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Makahaiwaʻa - UH West Oʻahu's Weekly News Letter - 2023-04-03
Ka Pe‘ahi Lono April 2023
We are heading into the tail-end of our 2022-2023 academic year! It has been a wonderful school year filled with hope, recovery, resiliency, and many inspiring moments of achievement. Yes, everyone is working hard and smart! Mahalo nui! Note that these productive and positive forward-moving efforts helps us to plan our summer and academic year 2023-2024 tasks and strategies. Every baby step forward helps us to find a new way to stand, walk, and run!
Campus Updates
Emergency Evacuation Drill (April 2023)
The University will conduct a test of its emergency notification procedures in April. There WILL BE an evacuation drill as a part of this training.
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UH West Oʻahu Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Feedback Survey
The University of Hawai’i–West Oʻahu is seeking a Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs (VCSA). Please fill out this survey to provide your feedback on the candidates.
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Sexual assault awareness month webinar series starts April 3
The University of Hawaiʻi is raising awareness during National Sexual Assault Awareness Month with a webinar series for students, faculty, and staff.
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University of Hawaiʻi 2023 Foodbank Food Drive
The Hawaiʻi Foodbank has kicked off its Annual State Employees Food Drive, which runs through May 19, 2023. The issue of hunger continues to be a major challenge facing our community, affecting those most vulnerable among us, and the University of Hawaiʻi ʻohana is not immune from this issue. Hawai‘i Foodbank’s state employees food drive’s goal this year is to raise $150,000 and 70,000 pounds of food. Click here for more information about this year’s Food Drive.
Reminder: No access to library building
The James & Abigail Campbell Library is under construction as a result of a Library Air Conditioning Repair Project, which will optimize the air conditioning system. As a reminder, there is no access to the library building.
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Reminder: Submit online form for bulletin board postings
Need advertisement for your programs, courses, and/or student organizations?
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UHWO ACM Newsletter April 2023
Be sure to check out the latest UH West Oʻahu Academy for Creative Media news and events.
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UH West Oʻahu in the News
A roundup of media coverage of UH West Oʻahu people, places, programs, and more.
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Students
- Register for fall and enter to win AirPods and more!
- Reminder: Serve in student government and make a difference, apply by today, April 3
- Reminder: Get help with registration through April 10!
- Earth Day, April 10
- Pueo Game Night, April 12
- Receive an award and develop your research skills!
- Commencement Speaker Application, deadline April 6
- Commencement RSVP, deadline April 14
- Leadership Excellence Awards, apply by April 17
- Reminder: Disability Services
- Reminder: Updated access for UH West Oʻahu students
- WOBA Open Mic Feedback Survey
Employees
- Recordings of VCSA candidates’ presentations
- April 2023 faculty and staff anniversaries
- Receive summer overload in support of STEM curriculum development
- EUTF & PCP Open Enrollment
- Island Flex Flexible Spending Accounts Open Enrollment through April 28
- Distance Learning Tip of the Week: Search visual content with Google Lens
News from Ka Puna O Kalo‘i
Prep for graduation and beyond at two-day event
University of Hawai‘i–West O‘ahu’s candidates for graduation can prepare for the Spring 2023 Commencement at Grad Fest, a two-day event that will cover all things graduation.
Learn how to make lei at next garden workshop
Just in time for the fast-approaching graduation season, Mother’s Day, and other upcoming special occasions: a lei-making activity!
Calendar of Events
Monday, April 3
- Spring Into Reg!, pre-registration assistance via All-Day Express Advising, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until April 10. Visit bit.ly/advkiosk. Info: uhwoadv@hawaii.edu
Tuesday, April 4
- Spring Into Reg!, pre-registration assistance via All-Day Express Advising, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until April 10. Visit bit.ly/advkiosk. Info: uhwoadv@hawaii.edu
- Grad Fest / Graduate & Professional School Fair, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nāulu Center Outdoor Learning Space and Nāulu Center Ho‘onanea Room in C-132. Info: uhwograd@hawaii.edu
- Belly dancing class, 2 to 3 p.m., Nāulu Center’s Hoʻonanea Room, C-132. Info: imwest@hawaii.edu
- Library synchronous workshop: Navigating Health and Science Research, 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom. Register here.
Wednesday, April 5
- Spring Into Reg!, pre-registration assistance via All-Day Express Advising, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until April 10. Visit bit.ly/advkiosk. Info: uhwoadv@hawaii.edu
- ‘Āina-to-Kino Workshop: Lei-making, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Hale Kūahuokalā in the Student Organic Garden (māla) on campus adjacent to the Classroom (D) and Laboratory (E) buildings. To RSVP or for more info: tasiay@hawaii.edu
- Grad Fest / Graduate & Professional School Fair, noon to 4 p.m., Nāulu Center Outdoor Learning Space and Nāulu Center Ho‘onanea Room in C-132. Info: uhwograd@hawaii.edu
- Library synchronous workshop: Navigating Health and Science Research, 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom. Register here.
Thursday, April 6
- Spring Into Reg!, pre-registration assistance via All-Day Express Advising, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays until April 10. Visit bit.ly/advkiosk. Info: uhwoadv@hawaii.edu
Friday, April 7
- HOLIDAY: Good Friday
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