Welcome to the Faculty Senate

• For the latest COVID-19 updates at the University of Houston, please visit https://uh.edu/covid-19/

Deadline: July 26, 5pm – The Teaching Innovation Program (TIP) grant is an award opportunity from the Provost and Office of Academic Affairs for faculty and departments to develop and implement a plan for new and innovative approaches to teaching in online and hybrid environments. Proposals can be for projects of up to $10,000 to be used for faculty stipends, graduate assistant and support staff funding, and related hardware/software/equipment. For more information, visit the TIP website.

Starting May 16 – While the Teams interface is not changing, you may have noticed some changes in where recordings of meetings are stored. Recordings from meetings in Teams channels (which includes most classes) are automatically stored in SharePoint and can be found by going to the Files tab in the channel. Meetings that take place outside of a Teams channel, such as meetings scheduled from one’s personal calendar, will be stored in the user’s OneDrive in a folder labeled “Recordings.” Further details are described in a recent UIT email.

May 24, Noon-1:30pm – The Faculty Café will be hosting an upcoming virtual session that aims to facilitate discussion and practical applications of flipped classrooms in diverse learning populations. The session will feature Dr. Monique Mills from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders in CLASS. For more information about the session and join meeting details, check out the event on the FED Calendar.

June 14-25 – Though their usual in-person camps will not return until Summer 2022, the teachHOUSTON program at UH is going to be offering a great, free virtual camp this summer called “STEM Interactive.” The camp is designed for students entering grades 6-9 and features fun activities (about 2-3 hours per day), including interactive mini-lessons, science experiments, prototyping, and engineering design challenges. For more information and to register, visit STEM Interactive.

Announced May 18 – In accordance with Governor Abbott’s May 18 Executive Order, face coverings are no longer required on campus. Effective immediately, any UH protocol that requires face coverings will not be enforced; however, a person can continue to wear a face covering if they wish and are encouraged to do so for their own and other’s safety if they are not vaccinated.  Read more in the communication from Dr. Stephen Spann. Throughout the summer, faculty can check current updates on the COVID-19 website.