Last week, the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) kicked off this year’s Enrollment Campaign to grow enrollment to 15,000 students this fall.

As of July 1 (7 a.m.), the University has enrolled 7,300 students for the fall semester according to an announcement from Daniel Villanueva, associate vice president of Enrollment Management & Registrar.

“This is great progress toward our goal of 15,000 students,” Villanueva noted. “As a part of our institutional campaign, we are launching our milestone meetings and Enrollment Service Council to ensure cross-collaboration and communication.”

In addition to the enrollment update, UHD’s Enrollment Hero recognition program will begin this week.

This program invites the campus community to submit nominations of current UHD faculty and staff who are going above and beyond to support the institution’s 15,000 enrollment campaign. Submissions must be entered by Thursday at noon for the following week. Submit nominations for next week by Thursday, July 4. Each week, two UHD faculty or staff members will be selected as an Enrollment Hero and will receive a gift package from Enrollment Management and a reserved parking spot in the Girard Street Parking Garage generously donated by UHD President, Dr. Juan Sánchez Muñoz.

The campaign challenge will run from June 27 to the first day of classes on August 19. The UHD website features the Gator Meter which tracks the progress to the 15,000 goal.