Bulletin No. 74
Date/Time sent: 11/29/2021 9:00 amE ala! E alu! E kuilima!
Awaken! Come together! Join hands!
Statement of Gratitude: An Irish Blessing
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life’s passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours!
Aloha mai kākou!
Hauʻoli Lonoikamakahiki!
This Irish blessing is a heartfelt expression of this wondrous time of Makahiki. We give thanks to the universe for the abundance in our lives! As we say farewell to November 2021 and turn the corner into December, please take a moment to reflect on the gifts of knowledge, of learning and teaching, of inspiration that you give everyday to our students and to one another. Your aloha for one another is what builds a strong community, a resilient UH West Oʻahu.
You will be receiving many invitations this week to “Give” generously on November 30 “Giving Tuesday!” I hope that you will give to a UH West Oʻahu fund through the UH Foundation. Here is our special link:
https://givingday.uhfoundation.org/WestOahu
While you can give to any of our enrichment or scholarship funds please consider giving to support our NEW Veterans Center or to our NEW Equity & Access Scholarships. Pass the word!
COMMENCEMENT ATTENDANCE: Another reminder, please support our upcoming in-person Fall 2021 Commencement to be held on campus on Saturday, December 11. Your help is needed for set-up on Friday and at one or both of our modified graduation ceremonies. Sign up to volunteer via this link: Modified In-Person Volunteer Sign Up, by today, Nov. 29, 2021.
REGARDING COVID-19: Finally, with State of Hawaiʻi and Honolulu City & Country easing restrictions, the UH System is currently working with campus leadership to determine the implications of these recent changes on our 10 campuses. We should have more information over the next couple of weeks. Please keep your eye on this weekly bulletin.
Mahalo nūnui for taking the time to review this week’s bulletin.
E mālama pono!
Maenette Benham, Chancellor
Announcements and Reminders
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.
For Faculty, Staff and Students: Download and Use LumiSight. Must show verification.
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.