September 2021 (Archives)

Lipstick Won’t Help This Tenure PIG Mess

Permitted Interaction Group (PIG) or Wild Pig On Friday, September 10, 2021, the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents posted their agenda and meeting materials for the September 16, 2021 meeting.  Included on the agenda was the report of the Tenure PIG.  Based on the February 18, 2021 BOR meeting, the Tenure PIGʻs purpose and scope was to review and investigate the issue of tenure in areas including the history and purpose of tenure at IHEs, particularly regarding the University of Hawai‘i [...]

2021-09-24T11:41:53-10:00September 27, 2021|Academic, Frontpage, Monday Report, UH Administration|

Reminder: Rate My Administrator Survey

By now all members of UHPA should have received their “Rate My Administrator” survey invitations. If you have not, please reach out to our office via email or you can just reply to any of our Monday Report emails.  Don’t postpone your participation!   Make your voice heard via this survey tool. The UHPA Board of Directors has authorized Market Trends Pacific to conduct the survey and report the results.  All submission data will be kept confidential. Only anonymous, summarized information will be [...]

2022-10-13T14:55:11-10:00September 27, 2021|Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Monday Report|

Cast your ERS Trustee Ballot For Lynne Wilkens

Lynne Wilkens By now you should all have your ballot for the next ERS Trustee election and we urge you all to cast your ballots for our very own Lynne Wilkens who has been endorsed by the HGEA, UPW, the Hawaii Fire Fighters Association, and of course UHPA. Deadline is Oct 22, 2021 If you need a replacement ballot or have any questions, please email Rebecca Gleason at ERSBallot@kmhllp.com or call (808) 543-3310. We urge you to check your mailbox and cast [...]

2021-09-24T11:57:46-10:00September 24, 2021|ERS/EUTF, Frontpage, Monday Report|

Here We Go Again On Tenure Battles

“Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”-- Winston Churchill Permitted Interaction Group (PIG) or Wild Pig On Friday, September 10, 2021, the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents posted their agenda and meeting materials for the September 16, 2021 meeting.  Included on the agenda was the report of the Tenure PIG.  Based on the February 18, 2021 BOR meeting, the Tenure PIGʻs purpose and scope was to review and investigate the issue of tenure in areas including [...]

Check your inbox 9/21: “Rate My Administrator”

On Sept. 21, 2021, all UHPA members will receive an email invitation to rate their administrator(s). If you are not a member of UHPA, get your membership started right now so you can participate.  The invitation will be sent to the email address we have on file.  For most of you, that means your non-@hawaii.edu address so please check that email inbox.   If you have not supplied us with an alternate email address, your @hawaii.edu inbox will have the invitation.  Either [...]

2021-09-15T08:44:25-10:00September 20, 2021|Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Monday Report, RateMyAdmin|

Join A Virtual 9/23 Faculty Meetup

Join this virtual round table to discuss safe ways to socialize What: This event has the purpose of starting a dialog amongst interested faculty to create a safe social event Where: Online When: Thurs Sept 23 from 4 to 5 pm Who:  Contact Jinan Banna (jcbanna@hawaii.edu) for meeting details I would like to connect with faculty members these days but want to do so in a way that is safe for all. So, I thought I would bring people interested in socializing [...]

2021-09-14T11:09:27-10:00September 14, 2021|Faculty Meetups, Frontpage, Monday Report|

UHPA Files Dissent on Tenure Group Discussions

The following is a copy of UHPA Executive Director Christian Fernʻs dissent to the Board of Regents Permitted Interaction Group (see page 188) on Tenure, Sept 10, 2021. Letter of Dissenting Opinion  (also published on page 211 of the BOR Sept 16 meeting materials) Aloha Chair Moore and Board of Regents: On February 18, 2021, the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents established and gave the Tenure Permitted Interaction Group (“Task Group”) an important assignment; to fully explore tenure, including its history [...]

Save the Date: “Rate My Administrator”

Our popular “Rate My Administrator” survey returns! If you’ve been waiting for a way to rate the performance of your administrators, this is it. On Sept. 21, 2021, all UHPA members will receive an email invitation to rate their administrator(s). If you are not a member of UHPA, get your membership started right now so you can participate.  The UHPA Board of Directors has authorized Market Trends Pacific to conduct the survey and report the results.  All submission data will be kept [...]

2021-09-09T12:03:14-10:00September 9, 2021|Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Monday Report|

UPW Endorses Lynne Wilkens for ERS Trustee

We were very happy to see UPW’s endorsement of UHPA Member Lynne Wilkens below. Ballots have been sent and we ask that you cast your vote for Lynne. Excerpted from UPW’s full endorsement: We humbly ask our members to consider voting for Ms. Lynne Wilkens for this seat.Lynne is well-qualified to serve in this seat. She has served in leadership roles with the University of Hawaii Cancer Center for over 30 years and has advocated for public employees for many years as [...]

2021-09-09T09:58:52-10:00September 9, 2021|ERS/EUTF, Frontpage, Monday Report|

Got ERS Trustee Ballot?

Ballots for the next ERS Trustee election are being mailed out. On Friday Sept 3, the Hawaii Government Employees Association (HGEA) made the following endorsement for Lynne Wilkens: Lynne wants to protect the hard-earned benefits of Hawaii’s public-sector employees!HGEA endorses Lynne Wilkens for the Educator Seat on the State of Hawaii Employees' Retirement System Board of Trustees. For more than 30 years, Lynne has worked at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and is currently the Associate Director of Shared Resources. She [...]

2021-09-03T17:04:42-10:00September 3, 2021|ERS/EUTF, Frontpage, Monday Report|
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