University of Houston Faculty Senate                                                                                    Last updated:  August 22, 2008

   Meetings 
  
  
 The next Faculty Senate meeting
 will be:

    Wednesday, August 27, 2008
 
at 12:15 p.m. in the
 
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, M. D. Anderson Library
 
on the agenda:
  Renu Khator, UH System Chancellor and
  UH President
  
  Michael Rierson, UH System Vice Chancellor
  and UH Vice President for University
  Advancement
 
  Dona Cornell, UH System Vice Chancellor and
  UH Vice President for Legal Affairs and
  General Counsel
 
 Wynne Chin, UH Faculty Senate President

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 The Fall Faculty Assembly will be held on:
  
September 24, 2008
 
at 12:15 p.m. in the
 
Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion, M. D. Anderson Library
 
on the agenda:
 
 State of the University Address by
 Renu Khator, UH System Chancellor
 and UH President
 
    

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         Reports - Senate

          Climate Survey Report
 
            Final 2007 Climate Survey Report
            Preliminary Climate Survey Report
  
        
           Salary Analysis Report
 
               2007 Report and Appendices     
 

        Resolutions
   
        Senator's Manual
 
        Surveys
  
                     2008 Faculty Senate Issues Study

        Webcasts
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  FS-CoUG
  (Faculty Senate Commission on 
   University Governance)

Final Report
 
Recommendations
 
Criteria Checklist for College and Departmental Bylaws

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 Scholarship & Community
 Conference Archives
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The University of Houston Faculty Senate is a member of the Coalition on
Intercollegiate Athletics
(CoIA)
  
Contact elected CoIA Delegate
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  Photo Gallery
  Organization 
    
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   Senate Committees
  
   Executive Committee
   & UH Council Chairs   
      Next meeting:  Sept. 3 (M)
   at 12:00 p.m. in room 353 CPH
   (FS large conference room)
 
   Also:  Oct. 1 (W), Nov. 5 (W) and Dec. 3 (W)
   
   And:  Aug. 20 (W)  at 12:15 p.m.
   in room 220 E. Cullen
  
   Also:  Sept. 10(W), Oct. 8(W), Nov. 12(W), and Dec. 5 (F)
  
  Budget & Facilities Cm.  
  Next meeting:  TBA
   
  Cm. on Committees  
  Next meeting: TBA
   
  Educational Policies & Student Affairs Cm
   Next meeting: TBA
  
   Faculty Affairs Cm.
    Next meeting:  TBA
 
 
        Faculty Benefits Subcommittee
        Next meeting:  TBA
  
   Scholarship & Community Cm.  
   Next meeting:  TBA

   Ad Hoc Committee on Planning
   Next meeting:  TBA

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  Next meeting:  TBA  
  Contact Marsha Daly

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  Faculty Senate
  Constitution/Bylaws


 Contact Information
  
     Faculty Senate President

        Faculty Senate Office
 
      351 Cullen Performance Hall  
      University of Houston
      Houston, TX 77204-2005
 
    Telephone: (713) 743-9181
    Fax:  (713) 743-9184

  Staff
  
     Staff Associate
     Office Coordinator
    

   Announcements:   UH Calendars
 


Investiture

Ceremony
  
September 18, 2008
2:00 p.m.
Cullen Performance Hall

Week of Events


 
  
Faculty Awards Nomination/Application Deadlines:

Provost's Faculty Travel Awards

No later than Wednesday, October 1, by 5 p.m. for travel between September 1, 2008 and February 28, 2009.

No later than Friday, November 28, by 5 p.m. for travel between March 1 and August 31, 2009.

Awards are designed to help tenured and tenure-track faculty enhance professional development and increase the visibility of the institution by supporting faculty travel to present the results of their research or creative activity at meetings with a national or international audience.
 
   
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP)
 
 Discovery-Based Learning:  Transforming the Undergraduate
 Experience through Research, the proposed UH Quality 
 Enhancement Plan is available on-line.  For more information,
 contact Veronique Tran, Director, Office of Undergraduate Discovery Programs, or visit the Discovery website at http://www.uh.edu/discovery/.

 
Get the latest news from Austin
Governmental Relations Update
 
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Texas Legislature On-line
 
  
   

Volunteering at UH
  
  Faculty may volunteer their services by contacting
  
Metropolitan Volunteer Program
713/743-5200
  
donations can be made via the
American Red Cross - Houston Chapter
Houston Food Bank
  
 
 Other Links
 
  The Center for Measuring University Performance

   The Top American Research Universities
   (2007 Report)
   
  Texas Council of Faculty Senates
 
   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
  
UH System Strategic Planning

UH Framework Plan

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   Information for Faculty 
 
New 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
    
UH Ombudsperson: Teri Elkins Longacre
 713-743-2417 or ombudsperson@uh.edu

For more information, visit the Ombuds website

Provost Office
 
Website
Faculty Guidelines
Faculty Awards
Provost Faculty Travel Award
 

     2007 Faculty Handbook (PDF-file)
  
     Student 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
 
     Bomb Threat Check List
   
     Dealing with Disruptive Student Behavior
   
      Emergency Information
   
      Medical Emergency Procedures
     
   
        Safety Tips
 
  Travel
  
Domestic Business
 
Foreign Business, including emergencies
 
  




Questions about this page should be directed to FSenate@uh.edu
 (713) 743-9181

University of Houston
Office of the Faculty Senate
351 Cullen Performance Hall
Houston, TX  77204-2005

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