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Karaganda State Medical University Chair of foreign languages Report Theme: The university of Houston Written by: Mukhamed M 210 GM Checked by: Sarbaeva A. O Karaganda 2010

Contents History Founding University beginnings State university Merger of UH and UH System administrations Academics Faculty and research o 2.2 Rankings Campu Traditions The Cougar Paw UH in popular culture Athletics Varsity sports Notable people Alumni References

The university of Houston

University of Houston The University of Houston (also referred to as UH, U of H, or Houston) is a public research university located in Houston and is the flagship institution of the University of Houston System. Founded on March 7, 1927 as Houston Junior College, UH is the third-largest university in Texas and 23rd-largest university in the United States with an enrollment of 37,000.

History Founding The University of Houston began as Houston Junior College (HJC). On March 7, 1927, trustees of the Houston Independent School District Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution that authorized the founding and operating of a junior college. The junior college was operated and controlled by the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Originally HJC was located in San Jacinto High School and offered only night courses. Its first session began March 7, 1927, with an enrollment of 232 students and 12 faculty. This session was primarily held to educate the future teachers of the junior college, and no freshmen were allowed to enroll. A more accurate date for the official opening of HJC is September 19, 1927, when enrollment was opened to all persons having completed the necessary educational requirements. The first president of HJC was Edison Ellsworth Oberholtzer, who was the dominant force in establishing the junior college

University beginnings The junior college became eligible to become a four-year institution in October 1933 when Governor Miriam A. Ferguson signed House Bill 194 into law. On April 30, 1934, HISD's Board of Education adopted a resolution to make the school a four-year institution, and Houston Junior College became the University of Houston.

State university In 1953, the university established KUHT, the first educational television station in the nation. In 1977, the University of Houston System was established, with the University of Houston named as the flagship institution of the system.

Merger of UH and UH System administrations In 1997, the UH System and the University of Houston administrations merged into a single governing entity. Arthur K. Smith, then the UH president, became the first person to hold both the UH System chancellorship and University of Houston presidency simultaneously. Smith was responsible for overseeing the successful merger of the UH System and UH administrations, the launching of the "Learning. Leading." image campaign, the planning and construction of major buildings at all UH System institutions, a growth in external funding for research, and an increase in student enrollment. On October 15, 2007, Dr. Renu Khator—who had served as provost and senior vice president of the University of South Florida—was selected for the position of UH System chancellor and UH president. On November 5, 2007, Khator was confirmed as the third person to hold the UH System chancellor and UH president position simultaneously, and took her position in January 2008.

Academics The mission of the University of Houston is to "provide a range of educational programs that foster an intellectually and culturally diverse environment that enhances individual growth and development." UH offers over 300 degree programs through its 12 academic colleges: 112 bachelors, 135 masters, 54 doctoral, and three special professional degrees—law, optometry, and pharmacy.

The University of Houston conducts research in each academic department and operates more than 40 research centers and institutes on campus. Through these facilities, UH maintains creative partnerships with government, health care and private industry. Areas of interdisciplinary research conducted at UH include superconductivity, space commercialization, biomedical engineering, economics, education, petroleum exploration, and virtual technology.

Rankings The University of Houston is ranked second among national universities for Campus Ethnic Diversity by U.S. News & World Report. It also ranks the Bauer College of Business as the top Undergraduate Business Program in Houston, third among public universities in the state of Texas, and 63rd in the nation among public universities. The ranking places the Bauer College in the top quartile of the approximately 400 AACSB-accredited undergraduate business programs and top five percent among all 1608 undergraduate business programs in the United States. It has been ranked the best entrepreneurship program by the Princeton Review.

Campus The University of Houston (formerly University of Houston-University Park) is a single-campus university located approximately three miles southeast of Downtown Houston off of Interstate 45 at Texas Spur 5. The official university address is 4800 Calhoun Road and its campus is roughly bisected by Cullen Boulevard—a thoroughfare that has become synonymous with the university. This was a former location of the "Central Campus" when UH was a multi-campus university from 1973 to 1983. The 667-acre (2.70 km2) UH campus includes numerous green spaces, fountains, and sculptures, including a work by famed sculptor Jim Sanborn. Renowned architects Cesar Pelli and Philip Johnson have designed buildings on the UH campus. Recent campus beautification projects have garnered awards from the Keep Houston Beautiful group for improvements made to the Cullen Boulevard corridor.

Varsity sports The university has an intercollegiate sports program that competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision.

The American football club Houston Cougars

Notable people With strong academic programs in the arts, media, business, hospitality management, law, as well as a successful athletics program, the University of Houston has seen many now notable persons pass through its halls. Jack Valenti, long-time president of the Motion Picture Association of America and creator of the MPAA film rating system, received his B.B.A. from UH and for decades was one of the most influential people in Hollywood. Acclaimed artist and filmmaker Julian Schnabel is also a University of Houston alum. Elizabeth Warren, a Harvard Law School faculty member and chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel created to oversee the U.S. banking bailout during the 2008-2009 financial crisis, received her B.S. from UH in 1970. Alice Sebold a well known and favoured American Novelist, publishing one of America's Best sellers; including Lucky and The Lovely Bones.

Alumni The University of Houston Alumni Association (UHAA) is the official alumni association of the University of Houston. Formed in 1940, UHAA is a non­profit organization with a membership of over 18,000 dues-paying members. It is headquartered at the University of Houston's on-campus Athletics/Alumni Center. It was previously known as the "Ex-Students Association" and the "Houston Alumni Organization" prior to its current name.

The city of Houston

Downtown in Houston

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