare the data with other developmental delays. “I’m Aerospace engineering non-reactive nanopores to determine abnormal levels actually trying to combine Assistant Professors Luca of particular chemicals. the methods that research Maddalena and Luca Massa Through the research, scientists hope to determine shows have been successful have received a three-year The power of learning similar differences at the molecular level, before the one on one and put them in NASA National Research Education reform should be the great civil rights challenge of bad variants of new molecules cause devastating effects. a group setting,” she says. “I Award to study novel our time, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said during his Maverick This would help identify what cancer and other diseases want to give these kids the injector designs to support Speakers Series visit in March. “Don’t let anybody tell you that look like at the molecular level. opportunity to work with combustion at hypersonic some kids can learn and some kids can’t,” said the founder and The researchers also believe the nanopore technology other kids like them.” speeds. Their exploration board chairman of the Foundation for Excellence in Education, detection could gauge air or water quality. aims to reduce air travel times which works to help students reach their learning potential. “It’s thrilling that we can have a small, broadly and make space access more “Imagine living in a country where we actually think that some applicable platform that will be usable in a variety of affordable. Drs. Maddalena subgroups can’t achieve the kind of results that we desire for areas,” says Purnendu “Sandy” Dasgupta, the Jenkins and Massa are the only two everybody.” Bush’s lecture was the first Maverick Speakers Series Garrett Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. collegiate researchers in presentation in College Park Center, UT Arlington’s 7,000-seat Richard Timmons, Distinguished Professor of the nation to garner the special events venue that opened in February. Visit uta.edu/ Chemistry, is also working on the project, which has hypersonic grant. maverickspeakers for video clips of Bush and past speakers. received funding from the National Science Foundation.

10 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 11 CAMPUS CAMPUS Press Smart Grid, 2067 Future WILLIAM ICKES A Time magazine article Research quells breast quoted psychology Professor William Ickes in a story milk contaminant fears about how siblings influence For years doctors have extolled Dasgupta’s team did not behavior. “The guys who the benefits of breastfeeding find similar evidence of had older sisters had more infants while remaining perchlorate metabolism in a involving interactions and concerned about the potential small number of samples from were liked significantly for mothers to unwittingly formula-fed infants. But, he more by their new female pass on environmental explains, “formula-fed babies acquaintances,” he said. contaminants in their milk. get much less perchlorate Now, UT Arlington researchers anyway, so the risk is not as have discovered that the risk great.” might not be as great as feared. Perchlorate occurs naturally Purnendu “Sandy” Das- in the environment and in gupta, the Jenkins Garrett Pro- rocket fuel, fireworks, some fessor of Chemistry and Bio- fertilizers, and road flares. chemistry, and his team have Evidence suggests that it can found evidence that breastfed block the uptake of iodine babies can metabolize the to the thyroid and disrupt environmental contaminant the production of hormones perchlorate, thus decreasing necessary for normal Finding Fauna their potential for exposure. neurological development. Biologists to visit Indonesia in quest for “Both Centers for Disease Reports of high levels of LIPING TANG Control researchers and our lab perchlorate have not been new amphibian and reptile species Bioengineering Professor have previously observed that widespread, but in 2011 the Liping Tang was featured Biology Assistant Professor Eric Smith is a man on there is a higher concentration U.S. Environmental Protection in a Science News story a mission. His goal: discover and catalog all the new of perchlorate in breast milk Agency announced that it about how applying force amphibian and reptile wildlife he can find deep in the versus formula. Although the would develop regulations to polymers in water can Indonesian jungles. merits of breastfeeding far to protect Americans from generate enough energy to Dr. Smith and his team of researchers received a outweigh any risk posed by this, potential health problems. drive chemical reactions. three-year, $725,000 National Science Foundation it has caused some mothers An article in the American Dr. Tang is a fellow of the grant to explore the Indonesian portion of the Pacific concern,” Dr. Dasgupta says. Chemical Society Journal American Institute for Ring of Fire, which includes the highlands of Sumatra “Our results suggest that nature of Environmental Science Medical and Biological and Java. has already devised a way to and Technology details the Engineering. “It’s a huge place, and it will take a long time to at least partly take care of it.” researchers’ study. explore what is there,” Smith says. ANDRE PIRES DA SILVA Discovering new species increases our understand- U.S. News & World Report ing of how animals evolve to fit their surroundings— featured an article on knowledge that has led to many scientific advances. It research into the nematode, also provides a catalog useful in conservation planning or roundworm, being and in tracking the global biodiversity crisis. performed by biology “The amphibian and reptile fauna of Indonesia is as Assistant Professor Andre poorly known as U.S. fauna was more than 100 years Pires da Silva and colleague ago,” says Jonathan Campbell, chair of the Biology Diane Shakes at the College Department. “This research is timely and crucial. It of William & Mary. The work undoubtedly will lead to the discovery of many species could aid worldwide disease new to science, demonstrate that Indonesia is one of prevention by discovering the most biodiverse countries in the world, and provide new methods of roundworm LASER THERAPY A team of physics researchers has thousands of specimens for analysis.” population control. developed a way to treat cancer without damaging healthy Smith’s team includes scientists from the Indone- surrounding cells. Professor Ali R. Koymen and Assistant sian Institute of Sciences, the Bandung Institute of As energy demand rises, the electrical grid in the United States is steadily we can find out what the limit is in terms of information transmission.” DAVID NARRETT Professor Samarendra Mohanty, along with postdoctoral Technology, and Brawijaya University in Indonesia; pushed to its limits. More efficient technology like smart grids can help One study conducted by the U.S. Department of Energy concluded that American History TV aired researchers Ling Gu and Vijayalakshmi Vardarajan, use students from UT Arlington and Broward College in ease that burden, but no one knows how much demand these grids can upgrading to smart grid capabilities could save $46 billion-$117 billion a class discussion featuring magnetic carbon nanoparticles to destroy cancer cells Florida; and researchers from other universities. They take. Electrical engineering Professor Qilian Liang plans to find out. over the next 20 years. Liang says that knowing their threshold will help history Associate Professor through laser therapy. “Because these nanoparticles are will return part of what they find to UT Arlington for Dr. Liang received a National Science Foundation grant to determine the people determine how large a grid they should build and maintain in their David Narrett’s lecture on magnetic, we can use an external magnetic field to focus study and leave some specimens behind for Indonesian upper boundary of a smart grid’s threshold. A smart grid is a digitally cities. “We also need to know energy expectations due to population the French and Indian War. them on the cancer cells. Then we use a low-power laser researchers, fueling collaboration for the future. enabled electrical grid that collects information about usage and demand increases in the future to better plan for those people,” he says. “We The C-SPAN series highlights to heat them and destroy the cells beneath,” Dr. Koymen “I’m extremely excited about this research in Indone- and then acts on it to improve the efficiency, reliability, and sustainability will develop a planning tool for future grid needs as part of this grant.” professors and writers says. “Since only the carbon nanoparticles are affected sia,” says team member Michael Harvey, a UT Arling- of electricity services. “The capacity limit on a smart grid is enormous,” Engineering Dean Jean-Pierre Bardet believes that Liang’s work will speaking about the people by the laser, the method—which is nontoxic—leaves the ton alumnus and Broward College associate professor. Liang says. “We want to use the Internet, cellular phone systems, sensor prove crucial as the need for electricity grows. “Meeting those needs is and events that comprise the healthy tissue unharmed.” The carbon nanoparticles pro- “Very few herpetologists have worked in Sumatra, and networks, everything available to inch closer to that upper boundary so not just a U.S. challenge,” he says. “It is a worldwide challenge.”

American story. duced for the study varied from five to 10 nanometers wide. we expect to find some rather spectacular new species.” DURKE STEPHEN BY ILLUSTRATION

12 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 13 CAMPUS CAMPUS Gallery Printmaking Numbers Two professors named 5,300 Fulbright Scholars More than 5,300 students will live on campus when the NANCY PALMERI Anthropology Assistant Professor Ritu College Park District residen- Looking within ourselves Khanduri’s research centers on colonial tial and retail development helps make us who we and contemporary India and the Indian fully opens in the fall. That are. For art Associate Diaspora in the United States. History represents almost 16 percent Professor Nancy Palmeri, Associate Professor Alusine Jalloh focuses of the student population, self-reflection is a constant on reviewing African business history and the largest percentage of any theme. With a focus on the history of Sierra Leone. university in the UT System. printmaking and drawing, The two academicians now share a bond: It’s also a 60 percent increase Palmeri thrives on the They were named Fulbright Scholars for since 2000. hands-on nature of her 2012-13. Sponsored by the State Depart- art as it examines family, ment, Fulbright awards enable professors to religion, gender, and conduct research and are given on the basis 3,000,000 childhood. Printmaking of academic or professional achievement. Nursing, computer science involves transferring ink Dr. Khanduri will use her grant to con- engineering, and social work from a matrix or through duct an ethnographic study in India of researchers have received a prepared screen to a women in engineering. She will follow a almost $3 million in grants sheet of paper or other cohort of new engineers as they train and launch their careers. to develop video games material. Common “The Fulbright-supported research will take forward my interest to train nurses, improve matrices include metal in narratives about science, technology, and society,” she says. communication among plates, blocks of wood, “It will also shape my teaching, student mentoring, service, and caregivers, battle teenage and linoleum. “For me, it’s community outreach in important ways.” substance abuse, and treat important to maintain the Dr. Jalloh, director of UT Arlington’s Africa Program, will children with cerebral palsy. unvarnished authenticity continue his research while working on a book, Muslim Fula of the processes,” she Business Elites and Politics in Twentieth-Century Sierra Leone. Street Smarts says. “Within these He will spend part of the next academic year teaching at Fourah traditional media, I still find Bay College in Sierra Leone. Students remake unused Arlington 126,700 a heterogeneous world in “My research will contribute to closing the gap that exists in city block into functional streetscape Of UT Arlington’s more than which to balance form and the historical literature on the interconnections among African 163,000 alumni, about 126,700 content.” Palmeri’s work minority business groups, governments, and political parties in Purpose and vision melded perfectly on an April live in Texas. Of that number, has received international post-independence Africa,” he says. “I look forward to promoting Saturday in “Downtown Front and Center,” a project almost 112,000 live in North recognition and is featured cross-cultural understanding between the U.S. and Sierra Leone.” conceptualized and executed by students from the Texas and help the University in the collections of the School of Urban and Public Affairs and the School of create an annual economic Fogg Art Museum, Harvard Architecture. impact of more than $1 billion University Art Museums, Led by SUPA Assistant Professor Andrew Whittemore, in the region. The Royal Museum of Fine the project studio students transformed a portion of Art in Antwerp, Belgium, Front Street between Center and Mesquite as well as the the Instituto per la Cultura adjacent city-owned vacant lot into a pulsing thoroughfare 300,000,000 Campus construction projects e l’arte in Catania, Italia, for the University and Arlington communities. total almost $300 million in and numerous others. She The students used paint to turn streets into sidewalks, the past three years. New received a fellowship for her brought in plantings, and arranged games and seating. structures include the work at the Frans Masereel They invited health and fitness instructors and numerous $78 million College Park Graphic Arts Center in artists. Local businesses sold food and products. Center, the $116 million Kasterlee, Belgium. “I see this as part of UT Arlington’s wider goal of Engineering Research providing students with a vibrant living environment Building, and the soon-to- clockwise from top left as we enhance the University,” Dr. Whittemore says. open $80 million College Park “Astronomical Unit I” – color GLOBAL REACH UT Arlington is joining forces with “We wanted to create an idea of what downtown District residential and retail reduction woodcut, 2009 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications to Arlington could be and familiarize attendees with “Uccidere me Correttamenta” – development. color reduction woodcut, 2010 help talented Chinese students earn graduate degrees. what it already has.” “Brutta” – color reduction Beginning in fall 2013, the two universities will offer a joint More than 40 vendors participated, including Potager woodcut, 2011 master’s degree in computer science and engineering with Café, Bike Friendly Arlington, Friends of Arlington “Vergogna” – color reduction a focus on software engineering. Administrators anticipate Animal Services, and the Grease Monkey Burger Shop 12,000 woodcut, 2011 that the program will bring 15-20 Chinese students a year and Social Club. More than 12,000 students to UT Arlington. “This is a wonderful opportunity for us “Events like these have the potential to spark more participate in 330 campus to build partnerships not only with these students but economic development while encouraging local citizens organizations. Categories with Beijing University and China in general,” says Fillia to make it happen,” Whittemore says. “It’s a great way to include academic/honorary, Makedon, chair of the Computer Science and Engineering connect downtown businesses with the student market, Greek, cultural/international, Department. “Software engineering is a global field that in short helping UT Arlington move even further past professional, recreational, impacts everything and drives innovation.” its image as a commuter school.” religious, and special interest.

14 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 15 CAMPUS CAMPUS Service Alternative Spring Break Community GREEK VOLUNTEERS UT Arlington fraternity and University earns lofty sorority members annually donate more than $60,000 and volunteer more than sustainability ranking 10,000 hours of service to UT Arlington advanced all very difficult decision for the the community. One such the way to the final eight in judges in narrowing the field of PLANTING HOPE project is Beta Theta Pi’s the March Madness tourna- finalists,” said Lawrence Gold- Architecture major Chris Heroes for Hope, where ment—for sustainability, not enhersh, CEO and president of Huskey’s spring break des- fraternity members dress up basketball. tournament sponsor Enviance. tination checklist was a far as superheroes and visit with Held for the first time, “The schools should be proud of cry from the typical college terminally ill children. Clad the national contest sought what they have accomplished student’s. As coordina- in Batman, Superman, and the university with the best in building elite environmental tor for UT Arlington’s 2012 Spider-Man costumes, the undergraduate program academic programs that are Alternative Spring Break students spent part of spring in environmental studies the envy of their peers.” program, he sought loca- break 2012 cheering up kids at and sustainability. Schools Colby College, Colorado tions where he and 23 others Methodist Children’s Hospital submitted pictures, videos, State University, Humboldt could spend their week-long in San Antonio. and essays by students and State University, Ohio State vacation making the world faculty that detailed their University, Purdue Universi- a better place. His research efforts. Environmental science ty, the Rochester Institute of yielded three trips: one to professionals reviewed the Technology, and the Univer- Perryville, Ark., where six materials alongside other sity of California, Davis also Energy Efficient students worked on a farm factors like freshman retention made the Environmental Eight. that sends resources to rate, student-to-faculty Colby College in Waterville, College Park Center achieves LEED Gold impoverished Third World ratio, and the diversity of Maine, was crowned champion certification for embracing environment countries; one to Atlanta, sustainability courses offered. and received $5,000 for its where a group of nine spring You can add gold to College Park Center’s sterling cre- UT Arlington beat out Duke environmental and sustain- breakers helped children at dentials. The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded and Cornell, among others, to ability department. a battered women’s shelter Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold survive the first cut—when the UT Arlington’s sustainabil- while the kids’ mothers certification to UT Arlington’s 7,000-seat special events “Sustainable 16” was trimmed ity initiatives include a commu- looked for jobs; and one to THE BIG EVENT showpiece. to the “Environmental Eight”— nity garden, car rental and bike New Orleans, where another More than 1,000 students, LEED certification is an independent, third-party but was eliminated before the programs, extensive recycling, nine worked with Katrina’s faculty, staff, and commu- verification that a structure is designed and built using final four. and construction projects to Kids, an organization that nity members participated in strategies that achieve high performance in environmen- “The quantity and quality of achieve Leadership in Energy aids New Orleans children the 2012 Big Event, a day of tal health, sustainability, water and energy efficiency, schools participating exceeded and Environmental Design after Hurricane Katrina. “It’s service each April benefit- materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. our expectations, making it a benchmarks. important to get out of ing local groups. Volunteers HKS designed the $78 million center, incorporating your element and experi- worked on nearly 50 projects, recycled construction materials and many energy-saving ence something different,” including digging for fossils at features. The company’s application for LEED certifica- says Huskey, who made the the Arlington Archosaur Site, tion received a perfect score, earning all 42 points for Atlanta trip. “It’s one thing reading to children, cleaning which it applied. to have an education, but up at area parks, and working “The center emphasizes energy efficiency, natural light, it’s another to understand with Boys and Girls Clubs. and thoughtful landscaping in a new venue that defines others and where they’re the University’s eastern edge,” says Ralph Hawkins ’73, coming from. It helps you ‘WORN’ PROJECT HKS chairman and chief executive officer. “The project appreciate what you do School of Social Work is proof positive that architecture and sustainability have and shows you what’s researchers are helping can coexist in a premiere venue.” really important.” reduce the risk of post- More than 40 percent of the building material came traumatic stress disorder from within 500 miles of campus, and nearly 30 percent in women from war-torn was manufactured using recycled materials. More than Degrees of green Students seeking expert train- countries through WORN, a 85 percent of construction waste was recycled. ing in the business of sustainability now have a new option. project in which the refugees “This is wonderful recognition that large, public UT Arlington has added a Master of Science in Real Estate- knit scarves. Assistant Profes- spaces can be articulated in a way that embraces their Sustainability to its ever-increasing portfolio of related pro- sors Regina Aguirre and Diane environment,” says UT Arlington President James grams. Classes began in May at the Universities Center at Mitschke began their study D. Spaniolo. “We are pleased to be able to say that our Dallas and will start this fall at the UT Arlington Fort Worth with 47 women from Bhutan university is helping set the standard for sustainable Center. Designed for working professionals, the degree can who exhibited PTSD. They dis- design.” be completed in as few as 12 months. Classes cover high-den- covered that those participat- College Park Center, which opened in February, is sity development, sustainable investing, real estate analysis, ing in WORN no longer met the centerpiece of the College Park District, a 20-acre, adaptive reuse and redevelopment, and real estate funding the criteria for PTSD. WORN $160 million development that includes a residence hall and appraisal. The graduate degree is the second focused is one of nine projects in the and apartments for 600 students and 27,000 square on sustainability that the University has added since 2010, school’s Innovative Commu- feet of street-level retail. The development will open joining the Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies- nity Academic Partnership. fully this summer. Sustainability.

16 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 17 CAMPUS CAMPUS Sports Tennis Champs (90), and stolen bases (14). Day, whose 12 wins were PAUL MCCONNELL among the most in the nation, posted a 3.18 earned- Junior golfer Paul McConnell run average in 121.2 innings. was selected to the All- In addition to Day, UT Arlington loses nine other Southland Conference first seniors, including career saves leader Adam Boydston, team. His 73.16-stroke average as well as infielder Michael Guerra and outfielder Jordan was fifth best in the SLC, and MARIA MARTINEZ-ROMERO Vaughn, both honorable mention All-SLC selections. he won the Fighting Irish As a freshman four years But Walker, outfielder Matt Shortall, and infielder Tra- Gridiron Classic. McConnell ago, Maria Martinez- vis Sibley form a solid corps that has Thomas excited led the Mavericks to an NCAA Romero admits she was about next season, his sixth as head coach. regional appearance, their often frightened to take the “Our program took a huge step forward this year,” he fourth in the last five years. court. But she never played says, “and we’ve got a good group of guys coming back.” scared. The Nules, Spain, native capped her career in April by being named the Southland Conference Women’s Tennis Player of the Year. She completed the 2012 season 10-1 in confer- Earning Respect ence play at the No. 1 singles position. “I didn’t expect it Baseball team advances to NCAA tourney at all because there are very Many considered the 2012 UT Arlington baseball team good players out there,” a major underdog. In preseason polls, Southland Confer- KRISTIE FOX says Martinez-Romero, ence sports information directors and coaches picked Former All-American Kristie who led the Mavericks to the Mavericks to finish eighth. Fox has been named head two SLC championships and So coach Darin Thomas and his players went out softball coach. Fox, 26, who two runner-up finishes. “I and posted one of the best seasons in school history. spent the previous three learned to play for a team UT Arlington won the Southland Conference Tour- years as an assistant at Texas and not for myself any- nament and advanced to its fifth NCAA regional berth Tech, was considered one more. I started liking it even and first since 2006. The Mavericks went 36-25, won of the top young assistant more than just playing for seven of 11 SLC series, and dominated the conference coaches in the nation. She myself.” She completed her tournament, going 4-0 and outscoring their opponents worked primarily with the UT Arlington career with a by 19 runs. Red Raiders’ hitters and 73-13 singles record and had “We battled through a lot of things and have a lot infielders. As a player, she led 42 conference wins against of good young players,” Thomas says. “We had an Arizona to two national titles only two losses. She went unbelievable year for the schedule we played.” and was named All-American undefeated as a freshman That schedule included regular-season wins over after her sophomore and and a junior, posting 11-0 Baylor, Texas A&M, TCU, Oklahoma, and Texas. The junior seasons. records both seasons, and Martin captures second Mavericks finished the year with eight victories against lost only one match in each teams ranked in the top 25 but stalled out in the NCAA MINDAUGAS CELEDINAS of her sophomore and senior Tournament, losing to Dallas Baptist and Baylor. in NCAA decathlon Senior Mindaugas Celedinas seasons. Martinez-Romero Junior right fielder Preston Beck, who batted .335 One of the top all-around off to a great start on the first was named the 2012 also excels in the classroom. and led the conference with a .602 slugging percentage, athletes in the nation is a day, but he came back strong. Southland Conference Men’s She is on track to graduate was named to the All-SLC first team. His 71 RBIs set a UT Arlington Maverick. It speaks to how talented and Tennis Player of the Year. in December with a double single-season school record, and his 14 home runs tied Romain Martin finished tough he is.” The Lithuania native was 5-0 major in broadcasting and for fifth best in a season. The Texas Rangers selected second in the decathlon at Martin had top-10 show- in SLC play at No. 1 singles. Spanish and was named the Beck in the fifth round of Major League Baseball’s the NCAA Outdoor Track and ings in all five events on the Overall, he was 14-7 in SLC’s Student-Athlete of the First-Year Player Draft in June. Field Championships in June. second day, including a per- No. 1 singles and 14-6 in Year for women’s tennis. “It’s a huge honor to get drafted by a team like the It was the highest placement sonal best in the javelin. His No. 1 doubles with partner Texas Rangers that you’ve grown up rooting for and by a Maverick since McClin- throw of 64.16 meters (210 feet, Soren Goritzka. whose games you’ve gone to over the years,” says the ton Neal won the 1991 NCAA 6 inches) topped his previous 21-year-old Dallas native. “It feels good to be part of 400-meter hurdles crown. best by more than a meter and pete carlon this organization and to be honored as one of the best Martin surged from eighth was worth 801 points. It was Pete Carlon, senior athletics players in the country.” to second on the final day the second-longest throw of the director for administration, Beck is the 38th UT Arlington baseball player either to finish with 7,956 points. 20 competitors. was inducted into the drafted or signed by a Major League organization over The 6-foot-7 France native With his second-place Southland Conference Hall of the last nine seasons. capped the competition with finish, the junior business Honor in May. He served as “He’s up there with some of the best,” Thomas says. a personal-record 4:33.29 in major earned first-team All- UT Arlington athletics director “He’s got one of the top outfield arms in the draft and the 1,500 meters. America honors. He is the only from 1996 through January a legitimate power left-handed bat.” “Romain competed under UT Arlington athlete to reach 2012 and helped the Mavericks Sophomore shortstop Ryan Walker and senior pitcher extreme pressure at the high- the NCAA Track and Field win 48 SLC championships Lance Day earned second-team All-Conference honors. est level,” track coach John Championships in a multiple- and three Southland Walker led the team in batting (.360), runs (56), hits Sauerhage said. “He didn’t get event competition. Commissioner’s Cups.

18 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 19 After life-changing deployments to the Middle East, veterans are returning home eager to fulfill their career dreams. UT Arlington provides an educational foundation to aid the transition for this growing student population. By Judy Wiley

SOLDIERING ON Ashley Seguin used the Post-9/11 GI Bill to earn her nursing duty, honor, degree. She's now an Army nurse in Fort Bragg, N.C.

llen Terry almost picked the middle seat that night. She was with a Collegedriver and an interpreter in a five-ton U.S. Army vehicle in Baghdad, Etransporting Iraqi soldiers to the base following a joint mission. A flash pierced the darkness and a loud boom rang out. Shrapnel from a roadside bomb hit the interpreter in the head and killed him where he sat—in the middle seat. The explosion blasted glass shards into Terry’s face and drove shrapnel into her shoulder, but she survived. At the last minute, she had taken the seat by the door. “During an explosion, there is nothing you can humanly do to protect yourself. I almost sat in that seat. I was already sitting in that seat and decided to move,” the 2008 alumna says. “I had to make peace with the fact that I couldn’t control what happened to that guy.”

Summer 2012 21 “When you’re By the time young military veterans like Terry are SERVING TO LEARN in America are. A lot of the problems and drama are sitting in air-conditioned university classrooms, many Terry, who received a Purple Heart, joined the military not that big a deal in the grand scheme of things.” out on a have lived through situations their classmates will never in 2001 with education in mind. She deployed to Kuwait Morton deployed a second time and came home in experience. They’ve dodged bullets on the front lines, for four months in 2003, then to Baghdad in 2004- 2009. He applied to UT Arlington because it was his mission, you tracked terrorists, watched friends die. And they’re 05. After the explosion, she received 10 days off and mother’s alma mater and because he liked the cam- can have the ready to move on. served the rest of her deployment in Iraq, journaling pus after taking a tour. After an earlier experience The number of ex-soldiers pursuing college degrees is extensively to help manage the trauma. at a community college, “it felt like an actual college best plan in on the rise, fueled by programs catering to their needs The Belize native, who will be the first in her fam- campus,” he says. “I didn’t really look anywhere else.” and generous government benefits. At UT Arlington the ily to earn an advanced degree, went into the Army Like Morton, Scott Torres also gained a new per - the world and Post-9/11 GI Bill and the Hazlewood Act are assisting because she wanted to get a Ph.D. in psychology. She’s spective after serving in Iraq. A veteran of five deploy- it changes in more than 1,200 veterans and their eligible dependents. on track to complete her doctorate at the University ments, the Marine sergeant commanded a platoon of The number has more than doubled since the bill passed of Tulsa in 2014. 45 during a 2007 stint north of Baghdad. an instant— in 2009. More veterans are likely on campus, but they’re When her military stint ended, Terry chose UT Ar- “I was there as part of the infantry, actively looking not tracked if they don’t use the benefits. lington to be near big cities without paying big-city for all the bad guys. There are life-and-death situations as soon as a Nationally, more than 600,000 veterans are expected prices. She finished her undergraduate work before the when you’re deployed into combat zones, but everything to use GI benefits this year. The new GI Bill provides Post-9/11 GI Bill was passed, so she used the consider- just seems to be more clear as far as what you’re doing bullet is shot full tuition, a monthly housing stipend, up to $1,000 ably smaller benefits from the old Montgomery GI Bill. in life, what your purpose is, what you’re going to do or something a year for books, and the ability to transfer the benefit The promise of a college education also enticed vet- to live and survive the next week, the next month.” to family members. The Hazlewood Act, passed by the eran and graduate student Matthew Foster. “I wanted Torres, a 2005 business graduate who works in explodes.” Texas Legislature, provides up to 150 hours of exemp- to go to school and didn’t really have any means to pay the finance industry, says many veterans have a hard tion from tuition and fees. for it,” says Foster, who grew up in New Braunfels and time re-entering a society where people worry about UT Arlington offers a benefits office, advisory coun- chose UT Arlington when his wife got a job in Dallas. buying the latest iPhone or get angry when a driver HONOR ROLL cil, and student organization to provide a welcoming They live in Grand Prairie. cuts them off. Sgt. Scott Torres, a busi- environment where veterans can flourish academically After graduating in December 2011 with a bachelor’s “People back here in the states stress out about things ness graduate who works and transition to the workplace. degree in interdisciplinary studies, Foster is pursu- that don’t mean anything in the long run,” he says. in the finance industry, “Many of those who have served in the armed forces ing a master’s degree in public administration, public commanded a platoon have risked their lives defending our country,” says budgeting, and taxation. He’s also the district director MOVING ON of 45 Marines north of Michael Moore, senior vice provost and dean of under- for state Rep. Rodney Anderson, R-District 106. Foster Helping former soldiers adjust to college life is among Baghdad. Alumna Ellen graduate studies. “We’re grateful for their service and served in the Army from 2003 to 2007 and deployed the goals of UT Arlington’s Office of Veterans Affairs, Terry, who received a honored that they’ve chosen UT Arlington. We want to Iraq in 2005-06, working mostly on convoy security a one-stop center for all phases of the veteran educa- Purple Heart, is pursuing to give these veterans every opportunity to succeed as in Baghdad. tional experience. a Ph.D. in psychology. they begin the next phase of their lives.” “It’s one of those periods where I went there and I did “What we’re trying to do here, and what’s happening at it and it was a life-changing event and helped shape a lot of college campuses, is to create a good environment a lot of the way I view things now,” he says. “When for veterans,” says Anita Perez, the University’s veterans you’re out on a mission, you can have the best plan in benefits coordinator. “We have a really good student the world and it changes in an instant—as soon as a veterans organization, a good little core group that’s bullet is shot or something explodes. It forces you to trying to bring people together.” To improve services be very adaptive.” for future students, the University’s Student Veterans As an undergraduate, Foster was active in the Uni- Advisory Council has created an online survey. versity’s Student Veteran Organization. “It gives us just The transition from combat to classroom was easy a small little group of friends that automatically have for Wade Isham, who graduated this spring with a a bond with each other.” bachelor’s degree in history. “I was actually ready for it. I did well in all my classes.” He has his sights on GAINING PERSPECTIVE becoming a military historian. Networking with fellow ex-soldiers isn’t for everyone, From the time he graduated from Kerrville High of course. Sam Morton ’12, an Army National Guard School, Isham wanted to attend UT Arlington but veteran, was glad to exit the military. “I was done with “didn’t really have the grades or the maturity to come it, tired of it,” says the journalism graduate who served up here.” So he joined the Air Force. In four years of and became pregnant. She came to the University in EASING THE TRANSITION as editor-in-chief of The Shorthorn, UT Arlington’s active duty, he did three tours in Iraq, mostly working 2007 and joined ROTC. Former Shorthorn editor student newspaper, in spring 2012. He is an editor at security at airfields. “After being here and being part of the ROTC program, Sam Morton ’12 deployed Multibriefs in Las Colinas. In a column he wrote for the Fort Worth Star-Tele- I believe it’s one of the best in the country,” says Seguin, to Iraq a few months Morton never thought he’d go to Iraq when he signed gram last July 4, he described a convoy through Mosul, who graduated in December 2011 with a bachelor’s after graduating from high up as a senior at Boswell High School in Saginaw. “The Iraq’s second-largest city, to get mail and food for his degree in nursing. She and her family live in Fort Bragg, school. He was among National Guard recruiter says, ‘Free college, you don’t compound. Such trips may sound routine, but they’re N.C., where she’s an Army nurse. about 600,000 military have to go to Iraq. The last time the National Guard fraught with danger. His sergeant warned the soldiers Their military experiences and reasons for attend- veterans nationwide to deployed was in World War II.’ ” to watch for snipers and explosives. ing college differ, but UT Arlington’s veterans share a use GI benefits this year. But there Morton was in boot camp at age 17, a “Thoughts of car bombs and ambushes flood my determination to succeed academically and profession- month after he graduated. Six months later in Iraq, consciousness,” Isham wrote. “The best sight is the ally. Those who spent time fighting in a Third World a close friend died when a roadside bomb exploded Army gates ahead.” country gained an appreciation for what they had when on a convoy. Though she hasn’t been to war, Ashley Seguin says they got home. “It was probably one of the hardest weeks of my life,” the Post-9/11 GI Bill allowed her to attend UT Arlington Sam Morton puts it this way: Morton says. “After that first deployment, it made me without having to work. She enlisted in the Army at age “Take it a step at a time. And don’t take what we grow up and understand just how trivial a lot of things 18 but changed to the National Guard after she married have in America for granted.” ✪

22 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 23 Illustration By Quickhoney U A study by R by A study the local future economy. Collaboration economy. Collaboration future local the Ill is poised to lead the way. the lead to poised is region’s the maximizing to key the is Class Class competitive advantages, and UT Arlington Arlington UT and advantages, competitive creativity, and innovation will dominate dominate will innovation creativity, and Chicago, and Silicon Valley. Silicon and Mega-regions Chicago, Philippines the and Argentina, City. Brazil, global—as much Singapore as New YorkNew as Singapore much global—as evolves from a political hot soup of counties counties of soup hot political a from evolves opment and quality-of-life attractions. attractions. quality-of-life and opment nonprofit entities, many of which see them see which of many nonprofit entities, among the Texas wouldrank North nation, about about 40 such mega-metro worldwide areas and cities and a complex mix of corporate and and corporate of mix complex a and cities and and its dollar churn is so vast that if it were a because the Metroplex’s competitors are are Metroplex’scompetitors the because hold only 18 percent of the world’s population, and creativity human both dominates that Boston, alongside economy knowledge-based planetary economics. Though these regions regions these Though economics. planetary planet’s 40 largest economies. largest 40 planet’s strive to outdo each other in economic devel economic in other each outdo to strive jobs, and in seek talent the dollars, evolving selves more as competitors than collaborators. than competitors as more selves In that context, context, that In The Dallas-Fort Worth region is one is of Worth region The Dallas-Fort The area’s capitalism-oriented The leadership area’s capitalism-oriented u s t r 6.7 million people doesn’t come easily. easily. come doesn’t people million 6.7 Texas” with its 16 counties and counties 16 its with Texas” nderstanding what’s called “North “North what’s called nderstanding Its population is larger than 35 states states 35 than larger is population Its b ation G roup suggests that knowledge, knowledge, that suggests roup y Q planet uick ichard Florida’s Creative Creative Florida’s ichard HO is the right word right the is n ey

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a r t er KEYS TO PROSPERITY they generate two-thirds of its economic activity and that university research and development is just not “The focus on consumption has been that people buy Thought leader and produce 90 percent of its technological innovations. funded as well as some other areas. What links the cars and houses,” he says. “But it’s clear that, in part best-selling author The modern age has morphed into a global village world’s greatest high-tech and creative regions—from because career mobility is so necessary, knowledge- Richard Florida believes led by mega-regions coveting a slice of the economic Silicon Valley to greater Boston to the North Carolina based economy residents tend to spend their money the regions that perform pie. North Texas has done remarkably well in this com- Research Triangle to Austin—is a nationally recognized in different ways. Because of that, we have to reinvent best in technology, petition—so far. But many regional leaders, including research university, or multiple research universities. the way we think of cities as a place of consumption. tolerance, talent, and UT Arlington President James D. Spaniolo, predict North Texas is rich in universities, but it needs to People will spend money for experiences—food, music, territorial assets a far more collaborative approach will be needed as invest more to create a research enterprise of the first sports, travel, and art. People will be spending their will attract the most world competition heats up. order. Failure to do so will hamper the area’s ability to money differently than they did in the past, and the creative workers. “While North Texas was able to avoid the worst of the compete on a national and international level.” region needs to adjust to this reality.” economic crisis that sent many of America’s metropoli- UT Arlington has been identified as one of Texas’ As for mass transit, Florida predicts that its avail- tan centers reeling, the region nevertheless stands at a eight emerging research institutions. UT Dallas and the ability to employees and clients is becoming a decid- critical inflection point,” Spaniolo said at a recent series University of North Texas are also on the list. Last year ing factor when major economic development entities of panel discussions hosted by UT Arlington and The the University’s total research expenditures reached choose a home base. Cities without mass transit may Dallas Morning News. “Along with its many strengths an all-time high of $66 million. find themselves at a disadvantage. and competitive advantages, North Texas still has a Florida’s second major concern is that much of the With UT Arlington’s assistance, Florida, Pedigo, number of economic challenges. We will be more com- area’s talent is borrowed. “The area grew by poaching and other members of the Creative Class Group will petitive and our economic future stronger by working creative people from other regions. The trick is to grow study North Texas for another year. Then it will be up together. Dallas is not competing against Fort Worth your own and keep them.” to the region to develop an action plan. or Arlington, or Houston or Atlanta, for that matter. “It has to be the private and public sectors working North Texas is competing against other increasingly CHANGING THE WAY WE LIVE together,” Florida says. “It will require participation by large and powerful regions around the world.” Florida believes that the sprawling tendencies of the regional chambers of commerce, and universities will Metroplex likely will change. Technology, innovation, have to be a main driver. The most effective economic KNOWLEDGE IS ECONOMIC POWER and capital access matter, but much of our built envi- development is private-sector driven.” ronment is unoccupied and inefficient. President Spaniolo believes the data and trends will How can the “stronger together” idea be developed? “We waste too much time and create too much pol- clearly identify the need for more partnerships among Enter the Creative Class Group and its founder, Richard lution trying to connect with people. There’s too much the public and private sectors and other stakeholders. Florida, one of the world’s leading authorities on time and money spent on commuting,” he says. “The “We’re in the middle of figuring out what model of economic prosperity. economic benefits of density outweigh other benefits jobs, transportation, and living spaces make sense for For the past year the Creative Class Group has part- and are necessary if the region is to be competitive.” North Texas,” he says. “We’ve broken some ground. This nered with UT Arlington to examine the region’s assets Steven Pedigo, a UT Arlington distinguished is a new model, a new way to look at the present and and challenges. The joint effort engaged representatives research scholar and the Creative Class Group’s research future. This is not really about UT Arlington or the from the School of Architecture, the College of Educa- director, has been heavily involved in the Metroplex city of Arlington but about the ways that a university tion and Health Professions, and the School of Urban diverse, relatively young (median age 28), and robustly project. While he echoes Florida’s concerns, he sees a like us can be a model, promoting collaboration and and Public Affairs, with input from major chambers of entrepreneurial. sea change in concepts of ownership. cooperation.” ✪ commerce, local elected officials, Vision North Texas, Challenges include a pronounced auto dependency, the North Texas Commission, and civic groups. with its accompanying sprawl, and moderate human Florida, a UT Arlington distinguished research capital. Among regions with populations exceeding a “Though the scholar and author of the urban development classics million people, Dallas-Fort Worth ranks 27th in per- cities in the The Rise of the Creative Class and The Great Reset, centage of workers with a bachelor’s degree or higher. believes the future economy will increasingly be The region also lags in arts and recreation employment, region have dominated by knowledge, creativity, and innovation. which attracts creative class residents who become “Think of it as the 4Ts,” he says. “The cities or regions sources of entrepreneurial activity. a reputation that prosper will be those with the best performances “The data we’ve collected are an X-ray of the region’s for competing, in technology, tolerance, talent, and territorial assets industry, talent clusters, and more,” Florida says. “We because they will attract creative workers.” found that the region overall has done extremely well. It in fact North Beyond the 4Ts, creative workers generally favor has a high rate of business creation and stable employ- five attributes in the locations where they live: basic ment. A big international airport adds enormous value.” Texas has talent services, opportunity, values, leadership, and aesthetics. Unlike most major metropolitan regions, North In short, a sense of place matters. But Florida cautions Texas is not dominated by one central city. Instead, it is and human that catchphrases won’t get the job done. Decisions multi-nodal, the two biggest divisions being Arlington- capital that are must be based on data. Fort Worth and Dallas-Plano. Part of the UT Arlington collective effort since fall “Though the cities in the region have a reputation complementary.” 2010 has involved analyzing and benchmarking the for competing, in fact North Texas has talent and region’s competitive advantages and disadvantages. human capital that are complementary,” he says. “These “We’re compiling a wide array of leading indicators strengths provide for a well-balanced talent pool for and data-driven analysis that can help to inform a potential employers. Arlington-Fort Worth’s capabili- A Shift in consumption broad conversation about the path toward a sustain- ties in transportation, engineering, mechanics, and Steven Pedigo, the Creative able, shared prosperity.” electronics complement Dallas-Plano’s advantages in Class Group’s research The data show plenty of strengths—and some sig- business and financial services, design, and computer director, says residents nificant weaknesses. software and information technology services.” of knowledge-based On the positive side, the region has weathered the Of the regional weaknesses, Florida believes two economies spend more housing market downturn better than most areas, and are glaring. money for experiences like five-year employment growth is strong. Residents are “The first of the must-be-corrected check marks is travel, music, sports, and art.

26 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 27 UT Arlington’s new David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture provides a forum for discussion about the past, present, and future of architecture in North Texas. In doing so, it strengthens the legacy of its namesake, a respected critic whose words and vision helped the region define its aesthetic identity. By Jessica Bridges

FAIR COMMENT The architecture in Shaping a Dallas’ Fair Park is among the subjects that critic David Metropolis Dillon explored.

ore than 30 years ago, architecture critic only dedicated architecture critic. Now UT Arlington David Dillon asked a simple question: Why is helping fill the void with the David Dillon Center Mis Dallas architecture so bad? “Before Reunion for Texas Architecture. An initiative of the School of Tower and the Hyatt Regency Hotel,” he wrote, “Dallas’ Architecture, the center supports faculty and students skyline consisted of a flying red horse and a glowing as they investigate the region’s changing architecture phallic column atop the Republic National Bank, and promotes discourse about urbanism in North Texas which put it in roughly the same category as Omaha and beyond. and Indianapolis. When Dallasites talked about their “Our goal is to serve as a catalyst for notable research sublime skyline, it was more from wishful thinking and a depository for documents while also providing a than direct observation.” forum for public speakers to address important issues The city’s skyline has changed dramatically since of the day,” says Assistant Professor Kate Holliday, the those provocative words appeared in a 1980 edition of center’s director and an architectural historian. D Magazine, thanks in part to Dr. Dillon’s persistent, The center debuted in April with the well-received pointed reviews. During a long tenure at The Dallas David Dillon Symposium at the Dallas Museum of Art Morning News, he wrote more than 1,000 articles, his and the Nasher Sculpture Center. The event explored words helping shape a metropolitan area and educate the changing role of modern architectural criticism. a populace. Vanity Fair architecture critic Paul Goldberger gave When Dillon died in 2010, the Metroplex lost its keynote remarks, and panelists included Christopher

28 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 29 freelance stories in addition to his newspaper articles. Colleagues credited him with helping shape civic debate on issues across the area, from underdevelopment in South Dallas to sprawl in the northern suburbs. “David’s body of work over nearly three decades influenced urban design and architecture in Dallas and throughout Texas to an extraordinary degree,” says Robert Decherd, CEO of A.H. Belo Corp., parent company of The Dallas Morning News. “His expertise was recognized nationally.” Last year Dillon’s wife, Sally, donated his papers to Special Collections in the UT Arlington Library. “The archive includes a huge range of material,” Hol- liday says. “It’s a treasure trove filled with reporter’s notebooks, research materials, published materials like his books and articles, edited manuscripts, interview recordings, correspondence with editors and readers, Modern Art Museum Grand Temple of the Black and more. The information it provides will be invalu- of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Knights of Pythias, Dallas, able to students, scholars, and the community at large.” 2002, Tadao Ando 1916, William Sidney Pittman Holliday is working with students to put online selections from that archive, including a listing of all “Walk into the lobby of the “Dallas’ first commercial build- of Dillon’s reviews for the News. In addition, the web- new Modern Art Museum ing built for and by blacks, CENTER OF DISCOURSE Hawthorne from the Los Angeles Times, Alexandra site uta.edu/architecture/research/dillon will contain of Fort Worth and space the Black Knights of Pythias Architectural historian Lange from Design Observer, and Thomas Fisher, dean material gathered for the center’s projects, such as the explodes upward and out- Temple was home to doctors, Kate Holliday directs of the University of Minnesota’s College of Design and Oral History of Texas Architecture and DFW Hypercity, ward, toward a sculpture gar- dentists, lawyers, and other the David Dillon Center former editor of Progressive Architecture. which uses GIS and GoogleEarth to present historic den and reflecting pool that professionals. Behind the tall for Texas Architecture, The symposium drew a cross-section of the commu- maps and model reconstructions of the Metroplex. bounces light off walls and arched windows on the top which promotes discus- nity, promoting a discussion about the role of writing in Dillon’s News articles include a range of reviews, into corners. For a moment, floors was a large auditorium sion about urbanism in understanding design, as well as the role of the media seven of them excerpted here. They provide a scope the building dematerializes for meetings, concerts, and North Texas and beyond. as architecture coverage shifts from newspapers to the of his vision and tone. From a concise summation of and all is earth, water, and sky. rousing parties.” Internet. “With the loss of local architecture writing Cowboys Stadium to an extended, poetic riff on the Inside and outside, nature – Feb. 18, 1993 in newspapers like David used to provide, it becomes region’s highways, he covered the Metroplex in a way and architecture appear to be harder to get news about neighborhoods and urban few could hope to match. one.” – Dec. 8, 2002 development,” Dr. Holliday says. “Coverage now tends Though the region may not be able to replace his to focus only on the next big building.” voice, the David Dillon Center for Texas Architecture Dillon joined The Dallas Morning News in 1981 after celebrates his legacy. By preserving his writings and catching attention with his freelance writing. A gradu- encouraging the next generation of scholars to produce ate of Boston College with master’s and doctoral degrees their own, the center is helping the public think criti- from Harvard, he wrote several books and hundreds of cally about the design—and future—of North Texas. ✪

Freeways, Dallas/Fort Worth, 1949-present, various architects “Freeways are paradigms of form following function, far clearer and more instructive than buildings, particularly over-decorated postmodern buildings. Freeways are con- catenations of curves, slopes, and tangents, enlarged diagrams from geometry textbooks. The roadways represent the triumph of the horizontal line over the accidents of topography, while the interchanges and overpasses are heroic mini- malist sculptures, the modern equivalent of the Roman aqueducts.” – June 3, 1990

30 UTArlington Magazine Fair Park, Dallas, Kirby Building, Dallas, 1936, George Dahl 1913, Barnett, Haynes & Barnett “Fair Park deserves a better shake than either its support- “The building still has an ers or its critics are giving it. interior shopping arcade It is not chic and trendy but running from Main to Pacific, populist and irremediably one of those urban delights local. Within its 277 acres are that downtown Dallas has vestiges of everything Dallas forsaken in its frenzy over has been: railhead, retail and skybridges and tunnels. marketing center, agricultural And it has a memorable hub, football capital of the lobby; not large, but, like Southwest. It is also the one the façade, surprisingly thing big enough and com- impressive. The combination Sundance West, pelling enough to change the of brass, cut-glass mirrors, Fort Worth, future of South Dallas.” ornamental plaster and 1991, David M. Schwarz – Aug. 2, 1992 decorative vaulting creates a sumptuous feel that antici- “If America’s downtowns Cowboys Stadium, pates the grand skyscraper weren’t in such sorry shape, Arlington, 2009, HKS Sports & lobbies of the 1920s and Sundance West might not be Entertainment Group ’30s.” – Dec. 26, 1987 getting so much attention. But they are, and it is, for the “Football may be the main simple reason that it reaf- attraction at the new Cow- firms vanishing urban values: boys Stadium, but the struc- lively streets, apartments ture itself, with its retractable over shops, multiple uses in roof, monumental arches and a single building. Sundance massive video screen, should West does these things in a provide plenty of visual enter- slightly tony and precious way, tainment during those long, but at least it pulls together dull pauses for network com- the right pieces in one spot.” mercials and instant replays.” – June 14, 1992 – June 3, 2009

32 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 33 As bullying incidents become more widespread and vicious, UT Arlington professors are engaged in sweeping research and scholarly studies to curb the troubling trend. By Sarah Bahari

Illustration by Noma Bar Fighting Back on Carmichael was 13 with bright blue eyes and the Internet and social media. Bullies who once ruled the lunchroom now use Twitter and texting to torment sandy-blonde hair. He loved football, his horse classmates while cloaking themselves in anonymity. Asher Brown, a 13-year-old Houston boy, shot and named Handsome, and a stray dog he called Daisy. killed himself after his parents say he was bullied at J school for being gay. Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old fresh- Small for his age, Jon was bullied relentlessly by class- man at Rutgers University, jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge after a sexual encounter mates. Media reports detailed how fellow students with a man was secretly recorded and streamed online. Phoebe Prince, a 15-year-old in Massachusetts, hanged called him names and flushed his head in toilets. One herself in a stairwell after months of being bullied. While suicide cases are extreme, experts agree that day at school, his parents say, he was stripped nude, the problem has become acute. “Bullying has been around for a long time,” says Alejandro del Carmen, tied up, and dumped in a trash can. Not long after chair of the Criminology and Criminal Justice Depart- ment, “but we are seeing higher levels of sophistication that, in March 2010, the young teen hanged himself and aggression.” From psychology and education to criminal justice in a barn near his family’s home on the outskirts of and social work, UT Arlington professors are working to evaluate health problems of bullying victims, help Cleburne. Long an unfortunate staple of school yards, schools craft better policies, determine why some kids bully, and advance our understanding of bullies in the bullying has reached an epidemic, fueled in part by workplace.

34 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 35 “It is important Sick of the Abuse less able to handle threats to their immune system, who are passive or have few friends, children who are design anti-bullying programs, provide counseling, and “A lot of Estimates of the extent of bullying range widely. resulting in more health problems. Children who are small for their age, or children who are just different. identify students who are at risk of becoming bullies. to figure out According to the National Center for Education bullied show the same cortisol awakening response as Bullies frequently come from families or neighbor- As teenagers across the country are being prosecuted people will Statistics, about 28 percent of students ages 12 to 18 someone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, hoods where violence is common, Dr. Crow says, and for bullying, the issue has captured the attention of the hear about the motives said they were bullied in 2009, the last year for which Jensen-Campbell says. some have been bullied by peers or adults. Bullying criminal justice world. of the bullies NCES figures are available. This year she plans to revisit the students, most does not occur in isolation, and prevention increasingly “We criminologists are being challenged to step up bullying and Parents are asking schools and communities to now in high school, to determine whether cortisol focuses on urging bystanders to stand up for victims. and find ways to prevent these acts of bullying, which to address address bullying, and UT Arlington has responded. In levels remained abnormal for those who were bullied Leffingwell and Crow advise bullied children to endanger our communities,” del Carmen says. say this is just March the University partnered with the White House in junior high. She also is launching a project studying stop blaming themselves and to talk to someone. Out Adolescents aren’t the only targets. and prevent to host a conference on bullying prevention and the the hippocampus—the part of the brain that plays a of embarrassment, many children keep the bullying a A growing number of researchers are studying the kids being the problem.” lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community. crucial role in memory—of college students who were secret, which often makes it worse. Leffingwell urges phenomenon of adulthood bullying, which can include kids. This The event, one in a series coordinated by the Obama bullied. school administrators to set a strict policy that pro- tactics such as verbal abuse and threatening conduct. administration, featured impassioned remarks from “A lot of people will hear about bullying and say this hibits bullying and encourages teachers to implement About 35 percent of employees in the United States research tells Attorney General Eric Holder and Valerie Jarrett, senior is just kids being kids. This research tells us that this is the rule in their own classrooms. report being bullied at work, according to the Workplace adviser to President Obama. not true,” she says. “Bullying is a very serious problem He believes schools should be proactive, offering Bullying Institute. us that this is Every day in the United States, 160,000 children with very serious health effects.” lessons in conflict resolution and problem solving as Social work Professor Ski Hunter is leading a project not true.” miss school out of fear of attack or intimidation, the early as grade school. Bullying is a learned behavior, to determine how rampant workplace bullying is in National Education Association reports. Psychology Zero Tolerance which means bullies have the ability to change. higher education. She and colleagues are surveying Associate Professor Lauri Jensen-Campbell is exploring As a clinical psychologist, Jon Leffingwell has seen “Teachers and administrators have to say upfront that social work departments at universities across the whether these students also miss school because their the emotional toll bullying can take. Children become they will not tolerate this sort of behavior,” Leffingwell country. Dr. Hunter became interested in the topic physical health has declined. depressed, withdrawn, angry, helpless, and, in extreme says. “Bullying is minimized when everybody in the after encountering a workplace bully. “We know chronic stress can lead to real and serious cases, suicidal. school works together, and it needs to start at the top.” “Bullies create a hostile work environment and are very health problems,” she says. “We wondered if bullying Dr. Leffingwell, an associate professor of educa- damaging to workplace morale,” she says. “They choose affected their immune system, leaving them more tion, instructs teachers how to prevent bullying in the Inside the Bully’s Mind their targets and harass, intimidate, and humiliate.” susceptible to colds and flus, and even affected their classroom. Formerly a consultant for school districts Why do some children bully? Low self-esteem? Anger? Unlike school-aged bullies who often victimize class- long-term health.” on the subject, he notes that research shows bullying Frustration? Abuse? mates for being unusual or different, workplace bullies Dr. Jensen-Campbell and a team of researchers intensifies when the economy struggles, which may have A team of criminal justice professors wants to tap pick on the intelligent and well-liked, those who are interviewed about 300 students, mostly sixth- to eighth- helped catapult the issue into the national spotlight. into the mindset of the bully. Working with community good at their jobs. graders at public and private schools in Arlington, and “There’s more anger, more frustration,” he says. “More groups, the professors plan to identify bullies of both “They want to bring people down,” Hunter says. “They determined that roughly one-third were victims of kids might have trouble at home due to myriad prob- sexes who attend schools in North Texas. The professors are driven by jealousy.” bullying (defined as repeated aggressive behavior). lems, and they take that out on other kids. The weak will survey the bullies to determine what fuels their The data that Hunter and her colleagues collect will Using saliva samples, the researchers monitored the tend to pick on the weaker.” behavior. The department conducted a similar study help employers, just beginning to recognize the problem, students’ cortisol levels. Bullying spans all socioeconomic classes and races, on why teenagers join gangs. to develop policies to deal with bullies. In healthy children, cortisol peaks about 30 min- adds education Professor Mary Lynn Crow, a clinical “A lot of research focuses on the victims of bullying, “The bully flaunts power and authority, belittles and utes after waking and falls throughout the day. Bullied psychologist who counsels bullied children and their but we know little about what drives the bully,” Dr. del hurts people. The targets experience real and long- children show flattened cortisol awakening response, parents, as well as bullies themselves. Those most likely Carmen says. “It is important to figure out the motives lasting effects. The problem can no longer be ignored.” which accompanies poorer health outcomes. This to be bullied include children with disabilities, children of the bullies to address and prevent the problem.” Hunter and fellow UT Arlington professors are blunted awakening response could make children who are gay or lesbian or perceived to be, children Schools and communities could use the data to making sure it won’t be. ✪

HELP AND HOPE Psychology Associate Professor Lauri Jensen- Campbell is exploring whether bullying leads to a decline in physical health, causing students to miss school. Education faculty members Jon Leffingwell and Mary Lynn Crow, both clinical psychologists, advise bullied children to stop blaming themselves.

NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT UT Arlington partnered with the White House to host a conference on bullying prevention in March. Featuring remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder, the event was one in a series coordinated by the Obama administration.

36 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 37 ALUMNI NEWS Snapshot Rocketing to success only 11,000 African-American Alumnithe world AND UTNews Arlington women. She joined Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, eventually becom- ing a senior systems engineer responsible for maintaining rocket engine systems. Her austin mixer work focused on the RL10, Bill Fleming ’74 and Gary the world’s highest perform- Anderson ’77 attended an ing, most reliable upper-stage alumni networking event in rocket engine. February at the Iron Cactus Dakeesha Wright is a numbers “I worked with a machine Mexican Grill in downtown person. A proposal manager that is used to power vehicles Austin. for Hamilton Sundstrand, a into space. Testing rocket company that designs and engines is one of the coolest manufactures aerospace jobs to have!” systems for commercial, She traces her career regional, corporate, and successes to her undergraduate military aircraft, Wright ’03 studies at UT Arlington. ang had an affinity for math and “Everything I accomplished at

ames Y science at an early age. UTA I can relate to currently

y J “I was always good in those working in the field.” Beacon of Hope Los angeles mixer More than two dozen alumni subjects,” she says. “I got inter- Though a recent career Robert Lynch steers post-Katrina recovery ested in engineering in high move has her focusing more in Southern California school after taking classes at on the business end of things, There were those who questioned whether New Orleans gathered in March for a mixer llustration B I a local college.” Wright hopes to stay in engi- would ever recover from Hurricane Katrina. Alumnus at Border Grill in downtown Wright bucks the num - neering. Robert Lynch wasn’t one of them. Los Angeles. bers trend for her profession. “I wanted to get more When the massive storm struck the city in 2005, She was among 1,859 U.S. into the inner workings of Dr. Lynch was director of the South Central Veterans Building Loyalty women—and one of only 123 an organization, and this Affairs Health Care Network, overseeing hospitals African-American women—to position gives me global insight in Louisiana and seven other states. Due to the Student Alumni Association lays the groundwork for dedicated graduates earn a mechanical engineer- into how we do business,” she catastrophic flooding caused by infrastructure failure ing degree in 2003. As of 2006, says. “But I want to stay tied to in New Orleans, he had to evacuate more than 600 As president of the Student Alumni Association in Established in 1989, the SAA imposed membership an estimated 1.4 million men engineering in some way. On patients and employees from the city’s VA hospital. 2001-02, Ricardo Lopez gained a lifelong appreciation limits until 2001, when the group began including worked in science and engi- the business side, I actually rely “Nobody was prepared for a disaster of that for the difference alumni make on campus. any student interested in joining. Today it’s the larg- neering fields compared to on my engineering background magnitude,” he says. “Nobody was prepared for the alumni picnic “I saw firsthand the positive impact alumni can have est student organization on campus, with more than 187,000 women, including quite frequently.” levees to fail or for the entire city to be evacuated. It Pat Driessen ’84 and her on students,” he says. “Being a member of the SAA was 2,000 members. took a lot of heroic efforts by a whole lot of people to get husband, Klaus Driessen ’71, one of the best experiences of my life.” The group’s mission is to assist students in their everyone out safely. The devastation was tremendous. ’76, joined fellow alumni and Now a competitive strategy analyst at Raytheon, journey to graduation through close work with the It was a very chaotic time, but people rose to the their families at the Alumni Lopez ’02, ’07 makes giving back to UT Arlington a Alumni Association. Along the way, members develop challenge.” Association’s Annual Picnic priority. Not only is he a regular donor, he also serves leadership skills, network with alumni, make friends, Lynch graduated from UT Arlington in 1978 with a in the Park in March at Doug on the Alumni Association national board of direc - and become regulars at campus events. The Maverick bachelor’s degree in biology, then enrolled in medical Russell Park. The event tors, is a guest lecturer for the Leadership Center, and Marauders function as the SAA’s governing body, and school at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. featured an appearance by speaks at campus events throughout the year. membership is selective. In August 2007 he became CEO of Tulane Medical Blaze, UT Arlington’s mascot. In other words, he’s fulfilling the SAA’s goal of nur- “We are looking for students who have a strong desire Center in downtown New Orleans. Under his leadership, turing successful graduates with a strong loyalty to to play an instrumental role in helping UT Arlington the facility has played an important role in the city’s their alma mater. achieve its goals while supporting the Alumni Associa- rebuilding. Many of today’s students show the same promise. tion,” says SAA adviser Melissa Wells, the association’s “The city needed hope following what happened, Not every student can balance classes and extracur- assistant director for constituent groups and scholar- and that’s one thing we’ve tried to provide,” he says. ricular activities while organizing Oozeball, one of ships. “They are the backbone for getting our mission With so many other New Orleans hospitals crippled UT Arlington’s biggest and most popular traditions, accomplished.” “I saw first- or shuttered, Tulane has become the area’s main but Karen Blair is managing just fine. The SAA presi- Blair believed that becoming a Maverick Marauder hand the medical training facility. Those taught there are sent dent, a senior double major in public relations and would help her make a difference on campus. It has WEST COAST MAVERICKS UT Arlington pride into the community to alleviate the significant shortage San ANtonio Mixer advertising, is committed to doing whatever she can done that and more. positive is alive and well in California. Alumni in the San Francisco of medical professionals caused by Katrina. Scott Bureau and his wife, to keep the University strong. “I plan on joining the Alumni Association as soon area showed their Maverick spirit at a mixer hosted by the “At Tulane we’re trying to help heal the city, and we Cathy Bureau ’92, attended an “As a legacy student, I have a lot of spirit and pride as I graduate,” she says. “I have seen the benefits of impact alumni Alumni Association in March at the Brick House Café. Of think we’re leading the way,” Lynch says. “The people alumni gathering in February in my school,” says Blair, whose mother, father, and being a member and what good the Alumni Associa- can have the University’s more than 163,000 alumni, about 5,000 live who are here now are people who want to be here, and at the Iron Cactus Mexican brother all graduated from UT Arlington. “The Student tion does for UT Arlington. I want to make sure I’m in the Golden State. Texas is the only state that is home to they’re making a difference. I think the future for New Grill on the River Walk in Alumni Association is a great way to get involved.” helping the University grow.” on students.” more UT Arlington graduates. Orleans is bright.” San Antonio.

38 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 39 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Events New Orleans, Louisiana Alumni MAVSMEET Alumni are invited to help Passion, practicality welcome new Mavericks to campus at the annual convocation that kicks off the drive nursing graduate 2012-13 academic year. 4 p.m. Alumna Kaci Hickox takes a dual program for a Master in Wednesday, Aug. 22, College reasoned approach to almost Public Health and Master of Park Center. More informa- everything. She’s enthusiastic Science in Nursing. tion: uta.edu/mavsmeet about nursing, but her career Her perseverance paid off. choices follow a logical order. She landed that position she “I always felt a strong de - wanted with Doctors Without sire to work overseas with Borders in Myanmar in South- vulnerable populations, and east Asia, where she spent two nursing seemed to be a perfect years managing three primary avenue,” she says. “On top of health care clinics. In 2010 that, I knew there was—and she was working on a measles still is—a nursing shortage and outbreak in northern Nigeria that I would have job security.” when the Doctors Without Bor- It just made sense to pur- ders team conducted a medical sue a two-year postgraduate investigation. Children were fellowship in applied epide- dying in one village, and the scholarship dinner miology with the Centers for team discovered the cause to The event recognizes out- Disease Control and Preven- be acute lead poisoning from standing students who have tion in Las Vegas. poor gold mining practices. received Alumni Association Think of the CDCP’s Epi - “After that experience and scholarships. Monday, Aug. demic Intelligence Service others like it, I realize that we 27, E.H. Hereford University Hoops Pioneer as the CIA of public health. need to find better ways to im- Center. More information: EIS teams respond to crises prove health surveillance and utaalumni.org/scholarships Alumnus Kaleb Canales is NBA’s first such as the West Nile virus outbreak response in settings head coach of Mexican-American descent and the pandemic H1N1 in- with poor resources,” Hickox alumni gala fluenza outbreak. Hickox ’02 says. “My training in the EIS The Alumni Association Kaleb Canales didn’t set out to make history. But the will work with the country’s with the CDC will allow me to hosts the 47th Annual Dis- 2001 UT Arlington graduate broke a racial barrier top epidemiologists to analyze learn the gold standard of this tinguished Alumni Gala rec- when he was named interim head coach of the Port- and improve health and dis- kind of work.” ognizing graduates for their land Trail Blazers in March. ease surveillance. professional achievements, Canales became the first person of Mexican- Her first overseas project service to the community, American descent to lead an NBA franchise. At 33 came in 2004 with the In - and loyalty to UT Arlington. he’s also the youngest coach in the league. ternational Medical Corps 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. “I am very blessed and fortunate to get this great after the tsunami in Indone- 20, E.H. Hereford University opportunity,” he says. “It’s very humbling.” sia. “While the work there was Center. More information: Humble is a fitting word to describe Canales’ difficult and challenging, both utaalumni.org/distinguished beginnings with the Blazers. He started as an unpaid professionally and emotionally, video intern before becoming the team’s video it also made me feel alive in a coordinator in 2005. Portland promoted him to new way,” she says. assistant coach in 2009. After Doctors Without “I wouldn’t change a thing,” Canales says of his Borders turned her down, unconventional route to one of the elite jobs in pro she enrolled at the Lon- sports. “It was very important to start in the video don School of Hygiene room and build my NBA foundation.” and Tropical Medi- Canales was a student assistant at UT Arlington cine and received a and later a full-time assistant coach for one year. He Tropical Nursing also was an assistant high school coach in his home- Diploma. She also How do you beat the summer heat? Danny Mekonnen ’03, founder of band’s live show have been universally positive, and the group has HOMECOMING 2012 town of Laredo. graduated from Johns the critically acclaimed Debo Band, has an answer. Listen to any of the taken its act pretty much everywhere, from New Orleans to Seattle to Catch up with former His road to the top is not unprecedented. Neither Hopkins University’s tracks on the self-titled album. Moments, even the broiling hot ones, Ethiopia. While Mekonnen, an Ethiopian-American, grew up listening to classmates as Homecoming Detroit coach Lawrence Frank nor Miami’s Erik are meant to be celebrated, not endured. Mekonnen, a saxophonist, the kind of music Debo Band performs, his interest in creating the sound moves to the fall. A street Spoelstra played big-time college ball, and both founded the band in 2006, three years after moving to Boston. “Debo” himself was sparked by a 2003 trip to Ghana with the UT Arlington Africa festival, parade, and men’s began their NBA careers in the film room. is an Amharic word for communal labor or collective effort, and that’s Program. “It re-opened my ears to the music of Africa,” he says. “I got basketball game against the Canales has an admirer in UT Arlington basket- precisely what Debo Band is. Mekonnen and 10 musically like-minded more and more interested in returning to my roots.” Debo Band scored University of Oklahoma high- ball coach Scott Cross. friends began exploring 1970s Ethiopian music: funk- and jazz- big this year at South by Southwest in Austin, one of the largest music light the schedule. Thursday- “I couldn't be happier for Coach K taking over the Kaci Hickox works influenced, heavy on the groove. Their energetic sound found a home gatherings in the United States at nearly 2,000 bands. SPIN magazine Monday, Nov. 15-19, College Trail Blazers,” says Cross, who worked with Canales. with the nation’s top with Next Ambiance, an imprint of indie label Sub Pop. Reviews of the rated the band’s performance a highlight of the six-day festival. Park Center. More informa- “This just proves that if you dream it and believe it, epidemiologists to tion: 817-272-2594 you can and will achieve those dreams.” solve health crises.

40 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 41 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Spotlight Fresnel Technologies Giving IHS donates software valued at $4.4 million RICHARD CLAYTOR The burgeoning geoscience ence software in the hands AND NELSON CLAYTOR industry requires expertly of students and faculty for Optics research has yielded trained professionals. A recent educational and research pur- breakthroughs in medical in-kind gift from IHS is ensur- poses,” says Bill Stephenson, imaging and communica- ing that UT Arlington gradu- IHS vice president of sales, CARLISLE SOCIETY tions, and UT Arlington’s ates have the skills to succeed Americas. “It also gives them Trey ’88 and Shana Yelverton capacity to explore this in this highly competitive field. software experience with are members of the Carlisle growing field is expand- IHS, a global information the tools that are used in the Society, which recognizes ing, thanks to a $500,000 and analytics provider, grant- global energy marketplace.” benefactors whose endowment established ed a software license worth an College of Science Dean cumulative giving to the through a gift from Nelson estimated $4.4 million over Pamela Jansma believes the University exceeds $50,000. Claytor. The commitment three years to the College of Earth and Environmental Sci- The society is named for creates a distinguished pro- Science. The gift will give stu- ences Department will benefit Col. James M. Carlisle who, in fessorship in the College of dents and professors access to greatly from the gift. 1902, founded Carlisle Military Science in honor of Nelson’s the latest in petroleum indus- “UT Arlington geoscience Team Chemistry Academy, one of the early father, Richard Claytor, for try technology. students, especially those in predecessors of UT Arlington. Shimadzu’s $3 million in-kind gift creates his role in shaping Fort The company granted the our petroleum-focused Mas- The Yelvertons were among Worth-based Fresnel Tech- license to the Department of ter of Science program, are the center to advance research on disease 35 new members for the nologies, a leading manu- Earth and Environmental Sci- real winners here,” she says. 2010-11 fiscal year. Cancer killed 572,000 Americans in 2011. Research facturer of molded plastic ences. The software it covers is “This is a great tool, and IHS’s to combat the deadly illness and other ailments took lenses and related optical widely used in the petroleum generosity will ensure they'll Academic Partnerships, LLC a leap forward this spring when Shimadzu Scien- components. Richard, who and natural gas industry for be experienced in using this Marvin and Shirley Applewhite tific Instruments donated $3 million in equipment to holds 28 U.S. patents, now seismic interpretation related critical software when they Architecture Alumni Chapter establish the Shimadzu Center for Advanced Analyti- serves as the company’s vice to exploration and production. graduate.” AT&T Foundation cal Chemistry at UT Arlington. president. “Our hope is that The agreement provides soft- The American Geologi - Ann H. Benham* The center contains $6 million worth of state-of- this commitment leads to ware for 25 computers. cal Institute estimates that Randy and Nancy Best the-art chromatography, mass spectrometry, and more and more visible sup- “The goal of the IHS Edu - employment in geoscience- Bradshaw Family Trust spectroscopy equipment. The instruments will be port for optics in this region," cational Gifts program is related occupations will grow Drs. Gerald J. and Carolyn L. Cason used to research the prevention and treatment of dis- says Nelson, Fresnel’s presi- to put leading-edge geosci- 23 percent from 2008 to 2018. William J. Commer eases such as cancer and malaria, as well as to develop dent and a longtime member Ernst & Young, LLP nanofabrication materials for industry. of the College of Science Fluor Corporation “Shimadzu’s gift creates a resource accessible to Advisory Council. He and Robert Gaitan and Barbara Peet North Texas researchers whether they are university- the company committed The Bryant and Nancy Hanley based or in private enterprise,” College of Science Dean $250,000 to create the Foundation, Inc. Pamela Jansma says. “It’s a great example of the ben- professorship in the Phys- Hogg Foundation for Mental Health efit of having a growing research institution nearby.” ics Department. The sum Honor Society of Nursing Sigma Theta The Shimadzu Center’s central location in the doubled through Maverick Tau Int'l, Delta Theta Chapter Chemistry and Physics Building allows College of Sci- Match, which leverages HVJ Associates, Inc. ence and College of Engineering researchers to access UT Arlington's natural gas Ingenia Polymers the enhanced capabilities for trace qualitative and royalties to bolster the ISM-Fort Worth, Inc. quantitative analysis. Chemistry Associate Professor University's endowment. Jeffrey A. Leuschel Kevin Schug has been named the Shimadzu Distin- “Where there are strong Luminant Mining Company, LLC guished Professor of Analytical Chemistry and will networks of companies Luminant Power oversee the laboratory. in a technology such as Methodist Health System Research initiatives aided by the Shimadzu instru- optics there are also strong John David Moritz mentation include Dr. Schug’s use of mass spectrom- universities,” Nelson says. Moritz Partners LLP etry equipment to analyze cuticular lipids that can “There’s interaction between Kenneth B. Newell Boosting discovery reveal age in a species of mosquito known for spread - industry and the professors, Joe and Barbara Penshorn The battle against cancer and other diseases received a boost ing malaria. Bioengineering Associate Professor Jian and there are students com- Alan and Bonnie Petsche recently with a gift from Mike ’69 and Janet Greene. The couple Yang will apply the instruments to create polymers ing out of the program who Lynne B. Prater established an endowed professorship with a $125,000 commit- that improve cancer detection, and chemistry Associ- want to be hired locally.” Research In Motion Limited ment that will double through the University’s Maverick Match ate Professor Subhrangsu Mandal will use the center Jeffrey and Lisa Smith program. Electrical engineering Professor J.-C. Chiao, center, to better analyze cancer-causing chemicals. James D. Spaniolo has been named the Janet and Mike Greene Endowed Professor “UT Arlington has a dynamic science program Lawrence W. Stephens in the College of Engineering. Dr. Chiao’s research includes a that is focused on the future,” says Shuzo Maruyama, Mary and Reuben Taniguchi study on prostate cancer metastasis and a sensor implant that president of Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, a world Dennis and Tamara Wilkerson aids people with acid reflux. Among his numerous honors is leader in the analytical instruments industry. “It will Trey and Shana Yelverton the 2011 O’Donnell Award in Engineering from the Academy be a pleasure to work with Dr. Schug and the entire * denotes donor is deceased of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas. UT Arlington team.”

42 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 43 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Class Notes Notable 1954 BS, ’74 MS, Civil Engineering) ment at Cook Children’s Organization: Development, correspondent photographer 1989 Henry Paulson, serving as Huseyin Ozgur (’96 MPA, central investigations. James Jan Collmer (’54 AS, Science was named Transportation Medical Center in Fort Worth. Implementation and Assess- for the Associated Press and Daniel Akin (PhD, Humani- senior strategist and coun- ’98 PhD, Public and Urban J. Sellers (MBA, Business and Engineering; ’63 BS, Giant of the Year by the Texas ment with Greg Bell (’08 PhD, worked for the Los Angeles ties) is in his ninth year as selor and working on financial Administration) is professor Administration) was honored Mathematics) wrote Go Start Chapter of the International 1976 International Business and Times and The Dallas Morn- president of Southeastern policy and crisis manage- and chair of the Department as part of the 2012 Class of Something! Live Life on the Chinese Transportation Pro- Leslie Doss (BS, Electrical Management) and Timothy ing News. As a student, he Baptist Theological Semi- ment. Wilkinson also served of Political Science and Public the Fort Worth Business Press Edge. A longtime Dallas civic fessionals Association. He is Engineering) has been named Galpin. Drs. Whittington and was Shorthorn photo editor. nary in Wake Forest, N.C. as senior adviser to Secretary Administration at Pamukkale 40 Under 40 awards and leader, he worked at Texas a vice president at Dannen- to the board of directors for Bell are members of the Col- Steve Korioth (BA, Radio-TV) Linda Donnelly (BA, English) of State Condoleezza Rice, University in Denizli, Turkey. received the Alumni Award Instruments before moving to baum Engineering in Houston Tootie Pie Co., which bakes lege of Business faculty at the is content director for WBTW- teaches freshman and junior director of strategic com- Vasu Rangadass (’96 PhD, for Early Career Achievement Varo, where he started a semi- and a member of the College and sells handmade pies. University of Dallas. TV in Myrtle Beach, S.C. He English in Coeur d’Alene, munications for Gen. Tommy Computer Science Engi- from the College of Business. conductor unit. He founded of Engineering’s board of Terry Riddle (BS, Criminal oversees all aspects of news Idaho. R. Franks ’71 at U.S. Central neering) is a principal with He is president of Mansfield- Marcia Hawkins Collmer Semiconductor in advisers. Justice) is a partner at CBS 1982 broadcasts and content for Command, and White House net.orange in Dallas, which based Sellmark Corp. Dr. Hawkins (’87 BBA, Finance; 1979 and sold it in 2005. Insurance, which received Debra Goulding (BA, English) the station’s website. Previ- 1990 deputy director of communi- received a $1.9 million grant ’00 PhD, Transatlantic His- 1970 the Business Salute award is an assistant principal at ously, he was news director Jimmy Ball (BA, Journalism) cations. from Texas’ Emerging Tech- 1999 tory) is the 19th president of 1969 Gary W. Cumbie (BBA, Busi- in Abilene. He is a multi-line Morton Elementary School for WBRL-TV in Columbus, is art director/senior pro- nology Fund to support the Michelle L. Harris (BA, Psy- Union College in Barbourville, Ronald D. Addison (BA, His- ness Administration) was agent and has developed an in Arlington. Monte Murphy Ga., and KTEN-TV in Denison, ducer with [x]cubeLABS, one 1994 development of its Clinical chology) is an assistant prin- Ky., and the first woman tory) is director of Texas op- re-elected chair of the Fort emphasis in the oil and gas (BM) is the senior logistician Texas. In a 28-year career he of the world’s top application Herb Beckwith (MS, Ac- Pathways Management Solu- cipal at Atherton Elementary to lead the institution. She erations and state counsel for Worth Transportation Author- industry. for Applied Research Associ- has held news director and development companies, counting) was honored by the tion software. The program School in Arlington. formerly was the associate Madison Title Agency. Based ity board of directors. He is ates in Crystal City, Va. He producer positions at TV with U.S. headquarters in Fort Worth Business Press as enables health care providers director for advancement in Dallas, he is responsible for a donor relations officer for 1977 retired as a colonel in the Air stations in Tucson, Dallas, and Dallas. He just completed a CFO of the Year in January. to more easily analyze, moni- 2000 at the National Institute for managing the agency’s south- the Tarrant County College Mike Farris (BA, Political Force in 2010. Ram Sriniva- Chicago. Anne Thomas (’84 two-year term as president of He is senior vice president tor, and act on information Ken Hada (PhD, English) Technology in Liberal Educa- west client portfolio. Michael Foundation. Science) has written two san (’82 MS, ’84 PhD, Electri- BSN, ’87 MSN) was selected the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter and CFO of Justin Brands and for better patient care and co-wrote The River White: tion and president of the S. Greene (BS, Mechanical new legal thrillers, Wrong- cal Engineering) is senior vice for induction into the Fellows of AIGA, the professional a member of the College of treatment. Keith Walsh (BBA, A Confluence of Brush and Texas Independent College Engineering) is the 2012 re- 1974 ful Termination and Rules of president of engineering for of the American Academy of association for design. He Business advisory council. Marketing) is assistant gen- Quill, a tribute to Arkansas’ Foundation. cipient of the Pat Wood Power Elaine Hart (BBA, Busi- Privilege. An award-winning Mevio, an Internet entertain- Nurse Practitioners. She was received three 2011 American eral counsel at the New York White River. Star Award at Gulf Coast ness Administration) is chief screenwriter, literary agent, ment network. recognized for her work in Graphic Design Awards from 1995 City Taxi and Limousine Com- TREy yelverton Power Association. The award financial officer for the city of and entertainment attor- establishing health clinics and GD USA magazine, which John Derrick (BBA, Finance) mission. Previously, he was 2001 Yelverton (’88 BA, Political is presented annually and Austin. A certified public ac- ney in Dallas, he also wrote 1983 her contributions to educa- named him one of its “People is research director for an attorney for the New York Nancy Weisskopf Sticksel Science) was promoted to city recognizes significant contri- countant, she has more than Kanaka Blues and Manifest Ramona Curtis (BA, Commu- tion. She is dean of the School to Watch in 2012.” Justin U.S. Global Investors in San City Department of Youth and (MEd) is principal at South manager of Arlington in Feb- butions toward the advance- 30 years experience in the Intent. Brett Watts (BFA, Art) nication) was named Citizen of Nursing at the University of Regan (BA, Journalism) is Antonio. He manages the Community Development. He Hills High School in Fort ruary. He had been deputy ment of competitive energy financial industry, including performs as a singer, cowboy of the Month for January by Indianapolis. vice president of the Houston day-to-day operations of was a member of Beta Gamma Worth. city manager since 2006, markets in Texas. Greene is 20 with Austin. Sally K. Snow poet, and guitarist through- the Cen-Tex African Ameri- market for Service King Colli- the investment team. Keith Sigma at UT Arlington. overseeing the departments a retired TXU/Energy Future (BSN) was honored in May as out Texas, the United States, can Chamber of Commerce 1988 sion Repair Centers. He was a Melton (BS, Information 2002 of economic development, Holdings executive and a one of the Dallas/Fort Worth and Europe. in Waco. She is director for Andrew Novobilski (’88 MS, member of the baseball team Systems) is public works 1997 Kaci Hickox (BSN) has been community services, parks UT Arlington Distinguished Great 100 Nurses. She is in leader development and civic ’00 PhD, Computer Science at UT Arlington. Aveewan and transportation director Elizabeth Hostin (MEd) appointed to a state health and recreation, police and Alumnus. Gary Trietsch (’69 trauma program manage- 1978 engagement at Baylor Univer- Engineering) is provost and Yun (BS, Biology) has joined for the city of Arlington. He is principal at Jobe Middle department position in Las fire, and others. Mark Petersen (BBA, Finance) sity. Patricia Newton (’83 BA, vice president for academic the network of physicians was interim director for six School in Mansfield. Edward Vegas. She begins a two-year is head of distribution/retail at Communication; ’12 MFA, Art) affairs at Gannon University in at BodyLogicMD of Dallas months. In 2011 he received Marshall (MBA, Business Ad- fellowship this summer with Behringer Harvard in Dallas. had a screening in May of her Erie, Pa. He had been dean of as a bioidentical hormones the Public Works Leader of ministration) is director of the the Epidemic Intelligence Ser- He develops and directs retail works, including Pursuit, New the College of Sciences and expert. the Year award from the Texas homeland security sector for vice through the Centers for Join the distribution strategies for the BethleHam, Texas, and Erase, Mathematics and a computer Public Works Association. B3 Solutions, which provides Disease Control and Preven- Alumni Association company’s product portfolio, at the Modern Art Museum science professor at Arkansas 1993 information technology and tion. See story on p. 40. Cath- including sales of alternative of Fort Worth. Pursuit played State University since 2009. Daniel Schweickart (PhD, 1996 program management for the erine Johnston (MSSW) is the and direct investments. at the 28th Annual Boston Previously, he was assistant Electrical Engineering) has Lisa Gray (BS, Microbiol- federal government. He held 2012 Alumni Ambassador for LGBT Film Festival in May. provost for research and en- been named a fellow by ogy) has been certified as a various contracting, teaching, the Social Work Department Today! 1979 Sandy Trexler (BA, Journal- gagement, chief research offi- the Institute of Electrical registered microbiologist in acquisition, and program at Texas A&M-Commerce Felix Wong (’79 BA, Sociol- ism) has announced two cer, and professor and chair of and Electronics Engineers. pharmaceutical and medical management positions while University, where she received meshonda cole ogy; ’83 MCRP) is planning entrepreneurial ventures, the Department of Computer A research engineer in the device microbiology by the on active duty with the Army, her bachelor’s degree. The Cole (’01 BA, Interdisciplinary director for the city of Man- including a weight loss system Science and Engineering at Air Force Research Labora- National Registry of Certified where he served 20 years honor recognizes career Studies) is the 2012-13 Teacher sfield. for women. She is special the University of Tennessee at tory at Wright-Patterson Air Microbiologists. She is a mi- before retiring as a lieutenant achievements and is the high- of the Year in the Dallas projects coordinator for the Chattanooga. Todd Redfearn Force Base in Ohio, he was crobiologist at Reckitt Benck- colonel. est award an A&M academic Independent School District. 1981 Cooper Institute in Dallas. (BA, Communication) is a recognized for contributions iser in Fort Worth. Don Har- department can bestow on She has been with the DISD Donna Dempsey (MPA, Pro- chiropractor at the Carlson to insulation systems and the relson (BS, Civil Engineering) 1998 a graduate. She is a licensed for 10 years and teaches sixth- ANNUAL MEMBERSHIPS fessional Accounting) is presi- 1984 Chiropractic Center in McKin- development of design guide- was named Engineer of the Howell Dennis (BA, Journal- clinical social worker with pri- grade math at Kennedy-Curry ARE ONLY $45. dent and CEO of Easter Seals Lindsey Boullt (BGS, Gen- ney. He ran his own clinic in lines for aerospace applica- Year by the DFW Mid-Cities ism) is news editor for the vate practices in Bonham and Middle School. Includes free campus parking, Bookstore North Texas. She has served eral Studies) gives private Plano for seven years and tions. Jim Wilkinson (BBA, Chapter of the Texas Society Crowley Post-Signal in Crow- Van Alstyne. Abhijit Kaisare discounts, Maverick Activities Center as both executive vice presi- guitar lessons in California. worked in Ireland for three Finance) is executive vice of Professional Engineers. He ley, La. Kim Lemaux (BBA, (’02 MS, Mechanical Engineer- curtis frodge discounts, access to the Maverick Discount dent of administration and He recently released a CD, years. Kenneth Zuercher (’88 president for communications is an associate civil engineer Management) completed 30 ing, ’07 PhD, Mechanical and Frodge (’06 BS, Mechanical Program, and more. applied behavior analysis case Composition. Craig Fujii (BA, BA, German; ’04 MA, Linguis- at PepsiCo. He joined PepsiCo at Baird, Hampton & Brown years with the Arlington Po- Aerospace Engineering) is a Engineering) is a robotics en- For more information and to join, visit manager in her three years at Journalism) is an emergency- tics; ’09 PhD, Linguistics) is from Brunswick Group LLC, Inc., a Fort Worth-based lice Department. She became senior design engineer with gineer at NASA, where he has utaalumni.org or call us at 817-272-2594. Easter Seals. J. Lee Whit- room nurse practitioner at assistant professor of advising where he had been managing engineering and surveying Arlington’s first female depu- Anveshak Technology and worked on Robonaut 2, the tington (’81 MBA, ’97 PhD, Tripler Army Medical Center and academic development at partner since 2009. Prior to firm. Lee Koch (MA, Urban ty police chief in 2001 and has Knowledge Solutions in Pune, first humanoid robot in space, Business Administration) co- in Honolulu. Before chang- Zayed University in the United Brunswick Group, he was chief Affairs) is president of Arts served as deputy chief over India. Patinya Samanuhut and Centaur 2, a mobility wrote Leading the Sustainable ing careers, he was a foreign Arab Emirates. of staff for Treasury Secretary Council Northeast in Bedford. the east and west districts and (’02 MEngr, ’11 PhD, Mechani- platform for Robonaut 2.

44 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 45 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Briefly cal Engineering) is an assistant developing and managing lecturer in the UT Arlington Arlington. Joshua Wood (BA, filmmaker, he has directed six each month for The New York lon University as a graduate ONLINE COMMUNITY professor of engineering at all social events. She was a Department of English. Nikki English) received his master’s short films and been cinema- Times. Kunal Kale (MEngr, student in the Master of Music The Alumni Association web- Ubon Ratchathani University member of The Shorthorn Slack (’06 BA, ’10 MA, English) degree in English from the tographer or photography Mechanical Engineering) is a Performance program. He site works seamlessly with in Thailand. staff at UT Arlington. Nikhil is teaching in the English pro- University of North Texas in director on more than 20 design engineer at Unique In- received a two-year fellow- social networking platforms, Lakhakar (’05 MS, ’10 PhD, gram in Busan, South Korea. May. Julie Zhu (MA, Com- others. Francisco Moreno dustrial Product Co. in Hous- ship that begins this fall. allowing you to link Face- 2003 Mechanical Engineering) is a Betsy Williamson (BFA, Pho- munication) is an assistant (BFA, Art) was featured in the ton. Michael Mansbridge Alexandra Torres (MEd) is an book, LinkedIn, or Twitter Annie Jones Evans (’03 BS, reliability engineer at Cascade tography) exhibited Rewriting professor of communication New American Paintings MFA (BA, Teaching English to assistant principal at Adams member pages to your Economics; ’05 MA, Urban Engineering Services, which Art History at the Mercantile at the University of Massachu- Annual. He is an MFA student Speakers of Other Languages; Middle School in Brentwood, profile page. It also features Affairs) is executive direc- provides aerospace and medi- Coffee House in Dallas during setts in Boston. She received at Rhode Island School of De- BS, Biology/Linguistics) made Calif. Laura “Beth” Henary a Career Center and a tool to tor for Southfair Community cal engineering solutions and May and June as part of the her Ph.D. in May from the sign. Wendy Okolo (BS, Aero- a poster presentation on Watson (MPA, Public and Ur- find former classmates. Visit Development Corp. in Dallas. laboratory services. Ashley McKinney Avenue Contem- University of Maryland. space Engineering) received “Bind accessibility and online ban Administration) received utaalumni.org and click on Linda M. Jackson (BSN) was Sheffield Noell (BA, English) porary’s community outreach a National Defense Science anaphora processing” at the her Institute for Organization “First-Time Login” to create a honored in May as one of the is academic affairs coordinator program. She is a mixed media 2010 and Engineering Graduate CUNY Conference on Human Management certification personal, password-protect- Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 at Horry-Georgetown Techni- artist who teaches studio art Wear your UT Nadia Ayala (MEd) is an as- Fellowship, funded by the Sentence Processing in April. in nonprofit and associa- ed member profile. Nurses. She is a labor and de- cal College in Myrtle Beach, in the North Texas area. Re- Put a Arlington pride for sistant principal at Woodrow Department of Defense. The Angela Martin-Winegar tion leadership from the U.S. livery nurse at Baylor All Saints S.C. Jeffery S. Woodruff (’05 writing Art History focused on everyone to see. Wilson High School in Dallas. fellowship covers tuition and (BA, Sociology) published a Chamber of Commerce. She Medical Center in Fort Worth. BS, Mechanical Engineering) the presentation of art history Ring Available in a variety Iris Bechtol (MFA, Art) is an required fees for three years, children’s book, A Very Back- is executive director of the is a manufacturing engineer in book form as well as in the of women’s and men’s adjunct faculty member at plus a $30,500 stipend for the wards “What If” Book. Jesus Mineral Wells Area Chamber 2004 with Downhole Solutions in classroom. styles in gold, white Eastfield College in Mesquite. first year, $31,000 the second J. Martinez (BM) received a of Commerce and began her Kapil Mani Dixit (BFA, Art) Conroe. On it! gold, and silver. She teaches art appreciation, year, and $31,500 the third scholarship from Southern second term on the Texas As- submitted work for an auction 3D design, and sculpture. Her sociation of Business board of 2007 The O∞cial For more information, year. She is a student in the Methodist University to work to benefit the Help Nepal 2006 Jyotirmay Gadewadikar (’03 Maverick Ring call the Alumni Association work was featured in Big and B.S. to Ph.D. program in the on his master’s in music. The directors. Paul Windle (BFA, Network. Most of his 17 paint- Jayme Gonzalez (’06 BS, MS, ’07 PhD, Electrical Engi- at 817-272-2594 or Bright: New Work from Texas Department of Mechanical $18,000 scholarship requires Art) had his work featured in a ings, inspired by Leonardo da Aerospace Engineering; ’07 neering) received a three- go to utaalumni.org/ at the Southwestern College and Aerospace Engineering him to write music and New York Times article about Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Frida Kahlo’s MS, Mechanical and Aero- year, $377,000 Early Career officialmaverickring. Art Gallery in Chula Vista, at UT Arlington. perform in ensembles. He is a notorious mob hangout in FRAME IT The Two Fridas, and Vincent space Engineering; ’10 MBA, Faculty Scientific Leadership Calif. Stephen George (MA, on the music band/percus- East Harlem. Display your UT Arlington van Gogh’s The Bedroom, Cohort MBA) is an engineer- Award from the Department Linguistics) is working toward 2011 sion staff at Creekview High diploma in style. In partner- were sold, with proceeds giv- ing specialist at Bell Helicop- of Homeland Security. He is a Ph.D. at the University of Nikhil Aphale (MS, Biomedi- School in Carrollton. C. Alan 2012 ship with Churchill Classics, en to the charity. Dan Dukes ter Textron. She is working an assistant professor in the is an assistant professor in member of the Texas House North Texas. Zoheb Has- cal Engineering) is a research Publications published his Jared Holt (BFA, Art) re- the Alumni Association offers (MEd) will be principal at Craig on the autopilot design for Department of Advanced the Department of English of Representatives. Michael sanali (BA, Broadcast Com- associate at Becton, Dickinson work Dimensions of a Dream. ceived a full scholarship to more than a dozen framing Middle School in Abilene this the 525 Relentless com- Technologies at Alcorn State at Wenzao Ursuline College Giannetti (BBA, Finance) was munication) is a multimedia and Co., a medical technology Decklan Miller-McGee (BA, the M.F.A. program at the options for the sheepskin fall. He served two years as mercial helicopter and is the University. Mark Puig (MEd) of Languages in Kaohsiung, promoted to partner with journalist at WACH-TV in company in Boston. Felicia Broadcast Communication) is University of Connecticut. you worked so hard to earn. principal of the Model Sec- autopilot lead for the UH-1Y is superintendent of the Taiwan. Rodney White (MEd) the Fort Worth firm of New Columbia, S.C. Previously, he Bolton (BA, Broadcast Com- a helicopter camera operator/ Collin Hover (MFA, Visual You can even customize ondary School for the Deaf, and AH-1Z military models. Luling (Texas) Independent is principal at the Young York Life Insurance Co. He was a news/sports reporter munication/Spanish) is a re- videographer for SKY Heli- Communication) will begin a your frame. Alumni Associa- a national special education Corey Gossett (BFA, Art) School District. Men’s Leadership Academy in has worked in the financial at KTVO in Kirksville, Mo. porter at KOSA-TV in Odessa. copters in Garland. He pro- tenure-track assistant profes- tion members receive a 10 school in Washington, D.C. He displayed his work There’s the Fort Worth Independent services industry for six years. Tiffany Hauck (BA, English) Jason W. Brown (BS, Aero- vides aerials for KDFW-TV and sor position at the University percent discount on frames. received his doctoral degree No Sun Shining Through 2008 School District. Vineeth Shetty Kolkeri (MS, had her first nonfiction piece, space Engineering) is a weight KTVT-TV. Erikka Neroes (BA, of South Dakota this fall. He Visit utaalumni.org and click from George Washington at Gallery 76102 in the UT Justin Bosworth (BS, Electrical Engineering) is an “Marking Time,” published in engineer at RECARO, which Public Relations and Commu- published a chapter in Bio- on “Shop” to make your University in May. Sam Nix Arlington Fort Worth Center Civil Engineering) was named 2009 iPhone wireless engineer for the April 2012 Hippocampus specializes in ergonomic seats nication Studies) has accepted logically Inspired Computing selection. 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Sean Cooper (MA, Health Care System. During assistant principal this fall at your Maverick pride? Check celebration in Arlington. He is gies, which provides research a graduate engineer at Wier of Communication at the Uni- University Medical Center Financial Services Roundtable Teaching English to Speak- her final semester, she served Pearland (Texas) High School. out UT Arlington’s one- principal at Carter Junior High and development services in & Associates, an Arlington- versity of Illinois at Urbana- in Dallas, has received her in Washington, D.C. The coun- ers of Other Languages) is a as an intern in state Sen. Wanda McClure (MEd) stop online shopping mall in Arlington. Yen Nguyen (’04 Cambridge, Mass. Emmanuel based professional services Champaign. She received a Nurse Executive, Advanced- cil comprises 32 companies senior lecturer in the Center Wendy Davis’ office. Shana becomes principal this fall for hundreds of T-shirts, BSN, ’08 MSN) was honored in Mbah (PhD, Transatlantic His- company. Vijay Dixit (MS, teaching assistantship with Board Certified credentials. that are among the nation’s for International Education at Owen (MEd) is an assistant at Amana Academy, a public polos, caps, accessories, May as one of the Dallas/Fort tory) received the 2012 Junior Computer Engineering) is a stipend and tuition waiver. One of the first graduates mortgage finance leaders. Salisbury University in Salis- principal at Navarro Elemen- charter school in Alpharetta, and other merchandise. The Worth Great 100 Nurses. She Scholars Excellence Award at an engineer at Garmin in Enrique Baez (BS, Civil Engi- from the College of Nursing’s Jeff Hobbie (MA, Linguistics) bury, Md. Erick Fernandez tary School in Corsicana. Eric Ga. Aubree McFadden (BA, website includes links to the is a registered nurse at Baylor the Poverty and Empower- Olathe, Kan., an interna- neering) is a resident engi- Academic Partnership online teaches English as a second (BA, Broadcast Communica- Pacheco (MEd) is an assistant Broadcast Communication) is Alumni Association store, Medical Center in Irving. ment in Africa conference. He tional leader in GPS-based neer for the U.S. Army Corps MSN program, she is now an language in the Intensive tion) is weekend technical principal at West Junior High a producer for the Nightlight UT Arlington Bookstore, Shahi Riaz (MS, Mechanical is a history professor at the personal navigation devices. of Engineers in Afghanistan. academic coach for the pro- English Program at Southern director for Univision. Mat- School in Richardson. Alanna shows on KLTY-FM in Dallas. athletics store, Planetarium Engineering) is lead engineer/ City University of New York, Safwan Mahmud Khan (MS, He is responsible for 30 proj- gram. Antwoin Smith (BSN) Methodist University. Ashley thew G. Fisher (MA, Speech Quillen (BA, Broadcast Com- Monica Nagy (BA, Journal- gift shop, and more. Go to technologist at GE Aviation, College of Staten Island. Holly Computer Science) is pursu- ects valued at approximately was honored in May as one of Hodo (MSN) was honored in Communication) is communi- munication) is weekend ism) works for The Eagle in uta.edu/shoponline. which provides commercial McCanlies (MEd) is director ing a doctoral degree at UT $200 million. Robert Earley the Dallas/Fort Worth Great May as one of the Dallas/Fort cations manager of multime- anchor/reporter for KMID-TV Bryan-College Station as part and military jet engines and of curriculum and instruction Dallas. Abanish Singh (PhD, (MS, Health Care Administra- 100 Nurses. He is a nurse at Worth Great 100 Nurses. She dia for the American Heart in Midland. She was a member of the Texas Associated Press JOIN A CHAPTER components. in the Mansfield Independent Computer Science Engineer- tion) was elected vice chair- the Baylor Medical Center in is a nurse at Texas Health Har- Association national office in of The Shorthorn staff at UT Managing Editors Associa- For information on joining School District. Kim Sasser ing) is a postdoctoral fellow in man of the board of directors southwest Fort Worth. Adam ris Methodist in Fort Worth. Dallas. Heather Frith (MEd) Arlington. Alan Siggers (BA, tion’s Buster Haas Minority an alumni chapter, contact 2005 (MA, English) received her the Goldstein Lab at the Duke for Leaders and Executives Stein (’09 MA, Teaching Bongani Mlambo (BFA, is an assistant principal at Art) was accepted into the Internship Program. Kristy the Alumni Association Angela M. 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A Dallas-based artist, Communication) writes a Andrew Talley (BM) was coordinator for Heise Media see a list of chapters, visit in Dallas, responsible for graduate adviser and adjunct Yen Wang (PhD, Linguistics) Worth and previously was a ship and policy studies at UT designer, photographer, and science/health feature story accepted into Carnegie Mel- Group in Bakersfield, Calif. utaalumni.org/alumnigroups.

46 UTArlington Magazine Summer 2012 47 ALUMNI NEWS In Memoriam 1940s was a former member of the a patrol sergeant in 2006 after infantry division in the Army Fay Lillian Nation Van Dam UT Arlington alumni board 38 years of service. He be- at Fort Riley, Kan. He received (’41 AA, General Studies), 90, of directors and a former came a Tarrant County deputy the Army Achievement Medal, Dec. 16, 2011, in Arlington. Ms. president of the Fielder sheriff in 2007 and served Army Commendation Medal, Van Dam was an administra- Museum. He was an assistant as a courtroom bailiff. Pat Iraq Campaign Medal with College Park Center Brick CAMPAIGN tive assistant in the UT Arling- scoutmaster for many years. Williams Gordon (’78 MSN), one campaign star, National ton College of Engineering Eddie Lynn Cheatham (’72 80, Feb. 27 in Fort Worth. Dr. Defense Service Medal, Global for more than 50 years. The BS, Civil Engineering), 64, Jan. Gordon taught nursing at War of Terror Service Medal, Fay Van Dam Outstanding 11 in Colleyville. Mr. Cheatham Texas Christian University and and Army Service Ribbon. VIRGINIA GARRETT Staff Award was established in was a professional engineer UT Arlington, retiring in the Noted philanthropist, map her honor in 1991 to recognize and a professional surveyor. mid-1990s. Faculty and Staff Secure a collector, and UT Arlington a member of the college’s He founded Cheatham and Lucille Cardenas, 69, Dec. supporter Virginia Garrett support staff. Eddie Williams Associates, an engineering 1980s 10, 2011, in Arlington. Ms. died April 21 in Fort Worth. (’47 AA, General Studies), 84, consulting firm in Arlington. Stephen Bennett Nolen (’87 Cardenas was an instructor She was 91. Over several March 1 in Arlington. Mr. Wil- David Joe Linan (’72 BS, Civil BS, Criminal Justice), 54, April at the UT Arlington English Permanent Place decades, Ms. Garrett amassed liams opened Eddie Williams Engineering), 62, Jan. 25 in 27 in Arlington. Mr. Nolen Language Institute from 1997 a collection that included Man’s Shop in downtown Fort Worth. Mr. Linan had was an emergency medical to 2011. Previously, she was 375 atlases and 900 maps, Arlington in 1946 and man- worked for the Army Corps of technician for CareFlite and a professor in the Intensive dating from the 1500s until aged it until he sold it in 2000. Engineers since 1974. Curtis L. MedStar. Neil J. Licalsi (’88 English Program at TCU, 1900 and reported to be one A musician, he had his own Oppermann Jr. (’72 BS, Civil BBA, Accounting), 46, March where she was also an assis- On a Path of the largest collections television show on Channel Engineering), 65, March 25 25 in El Paso. Mr. Licalsi was tant dean of students. Roger of its type in private hands. 5 in Fort Worth. In 1998 the in Amarillo. Mr. Oppermann the district manager for Farm- Allyn Dickinson, 82, Feb. 9 Not only were she and her Arlington Historical Society was a professional engineer ers Insurance in El Paso. in Arlington. Dr. Dickinson husband, the late Jenkins honored him as one of the for the Texas Department of served as dean and marketing Garrett, zealous collectors, driving forces of the 1950s. Transportation for 31 years, professor in the UT Arlington To Greatness 1990s they were also generous serving the Fort Worth and David E. Cabrera (’94 MSSW), College of Business from 1975 benefactors. Together, they 1950s Dallas districts. He received 41, Oct. 29, 2011, in Kabul, to 2007. He taught at Rutgers accumulated one of the William Casey Long Sr. (’57 the American Council of En- Afghanistan. Lt. Col. Cabrera University before coming to state’s most comprehensive AA, Mechanical Engineering), gineering Companies Award was a clinical social worker UT Arlington. Neil H. Dishon, collections of Texas historical 76, Dec. 5, 2011, in Ferris. Mr. for Excellence while working with the Army’s Medical 87, Jan. 20 in Arlington. Dr. artifacts, focusing on Texas Long was president of Long as project manager on the Service Corps. In his 15-year Dishon began working for and the U.S. War with Mexico. Machine Tool Co. in Ferris. George Bush Turnpike for KBR military career, he traveled to UT Arlington Student Health They donated the collection (formerly Kellogg Brown & Hungary as a chief of mental Services in 1971 and served he road to success is paved with a good education. to UT Arlington in 1974. The 1960s Root). Bobby Andrew Herrell health, to Iraq as a behavioral as chief of staff from 1978 to You can help lay the foundation for continued initial donation spanned more William A. Skelton (’64 BBA, (’73 BA, History), 70, April 11 in health officer for a Stryker Bri- 2006. He started his medical than 10,000 items, including Business Administration; Fort Worth. Dr. Herrell served gade, and to Germany, where career as a civilian physician excellence at UT Arlington by supporting the books, broadsides, newspa- ’75 MS, ’82 PhD, Computer as a Baptist minister for 34 he served as deputy director in San Antonio at Kelly Air pers, graphics, manuscripts, Science), 89, Nov. 15, 2011, years at churches in Arling- of Soldier and Family Support Force Base. Before coming to College Park Center Brick Campaign. Your sheet music, and currency. in Bedford. A professional ton, Fort Worth, Saginaw, Services for Europe Regional UT Arlington, he worked at personalized brick will be placed outside the University’s They also donated Ms. Gar- engineer, Dr. Skelton was an Hurst, Canton, and Palestine. Medical Command. Debra the University of North Texas rett’s atlas and map collec- engineering supervisor at He specialized in helping Bass-Chambless (’97 MSN), as a staff physician. Stan- spectacular new College Park Center, a perfect location for tions to the UT Arlington LTV/Boeing and taught at UT struggling churches. Jerry 60, Aug. 4, 2011, in Cedar Hill. ton Berry Garner, 86, Nov. Library’s Special Collections, Arlington from 1988 to 1992. G. Swaner (’73 MS, Indus- Ms. Bass-Chambless was a 20, 2011, in San Marcos. Dr. alumni and friends to showcase their Maverick pride. Your brick making it a research center for Betty Jeanne Pettit (’66 BA, trial Engineering), 76, Dec. 11, clinical instructor in the UT Garner became chair of the UT studying the history of Texas ’71 MA, English), 88, March 11 2011, in Arlington. Mr. Swaner Arlington College of Nursing Arlington English Department might commemorate your own graduation or honor a favorite and the Gulf of Mexico region. in Arlington. Ms. Pettit taught worked for the Department from 2005 to 2008. She was in 1970. After retiring from UT professor or mentor. You may choose to celebrate a friend, Today the Jenkins Garrett Li- at Arlington and Bowie high of Defense and the Internal a geriatric nurse practitioner, Arlington in 1987, he taught brary and the Virginia Garrett schools in Arlington. Revenue Service, where he working in various nursing in Portugal on a Fulbright Fel- remember a loved one, or recognize a special graduate. Each Cartographic History Library earned a presidential citation homes in the Dallas area. lowship in 1988 and finished comprise two integral parts 1970s from President Jimmy Carter his career as a visiting profes- gift demonstrates your support for UT Arlington and the role of Special Collections. UT Ar- Joe Donald McMinn (’70 for his work in productivity 2000s sor at Texas State University. that College Park Center is playing in transforming the campus lington has built on these gifts BBA, Accounting), 72, April 17 enhancement. Myra Gail Michael Ray Eskridge (’00 Frank G. Gladden, 90, Dec. 6, by creating the Center for in Arlington. Mr. McMinn re- Middleton (’75 BA, English), BA, Journalism), 49, April 10 2011, in Arlington. Mr. Gladden and accelerating the resurgence of downtown Arlington. What’s Greater Southwestern Studies tired in 2001 after 42 years as 60, April 8 in Mansfield. Ms. in Burleson. Mr. Eskridge was was a microbiology professor and sponsoring the biennial an accountant with the Baptist Middleton taught English in sports editor at the Burleson at UT Arlington from 1959 to more, your brick donation will serve as a lasting reminder of Virginia Garrett Lectures on Foundation of Texas. James L. the Mansfield Independent Star for 11 years and was a 1987. Betty Jane Hinshaw the History of Cartography. Bearden (’72 BA, Political Sci- School District for 30 years. member of The Shorthorn Williams, 87, March 12 in your contribution to the growth of a University on the rise. A founding member of the ence), 60, Nov. 9, 2011, in Fort Ronald Steven Springer (’76 staff at UT Arlington. Dustin Arlington. Ms. Williams retired Texas Map Society, Ms. Gar- Worth. Mr. Bearden had a long BS, Criminal Justice), 64, Nov. Vincent (’09 BA, Interdisci- as assistant business manager rett was a longtime member career in private investigation 20, 2011, in Weatherford. Mr. plinary Studies), 25, Nov. 3, at UT Arlington in 2003 after of the Texas State Historical and security before earning Springer held numerous posi- 2011, in Kirkuk Province, Iraq. 47 years of service. (See more Association and the Friends of a law degree and opening tions with the Arlington Police A first lieutenant, Mr. Vincent In Memoriam at uta.edu/ the UT Arlington Library. a practice in Arlington. He Department before retiring as was a member of the 1st utamagazine.) To build a foundation For excellence, visit uta.edu/cpcbrick.

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Past Olympians Lanny Bassham (1976) and Doug Russell (1968)

Count UT Arlington alumni Doug Russell and Lanny Bassham among way to a gold medal in the small-bore rifle competition at the 1976 Summer the select group of athletes who’ve experienced the thrill of winning an Olympics in Montreal. A scoring controversy delayed the results for five Olympic gold medal. At the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, Russell hours, but officials eventually ruled Bassham the winner on a tiebreaker. upset legendary swimmer Mark Spitz in the 100-meter butterfly. His 55.9 During the medal ceremony, he invited runner-up Margaret Murdock, also set an Olympic record and fell just 0.3 seconds shy of Spitz’s world record. of the United States, to join him on the gold medal platform. The gesture Russell, who set five NCAA marks and won nine national championships at remains one of the most magnanimous in Olympic history. Bassham also UT Arlington, earned more gold in 1968 as part of the 400-meter individual earned a silver medal in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. He was a favorite medley relay. He held or shared three world records and was named an in 1980 but was denied the chance to compete when the United States All-American 18 times. Bassham, a 1969 UT Arlington graduate, shot his boycotted the Moscow Games.