{"id":145188,"date":"2021-07-16T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-17T03:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=145188"},"modified":"2021-07-16T17:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T03:49:57","slug":"volunteers-first-year-student-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/16\/volunteers-first-year-student-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers sought for first-year student support"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-gnrc-library-walkway.jpg\" alt=\"Students walking near Hamilton Library\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-117405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-gnrc-library-walkway.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-gnrc-library-walkway-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/manoa-gnrc-library-walkway-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u0100nuenue Connection Program is looking for faculty and staff volunteers to serve as a point of contact and informal support network for incoming students at the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of every academic year, nearly 30% of first-year students do not return for their second year at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. The \u0100nuenue Connection Program, formerly known as the H\u0101nai Host Program, aims to increase the number of returning students by fostering the feelings of support and connection to the university \u02bbohana, as the first few weeks or months can be instrumental in retaining students for their entire collegiate education.<\/p>\n<p>The program is designed to support students who are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>from the U.S. continent who are far from home;<\/li>\n<li>from the neighbor islands who may not be able to travel home easily and may be living on <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> for the first time; and <\/li>\n<li>from <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> who may find living at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa to be a departure from their home environment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By volunteering for the program, the faculty or staff member would be committing to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Calling, texting or writing to the student(s) they are paired with, in advance of their arrival on campus.<\/li>\n<li>Attending a one-hour mentor orientation in mid-August (via zoom or in-person, as conditions allow).<\/li>\n<li>Meeting with the student(s) in the week before classes.<\/li>\n<li>Meeting with the student(s) through program planned events.<\/li>\n<li>Touching base at key points in the semester, such as midterms, finals and major holidays.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meetings with the student(s) should be informal&#8212;for coffee or perhaps a cultural event or outing. Some events or outings may be coordinated by the \u0100nuenue Connection Program to bring student participants and volunteers together. Overall, the student participant and faculty\/staff volunteer would determine the appropriate time commitment that works for them throughout the program.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa faculty or staff members willing to play a role in serving as a connection for one or more students in the \u0100nuenue Connection Program, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/1rhwoZP7kV6Pu7rVTSFLunWNhi4O0XLMBHGKccqwsNtk\/edit\">can <abbr>RSVP<\/abbr> by Friday, July 23, 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This effort is an example of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015\u201325 Â鶹´«Ã½<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volunteers would serve as a point of contact and informal support network for incoming students at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1466,9],"class_list":["post-145188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145188"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145213,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145188\/revisions\/145213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}