Peahi Lono Messages
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for April 2025
Date/Time sent: 04/01/2025 2:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! Our statement of...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for March 2025
Date/Time sent: 03/03/2025 2:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for February 2025
Date/Time sent: 02/03/2025 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for January 2025
Date/Time sent: 01/06/2025 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for December 2024
Date/Time sent: 12/02/2024 3:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for November 2024
Date/Time sent: 11/04/2024 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for October 2024
Date/Time sent: 10/01/2024 10:30 am
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for September 2024
Date/Time sent: 09/03/2024 1:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for August 2024
Date/Time sent: 08/19/2024 1:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for May 2024
Date/Time sent: 05/01/2024 11:00 am
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for April 2024
Date/Time sent: 04/01/2024 12:00 pm
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! It is Spring!! Hereʻs a springtime haiku to brighten your day by Paul Holmes: Crescent of colours Arching high above our heads. Sunshine brings us hope. Spring also means that we will soon be celebrating the accomplishments...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for March 2024
Date/Time sent: 03/04/2024 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for February 2024
Date/Time sent: 02/05/2024 12:00 pm
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! 新年快乐 – Happy Chinese New Year Xīnnián hǎo (新年好) New Years goodness Get your little red pockets (envelopes) ready! On Saturday, Feb. 10, we will be celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year! So...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for January 2024
Date/Time sent: 01/02/2024 1:30 pm
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! Are you ready for 2024!?! Undeniably, 2023 was a year of recovery and revitalization. With new vision and wonder shared by new campus leaders, our drive and “oomph” regained renewed...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for December
Date/Time sent: 12/04/2023 11:30 am
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for November
Date/Time sent: 11/01/2023 11:30 am
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for October
Date/Time sent: 10/02/2023 10:00 am
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for September
Date/Time sent: 09/06/2023 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for August
Date/Time sent: 08/01/2023 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for May
Date/Time sent: 05/01/2023 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for April
Date/Time sent: 04/03/2023 12:00 pm
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for March
Date/Time sent: 03/01/2023 12:00 pm
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! In this month’s Ka Peʻahi Lono, we feature a message from Dr. Jessica Miranda, our new Director for Strategic Directions, Accreditation, and Assessment. Learn more about her and how she is shaping the...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for February
Date/Time sent: 02/01/2023 9:00 am
We prepare 21st Century leaders, career creators through integrated, transdisciplinary programs where learners and teachers, together, discover and innovate and engage diverse communities to create a vibrant and socially just world. Hoʻokāhi ka ilau like ana (Wield the paddles together) ...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for January
Date/Time sent: 01/09/2023 11:00 am
On Friday, January 6, we hosted our Spring Semester Convocation. Mahalo again to everyone for your time, your attention, and your shared ALOHA! You can access a copy of the Powerpoint Presentation. The recording of all the presentations will be...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for December
Date/Time sent: 12/05/2022 11:00 am
During this makahiki season, we are reminded of the beauty and majesty of our ʻāina, our Hawaiʻi! Volcanic eruptions – a paradox – brings destruction and life; a natural regeneration. This photo was sent to me by my niece who...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for November
Date/Time sent: 11/01/2022 9:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! When we talk about the “work of leadership,” it is often our inclination to think of it as individual, self-reflective work. While that is partially true, leadership is an act of doing good...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for October
Date/Time sent: 09/01/2022 9:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! Some may have noticed that the weekly “Chancellor’s Message” has not appeared the last several weeks. In March of 2020, we created this platform to keep our campus community informed of our actions...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for September
Date/Time sent: 09/01/2022 9:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! We are so very excited to welcome you all back to campus! See you soon on our campus in the Ahupuaʻa of Honoʻuliʻuli! We are “so much more” with you here!! Our Fall 2022 Convocation and...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for August
Date/Time sent: 08/01/2022 9:00 am
We will be welcoming back to campus our faculty and students very soon! And, there are many ways that you can engage! You can catch up with colleagues and be briefed on our 2020-21 achievements as well as the activities...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for July
Date/Time sent: 07/05/2022 9:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! I hope your summer is treating you well! Joyful and productive! This month we have a full Peʻahi Lono to include a special farewell to Dr. Gloria Niles, celebration of faculty promotion and...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for June
Date/Time sent: 05/31/2022 9:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! As we end our 2021-2022 Academic Year and fire up our campus and our computers for our summer sessions, I am hopeful that we have all had an opportunity to reflect on the...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for May
Date/Time sent: 05/02/2022 9:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! As we come to the close of our 2021-2022 Academic Fall and Spring semesters (summer on its way), I am filled with gratitude! Mahalo nūnui to our staff who go the “extra mile”...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for April
Date/Time sent: 04/04/2022 9:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! We begin with this thought: He ʻaʻaliʻi ku makani mai au; ʻaʻohe makani nana e kulaʻi I am a wind resisting ‘aʻali’ʻ, no gale can push me over. Ōlelo Noʻeau no. 507 Indeed, the ʻaʻaliʻi bush can withstand...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for March
Date/Time sent: 03/01/2022 12:40 pm
Hoʻokāhi ka ilau like ana (Wield the paddles together) In February, faculty, staff, students, and visitors returned to campus. I realize that we’re all making sense of this new work environment and pandemic shifts! It is not easy but the transition,...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for February
Date/Time sent: 02/01/2022 2:00 pm
Hoʻokāhi ka ilau like ana (Wield the paddles together) I continue to be humbled by the sacrifices shared by so many of you over the last two years, and I sincerely appreciate all that each of you do to help UH...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for January
Date/Time sent: 01/03/2022 9:00 am
Hauʻoli Makahiki Hou! As we turn the corner on 2021, we now set our sights toward a new vista with the wind filling our sails with gratitude and hope. Indeed, the last year has been as tumultuous as the first...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for December
Date/Time sent: 12/06/2021 9:30 am
During this festive season, I sincerely hope that you enjoy, safely and joyfully, the warm embrace of ʻohana and friends (near and far). Indeed, good health is the greatest gift of all to give to yourself and your loved ones....
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for November
Date/Time sent: 11/01/2021 9:30 am
My dear friends in McAllen, Texas, have begun to celebrate Día de Muertos or Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead observed this year on Nov. 2). While this important celebration is held this time of year every year...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for October
Date/Time sent: 10/04/2021 8:00 am
Instead of a gratitude quote, I offer you an opportunity to celebrate! Acknowledging all that you give every day to learning & teaching, discovery & enlightenment! It’s time to “Dance on the Ceiling!” On September 30 we closed two (2) very...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for September
Date/Time sent: 09/01/2021 9:00 am
Ka Peʻahi Lono (The News Call) Peʻahi is not only a wave of the hand or a fan used to cool the skin but can also mean to brush, signal, or beckon. It is used in this context as beckon, or...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for August
Date/Time sent: 08/02/2021 8:00 am
Ka Peʻahi Lono (The News Call) Peʻahi is not only a wave of the hand or a fan used to cool the skin but can also mean to brush, signal, or beckon. It is used in this context as beckon, or...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for July
Date/Time sent: 07/06/2021 8:00 am
We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday, August 18, 2021 UH West Oʻahu Professional Development and Convocation for Faculty and Staff 8:30 a.m. – noon at our new Outdoor Learning Space Individual bentos served - RSVP information coming soon Aloha mai kākou e...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for June
Date/Time sent: 06/01/2021 8:00 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! The struggle for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voice and sovereignty in U.S. history has been hard fought. A little history lesson -- on October 5, 1978, a joint resolution was passed by...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for April
Date/Time sent: 04/03/2021 4:20 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! Nearly ## (you insert the number) years ago we remember our high school or college graduation. Walking across the stage engulfed in that awesome feeling of accomplishment and pride!! For many of us...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for March
Date/Time sent: 03/01/2021 9:20 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! We will mark one year this month that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public health emergency and we, at UH West Oʻahu, closed our campus and pivoted to remote work and...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for February
Date/Time sent: 02/01/2021 10:20 am
Aloha mai kākou e UH West Oʻahu ʻOhana! We have embarked on our next journey around the sun with vim and vigor leading with stronger online learning opportunities for all our students (early college, undergraduate, and outreach)! This is attributed to...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for January
Date/Time sent: 01/11/2021 10:15 am
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for December
Date/Time sent: 12/01/2020 11:05 am
Aloha mai kākou! The Makahiki Season in Hawaiʻi is marked by the rising of the Makaliʻi (Pleiades star cluster) on the horizon at sunset. This is the time of Lono when we reflect and renew – reenergize! It is also the...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for November
Date/Time sent: 11/02/2020 10:40 am
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono - Monthly Message for October
Date/Time sent: 10/05/2020 11:00 am
Aloha mai kākou! Our theme E ala! E alu! E kuilima! Awaken! Come together! Join hands! We are six weeks into our fall 2020 semester! Mahalo nūnui to our faculty and staff for your support to maximize the efficiency of our online and hybrid...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for September
Date/Time sent: 09/01/2020 11:00 am
Aloha mai kākou! Our theme for the month of Kepapamapa/September E ala! E alu! E kuilima! Awaken! Come together! Join hands! At the August 20 UH Board of Regents Meeting, UH System President David Lassner, presented an overview of our institution’s forward moving plan...
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono: Monthly Message for August
Date/Time sent: 08/03/2020 11:00 am
Aloha mai kākou! MARK YOUR CALENDARS UH West Oʻahu Fall 2020 Convocation Wednesday, August 19, 2020 8:30 a.m. – 10 a.m. Zoom and On-Campus (by invitation only) Our theme as we prepare for our Fall 2020 Semester ʻAʻohe hana nui ke alu ʻia! “No task is too big...