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Watch Faculty Leaders Q&A with Governor Ige

Our Spring 2015 Faculty Forum featured a fabulous Q&A session with UH Faculty Leaders and Governor David Ige. We've gathered the dialog into a YouTube playlist of short videos suitable for watching and sharing.  Have a look and share your favorites ones with colleagues!

2015-04-24T13:25:53-10:00April 24, 2015|Frontpage, Newsletter|

New Grant Notifications

The Office of U.S. Senator Brian Schatz would like to notify you about the following federal grant opportunities.  For more information, click the link below each listing, visit GRANTS.GOV, or call the Program Management Office at 1-800-518-4726. Department of Education Project/Program: Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE): Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) Program Description: Program provides grants to eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs) that have an undergraduate enrollment of at least 10 percent Asian American or Native American [...]

2015-04-16T10:14:22-10:00April 16, 2015|Frontpage, Legislative, Newsletter|

UHPA Testimony on Workload and Faculty Review

On behalf of UHPA, Executive Director J. N. Musto testified before the Board of Regents Committee on Personnel Affairs as it continued to consider changes in policies pertaining to workload and the periodic review of faculty. Testimony by UHPA ED Musto highlights the negotiating history and the continued obligation of the Board of Regents to negotiate with UHPA over the impact of such policies might have on faculty employment.  In his testimony to the regents, Dr. Musto emphasized that the first priority [...]

2015-04-02T12:36:27-10:00April 2, 2015|Academic, Frontpage, Newsletter, System Policy|

Musto’s Road Show: Saying farewell to faculty after 35 years

By UHPA President David Duffy. It may have been Friday the thirteenth, but it was all good for the 80 faculty who showed up for the last stop on JN Musto’s farewell tour of the University system at Manoa Gardens. The drinks were free but the bar line was long, although the pupus and the conversations made the wait more palatable. At the end of the gathering, about 40 remaining faculty gathered to hear JN talk about his time with the [...]

Legislative Update for March 2015 by John Radcliffe

There have been 197 bills introduced in the 2015 Legislative Session that have to do with the University system, UHPA, or related subjects. Of those, many have had to do with some aspect of the University that makes someone upset about something.  Some have to do with other more mundane subjects.  However, the main thing for our members to understand is that many of these legislative proposals are intended to  “send a message” to UH officials.  Of the 197 bills introduced (a [...]

2015-03-27T14:01:38-10:00March 27, 2015|Frontpage, Legislative, Newsletter|

FacFAQs: Sabbatical Policy vs. Contract

Realizing she may never get timely information from her campus Human Resources office, Nora, a 9-month Instructional faculty member at ‘Āhinahina Community College, has decided to start researching Sabbatical information online herself. She noticed a discrepancy between policy and the UHPA faculty contract. She discovers that Policy A9.400 states that faculty must return to service at UH for one year, with item 6 stating that "Employees who fail to return to service subsequent to a sabbatical leave or who do not complete [...]

2015-03-24T17:50:47-10:00March 24, 2015|Academic, Commentary, FacFAQs, Newsletter, System Policy|

Claim your free $20,000 in Group Term Life Insurance

As a benefit of your UHPA membership, you  automatically receive $20,000 in Group Term Life Insurance coverage at no cost to you.  You do not have to choose this coverage – you automatically receive it as a UHPA Member.  However, you do need to designate the beneficiary on your policy.  If you have not yet designated a beneficiary you can complete it online: Designate your beneficiary now If you would like more information on this benefit, and information on purchasing additional [...]

2018-05-21T15:02:33-10:00March 24, 2015|Frontpage, Membership Benefits, Newsletter|

FacFAQs: Will Proposed Budget Cuts Undermine our Next Contract?

Lenny was perusing a Star-Advertiser article published on March 13th, 2015 titled "Panel trims $72M from UH Budget," where he was suprised to read President Lassner quoted as saying the $72 million cut made by the House Finance Committee could "hurt operations." Now he's a bit worried about his raise. How will this affect implementation of the 2015-2017 contract? Answer: Don't believe the hype. The additional cost of the collective bargaining settlement is part of the Executive Budget, and therefore remains unaffected [...]

2016-06-08T12:26:06-10:00March 24, 2015|Financial, Newsletter|

Faculty Op-Ed: Political Inaction No Longer a Luxury

By Karla Hayashi Political activism was probably not the reason why most of us earned our degrees and found our place here at one of the University of Hawai‘i campuses. We got here initially because of our passion for our academic discipline, desire to share that passion with students in the classroom, and opportunities to engage in research and other professional activities which we believed would benefit our students, campuses, community, and profession. Now more than ever, however, we also need to [...]

2015-03-31T06:44:11-10:00March 18, 2015|Commentary, Frontpage, Newsletter, Opinion, Political|

Aloha United Way Seeking Volunteers for the 23rd Annual NALC Food Drive

Saturday, May 9, 2015 will be the date of this year's National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Food Drive.  Aloha United Way is looking for volunteers for the food sorting portion of the National Association of Letter Carriers Food Drive. While we all are made to feel like we live in a community of plenty, the sad fact is that for many of Hawaii’s keiki, the only hot meal they get daily is the one they get in school. The NALC Food [...]

2015-03-27T09:05:29-10:00March 13, 2015|Frontpage, Newsletter, UHPA Organizational|
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