Bulletin No. 81
Date/Time sent: 02/14/2022 9:00 amE ala! E alu! E kuilima!
Awaken! Come together! Join hands!
Statement of Gratitude and Kindness
Speak Your Aloha
Writing affirmations down, repeating them to yourself, or sharing them with a friend are great ways to manifest aloha. Try these in ʻōlelo Hawai‘i!
I love you – Aloha wau iā ʻoe
I am proud of you – Haʻaheo au iā ʻoe
I am thankful for you – Mahalo au iā ʻoe
You’re my cherished friend – ʻO ʻoe kuʻu hoapili
You look great today – Nani loa ʻoe i kēia lā
You are strong – Ikaika ʻoe
You are important – Koʻikoʻi ʻoe
I am here for you – Aia au me ʻoe
You are kind – ʻOluʻolu ʻoe
I believe in you – Hilinaʻi au iā ʻoe
Welina mai kākou!
Hoʻokāhi ka ilau like ana (Wield the paddles together)
Be a part of revitalizing our campus ʻohana! After you check-in with LumiSight UH, return to campus to teach, to meet, to mentor, to engage colleagues, to peruse the new bookstore, to visit the new Creative Media facility, to get take-out from Da Spot at our cafeteria, and enjoy your meal in our new Outdoor Nāulu Learning Center, visit the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum traveling exhibit Americans and the Holocaust – and so much more!
Our staff continue to prioritize health and safety, to make a point to communicate widely and often regarding the state of the pandemic and its effects on our campus community, to support our diverse platforms of delivering our services, and to provide information to help you stay informed. Your kakoʻo/support helps our campus to maximize our mission in the “next normal” to fulfill our learning, scholarship, service, and student life priorities. During this time of crises and change, we have strengthened our abilities to govern through shared governance processes, adhered to our strategic imperatives through change management, engaged effectively with both university system partners and community stakeholders, and strategically managed the financial impact of each event by mitigating actions that have helped us to close gaps.
Here’s your reminder for UH Telework
Telework at UH West O’ahu is set to begin on March 1, 2022. Telework refers to a pre-approved arrangement where an employee voluntarily works from home or another alternate location away from their regularly assigned on-site work location for all or part of the work week. The University recognizes that telework enables continuation of University operations under changing conditions or during worksite disruptions, supports flexibility, reduces environmental impacts and traffic congestion, and provides a supportive and productive work environment attractive to employees and potential employees. See the UH Telework Policy and Guidelines for more information and FAQs.
For Employees (applicable for BU08 members/staff, and faculty specialists and librarians who maintain regular office hours):
For full consideration of the new Telework Request effective March 1, 2022, UH West Oʻahu employees should submit for review by Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022: 1) Telework Request and Agreement; 2) Telework Work Plan-Tentative; and 3) Telework Safety Checklist. Note: faculty specialists and librarians are not required to complete a work plan but will work with their supervisor to determine their on-campus work plan (these will also be submitted to UHPA).
Upon approval of the employees’ Telework Request, the Supervisor and Employee will finalize their Work Plan within five working days of approval. If you have any questions, please contact your direct supervisor.
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. 14
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.
A Kāhea for Participation on the General Education Revision Team
As the UH System continues its discussion regarding the General Education redesign, we are excited to announce a call for participation on the Revisions Team that will be tasked with revising the proposal in the context of an implementation strategy. Faculty are encouraged to self-nominate through this application form. The deadline for applying is Monday, Feb 28.
After applications close, they will be distributed to the ten faculty senates for consideration. The finalists chosen for the Revision Team will each be compensated with an overload payment for their time; the team members will be announced in late spring 2022. All feedback and recommendations collected through the consultation process (formally through the ten faculty senates, and informally through this direct engagement process) will be given to a Revisions Team in summer 2022, whose central tasks will include:
- Reading and discussing all commentary and reports collected from October 2021 through mid-May 2022;
- Using collected feedback to revise the proposal accordingly;
- Considering proposal revisions in the context of implementation issues, which may include, for example, anticipated impacts on enrollment, teaching capacities on different campuses, programmatic needs at all levels, assessment capacities, and so forth.
The Revisions Team’s tentative schedule:
June 13–17 and 20–24:
- 2 intensive weeks of weekday meetings (possibly on zoom) to study curricular models and Gen Ed competencies/capacities, and to strategize a revisions process.
June 27–July 22:
- Weekly 3-4 hour meetings to discuss feedback, with assigned tasks to be completed independently or in small groups.
July 25–29 and August 1–5:
- 2 intensive weeks of writing a revised proposal for release by start of the fall 2022 semester.
Fall and Spring Semester:
- Consultation support as needed.
Thanks to everyone for their continued engagement in this process. This effort to redesign the core curriculum for all UH students is a massive, and unique system-wide project that is being watched closely by institutions throughout the U.S. for its collaborative, inter-campus approach to general education reform. We encourage everyone to get involved and share your thoughts through any or all of these feedback mechanisms.
Debora Halbert, Office of the Vice President for Academic Strategy
Della Teraoka, Office of the Vice President for Community Colleges
Christine Beaule, UH Mānoa’s General Education Office
Mahalo nūnui for taking the time to review this week’s bulletin.
E mālama pono!
Maenette Benham, Chancellor