 Today at UHD.....
SGA Open House today includes lunch and look at new office.
Academic Assessment offers first of its Constructing Rubrics sessions at 3:30 p.m.
Final Careers and Coffee Mixer at 3 p.m. features public service careers.
Salsa Squared event and Student Exhibition in O'Kane Gallery among Fine Arts Festival activities. See story and schedule below.
University Theatre performs "As You Like It" at 8 p.m. in O'Kane Theatre.
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Stamats returns to campus Wednesday, April 14, with possible names for UHD and research results
Members of the University community will have a first look at research results and name recommendations for UHD during three sessions on Wednesday, April 14, in the Cullen Robertson Auditorium in the Academic Building.
The 90-minute sessions are scheduled for 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
Stamats, a national higher education communications and branding consulting company, has been working with UHD to arrive at a short list of possible new names for the institution that are strategically purposeful in advancing UHD now and in the future.
The sessions will be videotaped and available on the Web for those who cannot attend in person. Faculty, staff and students are encouraged to attend.
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Search for Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost post extended
UHD has extended its search for a new Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, and members of the University community are encouraged to nominate and urge new candidates to apply.
Search Committee Chair Don Bates said Wednesday that he remains optimistic about the process, adding that the search remains a high priority for the University.
"Our top candidates were very interested, but there were issues that kept us from coming to a final agreement," Bates said. "This is regrettable in any search, but not unusual with positions at this level, and we remain committed to finding the right person."
He added that candidates were impressed with UHD and obstacles so far have not reflected on the University or the community, but were related to candidates' personal and family issues.
UHD faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate candidates by contacting Bates, a member of the Search Committee or they may make direct application to the search firm of R. William Funk and Associates.
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SGA Open House features lunch and introduction to new office space
The Student Government Association (SGA) invites the UHD community to visit its new office at an Open House from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today in Room N-210.
SGA will provide a free lunch and introduce visitors to its new office space. Click here for a flier.
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Final Careers and Coffee Mixer today features careers in public service
Eighteen businesses and nearly 90 students attended Tuesday's Careers and Coffee Mixer, which focused on science and technology careers. Another mixer takes place today at 3 p.m.
UHD's Career
Services' Careers and Coffee Mixers final session is from 3 to 5 p.m. today in the Special Events Center, with the focus on public service careers in fields such as teaching, law enforcement and social and support services.
This series of networking and recruiting events targets specific majors and career
fields, and faculty members are encouraged to urge interested students to attend. Professional organization members and employers who are pre-registered with Career Services will be on hand. Examples of just a few of the employers scheduled to attend are Ensysce Biosciences Inc., M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, R&M Energy Systems and Reynolds & Reynolds.
For more information on the final Careers and Coffee Mixer, click on the attached invitation. To
register, click on the attached registration form.
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Faculty members receive teaching, service and creativity awards
Faculty award recipients, from left, Service Award honoree Marvin Williams, Teaching Award honoree Lisa Morano and Scholarship/Creative Activity Award honoree David Ryden.
The University of Houston-Downtown honored its 2009-2010 top faculty
members in its annual awards ceremony April 6, recognizing outstanding
contributions in the areas of teaching, service and scholarship/creativity.
The three recipients are Lisa Morano, associate professor of biology and
microbiology in the Department of Natural Sciences; Marvin Williams, professor
of finance, accounting and computer information systems (FACIS) in the College
of Business; and David Ryden, associate professor of history in the Department
of Social Sciences.
Recipients of the 2009-2010 Faculty Development Leave Awards are: Peter J. Li, associate professor in the Department of Social Sciences; Debra Mullinnix, associate professor in the Department of Urban Education; Floyd Newsum, professor of art in the Department of Arts and Humanities; and M. Nell Sullivan, associate professor in the Department of English.
Click on the news release for the complete story.
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Academic Assessment offers first Constructing Rubrics session today
The Office of Academic Assessment will host the first of three Constructing Rubrics sessions from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today in room A-701.
Academic Assessment plans a series of workshops and seminars throughout the remainder of the Spring 2010 semester. These sessions are open to faculty, department assessment coordinators, deans and department chairs.
Register for assessment
training at the links
below. For questions or to schedule individual sessions, please call
713-226-5594. Upcoming sessions include:
- Constructing Rubrics
3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today, A-701.
3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 15, N-1099
3:30 to 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, N-1099 Register here. - AIM Reviewer Training
3 to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 22, all sessions in A-717
9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Friday, April 23
3 to 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 28. Register here.
- Closing the Loop
3 to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 29, A-711
3 to 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 4, N-1099
9 to 10 a.m., Tuesday, May 18, N-1099. Register here.
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UHD Deans launch Molly Woods Scholarship Fund to honor provost
On behalf of the college deans, Susan Ahern, Dean of the College of
Humanities and Social Sciences, announced at the Faculty Awards Ceremony the deans had each made a
contribution and launched the Molly Woods Scholarship Fund.
The deans invited faculty
and the university community to contribute to the fund in honor of Woods who is stepping down later this year as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs.
The fund will award a scholarship to a student in each college next fall. The
goal is to build the fund and create an endowed scholarship in Woods' honor.
Donations may be sent to the Advancement Office, with checks made out to UHD. The
notation line should indicate the money is for the Molly Woods Scholarship Fund.
Donations
can also be made online here. Use the dropdown menu for "Please designate my gift to:" and select the Molly
Woods Scholarship.
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Arts Festival continues with dancing, art exhibition and Shakespeare today
The New Arabic Language Course Celebration Tuesday featured
Arabic food served by Floyd Newsum, professor of arts and humanities, and Ana-
Maria Medina, visiting assistant professor, as part of the Fine Arts Festival.
UHD's annual Fine Arts Festival continues today with dancing, salsa tasting, a student art exhibition and an evening performance of University Theatre's "As You Like It."
Sponsored
by the Department of Arts and Humanities, the College of Humanities and Social
Sciences and the Cultural Enrichment Center, the weeklong Festival includes a variety of
events featuring the visual and performing arts at UHD and will last through
the final showing of "As
You Like It" at 8 p.m. Saturday April 10.
Today's schedule, as well as the remainder of events on tap this week, follows:
- 6 to 8 p.m. today, UHD
Student Exhibition Opening Reception, O'Kane Gallery, 3rd Floor, One Main
Building
7
to 10 p.m., Salsa
Squared, Coffee House, 3rd Floor, Academic Building
*This free
event will feature Salsa 2 and will include salsa, merengue, bachata and
cumbia
dancing as well as a salsa tasting competition to be judged by a panel of students and
faculty. Students from La Tertulia will
conduct a brief dance class. This event
is open to the public. For more information about Salsa 2, please e-mail
Ana-Maria Medina.
8 to 10
p.m., "As You Like It" -
1:30 to 3:30
p.m. and 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, April 9, "As You Like It" (afternoon
performance will include a 10-minute pre-show talk)
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8 to 10 p.m.
Saturday, April 10, "As
You Like It"
For more
information about the Fine Arts Festival, please
e-mail Mark Cervenka.
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Performance of 'As You Like It' continues this evening in O'Kane
William Shakespeare's romantic comedy "As You Like It" continues today with an evening performance at 8 p.m. in UHD's O'Kane Theatre.
Above, the cast performs to a packed audience in one of two matinee offerings Wednesday, with a second matinee scheduled April 9. The remaining performances this week are:
Tickets are available
at the university cashier's window on the third floor during regular hours of
operation and at the O'Kane Theatre door one-half hour before performances, if any
tickets remain. Cost is $3.
Come see the work of the 26-member cast and
10-member crew. Also see UHD's artist-in-residence and drama instructor David Rainey, a member of the Alley Theatre Company, in his O'Kane Theatre debut as the melancholy Jacques.
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Sports & Fitness hosts conference volleyball tournament Sunday
UHD Sports & Fitness will host the 2010 Houston Club Sports Conference Volleyball Tournament from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 11, in the Student Life Center.
This is the ninth year UHD has hosted the event, which draws some of the best women's collegiate club teams in the Houston area, including UHD's own Club Sports Women's Volleyball team. The tournament is free and open to the public.
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General
Education Committee seeks seniors to take assessment exams
Members of the General
Education Advisory Committee seek UHD students who will graduate by December
2010 to volunteer to take online basic skills assessment tests, and the
committee is offering gift card incentives to participating students.
The top 5 percent of
test completers will receive $100 gift cards, and one out of every five
students testing also will win gift cards. Two tests, the Computer Skills
Placement Test and the MAPP exam (Measure of Academic Proficiency and
Progress), take less than an hour, and their results will help the advisory
committee strengthen instruction in these areas. The committee seeks 300
students to take each exam, and students may choose to take either one or both.
Scores on these exams
will not affect a student's grade in any class, GPA or graduation status.
The Computer Skills Placement test measures students' technology skills, while the MAPP exam measures several basic skills. Faculty members with seniors
in their classes are requested to encourage those students to participate.
Testing opportunities will close by May 5.
Interested students can get more information or
sign up here. Please
call 713-226-5594 with questions or comments.
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USA Today outlined Readership Program for student success
USA Today was on the UHD campus early Monday to offer information and answer questions about its nationwide Collegiate Readership Program, which delivers newspapers on campus as part of classroom initiatives and also to promote newspaper readership overall.
Above, USA Today's Kate Almanza discussed the program's College Web site that includes best practices for professors and interactive programs for students. USA Today designed the collegiate program to
promote civic engagement, global awareness and media literacy on campuses
across the country by exposing students to the news in their living, learning
and community spaces. For more information about a program that is active on 500 universities across the country, visit the college Web site here.
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International Business Association plans field trip to Port of Houston
UHD's International Business Association (IBA) plans a field trip to the Port of Houston and the Houston Ship Channel from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 16, and registration deadlines vary according to participants' membership in the organization.
Anisul Islam, professor of finance, accounting and computer information systems, is faculty adviser for the IBA and conducts the event, which is free to IBA members but open to non-members for $10, which includes registration and lunch. IBA members must register by 5 p.m. Friday, April 9, and non-members and guests have until 5 p.m. Monday, April 13, to register. Capacity is limited and early registration is recommended.
The daylong event includes a presentation by Port of Houston management, lunch and a boat tour of the Houston Ship Channel. Detailed registration information is available here.
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Webinar April 13 offers practical international service-learning guide
A webinar entitled
"Practical Guide to Developing Powerful International
Service-Learning Programs" will be offered from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 13, by presenter Humphrey Tonkin,
author of a guide to internationalizing the college curriculum.
Tonkin will discuss the
rationale for international service-learning and present possible models for
implementation. Additionally, he will identify common obstacles and ethical
issues related to international service-learning, as well as how to address
them. The Office of Community Engagement will offer the webinar, and interested participants should make reservations by e-mailing community engagement's Jean DeWitt.
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Forum on Plain English offered tips on better writing and communication
From left, UHD's Michelle Moosally, associate professor of English, guest speaker Tom Murawski, a national leader in writing improvement and founder of the Murawski Group, Annetta Cheek, who spent decades focused on clearer writing of U.S. regulations, and UHD's Natalia Matveeva, assistant professor of English, presented a daylong Forum on Plain English April 2 focused on informed uses of Plain English guidelines. Several government agencies now recommend these guidelines to improve communication with the public. More information is available at the plain language advocacy group, PLAIN, Web site.
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Sports & Fitness offers seminar on spring cleaning pantries and fridges
 UHD Sports & Fitness offers another in its series of Healthy Seminars from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, April 9, in N-1099.
The free seminar is open to UHD students, faculty and staff and includes snacks and giveaways. To reserve a spot for the seminar, call 713-221-8181, e-mail Rhonda Scherer or visit the Sports & Fitness Web site. Click on the photo to enlarge the flier.
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Career Services internships and employment opportunities
Career Services has several internships and employment opportunities available. Here is just a partial list to share with students:
Baylor College of Medicine - Web Production Specialist
BPSOS, Inc., - numerous positions available
Chinese Culture Center - Internships and Teaching positions
Cypressbrook Company - Controller/Project Accountant
Ensysce
Biosciences Inc. - Research Scientist
Global Force - part-time Receptionist CPA firm
KIAH-TV Channel 39 - Internship Program
LDH Energy - Refined Products Research Analyst
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Publications Internship
PICS - Customer Service Representative
R&M
Energy Systems - International Finance Analyst, Accounts
Receivable Specialist, Financial Analyst
Reynolds & Reynolds - Managed Marketing Solutions Marketing Analyst, Software
Developer, Software Education Trainee, Graphic Designer, Reynolds Solutions Specialist,
Technical Writing Specialist, Network Technician
SCI - BO/Crystal Report Developer, Jr.
Student Conservation Association - Houston Crew Leaders
SSAB - Swedish Steel AB - Inside Sales and Admin Asst.
Internship
Sysco
Corp. - Intern Supply Chain Management/Logistics
The Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas - Clinical Trial Recruiter
TPI Staffing - HR, Marketing, Audit, Recruit, Sales and Administrative positions listed
U.S. Department of
Labor - various positions/various languages
UNIVISION-45 - Promotions Technicians (two postings)
Urban Living - Front Desk Coordinator, Developer Consultant
Weatherford - Electro Mechanical Technician
For more information or to apply for these internships and
employment opportunities, students should visit the jobs4gators
Web site. Career Services has nearly 200 positions in its database.
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IT Training for Faculty-Staff-Alumni
Register for IT training
opportunities at the links below. To schedule a one-on-one appointment or other
assistance, please call 713-221-8200.
Blackboard Learning Management
Today
1 - 2 p.m. - Blackboard: Mail, Calendar & Who's Online
Thursday, April 15
2:30 to 4 p.m. - Blackboard: Respondus Open Lab
Wednesday, April 21
10 to 11:30 a.m. - SoftChalk Lesson Builder
e-Portfolio
Monday, April 19
1 to 2:30 p.m. - TaskStream e-Portfolio
Microsoft Office
Tuesday, April 13
1 to 2 p.m. - From your own PC, using Go To Meeting, find out...
What's New in Word 2007?
Remote Desktop Tools
Tuesday, April 20
1 to 2 p.m. - From your own PC, using Go To Meeting, find out...
What's VPN and How Can It Help Me?
Friday, April 23
1 to 2 p.m. - From your own PC, using Go To Meeting, find out...
What's VPN and How Can It Help Me?
Spreadsheets
Friday, April 9
10 - 11:30 a.m. - Excel Pivot Tables
Monday, April 12
1 to 2:30 p.m. - Excel Formulas
See all current IT training available
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