Welcome to the Faculty Senate

Saturday, September 22, 2018 (4:00 pm) - Please join your colleagues for this year's second faculty tailgate party for UH faculty this coming Saturday afternoon (beginning at 4:00 pm), at TDECU Football Stadium, in  preparation for the 7:00 pm kick-off game against Texas Southern University.  The Faculty Senate, in conjunction with the College of Engineering, will be co-hosting the event and will be providing beef and chicken fajitas as well as your choice of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, music and great company for all faculty members and their guests that drop by the tailgate.  There is no charge and no RSVP is needed to enter the faculty tailgate, just your Cougar card.  The tailgate is located by gate 4 of the TDECU Stadium between the stadium parking garage and the stadium.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 (12:15 pm - 1:15 pm) - The first 2018-2019 APeX Speaker will be presented by Dr. Aaron T. Becker, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; title of talk; "An inside job: Using tiny robot swarms to heal the body".  Dr. Becker's talk will be held in the MD Anderson Library, Room 306. Every year the Faculty Senate Community & Government Relations Committee (CGRC) organizes a series of talks each year as part of the Assistant Professor Excellence Lecture Series (APeX).  APeX showcases the breadth and depth of groundbreaking research, scholarship, and creative activity being undertaken by our stellar Assistant Professors on campus.  The featured 2018-19 APeX Speakers include: (1) Dr. Aaron T. Becker, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; title of talk: "An inside job: Using tiny robot swarms to heal the body", (2) Dr. Julie Derges Kastner, Department of Music; title of talk: "The power of musical play",  (3) Dr. Elizabeth Farfán-Santos, Department of Comparative Cultural Studies; title of talk: "Mothering as health security: Undocumented mothers, children, and medical alienation in the United States", and (4) Dr. Katherine Freeman Anderson, Department of Sociology; title of talk: "Racial residential segregation, the distribution of health-promoting community organizations, and health outcomes". 

October 12, 2018 - Rockwell Lecture Series on Leadership and Ethics will feature the award-winning journalist, documentarian, news anchor, producer, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Soledad O'Brien.  Soledad has established herself as one of the most recognized names in broadcasting by telling the stories behind the most important issues, people and events of the day.  A champion of diversity, she gives a voice to the underserved and disenfranchised through her Emmy-winning reporting and acclaimed documentary series, Black in America and Latino in America. Click here to find out more.

Tuesday, October 16, 2018 (6:30 pm - 9:00 pm) - Come sip and sample Texas wines and local dines at the University of Houston's "A Taste of Hilton College". This will be a fun evening of tasting with local and alumni food and beverage purveyors!  The cost of the event has been reduced! The link below will honor a discounted ticket price of $25 for faculty members and for their guest (ticket price is normally $50). Click here to buy tickets.

Wednesday, October 24, 2018 (12:00 pm - 4 pm) - The final Faculty Safety and Emergency Preparedness Symposium will be held on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. The symposium will be held in the Insperity Classroom & Business Building (Room 328) from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm. The Symposium session topics include: (1) Introductory Session with Panelists; (2) Civilian Response to Active Attack Events; (3) Classroom Emergency Preparedness Session; (4) Accident/Incident Reporting, Campus Laboratory Shutdowns and Laboratory Outages Training Session; (5) QPR - Suicide Prevention Training; and (6) Fire Extinguisher Training Session.  To RSVP for up to three sessions, click here. Also, the Faculty Emergency Preparedness Guide, a new resource, is now available to assist you in knowing your role as an instructor during an emergency, as well as what to do with your class during these emergencies.  For additional information, click here .