University of Houston-Clear Lake

UHCL prof presents paper at international conference

November 13, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Dilani Perera-Diltz, associate professor of counseling at University of Houston-Clear Lake, will present a paper titled, “Using Mindfulness Techniques to Promote Culturally Affluent Engagement” at a conference in Kingston, Jamaica on Nov. 13-16.

Alumna empowers Hawks with contributions to student, STEM scholarships

November 09, 2018 | George Mattingly II

Knowing firsthand the impact of the UHCL education, alumna Denise Navarro is helping to put the dream of higher education within reach for students by giving back to student scholarships.

Army was only a minor interruption in pursuit of UHCL student's major

November 09, 2018 | UHCL Staff

When Nikki Milutin was a junior at University of Houston-Clear Lake back in 2011, she decided to join the U.S. Army. She hoped to put off going on active duty until she completed her senior year, but was offered a job that wouldn’t wait for her. Since then, Milutin, her husband and two older children have moved four times and added two more children to their family. But she never gave up on completing her degree and at long last, she will graduate with a bachelor’s in psychology in December.

UHCL alumna brings autism services to Saudi Arabia

November 09, 2018 | UHCL Staff

University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities is highly acclaimed for its success in supporting families and children who have an autism spectrum diagnosis. CADD Research Associate Loukia Tsami provides telehealth autism services to families of children with autism in Texas and internationally. Tsami has been working with UHCL alumna Sarah Al-Saleh, who completed her master’s in psychology in 2016. Al-Saleh is currently employed at the Prince Mohammad Bin Sultan Military Medical City in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where she works with children on the autism spectrum.

Short Takes

November 08, 2018 | Jim Townsend

Keep up with events and activities at UH-Clear Lake with Short Takes, a weekly preview of upcoming events.

Education helps student find his purpose, transforms life

November 07, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Although Christopher Montez spent many years of his life incarcerated, he decided not to let his past define his future and began working on completing his education. He is currently completing the master’s degree in humanities that he began in University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Academics for Offenders program, which offers classes through the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the W.F. Ramsey Unit in Rosharon, Texas.

UHCL Pearland Campus to offer master's in engineering management

November 06, 2018 | UHCL Staff

Targeting working professionals in the field of engineering and science, University of Houston-Clear Lake Pearland Campus is offering a master of science in engineering management beginning spring 2019. The engineering management degree, says Ki-Young Jeong, program chair and associate professor of engineering management, has one of the highest domestic student enrollments in UH-Clear Lake’s College of Science and Engineering.