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June 11, 2024 MESSAGE FROM DEAN HORN All — Charles Bowden writes that “summertime is always the best of what might be.” I have been celebrating that idea as our Student Success team kicks off the next few months orienting new students and preparing them for the journey ahead. I notice with gratitude the many ways each of you, in every department and office, use your time and talent to support the success of others and nurture your own professional fulfillment. I hope that you can also hold space in these next few months for the important work of resting. Our minds and bodies and souls depend on it. Thank you for modeling excellence in the ways you care for others and yourself! Best,
Cathy Banner caption: The installation “Here” by artist Sarah Braman encouraged passersby on campus to slow down and experience the shifting light and color. MARK YOUR CALENDAR
- Emancipation Day (UH closed) – Wednesday, June 19.
- Independence Day (UH closed) – Thursday, July 4.
- COE Fall Kickoff Breakfast – Friday, Aug. 16. 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. UH Hilton. Invite to follow.
- First Day of Fall Classes – Monday, Aug. 19.
- Labor Day (UH closed) – Monday, Sept. 2.
- Submit an event to add to the MyCOE calendar.
OFFICE OF THE DEAN Advancement
- Please welcome Andrea Mitchen, our new director of alumni relations! Andrea has more than two decades of experience in higher education and student success, including her time at UH serving as assistant dean of students. Stop by the dean’s suite to say hello!
Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Belonging and Success
- The College will host our New Faculty Orientation on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
- I look forward to seeing everyone at the COE Welcome Back Breakfast on Friday, Aug. 16. We’ll welcome all our new hires, set intentions for the year, and celebrate our service, staff, teaching and research award winners. Please be sure you and your new hires have the calendar hold.
- With hurricane season in effect, UH advises that everyone sign up to receive text messages via the UH ALERT Emergency Notification System. This does NOT happen automatically – you must enter your cellphone number into the system. Follow these instructions to sign up for UH ALERT text messages.
Associate Dean for Student Belonging and Success
- Faculty Reminders
- With the beginning of summer sessions, it’s a good time to look at any “Incompletes” you may have issued during summer 2023. According to University policy, the grade of “I” must be changed WITHIN ONE YEAR of the date awarded, or the grade will be changed automatically to “F” or “U” (in S-U graded courses).
- Graduate Program Leads: Please work on updating your program handbooks for AY 24-25. Every graduate program should have an updated handbook on file with the Office of Graduate Student Success no later than Aug. 15. Find branded handbook covers on MyCOE/Communications.
- Student Success Updates
- Save the dates: Fall Graduate Student Orientation (Saturday, Aug. 10) and undergraduate Education Connection (Thursday, Aug. 15).
Business/Finance
- Important! All purchases must be made by the following deadlines to close out fiscal year 2024:
- June 21: Requisitions over $25K
- July 5: Requisitions below $25K
- July 12: P-Card purchases
- July 19: State purchase vouchers/travel cards
- July 26: Voucher submissions
- These deadlines are two weeks before the UH purchasing deadlines to allow our team enough time to process all necessary purchases. We appreciate your cooperation!
CITE Communications
- Help personalize our recruitment efforts! Suggest students or recent graduates to share their experiences and advice. Email name, program, PSID or contact info, and a little context to Ericka Mellon and Kathy Patnaude.
DEPARTMENTS Editor’s note: External grants are listed under Office of Research after they are officially logged in the UH system. For publications, additional authors are not included. Curriculum & Instruction Presentations/Conferences
- Susie Gronseth will present five sessions focused on goal-setting and formative feedback, Universal Design for Learning, and immersive simulation experiences at the International Conference on Education Quality at the University of Worcester.
Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Internal Grants
- Bradley Davis received an Elizabeth D. Rockwell Center Faculty Research Award and a UH Alternative Textbook Incentive Program award for open educational practices, both for 2024-25.
Publications
- Kristi Santi. “Establishing whole-school reading intervention practices for struggling adolescent readers,” Texas Study of Secondary Education. “The alternative to traditional college degree programs: Implications for a sustainable workforce,” Social Sciences and Humanities Open.
Awards/Honors/Notable
- Heather Dulas was selected for the IES Advanced Training Institute on Single-Case Methods.
Presentations/Conferences
- Heather Dulas presented on using job coaching to increase workplace social skills at the Council for Exceptional Children 2024 Convention and Expo.
Psychological, Health, & Learning Sciences Editor’s note: Reporting will resume in September. COE IN THE NEWS
- Check out the latest media clips, most recently featuring Duncan Klussmann (ELPS).
MEDIA RELEASES AND STORIES OFFICE OF RESEARCH Announcements
- Our office is accepting applications from faculty and doctoral students for gift cards to be used for research participant incentives. IRB approval of the study, including the use of gift cards, is required. Proof of cash handling training also is required before receiving the cards.
Awards
- Broadening Participation, Fostering Cultural Wealth, and Increasing Student Success Through an Undergraduate Research Training Program. National Science Foundation. $500,000 (incl. 55% IDC). Tiffany J. Davis (ELPS), co-PI; Detra Johnson (ELPS), other personnel.
Submissions
- Growing Licensing Opportunities for Bilingual Educators (G.L.O.B.E). Department of Education. $2,871,857 (57% IDC). Mikel Cole (CUIN), PI; Marédil León Cedeño (CUIN), Miao Li (CUIN), Shea Culpepper (CUIN), co-PIs; Virigina Snodgrass Rangel (ELPS), other personnel.
- The Achievement Gap between ELs and Non-ELs in Science Assessments. American Psychological Association. $8,500 (0% IDC). Jie Zhang (CUIN), PI; Haemin Kim (CUIN), other personnel.
Questions about the Dean’s Update? Email coecomm@uh.edu and emellon@uh.edu.
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