<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><br></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><br></div></div></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div><br></div><div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:rn="http://schemas.rightnow.com/crm/document"><title></title><div contenteditable="false"><p align="center"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri"><img alt="Image" max-width="50%" src="http://uh.edu/advance/_images/Center%20for%20Advancing%20UH%20Faculty%20Success_secondary.jpg" width="500"></span></p><p> </p><p align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://uhhelpdesk.custhelp.com/rd?1=AvNG~wpDDv8S~xb~Gv9c~yJVFsEq6E77RPN0Gj7~Pv_9&2=13906">Center for ADVANCING Faculty Success</a> will host
a kick-off event on Tuesday, October 21 at 4 p.m. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">To celebrate the kick-off, Brown University President Emerita <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://uhhelpdesk.custhelp.com/rd?1=AvNG~wpDDv8S~xb~Gv9c~yJVFsEq6E77RPN0Gj7~Pv_9&2=13904">Ruth
J. Simmons</a> will give remarks and lead a discussion. During her tenure at Brown, Dr. Simmons created an ambitious set of initiatives designed to expand and strengthen the faculty.</span></span></p><p align="left"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The University has received a $3.3 million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation to attract and retain more women faculty in science, technology, education, and mathematic disciplines.
We </span><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">hope you will join us at this event as we move forward in our own initiative to transform our University culture through gender equity and diversity.</span></p><p align="center"><br><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">ADVANCE Center for UH Faculty Success Kick-Off</span><br><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">4 p.m., Tuesday, October 21</span><br><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Room 186 <a style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline" href="http://uhhelpdesk.custhelp.com/rd?1=AvNG~wpDDv8S~xb~Gv9c~yJVFsEq6E77RPN0Gj7~Pv_9&2=13905">
Health and Biomedical Sciences Building</a></span><br><span style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Doctors of Texas State Optical Alumni Education Center</span></p><p> </p><p><br></p><p align="center"> </p><img alt="" height="1" width="1" style="display: none" src="http://uhhelpdesk.custhelp.com/rd/AvNG~wpDDv8S~xb~Gv9c~yJVFsEq6E77RPN0Gj7~Pv_9.gif"></div></div></span></div></div></span></body></html>