COUGAR CALENDAR 2016-2017
UH TRADITIONS
COUGAR
THE
FIGHT
SONG
Cougars fight for dear old U of H For our Alma Mater cheer. Fight for Houston University For victory is near. When the going gets so rough and tough We never worry cause we got the stuff. So fight, fight, fight for red and white And we will go to victory. Lyrics: Forest Fountain Music: Marion Ford
THE
ALMA
MATER
All hail to thee, Our Houston University. Our hearts fill with gladness When we think of thee. We’ll always adore thee Dear old varsity. And to thy memory cherished, True we’ll ever be. Words and music by Harmony Class of 1942
START YOUR NEW YEAR WITH EXCITING EVENTS!
AUGUST 18 - SEPTEMBER 5 uh.edu/wow #UHWOW16
Hunt 8.18-9.5 Scavenger In & Around Campus
MyHouston The Recreation Cat’s&Back 8.25 Campus 8.24 MyUH, METRORail Station - near Moody Towers Wellness Center Full schedule available on UH Redline App.
3:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
Service Campus Prowl Cage Rage 8.27 Day ofHouston 8.25 GlowLynnParty Room 8.27 In & Around Campus Eusan Park TDECU Stadium 8.30 8:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
8:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.- 9:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
”
AUGUST ‘16 CAT ’ S B ACK
SUNDAY
MONDAY
7
14
Read Cooglife
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
13
15
16
17
18
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20
Read The Cougar
Party in the Park Lynn Eusan Park
UH Women’s Soccer vs TSU SHRL Game Night All residence halls
21 WOW Shuttle Services Circle Drive-Student Centers CougarPalooza Between Cougar Villages 1 and 2
22
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
Cougar First Impressions
SESSIONS 1,2,3
Cougar First Impressions
28
23
Commuter Student Welcome Ballroom 210
29
WOW Shuttle Services SC Circle Drive
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
Cultural Game Night-CEO Ballroom 210
Campus Prowl
SGAFest Plaza Stage
Health Talks Theater
24
Greek-a-Palooza Lynn Eusan Park Session 2,3 Last day to add a class
30
Regular Session 1 Last day to add a class
Read The Cougar My UH, My Houston Wortham Center
Cat’s Back Campus Rec
SHRL Karaoke Student Center Monumental Stairs
Party at the Rec Campus Recreation
25
26
27
WOW Glow Party Lynn Eusan Park
Parent & Family Event CDI Office
WOW Day of Service Houston Room
Session 2,3 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
InfraRED Houston/Theater
Cage Rage TDECU Stadium
Read The Cougar 31 Commuter Student Kick-Off Butler Plaza Free Lunch A.D. Bruce Religion Center SGA Senate Meeting
CULTURAL CALENDAR 8/9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 8/11 Obon, 8/23 International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade
Full schedule of events available on UH Redline App
AUGUST 18 - SEPTEMBER 5
#UHWOW16
Available on iOS & ANDROID: - ACCESSUH - CALENDAR ALERTS - CAMPUS MAPS - BUS ROUTES - SOCIAL MEDIA - COOG RADIO - CAMPUS NEWS AND MORE
“COMEOUT EVERYDAY
YOU HAVE TO
HERE AND
” WORK GREG WARD, JR., ‘17
SEPTEMBER ‘16 COUGA R FO OT BAL L
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY Student Center Welcome Back Plaza Stage The Honors College Convocation Moores Opera House Zumbathon Houston Room
4
5
6
Read The Cougar
7
Tour de Houston Bike Ride
11
Farmer’s Market Day Trip
12 Session 2 Last day to drop/withdraw with a W Professional Development Week Sept. 12-16 Aquatics- Session 1 Sept. 12 - Oct. 5
18
13 Diversity Workshop: Intent v. Impact Space City Room
20
25
Session 4 First day of classes
26
Session 3 Last day to drop without receiving a grade Graduate/Professional School Week Sept. 26-28
15
Read The Cougar
27
Read The Cougar
Event Showcase-RSO Leaders
Tailgate Watch Party
9
Gender Identity Conference Sept. 16-17
21
Brazos Bend Stargazing Sept. 16-17
22 Diversity Workshop: DREAMzone Downtown Room Session 2 Last day of class
28
Bisexual Awareness Day
29
UH Football vs Uconn
30
Enchanted Rock and Balcones Canyonlands
CULTURAL CALENDAR 9/9-14 Hajj, 9/11 Patriot Day, 9/16 Mexican Independence Day, 9/23 National Native American Day
VALUES-BASED LEADERSHIP FOR A LIFETIME 45+ organizations and 5 councils representing all UH students
Tap into programs, relationships and support systems to help you succeed and lead. Find out how to join today at http://uh.edu/cfsl/join. WWW.UH.EDU/CFSL 832.442.4955 CFSL@UH.EDU
@UH_CFSL FRATERNITY & SORORITY LIFE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON @UH_CFSL
UH Football vs Lamar UH Women’s Volleyball vs ULM
17 Commuter Student Meet-Up Southwest: Starbucks- Hwy 59 & Hill Crest Northside: Starbucks- Hwy 249 & Louetta
23
Session 2 -Final Examination period -Official closing of session UH Women’s Soccer vs New Mexico State
UH Women’s Volleyball vs Tulsa Session 4 Last day to add a class
10
16
UH Women’s Soccer vs UC Riverside Diversity Workshop: Diversity 101 Space City Room
Diversity Workshop: Inclusive Language Space City Room
Etiquette Dinner UH Hilton
UH Women’s Soccer vs UTSA
14
SGA Senate Meeting
UH Football vs Oklahoma at NRG
UH Women’s Volleyball -vs San Jose State -vs Houston Baptist
LGBTQ Resource Center Ice Cream Social & Movie
Aquatics- Session 2 Sept. 13 - Oct. 11
19
Read The Cougar
UH Women’s Volleyball3 vs Lamar
UH Women’s Volleyball -vs TSU -vs Idaho State
Intramural Sports -Badminton Doubles -Football Skills Competition
Regular Session 1 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
Labor Day
SATURDAY 2
8 Get the Scoop on CDI CDI
UH Women’s Soccer vs Sanford
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
FRIDAY 1
24 San Marcos River Float & UH Football vs Texas State Sept. 24-25 Analia Saban Blaffer Art Exhibition Sept. 24 - Mar. 13
“OBSTACLE WHATEVER
COMES, WE WILL GET
THROUGH IT
TOGETHER” COURTNEY DUDLEY, ‘17
OCTOBER ‘16 COUGA R S O CC E R
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 1
Commuter Student Meet-Up
2
3
Read Cooglife
4
Read The Cougar
5
6
UH Women’s Soccer vs Temple
Fall Career & Internship Fair
UH Women’s Volleyball vs SMU
9
10
11
Read The Cougar
Aquatics- Session 3 Oct. 10 - Nov. 2
16
18 Aquatics- Session 4 Oct. 18 - Nov. 10
Session 5 First day of class
Commuter Student Academic Success Event
24
Read The Cougar
25
Fall Fest
30
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
19
Farmer’s Market Day Trip
14
Lost Maples State Natural Weekend Trip
Session 3 -Final Examination period -Official closing of the session
20
21
Coming Out Monologues Session 5 Last day to add a class Read The Cougar UH Women’s Soccer vs SMU
UH Women’s Soccer vs Memphis
13
Undergraduate Research Day
SGA Senate Meeting
Cougar Resource Fair
17
Session 3 Last day of class
SGA Senate Meeting
26
UH Women’s Soccer vs Tulsa
The Crucible Oct. 21-24
Black Masculinity & 27 Sports: Marc Anthony Neal Student Center Theater
Session 4 28 -Final Examination period -Official closing of the session Regular Session 1 Last day to drop/withdraw with a W
Session 4 Last day of class
8 UH Football vs Navy
InfraRED
UH Women’s Volleyball vs Cincinnati
Session 4 Last day to drop/withdraw with a W
23
Hiking & Swimming
12
Let’s get SEXed with Alison and Reid Student Center Theater
UH Women’s Soccer vs UConn
7 Intramural Sports Racquetball Singles
LGBTQ Awareness Synergy Room
15 UH Football vs Tulsa UH Women’s Volleyball vs East Carolina
22
UH Football vs SMU Black Rayne Blaffer Art Exhibition Oct. 22 - Mar. 11
29
UH Football vs UCF
31
Session 6 First day of class
CULTURAL CALENDAR 10/2-4 Rosh Hashanah, 10/10 National Indigenous People’s Day, 10/10 Columbus Day, 10/11 National Coming Out Day, 10/11-12 Yom Kippur, 10/30 Diwali
PROUD SUCCESSFUL ENGAGED Student Center North, N201 832.842.6191 uh.edu/lgbtq
“
EVERYONE HERE
CARES ABOUT EACH OTHER
”
GERIZEM GATICA, ‘20
NOVEMBER ‘16 HOME COM I N G
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY 1
Read The Cougar
THURSDAY
7
Read Cooglife
8
Election Day
Read The Cougar
3 Diversity Workshop: LGBTQ Awareness Space City Room Session 6 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
Session 6 Last day to add a class
6
FRIDAY
2
9
SATURDAY 4
LGBTQ Awareness Workshop Intramural Sports Wallyball Doubles
UH Women’s Volleyball vs Temple
10
11
Gay? Fine by Me T-Shirt Giveaway Commuter Student Planning Ahead Event
UH Women’s Volleyball vs UConn
MVP Rock the Campus
SGA Senate Meeting
UH Football (Homecoming) vs Tulane
12
Biking- Farmer’s Market Day Trip
Homecoming Week
13
14
15
20
21
Read The Cougar
16
17
27
22
Read The Cougar
23
24
25
26
UH Football vs Memphis Backpacking- Big Bend National Park Nov. 22 - Nov. 27
28
CULTURAL CALENDAR
19
Transgender Day of Rememberance
UH Football vs Louisville
SGA Senate Meeting
Sessions 5, 6 Last day to drop with a W
Intramural Sports PS4:Madden 17 Football
18
Language Exchange CDI
Diversity Workshop: Diversity 101 Senate Chamber Room
UH Women’s Volleyball vs Memphis
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
5
29
UH Women’s Volleyball vs USF
UH Women’s Volleyball vs UCF Thanksgiving Break
Read The Cougar
30
11/1-2 Dia de los Muertos, 11/11 Veteran’s Day, 11/24 Thanksgiving, 11/27-12/18 Advent Sunday
NOV. 7-12, 2016
uh.edu/homecoming
@uhhomecoming
/homecoming.uh
@HomecomingUH
“ PRIDE
I HAVE
DECEMBER ‘16 WINTE R WO N D E R L AN D
IN OUR
COMMUNITY” SARA HARMOUCH, ‘17
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY 1
SATURDAY 2
3
SPB Winter Wonderland Session 6 -Final Examination period -Official closing of the session
Session 6 Last day of class
4
Read Cooglife
5
6
Read The Cougar
7
8
Regular Session 1 Last day of class
9
10
Session 5 -Final Examination period -Official closing of the session Regular Session 1 Final Examination Period
Finalsmania
11
12
13
Session 5 Last day of class
SGA Senate Meeting Read The Cougar
14
15
16
17 Winter Mini First day of classes
Regular Session 1 Official closing of the session College convocations Dec. 15 - Dec. 16
18
19
Winter Mini Last day to add a class
20
Read The Cougar
21
22
23
24
Winter Mini Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
Winter Break
25
26
27
28
29
30
Winter Break Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
CULTURAL CALENDAR
12/1 World AIDS Day, 12/11-12 Mawlid al-Nabi, 12/24-1/1 Hanukkah, 12/21 Winter Solstice, 12/25 Christmas, 12/26-1/1 Kwanzaa
facebook.com/uhsvn
@uhsvn
youtube.com/channel6svn
31
“
JANUARY ‘17 MLK DAY O F SE RV IC E
SERVICE IS ABOUT MAKING A BETTER TOMORROW FOR OTHERS TODAY ”
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
1
2
WEDNESDAY 3
Read The Cougar
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
4
5
6
7
11
12
13
14
Hiking & Lodging Palo Duro Canyon Jan. 4 - Jan. 8
8
9
10
Read The Cougar
Winter Mini Final Examination Period
15
16
17
Read The Cougar
18
19
20
21
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL SESSIONS 1,2,3
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
22
23
24
Read The Cougar
25
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
30
CULTURAL CALENDAR
26
The Inspector Moores Opera House Feb. 26, 28, 29
Regular Session 1 Last day to add a class
29
Sessions 2,3 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
Session 2, 3 Last day to add a class
SGA Senate Meeting
MLK Day of Service
27
28
The Secret Marriage Moores Opera House Feb. 27, 29, 30
31
1/17 World Religion Day, 1/16-20 No Name-Calling Week, 1/27 UN Holocaust Memorial Day, 1/28 Lunar New Year
UNIVERSITY CAREER SERVICES
For more information, log into www.uh.edu/cougarpathway or check out our calendar at www.uh.edu/ucs
Sept 12-15 Sept 20 Sept 26-28 Sept 28 Oct 4
Professional Development Week Etiquette Dinner Graduate/Professional School Week
Graduate School Fair Career and Internship Fair
@CoogCareers
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“ UNITED AS ” ONE WE’RE ALL
FEBRUARY ‘17 CULT UR A L CO N N E C T W E E K
JOCELYN SEITLER, ‘17
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY Read The Cougar
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
1
2 RecycleMania Kickoff
InfraRED
6
7
Read The Cougar
8
9
10
11
13
14
Read The Cougar
15
16
17
18
22
23
24
25
Read Cooglife
12
4
Regular Session 1 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
SGA Senate Meeting
5
SATURDAY 3
SGA Senate Meeting UCS Professional Development Week
19
I Heart #mystudentcenter Circle Drive
20
Session 2 Final Examination Period
26
27
Session 4 First day of classes
21
UCS Etiquette Dinner Read The Cougar
First day to reserve Student Centers space Fall 2017 Spring Career & Internship Fair
Session 4 Last day to add a class
Session 4 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
28
Culture Connect Week Feb. 27 - Mar. 3
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
CULTURAL CALENDAR
Black History Month, 2/11 Magha Puja, 2/15 Nirvana Day, 2/25 Maha Shivaratri, 2/28 Mardi Gras
Interfaith Week Program February 13-17, 2016 A.D Bruce Religion Center
www.uh.edu/adbruce
/UHADBruce
“
ANYTHINGTOWANT DO
YOU CAN DO
YOU
YAYI HU, ‘17
MARCH ‘17 F RON TI E R F I ESTA
”
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY 1
Read The Cougar
FRIDAY 2
SGA Senate Meeting
SATURDAY 3
4
10
11
STEM Career Fair
InfraRED
5
Read Cooglife
6
7
8
Read The Cougar
9
Session 3 Final Examination Period
12
13
14
19
20
21
15
16
17
18
23
24
25
Spring Break Read The Cougar
22
Session 5 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade Session 5 First day of classes
26
Session 5 Last day to add a class
27
28
Read The Cougar
Frontier Fiesta
29
SGA Senate Meeting
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
CULTURAL CALENDAR
30
31
Non-Profit & Government Career Fair
National Women’s History Month, 3/1 Ash Wednesday, 3/2-20 Bahá’i Nineteen Day Fast, 3/8 International Women’s Day, 3/13 Holi, 3/17 St. Patrick’s Day, 3/20 Vernal Equinox, 3/20 Nowrúz, 3/31 César Chávez Day
Save your Vision Month The University Eye Institute (UEI) is offering a free vision screening to all UH students, faculty and staff during the month of March. No appointment is necessary for a vision screening Open to the public • Monday - Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • J. Davis Armistead Bldg. 4910 Calhoun, • For more information call 713.743.2020 • www.uei.uh.edu SAVE YOUR VISION_ 2016.indd 1
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“DIVERSE, WE’RE SO
AND THERE ARE SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO
APRIL ‘17 HO LI
COME HERE” VIRAG PATEL, ‘19
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 1
2
3
Read Cooglife
4
Read The Cougar
5
Session 6 First day of classes
Session 4 Final Examination Period
Wolffest 2017 Butler Plaza Apr. 4 - 6
6
7
Diversity Institute
Romeo and Juliet Moores Opera House Apr. 7 - 10
Session 6 Last day to add a class
Session 6 Last day to drop/withdraw without receiving a grade
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition Blaffer Art Museum Apr. 8 - 22
8
MVP Rock the Block
9
10
11
Read The Cougar
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Read The Cougar
19
20
21
22
28
29
InfraRED UH Earth Week Apr. 17 - 22
23
24
25
Read The Cougar
26
27
30
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
CULTURAL CALENDAR
4/4 Rama Navami, 4/9 Palm Sunday, 4/10-18 Passover, 4/11 Theravada New Year, 4/13 Holy Thursday, 4/14 Good Friday, 4/17 Easter Sunday, 4/21 Day of Silence, 4/23-24 Yom HaShoah, 4/26 Nisf Shaban
2017 Celebrating our Youngest Learners! CHILDREN’S LEARNING CENTERS NAEYC ACCREDITED ADVANCED ACCREDITED
April 24–28, 2017 Learn more at https://www.naeyc.org/woyc
Children’s Learning Centers 1 4139 Wheeler St. Houston, TX 77204-6016 Ph. 832.842.0500 Children’s Learning Centers 2 Cameron Building, 4235 Cullen Blvd. Houston, TX 77204-6016 Ph. 832.842.0510
www.uh.edu/clc
“FOUR YEARS, AFTER BEING HERE FOR
FEELS JUST IT
LIKE
HOME”
MONTSERRAT MAGANA, ‘17
MAY ‘17 GRAD UATI O N
SUNDAY
MONDAY Read Cooglife
TUESDAY 1
WEDNESDAY 2
THURSDAY 3
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
4
5
6
12
13
Regular Session 1 Final Examination Period May 3 - 11
Finalsmania
7
Read The Cougar
8
9
10
11
Session 5 Final Examination Period College Convocations University Commencement May. 12-13
Session 6 Final Examination Period
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
Memorial Day Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
CULTURAL CALENDAR
Julia Brown: Our Color is Animal (Exhibition) Blaffer Art Museum May. 30 - Sept. 3
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, 5/3 Buddha Day, 5/5 Cinco de Mayo, 5/22-23 Declaration of the Bab, 5/27-6/25 Ramadan
“
HAS THEIR OWN EVERYONE
STORIES ” DOMINIQUE LEAVELL, ‘19
JUNE ‘17 MOO R E S O PE R A H OU SE
TO TELL
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
2
2
3
The Propeller Group (Exhibition) Blaffer Art Museum
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
CULTURAL CALENDAR
LGBT Pride Month, 6/4 Pentecost, 6/9 Dharma Day, 6/11 Trinity Sunday, 6/19 Juneteenth, 6/25 Eid al-Fitr
“Yesterday’s Warriors
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK!
Today’s Scholars
f
Tomorrow’s Leaders” LOCATION WWW.UH.EDU/VETERANS
HOURS
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832.842.5490
Monday - Thursday 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
VETS@UH.EDU
University of Houston Veteran Services
“
I KNOW MY CLASSES WILL
PREPARE ME FOR THE
REAL WORLD” ISABELLA NOBILE, ‘19
JULY ‘17 S TUD E N T CE N T E R
SUNDAY
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY 1
Campus Events Sports Events Academic Dates
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
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24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
CULTURAL CALENDAR
7/26 Americans with Disabilities Act Day
Bienveníu Eguahé porá Aloha Bienveníu Eguahé porá Willkommen Merhbe Bienvenido Willkommen Merhbe
Bienvenido
Welcome
Welcome Bienvenue Bienvenida
Tervetuloa
Bienvenida
Tervetuloa
BienvenidoHueugnin Bem-vindo BienvenidoBienvenue Hueugnin Bem-vindo Eguahé poráAloha Bienveníu Eguahé porá Salve Shagotom
Welcome
Karibu Salve Shagotom
Merhbe Bienvenido Willkommen Merhbe AlohaBienveníu Eguahé porá Tervetuloa Bienvenido Willkommen Bienvenida
Bienvenue
Welcome
Bienvenue Welcome Bienvenida
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Tervetuloa
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