| The Office of Communications of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics promotes internal knowledge of and appreciation for the activities of college faculty, students, and staff, and communicates externally to our constituents: donors, alumni, potential students, and members of the community. In doing so, we support the dean, development director, and department chairs in numerous ways, and serve as the central information dissemination unit for the college. |
Susan Hammons
Director of College Communications
713.743.2624
mshammons@uh.edu
Bringing more than fifteen years’ higher education communications experience, Susan Hammons joined the University of Houston in fall 2006 as director of college communications for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. She came to UH from Stephen F. Austin State University, where she was director of public affairs. Previously, she was director of public relations and marketing for the Tarrant County College District, Fort Worth, and director of media relations and publications at Odessa College.
Hammons’ experience also includes directing marketing and public relations for a group ophthalmology practice and outpatient surgery center in Odessa, Texas, and working for a daily newspaper, the Odessa American, as a feature writer, health and business reporter, business editor, and assistant city editor.
She is a member of the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the Public Relations Society of America, and the American Marketing Association.
BA – English and Journalism
MA – Mass Communication
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Rolando Garcia
713.743.3254
Science Writer
rdgarcia@uh.edu
As a writer-editor for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Rolando Garcia is responsible for preparing newsletters, press releases, articles, and other materials promoting the college’s wide-ranging research and teaching activities.
Garcia joined the University of Houston in April 2007 after two and a half years as a news reporter for the Beaumont Enterprise, where he covered city government and crime. In 2007 Garcia was awarded first place in deadline writing in the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors statewide newspaper competition. His previous journalism experience also includes political reporting internships at the Washington, D.C., bureau of Reuters and the Capital News Service in Annapolis, Maryland.
BA – Political Science, Texas A&M University
MJ – Journalism, University of Maryland |
The communications offices are located at:
The University of Houston
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Science & Research Bldg 1, Suites 214 & 225
Houston, TX 77204-5008
Fax: 713.743.8630
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