Click the link below to connect with a UH Basic Needs Café Assistant who can help UH students with locating and securing basic needs including food, housing and financial resources. Café hours are Sunday to Thursday from 8pm to midnight.
Students are also welcome to reach out via email uhsbn@hawaii.edu. Responses are provided promptly during café hours.
Food Assistance
Financial Help
Health Services
Housing & Shelter
Additional Resources
- COVID-19 Support
- Aloha United Way
- University of Hawai‘i Resources
- Internet Kokua Program Enrollment Form
- Rental and Utility Relief Program
- Emergency Broadband Benefit Program
Campus Point of Contact
Loea Akiona, Coordinator for Career Services, loea@hawaii.edu
Michiko Joseph, Interim Library Director, msjoseph@hawaii.edu
UH West Oʻahu Campus Committee
Christine Neves, Administrative Fiscal Support, cabralch@hawaii.edu
Carina Chernisky, Public Service Librarian, carinac@hawaii.edu
Darian Padilla, Director of Development UH Foundation, darian.padilla@uhfoundation.org
David McDonald, Vice Chancellor, davidamc@hawaii.edu
Leila Shimokawa, Director of Communication, lwai@hawaii.edu
Loea Akiona, Coordinator for Career Services, loea@hawaii.edu
Michiko Joseph, Interim Library Director, msjoseph@hawaii.edu
Rouel Velasco, Director of Student Life, rouel@hawaii.edu
Ryan Perreira, Intramural Coordinator, rperreir@hawaii.edu
Jennifer Watanabe, Work Coordination Center, Facilities Manager, jlwatana@hawaii.edu
Kimberly Reed, Admin & Fiscal Specialist, Title III Grants, kkreed@hawaii.edu