7th Annual Scholarship & Community Conference
Rethinking Undergraduate Education & the Core

Wednesday, September 24, 1997
UH Hilton Hotel

Program

Registration
8:30 a.m. - Room 202

Welcome
8:45 a.m. - Room 202

Angela H. Patton, President of the Faculty Senate & Associate Professor of Art

Arthur K. Smith, Chancellor of the University of Houston System & President of the University of Houston

Session I
9:00 a.m. - Room 202

"Cohesive Curriculum and the Core Program"

Robert M. Diamond, Assistant Vice Chancellor & Director of Instructional Development, Syracuse University

Session II
10:30 a.m. - Room 202

"Role of Research in Undergraduate Education"

Sandra Gregerman, Director of the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan

D. Keith Hollingsworth, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston

Cynthia Freeland, Associate Dean of the College of Humanities, Fine Arts, & Communication and Professor of Philosophy, University of Houston

Working Luncheon
12:00 p.m. - Room 202
"Paring the Core"
All Participants

Session III
2:00 p.m. - Room 202

"Sharing the Core: Curriculum Legislation & Its Impact on Higher Education in Texas"

Sue Cox, Chair of the Greater Gulf Coast Articulation Consortium

Margaret Ford, Acting President of Houston Community College Northeast

John Butler, Associate Dean of the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics and Professor of Geosciences, University of Houston

Ross Lence, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Houston

Session IV
3:30 p.m. - Room 202

"Not So FAQs"

George W. Magner, University of Houston System Vice Chancellor & UH Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
Table Leaders Report
All Participants

Legislation on 42 hour core curriculum (SB148)

Acknowledgments

Special Thanks

Arthur K. Smith, Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of the University of Houston
George W. Magner, Interim University of Houston System Vice Chancellor and University of Houston Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost

Conference Planning Committee

Richard Bannerot, Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering

John Butler, Associate Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and Professor of Geosciences

Lawrence Curry, Associate Dean of the College of Humanities, Fine Arts and Communications and Assistant Professor of History

Shirley Ezell, Professor of Human Development and Consumer Sciences

Nancy Graves, Assistant Professor of Hotel and Restaurant Management

Anne Jacobson, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Ross Lence, Associate Professor of Political Science

Sharon O'Neil, Associate Vice Provost for Academic Programs

Angela Patton, Chair, President-elect of the Faculty Senate and Associate Professor of Art

George Trail, Associate Professor of English

Reservations

All sessions of the conference are free of charge for UH faculty; however, there is a registration of $15.00 for all others. Advance luncheon reservations are required by Friday, September 19, 1997.

Reservations for the sessions are required. Please call the Faculty Senate office at (713) 743-9181. If you have questions you may also use E-mail to contact Mary B. Brantley at MBrantley@uh.edu