Meeting Minutes
Feb. 3, 2023

I. Opening Protocol

1. Mele Honouliuli (Senator Carrie Larger)
2. Land Acknowledgement (Senator Kealani Cook)

II. Approval of Faculty Senate Minutes

1. Minutes of the December 2, 2022 Faculty Senate Meeting.
   1. Circulated to Faculty Senate members.
   2. No corrections. Approved as circulated.

III. Administrative Reports

1. Office of the Chancellor (Chancellor Maenette Benham)
   1. New Executives
      1. VCA – Dave McDonald
      2. Director for strategic direction, accreditation, and assessment – Dr. Jessica Miranda
   2. Ka Pe’ahi Lono Newsletter
      1. Winter Quarterly Report (PDF)
         1. Distributed to donors and stakeholders.
         2. Focus: Multi-generational Families who are UHWO students
         3. IPEDS National Survey – Campus Report
            1. Questions? Contact Interim VCSA Kenolio or Dr. John Stanley
      2. Announcement – Dr. Lea Kinikini (Director of Research and Engaged Scholarship)
         1. Faculty Research Symposium – March (date TBA)
   3. VCA
      1. Library will be closed from Spring Break until the end of the semester.
         1. A/C and condenser work.
         2. Open back in August for next academic year.
         3. More information and updates soon.
      2. Exterior CMU reseal project is continuing.
         1. Exercise caution around resealing area.
      3. Government Relations Director – Wendy Tatsuno
         1. Reminder: When sending testimony, present as an individual (citizen) and not a representative of UHWO. If you are testifying as a representative of UHWO, please first contact Wendy.
      4. Mahalo enrollment management team, VCSA team, Div Chairs, and Faculty for efforts, help, and advocacy in following up with students and assisting with registering students for the Spring semester.
2. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (Dr. Loea Akiona, Leslie Opulauoho)
   1. Enrollment – 2,860 students (+1%)
   2. Recruitment Fall 2023 enrollment “bustling”.
      1. Campus Teams
      2. High School visits
   3. UH CC transfer students – Auto admission.
   4. UH Common Scholarship – Due March 1, 2023.
      1. Letters of recommendation – Faculty
   5. Career and Internship Fair –
      1. Thurs. Feb. 16, 10a – 1p
      2. 40 businesses
      3. In-person
   6. E Ala Pono
      1. 38% of course completed.
      2. 50% of faculty participated.
      3. Academic Prep (No’eau Center) – 39
      4. Academic Performance (Success Advisors) – 312
      5. Supportive Consult (Counseling) – 20
      6. Progress Update 2 (Week 8): February 27 – March 8, 2023
         1. Interventions – Week Nine/Ten – March 10-17, 2023.
         2. Follow-up and Close the Loop – Week Tem: March 24, 2023.
      7. Last Day to Drop No Refund w/ “W”; Leave of Absence (LOA)
   7. Commencement (Faculty)
      1. Saturday, May 6, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.
      2. Graduation Applications – Due: Friday, Feb 10, 2023 – Students
      3. Student Speaker – nominations – faculty submission.
      4. Select Student Speaker – faculty serve on audition committee.
      5. Faculty Processional – rental of regalia – contact Kory@ the UHWO Bookstore by the end of February.

IV. Faculty Senate Chairs Report

1. ASUHWO Report
   1. Continuing to rebuild ASUHWO.
   2. Special Elections completed.
      1. New Vice-President, BUSA, CM, Humanities, MNHS, and Senior Class Senators.
2. Faculty Senate Chair Report
   1. ACCFSC Updates
      1. New 4 Year Tuition Schedule – UHWO
         1. Tuition Freeze 23/24 -24/25
         2. 2% Increase 24/25 – 26/27
      2.  SCR 201 Approval Requires revision of 6 different Policies
         1. RP 9.206 — Faculty and Staff Renewal and Vitality Plans
         2. EP 9.201 — Faculty and Staff Renewal and Vitality Plans
         3. RP. 9.214 – Workload
         4. RP 9.213 — Periodic Review
         5. EP 5.221 — Classification of Faculty
         6. RP 9.202 — Classification Plans
      3. UHWO Survey Feedback on your experience during Contract Renewal, Tenure & Promotion
   2. UBAC – Dr. Katherine Aumer
      1. WAM meeting
      2. Revisit Student Fees
      3. IT priorities
      4. Position lines – Refer to WAM (UOH700)
      5. Tom Scheiding – Sabatical, Dr. Brenda Machosky – New chair of BRC and representative on UBAC.
   3. LMS – Dr. Lynette Williamson
      1. UH LMS Website
      2. Town Halls to review LMS (Blackboard, Canva, D2L) – Feb. 6, 8, 14, 16, and 22 – 12 noon.
         1. Zoom
      3. For links, please contact Dr. Williamson – lwill3@hawaii.edu
   4. BOR Updates
      1. Mahalo
      2. Renaming of the UHM Life Sciences Building for Dr. Isabella
         Abbot
      3. Student Basic Needs
   5. UHWO Faculty Senate Website
      1. Check for accuracy (wofacsen@hawaii.edu)
   6. Charter Review Committee
      1. Doodle Poll – participation on committee
   7. Onizuka Day – April 22, 2023
      1. STEM focus
      2. Highlight programs
      3. STEM workshop? Contact Chair Akamine (gakamine@hawaii.edu)
   8. Legislative Update
      1. WAM Hearing
      2. Priorities
      3. On-campus presence

V. New Business

1. Amend the order of the agenda – Curriculum Committee report moved to after Announcements.

VI. Committee Reports (or Announcements)

1. Academic Affairs and Planning – No report.
2. Budget and Resources (VC Katherine Aumer) – No approvals or recommendations.
   1. Brenda Machosky (Chair), Katherine Aumer (VC)
   2. APT eligible for the resource travel awards.
   3. $22,923 – support faculty travel; $18, 258 – expected expenses.
   4. First round deadline for Spring awards – February 17, 2023. Notify Adrian and Michelle before applying.
   5. Second and final round deadline for all travel before June 30 – March 24, 2023.
   6. Laulima BRC site for applications – Contact K. Aumer for questions.
3. Distance Education (Jonathan Schwartz) – No approvals or updates.
4. General Education
   1. 43 courses approved for Gen Ed Diversifications and Foundations SY 23-24, starting Fall 2023 (round 2).
   2. 7 courses approved for Diversifications (Fall 22/Spring 23/Fall 23).
   3. Approvals and recommendation were adopted.
5. Program Review (Mark Hanson) – No approvals or recommendations.
   1. Continue to discuss templates for action plans and handbook.
   2. Continue to work with Div. Chairs to get action plans approved.
6. Student Affairs (Katie Landgraf) – No approvals or recommendations.
   1. BIT (Behavior Intervention Team) can assist with mental health issues for students. Please reach out to the BIT team should you have concerns regarding students.
7. Sustainability (Alphie Garcia) – No approvals or recommendations.
8. Curriculum Committee – No approvals or recommendations
   1. Syllabus vs Course Outline review – CC will no longer scrutinize the syllabus for SLOs and pre-requisites as it is the responsibility of the individual instructors and their divisions.
   2. Standards/Criteria for the Documentation of Consultation – CC requests the proposer provide documentation of 1) the conversation about the change; 2) the outcome of the conversation.
   3. Participation on the CC – please join if interested – meet once/week.
   4. Status of the new due date proposal for the Faculty Senate – March 2023.
      1. SSCI Response (Orlando Garcia-Santiago) – Move discussion to Executive Session.

VII. Announcements

1. Student Research and Creative Works Symposium
   1. Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 9a – 3p, In-person
   2. Wednesday, April 19, 2023, 9a – 5p, Online
   3. Open House – Feb. 7, 2023 (in-person and virtual)
   4. For more information: Camonia Graham-Tutt (camonia@hawaii.edu)

VIII. Faculty Discussion in Executive Session (time permitting)

Motion to move to Executive Session.