Please mark your calendars to attend one of two presentations on Wednesday, March 28, at 9-10:30 a.m. or 3-4:30 p.m., in the Bayou Building, Room B2512, to get an advance preview of UH-Clear Lake’s new marketing campaign.

Richards/Carlberg, UHCL’s new advertising agency, has developed the university’s creative marketing approach based on an intensive one-day branding workshop held in December with the school deans, associate vice presidents and other senior administrators and staff members. The collaborative efforts of both the university’s senior leaders and the agency’s team resulted in a brand promise that provides a strategic foundation for all future decisions related to the UHCL brand.

Please make plans to attend and learn more about this exciting new campaign!

In honor of Women’s History Month and in preparation for the 2012 Presidential Campaigns, IISS will be hosting a free screening of “Iron Jawed Angels” to recognize those who fought to give women a voice in our government. This movie details the story of Suffragette Alice Paul, Lucy Burns, and the National Women’s Party. The film will be followed by a discussion on the current women’s issues being addressed by the Presidential candidates. This discussion will be facilitated by attorney and adjunct professor, Ms. Ellen Lancaster. The event will be held tomorrow, Tuesday, March 20 at 5 pm in the Forest Room.

 If you have any questions please contact smithj@uhcl.edu. Also, your help in spreading the word about this event to your colleagues, friends, and students would be greatly appreciated. The event is open to the public and all are welcome.

Learn how to embrace change at “Who Moved My Cheese? Change Your Attitude About Change” the workshop presented by UH-Clear Lake Student Life Program Assistant Patrick Lawrence Cardenas.

Based on the best-selling book “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spenser Johnson, this workshop addresses changes in life and work and how to spend your time finding what you want.

This workshop is sponsored by the Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement. For more information, visit http://www.uhcl.edu/SLI, call Assistant Director of Student Life Jennifer Clark at 281-283-2611 or email clarkjen@uhcl.edu.

The workshop takes place Thursday, March 22 at 5 pm to 7 pm at the UHCL, Student Services and Classroom Building, Room 3303.

The Carnival Masks of the Dominican Republic is a mask making presentatation.  The mask makers will demonstrate how the carnival clay masks are made, the meaning, symbols and traditions found in different parts in Latin America.

 Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Bayou Building (Forest Room 1418)

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Presented by Carnival Connections

Sponsored by IISS & Hispanics Advancing Culture, Education & Roots (HACER) Student Org.

Contact: Imelda Estrada at 281.283.3373 or Estrada@uhcl.edu

Collection starts now and will end April 17^th. We need all the faculty, staff and student support we can get!

Currently, bins are placed in the following locations for collection:

-          Student Life Office

-          Alumni Office

-          SSCB Entrance

-          Patio Café Entrance

-          Bayou Building Entrance (coming from SSCB)

-          Outside SGA Office

-          Outside the Bookstore

-          Near the Police Department office

If you need a bin for your area of campus please don’t hesitate to ask!

Also, SGA is pleased to announce that the Student Organization who donates the most items will WIN a FREE tableat the Student Life Banquet on April 20^th. For tallying purposes, please place your items in a bag with your club name inside of the bag, so we know who you are. Or, you can bring the items to SGA meetings every Tuesday at 11:30 in the SSCB Lecture Hall.

We are happy to hold this event, involving both our on-campus and off-campus communities. We hope that you can participate to the greatest extent possible and help to feed the hungry.

Thanks for your help!

Shelbyville residents deal with the changing demographics of their town when they must interact with Muslim Somali refugees and Latino immigrants, adding to the strained racial history between the town’s African American and White Christian populations.

All university students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to visit the Community Service Fair and connect with over 20 non-profit agencies from the Houston and Galveston areas. This is a great opportunity to learn more about some of the major non-profits as well as some of the lesser-known agencies.

Those new to volunteering and a little unsure about the experience, consider the many benefits.

“Volunteering fosters a sense of pride in knowing you are giving selflessly of your time,” said Jennifer Clark, assistant director of Student Life –The Center for Student Leadership, Involvement and Community Engagement (SLICE). “You can learn so many valuable skills in teamwork and leadership, and it also connects you to your community.”

Some of the local agencies that will be attending include:

• Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees (PAIR) Houston
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Houston
• Krist Samaritan Center
• Resource and Crisis Center of Galveston County, Inc.
• Big Brothers, Big Sisters
• Bay Area Turning Point
• Moody Gardens
• Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center-Be the Match
• Baytown Habitat for Humanity , Inc. / Bay Area Houston Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
• Houston Food Bank

Galumpha, a performing group, combines acrobatics, visual effects, physical comedy and choreography to mix art and entertainment together in one show. The three performers, Andy Horowitz, Erin Stanley and Marlon Torres have, been featured on The Late Show with David Letterman, MTV, Showtime, A&E and more. The trio also won the Edinburgh Festival Critics’ Choice Award.

UHCL Cultural Arts brings Galumpha to UHCL tomorrow, Friday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 in the Bayou Theatre. Tickets are on pre-sale in student life for $12 general admission or $8 with a UHCL I.D. Tickets can also be purchased at the door for $15 or $10 with a UHCL I.D.

Watch a clip from a Galumpha performance by clicking on the link below.

Galumpha – Velcro from AWP on Vimeo.

UHCL is a smoking-restricted campus, where smoking is only permitted in certain designated smoking areas  This smoking policy was approved by University Council on February 14, 2008.

UHCL is in the process of improving the signage and lessening sudents’ confusion over where it is safe to light up and where it is prohibited.  Over the next few weeks, UHCL  plans to have all the designated smoking areas marked. The campus also plans to label several non-smoking areas that can be easily mistaken as designated smoking areas.

Designated smoking areas are located at each building, providing smokers a safe area to smoke. Receptacles (ash trays) are available at all of the designated smoking areas for smokers to properly dispose of cigarettes. Smokers should refrain from moving those receptacles out of the smoking areas.

All designated smoking areas will be labeled with a sign like this:

Photo provided by UHCL

 Signs  will also be added to all  UHCL entrances reminding students, faculty and visitors that UHCL  is a smoking-restricted campus.

 View a complete Campus Smoking Map that labels all designated smoking areas.