May 2015 (Archives)

So you want to run the university like a business? Try making nice to the faculty.

By David Duffy, UHPA President. In most businesses, it is elementary that a motivated work force is a productive one Motivations can be financial, social or even minatory.  Businesses pay well and reward performance with bonuses, pay raises and corner offices. Medals and promotion are the currencies of the military. Unfortunately too many universities seem to be completely gormless when it comes to motivation and reward, beyond tenure and promotion. I’d like to suggest some simple things that can work to motivate [...]

2015-07-24T10:45:33-10:00May 29, 2015|Academic, Frontpage, Newsletter, Opinion|

UHPA End of Legislative Session Report – 2015

By John Radcliffe. The 2015 Legislative Session, began, proceeded, and ended as I had predicted it would--as far as the University System and the UHPA are concerned. And not because I am an oracle, but because we all worked hard to make it happen that way. In my address to the UHPA Faculty Forum in early February, I was able to predict that while the UHPA contract would be properly funded, I expected that there would be no "bad" legislation passed that [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:32-10:00May 29, 2015|Frontpage, Legislative, Newsletter, Political|

Acclaim for JN Musto from UH Maui College

The UH Maui College Academic Senate honored UHPA Executive Director JN Musto at the May 2, 2015 Board of Directors meeting.  Dr. Nani Azman presented him with a framed and signed resolution recounting his many victories in support of University of Hawai‘i faculty as he negotiated contracts and battled budget cuts across four decades. The UHMC senate felt the excellence of Dr. Musto’s leadership and wisdom in his thirty-five years of service warranted a formal accolade. UHMC faculty wish Dr. Musto a [...]

2015-05-29T18:36:44-10:00May 28, 2015|Academic, Campus Specific, Frontpage, Newsletter|

UHPA Leaders Norman Arancon and Melissa Kirkendall awarded Regents’ Medals for Excellence in Teaching

Congratulations to UHPA Director and UHH Assoc. Professor Norman Arancon and UHPA Faculty Representative and UHMC Instructor Melissa Kirkendall for winning the Regents' Medals for Excellence in Teaching! "It is indeed quite an honor and a blessing to have been recognized this way. I have learned so much from everyone. ", said Arancon Additional congratulations to all of the other recipients of the Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching, the Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research, and the Davis Award for Excellence [...]

2015-06-01T22:25:00-10:00May 28, 2015|Academic, BOD, Frontpage, Newsletter|

UHPA director and UHM Professor Brent Sipes in the News

Kudos go to Brent Sipes who was on camera in a KITV story "UH professors seeing red over greenhouses" and bringing visibility to a sad renovations project on the Pope greenhouse complex that has become ensnared in delays keeping them out of the facility for over five years now. We've started a thread on Facebook  on this story and invite you to join the conversation!

2015-05-28T16:10:55-10:00May 28, 2015|Academic, Campus Specific, Frontpage, Newsletter|

EUTF Board of Trustees Enhance Retiree Dental Plan

The Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) Board of Trustees, at its April 28, 2015 meeting, voted to increase retirees’ dental plan maximum from $1,000 to $2,000 retroactive to January 1, 2015.  Additionally, they voted to pay for the additional cost of the enhanced dental benefit from EUTF’s excess reserves for the calendar year 2015. Hawaii Dental Service (HDS) will be sending a letter to all retirees who exceeded their $1,000 maximum from January 1, 2015 to explain that they will [...]

2015-05-08T16:22:17-10:00May 8, 2015|Frontpage|
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