Title: UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON
1UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON
- Dean of Students
- Your Student Success Advocates!
- Room 256 Student Center South
- 832 842-6183
- www.uh.edu/dos
2Dean of Students Office
Dr. William F. Munson Associate Vice President
for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Dee Ann Canfield Office Supervisor
Celina Dugas Director, Veterans Services
Dr. Devan Ford Director, Womens Resource Center
Kamran Riaz Associate Dean of Students
Vacant Assistant Dean of Students
Hope Pacheco Case Manager
Douglas Eck Assistant Dean of Students
Myra Conley Assistant Dean of Students
Willie Mae Lewis Customer Services Rep 2
Lauren Berryhill Graduate Assistant
Students (16)
Sean Baser Graduate Assistant
Students (2)
Kimberly Cushenberry Customer Services Rep 2
Mark Vitek Assistant Director for Assessment
Conduct Student Housing Residential Life
Updated 7.2014
3Mission, Vision and Value
- Mission
- The University of Houston Dean of Students Office
creates an environment conducive to student
success by providing essential services and
innovative programs that empower students to make
responsible choices, engage parent and family
members and support the campus community through
advocacy and strategic partnerships. - VISION
- The Dean of Students Office will establish itself
as the premier campus leader in creating
opportunities to engage and support students and
their families in a meaningful Cougar experience
that positively impacts student success. - WE VALUE
- Building sustainable relationships that
positively impact student success. - Engaging experiences that support the student
learning process. - Fostering opportunities to employ an educative
process to develop a well-rounded campus - community.
- Empowering others to act with integrity.
- Developing a dynamic team that engages in
support, collaboration, forward-thinking, and - innovative processes.
4Programs and Services
- Student Conduct Policies and Procedures
Administration - Conduct Assessment and Response Team (CART)
Coordination and Support - Student Advocacy and Support Services
- Campus Program for Minors
- Academic Integrity Policy Interpretation and
Support - Student Handbook Revision and Publication
- Expression Policy Coordination/Registration
- Alcohol Policy Coordination/Registration
- Parents/Family Member Programs
- Commuter Students Services
- MAP Works for Commuter Students
5Student Conduct Policies and Procedures
Administration
- Student Judicial Services
- Total Referrals 603 (2012-13), 1293 (2013-14),
1313 (2014-15) - Maxient Administration
- University Hearing Board
- Release of Student Records
- Campus outreach and training
6Conduct Assessment and Response Team
(CART)www.uh.edu/cart
- The University of Houston is committed to
providing a learning environment that not only
promotes the safety and well being of its
students but an environment conducive for
students to develop to their fullest potential.
To this end, the University has established the
Conduct Assessment and Response Team (CART) in
order to provide a proactive, multidisciplinary,
and collaborative approach to assessing and
responding to students who exhibit threatening
and/or concerning behaviors. -
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- CART Team Members
- William Munson, Ph.D - Dean of Students,
ChairNorma Ngo, Psy.D. - Director of Counseling
and Psychological ServicesHeidi Kennedy, PhD
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Academic
AffairsSusan Kimbrough, Associate Director of
Residence LifeJennifer E. Bloom, J.D. -
Assistant General Counsel Ex-OfficioKamran Riaz
- Associate Dean of StudentsHope Pacheco, Case
Manager, Dean of Students Office - Brian Shaffer, Director Investigations Equal
Opportunity Services - Russell Miller, Captain, Police Department
7Student Advocacy and Support Services
- On-call availability
- Facilitate Emergency Student Loan Program
- Staff endeavors to solve student problems or
provide - information to students
- Pre and Post visit assessment
8Campus Program for Minorshttp//www.uh.edu/cpfm
- Texas Education Code 51.976 requires
individuals who will have contact with minors at
certain limited campus programs to receive
specific training on preventing sexual abuse and
child molestation in order for the campus program
to be operated by or on the campus of an
institution of higher education. The purpose of
this policy is to comply not only with the
minimum legal requirements of Texas Education
Code 51.976, but to also ensure all campus
programs for minors are conducted in a manner
that is as safe as possible. - 2012-13 81 Programs/Camps Registered
- 2013-14 107 Programs/Camps Registered
- 2014-15 110 Programs/Camps Registered
9Academic Integrity Policy Interpretation
Support
- All the Dean of Students professional staff
provide assistance , advice, and consultation to
the university community (faculty, staff and
students) regarding the administration of UH
Academic Integrity Policy. - The Dean of Students professional staff also
participates in the Academic Integrity Policy
review process and serve as the due process
advisors at academic integrity hearings at
college level.
10Student Handbookhttp//publications.uh.edu/index
.php?catoid17
- The Student Handbook goes through annual revision
and publication process in the Dean of Students
Office.
11Expression Policy Coordination/Registration
- Event Registration for outdoor programs
- Total programs registered 2012-13 224
- Total programs registered 2013-14 589
- Total programs registered 2013-14 470
12Alcohol Policy Coordination/Registration
- 141 in 2012-13
- 107 in 2013-14
- 121 in 2014-15
13Parents/Family Programshttp//www.uh.edu/parents/
- Parent Guidebook
- Hard copy and online version
- Parents Newsletter, The Cougar Connection
- Family Weekend
- First occurred Fall 2010 (approx. 350
participants) - Fall 2014 (more than 830 participants)
14Commuter Student Services www.uh.edu/commuter
- Commuter Kick-Off Event
- Commuter Assistant Program
- CA pilot program beginning Fall 2014
- Selected, hired, and trained Commuter Assistants
- Hosted first Commuter Welcome event August 2014
- Partnerships
- Hosted webinars for campus community
- CSI commuter movie series
- Living Learning Booklet from Student Publications
- PTS, SHRL, Dining, New Student Conferences
15Monthly Themes for CA Program
- August Transitions
- Weeks of Welcome Events, resource fairs, CA
behind the scenes tour of campus - September Social Integration
- Commuter Awareness Kickoff, Student Organization
Fairs, SPB Events, Football tailgate/game,
volunteer events - October Academic Success
- Academic workshop on time management or study
skills, reserve a study room in the library
before mid-terms - November Planning Ahead
- Career Services and Exploratory Studies
workshop/event, host session on preparing for
the spring semester, Tips for working with your
Academic Advisor - December Celebration
- End of semester celebration, Small
awards/recognition program
16Unit Challenges and Needs
- New Programs in the last few years
- Campus Program for Minors
- Commuter Students
- MAP Works for Commuter Students
- More Student Incident Reports
- Total in 2012-13 603
- Total in 2013-14 1293
- Total in 2014-15 1313
- Campus Program for Minors
- Camps/programs in 2012-13 81
- Camps/programs in 2013-14 107
- Camps/programs in 2014-15 110
- All of the above equals to more resources
17SFAC FY 2016 Comments
- SFAC approves your base requests and endorses
your efforts on campus. We hope to see the office
carefully articulate the role it plays to our
changing student body differentiating itself
from the often held perception it is only a
disciplinary institution. Efforts to communicate
how the office can serve the student body would
no doubt yield rectifying of its reputation.
18The New Approach
- Created and marketed our new office tag Your
Student Success Advocates. - Developed and distributed a comprehensive
brochure of office programs, services,
mission/vision/values to nearly 3,000 faculty and
staff members. - Refreshed DOS website to highlight Advocacy
services, Commuter Student Services and other
non-conduct related services. Made navigating to
popular resources easier and more efficient. - Launched Student Advocacy Services marketing
through social media platforms, newsletters,
e-mail communication and campus posters. Had a
dedicated Advocacy_at_uh.edu e-mail created to
streamline advocacy-related concerns through our
office. - Implemented multiple assessment measures to
identify student engagement with our office
(type, need, purpose, length of time for
resolution, etc.).
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