| Start Date and Time | Event Details | Location |
| Wednesday, May 16, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | Makeup exam in lab
Could you please reserve room B-210 (if not available, any other labs such as B-204, B206, or B-208) in the Shea building. | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | MTS: Telephone Billing Reports
This training is for those who will be printing the monthly telephone bills for their departments. | |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | MTS: Telephone Billing Reports
This training is for those who will be printing the monthly telephone bills for their departments. | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Grade Center
Would you like to make grades available to students online? The Blackboard Grade Center is a great way to give your students up-to-date information on how well they’re doing in your course. | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Staff Council Meeting
Monthly Staff Council Meeting | |
| 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM | Division Directors Meeting
Monthly Meeting with Dr.Montgomery | |
| 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | UE CPDT Board Meeting
Urban Education Center for Professional Dev. of Teachers Board Meeting | |
| Thursday, May 17, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | MTS: Telephone Billing Reports
This training is for those who will be printing the monthly telephone bills for their departments. | |
| 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM | AAMMP Luncheon
Luncheon for the AAMMP Mentors and Mentees to celebrate acdemic achievements and to gather to celebrate another successful semester of the program. | |
| 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM | MTS: Telephone Billing Reports
This training is for those who will be printing the monthly telephone bills for their departments. | |
| 11:30 AM - 2:30 PM | National Dream Act Day
National Dream Act Day | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Brown Bag Lunch and Learn
UHD Staff Council invites you to a Brown Bag Lunch and Learn on January 26th, 12 noon - 1 pm in the Special Events Center. UHD has an exciting new marketing campaign! Be one of the first to hear the details about this campaign that brags about our student success stories and the ‘Major Opportunity’ students find at UHD. Come with your lunch and learn all about this new, exciting university project. Free Drinks and cookies will be provided. | |
| 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Staff Council Lunch and Learn
Location: One Main Building, N1099
Cost: free
Open to UHD staff. | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Survey Monkey
Online surveys can easily be created using free tools on the Internet. Learn how to create them and gather data from them in this session. | |
| 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM | PLM Certificate Course
2012 PLM Certification classes | |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | UHD Presents Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green
Location: Discovery Green, Downtown Houston
Cost: Free
Open to the public. | |
| Friday, May 18, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM | PLM Certificate Course
2012 PLM Certification classes | |
| 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM | Communication Tools
Come join us as we discuss different techniques for communicating with your students in the new Blackboard. We will discuss the difference between Mail and Messages, the Calendar Tool, and using Chat. We will also discuss the Notifications Dashboard and Announcements. | |
| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | WorkStudy Financial Meeting
Financial Aid Meeting with work study and front counter staff. | |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | ESO training
ESO staff development training for IT | |
| Saturday, May 19, 2012 |
| 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 16th Annual Sports & Fitness Awards Banquet
Location: One Main Street, Special Events Room, Third Floor, Academic Building
Tickets: $10, includes dinner and celebration
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| 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM | 16th Annual Sports & Fitness Awards Banquet
The Sports & Fitness Awards Banquet is one of UHD’s oldest and best traditions. The annual event is held in May at which participants are recognized for outstanding involvement and contributions to the program. Outstanding participants from intramural sports, club sports and the various fitness programs are recognized before students, faculty, staff, family and friends. The ceremony includes a dinner and an entertaining awards ceremony. Attendees are encouraged to purchase their tickets early as this premiere event sells out quickly. | |
| Monday, May 21, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | CJTC Instructor Meeting
Criminal Justice Training Center Instructor Meeting | |
| 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM | Campus Tour
Students from Robert E. Lee High School will be touring the UHD campus. | |
| 8:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Campus Tour
Students from Robert E. Lee High School will be touring the UHD campus. | |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | Admin & Finance Bi-Weekly Staff Meeting
Administration & Finance Bi-Weekly Staff Meeting | |
| 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Getting Started & Course Content
In this training we will be adding files, action links, creating folders, and navigating Blackboard. This session is designed for faculty members who want to learn how to optimize the organizational tools offered by Blackboard. | |
| Tuesday, May 22, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM | Campus Tour
Students from Paterson Elementary will be touring the UHD campus. | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Center For Retail Management Webinars
Webinars with guest speakers for the COB Center for Retail Management Director and the Retail Management Certification Program | |
| 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Turnitin & GradeMark
Concerned about plagiarism in your courses? Try Turnitin, an anti-plagiarism web-based tool which is available to faculty and students through Blackboard. This session will give you hands-on experience in submitting papers as an instructor to determine percentages of possible plagiarism. The tool can also be used by students to check their own paper before submitting. GradeMark gives instructors the ability to provide feedback to students by enabling editorial highlights, custom comments, and QuickMark editing marks directly on the student papers. The grades will automatically feed to the Grade Center. | |
| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Summer Orientation
Summer Orientation | |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Campus Tour
Students will be touring the UHD campus. | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Tests
This course will cover the Blackboard Tests tool. Participants will learn how to create tests, including quizzes/exams, self-tests, and surveys. Specific topics include question pools, adding questions, test settings and managing grades. | |
| 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM | Enrollment Process Committee
Monthing Meeting with SSEM leaders and Dr.Montgomery | |
| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | K-20 Education/Industry/Business Development Council
K-20 Education/Industry/Business Development Council | |
| Thursday, May 24, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM | (Cancelled) MSME Annual Conference
Master of Security Management for Executives Annual Conference | |
| 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Grade Center
Would you like to make grades available to students online? The Blackboard Grade Center is a great way to give your students up-to-date information on how well they’re doing in your course. | |
| 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM | UHD Presents Thursday Concerts at Discovery Green
Location: Discovery Green, Downtown Houston
Cost: Free
Open to the public. | |
| Friday, May 25, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Adding a "Wow Factor" to your Blackboard Course
In this class you will learn how to change the appearance of your course by adding buttons, changing course colors, and adding custom headers to capture your students’ attention. | |
| Monday, May 28, 2012 |
| Memorial Day |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | MAT Recruitment Program Graduate Committee
MAT Recruitment Program Graduate Committee | |
| Tuesday, May 29, 2012 |
| 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM | ELI Chinese Delegation
ELI Chinese Delegation | |
| 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Campus Tour
Students from Shadydale Elementary School will be touring the UHD campus. | |
| 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | MAT Recruitment
UE Master of Art in Teaching Recruitiment Program Committee | |
| 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Assignments
This course covers the Blackboard Assignments tool. Participants will learn how to create, review, and grade assignments as submitted by students online. | |
