{"id":214819,"date":"2025-04-30T10:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=214819"},"modified":"2025-05-02T08:02:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T18:02:04","slug":"president-hensel-international-student-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/30\/president-hensel-international-student-update\/","title":{"rendered":"President Hensel: International student update"},"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\/2025\/04\/system-mountain-ocean-gnrc.jpg\" alt=\"mountain and ocean\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-214831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/system-mountain-ocean-gnrc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/system-mountain-ocean-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/system-mountain-ocean-gnrc-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The following message from <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> President Wendy Hensel was sent to the students, faculty and staff of the 10 campuses on April 30, 2025.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Aloha <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span>,<\/p>\n<p>I am pleased to report that on Friday, April 25, the federal administration announced that it would reinstate affected students&#8217; records in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (<abbr>SEVIS<\/abbr>), which universities and the government use to track international students. All previously affected <abbr>UH<\/abbr> international students have had their <abbr>SEVIS<\/abbr> registrations restored.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that the federal government has described this action as &ldquo;temporary&rdquo; and indicated that a new policy regarding international students is under development. The situation may change quickly, and we will continue to monitor developments closely. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> is committed to supporting our international students through these uncertain times.<\/p>\n<p>I strongly encourage all international students to utilize the resources available to them. Services are available across the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> System to support international students, faculty and scholars. Please contact the appropriate office below if you need any assistance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa International Students<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:issmanoa@hawaii.edu\">issmanoa@hawaii.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/issmanoa\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa International Student Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo International Students<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:mellon@hawaii.edu\">mellon@hawaii.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hilo.hawaii.edu\/international\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo International Student Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community College International Students<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:hic@hawaii.edu\">hic@hawaii.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/support-and-campus-life\/international-student-services\/\">Paul S. Honda International Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li>International Faculty and Scholars (All <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Campuses)<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:fsis@hawaii.edu\">fsis@hawaii.edu<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/fsis\/\">Faculty and Scholar Immigration Services<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information along with frequently asked questions can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/federal-updates\/#international\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Federal Policy Update and Resources website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As we have seen repeatedly in recent months, federal policy can shift quickly and without much notice. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> leadership will continue to monitor these changes and provide updates as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Mahalo, as always, for your resilience and commitment to supporting our <abbr>UH<\/abbr> <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> during these challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>With aloha,<br \/>\nWendy Hensel<br \/>\nPresident, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stay connected with President Wendy Hensel by following her on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/uhpresident\">X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/uhpresident\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/wendyfhensel\/\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> is committed to supporting our international students through these uncertain times.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":214831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1674,61,62,935,63,64,65,394,71,14,9,60,947,59,1664,66],"class_list":["post-214819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-executive-orders","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-international-student","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-presidents-office","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-hensel","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/system-mountain-ocean-gnrc.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214819","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=214819"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214828,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214819\/revisions\/214828"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}