Information Resources Division Overview

The mission of the Information Resources Division is to develop, integrate and maintain an information infrastructure that supports the computing, communication and information needs of the UHCL community and the educational and academic support mission of the University. The Information Resources Division consists of:

• Office of Sponsored Programs
• University Computing and Telecommunications
• Neumann Library
• Institutional Effectiveness

Direct Reports:

Office of Sponsored Programs (formerly Office of Research Administration)
Paul Meyers, Executive Director
Room B2531 – Bayou Building
Phone 281-283-3015

The Office of Sponsored Programs believes that exemplary service maximizes funded research opportunities. The Office of Sponsored Programs staff embraces exceptional customer service, continuous quality improvement, and principle-centered leadership as core operating credos. The office firmly believe that full institutional research potential can be achieved by:

• Actively encouraging faculty and student research programs
• Selectively forging partnerships with universities, schools and corporations
• Competitively targeting government agency, corporate and foundation programs
• Honestly operating within appropriate legal, policy and ethical bounds
• Creatively designing faculty-centered proposal development processes
• Continuously monitoring and coordinating internal and external activities.

University Computing & Telecommunications
Rodger Carr, Executive Director
Room B3221
Phone 281-283-2900

The mission of the University Computing and Telecommunications component is to provide information technology services and products that people will choose in order to:

• Expand learning opportunities
• Enhance teaching through technology
• Enable research
• Employ innovative administrative solutions.

Neumann Library
Karen Wielhorski, Executive Director
Room B2402 – Bayou Building
Phone 281-283-3931

At the intellectual heart of the university, the principal mission of the Neumann Library is to make information readily available for the research and studies of the UHCL students and faculty, and to enrich the surrounding community by sharing its resources with scholars and citizens. The library's mission includes an obligation to maximize the resources available to its users and to share its resources with the users of reciprocating libraries in the state and nation.

Institutional Effectiveness
Simone Tiu, Executive Director
Room B2325 – Bayou Building
Phone 281-283-3008

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness integrates the functions of Institutional Research, Planning and Assessment to provide reporting and decision-making data and information to both internal and external constituents in support of efforts to improve the quality and functioning of the programs and services of the university.