Short Takes

March 5, 2019 | Jim Townsend

UHCL Open House March 23 for prospective students

Future students and their families are invited to University of Houston-Clear Lake’s Open House on Saturday, March 23 from 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. Whether you’re ready to apply to UHCL for the upcoming semester or you’re just seeking general information, the event will allow you to meet with faculty and staff, tour the campus, get financial aid information, receive on-the-spot admissions and more.

Check-in is 10:30 a.m. followed by several activities to choose from:

10:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m.:   On-the-spot admissions drop-off. Be sure to bring your official transcripts and pertinent test scores. Not all academic programs are eligible. For details, visit www.uhcl.edu/admissions/events/open-house.

• 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.:  Resource Fair
• 10:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.: Apply for admissions
• 11 a.m.: campus tour
• 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.: MBA Mixer
• 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.: University Forest Apartment tour

From 11:35 a.m. – noon, choose one of these sessions to learn more about

• admissions deadlines and requirements.
• what it takes to become a graduate student at UH-Clear Lake.
• financial aid and scholarships.

At noon, tour the campus and its 524-acre wildlife and nature habitat, or take the STEM lab tour.  From 12:30 – 2 p.m., pick up your on-the-spot admissions decision. Then from 12:35 – 1 p.m., choose one of these sessions to learn more about:

• UHCL’s new residence hall, to open fall 2019.
• student organizations and campus activities.
• on-campus health and wellness services.

From 1:05 – 1:30 p.m., choose between these sessions to learn about:

• orientation and new student programs.
• financial aid and scholarships.
• current job trends and what careers you can pursue with a UHCL degree.
• student organizations and campus activities.
• First-Generation Scholars Program.

Wrap up the day with a campus tour at 1:30 p.m., drop off evaluations at 2 p.m.

Registration is recommended. To register, visit www.uhcl.edu/admissions/visit/.

CADD lecture on advocating for your students’ needs 

University of Houston-Clear Lake Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities’ Community Speaker Series continues Saturday, March 23 with a lecture on how to advocate for special education students’ school needs. All parents, educators, professionals, and community members are welcome.

The lecture is 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. in the Garden Room of UH-Clear Lake’s Bayou Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston. The cost is free with lunch provided by the Bill and Helen Crowder Foundation. Parking is in Student Lot D. Educators can earn CEUs.

Registration is required. To register, visit the CADD online. 

Physics Lecture Series: memory, learning, biomolecules

Margaret Cheung, professor of physics, chemistry and computer science at University of Houston, will explain the physics of memory and learning from the perspective of biomolecules on March 25 at UH-Clear Lake’s spring Physics Lecture Series.

Cheung’s lecture is on the binding mechanisms of proteins in the brain’s neuronal cells. Her research focuses on protein folding inside a cell, calmodulin-dependent calcium signaling, protein motors, actomyosin dynamics, and quantum efficiency in organic photovoltaics.

Cheung is the Moores Professor of Physics at UH. She graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and received her doctorate in physics from the University of California, San Diego. Cheung carried out theoretical biological physics and bioinformatics research as a Sloan Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland and started her lab at UH in 2006. Cheung is a fellow of the American Physical Society, a senior scientist at the Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, and an adjunct professor of bioengineering at Rice University.

The lecture series is 7 p.m. each Monday through April 29 in room 1203 of the STEM and Classroom Building, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston. The lectures are free. If pursuing continuing-education credits, each lecture is $15; any three lectures is $40; the entire series is $99. To register or for more information, go to http://bit.ly/uhcl-physics-lectures.