Bulletin No. 25
Date/Time sent: 11/02/2020 8:00 amAs we move through the remaining months of 2020 and our fall semester, we are doing the important work of budgeting and planning for the last half of FY 21 and looking at how we will address Fiscal Years 22-24+. It is essential that as members of the UH West Oʻahu ʻohana you stay informed and engaged!
As forecasted at our Fall Convocation (August 19, 2020), we have gathered a team of faculty, staff, and students to collectively work on our recommendations to assist our campus reframing and budgeting plan. The task will be to present a cogent, forward looking set of recommendations that responds to two balanced questions:
- Part I: What is UH West Oʻahu willing to do to meet our projected deficits in FY 21, 22, 23, and 24?
- Part II: What must UH West Oʻahu do to increase our enrollment, to grow programs that will significantly impact a healthy post-pandemic Hawaiʻi, and to invest in entrepreneurial initiatives that nurture our distinctiveness?
The process is co-facilitated by Dr. Walter Kahumoku (who facilitated our strategic planning process in 2017-2018) with note-taking/management support from Chris Neves. A support team has been assembled to include: Budget & Finance, Human Resources, Facilities & Grounds, Institutional Research, Communications, Enrollment Management, Financial Aid, UH System offices/if needed, and support teams from each unit. Members of the task force include:
- ASUHWO: Jenna Marie Marcos and Caton Liang
- Faculty: Kaʻiulani Akamine, Loea Akiona, Ross Cordy, Alphie Garcia, Mary Heller, Ed Keaunui, Frank Kudo, Monique Mironesco, Reed Young (an 8th member replacement TBD)
- Staff: Michelle Cohen, Lori Foo, John Murakami,Therese Nakadomari, Princess Soares, Marnelli Ulep
- A representative from UHPA and a representative from HGEA
Task force zoom meetings began Wednesday, October 28, with a second meeting on Friday October 30. Meeting minutes are being drafted and will be shared via our Budget Planning website. Everything that the task force does (minutes, data used, reports, presentations, etc.) will be archived on this website. An update of the task force activities will be presented at the November 6 Faculty Senate meeting.
How to Stay informed
UH West Oʻahu Pueo Planning Process site. Here you will find six informative folders:
- Process – the planning process is described
- Task Force – all information and actions will be archived here
- Resources – all useful information is archived here
- Communications:
- All “Budget Bulletins” that have been disseminated to the campus community beginning June 22, 2020, so far 19 budget related messages are archived and we will continue to archive the weekly budget bulletin here.
- All “Chancellor’s Monthly Newsletters” the Ka Peʻahi Lono that provided budget related information to the campus community is archived here. Find: August, September, and October.
- Calendar – All budget (and COVID) related meetings and actions have been archived here. The calendar begins April 2020 and will be updated weekly.
- Questions – Here is where you can send feedback and questions that will be checked daily and the query will be sent to the appropriate respondent.
Access the Board of Regents Meeting Minutes. Much of what all UH Campuses are engaged in can be reviewed through the Board of Regents.
Read UH System Announcements and Campus Announcements.
Mahalo for staying informed!
Chancellor Maenette Benham