UHD Weekly Events: April 25-29

Spring TX

23 April, 2022

6:15 PM

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Press release from the University of Houston-Downtown: April 21, 2022 Mark your calendars! UHD is hosting a variety of on-campus activities and events. Don't forget to check back every week! Lunch With Latinas Dr. Diana L. Martínez, Deputy State Epidemiologist and a Senior Epidemiology Subject Matter Expert at the Texas Department of State Health Services, is the guest speaker for the Center of Latino Studies "Lunch with Latinas" event 1 - 2:20 p.m. on Monday, April 25, in the Welcome Center's Travis Room. The event is free and open to the public. Martínez's professional experience includes public health responses to Hurricanes Katrina in 2005 and Ike in 2008. She also led the 2016 ZIKA virus investigations and assessment of health policy during the pandemic for the New York City Mayor's Office. Previously, she served as Senior Health Policy Advisor to the Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health & Human Services for the City of New York, and Senior Epidemiologist for Harris County Public Health. Link Up With LinkedIn Headshot Event UHD Main Career Center's Career Coaches will be available to review reviewing LinkedIn profiles for alumni and undergraduate students, from 11:30 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26, in One Main Building, Room S402 and virtually via Zoom from 3 to 6 p.m. If attending this event in person, free headshots will be available, so dress professionally! Spring 2022 Commencement Orientation Spring 2022 Cap & Gown and Commencement Orientations will be held at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the Wilhelmina Cullen Robertson Auditorium on Tuesday, April 26. Ceremony details will be shared at the events and students can pick up their caps and gowns. Please RSVP for one of these events. Additional information on the May 15 Commencement Ceremonies is available on the Commencement website. Want to see more events? For a complete listing of more events, visit the UHD website. Have a campus event you want featured? Let us help promote your events internally and externally, submit your events to us today! (You will be asked to create an account if you have not previously submitted an event.) For questions and more information, contact [email protected]. About the University of Houston-Downtown The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD)—the second-largest university in Houston—has served the educational needs of the nation's fourth-largest city since 1974. As one of four distinct public universities in the University of Houston System, UHD is a comprehensive four-year university led by President Loren J. Blanchard. Annually, UHD educates more than 15,000 students; boasts more than 61,000 alumni and offers 45 bachelor's, nine master's degree programs and 16 fully online programs within five colleges (Marilyn Davies College of Business; Humanities & Social Sciences; Public Service; Sciences & Technology; and University College). For the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report ranks UHD among universities across the nation for Best Online Criminal Justice Programs (No. 27 and No. 15 for Veterans) and Best Online Bachelor's Programs. UHD has the most affordable tuition among four-year universities in Houston and one of the lowest in Texas. U.S. News ranked the University among Top Performers on Social Mobility and a No. 1 ranking as the most diverse institution of higher education in the southern region of the U.S. The University is noted nationally as a Hispanic-Serving Institution, Minority-Serving Institution and Military Friendly School. For more on the University of Houston-Downtown, visit www.uhd.edu. This press release was produced by the University of Houston-Downtown. The views expressed here are the author's own.