Bulletin No. 80
Date/Time sent: 02/07/2022 9:00 amE ala! E alu! E kuilima!
Awaken! Come together! Join hands!
Statement of Gratitude and Kindness
“Gratitude turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity … it makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and
creates a vision for tomorrow.” – Melody Beattie
Welina mai kākou!
Hoʻokāhi ka ilau like ana (Wield the paddles together)
This past week we celebrated the Lunar New Year. Saying farewell to the Year of the Ox we welcomed the Year of the Tiger! I wish for you and your ʻohana abundance, health, and happiness in the lunar new year. Please see this attachment for your lucky blessing.
Revitalizing our campus community is essential this year. Last week we saw our parking lots full, students and faculty shopping in our new bookstore, guests visiting the Library to view the traveling “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibition, folks enjoying our new Nāulu Outdoor Learning Center while eating a plate lunch from Da Spot – indeed, a buzz of activity electrified our campus. We encourage you to return to campus and re-engage. As I have mentioned before, we are proud that the vast majority of students, faculty and staff are vaccinated. All our students attending on-campus classes are fully vaccinated or regularly testing and 99% of our faculty and staff are fully vaccinated (or regularly testing). At the same time, the number of positive cases in Hawaiʻi is still trending downward. Please know that we continue to do everything we can to ensure that our working and learning spaces are the safest environments on Oʻahu.
Remember the Pueo Promise:
Keep in mind, kūkūlu kaiaʻulu! Please strengthen our community with your passions, respect for one another, and patience! On behalf of your campus leadership, enjoy a safe and vivacious 2022 spring semester on campus!
COVID-19 Reminders for Monday, Feb. 7
It is the responsibility of each and every one of us to protect ourselves from exposure by using well-fitted masks, to be vaccinated and appropriately boosted, to take breaks and eat meals safely, and to stay home if we are displaying new respiratory symptoms.
Visitors to our beautiful campus: All visitors entering a University site must provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or provide proof of a negative COVID-19 test from a UH-recognized testing facility either through the LumiSight UH app or by showing their vaccination card or current and valid negative COVID-19 test results (test within 72 hours).
Regarding Domestic Travel: The CDC, on Jan. 27, stated: If you are NOT up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines delay travel until you are up to date with your COVID-19 vaccines.
Please stay informed: UH COVID-19 Dashboards have been updated. The dashboards provide you with a daily summary of COVID-19 Positive Cases across the UH System and by Campus, Summary of Employee Vaccinations across the UH System and by Campus Percentage and head count. Additionally, there are student information dashboards to include: Summary of Student Vaccinations across the UH System and Vaccination head counts by campus.
The most recent version of the System’s UH COVID-19 Guidelines is available. You can also access UH West Oʻahu guidelines, which were updated for the spring 2022 semester.
Reminder about coming to campus: Students, employees, and visitors must 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.
Mahalo nūnui for taking the time to review this week’s bulletin.
E mālama pono!
Maenette Benham, Chancellor