Monthly Archives: August 2022

STEM Peer Mentoring Available for Fall 2022!

Please share with your students!

✨Start off Fall 2022 with the support you need to succeed in your STEM classes!✨

All of our peer mentors are available to help you online for Fall 2022. They can assist you with courses in biology, chemistry, computer science, math (103 & higher), and physics.

You also don’t need to come in with a question—feel free to pop into a peer mentor’s session and just say hello. They can talk to you about courses they have taken or opportunities that you might be interested in. You can also ask for help with navigating tech tools or platforms like Laulima or Google Workspace.

Go to kccstem.com/peer-mentoring to find peer mentors’ schedules and to join a session. You don’t need an appointment: drop in any time during their scheduled hours.

How to Access Peer Mentoring:

  • Log in to your UH email account
  • Find the peer mentors’ schedules on our website
  • Select the schedule based on the subject you need help with
  • Click on a mentor’s name and desired time slot and open “more details”
  • The schedule will bring you to Google Calendar event
  • Join a Google Meet session with your mentor

Still not sure how to find help? Watch this 2-minute video that walks you through getting into your session.

Follow us on Instagram @kccstem and @kccurep to get connected and stay updated with our events, news, and opportunities. Meet other STEM students on our discord server, and learn more about our STEM programs and opportunities at kccstem.com.

Contact Kalei Galarita at kgalarit@hawaii.edu if you have any questions or need help meeting with a peer mentor.

Mark Your Calendars: Fall 2022 Kūkalahale ~ Kīpaipai Aloha Workshops

Please mark your calendars for the Fall 2022 workshops listed below. Registration information will be shared as the events draw near.

  • FIELDTRIP ~ Hāwea Heiau / Keawāwa Wetland Complex ~ Holoholo Wahi Wai[wai] Ola

    • Friday, September 23, 2022 ~ 200pm to 400pm

    • Host: Livable Hawaii Kai Hui @ Maunalua

    • HonCC and KapCC campuses invited

 
  • Mālama Māla Niuhelewai [Pilina and Mālama] @ HonCC

    • Friday, October 7, 2022 ~ 900am to 1030am

    • HonCC and KapCC campuses invited

  • Wahi Manawa Moʻolelo [Place, Time and Narratives] @ KapCC

    • Friday, October 28, 2022 ~ 200pm to 330pm

    • Guest speaker: Lopaka Kapanui
    • HonCC and KapCC campuses invited
 
  • FIELDTRIP ~ Kānewai Spring ~ Holoholo Wahi Wai[wai] Ola

    • Friday, November 4, 2022 ~ 200pm to 400pm

    • Host: Maunalua Fishpond Heritage Center @ Kuliouou
    • HonCC and KapCC campuses invited
 
  • Mālama Māla Niuhelewai [Pilina and Mālama] @ HonCC

    • Friday, December 9, 2022 ~ 900am to 1030am

    • HonCC and KapCC campuses invited

Please do not hesitate to contact Mahi with any questions on this or future programs at lapierre@hawaii.edu.

Kūkalahale Workshop: Kīpaipai Aloha ~ MEA HEʻE [Things that are Slippery, Slide, and Glide]

As part of Kūkalahale, our collaborative Title III grant with Honolulu CC, Mahi LaPierre invites all Kapiʻolani and Honolulu Community College staff and students to join him for KĪPAIPAI ALOHA ~ MEA HEʻE, a talkstory and hands-on, professional development experience focused on Hawaiian MEA [things, persons, objects, stuff] that HEʻE [slide, flow, glide or are slippery].

Together, you will explore these MEA HEʻE and get acquainted with them and each other through our senses.

MEA HEʻE
Friday, September 9, 2022
2:00pm ~ 3:30pm
Kapi‘olani CC, Mānele 103

Registration is required. Click here to register.

All materials, tools, and supplies will be provided ~ please bring your water bottle, mask, and a smile 🙂

**** Please work with your supervisor if you wish to participate in any training or workshop that takes you away from performing your normal work duties.

For sessions that are two hours or more, a training request should be submitted to your supervisor.  Note that this does not apply to instructional faculty. ****

Update from EUTF on Benefits Administration System (BAS)

Disclaimer: Employees who are employed in a position working “20 or more hours per week and for at least 3 months” and are enrolled in EUTF health benefits plan

EUTF has provided a recent update to its new Benefits Administration System (BAS). To view the memo, click here. To ensure that EUTF staff are able to answer calls in a timely manner, EUTF asked to consider the following before calling:

Visit the EUTF Website for answers to your general questions regarding:

  • EUTF qualifying eventsDescriptions, forms, and deadlines related to qualifying events that allow changes to your EUTF benefits during the year (e.g., new hires, marriage, birth, loss of coverage, and acquisition of coverage).

  • Future retireesPreparation for retirement with overviews, pre-retirement including Medicare checklists, forms, deadlines, eligibility, and descriptions of retiree health benefits.

  • Pre-retirement workshopsDates and times for pre-retirement workshops

Insurance Carrier Questions (HMSA, Kaiser Permanente, CVS, HDS, VSP, HMA, and Securian)
  • Please contact the insurance carrier directly for membership cards, claims, and questions about whether a specific procedure is covered by your insurance.
  • VSP Vision does not mail membership cards, just mention to your provider that you have VSP coverage through EUTF.

Qualifying Events and Supporting Documents

  • New hire All new hires for the University should receive a letter in the mail with instructions on how to sign up online for their benefits using the self-service portal. Enrollment and all supporting documents are due to EUTF 45-days from the date of the event.

  • Adding dependents through qualifying events (e.g., marriage, birth, loss of coverage, new full-time student ages 19-23) – Include with your EC-1 a marriage certificate for spouses, birth certificates for children, student certification, and domestic partner documents. All documents are due to EUTF 45-days from the date of the event.

  • Birth Include with your EC-1 a birth certificate (or hospital notice) and the newborn’s Social Security Number. The Social Security Number is required to process the enrollment. For additions due to birth, all documents are due to EUTF 180-days from the date of the event.

  • Loss of coverage of a non-EUTF health plan – Include with your EC-1 supporting documents for any dependents, a notice from the former employer or insurance carrier that states the coverage lost (i.e., medical, dental, and/or vision), the date the coverage was lost and the individuals who lost coverage

  • Acquisition of coverage of a non-EUTF health plan Include with your EC-1 a notice from the employer or insurance carrier that states the coverage acquired (i.e., medical, dental, and/or vision), the date the coverage was acquired, and the individuals who acquired coverage.

  • If your enrollment requests impact another EUTF member (e.g., you’re adding a spouse that is terminating their EUTF plans or you’re currently covered under your EUTF parents’ plan) add a short note that describes the situation. This will help ensure that the effective dates are correct.
  • Enrollment requests including RUSH enrollments will not be processed until all supporting documents and information are provided to the EUTF.
  • Please allow three weeks (from the time you submit your EC-1 and all supporting documents to your personnel office until the time you receive a mailed confirmation notice from EUTF) before contacting the EUTF to follow up on your enrollment.

Contacting the EUTF

  • Send a secure email by visiting eutf.hawaii.gov – Go to the bottom of the EUTF home page, and select “Send Us a Message”.
  • EUTF can be reached at (808) 586-7390 or (800) 295-0089

Open education work in Physiology 141 and 142 gets UH News attention

Kapiʻolani CCʻs instructors and staff are working so hard to bring free textbooks to our students, saving them money and helping them with college success. To date they have saved students $4.7 million in textbook costs.

Thanks to dozens of collaborators across the University of Hawaiʻi System, an online, zero-cost textbook for two popular anatomy and physiology courses—Physiology 141 and 142—will replace the textbook that was used by almost 4,700 students during the last academic year for an estimated total savings of more than $433,000. The various textbooks currently used for these courses range in cost from $160 to $210. The new textbook is anticipated to be ready for fall 2023.

Kapiʻolani Community College Assistant Professor Sheryl Shook and former UH Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Hae Okimoto worked with 37 faculty, 11 of them co-authors, across all 10 UH campuses on the multi-year Online Educational Resource (OER) project.

Congratulations to Sheryl Shook, our Kapiʻolani CC faculty and staff, and the A&P team for making this vision become a reality.

See the full story here.

For more information about open educational resources training and opportunities, visit the UHCC OER Incentives Announcement, the UHCC OER website, and contact Sunny Pai at sunyeen@hawaii.edu or Sheryl Shook at shooks@hawaii.edu.

 

Open Educational Resources and Zero Cost Textbooks: Join the movement!

The UH Community Colleges are supporting instructors in converting their learning materials so that students do not have to pay for their textbooks. This puts money back into our studentsʻ pockets (think $1,350 per year for books and supplies) and helps them succeed in their college dreams! Instructors can start with small projects, such as chapters or slides, then, when ready, work on bigger projects. Research on the impact of Open Educational Resources show that itʻs use is correlated with increased student engagement and success.

The UHCC OER leads from our seven colleges are offering systemwide professional development programs on open educational resources and awards for course/textbook modification and creation projects for academic year 2023. Professional development opportunities include textbook review workshops and an in-depth asynchronous UHCC OER 101 course. There is a call for proposals for those interested in modifying an OER resource or creating ancillaries for a TXT0 course. We are also inviting proposals to create an OER course or textbook to convert a class to TXT0.

Please read this announcement for details and sign up for these great opportunities! (All compensation is based on eligibility for overload.) If you have any questions, you can email Sunny at sunyeen@hawaii.edu.

Best wishes for anOTHER OERsome year!

🌈MKC/SOS Workshop: Transfer to UH Manoa (Ka`ie`ie) Program (Wed. 8/31)

Description: Planning on transferring to UH Manoa?
Zoom to this workshop and learn about how the Ka`ie`ie program can assist you in a smooth transfer. This is a great way to understand what the Ka`ie`ie program is about.

Wednesday,August 31, 2022
10:45 pm – 11:45 pm
Join Interactive Zoom:  https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/97737793654
Passcode: Transfer

Contact Information: 

Joseph Yoshida (Counselor)
Maida Kamber Center for Career Exploration, Transfer & Graduation Services
Kapi`olani Community College
Email:  josephdy@hawaii.edu

Lauren Prepose-Forsen (Kaʻieʻie Program & Transfer Advisor)
Manoa Transfer Coordination Centerhttp://manoa.hawaii.edu/undergrad/transfer/contact-us
Email:  lprepose@hawaii.edu

For more information and workshops, visit the SOS Website 
https://guides.library.kapiolani.hawaii.edu/sos

Thank you
SOS Coordinator: Guy Inaba