[CCoE Notice] Charge from faculty senate - order Spring 2013 books right now if you have not done so - report if you aren't requiring a book - significant consequence to not placing book orders on time

[Herman, Reagan]

Faculty,

I am sending this on behalf of the Faculty Senate's engineering faculty at the request of Faculty Senate President Dmitri Litvinov.


Short Version:
In the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday the importance of placing book orders by the deadline was stressed.  If you have not already done so order your Spring 2013 books today or tomorrow.  If you don't require a book report this fact.

You can order your books, or report that you don't require a book, through the appropriate staff member in your Department or online at:
http://uh.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FacultySplashLoginView?storeId=19067&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&langId=-1&postLogonURL=BNCBFacultyAdoptionEmail&previouspage=faculty


Long Version:
At the Faculty Senate meeting Wednesday one point that senators were asked to carry to all faculty is that it is truly critical that we put our book orders in by the deadline.  The Senate President (Dmitri Litvinov) expressed the fact that he thinks many of us weren't clear of all the ramifications of not getting these book orders in by the deadline.

>From what we were told, the fact that we are not following federal and state law on this is hurting UH's position w.r.t. funding discussions with state legislators on other topics.  The legislators point to the fact that, on average, only 17% of our faculty submit book orders on time.

We are past the deadline set by the University, but the state stipulates the latest deadline a University can set is 30 days before the class session begins.  So if you get your book orders in today or tomorrow that will meet the 30 days limit stipulated in the statute.

Please give your book orders (or the fact that you don't require a book) to you're the appropriate staff member in your Department or report this information yourself to the Bookstore via this website:
http://uh.bncollege.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FacultySplashLoginView?storeId=19067&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&langId=-1&postLogonURL=BNCBFacultyAdoptionEmail&previouspage=faculty

Best,

Reagan



If you care:

The Texas Statute on this is in § Sec. 51.452. and can be reviewed on this webpage:http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
The federal law is in the Higher Education Opportunity Act available for review at this webpage:
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-110publ315/pdf/PLAW-110publ315.pdf



Reagan Sentelle Herman, Ph.D., P.E.
Director of Civil Undergraduate Program
Instructional and Research Associate Professor
Univ. of Houston Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engr.
N107 Engineering Bldg 1
Houston, TX 77204-4003
Phone: (713)743-1498 Fax: (713)743-4260
rherman at uh.edu

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