1st Native Hawaiian nurse hired in nursing school tenure track
Donna-Marie Palakiko is the first Native Hawaiian nurse to be hired into a tenure track position.
UH student survey seeks systemwide vaccination rate
A new survey on vaccination rates is sent to students at all 10 University of Hawaiʻi campuses.
UH provides employee vaccination, testing guidance
Gov. David Ige announced vaccination and testing requirements for state and county employees to take effect on August 16.
Student COVID-19 vaccination and testing for fall 2021
Students who are not fully vaccinated will have to undergo weekly COVID-19 testing.
August update: Telework expectations and out-of-state employment
An email from the Office of Human Resources reminds employees of telework policies.
Fall update: student vaccinations, employee telework, more
This message was shared with University of Hawaiʻi faculty, staff and students on July 23, 2021.
Free online COVID-19 nursing training benefits more than 2,000 worldwide
The free online course for students, frontline nurses and other health professionals ensured that they were prepared to navigate the new reality with COVID-19.
COVID-19 could devastate state’s second most valuable crop
Chris Knudson examines impacts on labor which help create favorable conditions for a deadly coffee crop fungus.
UH president’s report: Vaccine mandate update, vaccine survey results and more
Updates also included encouraging enrollment numbers for the fall 2021 semester, and remembering two renowned UH professors who recently died, Haunani-Kay Trask and Barbara Smith.
High UH vaccination rates, vaccine mandate will not be enforced to attend class
More than 92% of students and 95% of employees of the 10-campus UH system have been vaccinated for the COVID-19 virus or plan to be.
