Monthly Archives: May 2020

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon has been called off and rescheduled but TOPP To Go! is about to launch on time. 🚀 Join us Now!!!

Considering our campus needs and resources in response to remote instructions, the instructional design support (IDS) team has developed and offered TOPP To-Go! in Spring 2020. Given the increased need for instructional support, the IDS team decided to reoffer TOPP To-Go! from June 01 through June 29, 2020.

TOPP To Go! is a 4-week community-based program where participants will be guided through 4 learning modules. This professional development program will be open to anyone in the UH system who wishes to participate. No commitment necessary – we just hope to serve up some bite-sized instructional support to the masses and provide a space for everyone to come together to communicate and collaborate. A certificate will be awarded to those participants completing all required activities but acquiring a certificate is not mandated.

TOPP To Go! Promo (1:35): https://bit.ly/TOPP2GoPromo

TOPP To Go! Registration: https://bit.ly/TOPP2GoRegistration

Participants who join the site will receive announcements as new modules are released (the first module drops June 1, but hop in now to peek around and say “hello!”). Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate, including experienced DE faculty – please come and share your experience, insights, feedback, questions, and ideas in the forums.

For more information on TOPP To Go!, please contact instructional designers Jamie Sickel <jsickel@hawaii.edu> or Youxin Zhang <youxin@hawaii.edu>.

Health Education Workshops (by HMSA)

HMSA is offering ONLINE HEALTH EDUCATION WORKSHOPS on various topics. Workshops are Webex classes that teach about nutrition, stress management, and other aspects of health and well-being.

Note: Participation is voluntary and open to all KapCC employees, regardless of health plan affiliation.

ONLINE WORKSHOP TOPICS
  • WELL-BEING 101 People often try to make lifestyle changes to benefit their health. Unfortunately, these changes are often hard to make and stick to. Learn how to use the “stages of change” model for making comfortable, lasting improvements. Taking smaller steps can make it easier to exercise more, eat healthier, and relieve stress.
  • WORKSTATION WELLNESS Work From Home Edition Do you suddenly find yourself working from home full time? While the commute might be more pleasant, spending hours with a makeshift workstation and a disrupted routine might be wearing you down. If certain precautions aren’t taken, it could lead to increased risk for repetitive motion disorders, poor posture, eyestrain, and perhaps most dangerous — a sedentary lifestyle. Learn how to make the best of your new work environment.
  • STRESS BUCKET Coronavirus Edition Each of us has a limited amount of stress we can “hold” before overflow occurs. In recent weeks, the number of stressors coming at us has rapidly increased. Knowing how to manage and “drain” this stress is crucial in preventing high blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and other health afflictions. Join us and realize simple (and often enjoyable) ways to lower the volume of stress in your “bucket.”
  • EATING ON THE RUN Takeout Edition You may be aware that fast foods tend to be high in salt, calories, and added sugars. But it is also likely that you are craving some comfort foods during these uncertain times. In this session, we will look to find a balance between eating healthy and eating happy. If we can’t always make the healthiest choices, with the right amount of knowledge and determination maybe we can make choices that are “less unhealthy.”
HOW IT WORKS
  • For date and time for each workshop and to register, please click HERE 
    • Registration limit: 50 participants per session
  • Once your registration is confirmed, you will receive a calendar invite with a Webex invitation with instructions on how to join.
  • The workshop is approximately 35 minutes of presentation and 10 minutes of Q&A.

If you are not able to attend or the registration has reached the limit of 50 participants, please reach out to Darsh at darsh@hawaii.edu to schedule more sessions.

Employees’ Retirement System: Cost increase to purchase service

Aloha members of the ERS,

Members eligible to purchase ERS service are reminded that effective
July 1, 2020, the cost will increase and will be actuarially
calculated. Purchases include eligible refunded service or previous
membership service, active duty military service, and other
authorized leave periods.

For more information, visit ers.ehawaii.gov and scroll down to What’s
New – “Cost to purchase eligible service increases July 1” article.
Please contact ERS Call Center at (808) 586-1735, if you have further
questions.

Mahalo,
System Office of Human Resources

Law Journal Features Okinawa Research by Brandon Marc Higa

The Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law is featuring a significant development in laws governing U.S. military contractors employed in Japan. Brandon Marc Higa, director for resource development, published his research on the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and Status of Forces Agreement as the first scholarly legal article written about the the expansion of Japan’s jurisdiction over crimes committed by off-duty military contractors stationed in Okinawa.
Higa recounts Okinawa’s “suitcase murder” as a precipitating event for a mutual agreement between the U.S. and Japan aimed at promoting safety for Okinawan women in host communities. “Tracing the decades-long struggle led by Okinawan women’s groups requires people to confront an uncomfortable tension between two populations forced to co-exist,” Higa explained. “Rina Shimabukuro’s fate was truly unfortunate, but motivated policymakers to take unprecedented steps validating the women’s movement in Okinawa,” he added.
The article is available in the current issue of the Asian-Pacific Law and Policy Journal.
Brandon Marc T. Higa, Unpacking Okinawa’s “Suitcase Murder”: Revisiting Extraterritoriality Protections for Military Contractors Under the U.S.-Japan SOFA Supplementary Agreement, in 21 Asian-Pacific L. and Pol’y J. (2020), http://blog.hawaii.edu/aplpj/files/2020/05/APLPJ_21.2_Higa.pdf
Please extend your congratulations to our amazing colleague and scholar!

Have YOU joined the TOPP To Go! gala yet? 🥳 🎉

Considering our campus needs and resources in response to remote instructions, the instructional design support (IDS) team has developed and offered Teaching Online Prep Program (TOPP) To-Go! in Spring 2020. Given the increased need for instructional support, the IDS team decided to reoffer TOPP To-Go! from June 01 through June 29, 2020.

TOPP To Go! is a 4-week community-based program where participants will be guided through 4 learning modules. This professional development program will be open to anyone in the UH system who wishes to participate. No commitment necessary – we just hope to serve up some bite-sized instructional support to the masses and provide a space for everyone to come together to communicate and collaborate. A certificate will be awarded to those participants completing all required activities but acquiring a certificate is not mandated.

TOPP To Go! Promo (1:35): https://bit.ly/TOPP2GoPromo

TOPP To Go! Registration: https://bit.ly/TOPP2GoRegistration

(Note: Once you complete the registration, you will receive a link in the confirmation message at the end of the form. Copy this link, paste it into a new web browser, and follow the prompts in order to add yourself to the Summer TOPP To Go! site in Laulima.)

Participants who join the site will receive announcements as new modules are released (the first module drops June 1, but hop in now to peek around and say “hello!”). Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate, including experienced DE faculty – please come and share your experience, insights, feedback, questions, and ideas in the forums.

For more information on TOPP To Go!, please contact instructional designers Jamie Sickel <jsickel@hawaii.edu> or Youxin Zhang <youxin@hawaii.edu>.

Where can you find UH Systemwide Policies and Procedures?

Our UH VPCC office shared the following links with us:

To enable you and your campus to keep abreast of UH Systemwide Policies and Procedures Info System (PPIS), [Board of Regent Policies, Executive Policies, and Administrative Procedures], employees can subscribe in 2 ways:

• link: https://listserv.hawaii.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=PPIS-OPT-IN
• email ppis@hawaii.edu and request to be added to the listserv.

Here’s the web link to UHCC Policies:

http://uhcc.hawaii.edu/ovpcc/policies/index

Join Us for TOPP To Go! – Summer I 2020

Considering our campus needs and resources in response to remote instructions, the instructional design support (IDS) team has developed and offered TOPP To-Go! in Spring 2020. Given the increased need for instructional support, the IDS team decided to reoffer TOPP To-Go! from June 01 through June 29, 2020. 

TOPP To Go! is a 4-week community-based program where participants will be guided through 4 learning modules. This professional development program will be open to anyone in the UH system who wishes to participate. No commitment necessary – we just hope to serve up some bite-sized instructional support to the masses and provide a space for everyone to come together to communicate and collaborate. A certificate will be awarded to those participants completing all required activities but acquiring a certificate is not mandated. 

TOPP To Go! Promo (1:35): https://bit.ly/TOPP2GoPromo

TOPP To Go! Registration: https://bit.ly/TOPP2GoRegistration

Participants who join the site will receive announcements as new modules are released (the first module drops June 1, but hop in now to peek around and say “hello!”). Everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate, including experienced DE faculty – please come and share your experience, insights, feedback, questions, and ideas in the forums. 

For more information on TOPP To Go!, please contact instructional designers Jamie Sickel <jsickel@hawaii.edu> or Youxin Zhang <youxin@hawaii.edu>.

 

University of Hawai’i Internal Vacancy Announcements (Civil Service)

Aloha,

The vacancy announcement listed below is available for viewing via NeoGov.  The deadline to apply for this position is 06/08/2020.  The class specification may be accessed directly through the link attached to the position.

Please note that applications for this position should be submitted online.

Leeward Community College

University Security Officer I, Pos. #900449, DL, SR14, BU-03

For more information, please visit:

https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/hawaiiedu/promotionaljobs

Mahalo,

System Office of Human Resources