Protect Your Family With Up To $200,000 in Group Term Life Insurance In addition to the $20,000 in Group Term Life Insurance you receive as a benefit of your UHPA membership, you can choose to purchase additional coverage up to $200,000. As an actively working member, if you purchase supplemental coverage for yourself, your spouse and dependent children can also apply for coverage. View rates and coverage options
Associate Professor of Sociology and 9-month Instructional faculty member at Mokihana College, Dr. Ying, was perusing the 2009-2015 contract, and found the following language: "Effective July 1, 2014, all Faculty Members shall have their base salaries increased by three percent (3%)." He recalled the finance officer at his institution saying that, for 9-month faculty, this raise actually was effective on Aug 1, 2014, and payable on Aug. 20, 2014. What's the deal? Answer: The salary increases for faculty on 9-month appointments [...]
By Joel Peralto, Accounting Professor It was the eve of the last academic senate meeting, and the HawCC faculty who came to the “Aloha JN Musto” and “Mahalo HawCC faculty” get-together at the Hilo Yacht Club on Friday, April 24th were in for a treat. UHPA hosted the 3-hour event, and Exec Committee member, Annie Brown, a Yacht Club member, graciously used her membership to sponsor the gathering. It was all made possible by former English instructor Misty Carmichael, now UHPA Assistant [...]
Our Spring 2015 Faculty Forum featured a fabulous Q&A session with UH Faculty Leaders and Governor David Ige. We've gathered the dialog into a YouTube playlist of short videos suitable for watching and sharing. Have a look and share your favorites ones with colleagues!
The Office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz would like to notify you about the following federal grant opportunities. For more information, click the link below each listing, visit GRANTS.GOV, or call the Program Management Office at 1-800-518-4726. Department of Education Project/Program: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program Description: Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have an undergraduate enrollment of at least 10 percent Asian American or Native American [...]
Veterans and the public across the University of Hawaiʻi’s 10 campuses are invited to attend the University of Hawaiʻi’s Annual Veterans Conference on April 27, 2015, from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. at the UH Mānoa Campus Center Ballroom. Registration is free. This year’s conference entitled Boots to Books will focus on transitioning from the military to college. William D. Wood, Chair of the Sociology Department at UH Mānoa’s College of Social Sciences, will deliver the keynote address. The conference also features a [...]
Beginning on April 8, 2015, all UHPA active members at Kapiolani CC, Leeward CC, UH-Manoa, UH Maui College and UH West Oahu will receive an email with a link to a ballot to vote in the 2015 UHPA Board of Directors’ Election. The voting period will run from April 8 through April 29, 2015. To ensure that members do not forget to vote, we will be sending out several email reminders throughout the voting period. Make your voice count and participate in [...]
On behalf of UHPA, Executive Director J. N. Musto testified before the Board of Regents Committee on Personnel Affairs as it continued to consider changes in policies pertaining to workload and the periodic review of faculty. Testimony by UHPA ED Musto highlights the negotiating history and the continued obligation of the Board of Regents to negotiate with UHPA over the impact of such policies might have on faculty employment. In his testimony to the regents, Dr. Musto emphasized that the first priority [...]
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