Bulletin No. 88
Date/Time sent: 04/18/2022 9:00 amE ala! E alu! E kuilima!
Awaken! Come together! Join hands!
View a Top 10 TedTalk on the Power of Gratitude and Kindness
Do you have 12 minutes?
Listen to Shawn Achor, “The Happy Secret to Better Work!”
During these challenging times, take a moment everyday to express your gratitude and do an act of random/conscious act of kindness. Both will increase your positivity and impact your work in significantly affirming ways.
Welina mai kākou!
Hoʻokāhi ka ilau like ana (Wield the paddles together)
This is a Time of Giving
The Hawaiʻi Foodbank has kicked off its Annual State Employees Food Drive, which runs through May 13, 2022. The issue of hunger continues to be a major challenge facing our community, affecting those most vulnerable among us, and the University of Hawai‘i (UH) ʻOhana is not immune from this issue.
This week, please drop off CANNED MEALS (chili, mac-in-cheese, soups, pork-n-beans, etc.) in the Lobby of the Administration/Health Sciences Building. (Canned proteins were last week’s request).
Information about this year’s Food Drive can be found at: http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/president/foodbank.
Working to keep our campus safe!
Keep in mind, kūkūlu kaiaʻulu! Please strengthen our community with your passions, respect for one another, and patience! Please respect an individual’s personal choice to wear a face mask outdoors and indoors where face masks are no longer required. On behalf of your campus leadership, enjoy a safe and vivacious 2022 spring semester on campus!
COVID-19 Vaccination & Testing Requirements for Current Employees and Students:
- Effective March 26, employees and students with approved exemptions will no longer be required to test regularly.
- Employees and students should continue to report positive COVID-19 cases to the UH West Oʻahu COVID-19 Response team at covidwo@hawaii.edu or (808) 689-2525.
- LumiSight UH prescreening for COVID-19 related symptoms, as well as for negative test results, is no longer required.
NOTE: LumiSight will still be the database for updated vaccination cards (i.e., when booster is obtained).
The following UH COVID-19 Guidelines are STILL REQUIRED for all employees, students, and visitors:
- Face masks must be worn indoors in classrooms, shared laboratories, other instructional spaces and tightly confined educational spaces (such as advising offices).
- Please note that Quarantine and Isolation are two very different procedures. Familiarity is essential should you be directly exposed or have tested positive.
The following UH West Oʻahu COVID-19 Guidelines are STILL REQUIRED for all employees and students:
- Visible identification. If you require a lanyard check, with your Vice Chancellor’s office. If you need to update your UH West Oʻahu ID card please see Student Services.
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.
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 a Summary of Student Vaccinations across the UH System and vaccination head counts by campus.
The University of Hawaiʻi System COVID-19 Guidelines have been updated, along with UH West Oʻahu’s guidelines.
The UH COVID-19 Health and Wellbeing Working Group, UH System leadership, and UH West Oʻahu executives and COVID-Response Team continue to strongly encourage everyone who is not up-to-date with their first COVID-19 booster to receive their free vaccination as soon as they are eligible. Also, they strongly encourage those who are eligible for the second COVID-19 booster to get their free booster soon.
Mahalo nūnui for taking the time to review this week’s bulletin.
E mālama pono!
Maenette Benham, Chancellor