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October 2024 Newsletter

Jessica Winters - Friday, September 27, 2024
 General   Events 
  OCTOBER 2024

UHD Northwest Homecoming Events:

UHD Northwest Homecoming Bash

Date: Wednesday, October 23rd
Time: 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Location: B12. UHD NW 3rd floor
Food, Games, UHD License Plates

UHD Northwest Diapers & Wipes Drive

Monday, October 21st through October 25th
Time: 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Location: UHD Northwest Office, B12.201
Donate 3 packs of baby wipes and get a stuffed gator. Donate a pack of diapers for a chance to win a UHD Stanley. All donations will be given to the LSC-UP Care Center.

Celebrating our UHD NW Professors

🔆Dr. Bernardo Pohl
Assistant Chair for Graduate Studies - Urban Education
Associate Professor of Urban Education

💮Professor Catalina Lugo
Lecturer of Urban Education

🔆Dr. Daniel Perez Liston
Assistant Professor of Finance

💮Dr. Jesus Juan Amezcua
Adjunct Professor of Accounting

🔆Dr. Suzanne Mercado
Adjunct Clinical Coach of Urban Education

💮Professor Vanessa Reyes
Adjunct Professor of Urban Education 

 
Check out the UHD Northwest Instagram for fun facts about some of your professors!!!

Teacher Candidacy Application Deadline

Spring 2025 (Spring Start) October 15th

 

Instructions to Complete the Urban Education Teacher Candidacy Application can be found HERE

For any questions, Contact Director Patricia Siller, Ed.D. at sillerescuderop@uhd.edu 

Hey Gators!

We’re excited to celebrate National Transfer Student Week this October and want to highlight YOU!

We want to feature UHD Northwest students on our Facebook and Instagram during NTSW. Please send us your name, a photo of yourself, the school you transferred from, and the degree you're pursuing at UHD by October 17, 2024, to wintersje@uhd.edu. We can’t wait to showcase your journey as part of the UHD family!

Lone Star College Alerts

LSC provides updates through email and text messages via the LoneStarCollegeAlert system. You can sign up for LSC Alerts to learn what's happening on campus. The safety of our students, faculty, and staff remains our #1 priority.
 https://services.lonestar.edu/safezone/. 

Mark Your Calendars: 50th Anniversary Events

 

President's Lecture Series Bradford Thomason ('04 English) Butterfly in the Sky
October 2, 2024 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m
A300, ACADEMIC BUILDING

UHD REMEMBERS FLOYD NEWSUM 
October 8, 2024 | 4 -5:30 p.m.
Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium

UHD 50th Anniversary Gala
October 12, 2024 | 7 p.m. 
Hilton Americas-Houston,1600 Lamar Street

UHD's 50th Anniversary Homecoming Week
October 21-26, 2024
UHD Calendar of Events

ACADEMIC CALANDER 

Classes Dates 
Regular Academic Session
August 19, 2024                               First Class Day                                                                       
November 26, 2024  Last Class Day
December 3-9, 2024 Final Exam
Eight Week- One 
August 19, 2024                                 First Class Day                                                                         
October 4, 2024 Last Class Day
October 5, 2024 Final Exam
Eight Week - Two
October 7, 2024                                 First Class Day                                                                         
November 22, 2024 Last Class Day
November 23, 2024 Final Exam
 
Important Semester Dates
October 14, 2024                                 Official Day of Record/Census Date                                       
November 27, 2024 Grades available in myUHD after 12 noon
December 9, 2024 Official Close of Fall term
 
GRADUATION APPLICATION DATE
April 1 - September 4, 2024                    Fall Graduation Application                                             
 
Holidays
September 2, 2024                          Labor Day Holiday, University closed                                         
November 27, 2024 No classes, University open until 5 p.m.
November 28-30, 2024 Thanksgiving Holidays, University closed 
December 23, 2024 -
January 1, 2025		 Winter Holidays, University closed
 

 

The UHD Basic Needs Center strives to strengthen and empower students by connecting them with on-campus and community resources such as housing, food, clothing, transportation, and financial assistance. The center specializes in solution-based resources and support specifically for students currently attending the University of Houston-Downtown. Please stop by the Basic Needs Center if you or anyone you know is in need of assistance or seeking resources!​

UHD Northwest

20515 State Highway 249
Building 12 201
Houston, TX 77070
UHDNW@uhd.edu
713-237-5400