October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Learn more about breast cancer from the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
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The Fiscal Year 2022 Mandatory Training period will begin on Monday, October 4, 2021, and run until Friday, November 19, 2021. Per SAM policy 02.A.26, it is the responsibility of each System employee to complete annual mandatory training. This includes full and part-time faculty and staff, student workers, and temporary employees paid through the University’s payroll system.
Join us on a 20-30 minute walk while we talk about health, wellness, and life in general. From the Employees Retirement System of Texas, podcast host Lacy Wolff walks and talks with her mentors, friends, experts and leaders about health and wellness. Learn more through the link below, or search ERS Walk and Talk through your favorite podcast platform! Learn more and participate whenever convenient for you!
This year, the University of Houston’s Homecoming Week is October 16-23, 2021. The theme is “Back Where We Belong.” Staff and faculty are encouraged to participate in the Homecoming Spirit Bell Competition and to show the most Cougar Spirit by decorating their offices during Homecoming Week.
Taking
YOUR
power
back
requires
prioritizing
you!
Prioritizing
self-care
is
not
always
easy,
but
it
is
the
only
way
to
be
at
your
best
for
those
around
you.
Each
one
of
us
has
been
impacted
both
personally
and
professionally
by
the
massive
changes
we
have
faced
since
March
2020.
While
the
“rules”
are
still
changing,
it’s
critical
to
prioritize
both
your
physical
and
emotional
health.
What
can
that
look
like
for
you?
Todd
Whitthorne
will
share
very
timely
and
actionable
strategies
to
not
only
manage,
but
actually
flourish
during
these
times
of
challenge.
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The Membership and Elections Committee is charged with the responsibility of regularly reviewing staff representation in university governance and making recommendations for staff appointments to university-wide committees. The committee oversees the elections of Staff Council members and officers and makes recommendations to the Staff Council President to fill vacancies in Council membership. The committee coordinates member onboarding.
The LGBTQ Resource Center’s SAGA Squad is hosting this open for all identities to come watch an LGBTQ themed documentary and enjoy snacks.
Jeyifous discusses his design and artistic practice and process of examining contemporary socio-political, cultural, and environmental realities through the tradition of architectural utopianism, from a sci-fi inspired and Afro-surrealist perspective.
Come kick off Homecoming Week with our annual pep rally! Grab some free food and hang out with the University of Houston Football Team, the Spirit of Houston, and Shasta and Sasha! Be sure to check out the event to be introduced to the 2021 Homecoming Court!