Meetings
The next Faculty
Senate meeting
will follow
the Fall Faculty Assembly on:
on
the agenda:
Reports from
End-of-year Reports
Farewell Address by Mark Clarke,
2010 Faculty Senate President
Inaugural Address by Monica
McHenry,
2011 Faculty Senate President
Transition to 2011 Faculty Senate leadership
New Senator Welcome Orientation
January 31, 2011 (Monday)
1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
in room 306, MDA
Library
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Agenda v Agenda
Archives
Calendar
FS President
- Reports to Regents
- UHC News Articles
Minutes/Archives
Newsletters
Reports -
Senate
Climate Survey
Reports
Final 2007 Climate Survey Report
Preliminary Climate Survey Report
Salary Analysis Report
2007
Report and Appendices
Resolutions
Senator's Manual
Surveys
2008 Faculty Senate Issues Study
Webcasts
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Recommendations
Criteria Checklist for
College and Departmental Bylaws
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Organization
Senators
Alphabetical
By College
Senate
Committees
Executive
Committee (EC)
& UH
Council Chairs (UHCC)
Next meeting: Feb. 2 (W) at 12:00
p.m.
in room 306, MDA
Library
Also: Mar. 2 (W),
Apr. 6 (W), May 4 (W),
June 1 (W), July 6 (W) and Aug. 17 (W).
EC-UHCC Meetings with
the Administration
(by
invitation only)
AGENDAS
Next meeting: Feb. 9 (W) at 12:30
p.m.
in room 220, E. Cullen
Also: Mar. 9 (W),
Apr. 13 (W), May 6 (F),
June 8 (W), July 13(W) and Aug. 24 (W).
Budget
& Facilities Cm.
Next meeting: TBA
Educational
Policies & Student Affairs
Cm
Next
meeting: Jan. 31 (M)
at 2:30 p.m. in room 306, MDA
Library
Faculty
Affairs Cm.
Next
meeting: Nov. 30 (T)
at 2:30
p.m. in room 306, MDA
Library
Faculty Governance
Committee
Next
meeting: Nov. 29 (M)
at 11:00
a.m. in room 306, MDA
Library
Scholarship
& Community
Cm.
Next meeting: Jan. 27 (TH)
at 10:00 a.m. in room 306, MDA
Library
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Unification
Task Force
Next
meeting: TBA
Oct. 8, 2010 Faculty Governance Retreat
Agenda
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Emergency Management
Review Commission
University
Studies Division (USD)
Task Force
Report
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Announcements:
UH
Calendars
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Faculty Opportunities
to Increase Student
Success
A PAL (Personal Access Liaison)
e-mails a new student five times during
the first two semesters at UH to ask if the student is doing OK or if
they have
any problems. The PAL will have a list of answers for Frequently Asked
Questions and information about university resources to help the
student. In
addition, for more complicated issues, the PAL will have a
"problem-handling" contact. Each PAL will be asked to contact
4-6 students.
Help UH students get
through the toughest time of their college career - e-mail pals@mail.uh.edu to sign up.
As a PWP (Profs with Pride), a faculty member
promotes the university’s
events and accomplishments to his/her students. and encourages them to
engage
in campus activities. Information is available at https://blogs.uh.edu/pwp/ or www.uh.edu/tradingcards.
For more details
or to volunteer, contact Simon Bott at sbott@uh.edu.
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Library Database Access
Due to security concerns about use of the Peoplesoft number to log-in
to library databases from off campus, a CougarNet log-in will be
required for authentication as of August 1, 2010. This will only
affect off-campus authentication. If you do not have an CougarNet
account or have forgotten your username and/or password, please call
Campus IT at 713-743-1411 or go to http://www.uh.edu/infotech/php/template.php?account_id=57
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If you are faculty or staff of the University and use the University’s
Exchange email system for email and calendaring, this is the same
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Accountability
Task Force Final Report
HB2504 mandates all Texas public universities to
provide certain information about undergraduate academic programs within
three clicks of the institute's home page.
This
includes class syllabi, instructor-of-record CVs and cost of attendance
(if available). The Accountability Task Force worked to meet
these new requirements and to improve awards for teaching excellence.
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This PDF is large and many take a few
minutes to open.
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Report
on Faculty and Staff Survey:
Assessing
Child Care Service Needs and Consequences
The results of the recent
survey by the Child Care Task Force were shared at the October
21, 2009 Faculty Senate meeting. The PowerPoint presentation is
available at
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UH Faculty Responses
to
5%
Budget Reduction Plan
On
February 15, 2010 the University of Houston submitted its proposal for
the 5%
budget reduction to the Texas Legislative Budget Board. Prior to
submission a draft plan was circulated by the Faculty Senate to the
University
of Houston faculty with requests for feedback and recommendations for
more cost
saving ideas.
Click here to view Faculty Responses
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Emergency Management Review
Commission
REPORT
Report covers the findings of
the Commission on UH's actions
following last year's Hurricane Ike and its recommendations for
improvements.
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The Strategic Action Group
committees have been working to determine the steps the University of
Houston could take in
achieving goals
related to:
The Strategic Action Group
members
are:
- Richard Alderman
- Sandy Coltharp
- Sam Dike
- Lynn Maher
- Joe Pratt
- Richard Scamell
- Earl Smith
- Dan Wells
- Richard Willson
For more
information, please visit the websites.
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Faculty
Senate
Enhancement Endowment:
HE43281RN
Under Giving
Choices - Gift
Codes - General Institutional Support -UH
Any amount
donation is welcome.
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Other
Links
The
Center for Measuring University Performance
The Top
American Research
Universities
(2007 Report)
Texas Council of
Faculty Senates
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University
Links
UH
Academic Councils
UH Staff
Council
UH
Student Government
Association
University Commission
on Women
UH Standing Committees
(under construction)
UH Faculty Grievance
Committee
UH Promotion
& Tenure Committee
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Health Sciences Task Force
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More Information
for Faculty
UH
Renovations
Proposed:
Fleming, Science
Building and
Science & Research I
Please
note that the last two slides, but one, present
timelines that may not take into account the requirement to go the our
Board,
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and the State Bond
Board.
We will try to do as much of this as feasible in parallel, but
local
approval policies will have to occur.
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Policy for Dropping Courses
Effective Fall 2007
Beginning
this semester, a new policy
on dropping courses
will go into effect. This policy establishes a 6-'W'
grades
limit for all undergraduate
students.
The
six 'W'
grades may be used at any time during a student's undergraduate career
at UH to
drop a course up through the last
day to drop a course or withdraw from all courses deadline.
This
deadline falls approximately four weeks before the last class day of
the fall
and spring semesters.
The
'W'
may be granted upon the student's written request by the deadline,
regardless
of whether or not the student is passing the course. Once the 6
'W's have
been used
however, the student must complete all courses he or she is enrolled in
regardless of academic performance.
This
new policy is in alignment with
standards now in effect
at peer institutions to the University of Houston.
For
further information, see the policy and FAQs at
http://www.uh.edu/provost/stu/6-Ws_faq_stu.html
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Student
Handbook
Staff Handbook
Graduate Catalog
Undergraduate
Catalog
S.A.M.s
and M.A.P.P.s
(System Administrative
Memoranda and
Manual of Administrative
Policies &
Procedures)
Documents
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