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Dear Governor, Help grow Hawaii’s future by paying our teachers! #deargovhi @govhawaii

Dear Gov Ige, Every year we have the thought of moving off island for a better place for our children. This is because there aren't enough role models and enough value put into education here in Hawaii. Help us make that decision to stay by putting your resources into education to promote STEM focus degrees. Also we struggle here at Kauai CC to recruit qualified math/science instructors. Please help us to be competitive!!! I still remember your promise for STEM when you [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:12-10:00May 22, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, Please help us stay home and contribute to our community. #deargovhi @govhawaii

Dear Governor Ige, Nine years ago I returned home from a well-paying job to raise my son in Hawaii. Doing what I love and am passionate about my homeland is beyond words. But the fact that our cost of living is so high and our salary is not commensurate makes it difficult to stay. Please help us (all us HI raised folks) stay home and contribute to our community. Mahalo Add your voice and send the Governor a postcard

2018-05-21T15:02:12-10:00May 19, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, We need to do what we can to keep educational quality if we expect Hawaii students to remain here. #deargovhi @govhawaii

1. We need to do what we can to keep educational quality if we expect Hawaii students to remain here. 2. We have suffered greatly from this in the 23 years I've been here. 3. Fair compensation will enable us to keep good faculty. Faculty morale is at a low point. This situation is critical. Add your voice and send the Governor a postcard

2018-05-21T15:02:12-10:00May 18, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, Who will help our students succeed if faculty continue to leave for better paying jobs? #deargovhi @govhawaii

Gov. Ige, As a newish UH Faculty member, I am torn between staying in a job I love and helping students succeed, and moving to the mainland for a lower cost of living and better compensation. Many of us younger faculty are still paying off student loans. We want to buy homes and start families but we can't do that if our wages don't keep up with the cost of living. Who will help our students succeed if faculty continue to leave [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:12-10:00May 17, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, We need good teachers! We need to keep the ones we have as well! #deargovhi @govhawaii

As a new faculty at Kauai Comm. College I am fulfilling a life long dream to live and work here. Unfortunately, as a new faculty, I am not eligible for promotion for several years. The salary I receive may prohibit me staying long enough to get promoted. We already have issues with retention and recruitment due to salary. Please consider the above statement ("Hawaii residents with a UH degree earn more over their lifetime than those who don't pursue higher education. Investing [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:12-10:00May 16, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, we need to keep our faculty and not lose them to the mainland or to the private sector #deargovhi @govhawaii

Dear Gov. Ige, How am I supposed to teach my students to value an education when they see me, as well as their other professors, with our multiple degrees in higher ed, having great difficulty affording to raise our families? If we want 55 by '25, we need to keep our faculty and not lose them to the mainland or to the private sector. Please support education by supporting UH faculty. Aloha, R. Azman, UHMC Add your voice and send the Governor [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:12-10:00May 15, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, I trust you will do the right thing #deargovhi @govhawaii

Without a viable contract to support myself (single, no kids), I shall not be able to continue in my position as full-time instructor. Simply put, I can't afford to live in Hawaii for much longer. I am very good at my job and it is the youth of Hawaii who will suffer the most. I trust you will do the right thing, or I shall be forced to vote for someone else. A. Priesman Add your voice and send the Governor a [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:12-10:00May 12, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, I am a young dedicated faculty member #deargovhi @govhawaii

Aloha Gov. Ige, My name is Justin Carvalho. I'm a Kauai Boy who left and returned to work in the DOE for 8 years. It was a great experience but after 8 short years I was close to the top of the pay scale with 20+ years to go. That was one of my motivations to moving to Kauai Community College. I am a young dedicated faculty member. It is dis-heartening to see your lack of commitment to offering a fair wage [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:13-10:00May 11, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|

Dear Governor, I likely earn minimum wage #deargovhi @govhawaii

Dear Gov. Ige, I teach English at WCC. I not only teach a 5(fall) / 4(spring) load, but I also serve on committees, participate in community events, and continue to pursue professional development opportunities. I work long hours and weekends, like my colleagues and likely earn minimum wage, but not much more. I am sad that my contributions aren't respected. What does this message say to my students? Aloha, D. P.

2017-05-02T11:12:51-10:00May 10, 2017|Dear Governor, Frontpage|
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