Meetings
The next Faculty
Senate meeting
will
be held on:
on
the agenda:
Renu
Khator, UH
System
Chancellor
and
University of Houston President
John Antel, UHS Senior Vice Chancellor and
UH Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs/
Provost,
Don Birx, UHS Vice Chancellor and UH Vice
President for Research,
Dan Wells, Faculty Senate President, and
Election of
2010 Faculty Senate Officers and
Faculty
Governance Committee
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And meets again on:
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
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Organization
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Alphabetical
By College
Senate
Committees
Executive
Committee
& UH
Council Chairs
Next meeting: Dec. 2 (M) at 12:00
p.m.
in room 306, MDA
Library
Also: Jan. 6, Feb. 3, Mar. 3,
Apr. 7,
May 5, June 2, July 7, Aug. 11
And: Dec. 4
(F)
at 12:15 p.m.
in room 220 E. Cullen
Also: Jan. 13, Feb. 10,
Mar. 10, Apr. 14, May 7 (F),
June 9, July 14, Aug. 18
Budget
& Facilities Cm. Salary Task Force
Next meeting: Dec. 9 (W)
at 10:00 a.m.
in room 306, MDA
Library
Also: Jan. 28
Salary Task Force
Next meeting: TBA
at 10:30 a.m.
Educational
Policies & Student Affairs
Cm
Next
meeting: Nov.
19 (TH) at 1:30 p.m.
in room 220U,
MDA
Library
Faculty
Affairs Cm.
Next
meeting: Dec. 1 (T)
at 11:00 a.m.
in room 306, MDA
Library
Faculty Benefits Subcommittee
Next meeting: TBA
Faculty Governance
Committee
Next
meeting: Nov. 30 (M) at 1:00 p.m.
in room 306,
MDA
Library
Scholarship
& Community
Cm.
Next
meeting: Nov. 20 (F)
at 10:00 a.m. in room 306, MDA
Library
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Contact
Information
Faculty
Senate President
Faculty
Senate Office
306 M. D. Anderson Library
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-2005
Telephone: (713) 743-9181
Fax: (713) 743-9184
Staff
Staff Associate
Office Coordinator
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Emergency Management
Review Commission
University
Studies Division (USD)
Task Force
Report
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Announcements:
UH
Calendars
This PDF is large and many take a few
minutes to open.
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Report
on Faculty and Staff Survey:
Assessing
Child Care Service Needs and Consequences
The results of the recent
survey by the Child Care Task Force were shared at the October
21, 2009 Faculty Senate meeting. The PowerPoint presentation is
available at
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Early
Career Faculty Satisfaction Survey
COACHE
- the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher
Education
Tenure-track faculty (who have been
at UH at least one year but not more than six years) are invited to
participate in an early career
faculty satisfaction survey. The
survey research is part of a national program called COACHE - the
Collaborative
on Academic Careers in Higher Education - based at the Harvard Graduate
School
of Education. The survey is co-supported by the UH University
Commission on
Women and Division of Faculty Affairs. The
survey provides tenure-track faculty the opportunity to rate how UH is
supporting them in a variety of areas (tenure support, development
opportunities, work-life balance, climate), all issues important as UH
continues on its Tier I pursuit. The
COACHE survey is an opportunity to share attitudes concerning this
support, and
is an important step in ensuring the University Houston provides a
stimulating
environment in which early career faculty can and will succeed.
The survey is completely
confidential and will be handled through the COACHE project team.
COACHE
will publish only aggregate results in which individuals and
institutions
cannot be identified, and will not use any name or email address for
any
purpose except this study.
Tenure-track faculty received the
survey approximately 3 weeks ago, and will receive a reminder message
early
next week. Please encourage your
tenure-track faculty to participate in this very important
survey. Questions? Please contact Holly M.
Hutchins, Ph.D.
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Faculty Opportunities
to Increase Student
Success
A PAL (Personal Access Liaison)
e-mails a new student five times during
the first two semesters at UH to ask if the student is doing OK or if
they have
any problems. The PAL will have a list of answers for Frequently Asked
Questions and information about university resources to help the
student. In
addition, for more complicated issues, the PAL will have a
"problem-handling" contact. Each PAL will be asked to contact
4-6 students.
Help UH students get
through the toughest time of their college career - e-mail pals@mail.uh.edu to sign up.
As a PWP (Profs with Pride), a faculty member
promotes the university’s
events and accomplishments to his/her students. and encourages them to
engage
in campus activities. Information is available at https://blogs.uh.edu/pwp/ or www.uh.edu/tradingcards.
For more details
or to volunteer, contact Simon Bott at sbott@uh.edu.
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Emergency Management Review
Commission
REPORT
Report covers the findings of
the Commission on UH's actions
following last year's Hurricane Ike and its recommendations for
improvements.
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The Strategic Action Group
committees have been working to determine the steps the University of
Houston could take in
achieving goals
related to:
The Strategic Action Group
members
are:
- Richard Alderman
- Sandy Coltharp
- Sam Dike
- Lynn Maher
- Joe Pratt
- Richard Scamell
- Earl Smith
- Dan Wells
- Richard Willson
For more
information, please visit the websites.
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Faculty
Senate
Enhancement Endowment:
HE43281RN
Under Giving
Choices - Gift
Codes - General Institutional Support -UH
Any amount
donation is welcome.
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Other
Links
The
Center for Measuring University Performance
The Top
American Research
Universities
(2007 Report)
Texas Council of
Faculty Senates
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University
Links
UH
Academic Councils
UH Staff
Council
UH
Student Government
Association
University Commission
on Women
UH Standing Committees
(under construction)
UH
Faculty Advisory Committee
on
Purchasing & Plant Operations
Chair: D.
Kacmar
Next Meeting: TBA
at 8:30 a.m. in room
122B
(Dean's Conference Room,
ARCH)
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Health Sciences Task Force
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Information
for Faculty
UH
Renovations
Proposed:
Fleming, Science
Building and
Science & Research I
Please
note that the last two slides, but one, present
timelines that may not take into account the requirement to go the our
Board,
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the State Bond
Board.
We will try to do as much of this as feasible in parallel, but
local
approval policies will have to occur.
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Policy for Dropping Courses
Effective Fall 2007
Beginning this semester, a new policy
on dropping courses
will go into effect. This policy establishes a 6-'W' grades
limit for all undergraduate
students.
The six 'W'
grades may be used at any time during a student's undergraduate career
at UH to
drop a course up through the last
day to drop a course or withdraw from all courses deadline.
This
deadline falls approximately four weeks before the last class day of
the fall
and spring semesters.
The 'W'
may be granted upon the student's written request by the deadline,
regardless
of whether or not the student is passing the course. Once the 6 'W's have
been used
however, the student must complete all courses he or she is enrolled in
regardless of academic performance.
This new policy is in alignment with
standards now in effect
at peer institutions to the University of Houston.
For
further information, see the policy and FAQs at
http://www.uh.edu/provost/stu/6-Ws_faq_stu.html
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Student
Handbook
Staff Handbook
Graduate Catalog
Undergraduate
Catalog
S.A.M.s
and M.A.P.P.s
(System Administrative
Memoranda and
Manual of Administrative
Policies &
Procedures)
Documents
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