Bulletin No. 73
Date/Time sent: 11/22/2021 9:00 amE ala! E alu! E kuilima!
Awaken! Come together! Join hands!
Statement of Gratitude
Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet, By April Pulley Sayre
Please share with your ʻohana this YouTube video: Thank You Earth Read Aloud by Heather Vance
Aloha mai kākou!
Hauʻoli Lonoikamakahiki!
We have begun the time of makahiki! No one is more eloquent about the importance of this season than our own, Kūlana o Kapolei, Dr. Manu Meyer. Please join me and UH West Oʻahu ʻohana on Tuesday, Nov. 23, at noon (online):
Fulbright NZ presents Dr Manulani Aluli Meyer discussing Nā Mea Makahiki – The Hawaiian Season of Peace, Gratitude and Excellence
The Makahiki Season is marked by the rising of nā huihui o makaliʻi, (the Pleiades) in the East at sunset. It is a time of change, rising seas, potent rains and kanalua winds. Come experience how Hawaiians welcome Lono (winter) – a time of radical transformation, and how this season of peace, gratitude, and excellence becomes a discipline for life.
Presented by Dr. Manulani Aluli Meyer, former Fulbright NZ Board member
Click here to access the Zoom meeting
Tuesday, Nov. 23, noon
Please take the time to scroll through this weekly bulletin. This message is followed by several important ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS for both students and employees.
Mahalo nūnui for taking the time to review this week’s bulletin.
E mālama pono!
Maenette Benham, Chancellor
Announcements and Reminders
Please keep an eye on your emails, UH Announcements, and Makahaiwaʻa regarding our modified Fall 2021 Commencement to be held on Saturday, Dec. 11. Your participation is requested.
For Faculty and Staff Only: Mark your calendars for a fully in-person Spring Semester 2022 Convocation and Professional Development Day on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2022, in our Naʻulu Outdoor Learning Center.
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Students, employees, and visitors: It is essential that you download LumiSight UH to your smartphone. Register and upload all relevant COVID-19 information. Prior to coming to campus please check-in using your LumiSight UH and respond to all health questions. BE PREPARED TO SHOW YOUR “GO GREEN” SCREEN at our campus verification stations. If for some reason you forgot to sign-in, please do so before entering campus or see our friendly student assistants at any of the verification sites. They will assist you with signing in or getting a day pass. NOTE: you must have proof of COVID vaccination or negative COVID test to retrieve a day pass. Welina mai – Welcome to campus!
Travel protocol reminder
As the holidays and the end of the semester quickly approach, we know that travel may be high on your to-do list.
To mitigate the risk of introducing post-travel infections onto our campus, University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu leadership is strongly recommending that all students and employees, vaccinated and unvaccinated, who are returning from out-of-state travel, business or personal, upload to LumiSight UH proof of a negative COVID-19 test before returning to campus. For your safety, health and well-being please follow all State of Hawaiʻi Safe Travel guidelines and UH COVID-19 Guidelines, including being cleared by the LumiSight UH daily health check app to be on campus and wearing face masks indoors when on campus.
For employees and students who are reporting to work/to classes immediately after returning from out-of-state travel, it is strongly recommended that you obtain two negative COVID-19 test results: the first should be obtained within 24 hours of your return and before returning to campus, and the second should be obtained within three-to-five days of returning from travel.
Let’s be mindful, respectful, and responsible of and to our campus community as we celebrate family, holidays, commencement, and continued good news in the upcoming months.
If you have any questions, please email covid19@hawaii.edu.