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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 [...]

2024-02-21T12:59:22-10:00March 27, 2015|Campus Specific, Frontpage, Newsletter, Opinion, UHPA Organizational|
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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|
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Faculty Op-Ed: A Hard Knocks Education

By Robert Cooney, PhD As a young research professor, working within a university research unit in which faculty were fairly judged by their accomplishments and potential, I could not understand why in the world faculty needed a union. After all, didn’t academics believe in truth and honor above all else? Why would one even need a contract in such circumstances? Over the last 30 years I have learned and discovered a lot concerning the role of vitamins in health, epidemiology of cancer, [...]

2015-02-27T09:43:15-10:00February 25, 2015|Commentary, Frontpage, Newsletter, Opinion, university of hawaii at manoa|
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FacFAQs: Will the snap-back be included in my “high three”?

Pearla has served many years as 9-month faculty at Lili'uokalani Community College, and is looking forward to her retirement in Spring 2015! After much congratulations and many joyful tears from colleagues, she started thinking about the financial repercussions of the snap-back. She knows that ERS often doesn't include retroactive payments so as not to inflate one's AFC. Will the snap-back be included in her "high three"? Answer: Although Pearla's "retirement estimate" does not reflect it, and it is not common practice from [...]

2014-12-30T19:38:01-10:00December 26, 2014|FacFAQs, Financial, Opinion|
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FacFAQs

Ken Tanaka* works for DaBest Community College as an Assistant Professor. After skimming through "Salaries" section of the ratified Tentative Agreement slated to begin on July 1, 2015, Ken is upset. Having been hired in 1994, Ken was only able to negotiate the minimum salary, and currently makes $60,000 a year. Now the new hire his department receives next year will be entitled to Ken's current salary as a base rate of pay! With all the service Ken has put in, how [...]

2014-12-26T17:21:32-10:00October 6, 2014|Commentary, FacFAQs, Financial, Opinion|
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