May 25, 2004

This fall, the University of Houston’s Staff Council will have new leadership.

Stepping into the position of president will be Joe Papick, director of the Child Welfare Education Project in the Graduate School of Social Work.

“One of my main goals is simply continuing the excellent work of the current president Angie Shortt and past president, Jeff Fuller,” Papick said. “I also will look at issues that were addressed in the recent staff survey, particularly those related to career development, compensation, management, training and staff excellence.”

Papick joined the UH staff in 1999 and was elected to Staff Council in 2002. Presently, he is the Staff Council’s secretary and serves on the Staff Affairs and Events committees.

“When I started working at UH, I wanted to learn as much as I could about the university and the system,” he said. “I thought a good way to do that was by becoming involved with Staff Council and working alongside staff members from other departments and colleges.”

Papick will assume the responsibilities of president on Sept. 1. Current president, Angie Shortt, director of communications for the Cullen College of Engineering will continue to lend her support to the council.

“I am very excited about Joe taking on the role of president of Staff Council in September,” Shortt said. “As a current officer in the organization, he will be able to effectively continue the initiatives we've started the past few years. We've had many successes this year and I know he'll take Staff Council to the next level.”

Mike Emery
memery@central.uh.edu