July 2013 (Archives)

“I Am Mystified”

UHPA Executive Director JN Musto comments on the selection of an interim president for the University of Hawaii. What do you think? Comment on our YouTube video!

2013-07-24T12:07:00-10:00July 24, 2013|Political|

National Asian/Pacific Islander Community to Honor Local 5, Esera Tuaolo

Pride At Work Hawai'i is proud to support this upcoming event on July 27th and encourages our local labor community to do the same. We are hopeful that, by recognizing a Hawai'i union for its leadership around issues of LGBT equality and inclusiveness, this award will inspire all of Hawai'i's working people -- LGBT and non-LGBT to continue the fight for social and economic justice.

2014-08-08T20:43:43-10:00July 24, 2013|Campus Specific|

Does the University of Hawaii even need a new president?

UHPA Exec Director Dr. J.N. Musto suggests that each chancellor become a de facto president for his or her campus, with greater discretion over campus budgets and operations. The university-wide president would instead be the Board of Regents’ CEO and multi-campus chancellor with oversight of the campus presidents.

2013-07-12T18:28:00-10:00July 12, 2013|Academic|

ALERT – Federal STEM Funding at Risk

Senator Schatz's staff has notified UHPA of a harmful budget proposal by the Obama administration to consolidate all STEM funding into three agencies NSF, Department of Education, and the Smithsonian. This consolidation is creating uncertainty with the status of existing long term grants and contracts along with lack of clarity in the transfer of responsibility for existing funds.

2013-07-03T11:50:00-10:00July 3, 2013|System Policy|
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