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FeatureThe Passing of a Cullen
Statement from President Renu Khator 
Dear Colleagues, The University of Houston family is saddened to learn of the death on Monday of Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Smith, matriarch of the Cullen family and one of our most devoted friends and supporters. Mrs. Smith was the last of the surviving children of Hugh Roy Cullen and Lillie Cranz Cullen, UH's founding family and first major benefactors. Wilhelmina's first husband, Corbin J. Robertson, Sr., who died in 1991, was a strong supporter of early Cougar athletics programs. His name graces our sports stadium. Their children - Wilhelmina E. "Beth" Robertson, former chair of the UH System Board of Regents; Lillie T. Robertson, friend and supporter of UH arts programs; Corbin J. Robertson, Jr., advocate for the Texas Center for Superconductivity; Carroll Robertson Ray, current member of the Board of Regents; and Alison S. Robertson Baumann - continue to this day the tradition of service and philanthropy that has been the hallmark of the Cullen family for decades. Besides her children, Mrs. Smith leaves behind her husband Edgar A. Smith, Jr., and a host of grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and many other family members. I know you join me in expressing our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Mr. Smith and the extended Cullen family at the passing of this most beloved and remarkable lady. Renu Khator From the Editor’s Desk My backgrounds in journalism and higher-education communication give me an appreciation of the historical links of recent events at UH: the death of UH alumna Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Smith and the $1.5-million matching contribution from CLASS alumnus Lance Funston to the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. I’m always impressed with connections that emanate from UH to touch our city, our state, and our nation. Wilhelmina Smith was the granddaughter of Ezekiel W. Cullen. His name is on the administration building. He was a state judge and a state senator. As a senator, he authored the bill that established the educational system for the State of Texas. That’s why he’s known as the Father of Texas Education. Her father and mother were Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen, the University’s first major benefactors. When her father made the first of the Cullen Family’s contributions to us for the purpose of constructing the first permanent building on campus (later named in memory of his son, Roy Gustav Cullen), he said, “The University of Houston must always be a college for working men and women and their sons and daughters.” Hugh Roy Cullen served as Chair of the UH Board of Governors before we became a state university. Wilhelmina Smith’s first husband, Corbin Robertson, Sr., sat on the first Board of Regents after UH became a public university. Her oldest daughter, Beth Robertson, later served as Chair of the UH System Board of Regents. Another daughter, Carroll Ray, sits on the current Board. My office is on the top floor of Agnes Arnold Hall. Agnes Cullen Arnold was Wilhelmina Smith’s sister. And, there are many more Cullen/UH connections. The Cullens established the Cullen Family Foundation in 1947, with a gift that, at the time, was one of the largest individual endowments established in the U.S. Many years later, a UH student wrote: “The riches that the Cullens have extracted from the earth, they have given back to their fellow humans. All this they have done with simple directness and genuine tenderness; and with no thought of thanks, or the praise of other citizens, or public eulogies.” That student was Jack Valenti, who later served with Corbin Robertson, Sr. on the first UH Board of Regents. Valenti also served as president of several campus organizations, including the University of Houston Student Association, the UH Night Student Council, and the Texas Student Government Association. And, Valenti was vice chair of Frontier Fiesta, director and co-writer of Varsity Varieties, and a staff member on The Daily Cougar, all while working and attending classes. President Lyndon Johnson hired Valenti as his special assistant within hours of President Kennedy’s assassination. Valenti later became LBJ’s speechwriter and advisor. He left public service to serve for the next 38 years as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association of America. Last year, we named the School of Communication after Valenti. And this month, we finalized the $1.5-million agreement with Lance Funston for the Valenti School. You can watch my interview with Mr. Funston in this section of Graffit-e. Welcome Wilson, Sr., was arguably the driving force behind the Funston gift. And, here again we see the historical connections. As a Political Science student, Lance Funston worked for Welcome Wilson, the current Chair of the UH System Board of Regents, and a close friend of Jack Valenti. UH and CLASS have seen a host of amazing students, faculty, staff, and alumni. And we continue that tradition. You can read about some of them in this month’s Graffit-e. From the faculty ranks, find out about the retirement of Sidney Berger. Read about the Grammy connections to a student and a former student. Meet an alumnus making his way on the Great White Way. And learn how research by English professor Lorraine Stock may have changed the face of Daniel Defoe studies for the past half-century. John David Powell Alumnus Funston makes major gift to Valenti SchoolLance Funston (’67 Political Science) has made the first major gift to the recently named Jack J. Valenti School of Communication. The $1.5-million, 2-to-1 matching contribution from Funston, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Telamerica, Inc. of Philadelphia, will be added to existing gifts and pledges to fund a Media Technology computer lab, a student television production studio lab, a new entry to the school, and a new lobby and study area. Funston challenged the University to raise additional private funds to match his gift to accomplish this ambitious makeover of the Valenti School. “The Valenti School of Communication has a very important spot in my heart, not just because of the legacy of Jack Valenti, but because I feel like it was here I got the tools and the skills that really helped me be successful in my career, and I’m delighted to be able to help out in any way that I can,” said Funston. “I believe my gift will give the school a chance to achieve some well-deserved growth and opportunity to expand its offering.” “Alumni gifts, such as this from Mr. Funston, are essential as the university moves forward in our quest to be the state’s next top-tier research university,” said UH President Renu Khator. “This very generous gift will not only help us achieve our goals for the Valenti School, but will serve as an inspiration for other alumni to invest in their alma mater and in the success of our incredible students.” The Valenti School has more than 1,500 communication majors each year, making it one of the largest academic units at UH. It offers degrees in Journalism, Media Studies, Public Relations and Advertising, Media Production, Interpersonal Communication, Corporate Communication, and Health Communication. The additions and expansions will help relieve overcrowding and improve conditions for these students, said Beth Olson, Director of the Valenti School. “For example, each of our two existing computer labs can accommodate only 22 students at a time. Together, the labs serve about 660 students, and we have to stay open 23 hours a day to meet student demand,” Olson explained. The university renamed the school in honor of Valenti, UH alumnus, who died in 2007. Valenti served the university in many capacities, including as president of the University of Houston Student Association, president of the Ex-Students Association that became the Houston Alumni Organization (now the University of Houston Alumni Association), and as a member of the original UH Board of Regents. He was the first person hired as a special assistant to President Lyndon Johnson within hours of President John Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, and served as the new President’s speechwriter and advisor. He later became President and Chief Executive Officer of the Motion Picture Association, where he served in that capacity for 38 years. “The gift from Mr. Funston, combined with the other gifts and pledges received since the renaming of the school, will give us the much-needed resources to train the new generation of professionals who can communicate effectively in an increasingly interconnected and global society,” said John Antel, Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and former CLASS Dean. Funston is the Chairman of Telamerica Media, a media aggregator that represents more than 90 percent of the cable television industry. Mr. Funston founded the company in 1993, and in 2008, Telamerica was acquired by Cross Media Works. While a student, Funston won four national debate titles and worked fulltime for the Jamaica Corporation, a Houston-based holding company with extensive real estate and financial interests. Just after graduation, President Lyndon Johnson appointed him to the post of assistant to the director of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the FDIC, and later as assistant to a governor of the Federal Reserve Board. While getting an MBA at the Harvard Business School, Mr. Funston founded Portfolio Management Systems Incorporated, which developed investment management systems for major financial institutions. In 1973, Portfolio Management created a private real estate equity fund in Houston, which developed more than $300 million in residential and commercial properties over the next decade. By the early 1980s, he started acquiring consumer product manufactures, such as Mid-Continent Bottlers, Kittenger Furniture, and Larami Toys, makers of the Super Soaker. He also founded Creative Products, which developed 8-Minute Abs and Instant Flower Garden. He was the first alternate driver for the American Samoan bobsled team at the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, and he’s a well-known player of Texas Hold ‘Em. Dean's Message
Congratulations to former CLASS dean John Antel on his promotion to the position of provost. His official title is now “Sr. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs of the University of Houston System and Sr. Vice President for Academic Affairs for the University of Houston and Provost.” Good luck to him as he attempts to put that on his business card, and good luck to him as he joins President Renu Khator’s team of top administrators. When John asked me to serve as the interim dean as the search for a permanent dean moved forward, I agreed with little hesitation. In my twenty-four years as the Cullen Professor of History and Business, UH has been very good to me. It has given me the most interesting students I have ever taught while supporting my research on the history of the oil industry and of the city of Houston. I hope to repay a measure of my debt to UH with a stint at as a dean during an important era in its history. I also feel a sense of loyalty to one of the best deans I have ever had, my friend John Antel. My goal will be to keep CLASS running smoothly as he makes the transition to the extraordinary challenging job of provost. This is not to say that I will be a caretaker; that would be against my nature. Instead, I will push forward good programs already in place. As I have done throughout my thirty-three years as an academic, I will pay special attention to the quality of undergraduate teaching and to the recruitment and training of graduate students. I will also attempt to encourage the greater participation of our college in the campus-wide efforts to build “clusters of excellence” in such areas as energy, health, the arts, and student success. In these and other areas, CLASS has much to offer. I realized just how much last week as I walked around campus to visit the various departments and centers in our large, diverse college. It was a thoroughly pleasant week with the optimism of spring in the air all over the campus and with similar optimism in the voices of many of the faculty members with whom I spoke. John left CLASS in excellent shape, and I was greatly encouraged by the energy, enthusiasm, and commitment I saw in programs as varied as communication disorders, theatre, and Arte Público. Several common threads ran through my conversations with the chairs and directors. One was the great strides forward in the recent past in numerous programs; another was the need for more resources to enable good programs to continue to expand. One of the great challenges at UH has always been to serve the needs of our booming city with resources that never quite keep pace with the growing demand for our services. Providing ample resources to support the growth of essential programs remains a central challenge for UH administrators. This challenge will certainly not become easier to meet in the coming months of economic turmoil. Yet I retain a historian’s optimism on this point. I have lived through several economic booms and busts and I have studied the history of several others. At this moment in time, UH is sitting in roughly the same position as it sat in the mid-1980s, when plummeting oil prices caused a severe recession that affected Houston almost as badly as the Great Depression of the 1930s. One of my favorite memories of my early years at UH in the 1980s involved one of the many interesting older students who came back to school in droves to retool after losing jobs. As I lectured in Agnes Arnold Auditorium, which then held as many as 600 American history survey students, about the public policies aimed at ending the Great Depression, an elderly gentleman (roughly 60 or my age now) stood up and loudly proclaimed, “That’s not the way it was.” I instinctively invited him up to the front of the class to tell us why, and a lively discussion followed that certainly held the attention of my 18 year-old students more than any lecture I could have delivered. Despite the gloom and doom and budget cuts of the mid-1980s, UH and the City of Houston ultimately regained their footing. Indeed, both emerged transformed. A more diversified economy and a stronger university came out of that particular economic downturn. Whatever lies ahead of us in these unsettled times will force us to regroup and define more clearly our goals and our paths toward those goals. With the confidence of one who has studied the history of UH and has watched the campus evolve since I began visiting here as a junior-high student in the early 1960s, I can say with certainty that UH will remain a place of opportunity for all Houstonians, a place where people from all backgrounds and from all walks of life come for the education that will expand their personal choices. CLASS, the largest college at UH, will remain a central part of this endeavor. FacultyBerger bows to boisterous bravos
Sorry, Sidney, but we couldn’t resist, because, to be frank (and you can be John), we really like Carnival of Souls (1962). Sidney Berger, former Director of the School of Theatre and Dance, Professor of Theatre, and a John and Rebecca Moores Scholar, recently announced his retirement from the UH faculty, after an unprecedented 40-year run that includes the founding of the Houston Shakespeare Festival and the Children’s Theatre Festival (UH’s professional summer projects); the hiring as faculty members Pulitzer Prize winners Edward Albee and Lanford Wilson, Tony Award winners Jose Quintero and Stuart Ostrow, and Royal Shakespeare Company founder Sir Peter Hall; and receiving the Esther Farfel Award, the University’s highest faculty accolade, in 1992. For four decades, Sidney helped aspiring stage stars ascend to professional heights. Some headed to Hollywood, while others made their way to regional stages and classrooms. No matter where they went, Sidney viewed each of his students as shining products of theater education at its finest. (The Alumni section of this month’s Graffit-e features one such alumnus.) Sidney retires at the end of the spring semester. Meantime, he directs the Houston premiere of Albee’s At Home at the Zoo, which runs Feb. 13 - 22 in the Jose Quintero Theatre. Albee, a former distinguished UH theater professor, is scheduled to attend the Feb. 21 performance.  “I have had a wonderful career here at the university,” says Sidney. “I could not think of another place I would have wanted to spend 40 years of my professional life. I have worked alongside so many wonderful people, but now, I feel that a new generation of artists needs to prepare tomorrow’s great actors, writers, and directors.” Sidney is especially pleased his final UH production will be an Albee play. “I once directed his A Delicate Balance, and he came to see it,” Sidney says. “After the performance, he put his arm around me and said, ‘When are you going to do another one of mine?’ Directing an Albee play is the best way to complete my career at UH. He is a true master of the craft, and I am honored to be part of this city premiere.” At Home at the Zoo is a two-act play that combines Albee’s 1959 debut production, The Zoo Story, with a new act first produced in 2004, Homelife. When it debuted, The Zoo Story shocked audiences with its tale of a park bench encounter between the mild mannered Peter and the volatile Jerry. Homelife provides a first act to this meeting and details an intense dialogue between Peter and his wife, Ann. The play contains mature language that might not be suitable for young audiences. 
Albee, right, and Graffit-e editor John David Powell
at “Since Sid is retiring now I think it’s real nice that he’s finishing with a play of mine,” Albee says. “It was Sid who invited me to teach playwriting at his school, where I learned a lot about teaching and even some about playwriting.” “He ran a fine, humanistic ship, and his gentleness and his humor will be missed,” Albee continues. “There's much to be learned from Sid, whom I love dearly, and I hope those who follow him have the wisdom to learn it.” Big-name actors who started under Sidney Berger’s tutelage include the Quaid Brothers, Dennis and Randy; Loretta Devine (Eli Stone, Waiting to Exhale); Robert Wuhl (Batman, Arli$$); Brent Spiner (Star Trek: The Next Generation); and Jim Parsons (Big Bang Theory). 
He was key in founding the Houston Shakespeare Festival, and he will remain its producing director. A summertime tradition, the festival entertains tens of thousands of Houstonians each year with outdoor productions of the Bard’s finest works starring professional cast members. 
He also introduced children to the magic of theater through the annual Children’s Theatre Festival (now Theatre for Young Audiences), which produced professional plays featuring the talents of Tony winners Jerry Bock (Fiddler on the Roof) and Charles Strouse (Annie). Besides the 1992 Farfel Award, Sidney received the 2007 Ruth Denney Award from Theatre Under the Stars, which recognizes arts educators. In 2007, Congressman Gene Green (’71 Business) recognized him in the Congressional Record for his tireless efforts with the Houston Shakespeare Festival. “I look forward to seeing more great things emerge from the school,” says Sidney. “I leave the university knowing that its commitment to theater is stronger than ever. I've had the best career one can ask for, and I will always be grateful to the students, faculty and community for making this school into what it is today.” (with reporting from Mike Emery) From the Valenti School of Communication
Robert Musburger, Emeritus Professor of Communication and former Director of the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication has worked for 20 years in professional broadcasting, serving as camera operator, director, producer, and writer. He’s also received numerous awards for his video work and teaching. His book, Introduction to Media Production: The Path to Digital Media Production (Focal Press, 2009, 544 pages), co-authored by Gorham Kindem of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, just came out in its fourth edition. It brings an old standard into the digital age by showing new theories and practices in digital media.  Michael Berryhill, Assistant Professor of Communication, will serve on the board of Texas Watchdog, a Web-based non-profit organization devoted to investigative journalism. Berryhill also reviewed Big Rich: The Rise and Fall of the Greatest Texas Oil Fortunes for the Houston Chronicle. Hugh Roy Cullen is featured in the book. Click here to read it. 
Bob Health, Emeritus Professor of Communication, co-authored a research report based on a study funded by the Korean Public Relations Association: What U.S. and Korean Public Relations Professionals Tell About General Leadership Characteristics and Crisis Leadership Characteristics: Contingency Leadership Approaches for Public Relations. Health and Lan Ni, Assistant Professor of Communication, studied corporate responsibility for a feature article in the Jan. 19 edition of PR News titled Empirical Evidence: CSR and the Bottom Line. (CSR = Corporate Social Responsibility) 
David B. McKinney is an Adjunct Professor in the Valenti School, but his day job is as the new Senior Communications Manager for Shell’s downstream businesses in the U.S. with coordination across the North America hub. For the past eight years, he was Communication Manager at Shell’s Deer Park refinery and chemical plant. He’s now in his 29th year with Shell. Psych profs win awards
The Psychology department’s John Vincent, Professor of Psychology, Director of Clinical Training at the Psychology Research and Services Center, and Director of the Center for Forensic Psychology, received an award from the Houston Bar Association for the outstanding legal article of the year to appear in HBA journal. The article focuses on the roles and methodologies of psychological experts in civil litigation. 
Peter Norton, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Anxiety Disorder Clinic, received the Theodore Blau Early Career Award from the American Psychological Foundation. The award honors a Clinical Psychologist for professional accomplishments in that field, which may include promotion of the practice of clinical psychology through professional service; innovation in service delivery; novel application of applied research methodologies to professional practice; positive impact on health delivery systems; development of creative educational programs for practice; or other novel or creative activities advancing the service of the profession, according to the APF. Art prof gets award for first book Picturing the New Negro examines how artists created a cultural identity for African Americans during the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. The book includes book and magazine illustrations and prints to show the graphic force these artists gave to the New Negro movement. Goeser melds black poetry and other writings with popular print images to demonstrate the depth and richness of this period in the life of African Americans. Sociology update
Amanda Baumle, Assistant Professor, published Same-Sex Partners: The Demography of Sexual Orientation (State University of New York Press) in November. She also published two articles this year: “Strategic Annexation under the Voting Rights Act: Racial Dimensions of Annexation Practices”(Harvard BlackLetter Law Journal), and “The Impact on Maryland’s Budget of Allowing Same-Sex Couples to Marry” (Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class). Russell Curtis, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, reported on his research on sports (with Demetrius Pearson) in “Racism Without Racists: Characterological Depictions of Black Males in Sport Films Since 1990,” at the Southwest Sociological Association meetings in Las Vegas, Nev. in March ’08. Gary Dworkin, Professor, served as Program Chair for the section on the Sociology of Education at the International Sociology Association meetings in Barcelona, Spain, last September. He is co-editor, of the International Handbook of Research on Teachers and Teaching (Springer). 
Helen Rose Ebaugh, Professor and Director of our highly successful Undergraduate Internship Program, is writing a book on the Gulen Movement in Turkey, where she visited three times to gather data for her study. 
Tracy Xavia Karner, Associate Professor, presented “Performing the Role of Photographer in the Fine Art Photography Portfolio Review Process” at the International Visual Sociology Association meetings, Buenos Aires in August.  Joseph Kotarba, Professor and Department Chair, co-wrote with Phillip Vannini the recent book, Understanding Society through Popular Music (Routledge Press, 2008) 
Samantha Kwan, Assistant Professor, received a UH Women’s Studies Faculty Summer Fellowship to complete a book on contested cultural meanings of body, health, and weight. She has two articles coming out this year, “Beauty Work: Individual and Institutional Rewards, the Reproduction of Gender, and Questions of Agency”, co-authored with Mary Nell Trautner, in Sociology Compass and “Framing the Fat Body: Contested Meanings Between Government, Activists, and Industry” in Sociological Inquiry (2009). Jon Lorence, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, presented a paper on “Third Grade Retention and Reading Achievement in Texas: A Nine Year Panel Study” at the American Sociological Association meetings in Boston in August. His most recent article is “Texas TAAS Scores Revisited” in the June ‘08 issue of Educational Research Quarterly. Jarron Saint Onge, Assistant Professor, presented his research on the intersection of health behaviors and health outcomes at the August annual meetings of the Population Association of America and the ASA. His co-authored paper, “Major League Baseball Players’ Life Expectancies” in Social Science Quarterly, uses demographic techniques and more than a century of data to explain life expectancies among a healthy, select subset of the U.S. population. StudentsLil Wayne, Melissa Givens garner Grammys and a nomination
Last year, Julian Schnabel (’73) was the one reppin CLASS at all of the big awards bashes after taking the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, grabbing a Golden Globe from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and nabbing a nomination for Best Director from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Oscar folks. This year, the Grammy buzz goes to a former student and a current doctoral student. Lil Wayne is neither a student nor an alumnus, but he was a Political Science major back in 2005. This month, he won four of his eight nominated categories: Best Rap Album, Tha Carter III; Best Rap Song, Lollipop; Best Rap Solo Performance, A Milli; and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, Swagga Like Us, with Jay-Z , T.I., and Kanye West.  Melissa Givens is a doctoral student in the Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music, and a member of the choral ensemble Conspirare nominated for two Grammys (Best Classical Album and Best Choral Performance) for Tarik O’Regan: Threshold of Night (Harmonia Mundi). Givens joined Conspirare in 2002. On Tarik O’Regan, she sang with the ensemble and as a soprano soloist. Givens has a day job as Assistant Professor of Music at Houston Baptist University. Percussion Ensemble bangs out new CDGrammy may be calling next year, too. That’s because the Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music Percussion Ensemble, under the direction of Blake Wilkins, recently released the CD Not Here, But There (Albany Records). The Ensemble, winner of the 2003 and 2006 Percussive Arts Society Percussion Ensemble Competition, is a leader in the promotion and performance of new music.  Track Listings Wallace awarded Robinson Scholarship Julia Wallace received the 2008 Minnette and Jerome Robinson Scholarship from Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston. The annual scholarship goes to the docent that demonstrates the highest level of excellence inside the museum and in the classroom. Recipients must be full-time students, hold a minimum 3.0 GPA, and have been an active docent for at least one semester. The scholarship helps students cover the costs of tuition, fees, and books. Wallace joined the docent corps in August 2008, but she’s been involved with the museum’s educational programs for several years. “Julia has been a valuable addition to our program,” says Katherine Veneman, Curator of Education. “She provides our visitors with insightful tours that encourage visitors to contemplate the art that fills the space.” But for Wallace, the tours are as beneficial to her as they are to the guests she leads. “Being surrounded by the important art that the museum brings to Houston is such a gift and has deepened my own understanding of the relationship between myself, my art, and my community.” Wallace will complete her BFA in Painting, with a double minor in Art History and English, in May, and will simultaneously continue in the docent program. Students get help with Senior Honors Thesise
The Honors College and Office of Undergraduate Research have a new, free service to help students in the process of researching and writing their Senior Honors Theses. Participating students work in small, mentor-directed groups, modeled on the Writing Center’s successful studio programs. The studios are open to all students, at all stages in the process of engaging in the Senior Honors Thesis. Participating students will:
Groups of five students will meet with a facilitator five times during the semester to discuss and mutually critique their work. Assignments will be focused and directed. Want to know more about the service? Contact Karen Weber at kweber@uh.edu or Dan Price at dr.dan.price@gmail.com. 2 for 4 A’sCecily Hale and Kathie Tran, Advertising Students in the Jack J. Valenti School of Communication, are semi-finalists for the American Association of Advertising Agencies multicultural advertising internship program. The 4 A’s program provides a paid internship to advertising agencies across the country that includes salary and housing. UH gets big IOOB conferenceThe University of Houston will host of the 2010 Industrial Organization/Organizational Behavior Graduate Student Conference. This is another way our CLASS-based I/O Psychology program and Organizational Behavior program in the C.T. Bauer College of Business receive national attention as emerging leaders in organizational science graduate education. Spring Sports CoogsThe Cougar Golf team begins its Spring schedule Feb. 17, with one player from CLASS
The Cougar Softball team starts the season on top of the C-USA Coaches preseason poll, and hopes to win its third straight C-USA regular season championship. Oh, and go on to the Regional and Super Regionals, again. Oh, yeah, they ranked 13th in the USA Today/NFCA preseason poll, and 16th in the ESPN/USA Softball preseason poll. Here’re the CLASS players on the roster.
The Cougar Tennis team is 8-1 as of this writing, after defeating McNeese State on Feb. 7. Two CLASS students are on the team, and a CLASS alumna is the assistant coach.
Next month: Baseball and Track & Field
AcademicsMonroe new Dean of The Honors College
William Monroe, Professor of English, is the new Dean of The Honors College, UH’s interdisciplinary college that provides students with an enhanced learning environment. The appointment was effective Jan. 20. Monroe, the former Executive Associate Dean, succeeds Stuart Long, who has served as Interim Dean since Sept. 1, 2008. “Bill Monroe, a highly respected teacher, author and an accomplished administrator, provided tremendous leadership and guidance in preparing The Honors College for its new home in the M.D. Anderson Library expansion,” Strickland said. “He has drawn upon his research expertise to develop new courses in such areas as literature and medicine, and I am confident that, under Dr. Monroe's leadership, The Honors College will continue to grow and nurture excellence.” Monroe's book, Power to Hurt: The Virtues of Alienation, was selected as an outstanding academic book of the year by Choice magazine, and nominated for the Phi Beta Kappa/Christian Gauss Award. His other publications include the play Primary Care, which deals with issues related to Alzheimer's disease, and articles on T.S. Eliot, Vladimir Nabokov, and Willa Cather. Monroe also publishes in the interdisciplinary field of literature and medicine and contributes to the scholarship of teaching, including a recent essay on the “old school” methods of Wayne Booth, his mentor at the University of Chicago. He is working on The Vocation of Affliction, a book on Flannery O'Connor, and teaching an honors seminar on contemporary American fiction. He also directs The Common Ground Teachers Institute, and founded the Medicine & Society Program at Houston. “The Honors College is a special place,” Monroe said, “and it is very much a collaborative environment. This news is most welcome, I think, for the entire Honors community. It represents a vote of confidence in a team of faculty and staff that have over a hundred years of cumulative experience in honors education at the University of Houston.” (Richard Bonnin) New book edited by former HUD Secretary
Arte Público Press released its latest book Latinos and the Nation’s Future, edited by Henry Cisneros, for Housing and Urban Development Secretary and the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city, that being San Antonio. Whether the “swing vote” in various elections, or the folks who introduced salsa as a dip and a dance, it is clear that the influence of Latinos is widespread and growing each year. The Census Bureau estimates this population will grow by 63 million people—or a stunning 48 percent of total U.S. population growth—to make up 25 percent of the nation’s population by 2050. Cisneros says these numbers are not reversible by closing borders. They are “the simple demographic trajectory of people already living in the U.S.,” he says. In his chapter that opens this landmark collection of essays about the future of the U.S., Cisneros asserts that the country cannot continue its historic path of growth, progress, and greatness without substantial improvements in the Latino community’s economic and educational status. The fate of the nation is inextricably linked to that of the Hispanic community not only because of its size, but also because of its relative youthfulness as other populations grow older and leave the workforce. Moores re-affirmed
The National Association of Music Schools has re-affirmed accreditation to the Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music. It is especially noteworthy that Moores received no program deferments. It’s not unusual for the vast majority of re-affirmation applications of NASM member institutions to be deferred until various deficiencies have been remedied. UH hosts inaugural Community Colleges Symposium The University of Houston, the Air Force and Army Reserve Officer Training Corps programs, and UH’s Veterans’ Services Office hosted the first Community College Symposium Feb. 12 at the Rockwell Pavilion of the M.D. Anderson Library for the seventeen colleges and universities in the Houston metropolitan area. The symposium shared information about how higher education serves current and future veterans, especially those returning to school on the post-9/11 GI Bill Congress approved last summer. This is the most generous GI Bill in history, even more generous than the original World War II version, according to Col. Phil Bossert, commander of the UH Air Force ROTC Detachment 003. 
Col. Philip A. Bossert, Jr.  Specific symposium topics included the $63-billion post-9/11 GI Bill and its effect on higher education, transfer credits for veterans, The Houston Corps of Cadets and its Air Force, Army, and Navy/Marine ROTC units, UH Enrollment Services’ efforts to facilitate the transfer of community college students, distance learning opportunities, UH outreach programs to community colleges, and best practices from UH Veterans Services. Lt. Col. Raymond Staats, the commandant of the Community College of the Air Force, served as keynote speaker and discussed best business practices and lessons learned from the world’s largest community college. The University of Houston has a long and proud history of serving veterans and ROTC cadets. UH enrollment grew significantly after World War II because of the educational benefits of the original GI Bill. Today, more than 1,200 veterans are UH students. UH’s Army ROTC was founded in 1948, and Air Force ROTC in 2003. The Navy/Marine ROTC program, founded at Rice University in 1941, also serves UH students. All three programs experienced rapid growth in recent years with the UH Air Force ROTC program the fastest-growing AFROTC unit in the nation since between 2005 and 2007. Clinic participates in city-wide event
The University Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic, a component of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, will participate in the “Do You Hear What I Hear?” workshop sponsored and hosted by St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Saturday, March 7. The Hearing Loss Association and the Office for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services are also sponsoring the workshop. Mayor Bill White is the Welcoming Speaker, followed by Gael Hannan, a writer, actor, and public speaker with a progressive hearing loss. Jennifer Meeks, USLHC audiologist, will present, “Advances in Hearing Aids,” in conjunction with Jan Gilden who will present “Cochlear Implants – Who Needs Them and Who Benefits?” Throughout the day, ComD graduate students, supervised by licensed and certified Speech-Language Pathologists, will conduct hearing screenings for workshop participants who are interested. In addition, ComD National Student Speech, Language and Hearing Association members will volunteer their time to help with registration and will escort workshop participants to the various events. NSSLHA, in combination with USLHC volunteers, will provide information about speech, language, and hearing services at the UH Clinic. For more information regarding the speech, language, and hearing services provided at the USLHC, please visit its Web site or call the clinic at 713-743-0915. Depression in women focus of conference
The Department of Psychology, in partnership with CLASS, the Science Directorate of the American Psychological Association, and the Association of State and Provincial Psychology Boards, examines depression in women during a two-day conference at the University of Houston, March 6 – 7.  Depression affects different people in different ways. For women, it can have a significant effect stemming from a variety of physiological and emotional factors. “The prevalence rate of depression is two to three times higher among women than men,” says Jeremy Pettit, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the UH Mood Disorder and Suicide Research Program. “This conference will bring together those who have made substantial contributions to understanding depression in women. It will review what is known about depression in women across the lifespan and will present groundbreaking findings that will advance the field.” Leading researchers in depression and mood disorders will share their findings on the topic during at “The Etiology, Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Women and Girls” conference in room 100 of the UH Science and Engineering Classroom Building. Topics include maternal depression, suicide and assessing and treating depression in women. The conference also will serve as a celebration of noted depression researcher Lynn Rehm, Professor of Psychology and founder of the UH Depression Research Clinic. Rehm retires at the end of the spring semester. Roundtable discussions focus on his landmark contributions to depression research and will feature insights from colleagues and former and current students regarding his mentoring and his roles in professional psychology organizational activities. Among the conference’s presenters are Nadine Kaslow, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory University School of Medicine; Thomas Joiner, distinguished research professor and Bright-Burton professor of psychology at Florida State University; and Michael O’Hara, professor of psychology and Starch Faculty Fellow at the University of Iowa. The conference is free and open to the public. Attendees can receive continuing education units for a fee of $25. For more details, contact Pettit at jpettit@uh.edu, or by calling 713-743-8573. (Mike Emery) Other telephone numbers of interest: Psychological Research and Services Center: 713-743-8600 Suicide Hotline: 1-800-SUICIDE or 1-800-273-TALK Alumni Kevin Bernard (’90 Drama), aka Kevin Neil Bernard, is another example of a UH graduate who parlayed his education into successful acting and music careers. On his Web page, Kevin admits to being infamously known among his closest friends as helping to clear out the audience at the opening of a Big Apple theatre. “It was an evening of improvisational French opera based on esoteric texts that were several centuries old. Need i (sic) say more?” He had better luck with the audience in East Germany after the Wall came down. “(I) saw old men crying and hugging one another as we sang ‘We know we belong to the land, and the land we belong to is grand.’ The place went crazy. Yeah, it was the original American musical, Oklahoma!, and they ate it up. I was performing the role of Will Parker. That is also where i (sic) met my future wife, Heather McFadden (Dream Laurie). He’s now in Billy Elliot The Musical at Gotham’s Imperial Theatre. But the circuitous trip from Cullen to Broadway took about a decade before he landed his first gig in Oklahoma!, followed by Thoroughly Modern Millie, Curtains, and now BETM. By the way, Kevin was cast in a tour of Mame, starring Juliet Prowse, right after graduating from UH. Kevin’s film work includes assisting choreographer Patricia Birch on The Stepford Wives and The Nanny Diaries. 
Kevin, Heather, 3-year-old daughter Kevin’s also a songwriter and musician, putting out music he describes as sounding like “the love child of Burt Bacharach and Tracy Chapman—on crack.” In a bit of musical theatre irony, Elton John, composer of BETM, was one of his biggest musical influences. He recently wrote a rock opera, Private Eddie, about Eddie Slovik, the only U.S. soldier executed for cowardice since the Philippine American War that ended in 1902. (Quick: Who played the title role in the 1974 film The Execution of Private Slovik? Answer: Jed Bartlett. OK, who played Jed Bartlett? Answer: Martin Sheen.) CLASS faces in the crowd
Daniel Adame (’03 Sculpture) is a performing and visual artist living and working in Houston. You may have seen his work at the Lawndale Art Center, Westheimer Street Festival, and on YouTube. As a dancer and choreographer, he created solo and group works that premiered at Diverseworks, The Hobby Center, the Jewish Community Center, and Houston’s Barnevelder Movement/Arts Center. Daniel’s a 2004 recipient of the Diverseworks performing arts residency. He has also worked with Suchu Dance, and Catastrophic Theater. 
Photo by Nattu Coleman Tara L. Conley (’04 English) blogs for YouthNoise.com, a social networking site for people under the age of 27 who think about something other than some celeb’s wardrobe, and who want to get involved with a cause. Tara works full-time as a Communications Associate for Brave New Films, which uses cutting-edge internet video campaigns to challenge corporate media and empower nationwide political action. Tara’s also produced two mini-documentaries, A Region of Survivors, a 2005 film about hurricane Katrina survivors, and The Foe Within: A Docupoem in Three Parts, a 2008 short about the Jena Six controversy.  John Wilson (’73 English), one the founding principals of Your Texas Music, has been in the book sales and distribution business for more than thirty years. He served as the director of Gulf Publishing Company’s book division prior to going out on his own when he formed Wilson & Associates in 2000. If you remember the early ‘70s, you may recall John’s music reviews in the Houston Chronicle. (OK, the picture is not of John, but of a john, get it? Photo came from the Your Texas Music Notes site, so it’s kinda John related, sorta. And, the walls are defaced, which kinda fits in with the title of this section, or not. But this is Graffit-e and the walls have graffiti, so maybe that counts. Or maybe we’ve exhausted this tortured pun and should just move on to another topic, flushed with a modicum of success. OK, we’ll put a lid on it.) UH Alumni shaping our futureThe 111th Congress and the 81st Texas Legislature are under full steam in D.C. and Austin, respectively. Once again, UH (and CLASS) Cougars prowl the halls of power. We’ve put together a list of the Cougar Congressional and Legislative delegations, along with links to their Web pages, so you can keep track of what they’re doing on our and your behalf. Their Web pages also have contact information, just in case you need to set them straight on a thing or two. U.S. House of Representatives
Texas Senate
Texas House of Representatives
DiscoveryLorraine Stock is an Associate Professor of English, and the recipient of the University of Houston’s 2008 Teaching Excellence Award for Innovation in Instructional Technology, based on her use of modern media to teach medieval literature. And, here’s a bit of irony. Stock wasn’t always a techie. While developing her Film and Literature course, she began editing film clips to show in class. Now, she designs customized Web pages incorporating audio, video, and text. She received her bachelor’s degree from City University of New York, and her masters and doctoral degrees from Cornell University. Just recently, she attended a conference where she presented a paper that was described as changing the face of Defoe studies for the last fifty years. Around CLASS and CampusBill Evans (not that one, the other one) featured at 11th Jazz Fest  Sax great Bill Evans has jammed with the best of the best: Miles Davis, Mick Jagger, Herbie Hancock, Willie Nelson, and John McLaughlin among many others. Soon, Evans will pair his talents with the rising stars of the Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music Jazz Orchestra at the 11th Annual Moores Jazz Festival, Feb. 20 – 21. This festival features concerts that dazzle Houston jazz fans. It also offers UH music students the unique opportunity to perform with and learn from a seasoned pro. Since its debut in 1999, the festival has become a much-anticipated event that brings in jazz stars such as Blood, Sweat and Tears trumpeter Lew Soloff, late sax master Michael Brecker, trumpeter Randy Brecker, and sax player Kenny Garrett. Evans’ career kicked off in the early 1980s when he earned a spot in Miles Davis’ band. His distinctive sound helped re-energize Davis’ career, and is featured on The Man with the Horn, Decoy, and We Want Miles. Evans has collaborated with straight-ahead jazzmen and rock artists. Recently, he has experimented with blending jazz and bluegrass. Working with artists such as banjo expert Bela Fleck, Evans’ recent albums, including 2005’s Grammy-nominated Soulgrass, have captured the imaginations of audiences and critics. For more details on the festival, visit its Web site. To purchase tickets, call 713-743-3313. And you can see a listing of upcoming Moores events in this section. Sending out an S.O.S.  Hey! Got some appropriate business clothes or accessories you’re not going to use anymore? We have the solution to your closet problem. Our Women’s Resource Center will host a Send One Suit drive to benefit Dress For Success Houston, a non-profit outfit that provides interview-appropriate suits to low-income women looking for work. You can bring your items to the Women’s Resource Center in the UC Satellite, or to University Career Services in the Student Service Center, building 1, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. March 2-6. OK, so what’s interview appropriate clothing? Skirts or pants, pressed and on hangers. Blouses. Gently-used handbags. Gently-used shoes. New pantyhose and scarves. In other words, not the shabby stuff you put in the corner because you wouldn’t be caught dead wearing it in public. The idea here is that a woman can’t afford a suit if she doesn’t have a job, and she can’t get a job without an appropriate suit. Pretty simple stuff here. And, consider this, your donation is tax deductible. Everyone wins. OK? Also, find out more of what’s going on with the WRC by clicking here. Oil and Mud at Blaffer 
Courtesy of the CLUI Photographic Archive Texas Oil: Landscape of an Industry The Center for Land Use Interpretation is a research organization based in Culver City, Calif., involved in exploring, examining, and understanding land and landscape issues. Texas Oil: Landscape of an Industry, the culmination of CLUI’s study of Texas, shows how oil extraction and refining has sculpted the state’s terrain. 
Brian Calvin Electric Mud Electric Mud, guest-curated by David Pagel, art critic for the Los Angeles Times and Associate Professor of Art Theory and History at Claremont Graduate University, features the work of Californians Brian Calvin, Ron Nagle, Michael Reafsnyder, James Richards, Anna Sew Hoy, and Patrick Wilson. It explores visual art that confounds the boundaries between clay, traditionally used for its functionality, and paint, conventionally used for aesthetics. Masters Art This exhibition marks the crowning achievement of a new generation of emerging artists graduating from the University of Houston. Following three years of research and development, this exhibition offers many students the first opportunity to show their work in a museum context and challenge the public with new, fresh ideas. A catalogue, including selected reproductions of each artist’s work, will accompany the exhibition. Coming productions
Still ahead for the rest of the season are local debuts and world premieres of works by rising playwrights and esteemed masters of the craft. For additional details, call 713-743-2929 or visit the School’s box office.  Edward Albee • Through Feb. 22, 2009 
Fifty years ago, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and former UH professor Edward Albee dazzled audiences with the provocative A Zoo Story, which detailed a Central Park meeting between Peter, a publishing executive, and Jerry, a disturbed young man. Albee added a first act, Homelife, which details Peter’s marriage and the events leading up to his meeting with Jerry. Peter and his wife Ann survive a confessional that shakes their 15-year marriage. Homelife ends with Peter going to read a book in Central Park, where a chance meeting with a stranger named Jerry will change his life in an alarming way. A member of the Dramatist Guild Council, Albee has received three Pulitzer Prizes for drama, a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, as well as the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of the Arts. He taught playwriting at the University of Houston from 1989 – 2003. "...tight dialogue, a challenging premise and an unsettling ending."  Charles L. Mee • Feb. 20 - March 1, 2009 
The artwork of Robert Rauschenberg has long intrigued and challenged art aficionados. This imaginative production explores the American landscape through a creative lens that is inspired by the recently departed artist. Not unlike his unique “combine” paintings, the play melds a host of diverse characters, settings, music, dancing, and stories.  Amy Lanasa and Mark Medoff • April 3 - April 19, 2009 What do you do when your sister is a convict, your momma can’t kick her bingo habit, and your husband is still missing from your honeymoon skydiving trip two years ago? Lock yourself in your trailer, of course. This comedy farce, by up-and-coming playwright Amy Lanasa, won the Best Short Play Award at the 2001 Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival. The school will continue to develop new work for dance and theatre with these annual offerings: • April 24 - 26, 2009 Dance aficionados look forward to this annual show featuring contemporary works by faculty and guest artists that is set on the pre-professional dance company, the UH Dance Ensemble. • April 30 - May 3, 2009 The New Play Festival offers Houstonians a chance to enjoy the city’s freshest theater. Tomorrow’s star scribes develop scripts under the supervision of Tony winner and Mark Medoff, Distinguished Lecturer, and present them during intimate readings. Announcing the 2009 Gulf Coast Prizes in Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction:Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Art is accepting applications for the 2009 Gulf Coast Contests, awarding publication and $1,000 each in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. 
Brigit Pegeen Kelly (Poetry), the 2008 recipient of the Academy of American Poets Fellowship, and Professor of English at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; 
Creative Writing faculty member Antonya Nelson (Fiction), named by The New Yorker as one of the “twenty young fiction writers for the new millennium”; and 
Dinty W. Moore (Non-fiction), creative writing instructor at Ohio University and winner of the 2008 Grub Street National Book Prize in Non-Fiction. Guidelines: Submit one previously unpublished story or essay (25 double-spaced pages max) or up to five previously unpublished poems (10 pages max). Indicate your genre on the outer envelope. Your name and address should appear on the cover letter only. Include a SASE for results. Manuscripts will not be returned. Your $20 reading fee, payable to "Gulf Coast," will include a one-year subscription.
Send Entries to: Gulf Coast Prize in [Genre] Operas and International Piano Festival headline Moores datesSpring at the Rebecca and John J. Moores School of Music brings a spectacular line up for our enjoyment. The Edythe Bates Old/Moores Opera Center becomes the first university company to produce Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath (April 3-6). Other memorable Houston premieres included Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges, Weber’s Der Freischütz, Barber’s Vanessa, Massenet’s Chérubin, Rossini’s Il viaggio a Reims, and Weill’s The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. See calendar below for dates and other information. The 11th annual Jazz Festival presents the Texas Music Festival Jazz Project and saxophonist Bill Evans with our Jazz Orchestra on February 20-21. The Moores School of Music Society’s Annual Dinner Concert, In Grand Style, will be February 28. On March 6, our newest piano faculty member, Tali Morgulis, will perform Gershwin’s Concerto in F with our Symphony Orchestra. Moores closes its spectacular season with our Symphony and combined Choruses performing Verdi’s Requiem under the direction of distinguished conductor Murray Sidlin. In addition to these events, our ensembles, faculty and guest performances, and master classes round out a vibrant and dynamic 2009! Tickets and Information: 713-743-3313 Box Office hours: Monday - Friday, 9 am - 4 pm For all concert information and box office rules, please visit the MSM website!
February Thursday, February 19, 1 pm Free Thursday, February 19, 7:30 pm $10/5 Friday, February 20, 7:30 pm Free February 20 - 21 Friday, February 20, 7:30 pm $10/5 Saturday, February 21, 7:30 pm $15/10 Monday, February 23, 7:30 pm $10/5 Tuesday, February 24, 7:30 pm $10/5 Wednesday, February 25, 1 pm Free Saturday, February 28, 6 pm March Monday, March 2, 7:30 pm $10/5 Tuesday, March 3, 7:30 pm $10/5 Friday, March 6, 7:30 pm RS $15/10 Saturday, March 7, 7:30 pm $10/5 Tuesday, March 10, 7:30 pm $10/5 Thursday, March 12, 12 pm Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm $10/5 Thursday, March 12, 7:30 pm Free Saturday, March 14, 4 pm Free Saturday, March 28, 2 pm and 7:30 pm Tuesday, March 31, 7:30 pm $10/5 April Thursday, April 2, 2 pm Free Friday, April 3, 7:30 pm $10/5 EDYTHE BATES OLD/MOORES OPERA CENTER: Friday, April 3, 7:30 pm The Grapes of Wrath Thursday, April 9, 7 pm Free Monday, April 13, 7:30 pm $10/5 Wednesday, April 15, 7:30 pm $10/5 Friday, April 17, 7:30 pm RS $15/10 Monday, April 20, 7:30 pm $10/5 Wednesday, April 22, 7:30 pm $10/5 Friday, April 24, 7:30 pm $10/5 Sunday, April 26, 3 pm $10/5 Thursday, April 30, 8 pm May Friday, May 1, 7:30 pm RS $15/10 June 20th Anniversary Season ORCHESTRA SERIES CONCERTS Saturday, June 13, 7:30 pm Friday, June 19, 7:30 pm Saturday, June 20, 7:30 pm Saturday, June 27, 7:30 pm Saturday, July 3, 7:30 p.m. DISTINGUISHED ARTIST SERIES CONCERTS Tuesdays, June 9, 16, 23 and 30, 7:30 pm More at CLASSFor more information about what’s going on at CLASS, please visit our News & Events page. Make sure you visit the CLASS homepage for more information about our programs, students, faculty, and staff. Missed an issue of Graffit-e? Catch up by visiting the online archive. |
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Last month, the University of Houston lost a member of what may be called its founding family. Wilhelmina Daisy Cullen Robertson Smith, daughter of Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen, UH’s first major benefactors, and great granddaughter of Ezekiel Cullen, known as the Father of the Texas education after he authored the bill establishing the state’s education system, passed away Jan. 26 at her residence in Houston. In lieu of usual remembrances, contributions in her memory may be directed to the University of Houston, the UH Creative Writing Program,or to the Department of Athletics’ Wilhelmina End Zone Facility at Robertson Stadium, 204 E. Cullen Bldg., Houston, TX, 77204; the Texas Heart Institute, Post Office Box 20345, MC 3-117, Houston, TX, 77225-0345; or to the Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS: BCM160, Houston, TX, 77030-3411.
Imagine having one of the most distinguished careers in the history of the American theatre, only to have some wack-job editor of a college newsletter try to grab reader attention by running on the front page a still from your starring role in what is arguably the greatest B-horror flick ever filmed in Salt Lake City and Lawrence, Kan.
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