Even as COVID-19 vaccines become more widely accessible, mental health experts caution mental health and well-being concerns brought on by the pandemic may continue to impact students. Stressors can stem from disrupted plans, isolation and loneliness, financial strain, relationship conflicts, adjustment to online learning and barriers to travel. Those factors coupled with schoolwork, post-graduation plans and extracurricular activities, may exacerbate or lead to increased mental health problems heading into the summer months, experts said.
Free mental health resources are available at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Counseling and Student Development Center (
CSDC) for
UH Mānoa students.
Khara Jabola-Carolus–executive director, Hawaiʻi State Commission on the Status of Women
Summer Kaiawe–attorney and partner, Watanabe Ing
Rachel James–attorney, Hawaiʻi Public Utilities Commission
Law Dean
Camille Nelson said the professional journeys of these Richardson graduates highlights the many fields available to graduates with legal expertise, and is a testament to the exceptional education they received at the
UH law school.
Jamie Cheng
Cheng led her team of a dozen commercial bankers at American Savings Bank to move quickly to land loans for small businesses as part of Congress’ Paycheck Protection Program in 2020. According to the magazine, within a few weeks, the team had “handled 4,100 loans, secured $370 million in federal funds and saved an estimated 40,000 Hawaiʻi jobs.”
HI-EMA Emergency Support Function 8 and led by
Kristine Qureshi, associate dean of research and global health in the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, to identify vulnerable populations and articulate their social needs.
Tetine Sentell, director of the Office of Public Health Studies from the Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health, led the interdisciplinary student team.
The team conducted a statewide survey aimed at assessing capacity, needs and threats to agencies that provide health and social services in support of the state’s vulnerable populations. The survey report found that major issues for individuals revolve around securing basic needs (food, housing and access to services), mental health, job loss and resulting financial problems, and COVID-19 concerns (adequate
Rendering of Waipahu High School’s new Integrated Career Academy Learning Center.
Keith Hayashi. Three out of six career academies were recently recognized as National Model Academies by the National Career Academy Coalition, for a total of six nationally recognized academies, earning the distinction of a wall-to-wall national model academy high school.
The recognition was capped off on January 14, 2021, when the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education held a groundbreaking ceremony for Waipahu High School’s new Integrated Career Academy Learning Center. Attendees included
Gov. David Ige and State
Sen. Michelle Kidani, who spoke about the tremendous efforts of the faculty and staff along the road to this new building, which is scheduled to be completed in mid-2022.
Professor John Barkai
A mock University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law class on Zoom offered 55 participants insights into the art of how to think and talk like a lawyer and what it might be like to attend law school.
The class, led by Professor
John Barkai who is an expert at teaching conflict resolution and prosecution, drew a wide range of people. Participants included those who intend to apply to the
UH law school in the current application cycle, as well as practicing attorneys, alumni, leaders of local nonprofits and high school students pondering legal careers.