How to Get Involved

There are a number of ways that you, as a member of the UH System community, or as a concerned constituent, can voice your support for higher education and the UH System and its four universities.

The 80^th Legislative Session runs from January 9^th through May 28^th, 2007. During that time, you can get involved in a variety of ways. A few suggestions include:

Send congratulatory letters to elected officials and indicate that you -- as a UH System student, alumnus or alumna, faculty or staff member, or as a friend of the UH System -- look forward to their support of higher education and the institution. Click here for a list of area state senators and state representatives. A list of legislative committee members will be available as soon as they are named.

Caution: If you are a UH System faculty or staff member, you must write your legislator as a private citizen, not using any state resources, including staff time, letterhead, postage, computing time, etc.

Keep current on breaking legislative issues and information and their impact on the UH System and higher education by checking this website regularly.
Submit a letter to the editor or an article to your hometown newspaper voicing your concern and support of particular issues facing higher education. Be sure to share a copy of your editorial correspondence with the UH System Governmental Relations Office, fax (512) 499-8789. This way, we can keep a coordinated record of our communication efforts during the session.
Keep those cards and letters coming! Continue to write your elected officials encouraging their support of the UH System and your university.
Get a group together -- or go by yourself -- and visit your legislator in Austin.

Caution: All visits to the legislators in Austin on behalf of the UH System should be coordinated through Grover Campbell, Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations, (512) 499-8787. A personal visit from a concerned constituent to his/her elected official can be very effective. When you visit, be sure to mention your affiliation with your university and that you are visiting in support of the institution.

If you are a UH System faculty or staff member, you must use your vacation time to visit the Legislature, unless you are on approved official business.

Always remember to be brief and to the point. Most likely, you will just be able to visit with a member of the legislator's staff. However, staff aides are important contacts and you should always share information with them. If you are planning a visit to Austin and would like to take some printed materials on your university and/or the UH System, please contact Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock at 713-743-8499 or your university legislative liaison.

UH System Legislative Liaisons

Grover Campbell
Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations
512-499-8787
512-499-8789 (fax)

Laura Calfee
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Governmental Relations
512-499-8787
512-499-8789 (fax)

Chris Stanich
Executive Director for Planning and Policy, and Special Assistant for Governmental Relations
713-743-3232
713-743-7899 (fax)

Elizabeth Gonzalez Brock
Special Assistant
713-743-8499
713-743-0542 (fax)

University of Houston Legislative Liaisons

Don Foss
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
713-743-9101
713-743-9108 (fax)

John Rudley
Vice President for Administration and Finance
713-743-5550
713-743-5551 (fax)

Don Birx
Vice President for Research
713-743-9104
713-743-9227 (fax)

Michael Rierson
Vice President for University Advancement
713-743-0944
713-743-4946 (fax)

Dona Hamilton
Vice President for Legal Affairs and General Counsel
713-743-0949
713-743-0948 (fax)

UH-Clear Lake Legislative Liaisons

William A. Staples
President
281-283-2004
281-283-2010 (fax)

Mary Ann Shallberg
Executive Associate to the President
281-283-2002
281-283-2010 (fax)

Theresa Presswood
Director of Communications
281-283-2026
281-283-2034 (fax)

UH-Downtown Legislative Liaisons

T. Chaney Anderson
Vice President for Administration
713-221-8004
713-221-8445 (fax)

Molly Woods
Vice President for Academic Affairs
713-221-8003
713-221-8992 (fax)

Ivonne Montalbano
Executive Assistant to the President
Director of Constituent Relations
713-221-8058
713-221-8075 (fax)

UH-Victoria Legislative Liaisons

Tim Hudson
President
361-570-4332
361-570-4334 (fax)

Wayne Beran
Vice President for Administration and Finance
361-570-4810
361-570-4811 (fax)

Joe Dahlstrom
Director of Libraries
361-570-4150
361-570-4155 (fax)

Jennifer Price
Communications and Marketing Director
361-570-4350
361-570-4339 (fax)