Monthly Archives: May 2021

summer camp banner.

⛺ THIS WEEK: Submit a Proposal for Kapi‘olani Summer Camp!

Kapi‘olani Summer Camp is on again this summer for August 2-5, and it’s a great opportunity for some professional service! Last year, we hosted 43 sessions, and 291 participants joined us for this virtual, Zoom-based event from across the UH System and beyond. We’re hoping to make an even bigger splash this year with some summer professional development fun for everyone!

Staff, faculty and admin are invited to apply to present in one or more of our 2021 Summer Camp session formats. It’s a supportive crowd and a fun way to engage in professional service outside of our campus!

session formats.

🐟 Open Swim: This 20-minute presentation meant to share resources or strategies/processes. While we encourage all formats to include some level of engagement, there is limited time for “hands-on” learning. This session is ideal for sharing lessons learned or strategies you employ in your job that you believe will be helpful to others!

🏕️ Group Excursion: This 80-minute engaging, interactive session format is intended to provide the time to facilitate meaningful conversation and/or application of ideas. This session format is a fantastic opportunity to grapple with interesting issues, problem-solve/brainstorm as a group, and/or introduce a concept/resource while allowing participants to plan for its application in their own context!

⛰️ Activity Hour (1-1:50pm, after lunch break): New this year will be 50-minute health and wellness-focused sessions in the afternoon. This is such an important focus for all of us always, but especially after the year we’ve had, and we’d love to have some sessions that help engage participants in planning for healthy, holistic approaches to work/life balance! 

🔥 Fireside Chat: Hosted during the afternoon activity hour, these are 50-minute, small group special interest sessions during which presenters will facilitate a semi-structured or open conversation about a topic of interest (e.g., assessment, HR issues, time management, discipline-related planning, etc.)

Please share your sessions proposal(s) here: Kapi‘olani Summer Camp Proposal Submission

You are welcome to propose multiple sessions – please submit each session proposal individually. The deadline to apply is June 7, 2021 by 11:59pm HST. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by July 9.

We hope to hear from you!
Your friendly Kapi‘olani Summer Camp counselors

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the summer camp counselors at sumrcamp@hawaii.edu

New Professional Development Opportunity for Kapiolani.

Faculty & Staff: Learn to make your classes and your web content more accessible this summer!

We are pleased to share our new Kapi‘olani-created professional development program focused on Digital Accessibility! Here are the important details:

Who: You! All UH employees are welcome and encouraged to participate
What: A 7-module, self-paced learning resource with the option to complete a competency assessment to earn a digital credential
When: Anytime you like! It’s self-paced and asynchronous, so feel free to hop in and complete the training on your own schedule.
Where: Laulima (we’ll add you to the site after you register)
Why: Accessibility is a highly important topic that can be somewhat technical and a bit overwhelming – our aim is to demystify basic accessibility concepts and make digital accessibility approachable and relevant to the work you do.
How: Just Register Here to be added to the training site!

Learn about fundamental accessibility concepts, digital accessibility principles, designs, best practices, tools for evaluating accessibility, and pertinent resources for creating accessible digital documents and online course sites.

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Feel free to reach out to both Youxin Zhang and Jamie Sickel
( youxin@hawaii.edu,  jsickel@hawaii.edu ) if you have any questions.

New Professional Development Opportunity for Kapiolani.

Earn a Credential in Digital Accessibility FREE and at Your Own Pace!

We are pleased to share our new Kapi‘olani-created professional development program focused on Digital Accessibility! Here are the important details:

Who: You! All UH employees are welcome and encouraged to participate
What: A 7-module, self-paced learning resource with the option to complete a competency assessment to earn a digital credential
When: Anytime you like! It’s self-paced and asynchronous, so feel free to hop in and complete the training on your own schedule.
Where: Laulima (we’ll add you to the site after you register)
Why: Accessibility is a highly important topic that can be somewhat technical and a bit overwhelming – our aim is to demystify basic accessibility concepts and make digital accessibility approachable and relevant to the work you do.
How: Just Register Here to be added to the training site!

Learn about fundamental accessibility concepts, digital accessibility principles, designs, best practices, tools for evaluating accessibility, and pertinent resources for creating accessible digital documents and online course sites.

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Feel free to reach out to both Youxin Zhang and Jamie Sickel
( youxin@hawaii.edu,  jsickel@hawaii.edu ) if you have any questions.

Summer Camp.

⛺ Submit a Proposal Now for Kapi‘olani Summer Camp!

Kapi‘olani Summer Camp is on again this summer for August 2-5, and it’s a great opportunity for some professional service! Last year, we hosted 43 sessions, and 291 participants joined us for this virtual, Zoom-based event from across the UH System and beyond. We’re hoping to make an even bigger splash this year with some summer professional development fun for everyone!

Staff, faculty and admin are invited to apply to present in one or more of our 2021 Summer Camp session formats. It’s a supportive crowd and a fun way to engage in professional service outside of our campus!

session formats.

🐟 Open Swim: This 20-minute presentation meant to share resources or strategies/processes. While we encourage all formats to include some level of engagement, there is limited time for “hands-on” learning. This session is ideal for sharing lessons learned or strategies you employ in your job that you believe will be helpful to others!

🏕️ Group Excursion: This 80-minute engaging, interactive session format is intended to provide the time to facilitate meaningful conversation and/or application of ideas. This session format is a fantastic opportunity to grapple with interesting issues, problem-solve/brainstorm as a group, and/or introduce a concept/resource while allowing participants to plan for its application in their own context!

⛰️ Activity Hour (1-1:50pm, after lunch break): New this year will be 50-minute health and wellness-focused sessions in the afternoon. This is such an important focus for all of us always, but especially after the year we’ve had, and we’d love to have some sessions that help engage participants in planning for healthy, holistic approaches to work/life balance! 

🔥 Fireside Chat: Hosted during the afternoon activity hour, these are 50-minute, small group special interest sessions during which presenters will facilitate a semi-structured or open conversation about a topic of interest (e.g., assessment, HR issues, time management, discipline-related planning, etc.)

Please share your sessions proposal(s) here: Kapi‘olani Summer Camp Proposal Submission

You are welcome to propose multiple sessions – please submit each session proposal individually. The deadline to apply is June 7, 2021 by 11:59pm HST. Presenters will be notified of their acceptance by July 9.

We hope to hear from you!
Your friendly Kapi‘olani Summer Camp counselors

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the summer camp counselors at sumrcamp@hawaii.edu

$1.50 Iced Tea Promo

Aloha Kapi’olani ‘ohana,

Celebrate Summer with Teavana shaken iced teas at the Kulanui Cafe!!   Get any size for $1.50 during the month of June!!   While supplies last.

Mahalo from the Bookstore ‘ohana

Additional HOLO Card available!

On March 30, 2020, it was announced that the April 2020 Bus Pass was going to be the last pass the University issued to our employees. To help transition these employees away from the Bus Pass program, HOLO Cards were provided to employees enrolled in the University Bus Pass program. TheBus recently announced that effective June 20, 2021, Paper Bus Pass Sales will be discontinued and HOLO Cards will be issued instead of Bus Passes.

KapCC HR office has 5 extra HOLO cards. If you are interested, please email us at kapcchr@hawaii.edu. We will be distributing HOLO cards on a first-come, first-serve basis.

For more information about HOLO card visit www.holocard.net