Click the link below to connect with a UH Basic Needs Café Assistant who can help UH students with locating and securing basic needs including food, housing and financial resources. Café hours are Sunday to Thursday 8pm to midnight and Monday to Friday 8am to noon.
Students are also welcome to reach out via email uhsbn@hawaii.edu. Responses are provided promptly during café hours.
Food Assistance
Financial Help
Health Services
Housing & Shelter
Additional Resources
- COVID-19 Support
- Aloha United Way
- University of Hawai‘i Resources
- Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
- Rental and Utility Relief Program
- Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
- Affordable Connectivity Program
Campus Point of Contact
Loea Akiona, Coordinator for Career Services, loea@hawaii.edu
Michiko Joseph, Interim Library Director, msjoseph@hawaii.edu
UH West Oʻahu Campus Committee
Christine Neves, Administrative Fiscal Support, cabralch@hawaii.edu
Beverly Baligad, Director of Compliance/Title IX Coordinator, bbaligad@hawaii.edu
Carina Chernisky, Public Service Librarian, carinac@hawaii.edu
Darian Padilla, Director of Development UH Foundation, darian.padilla@uhfoundation.org
David McDonald, Vice Chancellor, davidamc@hawaii.edu
Daniel Ken Inouye Jr., Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of Administration, dkinouye@hawaii.edu
Leila Shimokawa, Director of Communication, lwai@hawaii.edu
Loea Akiona, Coordinator for Career Services, loea@hawaii.edu
Michiko Joseph, Interum Library Director, msjoseph@hawaii.edu
Rouel Velasco, Director of Student Life, rouel@hawaii.edu
Ryan Perreira, Intramural Coordinator, rperreir@hawaii.edu