UH Terry Scholars News

Spring 2013

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:25:41 -0700

Hello all Terry Scholars! We're back!

We have finally solved our website problems! We will be posting more frequently about all of the amazing events here at UH.

To formally announce our officers for this year: Pamela Ayala-President, Natalie Harms- Vice President, Ruth Tadesse-Treasurer, Kim Mai Le-Community Service, Manuel Navarro-Historian, and Shelley Temple- Secretary. We are all here to help you!

CONGRATULATIONS to all of the incoming freshman who have been selected for Terry Scholar interviews! We wish you luck during the interview process! Our e-mail is still the same, uh.officers@terryscholars.org, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

Officer Retreat 2011

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:02:06 -0700

This past weekend, all six of our officers traveled over to Texas State in San Marcos, TX to join officers from the student organizations of the six other schools that benefit from having Terry Scholars on their campus. Once there, we met some new faces and some returning faces. We had some fun and saw the town, but most importantly, we learned from each other.

Once we all had met and loosened up, we sat down to discuss our individual student organizations. We showed off what we thought we were doing well, revealed where we were slacking and disclosed some ideas that we have in the works. From each one of the schools, even the newest school, University of North Texas, we learned something new and exciting.

Soon after, we discussed what our State-wide fundraiser and community service project would be. After much debate and weighing options, we decided that we would split the fundraiser between the two causes that had been brought up. And of the four service projects proposed, the popular vote revealed that we would be cleaning beaches come April.

Over all, the Officer Retreat was a success. We had lots of fun and got a lot done. I want to thank the Terry officers from Texas State for putting it all together and all the officers that attended. I look forward to next year’s retreat at UTSA.

UH-Hosted Officer Retreat a Success!

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:36:37 -0700

This weekend, all of the student organizations from each Terry school sent their officers to Houston to meet up with our UH Officers. We played, we ate and we got organized.

The main reason that we have an officer retreat is so that we can learn from our successes and improve our organizations as well as to plan the annual Terry Statewide Service Project. But not only did we accomplish these things, we made a few friends and had a ton of fun.

There will be more on what we accomplished during the retreat at the UH Terry General Meeting on Friday, January 29th at 3 pm.

April 09 Meeting

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 22:10:57 -0700

The meeting was riddled with heartfelt Terry Scholar Officer 2009-2010 speeches that reminded us of how blessed we really are to be Terry Scholars. John showed off the photo mosaic Terry Gift in all of its glory. Afterwards, most everyone trekked over to the fields behind the REC center for the 2nd Annual Terry Field Day where we paired up and teamed up tossing eggs at each other!

March 09 Meeting

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 23:44:55 -0700

We dove right into Terry Scholar officer for 2009-2010 nominations! Many nominations were voiced and the nomination period remains open until next Friday (April 3rd) @ 5pm. Send the officers an email with your nomination! Franco will contact you if you are nominated by Thursday.

From the looks of it, in Recyclemania, we had ~15 large bags of recyclables (plastic bottles / cans / mixed paper). I think we definitely recycled the most plastic bottles!!! A big thank you to everyone who recycled and helped transport the bags.

Read the Agenda minutes to explore the many fundraising, socials, & volunteer activities we have planned! Our last meeting is April 24th @ 1pm. We will vote for next year's officers. Right after the meeting, Terry Field Day by the REC...

Remember, the Winedale Picnic, Sunday, April 26th is a MANDATORY, kick-awesome event with all of the Terry Scholar schools and Terry Foundation staff!

-Kaleb Fulgham (UH Terry Scholar Secretary)

February 09 Meeting

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:27:49 -0700

We had a tasty fruity fruity meeting today which will be followed by more insanity tonight at Laser Quest. Speaking of laser tag, we are meeting in the Taub RHE parking lot (if you need a ride/can give a ride) @ 7pm to travel to Laser Quest (Directions: http://tr.im/gEz0). Bring $15 CASH for playing two laser tag games! Laser Quest told us to have just one person collect the money & pay there. Usually it is a good idea to wear dark clothing so that you don't shimmer in the black lights!

We as Terry Scholars will be competing with other groups on campus in RecycleMania. A GREAT WAY to show UH we care about the environment in our community! Those of us on campus or consume plastics, aluminum cans, and paper (newspapers, human sit drafts...) on campus let's go crazy go nuts about recycling. Check out the previous emails.

Houston IKE Relief, (first weekend of spring break) Fri-Sun. March 13th-15th. Sign-up online!

T-SHIRTS: The "Mr. Terry is my Homeboy" t-shirts are here on campus. Remember this is a fundraiser $10/shirt for the State Terry Family in Need.

John Sallans still needs your pictures of Terry Scholars &/or Terry events to aid in the compilation of our Terry Scholar Gift. Next meeting, March 27th we will be having an 2009-2010 Officer Nominations.

-Kaleb Fulgham (UH Terry Scholars Secretary)

January 09 Meeting

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:56:39 -0700

Thank you to all who came out to the meeting yesterday! We had a productive and informative meeting topped off with delicious ice cream. The agenda was chalked (or maybe just typed) full of important dates for community service and social events. Terry Game Night, Terryoke, Houston Food Bank, Nehemiah Center, Ike Relief, "Mr. Terry is my Homeboy" Tshirts, and much more! Check the attached Jan. 23rd 2009 agenda.

Have an awesome spring semester!

December General Meeting

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:29:53 -0700

The last meeting of the year has come and gone with many splendid memories. Our meeting began at 6pm a bit later than our usual 1pm meetings. However, this was no normal meeting. It was the night of the Terry RamaChanuKwanzMas Fiesta! Efficiently covering the agenda, we moved on to play games like the classic Heads-up-7-up and the paper scrap intensive Telephone Pictionary waiting for the food to arrive. Splendid Tex-Mex food was catered and our own Terry Scholars displayed their own dessert creations!

Once all in the house had their share, we settled down for our traditional White Elephant Gift Exchange! Large, small, round, and fish-shaped presents abounded in the middle of a huge circle of satisfied, yet eager UH Terry Scholars. Tears of joy and anger sprang up throughout the exchange as scholars chose or stole presents and schemed with others about strategies.

A wonderful blast to start out the Holidays! Have a splendid New Years!
-Kaleb Fulgham

Terry RamaChanuKwanzMas Fiesta

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:32:46 -0700

We will have our last meeting of the year this Friday, December 5th @ 6PM.

Stay after the meeting for our Terry RamaChanuKwanzMas Fiesta @ 7pm in the Honors College after the 6pm meeting. Main course food will be catered Tex-Mex with food for all. Sign-up here to bring desserts!!!

As per tradition, we will have an awesome White Elephant Gift exchange nothing more than $15 please and PLEASE wrap your gift(s); newspaper makes great wrapping paper. Still have last year's gift? Bring it back this year.

See you at the meeting and afterwards for the fiesta! I want to see all of the Terry Scholars there, yes, that means you.

-Kaleb Fulgham (UH Terry Scholar Secretary)

November General Meeting

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:58:18 -0700

No Terry-oke night tonight (11/7). We will be postponed to a later date. Stay tuned.

Terry Tapioca Time - Friday, Nov. 21st @ 8pm at the Teahouse. Eat and, after, come out to tea. Directions.

Generation One - Saturday, November 15th @ 8:30am - Volunteer to revitalize the Third Ward.
RSVP: Erica Fletcher at ehfletch { a t ] mail.uh.edu

Houston Food Bank #2 - Saturday, November 22nd - 8am-Noon - Sign-up
We will be offering FREE Food @ the Tailgate (UH v. UTEP) for those who come out to HFB. You don't even have to go to the game, but you should...!

Next meeting is December 5th @ 6pm. Following the meeting will be our Terry RamaChanuKwanzMas Fiesta @ 7pm. Bring desserts (Sign-up here) and we will have a White Elephant Gift exchange . -Kaleb

November Meeting Reminder

Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:12:55 -0700

Happy November!!! Our next Terry Scholar General Meeting is this Friday, November 7th @ 1pm in the Honors College big classroom.

Get psyched; we might have the Official Terry T-Shirts available at the meeting. See you @ 1pm!

October General Meeting

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:19:32 -0700

Hooray for UH Terry Scholars! During and after the Terry Meeting, we all couldn't wait for Pho!

Keep up with the Terry Tradition of Pho Night tonight, after the meeting, at 7pm @ Bodards Bistro in Bellaire. Meet in the parking lot early Afterwards, check out the pictures here.
Come out and help raise money at the Car Wash (Sat., Oct. 4th) @ CVS off of 59 & Kirby. We will be there cleaning dirty cars and huge trucks from 9am-1:30pmish.
Since IKE hit, the Houston Food Bank needs even more help. Since we didn't make our last attempt because of IKE, we are going back October 11th. Note: Please sign-up again if you already did before.
We decided on our Official Terry Scholar T-Shirt, and we are finalizing the athletic and aesthetic design for the presses. I am so stoked about them!
Remember, The Fall Terry Banquet (mandatory) - Thursday, October 9th @ 5pm in the Rockwell Pavilion.

September General Meeting

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:36:35 -0700

Woot woot! The first meeting of the year went splendidly well. We had some delicious BlueBell ice cream.

Houston Food Bank (volunteer event) - next weekend, September 13th @ 8am-Noon
- Sign-up ONLINE here
- Also you will need to Sign a Liability Form on HFB's website.
Terry Game Night - September 19th @ 7pm - in the Honors Commons.
Twister, Taboo, Guitar (almost wrote Garage) Hero & FREE Mediterranean Food!
Official Terry Scholar T-Shirt designs are due in a fortnight on September 19th
Nehemiah Center - Starting up very soon. Sign-up here.
Pho Night - A Terry (food) Tradition, October 3rd after the next general meeting @ 7pm-ish
The Fall Terry Banquet (mandatory) - Thursday, October 9th @ 5:30ish.

Prep for the cooler season and buy a Terry Scholar Hoodie or two. Sign-up here.

Have a rock'n semester!

April General Meeting

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:57:17 -0700

It has been a wonderful school year, 2007-2008 and all the we have left are exams and papers! I encourage all of yall to finish out the semester strong. You can do it!

For those of you who missed it, we had some awesome ice cream at the meeting, really amazing heartfelt officer speeches (we will find out who won on the bus ride home from Winedale which is Sunday, April 27th), and a wet and wild time at Terry Field Day.

WE LOVE OUR TERRY SENIORS!!!

March General Meeting

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:53:40 -0700

Thank you to everyone who came out today. We nominated officers for the next academic year, 2008-2009. Brenda will be sending out confirmations sometime soon. Speeches will be given at the next meeting and we will vote. The meeting minutes are attached as well as emailed.

Terry Game Night tonight from 7-10PM. There will be pizza, guitar hero, twister, and karaoke! Can you believe it?!?!
See you there.

Remember Winedale Picnic is April 27th two days after Terry Field Day, April 25th!

Terry Spring Break Project

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 20:10:38 -0700

The Spring Break Service Project was a two-day blast . We scraped old paint, expertly painted 4 houses (some of us thought we needed painting too), sprayed a few wasp nests, and received a nice burning from our friend the sun. People in the neighborhood complemented us on our work; we were also lucky enough to receive help from a 4th grader, Alex, who lived close to one of the houses that we were painting. It was amazing to see a healthy portion of our UH Terry Scholars helping out a community so close to campus. Generation One has made amazing progress over the years, but relies upon the time and money of outside volunteers like us.

February General Meeting

Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:31:04 -0700

Awesome meeting. We learned a ton of information from Maria (not a tax consultant) and Jodie about taxes and the FAFSA.

Bowling, especially the glow-in-the-dark aspect, and pizza were wonderful. Fast bowling rules!

Official UH Terry Scholar Website

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:13:52 -0700

Welcome to the UH Terry Scholar Website. This sites goal is to assist you in finding everything to help you stay in touch with our wonderful Terry family at UH. Head over to the Photos page to see what has been going on. Suggestions are welcome! Currently the site is hosted on my server, but we will get our own webserver soon. This is a venture by kalebdf.com.

January General Meeting

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:31:19 -0700

What a wonderful way to start off the new semester! It was fun seeing all of you and eating some good ice cream from Shastas. I can't wait until our first service project!

Good luck this Spring semester 2008.