UHPA Mission Statement

The Cost of Not Joining UHPANovember 13, 2019 - 7:20 am
Guest post by UHPA Member Randy Hirokawa, In my formative years as a young assistant professor, I admit not being a proponent of faculty unions. I believed in the integrity of universities, and the administrators who ran them. I believed that if you did your work well, you would steadily climb the tenure and promotion […]
Christian Fern Named Executive DirectorOctober 23, 2019 - 8:00 am
Christian Fern Named Executive Director of University of Hawaii Professional Assembly (UHPA) UHPA board of directors unanimously voted Christian Fern as the new executive director, effective December 1, 2019. Fern, who has served as an associate executive director with UHPA since July 2015, succeeds Kristeen Hanselman, who joined UHPA in December 2007. Hanselman will continue […]
Hawaii CC Faculty Hosts Their Regular MeetupOctober 21, 2019 - 8:03 am
On October 11, 2019, the Faculty at Hawaii Community College hosted a Faculty Meetup with about 35 people attending. Held at a rented beach house overlooking Hilo Bay, the meetup featured “really good food”, a little bit of swimming and apparently was an overall good time. Hawaii CC holds faculty meetups “at least twice a […]