August 21, 2023
Upcoming Dates
- August 21: First day of the fall semester, late registration begins
- August 29: Deadline to:
- Register for a course
- Register to audit a course
- Change course grading mode and variable credit
- Drop a course for 100% tuition refund
- Submit Change of Major requests for fall 2023
UH News
- UH Mānoa community hosts ceremony for Maui
- Law fellowship to assist non-citizen military, veterans with immigration
- 2023 HI Pride T-shirt unveiled
- Hawaiian Word of the Week: Hāpai
Read more UH News stories
Resources
Visit the Student Success website for a complete list of resources available to support wellness and academic needs including mental health services, academic advising, tutoring, veteran services, campus employment, career planning and more.
Mānoa Opportunities
UH Esports Tryouts
Do you think you have what it takes to compete with top collegiate esports teams? Want to challenge for the title of nation’s best? UH Esports is currently recruiting for their esports teams for the 2023–2024 school year! If you are interested in trying out for our teams, check out our socials for more information or email uh.esports@hawaii.edu!
Application for the 2023 Water Resilience Innovation Challenge is open!
UH faculty, researchers and students: Apply now through September 1, 2023 for the Water Resilience Innovation Challenge for a chance to receive up to $75,000 in research and development funding. Get more information or email oic@hawaii.edu.
Hawaiʻi Sea Grant Pacific Islands Indigenous Science Competition-Now Open!
Seeking proposals for 2023 Indigenous Science Competition by Hawaiʻi Sea Grant. Projects must honor traditions, resource care, and community empowerment. Nonprofits in Hawaiʻi/US Pacific Islands eligible. Up to $25,000 funding. Deadlines: Sep 1 (Interest), Oct 20 (Full Proposals). Details: PacificIslandsIndigenousScience.com.
Mirikitani Outstanding Dissertation Award 2023-2024
The Mirikitani Outstanding Dissertation Award recognizes exceptional doctoral dissertation work encouraging and recognizing extraordinary scholarly research. Eligibility criteria and application available via STAR Scholarship; keyword Mirikitani Dissertation. Deadline is October 15.
Humanities & Social Sciences Fellowships
American Council of Learned Societies supports doctoral students in Humanities/related Social Sciences. Dissertation Fellowships and travel grants range between $5000 to $50,000. Deadlines are October 25 to November 30.
Graduate School Fellowships for New Americans
Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans awards immigrants and their children up to $90,000 for two years of graduate study. Deadline is October 26. Info session sign-up here.
Hertz Fellowship
Awarded to promising Doctoral students in STEM whose work solves major, near-term problems facing society. Hertz Fellows may receive five years of funding, up to $250,000. Deadline is October 27.
Events
Campus Center and Student Life
- Welina Manoa: First Day of School Kick-Off Event
Monday, August 21 • 3:30pm-6:00pm • Campus Center Courtyard, Kuykendall Lawn and Legacy Pathway - Got Kids? Come Check Out SPAM @ Welina Mānoa
Monday, August 21 • 3:30pm-6:30pm • Campus Center Courtyard - CCBAC’s Battle of the DJs
Wednesday, August 23 • 7:00pm-9:00pm • Campus Center - Apple Back-to-School Bundle Sale
Now through Monday, October 2 • Mānoa Bookstore
View all Campus Center Board Activities Council events or Student Life events
Arts and Culture
- Faculty Exhibition Series Part 1: Abstract Fragments
Monday, August 21 – Saturday, September 30 • Commons Gallery, Art Building - Community
- What Should We Expect of Civil Society in Southeast Asia?
Friday, August 25 • 3:00pm – 4:30pm • Moore Hall 258
View all Art events or all of the Theatre and Dance events
Athletics
- Women’s Soccer
- vs Sacramento State • Thursday, August 24 • 7:00pm • Waipio Peninsula Soccer Stadium
- Women’s Volleyball – Hawaiian Airlines Rainbow Wahine Classic
- vs Northwestern • Friday, August 25 • 7:00pm • Stan Sheriff Center
- vs San Diego • Saturday, August 26 • 7:00pm • Stan Sheriff Center
- vs Oregon • Sunday, August 27 • 5:00pm • Stan Sheriff Center
View all Athletics events