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A UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS P U B L I C AT I O N F O R A LU M N I A N D F R I E N DS VOL.61, NO.3 | Fall 2011

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see a future where bio-implants improve quality of life.”

SHAPING THE FUTURE OF

biomaterials 3.4 million

knee replacements will be needed annually in the United States by 2030.

— American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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ith the demand for joint replacements growing and candidates for surgery getting younger, the need for improved implant durability and better integration between implant and surrounding tissue increases. At UNT, our biomaterials research focuses on increased implant bioactivity with a greater interface between the artificial material and the body. This improved biocompatibility will reduce scar tissue, extend implant life and improve quality of life. It also will prevent younger patients from facing multiple surgeries to replace artificial joints that last only 10 to 15 years. I want to help make life as good as it can be for others while inspiring the next generation of student and faculty researchers.

— Narendra Dahotre ,

chair of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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22 Charn Uswachoke

Alum with a history of sharing his success makes giving history at UNT.

By Ellen Rossetti

24 Powering the Region

With the opening of UNT’s new Apogee Stadium, the university’s economic impact reaches even further.

By Randena Hulstrand

Stadium Poster: Pull out your Jonathan Reynolds

special commemorative poster to learn more about UNT’s new Apogee Stadium.

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UNT’s REAL communities give students a unique academic experience.

By Ernestine Bousquet DEPARTMENTS FROM OUR PRESIDENT • 3 Jonathan Reynolds

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Journey to excellence D E A R N O R T H T E X A N • 4

International scholar ... Dedicated teachers UNT TODAY • 6

Remembering Sept. 11 ... Mayborn conference ... National research awards ... Photo Gallery

Support Transforms UNT

a h ist o ric m o nt h — inclu d in g t h e uni v e rsit y ’ s l a rg e st - e v e r g i f t, o n e o f its l a r g e st - e v e r b e q u e sts a n d a sta d iu m sp o ns o rs h ip — m a k e s

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Pat Boone … ‘New’ presses … 2011-12 artistin-residence Nick Cave EAGLES’ NEST • 39

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Bruce Hall creation ... Alumni Gatherings ...

Paying it forward ... Phoreffs and Delta Chi Delta reunion ... Friends We’ll Miss

By Ernestine Bousquet and Ellen Rossetti

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Phil McGraw (’76 M.A., ’79 Ph.D.) encourages new alumni to change the world.

Cover photography of Charn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) by Luke Duggleby/Bangkok

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ONLINE FEATURES One o’clock Jonathan Reynolds

lab band Watch a video montage of the One O’Clock performing tracks from Lab 2011, and check out the band’s mobile device apps. artist-in-

James Prinz

residence Watch a video to learn about Nick Cave, internationally renowned artist and former UNT student.

MORE ONLINE FEATURES • VIDEO: sTADIUM TIMELAPSE • IPhone app: alum Pat Boone • Share your Sept. 11 memories • Video: Grammy-winning alum Mark V. Gonzales • Video: Dancing Flutist

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President

Making progress milestone gifts propel UNT forward

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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 President V. Lane Rawlins visits with students Voertman’s $8 million bequest. on campus.

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 Leadership 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 Rawlins President president@unt.edu

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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 Coloration, 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.

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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 improvised 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.

Integration As a student at North Texas and a graduate in 1957, I do not recall any cross burning, rock throwing or any

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 Yarbrough Murphy (’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 desegregation, 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.

Fifty years ago At Homecoming 1961, the Lambda Chi House commemorated 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)

Dedicated teachers The “Music Beginnings” letter (spring 2011) brought back a lot of memories of my years at UNT. As a 25-yearold 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

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My 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.

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remembering Sept. 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.

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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 students, faculty, staff, alumni and the public.

“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

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.

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.

Robert M. Gates

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 Distinguished 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 Distinguished 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 opportunity for our students to learn first-hand from someone who has had significant responsibility within our government,” says Elizabeth With (’02 Ed.D.), vice president for student affairs.

Get Involved

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 information 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 information, 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 discuss 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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Today 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.

Gary Payne

• 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.

Jonathan Reynolds

B R I L L I A N T LY GREEN

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.

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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 opportunities for a $110 annual membership 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 marilyn.wagner@unt.edu or visit call.unt.edu/emerituscollege.

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

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UNT’s Life Sciences Complex recently received gold-level LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification — the first building at UNT to officially receive LEED certification.

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-security 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 admission 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 automatic admission to UNT.

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n at i o n a l re s earc h a w ard Richard Rogers, Regents Professor of psychology and leading authority on the variability of Miranda warnings, received the 2011 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Public Policy from the American Psychological 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 Contributions to Applied Research — only the third recipient of both awards.

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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 chancellor 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

Roy Busby joined UNT in 2008 as director of research development 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.

Help fund scholarships with UNT license plates 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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C o l l ege o f i n f o rmat i o n a n d l i brar y gra 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 management for an academic certificate and support three graduate students to work on the project 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.

Award-winning efforts

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national 2011 GoAbroad Innovation Award for Innovation 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 campaign will go off campus for the first time in 2011-12, when the university’s study abroad programs open to non-UNT students.

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

Vish Prasad, vice president for research and economic development, was selected as a 2011 recipient of the Michael P. Malone International Leadership 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 international 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

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

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For the third time in four years, UNT has been named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

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 experience 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 structureintegrated insulation, buildingintegrated 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-inkind.

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

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. camps for high school debaters.

UNT’s Mean Green Workshops, sponsored by the Department of Communication 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.

n e w a l um n i a s s o c i at i o n o r n ame n t This year’s UNT Alumni Association holiday ornament highlights the inaugural season of UNT’s Apogee Stadium, incorporating the limited-edition initial stadium logo trimmed in 24-carat gold. Derrick P. Morgan, executive director of the association, says collecting the ornaments, which help fund student scholarships 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 alumni@unt.edu or call 940-565-2834.

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1 Campus tours now include a riding portion as well as a walking portion, thanks to an electric 14-passenger university tram. Led

by Eagle Ambassadors, students trained in all things UNT, tours still last about 90 minutes but cover almost twice as much ground. Call 940-565-4104 or visit tours.unt.edu.

2 High school students at the ASM Materials Camp hosted by the Department of Materials Science and Engineering harnessed the power of the Texas sun, gaining hands-on experience with the tools researchers use to create the materials of tomorrow.

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2 3 New students and their parents learned all about UNT at orientations throughout the summer. Both the number of freshmen and the number of applications hit historic highs this year.

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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”

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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.

Ask an Expert

How can you show your green pride?

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ith 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.

Stay connected • Come back to the nest and support students by attending games, concerts and events or donate your time or money. Don’t forget to check in on Foursquare

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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 tail­gating 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

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At the office • Wear green to work on Fridays. Visit the center poster in this issue to learn how to buy — and win — great university-branded green gear.

• Display your UNT diploma in your cage or office.

• Network with other Eagles for job leads. UNT’s Career Center and Alumni Association are great resources. Visit careercenter.unt.edu and www.untalumni.com to learn more.

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

• Connect with our 33,000-plus fans and like us on Facebook at www.facebook. com/northtexas.

• Brag at school, work or home about the great things happening at UNT.

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s o l i d l ubr i ca n t re s earc h 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 chemical 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 Foundation grant, could help minimize the negative effects of friction and wear in jet engines.

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, professor 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.

UNT Alumni Association All alumni are invited to join the UNT Alumni Association 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 spectacular views of UNT’s Apogee Stadium from a 3,200-squarefoot 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.

To join the association or learn more, visit www.untalumni.com, email alumni@unt.edu or call 940-565-2834.

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Excellence Big donations help improve student learning, faculty scholarship

by Ernestine Bousquet and Ellen Rossetti

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

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

President V. Lane Rawlins says these milestones will transform 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 commitment, we’ve made a promise to students to provide a high-quality 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 DallasFort 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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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.

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 forefront, it will help businesses, communities and the state.”

A history of giving For UNT to become a leader, it will take committed supporters — 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 education 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.

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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.

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 experience 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.

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“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 recognition 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-yourself-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 university grow rapidly as we grew as a company,” Brady says. “Both

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UNT and Apogee are dedicated to elevating the student experience 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 McCarney, 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.

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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 collection 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.

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’ education, 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 threedimensional 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 wholesalers use Mockshop, including Calvin Klein, Columbia Sportswear, 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 industrystandard program,” she says.

The Mockshop donation and licensing agreement, which includes annual software updates for the next 10 years, is equivalent 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.

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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 fundamental 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 historymaking announcement and find ways you can give at northtexan.unt.edu/giving2011.

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aul 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 Jonathan Reynolds

returned to UNT each summer to take classes and work at the family store — an iconic Denton landmark. Generations of college 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

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

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

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

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

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

name today.

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

Teacher Ann Bookman Williams inspired his interest in art in

students’ financial burden by providing scholarships and other pro-

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

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

nual student art competition at UNT in 1960.

remembers.

“At that time, the kids had no one to judge their work except faculty members,” he says.

“Today, in an increasingly expensive college environment, students need help,” he says.

With the competition, students have their work reviewed by an

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

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

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

cash prizes. The competition continues today through the College of

competition this spring.

Visual Arts and Design.

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

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

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

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

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

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

more doors.”

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

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Before Charn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) became a successful entrepreneur and leader in the development of Thailand’s semiconductor industry, he learned about business and soaked up music at UNT. He has not forgotten his alma mater.

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harn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) came to UNT to learn how to turn his entrepreneurial 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 Representatives Committee on Science and Technology 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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“very, very tough” courses with such teachers as renowned finance professor George A Christy.

When he accepted UNT’s Distinguished 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.”

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Charn Uswachoke (’73 M.B.A.) Bangkok Degree in: Business administration

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UNT stimulates enterprise and educates people across Texas

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

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.

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

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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 forwardlooking degree programs contribute significantly to a thriving region.

“UNT’s 121-year legacy of providing students with the highest-quality education 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 competitive. The investments we are making to continue our growth as a major public research university with the best undergraduate education in Texas will only deepen our impact.”

Vibrant community

“Scientists who want to spin off their research into commercial ventures usually want to be near their labs and their industry 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 opportunities. Solar Logic, which recently entered the incubator program, is bringing a public-private partnership to the university. The company is conducting research and development to bring an alternativeenergy 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

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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 aggressive 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 businesses, the public sector and nonprofit organizations, many in leadership positions,” he says. “They are key contributors 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 education 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.

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 Mechanical 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-Performance Computing System allows for supercomputer-level computational capacity, and recently UNT began construction on a $6 million Nanofabrication 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-

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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.

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 entrepreneurs to develop their products,” Ratliff says. “A healthy, creative atmosphere is a benefit to the community and a reason for new companies to locate.”

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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.

A place of pride UNT facilities such as the Murchison 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 landscaped grounds will offer unique venues for local, regional and statewide events such as concerts, summer camps, high school football games, band competitions, 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 professionals, 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 construction 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

• The nation’s 33rd-largest public university • The Dallas-Fort Worth region’s most comprehensive university • Established in 1890 • More than 36,000 students • More than 9,000 employees • $858 million budget for 2010-11 • Nearly 93,000 graduates working in Dallas-Fort Worth, the nation’s fourthlargest metropolitan area and sixthlargest economy • Programs covering seven of the 10 fastest-growing high-paying jobs in North Texas counties, which are among the fastest-growing counties in the nation • $1.3 billion economic impact in North Texas ($1.5 billion with current campus construction activity) • $24.6 million in tax revenues for local jurisdictions • An alumni regional impact of more than $10 billion each year

The Elm Fork Education Center welcomes 15,000 children each year for field trips and science programs. 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 UNT Enlightenment 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. 1 UNT 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, 9 Studio Theatre — RTFP Building danceandtheatre.unt.edu

Mozart’s Don Giovanni Enduring classic about the legendary libertine Presented by UNT Opera and Symphony Orchestra

8 p.m. Nov. 11, 18 3 p.m. Nov. 13, 20 Lyric Theater — Murchison Performing Arts Center music.unt.edu/mpac

National Parks Project by Harlan Butt Exhibition of vessels and other works by metalsmith Harlan Butt Presented by UNT Institute for the Advancement of the Arts

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pat boone on campus 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 Murchison 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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Muse Books The little man Eighteenthcentury English literature and culture exhibited a fascination with small male bodies, from Henry Fielding’s Tom Thumb plays to male dwarfs in public exhibitions and bawdy poems featuring diminutive men.

In The Little Everyman: Stature and Masculinity in EighteenthCentury English Literature (University 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 “everyman” 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 engagement 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 University 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 stories Miroslav Penkov, 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 animated. Penkov teaches creative writing at UNT and currently is editor of the American Literary Review.

‘New’ presses at UNT Four 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

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English through art Painting a mural and dancing in a flash mob were a few of the activities 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 addition to academics and professional development.

The students in the performing arts track, led by Elizabeth Schalchlin (’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.

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 940565-2428 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.

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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

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 presenting the plays in Dallas.

After the free performances, the artistic directors of Kitchen Dog Theater — Tina Parker and Christopher Carlos — participated 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.”

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 awardwinning 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 Communication 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.

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Muse Grammy win UNT 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.

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.

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The band’s annual CD has a new twist this year. Lab 2011 includes a bonus DVD containing 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.

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videos, streaming music, photos and other features. It also allows users to sign up for the band’s mailing list and to tweet comments on its fan wall.

The app, which is now available 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

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,” Voisard says. “We also were trying to startle people in a way by presenting disturbing images about rampant energy consumption.”

You can view the film at vimeo.com/22155713.

Visual Arts Metalsmithing

May graduates Dylan Voisard (’11), Patrick Perkins (’11) and Andrea Rosales Santillan (’11) won third place in the college category 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 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

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 Island art

Students in a digital illustration class spent three weeks this spring researching the Plastic Island of the Pacific, sometimes called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean currents bring the

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 techniques, 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.

Cave new artist-in-residence

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 institute 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 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 projects that will further raise the profile of the arts at UNT. Marimba specialist Mark Ford, coordinator 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 fellowship 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 performance 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

James Prinz, Chicago, courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

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

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

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

Living and Learning

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Together

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.

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Grouped 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.”

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.

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A smooth transition

“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.”

UNT’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.

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Friends and mentors UNT’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

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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 difference,” says Maubert, who was part of an exchange program.

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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.

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 family The 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

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.

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 community 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.

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Social learning The 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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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.

Share the Mean Green experience and help this team grow.

Buy your season tickets online or by phone today.

Packages start at $85 and include a home game with LSU.

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bruce hall creation 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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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.

Upcoming Alumni Gatherings Maureen M. McGuinness (’97 M.Ed., ’03 Ed.D.), assistant vice president for student affairs, and her children show off their green pride at Niagara Falls.

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hearing from any of his UNT classmates from the late ’50s and early ’60s.

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

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UNT 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 information.

Alumni Pavilion Dedication: Join UNT Alumni Association member and friends Sept. 10 for the dedication and grand opening. Email alumni@unt.edu 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 940-5654333 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 parents@unt.edu 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.

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.

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.

Mike Woodruff

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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 accounting program, Mauzy contacted the Department of Accounting and

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

Kathryn Minette, Santa Fe :: and her husband, Stan Biderman, 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.

of five years.

“I received several scholarships while at UNT, so I wanted to do something,” 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 internship that led to a full-time job at PwC in Dallas. She was promoted to tax manager this summer.

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Mauzy wrote the check for her first $1,000 installment on the scholarship late last year.

Richard L. ‘Rick’ McMahan,

Houston :: is

serving as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer in Thailand, teaching English to

Mark Terry (M.Ed.),

Southlake ::

was named presidentelect of the board of directors of the National Association of

“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.”

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Elementary School Principals. He has been a member of the association since 1993 and has served on its board since 2007. He is the principal of Eubanks Intermediate School in Southlake.

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at the UNT Health Science Center in 1995.

1994

1993

Suzanne L. Disheroon (M.A.,

David Toney,

Pearland ::

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

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, commercial litigation, products liability, personal injury defense and toxic tort litigation. He is president of the Houston Bar Association’s Construction Law Section.

’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.

own law firm in Orlando, J. Brian Phillips P.A., Attorney at Law. The firm handles general civil litigation cases and provides inhouse counsel to corporations and nonprofit organizations.

1995

Jason Phillips (’96), Orlando,

Fla. :: who earned his law degree

from the Florida State University College of Law, has opened his

Marta Plata, Fort Worth :: was named the 2011 Woman of

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From left, front, Betty Salem Korioth (’53), Kathryn Caldwell Eubanks (’43), Dorothy 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 Mallick (’51), Ann Embry Koenig (’56), Rose-Mary Brau Rumbley (’52, ’53 M.Ed., ’70 Ph.D.)

Michael Clements

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

Michael Clements

Eleven ladies met at the Prestonwood Country Club in June, members 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.

Distinction by Altrusa International 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 philandering father who grows up in Texas selling shrimp from a roadside van and struggling to become a musician. Jason teaches creative writing at Pacific Lutheran University.

2000

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 Con­ference. 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.

(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 Gainesville 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

➺ Nevada Hill

News

The screen printing process of Denton freelance artist (’05) was featured on KERA’s Art & Seek this spring. Hill, who earned his printmaking degree from UNT, designs posters, album packaging and apparel for businesses, musicians and venues. He has designed for the Granada Theater 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

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in several books and comic anthologies. Visit northtexan.

Sally Perret, (’06 M.A.),

Adam Hayashi,

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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.

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

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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 Carbondale, 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 commercials for companies such as Tostitos, Eggland’s Best and Abbott Pharmaceutical.

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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

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.

in the world.” He began chronicling the space program half a century ago, collecting autographed, commemorative 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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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 graduating, she taught in the Saint Jo and Gainesville public schools.

“Christianity and Culture” program 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 property 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.

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

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 Insurance. 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.

University Community

Scholarships and Rhodes Scholar-

master’s from MIT and a doctorate

ships, among others. He was born

from Case Institute of Technology.

N.C., Professor

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.

Ishmael ‘Ish’ Bustinza, Denton,

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 Presbyterian College, he began work on a

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

D. Barry Lumsden, Raleigh,

in Brownsville and earned degrees

He served in the U.S. Air Force in

Emeritus of

assistant pro-

from the University of Texas at

Mississippi, Alaska, Florida and

higher educa-

fessor of for-

Austin. He served in the U.S. Navy

Massachusetts and at Colorado’s

tion, 1978-

eign languages

aboard the U.S.S. Juneau.

U.S. Air Force Academy, where he

2006, died

and literatures,

was the first to teach computer

June 14. He had a 36-year teaching

science. He was a member of what

career in higher education. At UNT,

Haute, Ind., as-

is now the Barbershop Harmony

he served for two years as director

sociate profes-

Society for 58 years. He sang with

of the Center for Higher Education

and served on mentoring commit-

sor of computer

many quartets and choruses and

and taught a course on scholarly

tees with the Office of Nationally

sciences, 1974-

won 10 international gold medals

writing and publishing that was

Competitive Scholarships, helping

1998, died June

with one of his favorites, Dallas’

popular with doctoral students. In

students prepare for the interview

13. He received a bachelor’s degree

Vocal Majority.

1999, he wrote the proposal, funded

process for Rotary Ambassadorial

from the U.S. Naval Academy, a

1965-2006,

Denis Anthony Conrady, Terre

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School. He served as county judge in Snyder from 1959 to 1962.

Catharine Ada Greever Sherron (’42), Santa Rosa, Calif. :: She taught physical education briefly at New Braunfels before marrying and moving out of state. She was an active member of P.E.O., an avid tennis player into her 80s and an accomplished world traveler.

Charles Franklin Dameron (’43), Dallas :: After graduating 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 associate managing editor in 1983.

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 becoming Of Counsel to the McMahon Law Firm. He and his wife of 66 years, Claudie Park Wilson (’45), endowed a UNT scholarship and were lifetime members of the President’s Council. Other survivors include his brother-inlaw, 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

Navy during World War II, then

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 volunteer and a member of the Junior League of Tyler and the Festival Garden Club.

for $1 million, to establish the Don

J. Roy Moses Jr., Kerrville, assis-

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

Billie Joy Hooten-BeaversReichman (’46), Leavenworth, 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 graduate 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,

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, including a football stadium at Estancia High School that bears his name.

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William Thomson (’48, ’49 M.M.).

Mary Beth Loughmiller Hiskey Paul (’52), Houston :: She was a member of Kappa

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

Delta and married U.S. Air Force pilot Peter Marion Hiskey Jr. (’54) after graduation. When he

newspaper. He served in the U.S.

nator of organ and harpsichord

Buchholz Endowed Chair in Commu-

tant professor

Army and was an editor and reporter

instruction for 20 years and served

nity College Education and planned

of journalism,

for Texas newspapers. He also

for 12 years as associate dean for

and initiated the Bill J. Priest Center

1966-1968

was director of journalism for the

academic affairs in the College of

for Community College Education.

and 1972-1997,

University Interscholastic League at

Music. Peters earned bachelor’s

Lumsden founded and was editor of

died May 5.

the University of Texas at Austin. He

degrees in organ and English from

three journals, Community College

He was named to the C.E. Shuford

earned degrees from Southwestern

North Texas and a master’s in

Journal of Research and Practice,

Hall of Honor in UNT’s journalism

University and UT.

musicology from Columbia Univer-

Educational Gerontology and Chris-

department in 1996. Moses was

tian Higher Education. He earned

the director of information and

bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral

publications and served on the

ton, Professor

at Columbia University before

degrees from North Carolina State

journalism faculty at North Texas

Emeritus of mu-

receiving a Fulbright grant for study

University.

from 1966 to 1968, then returned to

sic, 1959-2005,

in Denmark. In 1983, he became a

the faculty in 1972. He spent several

died July 16. He

fellow of the American Guild of

years as an advisor for the college

was coordi-

Organists and passed the choir-

sity. He served as assistant organ-

Dale Hugh Peters (’52, ’53), Den-

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died 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 Transmission 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 business 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 stayat-home mom and an elementary school teacher. She lived in Albuquerque, Beaumont, Kansas City, Bartlesville and Tulsa and enjoyed tennis and golf. At North Texas, she was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority.

master examination. Peters began

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 legendary 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 industry, constructing several homes in the West Plano area. He was an Army veteran, serving during the Korean War.

Lorin C. Richtmeyer, Atlanta,

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 University, teaching at Tuskegee and then Auburn. A rural sociologist, he spent 12 years overseas working on economic development projects 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

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

her bachelor’s degree in biology

degree in graphic design and began work for Texas Instruments on

Italy as a cryptographer. He also

Nelia Mae Smith, Denton,

playing organ at the First United

Ga., died June

formed a swing band that helped

undergradu-

Methodist Church in Denton in

8. He taught

entertain his combat buddies. His

ate advisor in

1949 and, after a break for graduate

musical instru-

military honors included two Bronze

the Mayborn

study and Army service, became the

ment repair

Stars. He was an avid runner who

School of Jour-

full-time choir director and organist

in the College

competed in marathons in New

nalism, who

in 1963, serving in those positions

of Music from 1984 to 1997 after

York, Honolulu, Portland, Dallas

had worked in the journalism pro-

for 40 and 50 years. He and his wife,

retiring as a professor of music

and London, including a race on

gram since 1987, died June 4. She

the late vocalist and lecturer Juanita

from Northern Michigan University.

his 70th birthday. He ran his last

was the department’s first secretary

Teal Peters (’51), regularly presented

He received a bachelor’s degree

half-marathon at age 77. Survivors

and, after retiring in spring 2002,

concerts together. Donations may

from Central Michigan University

include his daughter, Debra A.

returned the next fall to work in the

be made to the College of Music’s

and master’s and doctoral degrees

Richtmeyer, former faculty member

school’s undergraduate advising

Dale Peters Organ Scholarship.

from Michigan State University.

in the College of Music.

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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 compositions, Sounds of Samuels.

1970s

a lifelong career in public education. 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 neighborhood handyman.

Belinda Davis White (’74), Victoria :: She earned a bachelor’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 Rehabilitation Clinic in Victoria.

Tom F. Glover (’77 M.F.A.), Panhandle :: He was a teaching

He served in World War II and the Korean War before beginning

assistant in the ceramics program while earning his master’s degree.

He then taught at Amarillo College from 1977 to 1986 before moving to Guadalupita, N.M., to work as a full-time potter. His

for kindergarten through 12th

Ralph L. Willard, dean and

Charles E. Wellington (’71 Ed.D.), Rio Rancho, N.M. ::

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 Mesquite 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.

major buildings were constructed

Memorials

grade. UNT students remember her

president of the

as the school grew into a modern

as kind, calming and helpful. She

Texas College

campus. He received the college’s

turned her passion for gardening

of Osteopathic

Founder’s Medal in 1985. Willard,

into a company called Plants Alive,

Medicine, 1975-

his parents, his son and his sister

which allowed her to supervise

1985, died Jan.

all were osteopathic physicians. He

Send memorials to honor UNT alumni and friends, made payable to the UNT Foundation, to the University of North Texas, Division 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.

interior landscaping for more than

30. Willard was appointed dean of

earned degrees from Coe College

a dozen businesses, including the

TCOM, which would evolve into the

and from the Kirksville College of

Golden Triangle Mall in Denton

UNT Health Science Center, when

Osteopathic Medicine. He was a

and Barton Creek Mall in Austin.

the private medical school received

bomber pilot in World War II, receiv-

Survivors include her husband of 52

full state support and was placed

ing the Distinguished Flying Cross,

years, Don Smith, recently retired

under the direction of the North Tex-

and also served in the Korean War.

UNT biology professor and tree

as regents and president. In 1981,

Survivors include his wife, Margaret

expert.

he became the second president of

Dennis Willard (’58 M.Ed.).

the college. During his tenure, three

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Be proud of your degree and ask ‘what is next?’

by Phil McGraw (’76 M.A., ’79 Ph.D.) Jonathan Reynolds

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 College.” 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

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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

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violence, bullying, mental illness — trying to open the dialogue about these things in American society. I’ve had the privilege of interviewing presidents, royalty, testifying 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.

Homecoming 2011 FRIDAY, Oct. 21 11 a.m.

Zeke Martin Memorial Homecoming

UNTold+new, will speak in the Lyce-

information: britton.sherry@unt.edu,

um. Reception following at UNT on

940-565-2275 or visit

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

www.unt.edu/recsports.

information: UNToldnew@unt.edu.

8:30 a.m.

Golf Classic

7 p.m.

Athletic Hall of Fame

Benefiting the North Texas Letter-

Spirit March

Breakfast

men’s Association and the UNT

Begins at Fraternity Row on Maple

This year’s inductees are Melinda Pina

Alumni Association. Registration

Street and proceeds to the bonfire

(’04), soccer; Johnny Quinn (’06),

begins at 11 a.m., noon lunch and

site on the northwest side of UNT’s

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

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

Apogee Stadium.

and field; and Bobby Way (’60), foot-

Champions Circle in Fort Worth.

Wisconsin Sleepers

For information: matthew.phillips@

ball. Gateway Center Ballroom. For information: matthew.phillips@unt.

Homecoming Reunion

edu or 940-369-8409.

unt.edu or 940-369-8409.

Alumni mixer at the Holiday Inn Ex-

11:30 a.m.

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

10 a.m. to noon

Golden Eagles Luncheon/

brendarobwilliams@gmail.com.

Chi Omega Lodge Open

Reunion - Class of ’61

8 p.m.

University Union, Silver Eagle Suite.

Reservations, $20. RSVP: abbie.lows@ unt.edu or 940-565-4851.

House

Willis Library 40th

UNT’s Apogee Stadium.

Forum, first floor of library, with exhibit highlighting UNT football through the years. For information: external.relations@unt.edu.

6:30 to 10 p.m.

For information: mh0032@verizon.

contest will take place in the north parking lot on the northwest side of

Refreshments and cake in the Library

Hosted by Chi Omega House Corp.

Lighting of the bonfire. The yell

3 p.m.

Anniversary Celebration

Refreshments served. 930 S. Welch St.

Bonfire and Yell Contest

net or 940-382-2360.

11 a.m.

Theta Chi House

College of Music

Dedication/Open House

Free faculty recital at Voertman

Refreshments served. 1015 Maple St.

Concert Hall. Gustavo Romero and

RSVP: landrylewis@gmail.com

Eri Nakagawa on piano and Mark

or 817-676-5944.

Ford and Paul Rennick on percussion.

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Visit music.unt.edu.

Business Leadership

UNTold+new Alumni

SATURDAY, Oct. 22

Design Show

7:15 a.m.

Presentation/Reception

Fun Run

Patrick Coyne, editor of Commu-

Free and open to everyone, starts in

Floyd Graham Society

nication Arts magazine and juror

front of the Pohl Recreation Center.

Dancing to the Aces of Collegeland

of the Department of Design’s first

Pre-registration not required.

big band and musical program “Brass,

competitive alumni design show,

Registration until 7 a.m. For

Blues and Bebop” featuring Morgan

Building Open House

Tours available. RSVP: www.cob.unt. edu/rsvp/rsvp.php?/189.

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Powell (’59, ’61 M.M.) on trombone

Alumni Pavilion Party *

Department of Political

and Ray Sasaki (’75 M.M.E.) on

Join UNT Alumni Association

Science *

trumpet. University Union. Reserva-

members and friends at the new

RSVP: kimi.king@unt.edu or

tions, including lunch, $35 prepaid

alumni pavilion near UNT’s Apogee

940-565-4984.

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

Stadium. For information: alumni@

0804, fax 940-891-0690, Paypal to

unt.edu or 940-565-2834.

gpr1@earthlink.net or mail to Floyd Graham Society, 815 Ector St., Denton, Texas 76201.

information: russc@unt.edu or

Sciences *

940-565-2554.

gordon@unt.edu or 940-565-2048.

Homecoming Parade

Begins at Welch and Hickory Streets, travels around the Denton town

Food, drinks and fun. $5 per person

debra.richardson@unt.edu.

www.cob.unt.edu/sales/

the wrong way on Hickory through

homecoming2011.php.

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

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

of Year Recognition *

p.m. For information: rpreston@unt.

Special honors for alumni who were

edu or 940-565-2437.

named 2011 Teachers of the Year

6 p.m.

and Community Service *

Ticket options start at $15. For

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of

information: ticketoffice@unt.edu,

the Master of Public Administration

800-868-2366 or visit

program. Barbecue and games with

meangreensports.com.

Green football team. For tent reser-

Department of

vations: www.unt.edu/homecoming.

Communication Studies/ UNT Debate Team *

RSVP: brian.lain@unt.edu or 940-565-4354.

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University of Louisiana-Monroe *

unt.edu or 940-369-7349.

The

Mean Green vs.

College of Public Affairs

Coach Dan McCarney and the Mean

50

anniversary, Class of 1996’s 15th anniversary. Photos and cake at 3

ty students. RSVP: jamie.settemeyer@

ers, dancers, marching band, Head

anniversary, Class of 2001’s 10th

Alumni Reunion/Teacher

the UNT SERVES! REAL Communi-

March featuring the cheerlead-

Featuring the Class of 2006’s 5th

anniversary and Class of 1991’s 20th

perry@unt.edu or 940-369-7805.

and college tents at UNT’s Apogee

TAMS Alumni Reception *

College of Education

by area school districts. RSVP: kelly.

kickoff. Organization, department

Financial Services Club *

RSVP: jinna@my.unt.edu or

dren 12 and under are free. RSVP:

to Welch, right on Hickory (going

Risk, Insurance and

College of Business *

donation to fund scholarships; chil-

square and up Oak Sreet. From Oak

Celebrating 42 years on the air. For

College of Arts and

Refreshments served. RSVP: nissa.

1 p.m.

KNTU-FM *

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*Events are part of Mean Green

Village at UNT’s Apogee Stadium.

Enter a drawing to win Homecoming prizes by emailing northtexan@unt.edu

by Sept. 15 with “Homecoming” in the subject line.

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The North Texan

Jonny Carroll

U N I V E RS I T Y O F N O R T H T E X A S Division of University Relations, Communications and Marketing 1155 Union Circle #311070 Denton, Texas 76203-5017

P A R T I N G SH O T UNT’s Apogee Stadium is the largest and most ambitious building project in UNT history. An exciting and highly visible gateway to the university, it includes seating for nearly 31,000 fans, a spirit store and eco-friendly features unlike any collegiate stadium in the world. Flip to page 24 for full coverage and poster.