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Day in the life of archaeologists excavating an ancient site in Cyprus

July 16, 2018 | Sarah Costello

Day in the life of archaeologists excavating an ancient site in Cyprus

This is the third in a series of blog posts submitted by University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Associate Profess of Art History Sarah Costello, who is in Cyprus finalizing her ongoing work excavating and seriating Neolithic pottery at a unique site in the Dhiarizos Valley.)

Blog: Remarkable reliquary in cathedral in Cologne

July 13, 2018 | Sarah Costello

Blog: Remarkable reliquary in cathedral in Cologne

This is the second in a series of blog posts submitted by University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Associate Professor of Art History Sarah Costello, who is currently on a Rhine River cruise in Germany where she’s photographing cathedrals and other historic sites. She is en route to Cyprus, where she will finalize her ongoing work excavating and seriating Neolithic pottery at a unique site in the Dhiarizos Valley.

UHCL art history prof blogs on Rhine en route to Cypriot archaeological dig

July 10, 2018 | Sarah Costello

UHCL art history prof blogs on Rhine en route to Cypriot archaeological dig

For art history professors such as University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Associate Professor Sarah Costello, summer is a time for travel, research and study. En route to Cyprus, where she will participating in a dig funded by a faculty research support grant excavating and cataloging Neolithic pottery, Costello is currently on a Rhine River cruise, where she’s visiting and photographing cathedrals and other historic sites.

Two psych professors earn national recognition for teaching, service

July 05, 2018 | George Mattingly II

Two psych professors earn national recognition for teaching, service

Applied research in social justice issues in psychology is sometimes viewed as a departure from traditional study in the field. However, Professor of Psychology Kim Case, and Assistant Professor of Psychology Desdamona Rios believe it is critical to human development. Both University of Houston-Clear Lake professors are working to advance this area of study, and their efforts have earned them honors from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

UHCL College of Education offers new master's in clinical mental health counseling

July 03, 2018 | UHCL Staff

UHCL College of Education offers new master's in clinical mental health counseling

Interested in a career promoting mental health and social justice? University of Houston-Clear Lake has a new degree plan specifically aimed at graduate students who would like to become Licensed Professional Counselors: the Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, accepting enrollment in fall 2018.

Student sets goal to transform family therapy approach in Nigeria

June 26, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Student sets goal to transform family therapy approach in Nigeria

With her master of arts in marriage and family therapy, which she expects to receive from University of Houston-Clear Lake in spring 2019, she hopes to return to Nigeria and begin teaching and applying a completely different approach to the practice of healing damaged marriages.

Alumna shares journey from flight attendant to artist

June 25, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Alumna shares journey from flight attendant to artist

In the mid-1980s, Susan Budge moved to Houston to become a flight attendant and decided to take an art class at University of Houston-Clear Lake just to get access to a studio. She thought being a flight attendant would be good for her art career. She could just fly three days, and on her four off days, she could be in an art studio doing what she really wanted to do: ceramics. She got her wish and much more: She’s a 1987 UH-Clear Lake alumna, and her work is being displayed in the UHCL’s Art Gallery in the 2018 Clay Arts Museum and Educational Organization (CAMEO) Emerging Artists Show, which runs through Aug. 2.

UHCL artist connects with Santa Fe High School shooting victims through art

June 20, 2018 | UHCL Staff

UHCL artist connects with Santa Fe High School shooting victims through art

Just after the May 18 shooting rampage at Santa Fe High School that killed 10 and wounded 13 others, the community began looking for ways to express its shock and grief. University of Houston-Clear Lake senior art student McKenna Bailey found a way she felt she could adequately express her grief over the loss of life.

Where in the world? UHCL geography prof to teach in Jo'burg for a year

June 18, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Where in the world? UHCL geography prof to teach in Jo'burg for a year

Ever since he was a kid, Jeff Lash has felt the need to get out and discover the world firsthand. Being an explorer at heart seems to have worked in his favor, because now, as an associate professor of geography at University of Houston-Clear Lake, Lash has received the second Fulbright Award of his teaching career – this time to the University of Johannesburg in South Africa.

College of Education profs celebrate newly minted educators' entrance into profession

June 16, 2018 | UHCL Staff

College of Education profs celebrate newly minted educators' entrance into profession

Samantha Ruelas was one of over 80 University of Houston-Clear Lake teacher certification candidates who received her diploma on May 20 and participated in UH-Clear Lake’s first Teacher Induction Ceremony, held on May 16.

Kids in UHCL's summer art school learn about Omani cave paintings

June 15, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Kids in UHCL's summer art school learn about Omani cave paintings

Children enrolled in this summer’s Art School for Children program at University of Houston-Clear Lake will be celebrating the school’s 40th anniversary, but they’ll also be learning about art that came from halfway around the world and depicts the way people lived, worked and traveled to at least the late first millennium B.C.

Middle schoolers learn engineering process in first Hawk STEAM Academy

June 15, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Middle schoolers learn engineering process in first Hawk STEAM Academy

In a new summer science program geared toward middle school students, the Center for Educational Programs at University of Houston-Clear Lake is hosting two week-long Hawk STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math) Academy camps in which campers will work in research and development teams as they explore Newton’s laws of motion. Roger Rovekamp, a robotics engineer at Dexterous Robotics Laboratory at NASA Johnson Space Center, discussed the importance and various applications of robotics technology with nine student engineers at a lunch presentation on June 5.