The Ombuds Blog: Sam Houston State University Names First Ombuds

January 18, 2022

Sam Houston State University Names First Ombuds

Falguni Mukherjee has been selected the first Ombudsperson for the public university in Huntsville, Texas. She will serve a one-year term and serve the university’s faculty and staff. According to an announcement, Mukherjee will spend the spring semester developing the office, including establishing an office charter and participating in professional training, and will begin seening visitors this summer.

Mukherjee joined the faculty at SHSU in 2010 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Geosciences. She has served in a variety of administrative roles, including as the graduate coordinator for the MS program in Geographic Information Systems. She gradauted from Birla Vishvakarma Mahavidyalay of Engineering, and earned an MS at the University of Texas at Dallas and a PhD at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (SHSU Today; LinkedIn.)

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January 18, 2022

Sam Houston State University Names First Ombuds

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