Report to the Regents

From the Tech University Office of the President Eight Students Attend Ethical Leadership Conference

exas Tech University President Jon Whitmore selected eight students to attend the annual Student TEthical Leadership Conference recently in Austin. The conference is hosted by the Center for Ethical Leadership in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. Students attending

ments include Davia Ann Gernand, a mechanical engineering major from Bellaire; Danielle Ivey, a February 2005 zoology/premed major from Austin; Bruce Bills, a business information management systems major

■ from Earth; Kristen Morrow, a music education and clarinet performance major from El Paso; Emily Ehrlich, a marketing major from Perryton; Michael Hess, a history major from Round Rock; Corey Chapman, an architecture major from Dallas; and Jeremy Neurohr, honors program management major from Mesquite.

Texas Tech University Names 10 Students as Congressional Interns for 2005 The new interns include these students: the office of U.S. Rep. of Lubbock. Number Eight ■ ■

■ Joshua J. Baca, a senior political science Jennifer Justice, a senior sociology and plish major from Las Vegas, N.M., who will work in the criminology major from Richardson, who will work office of U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson of Albuquerque, in the office of U.S. Rep. of N.M. Houston. ■ Catherine Cardona, a senior political ■ Leticia Leyva, a senior microbiology and science major from Mathis, who will work in the chemistry major from Roby, who will work in the office of U.S. Rep. of Irving. office of U.S. Rep. of Fort Worth. ■ Neal Carlton, an economics graduate ■ Jonathan Platt,a junior accounting major

Volume Three student from Georgetown, who will work in the from Richardson, who will work in the office of U.S. office of U.S. Rep. John Carter of Round Rock. Rep. of . ■ Candice Griswold, a senior finance (real ■ Wendi Skloss, a junior political science and estate) and Spanish major from Denton, who will English major from Mission, who will work in the work in the office of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole of office of U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla of San Antonio. North Carolina. ■ Rebekah Wilks, a junior cell and molecular

ccom ■ Mark Hopper, a senior finance and biology major from Slaton, who will work in the economics major from Arlington, who will work in office of U.S. Sen. .

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a ■ Andrew Martin, painter, and by Arsis Press, Washington, D.C. Dr. faculty accomplishments Juan Granados, ceramicist, van Appledorn received her 25th have their art on exhibit at the consecutive ASCAP Standard Panel ■ In May 2004, the Rawls College 2005. His speech was entitled Lowell Collins Gallery in Houston Award in 2004. launched a faculty sponsored Multiplicity in Clinical Trials: from February 11-March 10, 2005. summer program in Prague, Czech Best Practices, Regulatory Martin’s show is titled plainsights ■ Professor Louisa Hope- Republic under the leadership of Standards, and Good Science. while Granados titled his show Weeks has been elected as the Professor John Masselli. Recent Memories. Membership Secretary of the Colloid The Prague program offers ■ College of Visual & Performing and Surface Chemistry Division of accounting and finance majors the Arts Dean Garry Owens was ■ Tina Fuentes, painter, the American Chemical Society. opportunity to study abroad in the recently featured in the Wisconsin opened a new exhibit of Luz: New Through this position, she becomes Czech Republic for one to two State Journal as a “noteworthy Paintings at the Decorazon Gallery a member of the Executive months each summer. The alumnus” by the University of in Dallas on February 11. The exhibit Committee for the Division. program resides on the campus of Wisconsin-Madison School of will run through March 16, 2005. our Czech affiliate university, Music. ■ Paul Whitfield Horn Professor the University of New York in ■ The Venus Harp Company of Clyde Martin, Department of Prague. In Summer 2004, 23 ■ Assistant Professors Genevieve Chicago has donated two concert Mathematics and Statistics, has been students attended the program Durham and Lorraine grand harps to the School of Music named the editor-in-chief of the new while approximately 30 students Person, with significant support “in honor of Professor Gail journal International Journal of will participate in Summer 2005. from Department Chair Fred Barber, her international harp Statistics and Systems. Christoffel, rewrote the BA career and her devotion to ■ David Gilliam, Professor in curriculum in Dance, effective Fall education.” ■ The only two recipients of the Mathematics and Statistics, has 2005. The revised curriculum Society for Technical been elected as Secretary/Treasurer updates the program to reflect ■ Chris J. Smith, assistant Communication’s 2005 Jay R. Gould for the Society of Industrial and contemporary studies and has professor of music history, Award for Excellence in Teaching Applied Mathematics Activity Group encouraged many undergraduates produced, directed, and served as Technical Communication are both on Control and Systems. Professor to pursue dance as a course of soloist in Third Annual Caprock from Texas Tech University: Gilliam will serve a three-year term study. Celtic Christmas, drawing over Thomas Barker and Sam running from January 1, 2005, 1,000 to two performances and live Dragga. Barker is Professor and through December 31, 2007. ■ Norman Bert’s New Apostles’ simulcast over KOHM radio. Smith Director of the Technical Communi- Creed, religious satire, was has also been named producer/host cation Program. Dragga is Professor ■ Non-cash Charitable Giving: accepted for publication by The for new Celtic music program on and Chair of the Department of Evidence of aggressive taxpayer Wittenberg Door and will appear radio KOHM FM 89.1, The Celtic English. The Jay R. Gould Award reporting and a potential tax in an issue of that magazine some Shores, which began in January. honors the distinguished teaching policy failure, by Rawls College time in 2005. This piece is a result career of Professor Gould. faculty members Steve of Bert’s interdisciplinary interest in ■ Professors Lora Deahl and Buchheit, Teresa Lightner, the intersection of religion and Kirsten Yon represented the ■ Robert A. Welch Professor John Masselli, and Robert theatre. School of Music on a tour of William L. Hase was in South Ricketts was recently accepted for Minnesota in February. They Africa recently participating in an presentation at the 2005 Journal of ■ William Cannings, performed several recitals celebrat- international conference, WATOC- the American Taxation Association assistant professor of sculpture in ing women composers, presented 2005. His invited lecture was entitled (JATA) conference in Washington the School of Art, is one of 23 several masterclasses, and worked “Chemical Reaction Mechanisms.” D.C. The JATA conference accepts regional artists from New Mexico, with college and high school only four research studies per year. Texas, Arizona and Colorado whose students from the St. Paul/ ■ Lenore L. Dai, Assistant Manuscripts based on conference work will be included in “Regional Minneapolis area. Professor in Chemical Engineering, presentations are traditionally Invitational II – Summer 2005.” is one of the recipients of the 2005 printed in JATA, the highest rated Three large works by Cannings, two ■ Dr. Mary Jeanne van 3M Nontenured Faculty Award. The taxation research journal. sculptures and one installation, will Appledorn, Paul Whitfield Horn award is to support excellence in ■ Peter Westfall, Horn be included in the exhibition. The Professor of Music, had two New nontenured faculty research and Professor of Statistics in the exhibition is one of two exhibitions York City premieres of her music: provides a check of $15,000 for the Department of Information Systems focusing on emerging artists from Sonata for Guitar and performance of unrestricted basic and Quantitative Sciences, was the the southwest region. The Soundscapes for Bassoon and research. Dr. Dai is also a recipient keynote speaker at a symposium for exhibition runs from June 4 – July Strings. Her Passages III for of the 3M Nontenured Faculty Award scientists at Purdue Pharma LP, in 31, 2005. Clarinet, violoncello and Piano of 2003 and 2004, which reflects the Stamford, Connecticut, in January and Soundscapes were published quality of her research programs. ■ Two Tech student playwrights Hale Center, Smyer, Shallowater, student accomplishments won in the Region VI American and a return trip to Wolfforth. College Theatre Festival short play ■ Shreepad Joglekar, an MFA ■ The Texas Tech Speech and ■ For the second straight year, a competitions: Adam candidate in photography and Debate team, in perhaps their best group of students in Eric Koch’s Zarowski’s play Every Tuesday drawing from India, won “Best in showing yet, took the top four spots class on Marketing Through Sports at Two was one of six winning Show” in the International Juried at the University of Oklahoma and Entertainment Events will be scripts in the Ten Minute Play Art Exhibition: Art to Heart. The tournament recently. Tech defeated taking a trip to Dallas. The trip Competition. Hershell sponsor of the award is the Ahlum Rice University, West Texas A&M, enables students to hear from Norwood’s play Billie’s Gallery and the American Heart Oklahoma University and a host of organizations in the sports industry Gardenia Weeps was the runner- Association in Easton, Pennsylva- other schools from around the first hand. This years agenda up in the Regional One-Act nia. nation to claim the championship. includes visits with Southwest Competition. Rehearsed readings Three Tech teams went undefeated Airlines, the Mayor of the City of of both plays will be presented at ■ David Bausman, an MFA at the tournament, a feat matched Arlington, FC Dallas, the Dallas the Region VI Festival at University graduate student, won the first only once in recent school history. Mavericks and American Airlines of Arkansas, Fayetteville, in place award in the Rocky Mount Arika McCoy, Tim West, Center, GMR*Works, and Fox Sports February. Arts Center’s Sixth Annual Anthony Putnicki, Vamsi Net Southwest. This unique Handcrafted: A Juried Exhibition of Vemuru, Sonia Shah and opportunity, funded by the students ■ Three students won Certificates Ceramics, Fiber, Glass, Metal & Steven Chang all remained themselves, brings the academic of Excellence for their design work Wood. The title of his art is Desire perfect throughout the tourna- work to life by exposing students to at the Texas Educational Theatre and Arousal. Bausman is a 2005 ment. Gianpaolo Macerola real people who are involved in the Association conference: Ross NICHE Student Award Finalist for and partner Shiva Bodhireddy sports industry on a daily basis. Fleming, scene design, Ginger the piece entitled Pregnant Tea helped secure the Tech sweep with Angstadt, lighting design, and Pod in the non-wearable, a 6-1 record. ■ Accounting student Elisa Bierschenk, costume functional category. Alexander Walther was chosen design. ■ Four students from Jill as the Honors Intern for the Dallas ■ Qiuqiong Cheng, a Ph.D. Patterson’s fall 2004 Studies in Office of the FBI. Walther was ■ The Texas Higher Education student in the Department of Creative Writing class have been chosen from among 150 applicants. Coordinating Board renewed a Environmental Toxicology, was notified that their short stories He is also a recipient of one of the grant for a second year for the selected as one of the recipients of (submitted to a journal as a course eight TSCPA (Texas Society of CPAs) Motivational Performance Team a 2005 Environmental Chemistry requirement) have been accepted undergraduate scholarships project. The Go Theatre group Graduate Student Award from the for publication. Meredith awarded to Texas Tech students this consists of undergraduate and Environmental Chemistry Division Doench’s story “Caterpillar” in year, and he has been working on a graduate students that travel to of the American Chemical Society will appear in Hayden’s Ferry special project with the Lubbock area schools and perform skits (ACS). This award recognizes Review. Toni Jensen’s story District Attorney’s office helping to given to motivate and assist middle graduate students who are working “Rabids” is set to appear in analyze financial data for use in and high school students and their in areas related to environmental Dalhousie. Jerome Stueart’s prosecuting white collar crime. parents in planning, preparing, chemistry. Paramakalyani story, “Old Lions,” will appear in and applying for college. This fall Martinelango, a Ph.D. student Redivider, and Tanda Word’s ■ The fraternity and sorority the group traveled to schools in in Horn Professor Purnendu K. story, “Reasons Why I Hate You, community hosted the National Ralls, Wolfforth, and Southland, Dasgupta’s group, also received the Catfishface” in The Oracular Tree. Interfraternity Council and this spring trips are planned to same award. Alcohol Summit on January ■ Two graduate students in 28-29 at Blanco Canyon Retreat Creative Writing received awards at Center. Funded by a grant from the Jennifer Whitmore is challenging the annual meeting of the North-American Interfraternity faculty, staff, and students from across the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Conference and the National campus to get fit and healthy in the New Association (SWPCA)in Albuquer- Highway Traffic Safety Administra- Year. She has partnered with Debra Reed, que recently. Gail Folkins was tion, the Alcohol Summit is a Helen Devitt Jones Chair of Nutrition in the given the Jerry Bradley Award for campus leadership institute which College of Human Sciences, to bring F.I.T. Creative Writing, and Carolyn provides fraternity and sorority Tech to campus. F.I.T. Tech is a campus- Kennedy was given the Lawrence communities the opportunity to wide program of teams organized to each Clayton Award for Texas Culture. establish an agenda for achieving walk 830 miles, the distance across Texas, Both awards carry a prize of $100. success. between February 5 and April 2. When the program began recently, 115 teams of 8, or 920 faculty, staff and students had signed up for the program. news of note ■ Nominations for the new English has worked for the Depart- Excellence in Diversity and Equity ment of Housing and Residence Life University, one in the Rawls Award are due March 5 and should for over College of Business and one be submitted to Juan Munoz, 9 years. in the College of Engineer- Office of the President. This award ing. The $1 million gift from has been created through the ■ Texas Tech’s IDEAL (Institute Bagley, plus matching funds of $1 President’s Special Assistant for for the Development and million from the Regents’ Faculty Diversity to recognize the efforts of Enrichment of Advanced Endowment Program, will create faculty to engage in activities on Learners) has enjoyed a record the Jean Austin Bagley Regents’ and off campus that promote the enrollment in its Super Saturdays Chair in the Rawls College of value of diversity. The award will be series of classes for Spring 2005. Business Administration, and the accompanied by a stipend of $2500. Super Saturdays are opportunities Bryan Pearce Bagley Regents’ Chair for elementary-age students to in the College of Engineering. ■ The Rawls College of explore a wide range of subjects not ■ Vice President of Student Affairs Business MD/MBA program available to them in a regular school Michael Shonrock has been ■ Professor Ronald K. was featured in amednews.com, The setting. Martha Hise coordinates accepted as a participant in two Mitchell was recently appointed Newspaper for America’s the program. distinguished gatherings recently. He to fill the Jean Austin Bagley Physicians. Texas Tech’s virtual will attend the Harvard University Regents’ Chair in Management at medical group, complete with case- ■ “Science: It’s a Girl Thing” has Institute for Educational Manage- the Rawls College of Business. based scenarios featuring all the been awarded a two year grant from ment in July. He will also be a Mitchell earned his CPA in 1978 paperwork and red tape, is but the the American Honda Foundation for delegate to the International and received his Ph.D. from the latest twist in the continually $72,000. The grant will be used to Institute for Senior Level Administra- University of Utah in 1994, winning growing effort to make sure that fund the Curiosity Corps, a new tors to be held at the University of the Academy of Management’s 1995 doctors learn their business skills as aspect of SIGT that will team past Salamanca, Spain in June. Heizer Award for his entrepreneur- well as their clinical skills. high school campers with graduate ship-focused dissertation. His assistants, and pay for the graduate ■ Distinguished Texas Tech alumni research, teaching, and service ■ On February 5, 2005, the student stipends. The Curiosity Corps David Gaschen, Ann Sanders, work is concentrated on increasing Center for Campus Life, in will assist with teaching classes while Terry Cook, and Mary Jane economic well-being in society, partnership with the Alumni attending workshops on applying for Johnson, as well as current College both domestically and internation- Association, hosted the Second college. Martha Hise also of Visual and Performing Arts music ally. Annual Texas Tech Birthday Bash at coordinates this program. and theatre students, will be featured the Frazier Alumni Pavilion. in A Night on Broadway, March 7, ■ Kent Hance, a finance Hundreds of students, alumni, and ■ The Outreach area of Extended 2005, at the Morton H. Meyerson graduate from 1965, will fund a community members celebrated Studies unveiled a new series of Symphony Center in Dallas. A Night Regents Chair for the Rawls Texas Tech’s creation when Senate community outreach courses in the on Broadway is being hosted by Lee College of Business in Bill 103 was signed by Governor Pat fall of 2004, entitled Study with Ann and Alan White and underwrit- Entrepreneurship and it will Neff on February 10, 1923. the Masters. The series is taught ten by PlainsCapital Bank with be matched from the Regents exclusively by Texas Tech faculty and proceeds benefiting scholarships for matching funds. Former Congress- ■ The Creative Team in offers classes such as Conversational CVPA students. Complimentary man Hance is an attorney and Marketing and Promotions Spanish and Conversational Italian, tickets are available for Dallas area lobbyist in Austin. for the Division of Student Ballroom Dancing, Basic Drawing, students. Affairs won two Lubbock and Wine 101. Most classes have ■ The School of Law Advertising Foundation ADDYs filled quickly with waiting lists. ■ James W. Bagley, Chairman announces the establishment of the recently. Both the Division of of the Board and Chief Executive Preston Smith Regents’ Student Affairs’ Annual Report ■ As of February, US Foodservice Officer of the Lam Research Endowed Professorship. and the New Residence Hall has entered into a Mentor-Protégé Corporation, has established two Funds for the Professorship were Campaign won a Silver Addy. agreement with Carcon Industries. endowed chairs at Texas Tech raised through the donations of Through this agreement, Hospi- about 50 alumni and friends of the ■ Paulette English, Stangel/ tality Services at Texas Tech School of Law and the late former Murdough hall secretary, is being University will purchase a vast Texas governor. While he was honored at the Southwest Associa- majority of food and disposables Office of the President governor, Smith was instrumental tion of College and University through Carcon, a HUB vendor. Texas Tech University in the establishment of the Texas Housing Officers conference in This will generate a yearly HUB Jon S. Whitmore, President Tech School of Law in 1967. February with a Bob Cooke credit in excess of $5 million for the Margaret Lutherer, Editor Distinguished Service Award. University. [email protected]