Addressing Student Basic Needs: Creating a Foundation for Success at UH

Identify the core basic needs that impact student success, including food security, housing, and financial stability.
Understand the system-wide and campus-specific resources available to support students in need across the UH System, focusing on UH Mānoa.
Develop action steps to advocate for and contribute to enhanced basic needs support at UH Mānoa.

Presenters:

Wiliama R. Sanchez (he/him/his) is the Student Success Operations Manager at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. With extensive experience in student services and a commitment to addressing basic needs, he works to ensure students have the resources and support necessary to succeed. When he's not binge-watching the latest Disney+ show, you can find him in the College of Education pursuing his PhD in Education.

Tehani Keanini is the UH System Student Basic Needs Coordinator. She graduated with her Masterʻs in Social Work from the Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health and has a Bachelorʻs in Business Administration from Shidler College of Business. Tehani enjoys spending time with her two children, friends, and family.

Wendy Lum is an Assistant Specialist and Director of the Social Work Workforce Development Hub in the Department of Social Work, at the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (UH Mānoa). Prior to social work workforce development, Wendy served as a Field Education Coordinator for six years. In this role, she taught and mentored social work students and helped establish, coordinate, and sustain community partnerships to support social work field education and practicum placements. As an educator, social worker, and first-generation college graduate, she is intrinsically interested in the wellness and academic success of students through a supportive learning environment.

Social Media 101: Tips and Tricks to Survive on Social Media

Encourage the use of social media to promote stories, activities, awards and more of a department or entity.
Explore the best practices of social media and the online realm; Managing and creating content to capture, keep and grow the audience and social media presence of a department or entity.

Presenters:

Janica Marie Pascua is a content producer with University of Hawaiʻi Office of Communications. She specializes in social media content, creating original videos and series, such as "Mānoa Minute," as well as transforming trends to promote deadlines, events, and more for UH. When she is not assisting Jon Burdios (UH Communications Social Media Manager) in managing UH social media accounts or teaching her coworkers Gen Z slang, she proudly shares she is a UH Mānoa and Honolulu CC alumna with others, listens to her favorite KPOP groups, and tries to beat her powerlifting PRs.

Jose is the multimedia and content creation manager with the Marketing and Branding department on campus. He earned his degree in marketing and management and is a proud UH Mānoa graduate. As one of the photographers of the Mānoa campus, he enjoys being able to share the story of our campus through images and photography.

UH Mānoa Student-Athletes: What to Know and How to Support

Learn about the UH Mānoa student-athlete population and their experiences.
Understand the services available to UH Mānoa student-athletes and how to best support them.

Presenters:

Garrett Clanin is currently the Director of Student-Athlete Academic Services (SAAS) at UH Mānoa. He initially joined SAAS as a Graduate Assistant in 2008 and then as an Academic Advisor in 2011. He earned his BA in Sociology from UC San Diego and his MEd in Educational Administration from UH Mānoa.

Dr. Scott Sinnett joined UH Mānoa in 2008 as a Professor in the Department of Psychology. He is the Director of the Perception and Attention Research Laboratory, part of the Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social program concentration, and also the Chair of Undergraduate Studies for the Department. In addition, Dr. Sinnett became the Faculty Athletic Representative in the Fall of 2019.