Summer 2012 News Update

Celebrating Spring Commencement 2012

The College graduated its largest class of undergraduates in its history – just under 1,400. Six of those undergraduates completed their studies with perfect 4.0 grade point averages and 37 percent of the class earned Latin honors of summa, magna or cum laude. Our students' academic prowess is recognized throughout the university as evidenced by 47 percent of the Honors College's graduates earning their degrees in academic departments housed in CLASS.

Our number of master's and doctoral graduates continue to rise – to 287 this spring – reflecting the College's commitment to increasing the number of Ph.D.'s it confers every year. The year-old Dissertation Completion Fellowship program is a successful effort toward achieving that goal.

Commencement Photo Journal
Dissertation Completion Fellows
Year in Review

in July:

• Independence Day Holiday is July 4. UH Main Campus is closed.

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  StarTalk Texas Teacher Program on campus
  July 9 – 20.
  This three-credit graduate course leads to a Texas teacher certification in Chinese and is funded through a federal grant for the National Security Language Initiative of critical languages.

  
  

  Blood Drive sponsored by the Hobby Center for Public Policy
  Walk-ins are welcomed, but you can save time in completing the paperwork online at www.giveblood.org or schedule an appointment with The Blood Center at 713-791-6326.

  • Monday, July 16; 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
    Location: University Center, Circle Driven, UH Main Campus
    Contact: Mike Angel at 713-743-3976 or e-mail mangel@central.uh.edu
• Study Abroad Courses
  International seminars led by faculty that provide students with an academically rigorous and culturally enriching learning experience.
  • Salamanca, Spain: July 2 – August 3, organized by the Department of Hispanic Studies
  • Havana, Cuba: July 14 – 24, organized by the Department of History
  • Accra, Ghana: July 19 – August 5, organized by the African American Studies Program

in August:

• First Friday Poetry Reading: Radames Ortiz presented by Inprint
  Friday, August 3; 8:30 p.m.
  Location: Inprint House, 1520 West Main,  one block south of the Menil Collection, one block east of Mandell, in the Museum District of Houston
  Price: Free
  Contact: Robert Clark at houstonfirstfri@aol.com or 713.521.202

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  The 37th annual Houston Shakespeare Festival runs August 4 – 12.
  Each summer, the School of Theatre & Dance convenes the Houston Shakespeare Festival to produce a season of two Shakespeare plays in repertory. This year’s productions are of Hamlet and the Comedy of Errors.

• Location: Miller Outdoor Theatre, 100 Concert Dr, Houston, 77030 in Hermann Park.
  All performances are free and start at 8:30 p.m.

• Hamlet: August 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11

• Comedy of Errors: August 4, 8, 10, and 12

• First Day of Classes of the Fall 2012 Semester is August 27.

 

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