Registrations open for UHCL youth summer camps
April 04, 2019 | Jim Townsend
From fishing to photography, robotics to rockets – whatever your school-age child’s interests – you’re likely to find something for them to do this summer at one of University of Houston-Clear Lake’s summer camps. Registrations are now being taken.
Bayou Theater to present Grammy winners Max Baca and Los Texmaniacs
April 03, 2019 | UHCL Staff
Max Baca and Los Texmaniacs is a Grammy Award-winning Tejano band that loves to perform at colleges and universities. The group will be playing its unique blend of music, with elements of jazz, rock and roll, German-influenced waltzes and polka at University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Bayou Theater on April 26 at 7:30 p.m.
Alum's legacy of giving stimulates community, access to education
April 02, 2019 | George Mattingly II
As a financial expert, Michael Landolt knows the power of investing in not only business, but in people. When he and his wife, Ann, established a scholarship endowment at UHCL, they ensured that students in the area got access to higher education with a lower burden of cost.
Public, practitioners invited to symposium
April 02, 2019 | UHCL Staff
Mental health professionals will explore ethics, multicultural issues, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders and more during the 29th Annual Emily G. Sutter Symposium for Mental and Behavioral Health Friday, April 12, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m., at University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston.
New parking option takes Hawks to new heights
April 01, 2019 | UHCL Staff
In an effort to meet the needs of the growing campus at University of Houston-Clear Lake, parking spaces are being added to building rooftops in the next academic year...APRIL FOOLS.
Omani ambassador returns to UHCL, plans conference on energy, environment
March 29, 2019 | UHCL Staff
The Sultanate of Oman has chosen University of Houston-Clear Lake to be the location of a conference to discuss topics related to energy and environmental affairs to be held Oct 23. Her Excellency Ambassador Hunaina Sultan Ahmed Al Mughairy, who is also chair of the Sultan Qaboos Cultural Center, visited UH-Clear Lake’s campus on March 6 to discuss preliminary plans for the conference with university officials and faculty.
Social work students, faculty hold vigil for New Zealand shooting victims
March 27, 2019 | UHCL Staff
Each year in March, University of Houston-Clear Lake seniors nearing completion of their bachelor of science social work commemorate National Professional Social Work month by disseminating information about their chosen profession. One of the core values of social work is social justice. In light of the March 15 slayings of 50 worshiping Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand, the students and faculty felt it was important to respond. On March 18, they responded with a vigil.
Student publication takes seven national and 10 state awards
March 27, 2019 | Jim Townsend
University of Houston-Clear Lake’s student-run digital publication The Signal won a total of 17 awards for work produced during the 2018 scholastic year, including seven national awards from Columbia Scholastic Press Association and 10 state awards from the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association.
Behavioral sciences, cross-cultural studies, sociology students accepted into doctoral programs
March 26, 2019 | UHCL Staff
Monica Adams is among four students from University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Department of Social and Cultural Sciences who have been accepted in doctoral programs around the country. Adams, who will graduate this summer with her master’s in behavioral science, has been accepted to three doctoral programs and is awaiting the response from a fourth.
Short Takes
March 26, 2019 | Jim Townsend
Keep up with events and activities at UH-Clear Lake with Short Takes, a weekly preview of upcoming events.
Twenty UHCL principals-to-be take new certification exam, all pass
March 25, 2019 | UHCL Staff
When the Texas Education Agency changed its requirements for principals-to-be from a Principal Certification to the Principal as Instructional Leader Certification, candidates across Texas were offered the opportunity to take the new pilot examination. University of Houston-Clear Lake’s program faculty made this opportunity available to each candidate in the program. Twenty UH-Clear Lake students took the test, and all passed.
Psych professor to research biases toward sufferers of substance abuse with research endowment
March 25, 2019 | George Mattingly II
University of Houston-Clear Lake Assistant Professor of Psychology Christine Walther will explore biases toward people who suffer from substance abuse as this year's honoree for the Marilyn Mieszkuc Professorship in Women’s Studies, an annual endowment that supports faculty research across a variety disciplines that involve gender issues.