SPRING 2017 HDCS NEWSLETTER INSIDE THIS ISSUE A MESSAGE FROM THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HDCS CHAIR • HRD Professor Collaborates with University of Belize on E-Learning Workshops • German Professor Visits UH HRD location. The reflecting pond has been • Former Astronaut Gives Virtual Lesson to upgraded for the students who study at HRD Class that location, so many enjoy it again. • UH Ranked in Top 10 for Colleges with For alumni, I hope this time of year HRD Degrees brings back fond memories of your • HRD Accelerated Program Offers Students experiences in HDCS and the University Fast-Track to BS/MS Completion • Scholarship Focus: Houston Area of Houston. I welcome your feedback on Association of Personnel Consultants this newsletter, or any thoughts you have to share. I hope you will take a moment to read through some of the outstanding Welcome to our latest edition of our stories coming from our department. We FORESIGHT HDCS Outlook Newsletter! I hope you are experiencing growth in our programs • Foresight - A Description of the Field enjoy the recap of many things that have as well as involving many new faculty • Foresight Student Bes Baldwin to Intern at Evonik Creavis been happening in HDCS during the 2016- members. • Reflecting on Futurists in Media 2016 2017 school year. We hope you will return to campus for • Congrats to Fall 2016 Graduates We are enjoying early summer a visit when you have time. If you do, • Hines Graduates from Cougar Chairs temperatures! If you were here during please come to see us! Leadership Academy the summer as a student you remember • Foresight Spring Gathering - 2017 those warm days! Although we have Enjoy! fewer classes during the summer, many students still attend at that time. If you Dr. Marcella Norwood, Chair RETAILING AND CONSUMER SCIENCE have been away from campus for more • RCS Student Success: Haley Freytag than a few years, you wouldn’t recognize • RCS Student Receives NRF Rising Stars some of the campus due to some major Scholarship changes that have taken place. Across the • RCS Professor Participates in UH Campaign Launch street from the Cameron Building are new • Global Retailing Graduate Spotlight apartments and the new football stadium • Global Retailing Student Takes Unique on the left side of the road and across the Path to Pursue Degrees street is a great new cafeteria, Cougar • DECA Students Participate in Super Bowl Woods. The quadrangle is due to be Festivities demolished and new buildings put in that HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT HRD PROFESSOR COLLABORATES WITH UNIVERSITY OF BELIZE ON E-LEARNING WORKSHOPS By Matt Oltremari learning management system platform. Along with Nyla Spooner, a University of During her recent Fulbright award Houston graduate and current e-learning experience in Belize, Dr. Consuelo Waight, developer, Dr. Waight helped conduct the UH associate professor in human resource 5-day workshops to introduce lecturers to development (HRD), collaborated with the software and help prepare them for the University of Belize to offer its expanding their University’s online and first e-learning workshops. During the distance learning capabilities. workshops, University of Belize faculty To view a video, produced by the learned how to make truly interactive University of Belize, featuring Dr. e-learning content and were introduced Consuelo Waight, Nyla Spooner, and to Articulate Storyline 2, a learning members of the University of Belize’s Dr. Consuelo Waight content management system that is easily faculty and staff, visit https://youtu.be/_ integrated with the University’s current TbdgTsnrwU. GERMAN PROFESSOR VISITS UH HRD By Matt Oltremari During the week of April 17th, UH Human Resource Development faculty and students were visited by Dr. Caroline Bonnes, Chair of Business Education & Human Resource Development at the University of Konstanz in Konstanz, Germany. Dr. Bonnes originally contacted Dr. Hutchins with a request to collaborate on research exploring trainer competencies. She was drawn to Dr. Hutchins’ research that focused specifically on the trainer’s role in supporting effective training transfer. While in the U.S. to attend a conference in San Antonio, Dr. Bonnes made a stop in Houston for a face-to-face meeting. Drs. Bonnes and Hutchins met for 2 days to discuss research collaborative efforts and to interact with Dr. Caroline Bonnes (L) & Dr. Holly Hutchins (R) faculty and students. Dr. Bonnes also gave a presentation to HRD 6303 students on her HRD research and industry work in Germany. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SPRING 2017 HDCS NEWSLETTER FORMER ASTRONAUT GIVES VIRTUAL LESSON TO HRD CLASS By Estella Gillette & Matt Oltremari aerospace engineering from the University of Notre Dame and had On April 4th, students in the HRD a highly technical career as a U.S. 3350 class, Global Human Resources Navy pilot and astronaut, includ- Development (HRD), at UH Sugarland, ing flying as pilot or commander had the distinct privilege of receiving aboard four out of five Space a “virtual” classroom lesson from Jim Shuttle vehicles. Although he ad- Wetherbee (Captain, U.S. Navy [USN], mittedly has no formal experience retired), NASA Astronaut and manager in safety or in the HR field, he (retired), and British Petroleum (BP) learned about both through expe- Company safety team member (re- rience and everything he has seen tired). Coordinated by HRD Lecturer, of the world and organizations in Estella Gillette, and with help from the which he has worked. UH Sugar Land IT team, Captain Weth- During the hour-long videocon- erbee spoke by videoconference to the ference, Wetherbee shared his Jim Wetherbee 47 students in the class. cultural experiences as a USN pilot The HRD 3350 course focuses on the working with international flight hazards of the moment, while execu- practice of HRD principles learned requirements; as NASA astronaut, tives tend to think more about long- in the U.S. and making the transfer Shuttle Space Program pilot, and com- term results. Workers can’t generate of that learning in other countries mander working with international results, certainly not if they are asked as HRD professionals. The objective space programs; and as a member of to give better results. Workers won’t of the Wetherbee presentation was the BP safety team working in differ- give better results. But, in the long to demonstrate to students the ease ent countries with BP’s goal to provide term - given the right training and of training by using technology to energy to the world. He also provided development - they can give better connect locally, nationally or global- to the students detailed thoughts on processes that, in turn, lead to better ly; to learn from the experiences of topics, such as merging structural dif- results. Wetherbee told the students someone who has global work force ferences; team development; recogniz- that he hoped the information he had experiences; and to allow students to ing generational, gender, and organi- shared would help as these students practice preparing an introduction, zational differences; and leadership. graduate and go out into organizations introducing the speaker, and facilitat- Wetherbee concluded the session as much-needed HR professionals and ing questions and answers during the by stating that, in his opinion, the experts! presentation. work force tends to look at the world Wetherbee is the author of a 2016 differently than how the bosses see book entitled Controlling Risk: Thirty it. The biggest difference is that the Techniques for Operating Excellence. He workers are concerned with process, holds a Bachelor of Science degree in staying alive, and looking for the HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT UH RANKED IN TOP 10 FOR COLLEGES WITH HRD DEGREES By Matt Oltremari Universities.com ranked the best colleges that In a recently released article by Universities.com, offer human resource University of Houston was ranked ninth among the best development degrees colleges in the U.S. that offer human resource development based on the compilation (HRD) degrees. According to the site, HRD “is a somewhat of their data from reliable popular major and offered at a decent amount of schools.” government sources, student Checking in at #9, UH trailed only Texas A&M University surveys, college graduate – College Station and The University of Texas at Tyler interviews, and editorial among schools in the state of Texas. Villanova, Vanderbilt, review. Webster, George Washington, and Pepperdine Universities made up the top 5 on the list. HRD ACCELERATED PROGRAM OFFERS STUDENTS FAST-TRACK TO BS/MS COMPLETION By Matt Oltremari to pursue a master’s in global retailing. Students, Viridiana Rodriguez and Arlene Araujo, shared For students looking to pursue both undergraduate and their thoughts on participating in the program and how it graduate degrees in Human Resource Development (HRD), can benefit other students as well. the HRD Accelerated Master’s Degree Program offers a fast- “I always knew that I wanted to earn a master’s degree, track for completion. but there was times where I would double think myself The accelerated B.S. in Human Resource Development and because I would hear my colleagues say how hard it was,” the M.S. in Human Resource Development program is open says Rodriguez. “When I heard about the HRD Accelerated to qualified undergraduate College of Technology students Program and what it allows students to do, I decided to wishing to continue their education at the graduate level apply. I am glad that I was accepted to this amazing pro- immediately upon completion of the B.S. degree. Students gram as an undergraduate student because it did make me may take up to six graduate-level credits in human re- pursue my master’s. I honestly believe that all undergradu- source development that will apply to both the bachelor’s ate students should apply for the HRD Accelerated Master’s and master’s degrees.