1. UNIVERSITY of HOUSTON Dean of Students Your Student Success Advocates!
Room 256 Student Center South

2. Dean of Students Office
Dee Ann Canfield
Office Supervisor
Dr. William F. Munson
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Dr. Devan Ford
Director, Women’s Resource Center
Celina Dugas
Director, Veterans Services
Hope Pacheco
Case Manager
Kamran Riaz
Associate Dean of Students
Vacant
Assistant Dean of Students
Willie Mae Lewis
Customer Services Rep 2
Myra Conley
Assistant Dean of Students
Douglas Eck
Assistant Dean of Students
Lauren Berryhill
Graduate Assistant
Sean Baser
Graduate Assistant
Students
(16)
Students
(2)
Kimberly Cushenberry
Customer Services Rep 2
Mark Vitek
Assistant Director for Assessment & Conduct
Student Housing & Residential Life
Updated

3. Mission, Vision and Value
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.

4. Programs 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

5. Student Conduct Policies and Procedures Administration
Student Judicial Services
Total Referrals = 603 ( ), 1293 ( ), 1313 ( )
Maxient Administration
University Hearing Board
Release of Student Records
Campus outreach and training

6. Conduct 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.
CART Team Members
William Munson, Ph.D - Dean of Students, Chair Norma Ngo, Psy.D. - Director of Counseling and Psychological Services Heidi Kennedy, PhD – Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Academic Affairs Susan Kimbrough, Associate Director of Residence Life Jennifer E. Bloom, J.D. - Assistant General Counsel Ex-Officio Kamran Riaz - Associate Dean of Students Hope Pacheco, Case Manager, Dean of Students Office
Brian Shaffer, Director Investigations – Equal Opportunity Services
Russell Miller, Captain, Police Department

7. Student 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

8. Campus Program for Minors http://www.uh.edu/cpfm
Texas Education Code § 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 § , but to also ensure all campus programs for minors are conducted in a manner that is as safe as possible.
: 81 Programs/Camps Registered
Programs/Camps Registered
Programs/Camps Registered

9. Academic 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.

10. Student Handbook http://publications.uh.edu/index.php?catoid=17
The Student Handbook goes through annual revision and publication process in the Dean of Students Office.

11. Expression Policy Coordination/Registration
Event Registration for outdoor programs
Total programs registered = 224
Total programs registered = 589
Total programs registered = 470

12. Alcohol Policy Coordination/Registration

13. Parents/Family Programs http://www.uh.edu/parents/
Parent Guidebook
Hard copy and online version
Parent’s Newsletter, “The Cougar Connection”
Family Weekend
First occurred Fall 2010 (approx. 350 participants)
Fall 2014 (more than 830 participants)

14. Commuter 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

15. Monthly 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

16. Unit 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 = 603
Total in = 1293
Total in = 1313
Camps/programs in = 81
Camps/programs in = 107
Camps/programs in = 110
All of the above equals to more resources

17. SFAC 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 it’s reputation.

18. The 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, communication and campus posters. Had a dedicated 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.).