System Office of Student Affairs

The System Office of Student Affairs provides strategic leadership, planning, and support for student financial aid programs, student enrollment services, student life programs and other student development services across the ten campuses of the UH system.

Student Affairs supports the campuses in their work with students to:
1. Encourage individuals to enter higher education;
2. Support students to engage purposefully while matriculating; and
3. Prepare students to exit workforce-ready and/or continued college-ready.

The support comes via:
1. Policy development, monitoring, analysis and evaluation;
2. Service coordination or program oversight for greater efficiency and resource leveraging;
3. Technical assistance and consultation.

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Programs

• Council of Senior Student Affairs Officers (CSSAO)
• Financial Aid Information
• Hawaiʻi Commission for National and Community Service (HCNCS)
• State Post Secondary Education Commission (SPEC)
• Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
• University of Hawaiʻi Regent and Presidential Scholars (RAPS)
• University of Hawaiʻi Student Caucus

Quick Links

• Urgent Student Relief Fund
• Staff and Campus Contacts
• UH Systemwide Policies and Procedures Information System (PPIS)
• Scholarship Information
• WICHE PSEP Application information
• Solomon Amendment
• Staff health clearance resources

• WUE and WRGP Participation Revised Implementation Timeline – May 5, 2026
• Changing Residence Codes to Student Attributes – December 17, 2025
• Updated Process for Determination of Residency as Applied to Tuition Payments and Admission – October 27, 2025
• Prior Year Memos (2018-2024)

Farrah-Marie Gomes
Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
(808) 932-7137
fmgomes@hawaii.edu

Farrah-Marie Gomes, Ph.D., serves as Associate Vice President for Student Affairs for the University of Hawaiʻi System, where she leads systemwide student affairs policy and initiatives across ten campuses. Her portfolio includes admissions, financial aid and scholarships, student records and compliance, clinical and mental health, disability services, student employment, and student conduct. She partners with campuses and system offices to advance student success, access, and completion while ensuring alignment with federal and state regulations. Previously, Dr. Gomes served as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Interim Dean of the College of Continuing Education and Community Service, and Founding Director of the North Hawaiʻi Education and Research Center at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. Dr. Gomes holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo, a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the Chaminade University of Honolulu and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Higher Education from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.