University of Houston-Clear Lake celebrated the beginning of the 2008 State Employee Charitable Campaign, which allows university faculty and staff to contribute to local and national charitable groups. In 2007, 204 of UH-Clear Lake’s employees contributed $28,702 to the campaign. Pictured (l to r) are UH-Clear Lake Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost Carl A. Stockton, SECC representative Rosemary Henley, UH-Clear Lake’s Office of the President Administrative Assistant and university SECC Campaign liaison Vera Garcia, American Red Cross speaker Phoebe Conerly, UH-Clear Lake Vice President for Administration and Finance Michelle Dotter, and President William A. Staples. The campaign finishes at the end of October.