{"id":229691,"date":"2026-02-19T10:47:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=229691"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:47:45","slug":"february-presidents-report-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/02\/19\/february-presidents-report-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"February President\u2019s Report: eBanner update, Direct2Â鶹´«Ã½latest, more"},"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\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_89309\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HKSQaiEUqwo?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"February President\u2019s Report: eBanner update, Direct2Â鶹´«Ã½latest, more\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President Wendy Hensel provided updates to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents (<abbr>BOR<\/abbr>) on the transition to the upgraded eBanner student information system for <abbr>UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses and the latest Direct2<abbr>UH<\/abbr> enrollment numbers during her monthly <abbr>BOR<\/abbr> report at the board\u2019s February 19 meeting at the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy.<\/p>\n<p>Hensel also highlighted the start of an exploratory effort to strengthen coordination between the John A. 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