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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 19, 2004

UH System at Cinco Ranch
Contact: Eric Gerber
713/743-8189 (office)
281-627-2065 (cellular)

KATY, TEXAS, March 19, 2004 – Spring semester enrollment at the University of Houston System at Cinco Ranch has exceeded 1,000 for the first time and is expected to continue growing, said Dr. Kurt Czupryn, UHS-CR director.

Degree programs such as the master’s in business administration (MBA), the bachelor’s in business administration (BBA) and a variety of education degree and certificate programs offered throughout the day and in the evening continue to attract a growing number of students to the teaching center.

Advances in technology have allowed students to take even more classes via interactive television as well as perform library research from computers located in the Reading Room, a “virtual library.” Last summer, the center completed the installation of a new wireless network. “This provides the ultimate in classroom flexibility as professors can operate in any room or combination of rooms in the building. Faculty are no longer be limited to using technology and web-based resources only in our three 12-seat labs,” Czupryn said.

An Open House is scheduled on Wednesday, March 24 from noon to 7 p.m. Prospective students and all interested parties are welcome to come in and tour the facility, meet with admissions counselors and academic advisers from all four UH System universities. For more information, visit www.cincoranch.uh.edu, call 832-842-2800 or come by 4242 S. Mason Road (just south of Westheimer Parkway).

Education degrees, with teacher certification in both early childhood through fourth grade and fourth through eighth grade, as well as a post-bachelor’s teacher certification program, remain popular programs. A full-time, on-site degree plan counselor is available to help address students’ academic questions. Student teaching placement options include Katy- and Ft. Bend-area schools, with the students allowed to choose their locale. UH-Victoria, which conducts several programs at UHS-CR, also has a state grant, Access to Success, providing additional grant money to ISD employees seeking teacher certification ranging up to $300 per semester. The UH-Victoria School of Education also provides TExES State Certification testing review sessions at no cost to students.

About the University of Houston System at Cinco Ranch and UH System at Sugar Land
The UH System at Cinco Ranch and UH System at Sugar Land are collaborative efforts of the four UH System universities: University of Houston, UH-Clear Lake, UH-Downtown and UH-Victoria. Students apply to the university that offers the degree they are seeking and then take courses at either UH System at Cinco Ranch or UH System at Sugar Land. For more information about the teaching centers visit www.cincoranch.uh.edu and www.sugarland.uh.edu.

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