UH Office of Communications and UH News

The UH Communications team manages online, video and print communication for the UH System. We work closely with campus communicators and public information officers to publish UH News, the primary news platform of the UH System.

Additionally, we manage the UH System website and produce videos about amazing people and programs across the UH System.

Services

• Submit a UH News story for publicity consideration
• Submit an event to the UH Events Calendar
• Submit an event for the weekly UH Mānoa Events email
• Submit an event for the UH Mānoa and System Opportunities emails
• Submit an image for consideration for the UH News Image of the Week (use your hawaii.edu email address)
• Request media training
• Submit a UIPA request
• Order UH stationery/business cards

Resources

• UH Communications Standards
  • Style Guide
  • Graphics Standards
  • Hawaiian Language Considerations
  • ADA Accessibility
• UH News story tips
• Events calendar
• Faculty/staff directory
• Filming guidelines
• Media releases

Ongoing projects

• “A place for you” marketing campaign
• Content for UH System pages
• Content for UH Mānoa pages
• Social media (UH System: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn) (UH Mānoa: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
• UH News ʻŌlelo of the Week
• What’s up @ Mānoa? weekly student email and Instagram reel
• Content for Associated Press (AP) videos highlighting UH expertise for national/international audiences
• Media inquiries
• News conference coordination (in person and virtual)
• UH Mānoa Awards event
• Faculty/Staff directory

• Brent Suyama, Associate Director
• Kelli Abe Trifonovitch, Chief Communications Officer
• Arlene Abiang, Communications Specialist
• Mari Anguay, Web Specialist
• Marc Arakaki, Communications Specialist
• Jon Anthony Burdios, Social Media Specialist
• Jeff DePonte, Videographer
• Sherrie Dodo-Aguilar, Videographer
• Sarah Hendrix, Communications Specialist
• Dyan Kleckner, Communications/Marketing Specialist
• Colin Macdonald, Web Specialist
• Tracy Matsushima, Content Specialist
• Moanikeʻala Nabarro, Spokesperson
• Janica Marie Pascua, Communications Specialist
• Heidi Sakuma, Content Specialist

UH News Videos

Watch our videos on UH News or go directly to our YouTube channel.