Serving as the University of Houston-Clear Lake’s president since 2017 has been a privilege. I’ve had the honor of seeing thousands of students proudly cross the stage to receive their diplomas as they confidently take the next step in their academic or professional journey, celebrated the addition of each innovative program, center and initiative with staff and faculty, and witnessed the UH-Clear Lake family succeed in the face of unforeseen personal and professional challenges.

Public education, at every level, has the scale potential not only to continue transforming millions of individual lives, but also in terms of collective impact...the scale potential to transform our communities into a more caring, healthier, more prosperous interconnected society for all of us.

- Ira K. Blake, Ph.D., President of University of Houston-Clear Lake