 Today at UHD.....
UHD Northwest Open House from 3 to 8 p.m. at S.H. 249 and Louetta.
Last of six UHD Community Forums on new name scheduled for noon.
Academic Assessment offers 'Closing the Loop' session.
UHD Dance Marathon Comedy Night this evening.
Last of movies in Hispanic Film Series plays this evening.
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Shuttles available for UHD Northwest Open House this afternoon
 UHD will provide bus service for faculty, staff and students who want to attend the UHD Northwest Open House scheduled for today from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Lone Star College-University Park campus at State Highway 249 and Louetta.
Visitors can tour the campus and see a portion of UHD's remodeled space on two floors of the University Center Building. Radio station KRBE-FM (104.1) personality Special K will be on hand from 4 to 6 p.m. with giveaways in a radio broadcast from the Open House. Click on the poster to view more details.
Two buses, each with a 23-passenger seating capacity, will run from 2 to 9 p.m. April 29 to accommodate students, faculty and staff. The schedules follow:
- Bus 1 - Leaves UHD for Lone Star
at 2, 3:30 and 5 p.m.
Leaves Lone Star for return trip to UHD at 6 and 8 p.m. - Bus 2 - Leaves UHD for Lone Star
at 2, 4 and 6 p.m.
Leaves Lone Star for return trip to
UHD at 7 and 9 p.m.
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Provost and Senior VP candidate visited UHD, met with faculty and staff
Provost and senior vice president candidate Kyle Perkins, center, talks with College of Business Dean Don Bates, left, and Akif Uzman, right, chairman of the Department of Natural Sciences, during his visit to the UHD campus Wednesday.
Perkins, who met in an open session with faculty and staff, serves in Florida International University's
College of Education as a professor of teaching and learning and was vice
provost of Program Review and Assessment there from 2004 to 2009.
Before moving to FIU in 2003 as the vice provost for Budget
and Operations, Perkins enjoyed a 27-year career at Southern Illinois
University-Carbondale. There he was associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts (1985 to
1991), led planning and budget functions for academic affairs under various
titles from 1992 to 2002, and took a lead role as Interim Provost and Vice
Chancellor (2002.)
He holds a bachelor's degree in English from Union College
(Barbourville, Ky.), a master's degree in linguistics from SIUC and a Ph.D. in
linguistics from the University of Michigan. For more details on his visit, visit the Provost Search page on the UHD Web site.
UHD's Provost Search Committee has been working to identify finalists for the position since longtime Provost Molly Woods announced she'll be stepping down.
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Last in series of Community Forums set for noon: Choosing a New Name
Please
join us for the last of six open forums of UHD community members - students, faculty, staff
and administrators - at noon today in C-100 of the Commerce Street Building as we discuss the choices for renaming the university.
Come express your own perspective and hear the perspectives of others in a
dialogue designed to help us find common ground when making this important
decision. The discussion is sponsored by the Center for Public Deliberation and the Office of Public Affairs. For information, contact Sue Davis, executive director of Public Affairs, at daviss@uhd.edu.
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Academic Assessment offers first of three 'Closing the Loop' sessions today
The Office of Academic Assessment will offer the first of three "Closing the Loop" sessions from 3 to 4 p.m. today in Room A-711.
Today's session is one of three seminars remaining until the end 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:
- Closing the Loop
3 to 4 p.m. today, 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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Two admission information sessions today for ACP/MAT students
Students interested in joining the University of
Houston-Downtown's special master's program to prepare high school teachers
can attend one of two ACP/MAT (Alternative Certification Program, Master of Arts in Teaching) information sessions on the admission requirements from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 4 to 5 p.m. today in Room 414 of the Commerce Street Building.
The deadline to apply for the fall 2010 semester is June 1. A flier on the information sessions is available here. For more information, contact Anjoo Sikka, professor in UHD's Department of Urban Education, or LeAnna McCowan, MAT program advisor, or call the College of Public Service Advising Center at 713-221-8906.
Secondary Educators Engaged in Quality Urban Education (SEEQUE) is funded by a
nearly $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education and represents
UHD's innovative approach to preparing teachers to work with high school
students. These teacher candidates gain valuable teaching experience while
earning teacher certification and a master's degree.
"Within the first year of the graduate program, teacher candidates can be
designated as 'highly qualified,' which allows them to seek employment as a
teacher," said Sikkka, project director.
To earn the designation as "highly qualified," students must complete
required coursework and pass the grades 8-12 teacher licensure exam. UHD
faculty Sikka and Ron Beebe received the grant in October 2009.
For the
complete story, see the news release.
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Electronic newsletter for students is now available through GatorMail
The first editions are archived on the Public Affairs web page at:
http://www.uhd.edu/publicaffairs/landingarchive.html. An oft heard student comment is that they don't use GatorMail. FERPA requirements places limits on the collection and use of student information. The collection of students private, personal email addresses and the direct, forwarding of protected university communications fall under those requirements. However, students have some options to improve communications via GatorMail.
Ideally, students would find the Landing's contents valuable enough
to look for in GatorMail. However, students can set their GatorMail to notify them via a personal email account (i.e. Gmail, AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo) that they've received a GatorMail message. That way they will be notified when they receive an issue of The Landing, along with other GatorMail messages.
To receive a notification email, students can go to their GatorMail account and open the "Options" tab, select the "Mail" tab and select the checkbox for "Enable address for new mail Notifications." Then, they type the address they want the notification sent to in the message box. Click "Save" and the notification feature should be enabled. A set of instruction is available here.
The Landing email address is thelanding@uhd.edu.
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Administrative Professionals Workshop & Luncheon Wednesday honored UHD workers who keep things running
Photos show members of UHD's administrative professionals staff, who were honored Wednesday with a workshop and luncheon as part of Administrative Professionals Week, a longtime international workplace recognition. The event, entitled "Power of Commitment," featured food, door prizes and more.
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Final movie in UHD's Hispanic Film Series will play this evening
The seventh and final movie in this semester's Hispanic Film Series will run from 8 to 10 p.m. this evening in A-405. "Amores perros" is free and open to the public.
This final movie is a drama thriller about love, betrayal and death. For details, see the following link.
The
Spanish division, through the support of the Department of Humanities,
is hosting the seven-movie Hispanic Film Series to commemorate 200 years
of independence for Mexico and 100 years since the Revolution. For a list of the movies includes in the series, click here.
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UHD Dance Marathon hosts Comedy Night on campus this evening
The UHD Dance Marathon group plans a Comedy Night at UHD at 7 p.m. today in the Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium.
Entry is $5 per person for this event, one of several the Dance Marathon group has been hosting to raise money for the Texas Children's Hospital Children's Miracles Network. Three comedians will perform for an hour and a half. A flier is available here.
Those interested in helping UHD Dance Marathon raise funds can sign up here.
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Final First Aid certification classes of semester begin today
This semester's final CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and first aid certification courses will be offered in the next two weeks, starting with first aid classes today through April 30 and CPR classes May 6-7.
Register now through UHD Sports & Fitness for these American Red Cross Training classes, which provide certification for one year. UHD students, faculty and staff pay $5 for the training, and classes are limited to the first 15 people who pre-pay. For more information on these sessions, click here.
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Student Poetry Reading planned in O'Kane Theatre May 4
The UHD community is invited to a Student Poetry Reading from 6:30 to 8 p.m. followed by an Open Mic session onTuesday, May 4, in the O'Kane Theatre.
Pre-registration is required for those who want to participate in the formal poetry set from 6 to 8:30 p.m. For more information or questions, contact student Martha Rubio at 832-466-7907. A flier is available here.
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UHD team will participate in annual Buffalo Bayou Dragon Boat Festival
The 10th Annual Texas Dragon Boat Festival - which includes a UHD boat racing team - will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at Allen's Landing, Commerce and Main streets.
Thirty dragon boat racing teams are signed up for competition along Buffalo Bayou. UHD's 2008 team, pictured above, started the team tradition here.
UHD's Dragon Boat Team Captain Bryan Nguyen, coordinator of graduate and international recruitment, hopes to continue and expand participation, which this year includes 25 UHD staff members, students and faculty. Synchronization and teamwork are keys to success in dragon boat races, and this year's UHD team looked pretty good in a recent practice, Nguyen said..
UHD will face competing teams from Rice University, the Houston Astros, ConocoPhillips and many other local businesses and institutions. The free daylong event includes entertainment, educational and
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UHD Alum is keynote speaker for 2010 Student Research Conference Friday
The UHD Community is
invited to the daylong 2010 UHD Student Research Conference (SRC) from 8
a.m.
to 3:30 p.m. Friday, April 30, in the
Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium.
Students from across
the disciplines will present research in
the form of talks and research posters.
Registration and refreshments will be offered between 8 a.m. 9 a.m. and
UHD
President Bill Flores' 9 a.m. welcoming remarks will be followed by
keynote
speaker Vedangi Sample, a UHD alumna who is now a pre-doctoral fellow at
Johns
Hopkins University. She will speak on "In Living Color: Real-Time
Tracking of
Nuclear PKA Activity Dynamics."
A flier on the 2010 SRC
is available here.
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Staff Awards celebration May 7 recognizes outstanding employees
UHD's annual Staff Awards extravaganza is set for 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, May 7, in the Special Events Room.
See who wins this year's Awards for Excellence and Fun Awards in a celebration that will feature food and door prizes. Please wear your UHD Service pins to show how many years of service you have earned. For more information, visit the Staff Council Web site or click on the attached flier.
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Committee seeks stories from faculty who were
first-generation students
UHD is currently identifying and developing resources that
will contribute to UHD's proven success in recruiting, retaining and graduating
first-generation students (FGS).
Neither parent of these students has graduated from college. The FGS Committee
needs UHD faculty and staff who were first-generation students to tell the
stories of their lives as first-generation students. Stories will appear
on a UHD FGS webpage, which is currently being developed in support of the
Wal-Mart grant that was recently awarded to UHD.
There are two ways to contribute your FGS story:
On or before June 15, please write your story and send it,
along with an optional photo of yourself, to Wayne Schmadeka.
1. For story ideas, refer to
the stories on the Cal State Fresno
website.
2. When writing, please follow the story-writing guidelines.
Record your story on video.
1. For
story ideas, refer to the stories on the Cal State Fresno website.
2. When scripting the video, please follow the
video-scripting guidelines.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact, Wayne Schmadeka (schmadekaway@uhd.edu,
cell 713 854-7070).
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UHD's Annual Student Awards Program planned for May 5
UHD's Annual Student Awards Program to acknowledge outstanding academic achievement in the various colleges is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, in the Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium and in the Special Events Room. Refreshments will be served starting at 6:15 p.m.
Representatives of UHD's five colleges will give outstanding students plaques or certificates recognizing their academic achievements. Faculty are encouraged to attend to congratulate their students and meet students' families and friends.
Contact Rosemary Sanchez at 713-221-8003 or SanchezR@uhd.edu with questions on the event.
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UHD Sports & Fitness offers Healthy Seminar on MyPyramid Tracker
UHD Sports & Fitness plans another in its series of Healthy Seminars, this time on the MyPyramid Tracker eating system, from noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, in Room 998-South.
This free seminar, open to the UHD community, is limited to the first 15 people who pre-register by calling 713-221-8481 or e-mailing Rhonda Scherer. For a flier on the seminar, click here.
MyPyramid Tracker is on online nutritional and physical activity log that can analyze eating and exercise habits and compare them to USDA recommendations, which include eating foods in the grains, vegetables, fruits, milk and meat and beans categories daily. Studies show that people who record their eating habits are better at weight loss and maintenance.
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UHD volunteers walk and help raise money in annual March for Babies
More than 70 UHD students and staff participated in the April 25 March of Dimes March for Babies, a 5-mile walk that started at the University of Houston's Robertson Stadium. UHD's volunteers helped raise more than $3,000 for the cause, funds that go toward improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. The photo above shows several members of the UHD volunteer group.
The photo below shows UHD's first group of finishers. They are, from left, Lorenzo Morales from Student Activities; Erica Campos from UHD's ESO staff; student Erika Pulido; and student Ali Abedi.
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Math final exam reviews scheduled for May 4 and 5
Students can get an early start on a great final exam score with review sessions for Math 0300, Math 1300 and Math 1301 on May 4 and 5.
Students can take a short practice test and bring a copy of the Final Exam Review with them to the review session. Final reviews can be downloaded from http://cms.uhd.edu/qep/algebra or purchased from the Copy Center in the Bookstore.
MATH 1301
Tuesday, May 4
Day: 9 am - Noon - Room A-436
Evening: 5 - 8 pm - Room A-405
MATH 1300
Wednesday, May
5
Day: 9 am - Noon - Room A-436
Evening: 5 - 8 pm - Room A-436
MATH 0300
Wednesday, May
5
Day: 9 am - Noon - Room A-405
Evening: 5 - 8 pm - Room A-405
A flier is available here.
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Annual One Main Event for student organizations is set for April 30
The One Main Event, UHD's annual gala to recognize outstanding members of the University's student organizations, is planned for 7 to 11 p.m. Friday, April 30, at the Hilton Americas, 1600 Lamar St., Houston.
All 350 tickets to the event have been sold. For information about the event, contact Liza Alonzo at 713-221-8682 or AlonzoL@uhd.edu.
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Professor will speak in Rockdale on George Sessions Perry
History professor Garna Christian
will speak on "George Sessions Perry and Hollywood" on May 5 at
the 100th anniversary of the Texas writer's birth in Rockdale, Texas.
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Facilities Management will test fire protection systems May 17-28
Facilities Management will perform semi-annual testing and
maintenance of the campus fire detection / notification / suppression systems
(and related elevator fire service re-call, air handler shut-downs, fire-door
hold-open devices and stair pressurization controls) beginning May 17 through May 28. All campus buildings will be addressed during this period.
Due to the size of the systems, the contractors involved and the
cost of the labor required to do the work, this testing must be performed
during normal business hours. Please consider this an opportunity for the
university community to become familiar with these fire and life safety systems
and the campus emergency public address system.
An announcement will be made over the PA system prior to the
alarms being sounded to inform the occupants of the test. The alarms and strobe
lights will then be engaged briefly and certified by the technicians. An
announcement will be made after the conclusion of each segment of the audible
and visual alarm testing.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Questions can be sent to:
Chris McCall
Assistant V.P. - Facilities
Facilities Management Department
University of Houston - Downtown
713.221.8030
mccallc@uhd.edu
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UHD joins Federal Direct Student Loan Program in Fall 2010
Starting with the fall 2010 semester,
UHD is joining thousands of other U.S. higher education
institutions in the Federal Direct Student Loan Program, meaning students with federal
Stafford, Grad PLUS and Parent PLUS loans will borrow their funds from the
federal government instead of from multiple private banks and credit unions.
UHD's participation in the Federal Program will have little visible impact on students and their families. However, having one lender - the U.S. Department of Education - will make the process
much more efficient for schools and borrowers.
The
change necessitates only minimal action on the part of students (and parents
who wish to borrow through the PLUS program), who need only to sign a new
Master Promissory Note (MPN) and complete Loan Entrance Counseling if they
haven't done so already. Students can visit www.studentloans.gov to complete the MPN and
Loan Entrance Counseling process.
As
part of direct lending, the Stafford direct loan is exactly the same in terms
and conditions, interest rates and loan fees as the FFEL (Federal Family Education Loan). The Grad PLUS loans
and Parent PLUS loans will benefit from a lower interest rate of 7.9 percent,
as compared to 8.5 percent in the FFEL program.
Federal
direct loans offer other advantages, such as more flexible repayment plans,
easier tracking and a greater possibility of loan forgiveness for students who
perform public service after graduation.
Most
loans will remain with their current service provider. However, due to the sale of loans to the U.S.
Department of Education, the Office of Student Financial Aid highly encourages
students and families to pay very close attention to mailings from their loan
provider. Letters with repayment information were sent to those who were
affected by the sale.
Borrowers
can also track their federal loans online through the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS). Visit
Direct Loans FAQ for more
information.
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Help support National Police Week, get blue ribbons from UHD Police
 The University of Houston-Downtown Police Department invites the UHD community to pick up a complimentary blue ribbon to show support for National Police Week May 9-15.
The number of ribbons is limited so get yours as soon as possible. Ribbons are available at the UHD Police Department headquarters, Room 118-North, or the parking office at 354-North.
The blue ribbon tradition started several years ago when a group called Concerns of Police Survivors encouraged the general public as well as police cruisers to fly blue ribbons from their car antennae during National Police Week. The resulting sea of blue shows support for police officers on the street and for those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
UHD Police thank the University community for its continued support.
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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:
ARES Corporation - Engineer
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch Wealth Management - Merrill Lynch
Wealth Management Internship
Bikes Online - Operations Rep
Boy Scouts of America - District Executive, entry level
BPSOS, Inc. - Disaster Case Management Program Manager
Corporate Collaborations - Senior Specialist, Controls & Policies
Council for Environmental Education - Summer Intern
Dominos Pizza - Upper Management Paid Internship
Fort Bend ISD - Applications, Senior Applications, Sharepoint and
Web Programmers
Houston A+ Challenge - Performance Coach
Lamar State College, Orange - System Support Specialist
Literacy Advance of Houston - Bilingual Program Coordinator
McConnell Jones Lanier & Murphy LLP - Entry Level Staff Auditor
Missouri City Municipal Court - Internship
Professional Golf Ball Services - Accounting Assistant
Reliant Park - Cashiers and Parking Attendants
Smith and Associates - Human Resources Clerk
Student Conservation Association - Conservation Collaborative
(HCC) Coordinator
Texas Department of Banking - Financial Examiner V-VII
TPI Staffing - HR Systems Coordinator, HR Administrative Assistant,
VP Audit, Inside Sales, Website Developer, BAS General
Manager, Engineer-Field Service, Embed. Software, Sim. Software
Univision Radio - part-time Board Operator KQBU and part-time
Traffic/Continuity Coordinator
For more information or to apply for these internships and
employment opportunities, students should visit the jobs4gators
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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
Friday, April 30
9 a.m. to noon - Blackboard: Open Lab
Internet Applications
Today
2 to 3:30 p.m. - Survey Monkey
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employee. We update our email list weekly. The eNews is a University faculty and staff newsletter and is designed to keep employees informed of university activities, policy changes, human resources issues, business office information and security information.
The deadline for submitting items is 9 a.m. the day before publication. Past issues are archived on UHD's Web site. The archive link is in the lower right column.
We are always interested in your activities. Let us know at least 24 hours in advance so we can include your event in the Skyline eNews. We also try to photograph University activities, but we need to know when and where your event is taking place. Email skylinenews@uhd.edu or call Public Affairs at 713-221-8010. | |
