{"id":232406,"date":"2026-04-16T11:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=232406"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:31:09","slug":"april-presidents-report-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/16\/april-presidents-report-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"April President\u2019s Report: Legislative updates, Giving Day results, Rainbow Wahine water polo"},"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_78538\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qf4RwPM8Z4w?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=\"April President\u2019s Report: Legislative updates, Giving Day results, Rainbow Wahine water polo\"  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 on state legislative measures on tuition and fee reserves during her monthly report at the board\u2019s April 16 meeting at <span lang=\"haw\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College.<\/p>\n<p>Hensel noted that the Legislature continues to consider proposals related to tuition and fee reserve balances and that the university is developing reinvestment plans to strengthen advising and student support services and expand statewide online learning opportunities. She added that the university is having productive conversations with legislators and recognizes the challenges they face in balancing many urgent needs for <span lang=\"haw\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s people this year.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giving-day-2026-300x169.gif\" alt=\"groups celebrating Giving Day on different campuses\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-232370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giving-day-2026-300x169.gif 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/giving-day-2026-130x73.gif 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Her report also highlighted record breaking systemwide participation in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/giving-day-2026-commitment\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Giving Day<\/a>, which generated more than $1.3 million 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