May 2012 News Update

Dear Readers,

Welcome to the May issue of CLASS, the College's monthly update of news and events.

The University holds its spring commencement on May 11 in the Hofheinz Pavilion. This year's graduating class is expected to be one of the largest in the history of the University, and CLASS will contribute more than thirteen hundred to the final number.

For graduating seniors, commencement is one of the proudest moments in their lives, and I congratulate them on their wonderful accomplishments. As dean, I take this opportunity to share with them my three favorite pieces of "dean-ly" wisdom.

First and foremost, don't let your post-UH life become a post-CLASS life. When you chose a major in CLASS, you chose to come to the college that taught you not only how, but why—and not only why, but why not. That kind of thinking will never go out of style, and it's transferable from one endeavor to another. That's especially important these days, when labor experts are predicting that college graduates will change careers—not jobs, but careers—up to five times before retirement.

My second piece of wisdom is this: as you move through your careers, remember, as Winston Churchill once said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." Right away, get into the habit of giving. Until you can support your favorite worthy cause with your pocketbook, volunteer your time to it. Remember that the three things we crave most in life—happiness, freedom, and peace of mind—are always attained by giving them to someone else.

And that brings me to my last pearl of wisdom. The minute you get your UH diploma, begin to keep two on-going life lists. One of them should be entitled "This Is What Matters to Me." The other one should be labeled "This Is How I Spend My Time." Then, make it your ambition to align the first list with the second. Make your time matter! Remember that today is a gift. That's why it's called "the present."

Best wishes for much success.

Throughout the month:

• The School of Art presents the 34th Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition free and open to the public
  Now – May 12; Gallery hours: noon - 6 p.m., Tuesday - Saturday
  Location: DiverseWorks Art Space, 117 E. Freeway, Houston, 77002
  For more information, go to: http://diverseworks.org

• The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts presents the Insight|Out Festival free and open to the public 

• Scoot-In, a drive-in film event featuring short-length films and videos about two-wheelers
  Saturday, May 19; 8 p.m. 
  Location: Sesquicentennial Park, 500 block of Preston St (between Bagby and Smith)

• Stephan Koplowitz: TaskForce – Natural Acts in Artificial Water, 45-minute performance event featuring 16 local professional dancers that physically and visually animates the entire water park
  Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 20; 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
  Location: Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, 2800 Post Oak Blvd

• Seven in the Third, a site-specific chamber music performance composed by Austin-based composer Travis Weller spread across seven historic row houses
  Sunday, May 20; 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
  Location: Project Row Houses, 2505 – 2521 Holman St., Houston

For more information, go to: http://www.mitchellcenterforarts.org/insightout/

APRIL 29 - MAY 5

• Exhibition: un/seen: final projects Collaboration Among the Arts students
  Tuesday, May l; 6 – 9  p.m.
  Location: Box 13 ArtSpace, 6700 Harrisburg Blvd., Houston
  Price: Free
  Contact: 713 743 5749 or nclaurent@uh.edu

• Deadline: Boldface Conference for Emerging Writers registration deadline
  Friday, May 4
  Location: Online registration at http://boldfaceconference.com/register
  Price: Conference registration fee is $100.  Individual consultations with visiting writers as well as on-campus housing are availalble for an additional cost.
  Contact: Zack Bean, the Boldface Conference Administrator, at zmagicbean@hotmail.com

• Fundraiser: African American Studies Program’s 7th Scholarship Banquet
  Friday, May 4; 6:00 p.m.
  Location: Waldorf Astoria Ballroom, UH Hilton Hotel
  Price: $100 per person
  Contact: Irene Ray at 713-743-2811 or iray2@uh.edu

• First Friday Poetry Reading: Evangelina Vigil Pinon presented by Inprint
  Friday, May 4; 8:30 p.m.
  Location: Inprint House, 1520 West Main,  one block south of the Menil Collection, one block east of Mandell, in the Museum District of Houston
  Price: Free
  Contact: Robert Clark, who may be e-mailed at houstonfirstfri@aol.com

• Public Poetry: Featuring Creative Writing Ph.D. alumna Robin Reagler, School of Art – Painting alumna Arielle Masson and Creative Writing MFA candidate Eric Ekstrand
  Saturday, May 5; 2 p.m.
  Location: Jungman Neighborhood Library, 5830 Westheimer, Houston, 77057
  Price: Free
  Contact: 832-393-1313

MAY 6 - 12

• Fundraiser: Classical Minds Fundraiser Recital featuring students from the Classical Minds Guitar Institute
  Sunday, May 6; 5 p.m.
  Location: Dudley Recital Hall in the Fine Arts Building, Entrance 16 off Cullen Boulevard
  Price: $20 general public, $18 Guild Members and $15 for students/seniors
  Contact: Valerie Hartzell 907-231-1109 or valeriehartzell@yahoo.com

• visvidfest: 4th annual student film festival
  Wednesday – Friday, May 9 -11
  Location: Screenings in the Visualization Theater in the Texas Learning & Computation Center, Philip Guthrie Hoffman Hall
  Price: Free
  Contact: www.tlc2.uh.edu/visvidfest

• Pre-commencement Reception: Spring 2012 graduating class
  Friday, May 11; 7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
  Location: O'Quinn Great Hall of the Alumni Center on Cullen Boulevard
  Contact: http://www.uh.edu/class/students/commencement/index.php#q1

• Commencement: Spring 2012 graduating class
  Friday, May 11; 9:00 a.m.
  Location: Hofheinz Pavilion on Cullen Boulevard
  Contact: http://www.uh.edu/class/students/commencement/index.php#q1

• Lecture: "Primarily Murray" features the perspective of Richard Murray, Bob Lanier Professor of Urban Public Policy, on the 2012 U.S. presidential primary races. Presented by the Houston Seminar.
  Thursday, May 10; 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
  Location: Briar Club, 2603 Timmons Ln., Houston, 77027
  Price: $25
  Contact: 713- 666-9000

MAY 13 -19

• Insight|Out Festival:  Scoot-In, a drive-in film event featuring short-length films and videos about two-wheelers
  Saturday, May 19; 8 p.m. 
  Location: Sesquicentennial Park, 500 block of Preston St (between Bagby and Smith)
  Price: Free
  Contact: http://www.mitchellcenterforarts.org/insightout/

• Insight|Out Festival: Stephan Koplowitz: TaskForce – Natural Acts in Artificial Water, 45-minute performance event featuring 16 local professional dancers that physically and visually animates the entire water park
  Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 20; 2 p.m. and 4 p.m.
  Location: Gerald D. Hines Waterwall Park, 2800 Post Oak Blvd
  Price: Free
  Contact: http://www.mitchellcenterforarts.org/insightout/

MAY 20 - 26

• Insight|Out Festival: Seven in the Third, a site-specific chamber music performance composed by Austin-based composer Travis Weller spread across seven historic row houses
  Sunday, May 20; 12 p.m. and 3 p.m.
  Location: Project Row Houses, 2505 – 2521 Holman St., Houston
  Price: Free
  Contact: http://www.mitchellcenterforarts.org/insightout/

   

Summer Events

• The Moores School of Music presents the Immanuel & Helen Olshan Texas Music Festival
  Monday, June 4 – Sunday, July 1
  For the full schedule of events and ticket prices, go to http://www.class.uh.edu/music/texasmusicfestival/index.html

• The School of Theatre & Dance presents the Houston Shakespeare Festival
  Friday, August 3 – Sunday, August 12; 8:30 p.m.
  For the full schedule of events, go to http://www.houstonfestivalscompany.com/hsf/index.html

 

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