Rate My Administrator – President Lassner Edition – has been published
This is the last of a series of Rate My Administrator surveys (focused on President Lassner) is available for all UHPA Members to download as a PDF. “These results give faculty members the opportunity for a productive discussion on advancing a better relationship with administration”, said UHPA Executive Director Kristeen Hanselman. “The results have been shared with President Lassner consistent with UHPA’s commitment to engage in efforts to improve working conditions for faculty members.” You will need your UHPA Private Member website [...]
Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund for Retirees
Here is the 2017 Retiree Reference Guide
Interest-Free Loan for UH New Hires
The University of Hawai`i Federal Credit Union and UHPA have teamed up to offer you a UH New Hire Loan up to $5,000 at 0% APR to help cover moving costs and other expenses as you make the transition to your new position as a faculty or staff member of the UH System. Click here for more information on how to access this benefit.
Update on contract negotiations
On August 26th UHPA and the University of Hawaii and Governor’s Representatives met in a session to discuss contract negotiations. Mr. Wesley Machida, Director of Finance for the State of Hawaii, presented the State’s outlook on the budget. It included a discussion of the $1 billion in excess revenue. The budget projection covered up to fiscal year 2021. And emphasized stress on any given budget that included a disaster and deep recession along with increasing reserve funds for retirement and health care [...]
Community College Benefits Extend Beyond Economics
Star Advertiser Editorial (posted 8/17/16) by Matthew Tuthill, an Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Microbiology at Kapiolani Community College. The recent front-page headline — “Report hails community colleges’ affordability” — substantiated what is often overlooked: that our local community colleges (CCs) are the most affordable institutions of higher learning in the nation. However, the article only scratched the surface: There are a great deal of other metrics besides tuition costs that illustrate the value of these two-year schools. For example, less [...]
Last chance for a heavily discounted room at Aulani Resort for 2016 Halloween
This is the last notice you will receive from UHPA. There are only a few rooms left for this popular membership benefit so if you're going to go, reserve this now. No rooms will be available at this rate after September 30th and there is a possibility that all available rooms allocated to us will be sold out before then. Do it now. We've got a special bonus this year: Two Hawaii Food and Wine Festival events will be held at Ko'olina [...]