Welcome to the Faculty Senate

December 13 & 14, 2018  - The Fall 2018 University Commencements will be held at various locations on the University of Houston campus and surrounding venues in the city. University Commencement is a smaller-setting opportunity that reflects the flavor and traditions of each college.  To find out the date and time of your College's Commencement, please click here.

Thursday, December 13, 2018 (1:30 pm - 3:30 pm) - Come to learn about the Cougar Initiative to Engage (CITE).  CITE is UH's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), a program to improve student learning as part of the university's reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS).  CITE financial grants  to support co-curricular learning experiences for students are now available for 2019-2020.  Preproposals for Fall 2019 programs are due by Dec. 21.  The information sessions will explain what's involved and answer any questions about the various roles faculty and staff can play in CITE.  Click here to find out more.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018 (10:30 am - 11:30 am) - Please join your colleagues for a seminar on Data Access and Sharing: Barriers and Opportunities to Enable Evidence-Generating Practices to improve Health and Community-wide Outcomes.  The seminar will feature guest speaker Dr. Vivian Ota Wang, Deputy Directory of the Office of Data Sharing, National Cancer Institute. In this role, Dr. Ota Wang applies her expertise in data sharing, racial identity, ethics, and community engagement to data access and sharing.  Her focus is on increasing the efficiency and consistency of data access and sharing processes within national repositories: ethical, legal, and social issues; and health disparities, advocacy, and outreach related to data sharing.  The seminar will take palce at theUH Student Center South, Downtown Room (Room 261, second floor).  Click here to RSVP.

Friday, December 21, 2018  - We invite you to submit a proposal to present at the Empower Women's Leadership Conference (Friday, March 1, 2019).  The Empower Conference connects women through learning leadership, and experience - creating a community of leaders empowered through education focused on women and gender issues.  One of the major goals of the Empower Conference is to expose emerging student leaders to impactful leaders in the UH community.  The 2019 conference will also have a faculty and staff track focusing on engagin current professionals in continued leadership development.  The deadline to submit a proposal for the 2019 Empower Conference is 5:00 p.m. Friday, December 21, 2018.  Click here to find out more.

January/February 2019 - The Division of Research has announced that funding has been made available for the following awards for the 2018-2019 academic year: (1) Awards for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, or Creative Activity Program (deadline for submission is Friday, January 18, 2019; submission will be email based), (2) Equipment Grants (deadline for submission is Tuesday, January 29, 2019; submission will be email based), and (3) High Priority Area Research Seed Grants (deadline for submission is Monday, February 11; submissions will be email based). Click here to find out  more.