Due to the inclement weather, the payment approval deadline for Monday, December 6, 2021 will be 3:20 p.m. Online payment transactions approved before 3:20 p.m. on December 6 will be included in the daily check print and ePayment file for December 6. Online payment transactions approved after 3:20 p.m. on December 6 will be processed on Tuesday, December 7, 2021.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.
The payment approval deadline on Thursday, December 23 and Thursday, December 30 is 12:00 noon. Online payment transactions approved by Fiscal Administrators by 12:00 noon on December 23 and 30 will be included in the daily check print and ePayment file.
The last check run for the calendar year will be on Thursday, December 30, 2021. Month-end processing will commence at 12:00 noon on December 30, 2021. During this period, online purchasing, payment, and travel transactions can be initiated, but Fiscal Administrators will not have the ability to approve transactions. Transactions approved after 12:00 noon on December 30 will not be included in project reports for the month of December.
If you have any questions, please contact Maile Brooks at 988-8340 or [email protected].
RCUH Director of Corporate Services, Ms. Kaylee Hull, has been named RCUH Assistant Facility Security Officer (AFSO), a new role that serves to support research projects that require security clearances. She will be assisting Executive Director Leonard Gouveia, Jr., who will continue to serve as the Facility Security Officer (FSO) for RCUH.
If you have any questions or need assistance with security matters, please feel free to call (808) 988-8311 or email [email protected].
All of this year’s nominees are well-deserving of recognition as 2021 RCUH Outstanding Employees of the Year! Their nominations made the Selection Committee’s work very challenging. Before we announce the nominees, we’d like to share a big mahalo with the judges who volunteered their time and pored over every nomination to determine the final awardees. They are:
Without further ado, please join us in celebrating and congratulating the 2021 awardees:
The RCUH Outstanding Employees of the Year Awards encourage, recognize, and reward RCUH employees who have made demonstrable, significant, and exemplary contributions to their project. Congratulations to the 2021 nominees!
Amber Imai-Hong
UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Hawaii Space Flight Laboratory
Nominated by Principal Investigator Frances Zhu
Amy Weintraub
Hawaii Academy of Science
Nominated by Principal Investigator Neal Atebara
Cassie Stelow
Pacific Disaster Center
Nominated by Principal Investigator Ray Shirkhodai
Howard Morrow
Applied Research Laboratory at the University of Hawai’i
Nominated by Principal Investigator Margo Edwards
Mark Huber
UH Institute for Astronomy, Pan-STARRS
Nominated by Principal Investigator Kenneth Chambers
Melanie Hutchinson
UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
Nominated by Principal Investigator Douglas Luther, CIMAR Deputy Director Jeffrey Hare
Robin Hayes
UH Institute for Astronomy, Maunakea Observatories Support Services
Nominated by Principal Investigator Stewart Hunter
Serge Chastel
UH Institute for Astronomy, Pan-STARRS
Nominated by Principal Investigator Richard Wainscoat
Alycia Fujii
UH Mānoa College of Education, Curriculum Research & Development Group
Nominated by Principal Investigator Dean Lodes
Andrea Alexander
UH Mānoa College of Education, Center on Disability Studies
Nominated by Principal Investigator Chuan Chinn
Claudine Chan-Naruse
UH Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawai’i and Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center
Nominated by Principal Investigator Kelley Withy
Dylan Davis
UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit – Ko’olau Mountains Watershed Partnership
Nominated by Principal Investigator Clifford Morden
Elizabeth Dingeldein
UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Center for Conservation Research & Training
Nominated by Principal Investigator Kenneth Kaneshiro
Eva Brill
UH Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, Natural Resources & Environmental Management
Nominated by Principal Investigator J.B. Friday
Martin Holzgang
Kapi’olani Community College, Title III Lawelawe Po’okela Project
Nominated by Principal Investigator Louise Pagotto
Peter Oshiro
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nominated by Principal Investigator Ming-Tang Chen
Rosalind Kia
UH Mānoa College of Education, Center on Disability Studies
Nominated by Principal Investigator Jennifer Tarnay
Vannida Phommachanh
UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, High Energy Physics
Nominated by Principal Investigator Thomas Browder
Yoshiyuki Doi
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Subaru Telescope
Nominated by Principal Investigator Michitoshi Yoshida
Yumi Nagayoshi
UH Institute for Astronomy, Maunakea Observatories Support Services
Nominated by Principal Investigator David Lonborg
Hawai’i Health Data Warehouse
Katherine Benson, Jill Yamashita, Kristine Hironaka
UH Mānoa Office of Public Health Studies
Nominated by Principal Investigator Rebekah Rodericks
Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project
Hanna Mounce, Laura Berthold, Zachary Pezzillo
UH Mānoa College of Natural Sciences, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit
Nominated by Principal Investigator Shaya Honarvar
National Disaster Preparedness Training Center
Lydia Morikawa, Melissa Peneyra, Amanda Bates
UH Mānoa Social Science Research Institute
Nominated by Principal Investigator Karl Kim
Sport Fish Restoration (Monitoring)
McKenna Allen, Mia Melamed
Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources
Nominated by Principal Investigator Heather Ylitalo-Ward
UH Cancer Center Pathology Core
Hugh Luk, Keiko Garvin, Kyle Nishiyama, Xue Mei Zhu
UH Cancer Center
Nominated by Principal Investigators Brenda Hernandez and Owen Chan
RCUH is currently accepting pre-orders for its 2022 RCUH calendar! The 24″ x 19″ calendar is available on a first-come, first-served basis and quantity is limited so send in your pre-order today! If possible, please consolidate orders for your office and email [email protected] the following info:
We will notify coordinators in November/December when orders can be picked up from our Manoa Innovation Center location.
Should you have any questions, please contact RCUH Corporate Services by calling 808-988-8314 or emailing [email protected].
Due to a system error, RCUH transactions approved on September 30, 2021 were not transmitted or posted to the University of Hawaii Kuali Financial System (KFS). These transactions will be transmitted and should post to KFS on October 1, 2021.
We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.
The Manoa Innovation Center (MIC) has experienced an unforeseen power outage, which is affecting RCUH’s Finance and Corporate Services Departments. Phones are out of service and email service may be limited. Electricians and HECO are looking into the cause of the outage, which may take several hours. An update will be provided once power is restored. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
1:45 p.m. Update – Power has been restored at MIC.
Update (12:02 p.m.): Power has been restored to the building.
There is currently a power outage at the Manoa Innovation Center, which is affecting the RCUH Finance and Corporate Services departments. Phones are out of service and email service is limited. An update will be provided once power is restored. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
In an effort to increase awareness of updates to RCUH’s policies and procedures, the following changes have been made on RCUH’s website since the previous announcement (released on May 10, 2021):
Should you have any questions, please contact Erin Yoda at [email protected].