Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Senate Executive Committee (SEC) for a vote of the full senate on May 12, 2021, an SEC motion on the Graduate Council. Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on May 12, 2021 with 66 votes (90.41%) in support; 7 votes (9.59%) opposed; and 7 abstentions.

                           SENATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MOTION ON THE GRADUATE COUNCIL

WHEREAS, the restructuring of Graduate Council’s relationship with the Mānoa Faculty Senate (MFS) was established via the SEC Motion on the Restructuring of CORGE and Graduate Council on February 18, 2015; and

WHEREAS, while the Graduate Council is a committee of the Graduate Division and not of the Mānoa Faculty Senate, but it is by Board of Regents policy (RP 1.210) that the Mānoa Faculty Senate has authority over all matters of curriculum; and

WHEREAS, previously the Mānoa Faculty Senate had a Committee on Research and Graduate Education that reviewed graduate level curricular proposals and by an agreement with the Graduate Division in 2015, the  Committee on Research and Graduate Education changed its focus to research and became the Committee on Research and agreed that the Graduate Division (via the Graduate Council) would continue to conduct reviews and recommend actions on graduate curricular matters; and

WHEREAS, the common practice is for faculty members who serve on the Graduate Council to have experience as department leadership, experience as a graduate chair and/or department chair, and several years of experience as graduate faculty; and

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate and Graduate Division recognizes the past difficulty of finding sufficient numbers of qualified faculty to serve on both the former Committee on Research and Graduate Education and Graduate Council; and

WHEREAS, the process of nomination by the Committee for Faculty Service  of faculty to serve on the Graduate Council as normal, non-senator faculty members was not clear in the 2015 motion; and

WHEREAS, the Dean of Graduate Division has in the past appointed non-Mānoa Faculty Senate members to the Graduate Council and continues to do so; and

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate has identified and continues to identify and appoint two senators, from the Senate Executive Committee and/or Committee on Academic Planning and Policy, selected by the Senate Executive Committee to serve on the Graduate Council, who also have Level 3 Graduate Faculty status, and experience as graduate chairs, department chairs, or several years of experience as graduate faculty; and

WHEREAS, the purpose of that restructuring and partnership with the Graduate Division was to preserve the Mānoa Faculty Senate’s “…primary responsibility for such fundamental academic areas as curriculum content, subject matter, and methods of instruction and research” (UH Mānoa Faculty Senate Charter Preamble); and

WHEREAS, among the duties of the Mānoa Faculty Senate Committee on Academic Policy and Planning  are to provide oversight and make recommendations on the “establishment and modification of degree programs and curricula” (UH Mānoa Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article IV, Section 1, g);

THEREFORE, the Senate Executive Committee moves to clarify that

1. The Senate Executive Committee will continue to ensure that there are always two Mānoa Faculty Senators serving on Graduate Council, who are Level 3 Graduate Faculty status and currently serving on the Senate Executive Committee and/or Committee on Academic Planning and Policy; one of whom shall be invited to serve as the chair of the Graduate Council’s Program Committee (UH Mānoa Faculty Senate Bylaws, Article III, Section 5 (12)); and
2. The chair of the Graduate Council’s Program Committee will present any proposals for new graduate degree programs or certificates, as well as any policy changes relating to graduate education, to the Mānoa Faculty Senate for discussion and decision; and
3. Service on the Graduate Council does not satisfy a senator’s committee service obligation to the Mānoa Faculty Senate (although relief from other committee duties is recommended); and
4. The Graduate Division can continue to nominate Mānoa faculty to serve as regular council members (not the Senate Executive Committee appointees) and will share the list of prospective members with the Mānoa Faculty Senate Office for review by the Committee of Faculty Service and subsequent endorsement by the Senate Executive Committee, with the appointment made by the Graduate Division; and

This partnership with the Graduate Council will be reviewed by the Committee on Faculty Service, and Senate Executive Committee with Graduate Division every five years, or sooner, and adjusted as necessary.

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate on behalf of the Graduate Council for a vote of the full Senate on May 12, 2021, a resolution supporting the proposal for a graduate certificate in Multilingual Multicultural Professional Practice.  Approved unanimously through acclamation by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on May 12, 2021.

Resolution Supporting the Proposal for a Graduate Certificate in Multilingual Multicultural Professional Practice

WHEREAS, the College of Education (COE) and the College of Arts, Languages and Letters (CALL) have proposed a 15-credit interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate in Multilingual Multicultural Professional Practice; and

WHEREAS, the proposed interdisciplinary certificate is part of the UHM OVCAA’s Multilingual Multicultural Strategic Initiative, whose mission is to connect and enhance UHM strengths as a multilingual and multicultural environment through collaborative curriculum development, interdisciplinary research, and community partnerships; and

WHEREAS, the MMPP will be administered through the Department of Curriculum Studies in the COE, along with the Department of Second Language Studies, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures in CALL, and the Institute for Teacher Education; and

WHEREAS, the MMPP is also of interest to UHM professional schools, such as law, medicine, and social work, to show specific qualifications in multilingual and multicultural competencies; and

WHEREAS, a central goal of the certificate is to align with the current Hawai‘i State Board of Education policies and UH System learning outcomes that orient to Hawaiian values; and

WHEREAS, the proposers have consulted widely both within UH and in the community, finding that the state has begun requiring credentials for educators working with multilingual/EL students; and

WHEREAS, no additional resources will be required to operate the program; therefore

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Manoa Faculty Senate recommends approval of the proposed Graduate Certificate in Multilingual Multicultural Professional Practice.

Supporting document:
Revised Proposal for the Graduate Certificate in MMPP

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Professional Matters for a vote of the full senate on April 21, 2021, a resolution in recognition of Alice Augusta Ball to establish an annual day and award in her honor. Approved unanimously through acclamation by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on April 21, 2021.

RESOLUTION CREATING ALICE AUGUSTA BALL DAY AND AN ANNUAL AWARD IN HER NAME RECOGNIZING EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH BY A GRADUATE STUDENT 

WHEREAS, the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa seeks to refine its recognition of Alice Ball and her accomplishments, including the following:

1. Contribution to the treatment of Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) through the application of a new method of ethyl esterification (developed by a German chemist) to chaulmoogra oil, more effectively administered to patients with leprosy;
2. First Black woman published twice in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, one before she had a master’s degree.
3. First Black woman to receive a master’s degree in chemistry (probably first in the US).
4. First Black woman to become head of the College of Hawaiʻi’s Chemistry Department (very likely the first in the US).
5. First Black woman to develop an early treatment for Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) that was used for two decades.
6. She also taught compositional English to young women at the Hawaiʻi YWCA in the fall of 1914 and spring of 1915 when she was working on her thesis, teaching chemistry classes, and managing the Chemistry Department.

WHEREAS, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has recently honored Alice August Ball as a woman health pioneer, recognizing her and placing her in the same category as Marie Curie and Florence Nightingale;

WHEREAS, Alice Ball Day was proclaimed by Lieutenant Governor Mazie Hirono to take place on February 29, 2000; and UH-Mānoa recognized her the same day with a bronze plaque at the base of the lone Chaulmoogra tree on campus;

WHEREAS, retired UH Science and Technology Librarian Paul Wermager has already established the Alice Ball Scholarship with the UH Foundation, and  in 2006, the University of Hawai‘i Board of Regents awarded Alice Ball their Medal of Distinction, posthumously,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate request that Gov Ige/Lt. Governor Josh Green issue a proclamation designating a day in February (besides February 29) as a Alice Ball Day henceforth to; and, that the University of Hawaiʻi, Mānoa recognize and memorialize the contributions of Alice Ball by commissioning the design and sculpting of a bust of Alice Ball (or other such memorial), which may also serve as an incentive and inducement to young scholars aspiring to contribute to the public health and welfare;

BE IT FURTHER AND FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate facilitate the establishment of an annual Alice Ball Award to honor a graduate student for outstanding research that contributes to the well-being of the people of Hawaiʻi.

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Student Affairs for a vote of the full senate on
April 21, 2021, a resolution to increase student mental health and well-being support at UHM.  Approved unanimously through acclamation by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on April 21, 2021. 

RESOLUTION TO INCREASE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING SUPPORT AT UHM 

WHEREAS, one of the missions of the University of Hawaii, at Manoa, is to achieve and maintain a healthy student body and university community; and

WHEREAS, as a steward of Native Hawaiian values, culture, and traditions, an important value of the University of Hawaii at Mānoa is the concept of “Lōkahi” – that total health is the balance and harmony of the physical, emotional, family, environmental, and spiritual; and

WHEREAS, there has been an on-going shortage of mental health specialists at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UHM) prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as was identified and addressed by the Mānoa Faculty Senate in 2015; and

WHEREAS, in 2021, students are facing increasingly difficult medical, emotional, financial, and academic challenges as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and

WHEREAS, of the UHM students who participated in an intake assessment appointment at the Counseling and Student Development Center in the fall 2020 semester, 43 percent considered suicide in the past, with 6.8 percent of students reporting they considered suicide in the past month; and

WHEREAS, JABSOM Department of Psychiatry is willing to participate in a hui with other key UHM departments and services to increase programs and resources to benefit students’ mental health and well-being; and

WHEREAS, the hui is willing to create an action plan that meets students’ mental health needs, and is in collaboration with other allied health professionals on campus, including but not limited to, the UHM Counseling and Student Development Center, Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, and Department of Psychology; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate requests the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa administrative leadership prioritize mental and behavioral health for the UHM student body and support the establishment of the mental health and well-being hui under the leadership of the UHM Counseling and Student Development Center, supported by the JABSOM Department of Psychiatry; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate recommends that UHM administrative leadership establish G-funded positions at the UH Mānoa Counseling and Student Development Center, to help the institution attain the recommended national standard of one mental health professional per 1000-1500 students; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate recommends that UHM administrative leadership provide funding to support JABSOM Department of Psychiatry trainee physicians who can provide services at the UH Mānoa Counseling and Student Development Center; and

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate requests the hui be provided funding through the CARES Act and/or any other available COVID-19 pandemic funding.

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Administration & Budget (CAB) for a vote of the full Senate on March 24, 2021, a resolution opposing the Phase I and II Reorganization of the Mānoa Management Structure. Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on March 24, 2021 with 32 votes (72.73%) in support; 12 votes (27.28%) opposed; and 9 abstentions.

Resolution Opposing the Phase I AND II Reorganization of the Mānoa Management Structure

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate is required to evaluate and provide recommendations on the Phase II Reorganization of Mānoa’s Management structure, relating to the creation of Vice-Provost offices and subsequent reorganizations under their leadership; and,

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate’s Executive Committee referred both the Phase I and Phase II reorganizations to the Committee on Administration and Budget (CAB) for review, consideration, and recommendations; and,

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate previously stated that it “reserve[d] the right to endorse or oppose the reorganization in its entirety [including Phase I] after all phases of the proposal have been received, evaluated, and considered ”; and, 1

WHEREAS, this reorganization lacks innovation, consisting primarily of renaming executive and management titles, and realigning the duties and responsibilities of these officers on Mānoa following the implementation of Phase I; and,

WHEREAS, the Phase I and II proposals concentrate authority within the President/CEO, resulting in less autonomy for the University of Hawaiʻi’s (UH) flagship campus, particularly due to the Mānoa Office of Business and Finance reporting directly to the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa CEO rather than the Provost; and,

WHEREAS, consultative opportunity was denied regarding the reporting line of the Office of the Mānoa Business and Finance, that replaced the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Administration, Finance and Operations; and,

WHEREAS, this concentration of authority is exacerbated by Administrative Policy A3.101 University of Hawaiʻi Organizational and Functional Changes, authorizing the President to make administrative changes at two levels below the President while approving changes at UHM CEO one level below, leading to aconsolidation of power in an individual with limited oversight and potential conflicts-of-interest; and,

WHEREAS, The Phase II proposal as written does not provide an itemized list for budget savings, eliminated positions, and created positions, providing no way to verify the proposed savings are accurate, nor is there discussion in the document regarding overall ‘efficiencies, service improvements or other benefits that will be achieved as a result of this reorganization’. These elements are required in the body of proposal per A3.101, p5, Section 5a, 1(d) “Reorganizational Proposals”; and,

WHEREAS, the proposed Phase II reorganization lacks strategic direction, failing to incorporate the overall goals of the 2015-2025 Strategic Plan for UH Mānoa (UHM); and,

WHEREAS, specific elements within the Phase II proposal remain underdeveloped, particularly First Year Programs, Graduate Division, Global Engagement, Advising, and Mānoa’s Research and Scholarship office; and,

WHEREAS, the Phase II proposal provides no clear criteria to evaluate its implementation, particularly with regard to student success; and,

WHEREAS, insufficient opportunities were provided for individual units or faculty members to provide feedback during the design phase of the Phase II proposal, and no guidance was provided post-release for how individual units or faculty members should provide feedback, or even if it would be considered ; and, 2

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate can provide only global, rather than department or unit-specific feedback; consultation with the Senate does not replace direct consultation with individual units,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, until the aforementioned issues are addressed, the Mānoa Faculty Senate is unable to support, and thus opposes, both Phase I and Phase II Reorganization of the Mānoa Management Structure.

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP) for a vote of the full Senate on March 24, 2021, a resolution supporting the proposal for an Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability.  Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on March 24, 2021 with 54 votes (98.18%) in support; 1 vote (1.82%) opposed; and 0 abstentions. 

RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN SUSTAINABILITY

WHEREAS, the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience was established at UH Manoa in 2018 to provide a campus-wide platform for cross-disciplinary instruction on environmental sustainability; and

WHEREAS, the Institute for Sustainability and Resilience, in partnership with eight other UHM colleges, has proposed a 15 credit Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability; and 

WHEREAS, Executive Policy EP 4.202, signed in 2015, states, “The University will encourage, facilitate and support curriculum development that advances the principles of sustainability and enables cross-campus collaborations that integrate teaching and research with solutions at the campus and community levels.” and

WHEREAS, ensuring sustainable stewardship of our environment while simultaneously creating vibrant and resilient societies requires theory, practice, and integration across multiple fields; and

WHEREAS, meaningfully addressing environmental crises requires bridging multiple disciplines and perspectives while reassessing our collective and individual relationships with our world’s resources and the systems that have caused degradation; and

WHEREAS, the Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability (SUST) will complement a student’s primary field of study by providing foundational knowledge of the interconnectivity of natural and human systems, and of evidence-based reasoning on the implications of sustainability problems and/or proposed solutions, and will also engage students in systems thinking and problem solving for achieving sustainability; and

WHEREAS, the proposed certificate will provide cross-disciplinary training and will utilize the considerable expertise of faculty across nine University of Hawaiʻi units; and,

WHEREAS, proposers have consulted with relevant units and the proposed certificate does not duplicate or replace existing UHM programs, or programs at other UH campuses; and

WHEREAS, the proposed certificate leverages existing advising resources in respective units, the existing Director position in ISR, as well as the SUST cross-listed course offerings across campus, and does not require new resources; therefore,

 BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate recommends approval of the proposal to establish an Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Supporting Document:

Proposal for Undergraduate Certificate in Sustainability 

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Academic Policy and Planning (CAPP) for a vote of the full Senate on March 24, 2021, a resolution supporting the proposal for an Undergraduate Certificate in Queer Studies.  Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on March 24, 2021 with 42 votes (95.45%) in support; 2 votes (4.55%) opposed; and 6 abstentions.

RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PROPOSAL FOR AN
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN QUEER STUDIES

WHEREAS, the Department of Women’s Studies had put forth a proposal for an Undergraduate Certificate in Sexuality Studies; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Women’s Studies then changed their proposal to Undergraduate Certificate in Queer Studies; and 

WHEREAS, the Women’s Studies Department’s mission is to provide multicultural and global education and research on issues of gender, sexuality, ethnic and national diversity, and social justice with a focus on women in Hawai’i, Asia, and the Pacific; and

WHEREAS, recent political situations that undermine the rights of gender and sexual expressions of marginalized people, and the growing need and demand for better understanding of sexuality issues necessitates the need for an undergraduate certificate specifically in Queer Studies; and

WHEREAS, the new certificate program will emphasize sexuality with a focus on Hawai’i, Asia, and the Pacific, from a transnational, interdisciplinary, and intersectional perspective; and

WHEREAS, surveys of students by the Department of Women’s Studies and the College of Social Sciences indicated there is a strong demand for more LGBTQ+ course content; and

WHEREAS, the certificate program is open to all enrolled UHM undergraduate students interested in the topic, has no pre-requisites, and will require 15 credit hours; and

WHEREAS, the certificate will be evaluated every two years with the goal of assessing the certificate’s enrollment, connections and collaborations on events, campus impact, and benefit for students; and

WHEREAS, student learning will be assessed with the same assessment instruments that are used in the Undergraduate Certificate in Women’s Studies; and

WHEREAS, no additional resources are needed for this certificate; therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mānoa Faculty Senate recommends approval of the proposal to establish an Undergraduate Certificate in Queer Studies in the Women’s Studies Department at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.

Supporting document:

• Queer Studies Certificate proposal

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Senate Executive Committee for a vote of the full senate on February 17, 2021, a resolution describing multiple levels of faculty voice, including consultation, between faculty and administration in shared governance.  Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on February 17, 2021 with 57 votes (100.0%) in support; 0 opposed; and 2 abstentions. 

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE MĀNOA FACULTY’S
UNDERSTANDING OF SHARED GOVERNANCE

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate by BOR Policy 1.210 has a voice in academic goals, policies, and programs in providing advice to Mānoa Administration; and

WHEREAS, Executive Policy A3.101 calls for the Mānoa Faculty Senate to review any proposed reorganization; and

WHEREAS, in the spirit of shared governance, Mānoa administrators often seek Mānoa faculty views on a variety of matters, and

WHEREAS, Mānoa faculty members are appointed, serve, and voice opinions on a variety of committees, boards, task forces, etc.; and

WHEREAS, the Mānoa Faculty Senate understands shared governance to be a productive, collegial and appropriate cooperation between the Mānoa faculty and the Mānoa Administration; and

WHEREAS the Mānoa Faculty Senate follows AAUP’s guidance that shared governance is based on interdependence, communication, planning, and joint effort among the components of an institution;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the variety of ways in which faculty voice is solicited and heard represents a continuum along a path of shared governance; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Mānoa Faculty Senate recognizes three broad categories of faculty voice: (1)  Mānoa Administration invitation to non-senate committees, (2) Mānoa Faculty Senate nomination to non-senate committees, and (3) Consultation, i.e. a written request from the Mānoa Administration to the Mānoa Faculty Senate whose response represents the official voice of the Mānoa Faculty; and

BE  IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Mānoa Faculty Senate views consultation as a multi-stage process. Therefore, the following describes the consultation process: information sharing, providing feedback, dialogue/active participation between Mānoa Faculty and Administration, the written proposal, and continued dialogue. This information and examples are detailed in the attached document.

Supporting document:

Guidance on Shared Governance

Presented to the Mānoa Faculty Senate by the Senate Executive Committee for a vote of the full senate on February 17, 2021, a resolution calling for all permanent executive managerial positions to be subject to an open recruitment, search, and hiring process.  Approved by the Mānoa Faculty Senate on February 17, 2021 with 62 votes (98.41%) in support; 1 vote (1.59%) opposed; and 0 abstentions.

RESOLUTION CALLING FOR ALL PERMANENT EXECUTIVE MANAGERIAL POSITIONS TO BE SUBJECT TO AN OPEN RECRUITMENT, SEARCH, AND HIRING PROCESS

WHEREAS, The Mānoa Faculty Senate has directed that the Committee on Administration and Budget (CAB) “shall review […] the procedures for filling [major] positions” and “shall monitor the administration’s actions to ensure that they are open and give ample opportunity for faculty consultation and shall review University policies regarding academic decision making and policy development and propose modifications as required”; and,

WHEREAS, Board of Regents Policy (RP) 1.210 “recognizes the critical role played by faculty in the academic governance of the University, and authorizes the establishment of Faculty Senates to ‘advise the administration (primarily at the campus and unit level) on matters impacting and/or relating to the development and maintenance of academic policy and standards to the end that quality education is provided, preserved, and improved’”; and,

WHEREAS, the University of Hawai‘i Professional Assembly (UHPA) and the Board of Regents (BOR) entered into an agreement that spans from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2021 (hereafter referred to as “2017-2021 UHPA-BOR Agreement”), which states in section R-20:

“the University will refer the following topics to Senates, or, where noted, to other shared governance entities. […]

8) Participation in recruitment, selection, and evaluation of academic executive leadership at the campus and the system level. This responsibility may also be shared with other shared governance entities.”; and,

WHEREAS, RP 9.201 and 9.212 establishes general guidelines for the hiring, recruitment, and appointment for EM positions; and,

WHEREAS, Executive Policy (EP) 9.212 states:

“All EM positions shall be filled through an open search process; provided, however, that an EM position may be filled without a search process (1) when reassigning an existing EM employee to a position, (2) when filling a position on an acting or interim basis up to one (1) year, or (3) by written approval from the President, in consultation with the University of Hawai‘i System Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action (AA) Office and OHR, to waive an external search process.  Waiver of recruitment for positions reporting directly to the President shall require approval of the Board.”; and,

WHEREAS, EP 9.212 does not foreclose the possibility where an individual could be appointed as an interim EM, and then reassigned into a permanent EM position, thereby evading a formal search process and faculty participation in recruitment, selection, and evaluation; and,

WHEREAS, it is likely, if not certain, that the qualifications and experience necessary for one particular EM position is unique in comparison to another EM position; and,

WHEREAS, an individual being searched for and hired into one EM position does not inherently make the same individual the “best qualified candidate” for another EM position; and,

WHEREAS, if an individual that currently holds an EM position is the “best qualified candidate” for another EM position, then the candidate would demonstrate such during a public search process should they choose to apply; and,

WHEREAS, if an appointment is made to a permanent EM position, rather than hired as a product of a recruitment and search process (including, but not limited to, an individual reassigned from an existing EM position, or the President “waiv[ing] an external search process”):

• such action is inherently not “open” and does not “give ample opportunity for faculty consultation”, especially if the “advice of knowledgeable and interested persons and groups” is not sought; and,
• such action does not communicate that the “University of Hawai‘i seeks to attract the best-qualified candidates who support the mission of the University and who respect and promote excellence through diversity”; and,
• such action forecloses the right for faculty to “participat[e] in the recruitment, selection, and evaluation of academic leadership at the campus and system level”; and,
• such action runs afoul of, at minimum, Regents Policy, 1.210, Regents Policy 9.201, Regents Policy 9.212, Executive Policy 9.212, and UHPA BOR 2017-2021 Contract Section R-20; and,

WHEREAS, in the rare circumstance when an urgent appointment must be made due to unexpected vacancy, an Interim EM appointment should be made in a manner that (1) ensures faculty “participation in recruitment, selection, and evaluation”, and, (2) ensures that an Interim EM appointment is a one-year expiry, temporary appointment, ultimately followed by an open recruitment, search, and hiring process for a permanent hire.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Mānoa Faculty Senate supports an open recruitment, search, and hiring process for all permanent Executive Managerial positions; and,

BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Mānoa Faculty Senate calls for Regents Policy 9.201, and 9.212, in addition to any other relevant or corresponding Regents Policy or Executive Policies (including, but not limited to, Executive Policy 9.212) to be amended to reflect that all permanent EM position appointments shall only be filled as a result of conducting an open recruitment, search, and hiring process.