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Charn Uswachoke [page 22]

UNT’s Economic Reach [page 24]

Residential Communities [page 34]

Stadium Posterpage 24

IN SUPPORT OF EXCELLENCE

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With the demand for

joint replacements growing

and candidates for surgery

getting younger, the need

for improved implant

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integration between

implant and surrounding

tissue increases. At UNT,

our biomaterials research

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artificial joints that last

only 10 to 15 years. I want

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— Narendra Dahotre, chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

“I see a future where bio-implants

improve quality of life.”

3.4 million knee replacements will

be needed annually in the United States

by 2030.— American Academy

of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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FEATURES

22 Charn Uswachoke Alum with a history of sharing his success makes giving history at UNT.By Ellen Rossetti

24 Powering the RegionWith the opening of UNT’s new Apogee Stadium, the university’s economic impact reaches even further. By Randena Hulstrand Stadium Poster: Pull out your

special commemo-rative poster to learn more about UNT’s new Apogee Stadium.

34 Living and Learning UNT’s REAL communities give students a unique academic experience. By Ernestine Bousquet

D E P A R T M E N T S

F R O M O U R P R E S I D E N T • 3Journey to excellence

D E A R N O R T H T E X A N • 4 International scholar ... Dedicated teachers

U N T T O D A Y • 6Remembering Sept. 11 ... Mayborn conference ... National research awards ... Photo Gallery

U N T M U S E • 2 9Pat Boone … ‘New’ presses … 2011-12 artist- in-residence Nick Cave

E A G L E S ’ N E S T • 3 9Bruce Hall creation ... Alumni Gatherings ... Paying it forward ... Phoreffs and Delta Chi Delta reunion ... Friends We’ll Miss

L A S T W O R D • 4 8Phil McGraw (’76 M.A., ’79 Ph.D.) encourages new alumni to change the world.

Support Transforms UNTa h I STo R I C mo N T h — I N C LU d I N g T h e U N I v e R S I T y’ S L a Rg e ST - ev e R g I f T, o N e o f I TS L a Rg e ST - ev e R b e q U e STS a N d a STa d I U m S P o N S o R S h I P — m a k e S U N T ST Ro N g e R T h a N ev e R . By Ernestine Bousquet and Ellen Rossetti

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F rO M O U r President

I’m proud to tell you that UNT had a historic summer, attracting more than $51 million in landmark gifts and a stadium sponsorship that will propel us forward (see page 16). The gifts include a $22 million pledged gift from entrepreneur Charn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.), which is the largest in UNT’s history, and longtime benefactor Paul Voertman’s $8 million bequest. The gifts will foster student learning and faculty scholarship while furthering UNT’s reputation for cutting-edge research and world-class arts and music. Apogee’s $20 million naming sponsorship for UNT’s new stadium helps usher in a new era. I hope to see fans filling the stands all season long at Apogee Stadium, starting with our first home game Sept. 10 and at Homecoming Oct. 22, which includes festivities all week (see the posters in the center and back of this publication).

Thanks to these milestones, our own fiscal prudence and the better-than-expected outcome from Texas’ 82nd Legislative Session, we have renewed optimism for the future. We are making investments to enhance our students’ educational experience and keep up with growth, from setting aside more financial aid and scholarship dollars to improving our classrooms to hiring more faculty and lecturers.

You can see our progress everywhere. Our new state-of-the-art Business Leader-ship Building is a great example of how technology and collaboration enhance students’ learning. Join us Sept. 22 for the grand opening.

These investments are essential. More students than ever are attending UNT, including a freshman class that is expected to be our largest and one of our best qualified. Our students are poised to do great things. And we promise to give them a superior education so that their time here is defined by excellence. Our students deserve the best and that is why it is so important for us to achieve our goal of being a public research university offering the best undergraduate education in Texas.

Sincerely,

V. Lane [email protected]

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other overt actions against the black students (summer 2011). Most of us were there to get an education and make life long friends no matter the color of their skin. I thought North Texas handled the integration in the best possible manner beginning with the first graduate student, seniors, juniors and on down.

I commend Burlyce Logan for returning and getting her degree at age 73, but I question if the writer researched the first years.

Dianne YarbroughMurphy (’57)Chico, Calif.

Editor’s note: Thank you for letting us know about your experience at North Texas. It’s true that desegregation here was relatively peaceful compared to that of other universities, but it wasn’t without incident. In his oral history for the university, President J.C. Matthews mentions the appearance of burning crosses on campus and racial epithets on sidewalks, quickly cleaned up by grounds crews and kept out of the press. His policy was to draw as little attention as possible to desegrega-tion, good or bad, and thus avoid the violence occurring in other states. You can read the transcript of his interview and others at www.unt.edu/ 50yearsofprogress/ recollections.htm.

UNT opportunities

I was on campus a few months back and had a nice meeting with President Rawlins. I was very impressed with his plans, goals and leadership. I support his efforts to make UNT a major public research university and to offer the best undergraduate education in Texas.

It was good to be back on campus and to see the new Business Leadership Building and UNT’s new Mean Green football stadium. Both are beautiful and positive assets for our university.

The degree I earned was so important to my career in the business world. Being at UNT gave me an opportunity to meet some lifelong friends and the chance to learn from some wonderful professors.

I am glad to see UNT doing so well.

Jim McDonald (’60)Duncanville

International scholar

My dissertation advisor, Dr. Michael B. Collins (“Friends We’ll Miss,” summer 2011), was one of the College of Music’s greatest teachers and a teacher-friend of mine for 34 years. He was a scholar of international stature.

Almost 50 years after he defended it, his dissertation, “The Performance of Color-ation, Sesquialtera and Hemiola (1450-1750),” continues to impress.

In addition to his advanced seminars at UNT, including one devoted to Beethoven string quartets, his Baroque performance course was legendary given that it allowed him to put into practice his dedication to Baroque court dances learned from Wendy Hilton. I will never forget Michael breaking into a sarabande in Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors.

James Parsons (’92 Ph.D.)Springfield, Mo.

Professor Collins was the finest classroom teacher I have ever had. His lectures were fascinating. My favorite course was Baroque Performance Practices in which all the students took part performing various works using impro-vised ornamentation, unequal notes and other skills. We even learned Baroque dances. Once a week there would be doctoral students of every sort prancing around on the stage of the old Concert Hall. It was fun, sometimes funny, and extremely valuable for understanding much about Baroque music.

Michael and I became close friends and kept in close touch over the years. He is someone whom I will miss terribly.

Norma Stevlingson (’74 D.M.A.)Superior, Wisc.

IntegrationAs a student at North

Texas and a graduate in 1957, I do not recall any cross burning, rock throwing or any

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dedicated teachersThe “Music Beginnings”

letter (spring 2011) brought back a lot of memories of my years at UNT. As a 25-year-old Arkansas band director, I was told that North Texas was the place to go for graduate work. I worked on my master’s in the summers and completed it in 1967. Returning in 1969, I was a teaching assistant working on a Ph.D. I was always impressed by the faculty as people who cared about the students and were always available for questions and concerns.

The names John Haynie, David McGuire, Maurice McAdow, Leon Brown, Clyde Miller (my horn teacher), William Latham, Frank Mainous (who suffered through my piano playing for the piano proficiency exam!) stand out in my memory. Several of these men are gone

now, but their inspiration and dedication will be remembered by the many students they taught.

Joel Duskin (’67 M.M.Ed.)Shreveport, La.

I came to North Texas as a junior transfer into the music school in 1941 because I was attracted by the A Cappella Choir and what Wilfred Bain was doing for music in Denton. Dr. Bain promptly established the choir as both an instrument for great music and for promotion of the department he hoped to build.

As a middling quality tenor, I was first assigned to the Chapel Choir, and Frank McKinley was my voice teacher. By my second semester in the program, I was invited to the A Cappella Choir, and I then toured with them. For all of us vocalists in

the budding program, it was a wonderful, wonderful time.

Carter Murphy (’43, ’46),Professor Emeritus of economics, SMU

Sweet classesMy sister and I rode at

Sweet Estes’ stable (winter 2010) on the far west end of Maple Street, a dirt street at that time. Perhaps we were in one of her first classes — 1944 or 1945. I can remember the names of 14 horses: Jitters, Indigo, Choo-Choo, etc. We rode west and south of town and around the golf course being built. I sure do hope Sweet is put in the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame. She knew everything about horses.

Marjorie M. Dannelley Larson (’48)Ottawa, Ill.

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Fifty years agoAt Homecoming 1961, the Lambda Chi House com-memorated the change from North Texas State College to North Texas State University. The words on the banner at left were: “Little did they know into a university I’d grow.” Photo submitted by Deanne Devers Sims (’62) and Bill Sims Jr. (’68)


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REMEMBERINGSEPT. 11

UNT commemorates the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a week of events,

including a keynote address Sept. 7 by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.

Share your Sept. 11 memories at september11.unt.edu.

The 10Th anniversary of The sepT. 11 attacks will be a time to reflect on the painful memories of the day’s events and their aftermath, but also an opportunity to make a positive impact on the North Texas community.

UNT is commemorating the anniversary by encouraging participation in service projects, as well as reflection and discussions on how the terrorist attacks have shaped the U.S. and the world. For one week beginning Sept. 6, UNT will host commemorative events across campus that are open to stu-dents, faculty, staff, alumni and the public.

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Events include a letter-writing campaign to military service members, a blood drive, roundtable discussions featuring world-renowned experts on foreign and domestic policy issues, a halftime moment of silence and recognition of student veterans at the Sept. 10 football game, a memorial service, and a Distin-guished Lecture Series keynote address by former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates.

“Providing our students and the university community with the best possible opportunities for learning and growth is a fundamental part of UNT’s mission,” President V. Lane Rawlins says. “The Distinguished Lecture Series complements the educational experience by attracting the nation’s top speakers and exposing our community to diverse perspectives and personalities.”

Gates joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1966 and spent nearly 27 years as an intelligence professional. During that period, he spent nearly nine years at the National Security Council and the White House, serving four presidents. Prior to serving as the 22nd secretary of defense from 2006 to 2011, he was president of Texas A&M University for four years.

Gates has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the National Security Medal and the Presidential Citizens Medal, has twice received the National Intelligence Distin-guished Service Medal, and has received the CIA’s highest award, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, three times.

“Having Robert Gates on our campus is a unique opportu-nity for our students to learn first-hand from someone who has had significant responsibility within our government,” says Eliza-beth With (’02 Ed.D.), vice president for student affairs.

“He will be able to provide a perspective of 9/11 events, but also of the impact on current policy and military actions around the world.”

Veterans Center

Over the last decade, UNT has been acknowledged by numerous organizations for the university’s outreach to veterans, including the opening of a Veterans Center in 2009. The center, located in the University Union, helps veterans navigate the transition from service to college. UNT also has an active Student Veteran’s Association and offers emotional support through the Disability and Well-being Consortium.

UNT, which enrolls nearly 1,200 student veterans, has been named a Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs magazine and is ranked No. 1 in Texas for Veterans by Military Times Edge. At left: Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will speak

at UNT Sept. 7. Above: Students signed sympathy cards in 2001 for those impacted by the Sept. 11 tragedies.

getInvolved

Uso letter-writing campaign to troops: Send a note of support to our military service members from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7 in the One O’Clock Lounge, University Union. For more informa-tion on how to support the troops, go to www.uso.org.

Distinguished lecture series keynote address: Former Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will speak at 8 p.m. Sept. 7 in the UNT Coliseum. Ticket prices range from $15 to $40. For more informa-tion, contact the Union Information Desk at 940-565-3805.

blood drive: The American Red Cross will host a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 8 in the Golden Eagle Suite, Union.

roundtable discussions: Experts from around the globe will dis-cuss foreign and domestic policy issues since Sept. 11, including criminal justice and human rights, Sept. 8 in the Gateway Center. The domestic policy roundtable begins at 4 p.m. in Rooms 34-35. The foreign policy roundtable begins at 5:45 p.m. in Rooms 43-47.

honoring student veterans: Join the UNT community in a moment of silence and honor student veterans at the first home game in UNT’s new Apogee Stadium beginning at 6 p.m. Sept. 10. North Texas alumnus Pat Boone will sing the national anthem.

memorial service: Join the UNT community during a memorial ceremony on the Library Mall from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Sept. 11. The ceremony will include a live performance of the national anthem, speakers from various religious and professional backgrounds, and a moment of silence.

For more information, go to september11.unt.edu.


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DCTA A-train

Denton just got a little closer to Dallas. The Denton County Transportation Authority has opened its new A-train service between Denton and Lewisville.

The service offers connections into Dallas via Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Green Line at the Trinity Mills station in Carrollton.

The A-train departs every 25 minutes during peak commut-ing hours in the morning and evening, with bus service during the mid day. DCTA operates two bus routes between the Denton station and UNT Monday through Saturday. An additional peak-period route runs during fall and spring

semesters. For schedules and fares, go to www.dcta.net.

Emeritus College

Designed for adults ages 50 and older, UNT’s Emeritus College offers courses, lectures, field trips and travel learning opportunities for those wanting to enrich their lives. Launched in 2009, the college offers non-credit classes and social networking opportuni-ties for a $110 annual mem-bership fee. Course topics

range from fine arts, current affairs, history, social sciences, language and literature to religion and spirituality, health and well being. Classes are taught by UNT emeritus and active faculty as well as area professionals. The Center for Achievement and Lifelong Learning oversees the college, which is offering more than 50 classes this fall, beginning Sept. 8. Call 940-565-3487, email [email protected] or visit call.unt.edu/emerituscollege.

Pass it on: great things are happening at UNT. Learn about them here and share our successes with your family and friends. • happy dining. Khush Roti, which means “happy bread” in Hindi, is making happy eaters with its award-winning fare. It earned two national awards for dining services — Best Convenience Retailing Concept by Food Management magazine and Best Single Retail Concept by the National Association of College and University Food Services. The campus food cart serves up international sandwiches such as the Tandoori Naanwich spicy marinated chicken and Sabzee, a vegetarian delight.

• Find it online. The UNT Libraries CyberCemetery website — an archive of government websites that have ceased operation — has been selected as one of the MARS Best Free Reference Web Sites of 2011. The 13th annual list includes 25 websites voted for by member librarians from around the U.S. as an outstanding site for reference information.

• Dancing flutist. Doctoral student Wayla Chambo performed at the August National Flute Association convention, the premier professional organization for flutists in the U.S. Chambo combined a popular Bach composition with choreography that allowed her audience to experience music and dance in a new way. The five-minute classical piece featured modern dance techniques such as turns, rolls and jumps. G

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Mayborn conference

In July, the seventh annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference hosted a roster of the nation’s most intriguing storytellers.

Keynote speakers included author and poet Diane Ackerman, whose intimately detailed works include One Hundred Names for Love and The Zoo Keeper’s Wife; Ted Conover, who has ridden rails with hoboes (Rolling Nowhere) and become a maximum-secu-rity prison officer (Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing) to produce provocative stories; and Gene Weingarten, who has won two Pulitzer Prizes. One of Weingarten’s winning works was built from interviews with

parents who left their children in hot cars (Fatal Distraction); the other is about a world-class violinist who played for tips in a Washington, D.C., subway (The Fiddler in the Subway).

Other speakers also showcased the power of narrative through participatory journalism.

The conference awarded $15,000 in cash prizes to winning articles, essays and book manuscripts. UNT Press will publish one of the books, and the top 10 essays will be published in Mayborn’s literary journal, Ten Spurs.

The conference is hosted by the Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism.

Transfer agreement

UNT has created an admis-sion partnership agreement with North Central Texas College that will make it easier for students planning to transfer from NCTC to UNT to complete their bachelor’s degrees. The Eagle Bound Program will give them access to UNT resources such as academic advising and admission counseling.

The program allows NCTC students who meet UNT’s admissions requirements and participate in the community college’s honors program or earn an associate’s degree in certain fields to receive auto- matic admission to UNT.

n AT i o n A l R E s E A R C h A w A R D Richard Rogers, Regents Professor of psychology and leading authority on the variability of Miranda warnings, received the 2011 Award for Distin-guished Contributions to Research in Public Policy from the American Psy-chological Association. His research on the comprehensibility of the nearly 900 variations of Miranda warnings has received more than $800,000 in National Science Foundation grants and was cited before the Supreme Court. He also received the 2008 Award for Distinguished Professional Con-tributions to Applied Research — only the third recipient of both awards.

Journalist Ted Conover was a featured keynote speaker at the seventh annual Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in July.

UNT’s Life Sciences Complex recently received gold-level

LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environ-

mental Design) certification — the first

building at UNT to officially receive LEED

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new appointments

Three new administrative appointments were made this summer. Allen Clark (’00 Ed.D.), assistant vice president for the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness, was named UNT’s vice provost for academic resources. Clark replaces Donna Asher (’92, ’99 M.B.A.), who was named associate vice chancel-lor for business services for the

UNT System and will head the new UNT System Business Service Center. Clark joined UNT in 2000 as a senior research analyst in the Office of Institutional Research. He was promoted to associate director in 2003 and director of institutional research in 2005.

Richard Nader was appointed interim vice provost for international affairs. He replaces Earl Gibbons. Nader

joined UNT in 2008 as director of research develop-ment in the Office of Research and Economic Development. His more than 20 years in international programs includes serving as director of the Institute for Pacific Asia at Texas A&M University and managing China and East Asia programs at the Office of International Science and Engineering at the National

Science Foundation. He also led international recruiting and student affairs at Texas A&M’s branch campus in Japan.

Roy Busby (’59, ’66 M.B.A.), Regents Professor of journalism, was appointed interim dean for the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism. He replaces Mitch Land (’82 M.J.), founding dean. Busby has been with UNT since 1968, beginning as director of public information and publications and assistant professor of journalism. He served as an assistant to the UNT System Board of Regents, assistant to the president and vice president for university relations. He has been associate dean of the Mayborn School since it was established in 2009.

Purchase a UNT-branded license plate and show you’re part of the Mean Green Nation. By ordering a custom UNT plate, you not only are showing your school pride, but you also are helping students in need by giving to UNT scholarships.

The number of custom letters you choose determines the plate price. The annual cost of UNT branded plates starts at $55 with $14.10 going toward a UNT scholarship donation. The plates stay with you and not your car. You can

transfer them to your new car or move them to another of your cars. And by ordering a 5-year or 10-year plate, you will be able to secure your custom UNT plate for up to 10 years in advance and take advantage of the multi-plate cost savings, while still giving to UNT scholarships.

To order, go to www.myplates.com/go/northtexas, click on the UNT design and choose the level of personalization you want. You’ll be able to see what your plate will look like. It should arrive at your county tax office for pick-up in about three weeks. Find all the details at www.myplates.com/faq.aspx.

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Award-winning efforts

UNT’s efforts in building international research and educational opportunities recently have earned presti-gious recognitions.

Vish Prasad, vice president for research and economic develop-

ment, was selected as a 2011 recipient of the Michael P. Malone International Leader-ship Award, sponsored by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, for establishing international research partnerships. He has created dozens of new research collaborations and academic partnerships in more than 20 countries. Prasad led the development of a master’s program planned for UNT and the Universidad de Magallanes in Punta Arenas, Chile. He also led UNT’s effort to establish alliances with seven elite research

institutions and centers in three major cities in India: Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.

“A shared base of resources and expertise among interna-tional institutions provides wonderful opportunities for student learning, faculty collaboration, cultural exchange, innovation and technology development,” Prasad says.

Another recognition this spring went to UNT’s Office of Global Learning and Experience, which won a

national 2011 GoAbroad Innovation Award for Innova-tion in Marketing for its unified campaign to promote global learning through study abroad and other international opportunities.

The awards are sponsored by GoAbroad.com, a resource for international education and travel. The office’s new cam-paign will go off campus for the first time in 2011-12, when the university’s study abroad programs open to non-UNT students.

Co l l E G E o f i n f o R M AT i o n A n D l i B R A R y G R A n T s The Institute of Museum and Library Services’ Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program awarded the UNT Libraries and the College of Information two grants totaling more than $850,000. One will help fund creation of graduate courses in digital curation and data man-agement for an academic certificate and support three graduate students to work on the proj-ect led by William E. Moen, associate dean for research in the College of Information. A second grant, supplemented by funds from the Council on Library and Information Resources and the Sloan Foundation, will support a project led by Martin Halbert, dean of the UNT Libraries, to investigate how the library and information sciences profession can manage the growing

amount of scholarly research and data in the digital format.

Students who have participated in international educational opportunities share their experiences at UNT’s Study Abroad fair.

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n E w A l U M n i A s s o C i AT i o n o R n A M E n T This year’s UNT Alumni Association holiday ornament highlights the inaugural season of UNT’s Apogee Stadium, incorporating the limited-edition initial sta-dium logo trimmed in 24-carat gold. Derrick P. Morgan, executive director of the association, says collecting the ornaments, which help fund student scholar-ships and networking events for alumni, is a good way to remember your alma mater and show your UNT pride. The cost of the ornament, which comes in a custom box, is $20 plus $2.50 shipping, including tax. Supplies are limited.

To order, email [email protected] or call 940-565-2834.

Zero Energy Research lab

UNT is cultivating a high-quality green-collar workforce by building a state-of-the-art Zero Energy Research Laboratory — the first of its kind in the U.S. It will give students and faculty a place to get firsthand experi-ence with future sustainable energy technologies.

Construction of the 1,200-square-foot facility began in July. The lab, located at UNT’s Discovery Park, is designed to test emerging technologies such as structure-integrated insulation, building-integrated solar panels, energy efficient windows, and energy storage and monitoring

systems for the smart grid. Initially, the facility will be

powered by solar energy. Other alternative energy sources such as wind will be added to allow a wide range of zero-energy building research.

The $1.15 million project is funded with a combination of state Higher Education Assistance Funds, UNT operating funds and gifts-in-kind.

Debate workshops

Almost 300 high school students from Texas and 25 other states spent part of their summer vacation at UNT, attending one of the nation’s largest residential summer

camps for high school debaters.

UNT’s Mean Green Workshops, sponsored by the Department of Communica-tion Studies, help high school debate students prepare for the policy debate tournaments organized each year by the National Forensic League and state and local organizations.

The workshops also offer sessions on Lincoln-Douglas debate and, for the first time this year, included a session on public forum debate. UNT and Harvard University were the only two universities in the nation offering a summer program in public forum debate this year.

At the Zero Energy Research Lab ground-breaking were, from left, Miguel Garcia, engineering professor; Costas Tsatsoulis, dean of the College of Engineering; Yong Tao, chair of the mechanical and energy engineering department; U.S. Congressman Michael Burgess (’72, ’76 M.S.); UNT Chancellor Lee Jackson; and Ruthanne Thomas, associate vice president for research.For the third time in

four years, UNT has been named to the President’s Higher

Education Community Service Honor Roll.

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2 High school students at the ASM Materials Camp hosted by the

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With the football season kicking off at UNT’s spectacular new Apogee Stadium Sept. 10, this fall is the perfect time to

show your UNT pride. And we went to the perfect source — Scrappy, the Eagle mascot — for advice on making Mean Green spirit soar wherever you are. Although Scrappy is a bird of few words, we managed to interpret his call. “I’ve raised spirit on campus for years, but I can’t spread our green pride without your help,” he says.

at the office•WeargreentoworkonFridays.Visitthecenterposter

in this issue to learn how to buy — and win — great university-branded green gear.

•DisplayyourUNTdiplomainyourcageoroffice.•NetworkwithotherEaglesforjobleads.UNT’s

Career Center and Alumni Association are great resources. Visit careercenter.unt.edu and www.untalumni.com to learn more.

Stay connected•Comebacktothenestandsupportstudentsby

attending games, concerts and events or donate your time or money. Don’t forget to check in on Foursquare

if you visit campus so others know you’re here.

•Connectwithour33,000-plusfansandlike us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/northtexas.

•Bragatschool,workorhomeabout the great things happening at UNT.

Support the mean green•Hold up your Eagle Claw to show

pride and unity. If you don’t have talons, use your fist. Make a “V” for “Victory” with your pointer and middle fingers, extend your thumb and curl your fingers toward your palm.

• Join me for tailgating festivities before every home game at tail gating areas and around campus.

•Display a UNT yard flag or car decal and order a UNT license plate (see page 10).

•Do like I do and wear green to every game, especially Oct. 8 for “Green Out the Game.”

— Rebecca Poynter

Mapping science

UNT is the first-ever Texas stop for Places & Spaces:

Mapping Science, a traveling exhibit that demonstrates the power of maps to assist in

navigating abstract spaces as well as physical places. The exhibit, on display beginning Sept. 15 at the Discovery Park campus, 3940 N. Elm St. in Denton, includes maps, globes and an illuminated diagram on topics such as tectonic data for earthquake-prone areas of the world and the impact of air travel on the spread of diseases.

Ten new maps for the theme “science maps as visual interfaces to digital libraries”

are being displayed for the first time (pictured, “History of Science Fiction” by Ward Shelley). A special exhibit of interdisciplinary information visualizations by UNT scholars also will be displayed.

Places & Spaces is a 10-year effort partially funded by the National Science Foundation. It runs at UNT through Jan. 24, except for holidays. Visit mappingscience.unt.edu for more information.

how can you show your green pride?

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To join the association or learn more, visit www.untalumni.com, email [email protected] or call 940-565-2834.

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All alumni are invited to join the UNT Alumni Associa-tion at 2:30 p.m. on Sept. 10, when its new pavilion opens with a dedication ceremony just before its inaugural “Alumni Pavilion Party” at 3 p.m. The new 2,000-square-foot pavilion designed by award-winning architect HKS Inc. features space for hundreds of fans to enjoy three high-definition TVs, misting fans, food and beverage stations and spectacu-lar views of UNT’s Apogee Stadium from a 3,200-square-foot exterior patio.

“This new pavilion will give alumni, students and friends of UNT not only a great meeting place,” says Derrick P. Morgan, the association’s executive director, “but also a venue to build camaraderie and a stronger, more viable presence at the new stadium on game days and throughout the year for other special events.”

While the pavilion is designated for use by association members, everyone is welcome for the grand opening to experience the new venue. Membership in the UNT Alumni Association will be required for entry to the pavilion at all subsequent home games. Each member can bring one guest for free. Alumni and friends also can renew or register for membership at the pavilion or purchase a temporary one-day membership for $10.

Located at the northeast entrance of the new stadium, the UNT Alumni Pavilion will open for each home game three hours prior to kickoff.

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Thomas Scharf and Jincheng Du, materials science and engineering faculty researchers, are studying how changes to the structure and chemistry of solid oxide lubricants can influence their high-temperature properties. Scharf will use advanced electron microscopy and chemi-cal spectroscopy tools housed in UNT’s Center for Advanced Research and Technology to study how structural and chemical changes can improve the friction and wear resistance of these lubricants. Du will use modeling of defects and other related processes in solid lubricants. Their project, funded by a National Science Foun-dation grant, could help minimize the negative effects of friction and

wear in jet engines.

sustainable building

UNT researchers and small businesses are collaborating to revolutionize the construction industry by developing natural alternatives to fiberglass and other non-biodegradable building materials.

Composite manufacturers, USDA farmers and Ladonia Market Center will work with UNT researchers to develop composite panels that use plant fibers in place of glass fibers.

Nandika D’Souza, profes-sor of materials science and engineering, is overseeing the interdisciplinary team, which includes Yong Tao, chair of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and PACCAR professor of engineering; Michael Allen, assistant professor of biological sciences; and Vish Prasad, vice president for research and economic development.

The team’s design and creation of the new composite materials and foams could be used in the construction industry, cars and aircraft. Their research is supported by a $600,000 National Science Foundation Partnership for Innovation program grant.

The UNT Alumni Association will host an open house Sept. 10 for the new alumni pavilion.


Propelled by a historic month that includes the university’s largest-ever gift and a stadium sponsorship, UNT is moving forward in its journey to being recognized as a top-tier public research university offering the best undergraduate education in Texas.

The milestones include a $22 million pledged gift from entrepreneur Charn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) that is the largest in UNT’s history. And because of a $20 million naming sponsorship for UNT’s new stadium, the university now has a vital partner in Apogee, a campus residential network provider.

The gifts announced this summer also include longtime benefactor Paul Voertman’s $8 million bequest — one of the largest bequests ever made to UNT — as well as a nationally significant photo collection and cutting-edge merchandising design software.

The landmark gifts and stadium sponsorship totaling more than $51 million will impact every aspect of the university, with most every college benefiting. They will enhance student learning, support scholarships, create endowed chairs and professorships, sustain faculty with funding for research and creative endeavors, and elevate UNT’s prominence in fields

ranging from athletics to the arts and music to energy-related materials research.

President V. Lane Rawlins says these milestones will trans-form UNT from the standout institution it is to one that is at the head of the pack. The university has been making strategic investments to enhance its quality and expand its reach, and the game-changing gifts and stadium sponsorship have catapulted UNT onto a new playing field.

“We’re redoubling our commitment to become the best place for undergraduate education in Texas so that our students can excel and compete at the highest levels. As part of that commit-ment, we’ve made a promise to students to provide a high-quali-ty education and opportunities to grow,” Rawlins says. “These gifts will help us fulfill that promise and give us momentum toward our goal to become the best.”

Lisa Baronio, vice president for advancement, says the outside support will enable UNT to widen its margin of excellence.

“For 121 years, UNT has been a driving force in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, which says a lot because it is one of the largest, most economically vibrant regions in the nation,” Baronio says. “These kinds of gifts demonstrate that we are an

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institution on the move. Their breadth and depth represent the strong commitment our donors have to UNT and publicly acknowledge their belief in our mission. If we are at the fore-front, it will help businesses, communities and the state.” A history of giving

For UNT to become a leader, it will take committed support-ers — those who believe in what the university is doing and where it is going. Uswachoke and Voertman were both students at UNT, and they are now two of the university’s most generous benefactors. They have left indelible marks through their longstanding support of students, faculty and the institution.

Uswachoke says he values the education he received and is impressed with how the university has become stronger and expanded into new areas.

“UNT is a top-quality school,” he says. “And I want to help the next generation have a better education so that we can have a better world.”

Uswachoke’s $22 million pledged gift will be divided among the College of Music, the College of Engineering and the College of Business, with $7 million supporting student

scholarships, $6.5 million supporting endowed professorships and chairs and $3 million funding touring and recording opportunities for students.

New initiatives also include the $5 million premier Charn Uswachoke Center for Energy Efficient Materials and $500,000 to establish the Charn Uswachoke Graduate Suite in the new Business Leadership Building. Uswachoke also has given the university previous history-making gifts supporting music, business and international endeavors.

College of Business Dean Finley Graves says Uswachoke’s gift will make study abroad a vital component of a business educa-tion at UNT.

“Mr. Uswachoke’s gift will directly benefit students and provide them with the global competence so necessary in today’s business world,” Graves says. “A global perspective is essential if business students are to become business leaders, and there is no substitute for firsthand experience.”

Voertman attended the Demonstration School, a teacher training school on campus, beginning in kindergarten, and continued at UNT through his sophomore year of college in 1947. He has long supported the arts and music at the university.

UNT President V. Lane Rawlins, left, announcing a $22 million pledged gift in Denton — the largest gift in UNT history — from entrepreneur and alum Charn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) via live video conference between UNT and Bangkok on Aug. 15. Pictured on video screen, from left, Uswachoke with James C. Scott, dean of UNT’s College of Music.

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His $8 million bequest will create the Ardoin-Voertman Endowment Funds, which will be shared equally among the College of Visual Arts and Design, the College of Music and the College of Arts and Sciences. Each college will use a significant portion of the funds to provide student scholarships.

“A college education enriches your life in a lot of different ways, and I wanted to give students the opportunity to experi-ence what UNT offers,” says Voertman, namesake of the Voertman Concert Hall in the Music Building and the Richard Ardoin-Paul Voertman Concert Organ in the Murchison Performing Arts Center. “I hope that this gift provides students with the help they need.”

Baronio says UNT is fortunate to have the support of two individuals who recognize that UNT’s strengths go beyond one facet of the institution.

“They benefited from a well-rounded education and from having varied experiences at UNT, and they want to give students the same opportunity,” she says.

Ken Newman (’66), chair of the UNT Foundation board of directors, hopes that Uswachoke and Voertman’s support does inspire others to give to UNT. Last fall, Newman and his wife, Ann, established a $1 million trust fund to support the Emerald Eagle Scholars program.

“Mr. Uswachoke and Mr. Voertman have shown that there are so many ways to give to UNT,” Newman says. “And they’ve also shown that when you give to the university in a way that is meaningful to you, you are ultimately helping our students receive a first-rate education.”

New stadium, new era

Athletics is a key part of UNT’s push toward greater recogni-tion for excellence. Apogee’s $20 million sponsorship of the new stadium, among the largest collegiate athletics naming-rights agreements, is an endorsement of UNT’s progress and potential.

Founded by Charles Brady and built from the ground up, Texas-based Apogee is one of the largest, most innovative providers of on-campus residential networks (ResNet) in higher education and is found on campuses across the nation, including UNT’s.

Brady appreciates that UNT embodies the same “pull-your-self-up-by-your-bootstraps” ethic that helped him create a multimillion-dollar company.

“We’re proud to partner with UNT on the new football stadium. Apogee has a deep appreciation for UNT and its 121-year legacy here in Texas. We’ve been watching the univer-sity grow rapidly as we grew as a company,” Brady says. “Both

From left: UNT President V. Lane Rawlins, Apogee CEO Chuck Brady and UNT Athletic Director Rick Villarreal at the Aug. 12 press conference announcing Apogee’s $20 million naming sponsorship for UNT’s new Apogee Stadium.

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UNT and Apogee are dedicated to elevating the student experi-ence through innovative, technology-based learning, so culturally it was a great fit.”

Athletic Director Rick Villarreal says the Apogee partnership will go a long way toward making UNT a leading destination for sporting, cultural and entertainment events.

“Apogee Stadium is the physical embodiment of a collective vision to build a world-class facility to inspire and foster our athletes and students,” Villarreal says. “We are extremely pleased to have found in Apogee a long-term partner who shares our vision and values and is fully committed to the university community.”

With the new stadium and new football coach Dan McCar-ney, UNT has the right ingredients for a strong program, Rawlins says.

“UNT’s Apogee Stadium represents an exciting milestone in our growth as a university that is dedicated to fostering the three A’s — academics, athletics and the arts — and to being the leading university serving the needs of the North Texas region,” Rawlins says.

A significant collection

UNT’s stature also is increasing through its reputation as a guardian of history. Already a hub for world-famous music collections and vital government-related and historical digital collections, UNT now also will house a culturally iconic collec-tion from father and son photographers Joe and Junebug Clark.

The Clarks have created a collection that represents one of the most extensive family archives from the golden era of American photography. Their work has been featured in Life, National Geographic, Look and Newsweek.

UNT will receive the complete family collection as a gift from Junebug and Kay Clark and Art and Charlotte Hancock. Art Hancock is a former Jack Daniel’s Distillery marketing executive, and the Clarks were the photographers for the iconic campaign that powered the Jack Daniel’s brand into the world’s No. 1 selling whiskey.

In addition to chronicling 40 years of Jack Daniel’s history, the collection contains all of Joe Clark’s work since the 1930s, which includes famous figures and coverage of Detroit’s emergence as an auto capital.

“My dad believed in ‘pictures that tell a story.’ His life’s work will now be cared for and available to be explored and to inspire people for years to come,” Clark says. “It couldn’t have fallen into better hands or found a better home.”

The collection contains millions of items including film, prints

Top: From left, Charlotte Hancock, Junebug Clark and Art Hancock at UNT’s Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference in July. The university will curate, digitize and archive an iconic collection from photographers Joe and Junebug Clark, thanks to a gift from the Clarks and Hancocks. Bottom: Art Hancock, left, and Joe Clark, right, in a photo taken by Junebug Clark at a reunion at the Jack Daniel’s Distillery at Lynchburg, Tenn.

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and advertisements, which UNT will curate, digitize and archive for educational purposes. A long-term goal and the hope of the donors is that UNT will establish a permanent exhibit in Lynchburg, Tenn., home of the Jack Daniel’s Distillery, and develop partnerships across the nation for using the images to teach students.

Students studying photography, advertising, public relations and other fields in the Frank W. and Sue Mayborn School of Journalism will be able to learn from the collection, says Roy Busby (’59, ’66 M.B.A.), interim dean of the Mayborn School.

“The Clark photography collection is so significant because it will touch every part of our program,” Busby says. “It will really influence the future of the Mayborn School and all of our students and faculty.”

Hands-on experience

While all of the milestone gifts will bolster students’ educa-tion, one will have an immediate impact in the classroom. Starting this fall, students in the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management’s merchandising program will be able to create layouts and plans for stores with the same software used by international retailers, thanks to a gift to the school from vrSoftware Ltd.

Founded in 2003, England-based vrSoftware is a leading provider of software for visual retailing. The company donated its program Mockshop to help merchandising students master sales floor design. Mockshop allows students to build three-dimensional virtual stores, choosing everything from paint colors to merchandise.

The company says more than 100 retail clothing store chains and more than 70 sportswear and clothing brands and wholesal-ers use Mockshop, including Calvin Klein, Columbia Sports-wear, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Macy’s and Tommy Hilfiger.

Chasya McClure, a senior home furnishings and digital retailing major, is excited about the new software and adding to her skillset.

“The program is related to real life, and it’s the industry- standard program,” she says.

The Mockshop donation and licensing agreement, which includes annual software updates for the next 10 years, is equiva-lent to a $1.22 million gift. The partnership developed after Tammy Kinley, chair of the division of merchandising, met a company representative at a conference.

Judith Forney, dean of the School of Merchandising and Hospitality Management, says the Mockshop software will enable merchandising students to become skilled in an advanced technology that enhances visual merchandising, which is one of the most important aspects of connecting stores, buyers and products.

“We make it a point to provide students with an education that encompasses fundamental knowledge of their field and hands-on experience,” Forney says. “A gift like the one we received from vrSoftware makes our students’ education even more competitive and relevant.” A banner year of giving

The landmark gifts signal that UNT’s stock is rising, and they will fuel the university in new ways. Some of the gift dollars are expected to qualify for matching funding under the state’s program to help emerging research universities become national research universities, which would further boost their impact.

Giving and total commitments to UNT have risen strongly since 2005, and the number of higher-end gifts is steadily climbing upward. The latest round of big-ticket gifts is expected to fuel overall giving at the university.

“This is a banner year for UNT,” Baronio says. “The breadth and types of gifts coming in will help us move fundraising forward and show alumni, friends, corporations and foundations that UNT is a great partner and should be their university of choice.”

Provost Warren Burggren says that the gifts support learning, teaching and scholarship — all of the things that are fundamen-tal to UNT’s mission as a public research university.

“These gifts directly impact our students and the quality of their education, which is where we always want to focus our efforts. Just as importantly, many of the gifts will make UNT a more competitive institution because they sustain students and faculty who are at the top of their game,” Burggren says. “These gifts will allow us to advance in so many ways and impact so many people.”

— Nancy Kolsti and Leslie Wimmer contributed to this story.

Learn more about how some of the gifts will be used, watch a video of Uswachoke’s history-making announcement and find ways you can give at northtexan.unt.edu/giving2011.


Paul Voertman’s long commitment to UNT began in kin-

dergarten at the Demonstration School.

“The campus was my playground,” he says.

He swam in the school’s pool in the summer, roller-skated

across campus (“the smoothest sidewalks in town,” he says)

and went to ’Fessor Graham’s stage shows and movies. He

stayed through his sophomore year of college in 1947.

“I had a pleasant time here because I had grown up here,

but all children want to leave home at some point, and I did,”

he says.

He transferred to the University of Texas in Austin, where

he would complete his bachelor’s degree in economics, but

returned to UNT each summer to take classes and work at the

family store — an iconic Denton landmark. Generations of col-

lege students have bought textbooks and art supplies and

browsed through art and home goods at Voertman’s.

After his father’s death, when Voertman was 23, he took

over management of the store. He remained at the helm for 38 years

before selling it, and Voertman’s Bookstore still bears the family

name today.

Teacher Ann Bookman Williams inspired his interest in art in

grammar school, he says. An art connoisseur, Voertman began an an-

nual student art competition at UNT in 1960.

“At that time, the kids had no one to judge their work except fac-

ulty members,” he says.

With the competition, students have their work reviewed by an

outside judge — usually a practicing artist or curator — and can win

cash prizes. The competition continues today through the College of

Visual Arts and Design.

“In a four-year span, the student sees four different judges teach-

ing different things,” he says. “Art is pretty subjective, and when one

person may say it’s magnificent, someone else may say, ‘I don’t want

to show it.’ It’s a good learning experience.”

For the College of Music, Voertman supported the $1.5 million

installation of the Richard Ardoin-Paul Voertman Concert Organ that

put UNT’s organ program back in the national spotlight, and he is the

namesake of the recently renovated Voertman Hall in the Music Build-

ing. He regularly attends campus music performances and art events.

With his estimated $8 million bequest to UNT, he hopes to ease

students’ financial burden by providing scholarships and other pro-

grams. A college education in the 1940s cost him $38 a semester, he

remembers.

“Today, in an increasingly expensive college environment, stu-

dents need help,” he says.

Art graduate student Cecila Ann McClain-Shikle says Voertman’s

support has made a difference. She won a cash prize in the Voertman

competition this spring.

“It gave me confidence,” she says. “By winning that, I was able

to buy equipment I wasn’t able to afford otherwise. Since then, I’ve

entered multiple shows. When you get that little boost, it opens

more doors.”

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When he accepted UNT’s Distin-guished Alumnus Award in 1996, Uswachoke said, “I needed a catalyst to transform my vision into reality. I found that in this university.”

In addition to learning about business, Uswachoke fed his passion for music at UNT — particularly jazz. He recalls walking from his room in Kendall Hall to other parts of campus and passing the Music Building, where he heard the One O’Clock Lab Band practicing.

“Every time we passed on a walk, I listened to them,” he says, “and I liked it.”

In fact, in 2004, Uswachoke arranged for UNT’s world-renowned One O’Clock Lab Band to perform for the King of Thailand, who joined them in the four-hour concert. At the same time, UNT presented His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej with an honorary doctorate in music. Uswachoke says the king fondly remembers hearing the One O’Clock Lab Band play at the White House in 1967.

“This trip will forever rank as one of the true high points of international performance for UNT,” says James C. Scott, dean of the College of Music.

“For many years, Charn Uswachoke has been one of the college’s most generous and helpful supporters,” Scott says. “His new gift will go beyond protecting the long-established great school we have here to allow us to compete even more effectively for the very best students and faculty anywhere.”

Uswachoke — whose son, Chawit, graduated from the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at UNT in 2010 — says he is pleased to see his alma mater on a journey of continued excellence.

“I’m happy to do this for UNT,” he says.“I love UNT and Denton.”

harn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) came to UNT to learn how to turn his entrepre-neurial vision into reality.

Along the way, he found a welcoming place. Professors with ties to major corporations inspired him. He and friends attended football games at Fouts Field and basketball games at the Pit, and even traveled from Denton to the West Coast in a small Volkswagen. And UNT fueled his long-held love of jazz.

“I was away from home, but I didn’t feel like I was away because people treated me well,” he says. “I enjoyed it very much.”

The successful Thai entrepreneur has long been a generous supporter of UNT, and his latest pledged gift is another milestone.

Noted for his development of the semiconductor industry in Thailand, Uswachoke also was a senator of the Kingdom of Thailand from 1996 to 2000 and a member of its Committee on Science, Technology and Energy. He advised the Thai House of Representa-tives Committee on Science and Technol-ogy and was an advisor to the prime minister. He also was one of the Thai Red Cross Society fundraising directors.

Uswachoke gained his entrepreneurial spirit from his father, who owned a textile factory in Thailand, and he came to UNT for his master’s degree in business administration to gain more tools to help him in his career. He looks back fondly on

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your vision: I work to be the best in my field.

Advice for students today:Opportunity is everywhere. We

can’t learn from just one country.

We have to be more international.

favorite place to go in Denton as a student: When I was a student there, Den-

ton was a small town and quiet. I

would walk downtown after class

on Fridays to watch a movie.

why you decided to invest in business, engineering and music: I have worked in the high-tech

world of science, I went to the

business school at UNT, and I

love music. It’s good for people.

When I have a headache, I listen

to music. I feel much better, and I

can think better.

Benefits of studying in another country: You learn a lot about culture and

how people think.

Definition of success: Happiness

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When UNT began as a normal college in 1890, President Joshua C. Chilton declared the institution’s aim to become a leader in “the education of the young men and women of Texas, fitting them to creditably fill the most important positions in business and professional circles.” The city of Denton, destined to be the educational center of the North Texas region, had a population of 2,558.

Now, 121 years later, Denton is closer to 120,000 and UNT is the nation’s 33rd-largest public university, preparing more than 36,000 students to fill society’s important positions. The university continues to grow with new facilities that enhance the student experience, such as the state-of-the-art Business Leadership Building and Apogee Stadium.

Today, UNT has ties around the

world, and its influence begins at home as the largest, most comprehensive univer-sity in Dallas-Fort Worth — the nation’s fourth-largest metropolitan area and the location of many of America’s fastest-growing cities.

UNT connects hundreds of thousands of people within the region and state — students and their families, alumni, faculty and staff, researchers, business

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people and visitors to campus. The university fuels knowledge to help create jobs and attract start ups. Its investments in new research initiatives and forward-looking degree programs contribute significantly to a thriving region.

“UNT’s 121-year legacy of providing students with the highest-quality educa-tion has furnished Texas with generations of innovative thinkers to lead and carry out the work of the state’s industries,” says President V. Lane Rawlins.

“Today, we continue to give our students a strong academic foundation and hands-on opportunities, making our region and state more and more competi-tive. The investments we are making to continue our growth as a major public research university with the best under-graduate education in Texas will only deepen our impact.”

Vibrant community

UNT is a major regional employer in its own right, with more than 9,000 faculty and staff. Operations spending by the university generates more than $1.3 billion in economic activity in the Dallas-Fort Worth region each year.

In addition, to support the university’s growth, UNT has engaged in an aggres-sive capital spending program for modern classrooms, laboratories and, most recently, the new stadium.

“The fact that UNT is growing and adding staff, students and programs has a tremendous economic impact on area population and jobs,” says Linda Ratliff (’96), director of economic development for the city of Denton.

Terry Clower (’92 M.S., ’97 Ph.D.), director of UNT’s Center for Economic Development and Research, says it’s the impact of alumni on the North Texas region that is perhaps most telling.

“Household spending by UNT alumni living in this region creates more than

$10 billion in economic activity each year. UNT graduates can be found in busi-nesses, the public sector and nonprofit organizations, many in leadership positions,” he says. “They are key contrib-utors to economic and community development in North Texas.”

By offering programs covering seven of the 10 fastest-growing high-pay jobs in North Texas counties, which include some of the fastest-growing counties in the nation, the university turns out scientists, engineers, teachers, musicians and entrepreneurs.

University research also produces financial rewards for a region, including royalties, start-up companies and new technologies. A strong university-based research program can have indirect effects on private firms.

“Investments in research and educa-tion are especially attractive for regional development because the benefits tend to multiply and stay in a region,” says Harold Strong, director of UNT’s Discovery Park and technology transfer.

“Scientists who want to spin off their research into commercial ventures usually want to be near their labs and their indus-try partners. And once an innovative cluster of businesses starts to form, the industry usually puts down deep roots.”

Technology transfer

Discovery Park, UNT’s nearly 290-acre research park, established a new technology incubator program last year to expand economic development opportu-nities. Solar Logic, which recently entered the incubator program, is bringing a public-private partnership to the univer-sity. The company is conducting research and development to bring an alternative-energy option to industrial businesses, rural residences and disaster relief efforts.

Greg Bohl, president and CEO, says his team selected UNT from other university incubator programs in the area.

“The synergy from the leadership and network of UNT’s Office of Technology Transfer and the skills from faculty and

Solar Logic recently entered the incubator program at UNT’s Discovery Park. Pictured are Greg Bohl, president and CEO, left, and Drew Springer (’88), chief operating officer, right.

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students in the Department of Me-chanical and Energy Engineering are significant time savers for us,” he says.

“That’s very important to us as a start up.”

Drew Springer (’88), chief operating officer, says the company will add manufacturing jobs and white- and green-collar jobs to the area.

“Our business design includes the use of existing North Texas regional companies, and once we move past the incubator stage we’ll continue to use UNT as a valuable resource for research as well as talent recruitment,” he says.

Equipment including a focused ion beam microscope, a transmission electron microscope and a local electrode atom probe is unique to UNT in that no other academic lab in the world is using all three devices together for research.

The Talon Research High-Perfor-mance Computing System allows for supercomputer-level computational capacity, and recently UNT began construction on a $6 million Nanofabri-cation Analysis and Research Facility.

Also inviting to researchers is UNT’s new Zero Energy Research Laboratory under construction at Discovery Park, designed to test emerging technologies that allow building systems to have a net-zero consumption of energy. Once completed in early 2012, it will be the first of its kind in the U.S.

Since 2000, UNT researchers have 24 issued patents. With existing faculty, strategic investment in 15 interdisciplin-

ary research clusters and six strategic areas of investment, and more than 200 research-active faculty to be added by 2020, UNT plans to reach external funding goals of $45 million in research expenditures by 2015.

“The research park and other new programs provide opportunities for businesses to expand and for entrepre-neurs to develop their products,” Ratliff says. “A healthy, creative atmosphere is a benefit to the community and a reason for new companies to locate.”

Buildings and beyond

Significant economic impacts are produced by the university’s construction and renovation projects, offering contrac-tual jobs and spending. UNT not only is renovating existing spaces, such as the transformed Paul Voertman Concert Hall, but also is creating new facilities

with innovative eco-friendly designs. The new Life Sciences Complex, which

recently earned Gold-level LEED certification, features some of the finest aquatic and plant research facilities in the nation. The new Business Leadership Building, with cutting-edge amenities, will offer collaborative opportunities with area businesses and corporations.

And UNT’s Apogee Stadium is the largest and most ambitious building project in the university’s history. The construction of UNT’s whole athletic complex, which includes the new stadium, has generated $165.8 million in economic activity and supported more than 1,200 construction and related jobs.

“By adding more resources, UNT is fueling one of the fastest-growing cities in America and demonstrates once again that we are terrific partners with our city and surrounding area,” says Hank Dickenson, deputy athletic director.

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UNT’s Murchison Performing Arts Center draws visitors with its premier venues and talent. Pictured is the Dave Brubeck Quartet performing with UNT’s One O’Clock Lab Band.


A place of pride

UNT facilities such as the Murchi-son Performing Arts Center and the Elm Fork Heritage Museum and Education Center draw visitors to campus who spend money locally.

Dickenson says the multi-purpose new stadium and its naturally land-scaped grounds will offer unique venues for local, regional and statewide events such as concerts, summer camps, high school football games, band competi-tions, reunions, corporate meetings and community celebrations.

UNT’s campus master plan calls for the redevelopment of the former golf course adjacent to the stadium into a prime destination for business profes-sionals, conventioneers and vacationers with space for a proposed hotel with first-class meeting and convention facilities.

Recurring economic impacts of athletic complex operations, including visiting team spending, are projected to be $28.9 million each year, and future hotel and convention center operations are projected to increase UNT’s economic impact even more.

Ratliff says growth inspires growth. “When people see major construc-

tion under way, they get a feeling of progress and pride, understanding that a significant investment has been made,” she says.

“Businesses see an indication that the economy is improving and this could influence their decisions to expand or locate. The long-term results are the jobs created and the ability to pull talented, educated residents to the area.”

Paul Chandler (’72), president of Meridian Bank and chair of the board of the Denton Chamber of Commerce, has lived in Denton since the 1950s. He understands the value UNT has always brought to North Texas.

“The original 10-acre site of the university was bought by businessmen more than a century ago, showing the support from the business community around the region since day one,” he says.

“Now, as the largest economic engine of the city, the university is building success for years and years to come.”

Dallas-Fort Worth’s leading university

• Thenation’s33rd-largestpublicuniversity

• TheDallas-FortWorthregion’smostcomprehensive university

• Establishedin1890

• Morethan36,000students

• Morethan9,000employees

• $858millionbudgetfor2010-11

• Nearly93,000graduatesworkinginDallas-FortWorth,thenation’sfourth-largestmetropolitanareaandsixth-largest economy

• Programscoveringsevenofthe10fastest-growinghigh-payingjobsinNorthTexascounties,whichareamongthefastest-growingcountiesin the nation

• $1.3billioneconomicimpactinNorthTexas($1.5billionwithcurrentcampus construction activity)

• $24.6millionintaxrevenuesforlocaljurisdictions

• Analumniregionalimpact ofmorethan$10billion each year

The Elm Fork Education Center welcomes 15,000 children each year for field trips and science pro-grams. Pictured are Elm Fork campers with Brian Wheeler (’97), seated, center director, and John Hofmeister, retired president of Shell Oil, who was speaking on campus.


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Explore a world of cultural inspiration at UNTEnlightenment comes in many forms at UNT — thought-provoking works of art, award-winning plays, classical music performances and much more. This fall, discover why UNT is a major cultural entertainment center for the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

Beneath cognition: Jennifer Levonian, Lee Renninger and carey Roberson

Varied media conveying a sense of understanding that lurks just beneath the surface of thought, action or emotion. Inspired by the work of three American contemporary artists.

Through Oct. 1UNT Art Gallery — Art Building

gallery.unt.edu

who’s afraid of Virginia woolf?Tony and New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for “Best Play”Presented by UNT Dance and Theatre

7:30 p.m. Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 1, 6, 7, 8 2 p.m. Oct. 2, 9Studio Theatre — RTFP Buildingdanceandtheatre.unt.edu

mozart’s Don GiovanniEnduring classic about the legendary libertine

Presented by UNT Opera and Symphony Orchestra

8 p.m. Nov. 11, 183 p.m. Nov. 13, 20

Lyric Theater — Murchison Performing Arts Centermusic.unt.edu/mpac

National Parks Project by harlan buttExhibition of vessels and other works by metalsmith Harlan ButtPresented by UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts

Nov. 1-23UNT on the Square, 109 N. Elm St. in Dentonuntonthesquare.unt.edu


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Legendary recording star and former UNT student presents “An Evening With Pat Boone” Sept. 11 after

singing at UNT’s Apogee Stadium Sept. 10.

To check ticket availability, visit music.unt.edu/mpac and meangreensports.com.

MUSIC LEGEND PAT BOONE RETURNS TO campus to sing the national anthem for the first football game at UNT’s Apogee Stadium Sept. 10 and will share stories and perform a few of his hits at 4 p.m. the next day in the Murchi-son Performing Arts Center. The author, entrepreneur, actor, humanitarian and recording star — who studied at North Texas in 1954 and 1955 — is recognized by Billboard Magazine as the No. 10 rock recording artist in history. He performed at ’Fessor Graham stage shows as a student before hitting the national spotlight on the Ted Mack Amateur Hour. Debuting on the charts in April 1955, Boone was a force of the early rock era and has inspired fans ever since.


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The little manEighteenth-

century English

literature and

culture exhib-

ited a fascina-

tion with small

male bodies, from Henry Field-

ing’s Tom Thumb plays to male

dwarfs in public exhibitions and

bawdy poems featuring diminu-

tive men.

In The Little Everyman: Stat-ure and Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century English Literature (Uni-

versity of Washington Press),

Deborah Needleman Armintor,

associate professor of English,

traces how the move from

court dwarf to a more modern

“little man” reflects the shift from

aristocracy to a newly bourgeois

culture. She highlights classic

works from Pope, Fielding, Swift

and Sterne, demonstrating how

the “little man” became an “every-

man” in a century’s time.

‘Rip’ Ford

John S. “Rip”

Ford is famous

for his days as a

Texas Ranger

and as an

officer in the

Confederate Army, commanding

Texas forces in the last engage-

ment of the Civil War, the Battle

of Palmito Ranch. But Ford also

was a doctor, lawyer, editor,

author, state legislator and civic

leader who in later life fought to

preserve Texas history.

In Fighting Stock: John S. “Rip” Ford (Texas Christian Univer-

sity Press), history professor

Richard B. McCaslin focuses on

Ford as a man spurred on by the

legacy of his grandfathers and

his convictions to become a force

in shaping Texas as a Southern

state before and after the Civil

War. McCaslin’s previous work

includes Lee in the Shadow of Washington (LSU), which was

nominated for a Pulitzer.

A country in storiesMiroslav Pen-

kov, assistant

professor of

English, has

published his

first collection

of short stories, East of the West: A Country in Stories (Farrar,

Straus & Giroux). The stories

include the Eudora Welty Prize

in Fiction winner “Buying Lenin,”

about a grandson who tries to

buy the corpse of Lenin on eBay

for his Communist grandfather. Penkov is a native of Bulgaria

who grew up listening to his

mother tell him stories that she

made up and his father tell him

about Bulgarian history. The

collection, which has been called

“a dark yet hilarious pleasure,” is

filled with characters wrestling

with the weight of history, exile

and debt to family while their

stories remain light and ani-

mated. Penkov teaches creative

writing at UNT and currently is

editor of the American Literary Review.

‘New’ presses at UNTFour old letterpresses are newly renovated, thanks to the work of four graduate students and Lari R. Gibbons, associate professor of visual arts. The group

overhauled a 60-year-old Craftsmen tabletop press, rebuilt a 140-year-old Gordon clamshell press and worked on two hand iron presses from the late 1820s and

the 1830s or ’40s, making them compatible with cutting-edge printing technology such as vector-based software and photopolymer plates.

Three of the presses are owned by the Print Research Institute of North Texas, P.R.I.N.T. Press, at UNT. Gibbons acquired the fourth, the unique Gordon press,

for the printmaking program after spotting it in a Denton driveway

and finding the owner. Because it was impossible to get replacement

parts, the group consulted with sculpting students and learned to

recast brass to make a piece that had fallen off. A metalsmithing

student soldered a broken spring, and instrument toolmakers in the

Department of Physics made a chase, which holds the letters of the

press in place. An iron works company in Idaho made a treadle for

the press.

The graduate students involved in the restoration were M.F.A.

printmaking candidates Cat Snapp, Laura Drapac, Linda Santana and

Christopher Wallace. An exhibit of their letterpress-inspired fine art

prints, titled Second Edition, is being featured through Sept. 30 at the

Museum of Printing History in Houston. View a catalog of the works at

www.blurb.com/books/2349981. Eventually, the Craftsmen and hand

iron presses will be available for use at P.R.I.N.T. Press workshops for

students and the public. Visit www.art.unt.edu/print for information.

From left, Linda Santana, Christopher Wallace, Lari Gibbons and

Laura Drapac with the Gordon clamshell press built in the 1870s

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Upcoming events

dance and Theatre

Professional work

UNT theatre students got the

chance to present their talents in

a professional venue when six

short plays they wrote, directed

and performed were presented at

the Kitchen Dog Theater in

Dallas this spring. The students

prepared their 10-minute plays

in a playwriting class taught by

Andrew B. Harris and a directing

The Department of Dance and Theatre presents Lorca in a Green

Dress by Nilo Cruz at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 9-12 and 2 p.m. Sept. 12-13

in the University Theatre. After his murder by fascists during

the Spanish Civil War, poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca

confronts his life and loves before moving on. For tickets and

information about other productions, call the box office at 940-

565-2428 or visit danceandtheatre.unt.edu.

At the Murchison Performing Arts Center this fall, the UNT

symphony orchestra, conducted by David Itkin, with Emanuel

Borok (pictured) on violin, presents Beethoven’s Violin Concerto

in D Major, Op. 61, and Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps, at 8

p.m. Sept. 30. An opera gala Fundraiser is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Oct. 16, the wind symphony and

symphonic band perform at 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 1, and the baroque orchestra and

Collegium singers take the stage at

8 p.m. Dec. 2. For information about

tickets and other concerts, visit

music.unt.edu/mpac.

UNTold+new, a retrospective exhibition, will feature award-

winning two- and three-dimensional design by CVAD alumni. The

exhibition, curated by communication design faculty member Eric

Ligon (’97 M.F.A.) and judged by Patrick Coyne, editor of Commu-

nication Arts magazine, includes work in interactive and graphic

design, art direction, illustration, copywriting and photography.

It begins at UNT on the Square Oct. 7-25 with a reception Oct. 21

and will be at the UNT Art Gallery Nov. 15-Dec. 17, with reception

Nov. 17. Visit untonthesquare.unt.edu and gallery.unt.edu.

UNT on the Square also hosts laying the Foundation: UNT art

Faculty, 1890-1970, a collection of work from past art faculty, Dec.

2-Feb. 8. UNT on the Square, which houses UNT’s Institute for the

Advancement of the Arts, is at 109 N. Elm St. in Denton.

Visit calendar.unt.edu for more upcoming events.

class taught by Marjorie Hayes.

“Before this, all of the original

plays written by my students

were done only on campus at the

end of the semester,” Harris says,

thanking faculty member Sally

Vahle, one of the founding

members of Kitchen Dog

Theater, for the idea of present-

ing the plays in Dallas.

After the free performances,

the artistic directors of Kitchen

Dog Theater — Tina Parker and

Christopher Carlos — partici-

pated in a discussion of the plays.

Eleven more student plays were

presented on campus.

“Having your play on its feet

can be a wonderful experience for

a young playwright,” Harris says.

“It’s an excellent laboratory to

encourage a writer’s future

development.”

English through artPainting a mural and dancing in a flash mob were a few of the activi-

ties helping students from the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de

México learn English this summer at UNT. The annual LTC Summer

Institute offered by the Department of Linguistics and Technical

Communication included tracks in performing and fine arts in addi-

tion to academics and professional development.

The students in the performing arts track, led by Elizabeth Schal-

chlin (’09 M.A., ’11 M.A.), worked on improvisation, scripted skits

and vocal warm-ups and planned and performed in the flash mob at

the University Union. Chip Cullum (’99, ’10 M.A.) led the fine arts

track, in which students worked on origami, comic strips and the

mural. The institute is directed by Katie Crowder (’88, ’95 M.A.),

senior lecturer in the department.

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Musevideos, streaming music, photos

and other features. It also allows

users to sign up for the band’s

mailing list and to tweet com-

ments on its fan wall.

The app, which is now avail-

able for Apple and Android

platforms, is free to download on

your smartphone or portable pad

device. Go to northtexan.unt.edu/online for links.

Television and film

TXU film contest

May graduates Dylan Voisard

(’11), Patrick Perkins (’11) and

Andrea Rosales Santillan (’11)

won third place in the college cat-

egory of the TXU Energy Light

Up the Red Carpet Student Film

Contest. The award included

$2,500 for the students and a

matching amount for UNT.

The radio/television/film

majors were recognized for their

film Zephyr, which as a finalist

in the competition was shown

at the 2011 Dallas International

Film Festival. The students also

were honored at the festival’s

Gala Awards Dinner.

In the four-minute film, a

mysterious object appears in a

glass tube. The film’s protagonist,

depicted as being wasteful with

energy, discovers that the object

The band’s annual CD has

a new twist this year. Lab 2011

includes a bonus DVD contain-

ing full-length videos of all nine

tracks — a first for the band.

You’ll find a high-definition

video montage and videos of

three tracks on YouTube and

at the band’s new website at

www.theoneoclock.com. The CD/

DVD is available online at www.penders.com, or call the jazz office

at 940-565-3743.

You can keep up with all of

the news about the world-

famous, Grammy-nominated

band through a new mobile

application that provides direct

access to concert dates, news,

music

One O’Clock news

Award-winning trumpeter

Terell Stafford will be the guest

artist for the One O’Clock Lab

Band’s 51st Fall Concert at 8

p.m. Nov. 22 at the Murchison

Performing Arts Center. Visit

music.unt.edu/mpac for ticket

information.

is a message from the year 2150,

begging those of the current

generation to change their energy

consumption patterns or face a

dismal future.

“We were going for the visuals

in this movie, which people can

interpret as they see them,” Vois-

ard says. “We also were trying to

startle people in a way by pre-

senting disturbing images about

rampant energy consumption.”

You can view the film at

vimeo.com/22155713.

visual arts

Metalsmithing

The works of four students

and recent graduates from the

College of Visual Arts and

Design were selected for juried

exhibitions at the Society of

North American Goldsmiths

annual conference in Seattle.

Metalsmithing and jewelry

senior Alan Johnson and master’s

student Robin Gordon (’10)

exhibited works in the juried

student exhibition called State of Flux. They were among the 40

students selected to represent 31

universities from across North

America. Their works were

chosen from 1,170 pieces

submitted by 284 students.

Loring Taoka (’11 M.F.A.)

and Parker Brown (’05, ’10

M.F.A.) were featured in the

conference’s live, juried student

Grammy winUNT and One O’Clock

Lab Band alum Mark V.

Gonzales (’96) took home a

Grammy this year with his

band Grupo Fantasma in the

“Best Latin Rock, Alternative

or Urban Album” category.

The 10-piece original Latin band, based in Austin and known for its

energetic live shows, won for its self-produced album El Existential (Nat Geo Music).

As a UNT student, Gonzales — nicknamed “Speedy” — played

trombone with other music students in the popular soul/funk band

Mingo Fishtrap and moved to Austin with the group in 1999. He

joined Grupo Fantasma in 2008.

Gonzales, who earned his degree in music education, also is

known for his horn arranging abilities. He has played and worked

with artists such as Erykah Badu, Bonnie Raitt, Justin Timberlake,

Kris Kristofferson, Spoon, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Stephen Bruton, The

Neville Brothers, Ozomatli, Frankie Valli, The Scabs and Bob

Schneider, among others.

Gonzales was one of the Grupo Fantasma members who

attended the Grammy ceremony. Visit northtexan.unt.edu/culture for a link to the group’s acceptance speech.


Internationally renowned visual and performance artist Nick Cave will serve as the

artist-in-residence for UNT’s Institute for the Advancement of the Arts in 2011-12. Cave,

who studied at UNT in the 1980s, will visit UNT twice this fall and twice in the spring to

work with students, faculty and community members in master classes, workshops and

public lectures. He also has been commissioned by the UNT Art Galleries and the insti-

tute to create a new performance piece on campus in the spring with collaborators from

the College of Music, the Department of Dance and Theatre and other UNT arts programs.

The piece will incorporate 30 newly created Soundsuits in the shapes of horse-like forms

that move through campus and evolve into hybrid beings. Cave is renowned for his

elaborate Soundsuits sculptures — wearable art made of materials such as twigs, beads,

Easter grass and dryer lint that make sounds as they brush together.

The institute also named two 2011-12 faculty fellows to work on creative research proj-

ects that will further raise the profile of the arts at UNT. Marimba specialist Mark Ford, co-

ordinator of percussion, plans to compose a concerto for wind ensemble and percussion

soloist to be performed by the UNT Wind Symphony and plans a version for orchestra. He

also will study with internationally known composer Edward Gregson, retired from the

Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and Jack Stamp, Indiana University Wind

Ensemble director and composer.

Award-winning poet Corey Marks, associate professor of English, will use the fellow-

ship to work on his third manuscript of poetry, specifically writing a sequence of six

poems exploring the theme of the modern zoo and its embodiment of “a complicated set

of impulses: intellectual curiosity, preservation, entertainment, titillation, the perfor-

mance of power.” He also proposes to write a central poem about Dallas real-estate

mogul Harlan Crow’s collection of sculptures of 20th-century dictators.

Cave will speak at the annual Nasher Lecture Series Oct. 11 at the Nasher

Sculpture Center in Dallas. For ticket information, call 940-565-4001.

Cave new artist-in-residence

Plastic Island art

Students in a digital illustra-

tion class spent three weeks this

spring researching the Plastic

Island of the Pacific, sometimes

called the Great Pacific Garbage

Patch. Ocean currents bring the

slide show video Fluxuation.

Their works were chosen from

more than 1,000 images

submitted by 285 people from 50

colleges and universities around

the world (pictured, Brown’s

“This Land Is My Land. This

Land Is Your Land” of steel,

brass, leather, wood, fabric and

sinew).

The video was shown at the

conference and is online at www.snagmetalsmith.org.

plastic and trash dumped into

the Pacific to the circling patch,

estimated to be at least the size of

Texas and possibly much larger,

killing birds and sea life.

The students in the class

taught by Karen Dorff (’85),

lecturer in communication

design, were assigned to create

work that raises awareness of the

problem, promotes new solutions

or exposes some of the biggest

trash offenders in the Pacific.

They experimented with analog

mark making using traditional

printmaking tools and tech-

niques, as well as stamping,

monoprinting, painting and

drawing. Their work was then

scanned and incorporated in

illustrations to be integrated in

poster and cotton bag designs

(the crab cup pictured is the

work of sophomore Mercy

Lomelin).

The final posters will be part

of a presentation at the Elm Fork

Education Center this fall.

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Students in UNT’s ReaL communities bond over common academic interests

by Ernestine Bousquet

It was the week before finals and six freshmen holed themselves up in a common room at Clark Hall to study.

The students joked and laughed as they tested their knowledge in preparation for the big biology final. Among them was a future surgeon, a future anesthesiologist, a future physical therapist, two future pediatricians and a future gynecologist.

Nine months before, they were strangers, encountering a world of new experiences and expectations. And as pre-med students, they were embarking on a difficult course of study.

But after living and learning together as members of the Health Professions REAL (Residents Engaged in Academic Living) community during the 2010-11 school year, the freshmen were thriving and focused on their academic goals.

The health professions community is one of UNT’s 15 living-learning communities, designed to connect students to each other and to the resources they need to excel in their first years of college. The communities are chosen based on popular majors or interests that range from art to engineering to music. They also engage special student populations such as transfer students.

peer bondingGrouped together because of their common majors, the health professions students

bonded in ways that stuck. Some were roommates. Many ended up in the same classes. They studied together in all-day and late-night study sessions and swapped tips on classes to take. They went bowling, grabbed meals and snacks together, and hung out in their residence hall wing watching movies or playing board games. Friday nights turned into a ritual of going out to dinner.

Anthony Smith, a biology major who plans to become a surgeon, says being involved in the health professions community exposed him to positive peer pressure, which motivated him in many ways. He is now serving with several members as officers in the UNT chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

“I learned good study habits and was able to feed off the energy of my peers,” Smith says. “I got so much out of the community — friends, better grades, things to do.”

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Students in UNT’s ReaL communities bond over common academic interests

Students in UNT’s REAL communities share interests or majors and spend time living, learning, studying and socializing together in residence halls. Students can choose from 15 living-learning communities, such as the art and design community shown above.


a smooth transitionUNT’s REAL communities provide

students with a support network to encourage learning and development outside the classroom. Students have built-in access to faculty, staff and peer mentors who get them more involved in their majors, campus life, and leadership and service activities.

Since it launched in 2007, the program has grown from 65 students in three communities to more than 700 students in 15 communities. Most communities involve freshmen, but some include sophomores. UNT launched a new community this fall that is specifically for sophomore students.

“Being in a REAL community makes it easier for students to lean on each other and to instantly feel like they are part of a family,” says Elizabeth With (’02 Ed.D.), vice president for student affairs. “And having more personal access to staff and faculty is an excellent way to reinforce the growth and learning that goes on in classrooms.”

Dale Tampke, dean of undergraduate studies, says REAL communities show student learning can happen anywhere.

“REAL communities bring students together and create a complementary environment,” says Tampke, who is considering other ways to make living and learning more seamless. “They make a big campus feel small.”

Friends and mentorsUNT’s REAL communities are

structured with an emphasis on helping students to stay on track academically and to stay in school, says Elisabeth Warren (’83 Ph.D.), director of housing, who helped launch the program.

“Grouping students together and providing strong avenues and resources for them to live and learn together helps them stay engaged,” Warren says.

Each REAL community has a mentor or network of mentors coordinating activities and offering resources that are tailored to the students’ common majors or interests, according to Eugene Frier (’04, ’11 M.Ed.), residence life coordinator who also helped launch the program.

For instance, one of the faculty mentors for the jazz community gave a talk on gig etiquette to members, who were student musicians. The journalism community

mentor took her students to The Dallas Morning News, where they helped pick stories that appeared in the newspaper the next day.

The ultimate goal is to get students more involved in their course of study while encouraging bonding and fun.

“We want students to get connected to mentors and to see them as a useful resource,” Frier says.

In the global learning community, students are usually international studies or foreign language majors. Many are from other countries. Their shared global perspective helps to break down cultural barriers. Fleur-Marine Maubert, the faculty-in-residence for the 2010-11 school year, held potlucks, movie nights focused on world issues, mock debates and language classes to help the community members get to know each other.

Students sought Maubert out for everything from help with French to her perspective on living abroad.

“If you don’t see the person who can help, you don’t think about looking for them. But the proximity made a differ-ence,” says Maubert, who was part of an exchange program.

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Jacquelyn Peña says she and the other health professions community members had great support from their resident assistant, who was a senior biology major, and from the community’s mentor, who also is an academic advisor for students majoring in health professions.

The students took a field trip to a local hospital where they were inspired by working doctors, courtesy of their mentor. They even volunteered at a nursing home to put their care-giving skills to the test.

“Everyone was willing to help,” Peña says.

a familyThe UNT SERVES! community helps

students cultivate their leadership skills and community activism through a freshman seminar class, regular group meetings and volunteer projects.

They spend much of their downtime making an impact, whether it’s picking up trash around campus once a month or mentoring area at-risk students.

Some also participate in community service projects through Alternative Spring Break programs. The shared

experiences lead to strong bonds. Adriana Diaz, a transfer student

studying applied behavior analysis and psychology, says being a part of the UNT SERVES! community made her first year at a four-year university easier.

“I knew I was going to be ready for work and to study, but I wasn’t sure how I was going to fit in and find my social circle,” says Diaz, who was part of the com-munity in 2010-11. “I was very blessed to be able to join a group and have a little family already built there for me.”

As her confidence grew, so did Diaz’s commitment to community service — which prompted her to join the UNT chapter of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance (formerly American Humanics).

“It was really nice to help other people while still having fun and being with friends,” Diaz says.

Rachel Rachel, who served as a resident assistant and advisor for UNT SERVES! from its beginning, says the community brings students like Diaz out of their shell while challenging them to get involved.

“This is such a tight-knit group. They

all had in common that they liked leadership and community service. It allowed them to break the ice,” says Rachel, who graduated in August with a degree in applied arts and sciences.

social learningThe UNT SERVES! students also

formed close ties with faculty mentors such as Brandi Darensbourg, an assistant professor in rehabilitation counseling who served as the faculty-in-residence in the program’s first year and stayed involved with the group.

“After a while, I wasn’t a professor. I was like their neighbor,” she says.

“Dr. D,” as the students call her, lived just down the hall from her charges and worked with them on service projects. She says it was amazing to see them put their knowledge and leadership skills to use.

“It’s a great social learning experience,” Darensbourg says. “You get to see how well your students learn from each other and within the community as opposed to the traditional classroom setting.”

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Students in the health professions, UNT SERVES! and global learning REAL communities meet to study for exams, plan volunteer projects and foster cultural exchange and international awareness.

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"Basketball, like life, is a team game."

— Johnny Jones, head coach, North Texas basketball

The young athletes at the Johnny Jones Basketball Camp signed up to improve their basketball skills. They also are learning important life lessons about teamwork, responsibility and leadership. For Jones, basketball is more than a game. It’s a way to prepare future generations for adulthood.

In the Super Pit, these same lessons have resulted in five straight 20-plus win seasons, a pair of Sun Belt Conference titles and two NCAA Tournament trips in the last five years for Jones and the men’s basketball team. With the 31st ranked signing class in the country, the 2011-12 Mean Green team will again be a team to watch.

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Rahul Panchal (’04) turned a dorm room experiment into a spicy business.

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RAHUL PANCHAL (’04) SAYS HIS BUSINESS started as a jar of water, spice and sun on his Bruce Hall window sill.

“In college, I started missing my parents’ spicy food,” he says. He tried steeping the Indian spices his parents sent, and the

outcome was a piquant tea heightened with capsaicin. After he discovered market research showing that spicy food

sales were growing in the U.S., Panchal started Prometheus Springs Elixirs. The company offers six strangely spicy-sweet flavors, like lychee wasabi and mango chili. What started as a dorm room experiment resulted in a product available in almost every state and more than 1,000 stores nationwide.


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Upcoming alumni gatheringsUNT alumni are gathering to network and celebrate – and you can join them. Here’s a sampling of events coming up:

Football home opener vs. houston: Experience UNT’s new Apogee Stadium Sept. 10. See the poster in the middle of this issue for infor-mation.

alumni pavilion Dedication: Join UNT Alumni Associa-tion member and friends Sept. 10 for the dedication and grand opening. Email [email protected] or call 940-565-2834.

UNT Career Fairs: Career and internship fairs offered by the UNT Career Center are free to alumni job-seekers. Scheduled are the College of Business Fair, 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 14 at the UNT Coliseum, and the College of Engineering Fair, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 22 at Discovery Park.

business leadership building grand opening: Celebrate the opening of the new building at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 22. Call 940-565-4333 or visit cob.unt.edu for information.

Family weekend: Join us Sept. 23-25 for a fun-filled weekend. Learn how to get involved at www.unt.edu/familyweekend or contact the UNT Parent Programs Office at [email protected] or 940-565-4373.

homecoming 2011: Join the university community Oct. 22 for annual Homecoming celebrations. See the poster on the inside back cover of this issue for details.

1960

gary foster, dallas :: is a

senior lecturer in music theory at

SMU. After graduating, he taught

for almost 10 years in Odessa and

for 28 years at Northeastern State

University in Tahlequah, Okla.,

serving as department chair for 12

years. He earned a master’s from

Texas Tech and a Ph.D. from

LSU along the way. He retired

in 1997 and moved to Dallas,

where he began work with SMU

in 2005. He says he would enjoy

hearing from any of his UNT

classmates from the late ’50s and

early ’60s.

1965

Wynoka Sue Jay Passmore, (m.ed., ’70 ed.d.), arlington :: retired in May after teaching

for 43 years at Texas Wesleyan

University in Fort Worth. She and

her husband of 50 years hope to

spend more time with grandchil-

dren and plan to travel.

1966

Judith Carrier (m.ed., ’71 ed.d.), fort Worth ::

founding president of Tarrant

County College Southeast

Campus, received the Discover

Award from the Girl Scouts of

Texas Oklahoma Plains. She was

recognized at the 2011 Women of

Distinction luncheon in May. She

also has received UNT’s

Distinguished Alumna Award

and Outstanding Service Award.

Lorene barnes holmes

(m.b.ed., ’70 ed.d.),

hawkins :: retired from Jarvis

Christian College after a 49-year

career and was named Professor

Emeritus. The college also named

the Dr. Lorene Barnes Endowed

Scholarship in her honor. In

addition to visiting her children,

grandchildren and other relatives

and friends, she is concentrating

on writing a book and also has a

business, Lorene’s Gifts.

maureen m. mcGuinness (’97 m.Ed., ’03 Ed.D.), assis-tant vice president for student affairs, and her children show off their green pride at niagara falls.


1968

barry m. birkhead

(m.S.), Waldron, ark. :: was

appointed by Arkansas Gov. Mike

Beebee to the State Emergency

Response Commission. The

advisory committee makes

recommendations for education

and training regarding hazardous

materials to emergency response

teams across Arkansas.

William kerley, Runaway bay :: wrote Sell and Negotiate with Top Guns: Fly with Eagles (PublishAmerica). The book is

about how to overcome obstacles

and find success, with chapters

including “Working With Jerks,”

“When the Buzzards are Circling”

and “Staying Ahead of Your

Competition.”

1969 Lynda Taylor ender (’76), dallas :: was presented with the

Distinguished Public Service

Award by the Women’s Council

of Dallas County. She is director

of Advocacy Group for Elders for

The Senior Source and previously

was the regional coordinator for a

state senatorial office.

Richard L. ‘Rick’ mcmahan, houston :: is

serving as a

U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in

Thailand, teaching English to

Thai elementary and secondary

students through the joint U.S./

Thai Teacher Collaboration and

Community Outreach Program.

He retired from a career with

EDS (now HP) and FOX

Cognosante.

1970

karleen barlow koen, houston :: had a new histori-

cal novel released this summer.

Before Versailles: A Novel of Louis XIV (Crown) is set in 1661

in the court of a young Louis

XIV, whose romantic affairs set

France on the road to scandal

and conflict with the Vatican.

The New York Times bestselling

author earned her English degree

at North Texas.

1977

kathryn minette, Santa fe ::

and her husband, Stan bider-man, who attended North Texas

in 1969, collaborated on their

first book together, Bullet Trains to Yaks: Glimpses into Art, Politics and Culture in China and Tibet (Irony Press). They went on an

art-buying expedition through

the area, and the resulting book is

filled with their impressions and

Kathryn’s photos.

1983

mark Terry (m.ed.), Southlake ::

was named

president-

elect of the board of directors

of the National Association of

Paying it forward

as a tax manager for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), accountant emily mauzy (’06, ’06 M.S.) advises private and

public companies about how to make the most of their earnings, a talent

she demonstrates in her personal life, too.

Four years after graduating from UNT’s five-year master’s in tax ac-

counting program, Mauzy contacted the Department of Accounting and

arranged to donate money for a scholarship, $1,000 a year for a minimum

of five years.

“I received several scholarships while at UNT, so I wanted to do some-

thing,” says Mauzy, who arrived from Maryland and decided after her first

cheese quesadillas that Texas was the place for her. And so was UNT.

“I liked the accounting program and the complete college experience

that UNT offered,” she says. “I thought, ‘When I get out in the real world,

how cool would it be if I could pay my experience forward?’”

A resume submission to the Beta Alpha Psi accounting honor society

for a job fair resulted in a spring internship.

“A partner at PwC had a daughter who graduated from UNT and

wanted to recruit from the campus,” she says.

That UNT supporter launched Mauzy into her career with the intern-

ship that led to a full-time job at PwC in Dallas. She was promoted to tax

manager this summer.

Mauzy wrote the check for her first $1,000 installment on the scholar-

ship late last year.

“I don’t itemize on my personal return, so I didn’t even get to write it

off,” Mauzy chuckles.

But she says she doesn’t mind.

“UNT took care of me.”

— Rebecca Poynter

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Phoreffs and Delta Chi Delta members reuniteEleven ladies met at the Prestonwood Country Club in June, mem-

bers of a sorority that reunites each summer. Depending on when they attended North Texas, they were known either as Phoreffs, members of the girls social club organized on campus in 1935, or as Delta Chi Deltas, members of the local sorority the Phoreffs became in 1944. Some also are members of Alpha Delta Pi, the national sorority the group affiliated with in 1953-54. They meet to catch up and remember North Texas days.

“Ours is not a growing group, but we are still here,” says Rose-Mary Brau Rumbley (’52, ’53 M.Ed., ’70 Ph.D.), who keeps a mailing list of about 85 members and helps organize each reunion.

Two who were part of the group from its beginning are Dorothy Lee Dillon Vestal (’36) and Wilma Jo West Bush (’36). Vestal, who was a charter member of the Phoreffs, invited Bush to be in the first pledge class and the two are still fast friends 75 years later. They remember the earliest Phoreffs gatherings simply as times of fun.

Loretta Smith Hudspeth (’41) recalls dances, life in the Phoreffs House and especially the restaurant where the girls took their meals. It was there she met a waiter named Bud Hudspeth (’46) one morning and he called to ask her out that night. He passed away on their 58th wedding anniversary.

Rumbley says all the members are proud of their North Texas connections.“We’ve never forgotten our roots,” she says.

To read more about the reunion and the two Phoreffs who have been friends for three-quarters of a century, visit northtexan.unt.edu.

1994 Suzanne L. disheroon (m.a., ’97 Ph.d.), grand Prairie ::

professor of English at Cedar

Valley College and director of

creative services for Texas Career

Solutions, has published her

eighth book, The Awakening and Other Writings (Broadview Press).

A collaboration with three other

scholars, the edition places Kate

Chopin’s novel in the context of

cultural and regional influences.

Jason Phillips (’96), orlando, fla. :: who earned his law degree

from the Florida State University

College of Law, has opened his

own law firm in Orlando, J. Brian

Phillips P.A., Attorney at Law.

The firm handles general civil

litigation cases and provides in-

house counsel to corporations and

nonprofit organizations.

1995

marta Plata, fort Worth :: was

named the 2011 Woman of

down the Corridor

Elementary School Principals. He

has been a member of the associa-

tion since 1993 and has served

on its board since 2007. He is the

principal of Eubanks Intermediate

School in Southlake.

1989

martin Taylor, Columbus, ohio :: published a book called

My Neck Hurts!: Nonsurgical Treatments for Neck and Upper Back Pain ( Johns Hopkins Press),

a comprehensive guide to treating

neck pain. Taylor, a practicing

neurologist and clinical associate

professor at the Ohio College of

Osteopathic Medicine, earned his

doctorate in biomedical sciences

at the UNT Health Science

Center in 1995.

1993

david Toney, Pearland ::

was elected to

membership

as a fellow of the Texas Bar

Foundation. He is a partner at

Adams and Reese, where he

practices primarily in the areas of

construction disputes, commer-

cial litigation, products liability,

personal injury defense and toxic

tort litigation. He is president of

the Houston Bar Association’s

Construction Law Section.

From left, front, Betty Salem Korioth (’53), Kathryn Caldwell Eubanks (’43), Doro-thy Lee Dillon Vestal (’36), Wilma Jo West Bush (’36), Loretta Smith Hudspeth (’41), Mary Elizabeth Hopkins Hill (’47); back, Sherry Milholland Thompson (’46), Joyce Bynum Smith (’54), Peggy Click Mal-lick (’51), Ann Embry Koenig (’56), Rose-Mary Brau Rumbley (’52, ’53 M.Ed., ’70 Ph.D.)

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Distinction by Altrusa Interna-

tional Inc. Marta (pictured with

her husband, Jesse) has served as

principal of Manuel Jara Elemen-

tary School for five of her 17 years

with the Fort Worth ISD.

1999 Jason Skipper, Tacoma, Wash. :: has released his first novel,

Hustle (Press 53). The book is

about a young man raised by an

ex-con grandfather and philander-

ing father who grows up in Texas

selling shrimp from a roadside van

and struggling to become a musi-

cian. Jason teaches creative writing

at Pacific Lutheran University.

2000

adam hayashi, (m.S.), des Plaines, Ill. ::

was named

dean of science and health careers

at Oakton Community College.

He earned his doctorate from the

University of Florida in Gaines-

ville and previously served as dean

of the College of Central Florida’s

Citrus Campus in Lecanto, Fla.

angela kirkendoll, houston ::

was named the 2011-12 Houston

ISD Librarian of the Year. She is a

library media specialist for the

district’s Martin Luther King Jr.

Early Childhood Center.

Chris Latham, austin :: was

a co-presenter at Austin’s South

by Southwest Interactive

Con ference. He discussed the role

of web and social media during

the University of Texas campus

shooting last fall. He managed the

emergency information page and

UT Police Facebook page during

the incident. Chris earned his

master’s in information studies

from UT in May.

2004

Sally Perret, (’06 m.a.), Champaign, Ill. :: was

awarded the

first Kibbee Prize from the School

of Literatures, Cultures and

Linguistics at the University of

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

The award will be given annually

to the winner of a Dissertation

Completion Fellowship. Sally is a

Ph.D. candidate in Spanish,

Italian and Portuguese.

dominique Rhymes, Irving ::

was named the 2011 Body by Vi

Transformation Champion and is

now a spokesperson for ViSalus

Sciences. Other prizes included a

trip to Hollywood and a cruise. A

Dallas police officer, Dominique

joined the 90-day weight loss

challenge to improve her fitness.

At UNT, she ran track, majored

in broadcast journalism and was a

member of Zeta Phi Beta

Sorority Inc.

➺ The screen printing process of Denton freelance artist

Nevada hill (’05) was featured on KERA’s Art & Seek

this spring. Hill, who earned his

printmaking degree from UNT,

designs posters, album packag-

ing and apparel for businesses,

musicians and venues. He has

designed for the Granada The-

ater and Josh Pearson of Mute

Records, and he works for Tim

Delaughter of Polyphonic Spree

and Tripping Daisy fame. His work also has been featured

in several books and comic anthologies. Visit northtexan.

unt.edu/online for a link to the KERA video.

➺ Musician, composer and producer art hays (’94), who

earned his bachelor’s degree in music from UNT and has

toured with bands such as Matchbox Twenty and Carbon-

dale, produced the theme for the NBC summer show Love

Bites — a cover of The Pretenders’ “Message of Love.” He

also has three of his songs featured in the series and has

been busy composing and producing music for commer-

cials for companies such as Tostitos, Eggland’s Best and

Abbott Pharmaceutical.

➺ As NASA’s space shuttle program came to a close, UNT

astronomy program director and former North Texas

student Ron diIulio made news with what he calls

“probably the largest collection of shuttle memorabilia

in the world.” He began chronicling the space program

half a century ago, collecting autographed, commemora-

tive envelopes and stamps that document moments in

space history such as rocket tests and shuttle flights. The

collection now numbers 2,000 to 3,000 commemorative

envelopes. DiIulio, also known as “Starman,” told NBC-5

it’s his mission to document it all: “The shuttle is the

body of the novel, but we have to have other chapters.”

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Read more, write memorials and connect with friends at northtexan.unt.edu.

University Community Ishmael ‘Ish’ bustinza, Denton,

assistant pro-

fessor of for-

eign languages

and literatures,

1965-2006,

died June 15. He taught Spanish,

was a member of the Faculty Senate

and served on mentoring commit-

tees with the Office of Nationally

Competitive Scholarships, helping

students prepare for the interview

process for Rotary Ambassadorial

Scholarships and Rhodes Scholar-

ships, among others. He was born

in Brownsville and earned degrees

from the University of Texas at

Austin. He served in the U.S. Navy

aboard the U.S.S. Juneau.

denis anthony Conrady, Terre

Haute, Ind., as-

sociate profes-

sor of computer

sciences, 1974-

1998, died June

13. He received a bachelor’s degree

from the U.S. Naval Academy, a

master’s from MIT and a doctorate

from Case Institute of Technology.

He served in the U.S. Air Force in

Mississippi, Alaska, Florida and

Massachusetts and at Colorado’s

U.S. Air Force Academy, where he

was the first to teach computer

science. He was a member of what

is now the Barbershop Harmony

Society for 58 years. He sang with

many quartets and choruses and

won 10 international gold medals

with one of his favorites, Dallas’

Vocal Majority.

d. barry Lumsden, Raleigh,

N.C., Professor

Emeritus of

higher educa-

tion, 1978-

2006, died

June 14. He had a 36-year teaching

career in higher education. At UNT,

he served for two years as director

of the Center for Higher Education

and taught a course on scholarly

writing and publishing that was

popular with doctoral students. In

1999, he wrote the proposal, funded

1930s

merle Inman Tolbert (’32), Southlake :: After graduating,

she began her teaching career

in Leonard, then married and

moved to Fort Worth. She taught

second- and third-grade students

at W.J. Turner Elementary School

for 28 years before retirement.

She was 99.

marvin guy Ramey (’34), denton :: He earned his

business degree and worked for

insurance agencies in Houston

and Denton before serving in the

Army during World War II. After

the war, he bought his father’s

half of Ramey and Ivey Insurance

Agency in Denton and eventually

formed Ramey and King Insur-

ance. As president of the Denton

Chamber of Commerce, he led

fundraising efforts to establish the

Denton State School. He received

UNT’s Outstanding Service

Award in 1987.

1940s

martha Jo godwin aldridge (’40), Whitesboro :: She was

a Yucca favorite and active in

the Gammadion Society, Sigma

Tau Delta, the Mary Ardens and

Kappa Theta Pi. After graduat-

ing, she taught in the Saint Jo and

Gainesville public schools.

Leslie ‘Les’ bullock (’40), Laurinburg, N.C. :: He earned

master’s and doctoral degrees

from Union Theological Seminary

of Richmond in Virginia and later

studied at Cambridge University.

He organized the Church of the

Covenant for Brazos Presbytery

in Houston and in 1948 joined

Flora McDonald College in Red

Springs as a professor. When

the college merged with another

to form St. Andrews Presbyte-

rian College, he began work on a

“Christianity and Culture” pro-

gram that was recognized by the

Danforth Foundation as one of

the two most outstanding general

education programs in the U.S.

John berkeley knapp (’41), garland :: He retired as

manager of the casualty prop-

erty claim department for The

Travelers Insurance Co. in Dallas

after 37 years of service. He also

had worked for The Travelers

in Wichita Falls and in Wichita,

Kan. He served in the U.S. Army

during World War II. At North

Texas, he was a member of Alpha

Chi Honor Society.

J. Ray martin (’42), denton :: He was a county court at law

judge in Denton County from

1970 to 1986. He served as a

meteorologist with the Army Air

Forces during World War II and

graduated from Columbia Law


School. He served as county judge

in Snyder from 1959 to 1962.

Catharine ada greever Sherron (’42), Santa Rosa, Calif. :: She taught physical edu-

cation briefly at New Braunfels

before marrying and moving out

of state. She was an active mem-

ber of P.E.O., an avid tennis player

into her 80s and an accomplished

world traveler.

Charles franklin dameron (’43), dallas :: After graduat-

ing with a journalism degree, he

joined the U.S. Navy. He served

in World War II and the Korean

War, retiring from the Naval

Reserve as a commander after

26 years of service. In 1946, he

began his newspaper career with

the Dallas Times Herald, where

he served as a reporter, city editor

and news editor and retired as as-

sociate managing editor in 1983.

Stanley P. Wilson (’43), abilene :: He served in the U.S.

Navy during World War II, then

earned his law degree and joined

McMahon, Springer and Smart

in Abilene. He was senior vice

president and general counsel for

Central and Southwest Corp. in

Dallas before retiring and becom-

ing Of Counsel to the McMahon

Law Firm. He and his wife of 66

years, Claudie Park Wilson (’45), endowed a UNT scholar-

ship and were lifetime members

of the President’s Council. Other

survivors include his brother-in-

law, Charles onstead (’47),

whose wife, the late Jo ann Park onstead (’44), is the namesake

of Jody’s Fountain on campus.

Jeanne hamilton Rodgers (’45), Tyler :: She earned a

business degree and was recruited

by Hudnall and Pirtle in Tyler.

After marrying, she focused on

her family, becoming an excellent

seamstress, cook, gardener and

handywoman. She was a church,

school and community volun-

teer and a member of the Junior

League of Tyler and the Festival

Garden Club.

billie Joy hooten-beavers-Reichman (’46), Leaven-worth, kan. :: She taught home

economics in Itasca and taught

in Bryan before moving to Japan

and then Europe. She worked on

a master’s degree and served as a

social worker for five years before

joining her second husband as

co-owner of Peddlers Corner in

Leavenworth.

elizabeth ‘betty’ everett Thomson (’48), Pasadena, Calif. :: She was an honors grad-

uate in interior design and later

earned teaching credentials as well

as a California realtor’s license.

A member of Kappa Theta Pi

sorority, she was a campus beauty,

one of those selected in 1947 to

fly to Austin for the selection of

a North Texas Beauty Queen by

Gov. Beauford Jester. Survivors

include her husband of 63 years,

William Thomson (’48, ’49 m.m.).

Richard hill Crosby (’49), Richardson :: He was a veteran

of World War II, serving in the

Merchant Marines, and earned

his degree in physics. In 1948,

he married Patty gene hoke (’49), who died last year.

Jim Scott (’49, ’56 m.ed.), Costa mesa, Calif. :: He served

in the Army Air Corps in World

War II before coming to North

Texas, where he was a yell leader

known for doing a standing back

flip before cheers. He worked in

the aerospace industry in Dallas,

then transferred to Costa Mesa

where he started Seco Seals, a

company that made gaskets. He

worked to garner support for high

school athletic facilities, includ-

ing a football stadium at Estancia

High School that bears his name.

1950s

mary beth Loughmiller hiskey Paul (’52), houston :: She was a member of Kappa

Delta and married U.S. Air Force

pilot Peter marion hiskey Jr. (’54) after graduation. When he

for $1 million, to establish the Don

Buchholz Endowed Chair in Commu-

nity College Education and planned

and initiated the Bill J. Priest Center

for Community College Education.

Lumsden founded and was editor of

three journals, Community College

Journal of Research and Practice,

Educational Gerontology and Chris-

tian Higher Education. He earned

bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral

degrees from North Carolina State

University.

J. Roy moses Jr., Kerrville, assis-

tant professor

of journalism,

1966-1968

and 1972-1997,

died May 5.

He was named to the C.E. Shuford

Hall of Honor in UNT’s journalism

department in 1996. Moses was

the director of information and

publications and served on the

journalism faculty at North Texas

from 1966 to 1968, then returned to

the faculty in 1972. He spent several

years as an advisor for the college

newspaper. He served in the U.S.

Army and was an editor and reporter

for Texas newspapers. He also

was director of journalism for the

University Interscholastic League at

the University of Texas at Austin. He

earned degrees from Southwestern

University and UT.

dale hugh Peters (’52, ’53), Den-

ton, Professor

Emeritus of mu-

sic, 1959-2005,

died July 16. He

was coordi-

nator of organ and harpsichord

instruction for 20 years and served

for 12 years as associate dean for

academic affairs in the College of

Music. Peters earned bachelor’s

degrees in organ and English from

North Texas and a master’s in

musicology from Columbia Univer-

sity. He served as assistant organ-

ist/choirmaster at St. Paul’s Chapel

at Columbia University before

receiving a Fulbright grant for study

in Denmark. In 1983, he became a

fellow of the American Guild of

Organists and passed the choir-


EAGLEs’ Nestdied in a plane crash in 1956, she

entered the University of Texas

Law School. She graduated in

1959, passed the State Bar and

joined Tennessee Gas and Trans-

mission Co. as an attorney. She

remained involved with Kappa

Delta, the Assistance League of

Houston and several boards.

Patricia L. Stephens (’53), Newcastle :: She earned a busi-

ness degree and went to work

for Humble Oil, now Exxon, in

Dallas. She retired in 1986 after

33 years with Exxon and lived

in Graham before moving to

Newcastle.

kathryn ‘kay’ kidd Winters (’54), Richardson :: After

earning her business education

degree, she had careers as a stay-

at-home mom and an elementary

school teacher. She lived in Albu-

querque, Beaumont, Kansas City,

Bartlesville and Tulsa and enjoyed

tennis and golf. At North Texas,

she was a member of Alpha Delta

Pi sorority.

valentine m. kolar (’56), Las vegas, Nev. :: He served as

a member of the U.S. Army band

during the Korean War and was

an accomplished musician and

vocalist, playing stand-up bass and

traveling the world with legend-

ary jazz bands including those of

Stan Kenton and Johnny Mathis.

After he retired from an 18-year

teaching career, he attended the

University of Nevada at Las Vegas

and trained to be an actor in the

senior adult theater. At North

Texas, he was a member of the

Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.

emmett foster keiffer (’59), Plano :: He was proud to have

put himself through school at

North Texas. After earning his

degree, he worked for 32 years

with U.S. Gypsum, where he was

a top sales representative. He also

worked in the homebuilding in-

dustry, constructing several homes

in the West Plano area. He was an

Army veteran, serving during the

Korean War.

1960s

glenn howze (’60, ’63 m.a.), Chapel hill, N.C. :: He

earned his degrees in sociology

and went on to earn his doctorate

from Washington State Univer-

sity, teaching at Tuskegee and then

Auburn. A rural sociologist, he

spent 12 years overseas working

on economic development proj-

ects in Mali, Burkino Faso, Niger

and Somalia, and he worked on

more than 20 assignments in

Africa and Latin America. In

2001, he taught as a Fulbright

Scholar in South Africa.

Jimmy Lee murphrey (’61), denton :: He earned degrees

in history and education, taught

political science and later retired

from Denton State School. He

also served in the Army Reserves

Engineers.

Sue Turner flournoy (’67), mount vernon :: She earned

her bachelor’s degree in biology

and education and was a member

of Mortar Board Honor Society

and Chi Omega. She raised her

two children and later served as

office manager for her husband of

44 years, psychologist Richard flournoy (’66, ’67 m.S.).

henry bedford furr (’68 ed.d.), abilene :: He served in

the U.S. Air Force during World

War II and pursued careers in

education and business. He

retired as assistant superintendent

for business in Wichita Falls. In

earlier years, he worked for a radio

station and became sales and

promotion manager for United

Electric Co. He and his wife of

69 years, oneta Roberts furr (’40 m.S., ’68 ed.d.), earned

their doctoral degrees at the same

time and made news as the first

married couple to accomplish that

at North Texas.

Carroll ‘ken’ mcTee (’69), van alstyne :: He earned a

degree in graphic design and began

work for Texas Instruments on

master examination. Peters began

playing organ at the First United

Methodist Church in Denton in

1949 and, after a break for graduate

study and Army service, became the

full-time choir director and organist

in 1963, serving in those positions

for 40 and 50 years. He and his wife,

the late vocalist and lecturer Juanita

Teal peters (’51), regularly presented

concerts together. Donations may

be made to the College of Music’s

Dale Peters Organ Scholarship.

Lorin C. Richtmeyer, Atlanta,

Ga., died June

8. He taught

musical instru-

ment repair

in the College

of Music from 1984 to 1997 after

retiring as a professor of music

from Northern Michigan University.

He received a bachelor’s degree

from Central Michigan University

and master’s and doctoral degrees

from Michigan State University.

Richtmeyer was in the U.S. Army

during World War II, serving in

Italy as a cryptographer. He also

formed a swing band that helped

entertain his combat buddies. His

military honors included two Bronze

Stars. He was an avid runner who

competed in marathons in New

York, Honolulu, Portland, Dallas

and London, including a race on

his 70th birthday. He ran his last

half-marathon at age 77. Survivors

include his daughter, Debra a.

richtmeyer, former faculty member

in the College of Music.

Nelia mae Smith, Denton,

undergradu-

ate advisor in

the Mayborn

School of Jour-

nalism, who

had worked in the journalism pro-

gram since 1987, died June 4. She

was the department’s first secretary

and, after retiring in spring 2002,

returned the next fall to work in the

school’s undergraduate advising

office. She earned a bachelor’s

degree from Texas Tech University

and received teacher certification


the ground floor, working his way

up to become supervisor of five

divisions. He retired in 2004 after

34 years with the company, then

became a Grayson County Master

Gardener and devoted numerous

volunteer hours to the community.

Jerome ‘Jerry’ Jay Samuels (’69 m.m.ed.), dallas :: He

was a pianist and bandleader for

more than 45 years, playing with

jazz greats Lionel Hampton,

Artie Shaw and Clark Terry. He

served on the faculty of Richland

and Brookhaven colleges and was

accompanist for the Brookhaven

Vocal Jazz Ensemble for 19 years.

In 2004, he released Samuels & Wesar Perform the Music of Clare Fischer and the next year recorded

an album of 18 original composi-

tions, Sounds of Samuels.

1970s

Charles e. Wellington (’71 ed.d.), Rio Rancho, N.m. :: He served in World War II and

the Korean War before beginning

a lifelong career in public educa-

tion. He was a teacher and then a

principal, assistant superintendent

and superintendent of schools in

Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, Oregon

and Arizona. After retiring, he

was known as the friendly neigh-

borhood handyman.

belinda davis White (’74), victoria :: She earned a bach-

elor’s degree in biology and English

and was a member of Alpha Phi

sorority. She taught school in West

Virginia before earning a degree in

physical therapy. She worked as a

pediatric physical therapist for the

public schools in Charlton, Mass.,

and was a senior physical therapist

for Health Force Pediatric Reha-

bilitation Clinic in Victoria.

Tom f. glover (’77 m.f.a.), Panhandle :: He was a teaching

assistant in the ceramics program

while earning his master’s degree.

He then taught at Amarillo Col-

lege from 1977 to 1986 before

moving to Guadalupita, N.M.,

to work as a full-time potter. His

work can be seen at Taos Artisans

Co-op Gallery and the Museum

of Natural History in Santa Fe.

Steven arthur kroll (’78), denton :: He served in the

U.S. Army in the mid 1960s and

came to North Texas on the GI

Bill, earning his degree in music

education. He taught, wrote and

performed with a multitude of

instruments, including vocals. He

also was a photographer, an artist,

a pilot and a sailor.

1980s

Roy hunton (’87 m.ed.), odessa :: He turned his love of

carpentry into a lifelong passion

by teaching a building trades class

for the Ector County ISD, also

designing and building his home

and several others for friends.

He retired from the district after

25 years of service, which also

included coaching and teaching

history. He was a member of

Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

2000s

James eason (’04), Rockwall :: He taught fifth grade at B.J.

Smith Elementary in the Mes-

quite ISD. He and his wife, who

was an assistant principal in the

district, and their son were killed

in a car accident in East Texas.

Lori bull dodds (’06, ’07 m.S.), mckinney :: She was

serving as the Collin County

law librarian and had worked in

Austin as a paralegal for Winckler

& Harvey LLP. She loved to travel

and, at the time of her death, was

traveling with her family in Peru.

2010s

Sam dibrell, San antonio :: He was a senior who played

football for the Mean Green in

2007 and 2008. In high school, he

was a star wide receiver on Alamo

Heights’ 2006 state championship

team and was named all-state as a

senior there.

for kindergarten through 12th

grade. UNT students remember her

as kind, calming and helpful. She

turned her passion for gardening

into a company called Plants Alive,

which allowed her to supervise

interior landscaping for more than

a dozen businesses, including the

Golden Triangle Mall in Denton

and Barton Creek Mall in Austin.

Survivors include her husband of 52

years, Don smith, recently retired

UNT biology professor and tree

expert.

Ralph L. Willard, dean and

president of the

Texas College

of Osteopathic

Medicine, 1975-

1985, died Jan.

30. Willard was appointed dean of

TCOM, which would evolve into the

UNT Health Science Center, when

the private medical school received

full state support and was placed

under the direction of the North Tex-

as regents and president. In 1981,

he became the second president of

the college. During his tenure, three

major buildings were constructed

as the school grew into a modern

campus. He received the college’s

Founder’s Medal in 1985. Willard,

his parents, his son and his sister

all were osteopathic physicians. He

earned degrees from Coe College

and from the Kirksville College of

Osteopathic Medicine. He was a

bomber pilot in World War II, receiv-

ing the Distinguished Flying Cross,

and also served in the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife, margaret

Dennis willard (’58 M.Ed.).

memorials Send memorials to honor UNT

alumni and friends, made payable

to the UNT Foundation, to the

University of North Texas, Divi-

sion of Advancement, 1155 Union

Circle #311250, Denton, Texas

76203-5017. Indicate on your

check the name of the memorial

fund or area you wish to support.

Make secure gifts online at www.development.unt.edu/givenow. For

more information, email giving@

unt.edu or call 940-565-2900.


T h E L A sT Word

BE PROUD OF YOUR DEGREE AND ASk ‘WHAT IS NEXT?’

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from McGraw’s May 2011 commencement speech at UNT. It’s edited slightly for print.

AS A FORMER STUDENT AND graduate, it truly is an honor to be addressing you. I can’t tell you what it’s like to go through all of this and then one day get to come back and stand here. And there have been some big changes since I was where you are. When I was here, there were 17,000 students and now there are 36,000. It’s more than doubled. There are new buildings, new programs. I looked all over the place for the key card punch center, I just couldn’t find it. We used rolodex. We had 8-track tapes. We had rotary dial phones. We didn’t have cell phones, the Internet, laptops, desktops, but we still got the job done.

And even before my day, North Texas was known as “North Texas Normal Col-lege.” Well, I’m glad they changed that name, because I’ve been called a lot of things since I left here, and “normal” ain’t one of them. It’s amazing to see the progress here, and these folks are to be commended. Be proud to hold an advanced degree from the University of North Texas. I am.

I did most of my work over in Terrill Hall, and the first day I was up on campus there was a construction fence over there, and a bunch of psych students

had gone with really big paint brushes and wrote on that fence, “Help! The paranoids are after me!” A little psych humor, but I knew I was in the right place. They had a sense of humor here.

Now, something that may surprise you — maybe it won’t, maybe it will — is how great a school the University of North Texas is. I believe it is one of the best-kept secrets in America. And you will see that. You will see it when you get out there. I went into a competitive world with a master’s and a Ph.D. from here and I tell you that there was never a time I was in a room when I felt like I did not have a superior education. I didn’t care where they came from or who they were. Be proud of what you have achieved here. This is a fine university and you should be proud of completing this curriculum.

My major professor here at North Texas was Frank Lawlis. I still work with him every day of my life. He’s on the staff of the Dr. Phil show. I still use resources from this school. You’ve got to have people around you who want you to succeed. I’ve done 1,500 shows. I’ve had the privilege of dealing with silent epidemics in America — domestic

violence, bullying, mental illness — trying to open the dialogue about these things in American society. I’ve had the privilege of interviewing presidents, royalty, testify-ing before Congress. Not one bit of that was achieved alone.

The question for you is, “What is next?” Someone here in this audience will change this world. Why not you? Hear me when I say this: The difference between dreams and goals is a timeline. “Someday” is not a day of the week. Phil McGraw (’76 M.A., ’79 Ph.D.) has fostered a national dialogue about mental health and mental illness as host of his syndicated television show Dr. Phil. He also is the author of six No. 1 New York Times bestsellers and is often called upon to act as “America’s psychologist,” giving his expert opinion on current events for news outlets such as The Today Show, Good Morning America and Anderson Cooper 360.

Learn Dr. Phil’s truths for success in the full speech transcript at northtexan.unt.edu/online.

by Phil McGraw (’76 M.A., ’79 Ph.D.)

Jonathan Reynolds


FRIDAY, Oct. 2111 a.m.Zeke Martin Memorial

Homecoming

Golf Classic

Benefiting the North Texas Letter-

men’s Association and the UNT

Alumni Association. Registration

begins at 11 a.m., noon lunch and

1:30 p.m. shotgun at the Golf Club at

Champions Circle in Fort Worth.

For information: matthew.phillips@

unt.edu or 940-369-8409.

11:30 a.m.Golden Eagles Luncheon/

Reunion - Class of ’61

University Union, Silver Eagle Suite.

Reservations, $20. RSVP: abbie.lows@

unt.edu or 940-565-4851.

3 p.m.Willis Library 40th

Anniversary Celebration

Refreshments and cake in the Library

Forum, first floor of library, with

exhibit highlighting UNT football

through the years. For information:

[email protected].

6:30 to 10 p.m.UNTold+new Alumni

Design Show

Presentation/Reception

Patrick Coyne, editor of Commu-

nication Arts magazine and juror

of the Department of Design’s first

competitive alumni design show,

UNTold+new, will speak in the Lyce-

um. Reception following at UNT on

the Square from 8:15 to 10 p.m. For

information: [email protected].

7 p.m. Spirit March

Begins at Fraternity Row on Maple

Street and proceeds to the bonfire

site on the northwest side of UNT’s

Apogee Stadium.

Wisconsin Sleepers

Homecoming Reunion

Alumni mixer at the Holiday Inn Ex-

press, 4485 N. I 35 in Denton. RSVP:

[email protected].

8 p.m. Bonfire and Yell Contest

Lighting of the bonfire. The yell

contest will take place in the north

parking lot on the northwest side of

UNT’s Apogee Stadium.

College of Music

Free faculty recital at Voertman

Concert Hall. Gustavo Romero and

Eri Nakagawa on piano and Mark

Ford and Paul Rennick on percussion.

Visit music.unt.edu.

SATURDAY, Oct. 227:15 a.m. Fun Run

Free and open to everyone, starts in

front of the Pohl Recreation Center.

Pre-registration not required.

Registration until 7 a.m. For

information: [email protected],

940-565-2275 or visit

www.unt.edu/recsports.

8:30 a.m.Athletic Hall of Fame

Breakfast

This year’s inductees are Melinda Pina

(’04), soccer; Johnny Quinn (’06),

football; Bill Walters (’54), men’s track

and field; and Bobby Way (’60), foot-

ball. Gateway Center Ballroom. For

information: matthew.phillips@unt.

edu or 940-369-8409.

10 a.m. to noonChi Omega Lodge Open

House

Refreshments served. 930 S. Welch St.

Hosted by Chi Omega House Corp.

For information: mh0032@verizon.

net or 940-382-2360.

11 a.m.Theta Chi House

Dedication/Open House

Refreshments served. 1015 Maple St.

RSVP: [email protected]

or 817-676-5944.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Business Leadership

Building Open House

Tours available. RSVP: www.cob.unt.

edu/rsvp/rsvp.php?/189.

Floyd Graham Society

Dancing to the Aces of Collegeland

big band and musical program “Brass,

Blues and Bebop” featuring Morgan

Homecoming 2011


Powell (’59, ’61 M.M.) on trombone

and Ray Sasaki (’75 M.M.E.) on

trumpet. University Union. Reserva-

tions, including lunch, $35 prepaid

by 5 p.m. Oct. 19. RSVP: 940-565-

0804, fax 940-891-0690, Paypal to

[email protected] or mail to Floyd

Graham Society, 815 Ector St.,

Denton, Texas 76201.

1 p.m. Homecoming Parade

Begins at Welch and Hickory Streets,

travels around the Denton town

square and up Oak Sreet. From Oak

to Welch, right on Hickory (going

the wrong way on Hickory through

campus), left on North Texas

Boulevard to Highland Street.

3 to 6 p.m. MEAN GREEN VILLAGE

Tailgating around campus starts

early and ends 30 minutes before

kickoff. Organization, department

and college tents at UNT’s Apogee

Stadium add to the Homecoming

spirit along with live music, the

Junior Mean Green Fun zone, The

North Texan booth to have your

photo taken, and the Mean Green

March featuring the cheerlead-

ers, dancers, marching band, Head

Coach Dan McCarney and the Mean

Green football team. For tent reser-

vations: www.unt.edu/homecoming.

Alumni Pavilion Party *

Join UNT Alumni Association

members and friends at the new

alumni pavilion near UNT’s Apogee

Stadium. For information: alumni@

unt.edu or 940-565-2834.

College of Arts and

Sciences *

Refreshments served. RSVP: nissa.

[email protected] or 940-565-2048.

College of Business *

Food, drinks and fun. $5 per person

donation to fund scholarships; chil-

dren 12 and under are free. RSVP:

www.cob.unt.edu/sales/

homecoming2011.php.

College of Education

Alumni Reunion/Teacher

of Year Recognition *

Special honors for alumni who were

named 2011 Teachers of the Year

by area school districts. RSVP: kelly.

[email protected] or 940-369-7805.

College of Public Affairs

and Community Service *

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of

the Master of Public Administration

program. Barbecue and games with

the UNT SERVES! REAL Communi-

ty students. RSVP: jamie.settemeyer@

unt.edu or 940-369-7349.

Department of

Communication Studies/

UNT Debate Team *

RSVP: [email protected] or

940-565-4354.

Department of Political

Science *


940-565-4984.

KNTU-FM *

Celebrating 42 years on the air. For

information: [email protected] or

940-565-2554.

Risk, Insurance and

Financial Services Club *


[email protected].

TAMS Alumni Reception *

Featuring the Class of 2006’s 5th

anniversary, Class of 2001’s 10th

anniversary, Class of 1996’s 15th

anniversary and Class of 1991’s 20th

anniversary. Photos and cake at 3

p.m. For information: rpreston@unt.

edu or 940-565-2437.

6 p.m. Mean Green vs.

University of

Louisiana-Monroe *

Ticket options start at $15. For

information: [email protected],

800-868-2366 or visit

meangreensports.com.

*Events are part of Mean Green Village at UNT’s Apogee Stadium.

Enter a drawing to win Homecoming prizes by

emailing [email protected] by Sept. 15 with “Homecom-ing” in the subject line.

www.unt.edu/homecoming

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