Submission Rules

Class notes, in print and online, are a way to share what’s going on in your life with your alma mater and classmates. Class Notes rely upon an environment of trust and mutual respect for the rights, differences, and dignity of others; of free expression and inquiry; and with a commitment to truth, excellence, and personal accountability. The views and opinions expressed by alumni are theirs alone, and are not endorsed by and should not be ascribed to UH or UHAA.

By submitting a class note, you agree to the following:

• • All Class Notes are visible to the general public. Do not submit anything you wish to keep private.
• • The University of Houston reserve the right to edit all submissions for style and content. The following content will be edited or deleted: Personal attacks or insults, hate speech, or harassment.
• • Posts with the intention of eliciting negative responses, or posts with the clear intention of annoying or offending other users.
• • Advertising or any form of commercial solicitation.
• • Material that slanders, abuses or threatens others.
• • Material that contains vulgar, obscene or indecent language or images. This includes the use of substitute symbols (for example, “a$$” will be deleted).
• • Communications that violate or incite others to violate the law or communications that discuss illegal activities with the intent to commit them.
• • Unauthorized copyrighted material.
• • Communications that could be confused with official communications of the University or Alumni Association.
• • Posts which are deemed inappropriate by UH Alumni staff.

The spirit of these restrictions is to create a positive reading experience for all visitors.

We have implemented automated measures to detect submissions that may violate these terms. Any submission flagged by these measures is held for review before it can become publicly visible. We try to review submissions promptly during normal business hours, but cannot guarantee a turnaround time.

If you see any content you believe to be in violation of these policies, please contact us at Email: alumni@uh.edu
We ask for your email address and phone number so that we can contact you if we have any questions. We do not share this information with parties outside the UH community.

All notes are considered for publication in AlumLine or other university publications. However, we do not guarantee inclusion, neither in a particular issue nor at any time. Submissions that are included may be edited to fit the allotted space.

Our editors may select a handful of notes of special interest for highlighting, either online or in print. Selections are at the sole discretion of our editors.

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Content guidelines

Please ensure your note adheres to the following guidelines for the relevant category:

Academic Accomplishment

Include the date, name of the school/institution, and the degree or honor received.

Birth

Include the full name of the child and the date he/she was born. If you want to include the infant’s siblings, please specify their names and ages.

Job/Career

Use this category for promotions, new positions, etc. We suggest you include your job title, company name, description of the position, location, and/or previous position, as appropriate.

Publication

For books, please include the title, the names of any coauthors, the publisher, date published, and any other books you’ve written. For papers, articles, or other publications, please include the title of your work; where it may be found (e.g. the name of the magazine or journal in which it appears); the volume, issue, and date (if published in a periodical); and any other information needed to cite your work.

Retirement

Include the company name and date of retirement. We encourage you to include a little about your latest position, or a brief narrative of your career trajectory.

Wedding

Include the date of the wedding and your spouse’s name (if an alumnus/a, please include their school and class year). Due to space restrictions in the print magazine, we do not include the location of the wedding or names of people in the wedding party or who attended.

Honors

Include full title of Honor received and full name of awarding entity along with dates and explanation.

Travel

Include location and dates.

Photos

We will publish as many photos as possible, but due to space limitations and reproduction-quality requirements, we are not able to publish every photo. Photos cannot be returned. To have your photo considered for publication, it must meet these requirements:

• Group photos of alumni gatherings, including weddings, will be considered. Please include everyone’s full name (first, maiden, last), year of graduation and background information on the gathering.
• Digital photos submitted must be high-quality jpegs of at least 300 dpi (or a file size of 1mb or higher).

About us

Since 1940, the University of Houston Alumni Association has served and supported the University of Houston, its over 285,000 alumni, its friends, and the community it calls home. Our goal is enabling and encouraging lifelong alumni relationships with the University of Houston.

From student scholarships and legislative advocacy, to alumni networks and communications, UHAA is working to enhance the value of your degree and your alumni experience.

You can contact us at:

3204 Cullen Blvd., Suite 201
Houston, TX 77204-6000
Phone: 713.743.9550
Toll-free: 1.877.COUGAR1
Fax: 713.743.9560
Email: alumni@uh.edu