What a great vita, my dad's second prof job was at SFA.... I love the NUTS sticker... what I wouldn't give to have an old school NTSU sweat shirt. The gas prices sound too good to be true, but I bet the commute from Ft. W to Denton was about 18 minutes. I used to ride my ten speed on the acess road from Teasley to Lake Lewisville and back in High School.... today that would be a death sentence. Had limited experience with the lab bands, but my ex husband played percussion with the 1 oclock on occasion. It's still a cutting edge ensemble, and I feel like my performance degree is a certificate that means I made it through the gauntlet. The accounting degree makes sense given your attention to detail. But don't worry, I don't make enough $$$$ to need accounting advice. Basically, if I don't have it in my wallet, then I can't afford it... no formulas needed to calculate that equation. On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:00 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Well, they were a bit after my time. I graduated from NTSU with a degree > in accounting in 63 and with an MBA in accounting in 65. Most of my time > spent at NT was spent commuting from Ft. Worth in various VWs. If I > remember correctly I went through a 61, 62, 63 and 65 during theat time. > This will really blow your mind: Commuting round trip was a 60 mile day, 5 > days a week; my budget for gas for the week was $2 per week. Gas was $.17 > per gallon and the VWs got 31-35 mpg driving highway 377 every day. Taught > my first college class of beginning accounting at NTSU as a grad assistant > in the fall of 64. Taught after that at Kilgore College, University of > Arkansas, both as a grad teaching assistant and later as full time faculty, > and at A&M-Kingsville as Chair of the Accounting Dept, A&M-Commerce, and > Stephen F. Austin State Univ as Chair of the Accounting Dept (which is now a > School of Accounting.) Retired from as SFA in 06 and still have an office > on campus as Regents Professor Emeritus of Accounting. When I first started > to NT it was still NTSC then changed to NTSU I think in 61. One of my > fellow students took one of the NTSU stickers from the bookstore and > rearranged the letters to NUTS and put them on his briefcase. And until you > reminded me I had forgotten they had changed the name again to UNT. > > And yep, I was one of those people that got to listen to Professor Graham's > lab band in what was then the student union building. I even had a course > in music appreciation under Professor Graham. > > And one other music note from NT: Don't know if you know Ray Hair: But he > lives in Denton, is an old bus enthusiast, has a degree in music from NT and > is the Exec Director or some such title of the musician's union. He also > buys and sells busses on e-bay a lot. > > And don't anyone ask an accounting question of me, and that includes tax. > But I will answer VW questions. > > > --- On *Wed, 9/28/11, Cari Smith <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote > From: Cari Smith <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: I Spy a bus > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 4:34 PM > > Sammie, > > WOW small world. My dad has been at NTSU/UNT since 1980 and taught BCIS. I > even remember going to the big ceremony when they changed the name... even > though it had poor implications for KNTSU, the radio station. His name is > Wayne Spence. My mom was at TWU in the mid 80's doing child development, > then finished at UNT doing computer science, her name is Jan Spence. I > avoided UNT like the plague, but then came back and did a Masters in Music > Performance in '00, which qualifies me to wait tables. > > Where were you a prof? > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:23 AM, sammie smith < > bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > Hey Carl: I am also a retired prof, but not from NTSU or TWU. But I > have two degrees from NTSU. Were they profs at NTSU and if so what did they > teach? > > --- On *Wed, 9/28/11, Cari Smith > <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx> > >* wrote: > > > From: Cari Smith > <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx>> > > > Subject: [tcb] Re: I Spy a bus > To: > tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 6:06 AM > > > UNT or TWU, if we get the address we can look up at least the home owner on > the tax rolls and go from there. Grew up in Denton, and both my parents are > retired profs and would love nothing better than to do some detective work > for us!! > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Ronnie Hughes > <fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc833.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=fracdogii@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > Spotted across the street my daughter's sorority house in Denton. Nice > bus. Looks to be OG paint with very little rust. I left the owner a note. > Hope he calls. > > > >