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Makahaiwaʻa - UH West Oʻahu's Weekly News Letter - 2024-12-02

Campus Updates

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Reminder: Mid-Year Commencement ambassadors needed!

We need campus ambassadors/volunteers to support our candidates for graduation and their loved ones at the 2024 Mid-Year Commencement Ceremony on Dec. 14!
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Makahaiwaʻa to go on holiday hiatus, Dec. 23 and 30

Makahaiwaʻa, our weekly bulletin for UH West Oʻahu faculty, staff, and students, will go on hiatus for the holidays. There will be no bulletins on Dec. 23 and 30; it will return on Jan. 6. To submit any items for the Dec. 16 bulletin, please do so by Wednesday, Dec. 11, by using our Communications Request Form. Thank you!

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Spring Convocation

The 2025 Spring Convocation will be on Wednesday, Jan. 8, in C-208. More details to follow.

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2024-2027 UH Student Basic Needs Master Plan

On behalf of the UH System Student Basic Needs Committee, the Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs is pleased to share the 2024-2027 UH Student Basic Needs Master Plan.
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Sign up for yoga

UH West Oʻahu Campus Recreation offers yoga classes to faculty, staff, and students this semester.
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Equity Explored webinar, Dec. 2

“The Farce of the Feminine Feud: Control, Power, & Women in the Music Industry,” this semester’s final Equity Explored webinar, will be 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 2.
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Paws for Coffee, Dec. 3

The UH West Oʻahu James & Abigail Campbell Library and Student Activity Fee Board (SAFB) are happy to host another round of Paws for Coffee — Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., in the library lobby!
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Library tower work, Dec. 3-6

A contractor will be performing investigative work on the James & Abigail Campbell Library light tower starting at noon on Tuesday, Dec. 3, through Friday, Dec. 6, with typical work hours of 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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Nāulu Winds of UH West Oʻahu concert, Dec. 11

Join the University of Hawaiʻi–West Oʻahu band, the Nāulu Winds of UH West Oʻahu, for a special send-off concert at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 11, at the Michael D. Nakasone Performing Arts Center in Pearl City. Admission is free.
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Winter break closures at UH West Oʻahu​

Please note the following closures and other schedule changes for services at UH West Oʻahu for winter break.
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Be aware of holiday scammers

Just a quick reminder that scammers are busier than ever trying to convince you to fall for their scams.
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Share your UH-mazing holiday recipe

UH News invites members of our UH ʻohana to share a recipe and short writeup for the holiday season.
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Ka Puna O Kaloʻi highlights

Check out recent highlights from our campus newsletter, Ka Puna O Kaloʻi. Subscribe to receive monthly highlights.
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Calendar of Events

Monday, Dec. 2

  • Yoga, 9 to 10 a.m. or 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., ʻUluʻulu in the library. Sign up here. Info: imwest@hawaii.edu or 808-689-2673
  • Fresh produce pickup (while supplies last) with Food Vault Hawaiʻi West, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nāulu Center. UH West Oʻahu students must present their UH ID card or UH username.

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Wednesday, Dec. 4

Thursday, Dec. 5

Friday, Dec. 6

  • Last day of instruction
  • Harvest Day, 10 a.m. to noon, Student Organic Garden on campus adjacent to the Classroom (D) and Laboratory (E) buildings. Info: tasiay@hawaii.edu

Saturday, Dec. 7, through Friday, Dec. 13

  • Final examination period