The University of Houston Police Department welcomed members of the campus community, including faculty, staff, and students, to their annual Walk in the Dark community event on November 16. For this event, community members walk the university at night alongside campus staff members to locate areas that may benefit from increased lighting or other safety improvements.
This year's walk proved one of the most successful in recent history. “We had a great turnout for this Walk in the Dark,” said UHPD Sergeant Dina Padovan. UHPD was joined by Student Government Association leaders, Justin Dart Jr. Student Accessibility Center staff, Facilities/Construction Management’s Power Plant electricians, Fire Life & Safety staff and Parking and Transportation staff. For more about this story read here.
A mass causality incident hit Houston, severely impacting Minute Maid Park, PNC Stadium, the George R. Brown Convention Center, and the University of Houston. While that scenario isn’t true, it was for the faculty and staff members who were part of this semester’s eight-week CERT training course organized by the Office of Emergency Management and Fire Life & Safety.
given for the hard work accomplished through the fiscal year. The inaugural Strategic Teams were acknowledged for the projects they proposed in 2021. The 2022 Strategic Teams were also announced. 
University of Houston staff members from the Facilities/Construction Management department hosted the 2022 TAPPA Educational Conference and Business Partner Fair in Spring, Texas. TAPPA is a non-profit organization that promotes common interest, proficiency, and professionalism in college and university facilities operations. The organization’s annual conference allows attendees to get educated and informed on better managing the facilities department in their respective colleges and universities. The 2022 TAPPA Conference was attended by 33 higher education institutions with close to 400 participants. And there was a sea of red across the conference as over 40 UH staff members attended — some for the first time. 
Team members from the University of Houston Police Department enhanced their skills this month by attending an on-campus training and leading an educational session at a regional safety summit.
Esmeralda Valdez, Executive Director of University Services, participated with staff colleagues in the Las Comadres College Mentoring Program, by leading an educational session at the 2022 Diversity Institute’s Good Trouble: Ally Ship in Action conference to bring awareness to the University of Houston’s largest subpopulation of students – Latina undergraduates.
Ginger Walker, Director, Emergency Management with the Office of Emergency Management, presented to the Preparedness Response Innovation Mitigation Recovery (PRIMR) Conference at the University of North Texas on March 7th. The PRIMR Annual Conference focuses on catastrophic disaster preparedness. Catastrophic disasters leave a trail of destruction from staggering financial costs to widespread societal disruption and human suffering. In recent years, Texas has been impacted by a worldwide pandemic, a massive winter storm, hurricanes, floods, wildfires, droughts, induced earthquakes, offshore oil spills, and chemical explosions.
