Fall Virtual Writing Room
Mondays & Fridays
September 9 – December 13, 2024
Mondays: 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Fridays: 8:30 am – 11:30 am
Online Events
Providing Instructional and Professional Development Opportunities to UH Mānoa Faculty and Academic Staff
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support provides opportunities, resources, and services that promote faculty and staff career development and recognizes excellence in teaching within the campus community.
Featured Book of the Fall
Ka Honua Ola: ‘Eli‘eli Kau Mai / The Living Earth: Descend, Deepen the Revelation
by Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele
Ka Honua Ola is a collection of twenty-five chants from the epic tale of Pele and Hiʻiaka. These mele reveal the richness of Hawaiian genealogy, migration, poetry, and hula. Through skillful interpretations and ancestral memory, Pualani Kanakaʻole Kanahele summons ancient wisdom and renews our profound connection to the living earth.
About the author: Pua is of pure Hawaiian descent and is responsible to her ancestral lineage. She was raised in a Hula tradition that spans many generations. She was educated in Western institutions and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree. At the age of 69 in the winter of 2006 Pua received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. She understands this formal Western education system and is responsible to its philosophy, concepts, and the points of view noted in the process of direct learning.
Pua is the President of Edith Kanakaʻole Foundation, a small family foundation that focuses on promoting and elevating cultural knowledge and intelligence. She is a Kumu Hula for Hālau o Kekuhi, also a family Hawaiian traditional dance school. Pua has retired from the classrooms of Hawaiʻi Community College and is now Director of Hawaiian Traditional Knowledge Research with Hawaiʻi Community College.
A Hawaiian culture expert, Pua is a consultant in many areas of Hawaiian lifeways.
Upcoming Events
Friday Afternoon Yoga
Fridays (except holidays)
September 13 – December 6, 2024
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Kuykendall 106 Events Room
Welcome to Your Campus Sensory Room
Mondays, October 14 – October 21 &
November 18 – December 9
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Kuykendall 106 Events Room
Workshop on Lamakū Learning Management System
Thursday, November 21, 2024
12:00 – 2:00 PM
Kuykendall 106 Events Room
Up and Autumn
Tuesdays
October 29 – November 26, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Online Event
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Innovative Classrooms on the UH Mānoa Campus
The OFDAS-Center for Teaching Excellence manages innovative classrooms on the Mānoa Campus and are made available for faculty use. These spaces include the following:
By the Numbers
UH Mānoa faculty is at the core of OFDAS’ mission. We offer a number of resources and opportunities that benefit our educators and campus community.
+425
Amount of Tenure and Promotion dossiers available for faculty to review
60
Average number of faculty and staff development events per academic year
90%
Average occupancy of OFDAS Innovative Rooms per academic year
Congratulations to
Retired OFDAS Director
Kathie Kane
Recipient of the 2024 Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service to the University
The Willard Wilson Award is a system-wide recognition given to a UH employee whose dedication, performance, and outstanding service have significantly impacted the university.
Graphic Design
OFDAS Graphics provides graphic design services and support for instruction and academic media
Land Acknowledgment
Aloha. We are the Office of Faculty Development and Academic Support.
We would like to acknowledge the ‘āina on which we gather, O‘ahu, is part of the larger territory recognized by Indigenous Hawaiians as their ancestral grandmother, Papahānaumoku.
We recognize that Her Majesty Queen Lili‘uokalani yielded the Hawaiian Kingdom and these territories under duress and protest to the United States to avoid the bloodshed of her people. We further recognize that Hawai‘i remains an illegally occupied state of America.
We recognize that each moment we are in Hawai‘i she nourishes and gifts us with the opportunity to breathe her air, eat from her soils, drink from her waters, bathe in her sun, swim in her oceans, be kissed by her rains, and be embraced by her winds. We further recognize that generations of Indigenous Hawaiians and their knowledge systems shaped Hawai‘i in sustainable ways that allow us to enjoy these gifts today. For this we are grateful and as a guest, we seek to support the varied strategies that the Indigenous peoples of Hawai‘i are using to protect their land and their communities, and we commit to dedicating time and resources to working in solidarity. Mahalo.