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.
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 are effective August 1 of the respective year since the duty period for 9-month faculty runs from mid-August to mid-May (the academic year.) The salary for Dr. Ying’s 9-month appointment is paid out over 12 months. What confused Dr. Ying is that he receives paychecks through the summer even though he’s off duty. Those salaries have already been earned. Even if Dr. Ying resigned or retired on June 1st, he would be paid through August 1st to receive his full wage. However, those salaries would be for work done in the prior academic year.
If Dr. Ying had been on an 11-month appointment, he would have a duty period from July 1 through June 30, therefore the new fiscal year salary increase would be applied on July 1st.
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 Executive Director, who asked, when I mentioned the idea to her a month or so ago, “how does April 24th sound?” We began our conversation that way, explored ideas, and before long, it was clear that we could use the gathering as an opportunity to say “mahalo” to JN, AND to the HawCC faculty, and UHPA would graciously pick up the tab. When I excitedly mentioned it to EC Vice Chair, Claudia Wilcox-Boucher, she volunteered as social director and did a terrific job of organizing and insuring that a wide cross section of faculty came. Those who did were NOT disappointed. Great food, mood relaxing drinks, great company and an inspiring Mahalo speech from guest of honor, JN Musto who is leaving after over 35 years at the helm of UHPA, were the highlights. JN graced us with a short mo’olelo of his introduction to the Big Island….long gone faculty member/administrator Tom Ikeda personally introduced him to the “whos who” around town, declaring “this haole is OK”….that’s all it took….a fond memory of HawCC back in the day.
The planning committee met, along with Sam Giordanengo, incoming Exec Committee member and outgoing FPC chair, to wrap up the evening with a somewhat serious (just kidding) evaluation tete-a-tete on the back lawn. It all ended with YC member Annie Brown declaring “we need to have a pau hana gathering to close out the year.” I believe the vote was unanimous in favor of this great suggestion. If you missed the first one, maybe you can make the follow up…it promises to be fun! Many mahalos again and again to Misty Carmichael, JN Musto and the UHPA board for making this all possible. Of course, it would have been nothing had the faculty not come.
Mahalo HawCC faculty.
Malama Pono, E Holomua!!!
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 Pacific Islander students to assist such institutions to plan, develop, undertake, and carry out activities to improve and expand such institutions’ capacity to serve Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders and low-income individuals.
Eligibility: Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution
Current Closing Date: May 19, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $3,062,000
Award Ceiling: $0
Award Floor: $0
CFDA Number: 84.031 — Higher Education Institutional Aid
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275324
Department of Education
Project/Program: HHS/ACL/NIDILRR: Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Program
Description: The purpose of NIDILRR’s ARRT program, which is funded through the Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program, is to provide advanced research training and experience to individuals with doctorates, or similar advanced degrees, who have clinical or other relevant experience. ARRT projects train rehabilitation researchers, including researchers with disabilities, with particular attention to research areas that support the implementation and objectives of the Rehabilitation Act, and that improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act.
Eligibility: Private institutions of higher education; Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
Current Closing Date: May 15, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $0
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: $150,000
CFDA Number: 84.133 — National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275202
Department of Education
Project/Program: HHS/ACL/NIDILRR: Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training (ARRT) Program
Description: To plan and conduct research, demonstration projects, training, and related activities, including international activities, to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology. The Program’s activities are designed to maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities, and to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Rehabilitation Act).
Eligibility: Public and State controlled institutions of higher education; Private institutions of higher education
Current Closing Date: May 11, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $150,000
Award Ceiling: $150,000
Award Floor: N/A
CFDA Number: 84.133 — National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275064
Department of Education
Project/Program: HHS/ACL/NIDILRR: Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Field Initiated Program (Development)
Description: The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Act)
Eligibility: Parties eligible to apply for MSI FI Projects grants are limited to minority entities and Indian tribes as authorized by section 21(b)(2)(A) of the Act. A minority entity is defined as a historically black college or university (a part B institution, as defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended), a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, an American Indian tribal college or university, or another IHE whose minority student enrollment is at least 50 percent.
Current Closing Date: May 19, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $200,000
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Award Floor: N/A
CFDA Number: 84.133 — National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275042
Department of Education
Project/Program: Institute of Education Sciences (IES): Evaluation of State Education Programs and Policies Grant Program
Description: The purpose of the Evaluation of State Education Programs and Policies Grant Program is to support rigorous evaluations of education programs and policies implemented by State educational agencies (SEAs) that have important implications for improving student education outcomes. These evaluations are to be carried out by partnerships between research institutions and SEAs.
Eligibility: Research partnerships involving at least one research institution and at least one SEA. The partnership must choose one principal investigator from either the research institution or the SEA to have overall responsibility for the administration of the award. Applicants that have the ability and capacity to conduct scientifically valid research are eligible to apply as the research institution partner. These include, but are not limited to, nonprofit and for-profit organizations and public and private agencies and institutions, such as colleges and universities. An SEA is the agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of elementary schools and secondary schools.
Current Closing Date: Jun 10, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
Award Ceiling: $1,000,000
Award Floor: N/A
CFDA Number: 84.305 — Education Research, Development and Dissemination
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275120
Department of Education
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE)
Project/Program: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE): Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program
Description: The purpose of this under the Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program is to provide grants to State educational agencies to enable them to carry out a coordinated program of scientifically based research, demonstration projects, innovative strategies, and similar activities designed to build and enhance the ability of elementary and secondary schools nationwide to meet the special educational needs of gifted and talented students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds or underrepresented groups.
Eligibility: State Educational Agencies
Current Closing Date: May 4, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,500,000
Award Ceiling: N/A
Award Floor: N/A
CFDA Number: 43.008 — Education
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275309
Department of Education
Project/Program: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program
Description: The AANAPISI 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 Pacific Islander students to assist such institutions to plan, develop, undertake, and carry out activities to improve and expand such institutions’ capacity to serve Asian Americans and Native American Pacific Islanders and low-income individuals.
Eligibility: State Educational Agencies
Current Closing Date: May 4, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $2,500,000
Award Ceiling: N/A
Award Floor: N/A
CFDA Number: 43.008 — Education
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275309
Department of Education
Project/Program: HHS/ACL/NIDILRR: Disability and Rehabilitation Research Projects and Centers Program: Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) Field Initiated Program (Research) Description: The purpose of the Field Initiated (FI) Projects program is to develop methods, procedures, and rehabilitation technology that maximize the full inclusion and integration into society, employment, independent living, family support, and economic and social self-sufficiency of individuals with disabilities, especially individuals with the most severe disabilities. Another purpose of the FI Projects program is to improve the effectiveness of services authorized under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
Eligibility: Parties eligible to apply for MSI FI Projects grants are limited to minority entities and Indian tribes as authorized by section 21(b)(2)(A) of the Act. A minority entity is defined as a historically black college or university (a part B institution, as defined in section 322(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended), a Hispanic-serving institution of higher education, an American Indian tribal college or university, or another IHE whose minority student enrollment is at least 50 percent.
Current Closing Date: May 11, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $200,000
Award Ceiling: $200,000
Award Floor: N/A
CFDA Number: 84.133 — National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275040
Department of Education
Project/Program: HHS/ACL/NIDILRR: Research Fellowships Program
Description: The purpose of the Research Fellowships Program is to build research capacity by providing support to highly qualified individuals, including those who are individuals with disabilities, to conduct research on the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. Fellows must conduct original research in an area authorized by section 204 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended (Act).
Eligibility: Individuals, Eligible individuals must: (1) satisfy the requirements of 45 CFR part 75 and (2) have training and experience that indicate a potential for engaging in scientific research related to the solution of rehabilitation problems of individuals with disabilities. To be eligible for a Distinguished Residential Disability and Rehabilitation Policy Fellowship, an individual must have seven or more years of research experience in subject areas, methods, or techniques relevant to rehabilitation research and must have a doctorate, other terminal degree, or comparable academic qualifications.
Current Closing Date: May 18, 2015
Estimated Total Program Funding: $125,000
Award Ceiling: $125,000
Award Floor: N/A
CFDA Number: 84.133 — National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
For more information, go to: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=275237
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 panel discussion by current UH Mānoa student veterans, some of whom recently separated from the military.
Register online for Boots and Books by April 20, 2015. Lunch is provided for those who RSVP.
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 electing your union leader on your campus!
(Members can view the list of candidates today by logging on to the members-only site.)
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 of any university is not just instruction, but rather “the retention, transmission and development of new knowledge” of which instruction, research, academic governance, student services, and service to the community at large are all a part. He repeated UHPA’s commitment to work with the UH administration on all the campuses to see that teaching equivalencies for instructional faculty, development of departmental expectations and the continued implementation of the procedures governing 5-year faculty reviews continue all on the basis of the original agreements that were reached by the parties in 1986. Dr. Musto concluded his remarks by pointing out that there should be a uniform system by which all faculty members are able to express to the students and the public the spectrum of work that they are engaged in as a part of this academic community; teaching research and service.