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Welcome Back UHWO Students! #finishstrong

Date/Time sent: 03/23/2020 7:30 am

Welcome Back from Spring Break! Time to #finishstrong!

While your courses have migrated to online, your home (UHWO) campus is open for you to access campus resources and services. Listed below are information to keep you updated and resources to support you through the end of semester. Your health and safety is important to us, continue to practice #socialdistancing.

University of Hawai’i–West O’ahu COVID-19 webpage

Visit the UH West O’ahu COVID-19 page (https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/covid-19/) for campus-related information, including student, faculty, and staff resources, as well as important announcements, available support, event closures, and impacted locations. For resources on learning online, please check out our Online Learning resources (https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/covid-19/#online).

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University of Hawai’i COVID-19 webpage

The University of Hawai’i’s web page (https://www.hawaii.edu/emergency/important-health-information-novel-coronavirus/) provides information and updates regarding the COVID-19 pandemic on behalf of the UH System. Among the announcements and resources UH recently shared:

The UH COVID-19 webpage will be updated with any new warnings, advisories, and guidance from UH, Hawai’i Department of Health, U.S. State Department, and the Centers for Disease Control. Please continue to check your emails for updates. If you have any questions, please email: covid19@hawaii.edu.

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Mental Health Moment – Illness Anxiety

Clinical psychologists Dr. Steven Taketa and Dr. Analu Sing, with UH West O’ahu’s Counseling Services (https://westoahu.hawaii.edu/current-students/health-and-wellness/#counseling-services), will offer weekly mental health tips to students, faculty, and staff to cope through COVID-19 and these trying times:

In response to COVID-19, many of us are experiencing a healthy degree of concern about the potential of contracting this and other illnesses. However, for some people, the fear of illness or disability can be overwhelming. Many individuals with illness anxiety report that underlying their fear is a deeper sense of having to live a less than fulfilling life. In other words, people who are happy with their relationships, who feel like they are living a meaningful existence, and who believe that they are valuable to others, are also less likely to have an excessive fear of sickness or death. While mental health treatment cannot decrease your chances of contracting illnesses directly, it can be very effective in helping people to focus on life rather than being hindered by unnecessary worry.

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James & Abigail Campbell Library

The library is only open to employees and students currently with reduced hours and limited capacity. Here are the hours:

10:00am – 4:00pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
1:00pm-7:00pm Wednesday
Closed Saturday and Sunday

We encourage students and employees to sign-in through an online reservation system that will be linked to the UHWO Library website. However, employee and student walk-ins will be allowed entry as long as we have not yet reached social distancing capacity.

Direct link to library online reservation system: https://westoahu.libcal.com/booking/computers

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