• 2025 General Education Conference Committee

The 2025 General Education Conference Committee has been tasked with recommending a single system-wide, fully articulated General Education curriculum that seamlessly transfers without credit loss to facilitate junior standing that is student-centered and easily understood.

Note: the Committee is building from the work and recommendations generated by the 2022 General Education Redesign team.

Update: the Committee concluded its work in December 2025, and in January 2026 President Wendy Hensel provided the proposed UH General Education Curriculum to the Faculty Senates for review.

Authorization

President Wendy Hensel announced the formation of the General Education Conference Committee in her August 29, 2025 memorandum to the UH Faculty Senates. This action was taken to achieve the goals clarified by the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents in its May 2025 Resolution, "Affirming a Systemwide General Education Curriculum and Establishment of Guiding Principles for Implementation." That resolution calls for a final plan to be presented to the Board "no later than May 2026."

Timeline and Deliverables

President Wendy Hensel issued the following timeline to the Committee in her October 1 appointment memo:

October 10 at 8:00 a.m. via Zoom

Charge Meeting with the President

October - December 2025

Committee Convenes

December 19, 2025 (target date)

First Draft Endorsed by Committee

January - March 2026

The committee will share the draft endorsed proposal (or the President's recommended proposal in the event there is no draft from the committee) with the Faculty Senates to review. This is a consultative process where feedback is requested, but the final decision remains with the Board. Feedback from consultation will be used to revise the proposal if necessary.

April 2026

Final Draft with President’s Recommendation Presented to Conference Committee and All Campus Council of Faculty Senate Chairs (ACCFSC) for Advisory Votes

May 21, 2026 (Board Meeting)

Board Consideration: The final proposal will be presented.

Fall 2026

Implementation

Committee Composition

The General Education Conference Committee consists of thirteen voting faculty members from the ten UH campuses as well as three facilitators and an academic advisor serving in an ex-officio capacity.

Members

Marguerite Butler
Mānoa
Amy Cook
Kapiʻolani
Kenoalani Dela Cruz
Hawaiʻi
Kathy Ferguson
Mānoa
Anika Gearhart-Edwards
Leeward
Liana Horovitz
Maui
Chris Lauer
Hilo
Truc Nguyen
Mānoa
Megan Ross
West Oʻahu
Pualiʻiliʻi Rossi
Kauaʻi
Caroline Soga
Honolulu
Brad Taylor
Mānoa
Lance Uyeda
Windward
 
 
 

Facilitators (ex officio)

Kahele Dukelow
Interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, UH Community Colleges
Paul McKimmy
Interim Associate Vice Provost for Academic Excellence, UH Mānoa
Alan Rosenfeld
Associate Vice President for Academic Programs and Policy, UH System

Advisor (ex officio)

Sarah Akina
Associate Professor and Counselor, Windward Community College