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Upcoming Events
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Department of Modern & Classical Languages Summer Program in China Tuesday, July 5 Sunday, August 7 Location: Beijing Contact: 713-743-8350 or xwen@uh.edu |
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High School Workshop: Houston Shakespeare Festival Summer Conservatory July 23 August 8
Price: $800 for commuter students, $1,250 for residential students
Contact: kpowdrell@fisdk12.net |
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Houston Shakespeare Festival: Othello Friday, July 29 and 31 and Aug. 2, 4 and 6. All performances at 8:30 p.m. Location: Miller Outdoor Theater Price:Free. Open seating on the hill. Covered seat tickets available (4 per person) at the theatre box office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30 a.m. - 1p.m. Contact: 281-373-3386 |
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Houston Shakespeare Festival: The Taming of the Shrew Friday, July 29 and 31 and Aug. 2, 4 and 6. All performances at 8:30 p.m. Location: Miller Outdoor Theater Price: Open seating on the hill. Covered seat tickets available (4 per person) at the Theatre box office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30am-1p.m. Contact: 281-373-3386 |
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Dean’s Night at the Houston Shakespeare Festival featuring Othello Thursday, August 4; 8:30 p.m. Location: Miller Outdoor Theater Price: Open seating on the hill. Covered seat tickets available (4 per person) at the Theatre box office the day of the performance between the hours of 10:30am-1p.m. Contact: 281-373-3386 |
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Summer Writing Institute: For rising high school seniors and incoming college freshmen August 8 -11; 9 a.m. 12 p.m.. Location: Miller Outdoor Theater Price: $450 (all materials provided) |
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UH Arts Open House Tuesday, August 23, 2011; 3:00 - 6:00 p.m. Location: UH Arts Quadrangle (Entrance 16 off of Cullen Blvd.), University of Houston Price: Free Contact: www.mitchellcenterforarts.org for more information |
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Pursuing the Priceless: Stolen Art, Investigation and the Law by Robert Wittman, former senior investigator of the FBI’s national art crime team and author of the New York Times bestseller Priceless Thursday, September 8, 2011; 7:00 p.m. Location: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Price: $10 Contact: www.blafferartmuesuem.org
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Media Archeology Festival: Rewind Play Fast Forward Thursday, September 15 Saturday September 17 Location: Price: Free Contact: aurorapictureshow.org |
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Dear Readers,
Welcome to the August issue of CLASS, the College’s monthly update of news and events.
At the University, we are gearing up to welcome the largest and most academically-prepared entering class in our history. As students have come on campus for summer orientation, it has become very clear that they are also some of the most enthusiastic and energetic that we have admitted.
In the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, we are excited about working with these new students to make them the most successful class in the history of the University. Our goal is to provide them with academic options and opportunities that will allow them to set and achieve goals that will lead to a timely graduation.
For instance, students entering as freshmen this year will have the option of participating in a course scheduling program called Learning Communities. Composed of students who have chosen to take a number of core courses together during the first semester, Learning Communities allow members to get to know each other, form study groups, and create the kinds of bonds that enrich the academic and social experience at UH.
Other students will appreciate the options available in meeting specific core requirements. In English, for instance, a larger number of students will be able to fulfill their second-level writing requirement in courses offered in a hybrid/studio format. This highly successful option for strengthening student writing was initially offered last year as part of a small pilot. The hybrid version of the course combines intensive interactive online instruction with once-a-week in-class meetings.
In the large sections of the required American history and political sciences courses, students will be able to take advantage of the Core Teaching Fellows program. This program provides additional assistance to undergraduate students who are experiencing difficulty in large lecture classes. Through it, students have the option of working with advanced doctoral students in smaller groups both on course content and study skills to improve their performance and success rate in these large lecture formatted classes.
These initiatives reveal one of the reasons that the Princeton Review considers UH one of America’s top universities for undergraduate education. Our goal is student success!
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Getting started: Academic advising for incoming student
College's Office of Academic Advising assists incoming freshmen before first day of classes.
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Class of 2015 is not just a name for this year's incoming freshman class - it's a goal the College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences wants to help its students achieve.
But graduating with a bachelor's degree four years after starting college is no longer a straightforward task for most students. Oftentimes work obligations, misguided major selection and other obstacles detour students from the path of completing their coursework in the shortest amount of time possible. Read more.
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