Congratulations to UH Dining and Chartwells District Marketing Manager Alexcis Mendoza on being awarded the Chartwells President’s Circle Award for her outstanding contributions to ‘Living the Brand.’
Mendoza started her career at Chartwells as a Marketing Intern in 2012 and worked her way up to District Marketing Manager through hard work and dedication. Read more about Mendoza and Chartwells President’s Circle Award.
The University of Houston’s Historically Underutilized Business Operations Department recently got a jolt of good news when the Houston Business Journal announced the department had won the Diversity in Business Award.
HUB is the award recipient within the Outstanding Supplier Diversity category, recognizing companies that successfully seek to do business with minority suppliers. HOD Operations Director F. Linelle Clark, Ph.D., said the recognition means a tremendous amount because it signifies that the department is on the right track. Read more about HOD’s award from the Houston Business Journal.
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. Read more about the TAPPA Conference here.
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. On April 1, UHPD attended the 2022 Diversity Institute, Good Trouble: Allyship in Action summit presented by the Center for Diversity and Inclusion in collaboration with the Center for Student Involvement and the Women & Gender Resource Center. The diversity summit is held annually with each year offering a different theme. The goal is to offer participants transformative sessions to enhance their cultural knowledge. 
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. The session, titled Uplifting Latina Undergraduates: The Significance of Mentorship Latina Student Success at a Hispanic Serving Institution, provided recommendations to faculty and staff on how they can support Latina students in balancing their intersectional identities and navigating the structures of higher education
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.University of Houston Police Chief Ceaser Moore and Officer Markenna Pharr visited the Technology Leadership and Innovation Management program in Sugar Land to speak about leadership in law enforcement. Chief Moore and Officer Pharr shared with students the best practices and success strategies for their careers in the public or private sector.
