June 2011

SPOTLIGHT Employee Spotlight – Hiromi Takiguchi Student Spotlight – Sarah Chesley CALENDAR June Events Calendar NOTES AND NEWS Auxiliary Services Hiring Students Benefits All Dining Dining Year in Review Faculty/Staff Special: $5 Friday Every Week During Summer Icon at Oberholtzer Hall Retires Taco Bell to get New Energy Efficient Equipment Coffee not the Only Fair Trade Option on Campus New Food Service Director Begins Tenure at Residential Dining Hals Finance HUB Cougar-Connect Event on June 23 Green UH Roses at Garden Show Support for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Green Solutions: New Project Teaches Students to Fix Recycling Challenge Urban Harvest: Tomatoes in the Kitchen and in the Fall Garden Housing Board of Regents Approves New Residence Halls and West Dining Hall Don Yackley Accepts Executive Directorship for RLH RLH in for a Busy Summer Human Resources HR News Information Technology UIT Shows Support for Green Initiatives Parking and Transportation Cougar Line Summer Schedule Parking Lot Construction Summer Maintenance METRO Long Range Plan Public Workshops METRO seeks Public Input on Station Names for New Light Rail Lines Plant Operations Classroom and Business Building Sidewalk Closure Policies and Procedures As the UH Policies and Procedures World Turns… Public Safety Hazardous Waste News Lazy Cakes – Warning Emergency Management Table Top Exercise Planned   Quick Tip: For enrollment services questions, students can call 713/743-1010. If you have comments or would like to submit an article to future newsletters, contact Lindsay Marshall at lmmarshall@uh.ed by the 20th of each month.

Hazardous Waste News

The Divisions of Academic Affairs and Research recently distributed Hazardous Waste News bulletins to university faculty and researchers. The publications were drafted by the Department of Public Safety’s Environmental Health and Safety Bureau to help the teaching and research laboratories reduce hazardous waste, providing both financial and environmental benefits.

Tips for Reducing Hazardous Waste – Academic Faculty
http://www.uh.edu/ehs/newsletters/Waste-Minimization-Newsletter-ACADEMIC.pdf

Tips for Reducing Hazardous Waste – Research Laboratories
http://www.uh.edu/ehs/newsletters/Waste-Minimization-Newsletter-RESEARCH.pdf