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Welcome to the University of Houston Faculty Senate

Welcome to the pages of the UH Faculty Senate website. Here, we hope you will find the informational resources you are looking for. Our goal when developing and managing this website is to bring under one umbrella a variety of links and resources that might impact the day-to-day work of a faculty member. Of course, we wish to also provide information on the workings of the faculty senate itself and on all the proceedings and documents related to the various senate committees. In that sense, the senate website is designed to be both “outward-looking,” that is, a resource for UH faculty and “inward-looking,” that is, a resource for faculty senators.

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Featured Events

Weekly Top 5

  • 1. May 1 Happens This Week. Are You Trained?

    Ongoing – As of May 1, 2025, the Department of Energy requires anyone who has a significant role in a funding application (think PI, project director, etc.) to have completed Research Security Training within the past 12 months. This training consists of four modules, each about an hour long. It is available through CITI. And while you may think that you are not applying for a DOE NOFO and don’t need this, everyone anticipates that other agencies will soon require the same training. So, you should probably put it on your calendar. For more information on the DoE’s funding opportunities, click HERE.

  • 2. See Student Work on the Stage

    April 25-27 (various) – This weekend is the time for the 12th annual 10-Minute New Play Festival. These performances will feature some of the best new work from the Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts B.F.A. playwrights.  The 10-Minute New Play Festival is in the School of Theatre and Dance Studio 208. Tickets start at $15 and can be purchased at the KGMCA Box Office. For more information, including performance times, click HERE. Or you contact the box office at kgmcaboxofice@uh.edu.

  • 3. Grade Better and Faster with Delicious Drinks

    Apr. 30 & May 2 (various) – Starbucks and UH Dining Services are offering two tasty drink special events this week. First, on Wednesday Starbucks in Student Center South will have a Fair Trade Coffee Sampling from 10:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. The goal of Fairtrade is to promote ethical practices to support farmers and workers and prevent a downward spiral due to buyers undercutting a product’s value in sale and supporting safe working conditions.  If coffee isn’t your thing, or you like more than one beverage, then head over to Cougar Woods Dining Commons next Friday for Lemonade Lounge from 11:00 A.M. – 2:00 P. M. Lemonade Lounge means that you can sample a variety of flavors (or mix them together) to make a yummy springtime favorite refresher with your lunch.

  • 4. Simple Syllabus Switching Support

    Apr. 28 (11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M.) – Now that the heavy lifting of the semester is over, you may realize that Simple Syllabus is right around the corner. As we make the change, having training and support with document creation and interfacing with Canvas will be important. This training, provided by Brian Gharala of Faculty and Departmental Instructional Support will be a great start. You can register for Monday’s event HERE. Or see the calendar of all FDIS trainings, including more Simple Syllabus events HERE. And, there are plenty of other Canvas resources available for faculty. Just Click.

  • 5. Summer Means Travel, So Keep Up Your Security

    Apr. 30 (12:00 P.M. – 1:00 P. M.) – Summer means vacations, data collection, and learning abroad trips. (Shout out to my fellow LA leaders!) It also means increased need for diligence with care of devices and data. Representatives from the Offices of Compliance and Ethics and Risk Management and Compliance are hosting the International Travel and Export Control Workshop. Participants will receive information about securing devices and data while traveling abroad, understanding export control regulation, and completing the international travel form (accurately). This hour could potentially save you lots of headaches. HERE is the easy link. Take things a step further and use the Digital Spring Cleaning Guide found on the Administration and Finance site to solve other electronic problems before they even happen.