The UH Graduate School has an Ombudsperson for Graduate and Professional Students. The Ombudsperson provides a safe setting for graduate and professional students to confidentially raise and discuss their concerns about workplace and academic issues, address interpersonal difficulties, and receive assistance in identifying options for resolving the conflicts and concerns.

What an Ombudsperson Does

• Provides a confidential forum for raising issues and expressing concerns.
• Listens without judgement and offers impartial feedback.
• Assists the graduate/professional student in exploring options to address concerns.
• Identifies and refers the graduate/professional student to resources for addressing problems and concerns.
• Clarifies policies and procedures that apply to the graduate/professional student’s problem or issue.
• Provides coaching on effective communication for difficult conversations.
• Analyzes and reports trends in complaints and concerns, and provides recommendations for institutional improvements.
• Promotes highest standards of university governance and a supportive, ethical and healthy organizational culture.

UH Ombudsperson - Funda Suhin, Ph.D.
Dr. Suhin is an associate professor of supply chain management. Her teaching and research interests are in operations and supply chain management. She is passionate about the UH community and student well-being. Over her career, she has worked with graduate students in a wide variety of roles, including teaching graduate courses, directing graduate student research, and coordinating a doctoral program in Bauer College of Business. She has served on numerous committees related to graduate student education and policies, and as a graduate student mentor.

Learn More about the Office of Ombuds Services

Contact the Ombudsperson: gradombuds@uh.edu

Celebrate the end of regular classes and get ready for Finals Week with a Graduate Student Breakfast! Again, the NSM Graduate Student Advisory Board will be there so you can meet your student representatives. Please come grab some food, socialize, and relax for a bit with us after a long semester. We would love to hear how you are doing!

Date/Time: Tue, April 30, 9–11 am
Location: Science & Research 1 Second Floor Lobby (outside Dean’s Office)

Kscholastic Tutoring Company is seeking academic tutors for a variety of subjects for K-12 students.

• Flexible scheduling
• Houston-area in-person tutoring (must have a personal vehicle)
• Must be available 3 evenings a week
• Must be available until the end of the school year (May 31, 2024)

Starting Pay: $30/hour

Learn More: Visit www.kscholastic.com

To Apply: Send your resume and a statement of interest to karla@kscholastic.com.

UH is a member of the Gulf Coast Consortia (GCC), one of the largest inter-institutional cooperatives in the world. Are you interested in a postdoc or research position at a GCC member institution? Open positions can be found on the GCC Job Board.

This service, sponsored by the GCC and its member institutions, provides opportunities for job seekers from GCC member institutions and employers to learn more about each other. The GCC’s mission is to build interdisciplinary collaborative research teams and training programs in the biological sciences that intersect the computational, chemical, mathematical, and physical sciences.

Graduating Ph.D. students and postdocs from GCC institutions can post their resumes and search for jobs at GCC institutions. To place a resume on the Job Board, register as a Job Seeker and enter the requested information.

The ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship pairs Hispanic STEM students with an ExxonMobil engineer or scientist to learn how their knowledge and skills are applied in a corporate setting. Participants also receive a $1,000 education grant and interview opportunities.

Program is open to rising sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students. Fellowship applicants with the following majors will be given priority:

• Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Geoscience, Material Science and Engineering, Mechanical Engineering.
• Applicants with these majors will be considered also: Chemistry, Computer Science, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mathematics, Petroleum Engineering, and Physics.

Program Year: 2024

Application Deadline: Tue, April 30, at 11:59 pm Pacific Time

More Information and Application

Questions: Contact Julian@hispanicheritage.org. Please use “ExxonMobil LOFT Fellowship” in the subject line.

If you would like to apply for an NSM Graduate Student Conference Travel Award for Summer 2024, please submit your application at least one week before the start of the summer semester (i.e., 5 pm May 31). Awardees of the fellowships will be notified at the beginning of the semester.

Application Details: See the Graduate Student Financial Support webpage

Please also be aware of the Graduate School’s Cullen Fellowship Travel Grant, which can further pay for conference travel. Those deadlines are typically early in the fall and spring semesters.