Meeting Minutes
February 2, 2024

I. Opening Protocol

Mele Honouliuli (led by Chancellor Benham)

Land Acknowledgement (Prof. Cathy Ikeda, General Education)

Hōʻoia ʻĀina
On behalf of the General Education Committee, I come with aloha for this ʻāina koi ʻula i ka lepo (this land reddened by the rising dust; #80), mokupuni o Oʻahu, moku o ʻEwa, ahupuaʻa o Honouliuli, ʻili o Kapolei that we are occupying and calling the University of Hawaiʻi West Oʻahu.

I acknowledge nā kamaʻāina, ka poʻe haʻaheo o ʻEwa, the native peoples, both seen and unseen, that call these lands home.

We are meeting today to share and manifest our collective kuleana to the waiwai and moʻo of this ʻāina, nā haumāna, nā kumu, nā alakaʻi, nā kiaʻi, ke kaiaulu, a me ka lāhui.

With much humility, I offer this land acknowledgement to welcome and remind all of us gathered here of our pilina (he pilina wehena ʻole).

Me ke aloha ʻāina.

Anoʻai ke aloha.

(naʻu, Cathy Kanoelani Ikeda)

II. Approval of Faculty Senate Minutes

December 01, 2023 Faculty Senate Meeting

III. Administrative Reports

1. Office of the Chancellor (Chancellor Maenette Benham)
   1. First time for a regional presentation to BOR with LCC, so first experience of coordinating with another campus – although it took a long time to bring it together. See Chancellor’s monthly newsletter for slide deck for the report to the BOR.
   2. Enrollment recovery is going well.
   3. Global engagement activities are going well, meeting with partners through Tim Park. Developing short programs, summer program.
   4. Entering into pilot agreement with Tokai to provide a housing option, and UHWO has agreed to fill 50 beds. Will be a proof-of-concept to see if we can support a 300-bed dorm.
   5. Graduation responsibility will be shifting to Chancellor’s Office with OVCAA co-leads of Clinton Nishida and Camonia Graham-tutt. Commencement will be Saturday May 4 at Stan Sheriff.
   6. Early College numbers have soared. UHWO has the highest number of early college students in the UH system.
2. Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Vice-Chancellor Harald Barkhoff)
   1. Mahalo to everyone who helped with contract renewal, tenure and promotion.
   2. E building VCAA Office is moving – support staff is moving back to D building so VCAA staff can be together and be present.
   3. Searches update: in final stages of some faculty tenure-track searches. Active search ongoing for Scheduler and Association VCAA.
3. Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Vice-Chancellor David McDonald)
   1. Budget is still tight. One area we get full benefit is enrollment numbers.
   2. Ongoing project to see if we can fill a full residence hall – expecting report in May, and if positive, then about 3 years to develop a residence hall
   3. Legislature is in full session – supplemental cycle. Focus is on Maui. UHWO has some requests in to get help for growth.
4. Office of the Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs (Vice-Chancellor Dee Uwono)
   1. Enrollment is really important. February 29 reception for accepted students, encouraging faculty to participate in Fair at 5:10pm. Events like this seem to work well to show off our physical campus.
   2. There are more scholarship opportunities – watch for details.
   3. E Ala Pono Update #1 – 48% instructors participated, 38% of classes included. Update 2 – coming up.
   4. Note: Friday March 22 is last day to “W”
   5. Commencement speaker nominations are now open – nominations deadline 2/21; student applications due March 4.
   6. Loe’a Akiona – please encourage students to attend spring career fairs.

IV. Faculty Senate Chair's Reports

1. ASUHWO Update
   1. At leadership training today, no report. But they are active on campus.
2.  ACCFSC Updates
   1. AP 5.201 CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) online comments due Feb 5.
   2. EP 5.2XX (Micro Credentials) online comments due Feb 5.
   3. EP 5.223 (Graduate Assistants) online comment form due Feb 8
   4. EP 5.221 – Teaching and Work Assignments for Faculty (revised and in effect). If you have comments on any of these – deadlines are soon, except for EP5.221. Encourage faculty to check out the micro credentials to see how this might apply to your programs EP5.223 is mostly about graduate assistantants. EP5.221 this is the finalized version of the policy — legacy classification for UHWO and UHH. An important document to review (but no comments). This is done.
   5. BOR Updates: ACCFSC Statement regarding the Presidential Search (pg. 40) – for Jan 4 BOR meeting (special meeting for president search) – which they are trying to make happen very fast. This is not an official body (like FS) – they are not officially a representative body
   6. UHPresidentsurvey.org  closes feb 15. Codified groups have 2 reps each. Most members of the advisory committee are from UHM, not many from UHWO, not many from outer island campuses
3. Campus Updates
   1. Helen Longao Celebration of Life – details posted in chat

V. Committee Reports

1. Academic Affairs and Planning  (Sen. Katie Landgraf).
   1. No resolutions. Working to make all recommendations done thoroughly.
2. Budget and Resources  (Sen. Thomas Scheiding)
   1. Second round for travel funding proposals – apply for any conference or research travel applications – up to 2 applications (total) – deadline February 15, 2024
   2. Max award is now $2200.
3. Curriculum (Sen. Carina Chernisky)
   1. 76 proposals approved since December meeting.
   2. Recommendations of the report put for to be adopted.  Adopted.
4. Distance Education (Sen. Lynette Williamson)
   1. NOTE – there was one correction on 12/8 meeting notes.
   2. There were some requests for courses to be approved for current semester over the break as well as other DE requests.
   3. Recommendations of the report put for to be adopted.  Adopted.
5. General Education – No Report  (Sen. Cathy Ikeda)
6. Program Review – No Report (Sen.Joy Mahiko)
7. Student Affairs – No Report (Sen. Keʻalohi Perry)
8. Sustainability (Vice Chair Monique Mironesco) Ho’opili Ho this weekend, so Rouel Velasco is up at Palehua
   1. Nothing to be approved in report.
   2. Be on lookout for PV solar survey going out to the entire community.
   3. Reminder to apply for sustainability focus designation
   4. See also campus events.
   5. Need to revisit regular schedule of the committee meeting time.

VI. New Business

none

VII. Announcements

None

VIII. Adjourn

12:22 pm