Project Title | To provide legal services related to immigration, to the RCUH Corporate Office. |
Selected Consultant | Newton J. Chu, Esq. (Torkildson Katz, A Law Corporation) |
Contract Amount | $15,000.00 |
Date of Award | July 1, 2022 |
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates only) | Vaughn G.T. Cook (Torkildson Katz, A Law Corporation) |
Appointing Officer | Leonard R. Gouveia, Jr. |
Project Title | To provide legal services related to maritime/admiralty, to the RCUH Corporate Office. |
Selected Consultant | Michael J. Nakano, Esq. (Cox Wootton Lerner Griffin & Hansen) |
Contract Amount | $20,000.00 |
Date of Award | July 6, 2022 |
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates only) | No other submissions. |
Appointing Officer | Leonard R. Gouveia, Jr. |
Project Title | To provide legal services related to taxes and payroll, to the RCUH Corporate Office. |
Selected Consultant | Vaughn G.T. Cook (Torkildson Katz, A Law Corporation) |
Contract Amount | $15,000.00 |
Date of Award | July 6, 2022 |
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates only) | No other submissions. |
Appointing Officer | Leonard R. Gouveia, Jr. |
Project Title | To provide legal services related to employment, to the RCUH Corporate Office. |
Selected Consultant | Barry W. Marr, Esq. (Marr Jones & Wang) |
Contract Amount | $50,000.00 |
Date of Award | July 7, 2022 |
Consultants Considered (ranked candidates only) | Richard M. Rand (Marr Jones & Wang); Kristi O’Heron (Marr Jones & Wang); Sarah O. Wang (Marr Jones & Wang); Christopher J. Cole (Marr Jones & Wang); Patrick H. Jones (Marr Jones & Wang); Newton J. Chu (Torkildson Katz, A Law Corporation); Christopher S.Y. Yeh (Marr Jones & Wang); Cecily D.M. Kaya (Marr Jones & Wang); Andrea L. Miyashita (Marr Jones & Wang); Ronald Tang (Marr Jones & Wang). |
Appointing Officer | Leonard R. Gouveia, Jr. |
Category: General
FINANCIAL SYSTEM PROCESSING NOW AVAILABLE
RCUH fiscal year-end processing has been completed and the RCUH financial system is now open for fiscal year 2023. Fiscal Administrators may now approve online purchasing, payment, and travel transactions in the Financial Portal. The first check run for fiscal year 2023 will be on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 4:00 PM.
UH Project Fiscal Reports may reflect incorrect amounts and balances until KFS is opened for FY 2023. Until KFS is opened for FY 2023, please use the Mass Printing Reports to access the UH Project Fiscal Reports as of June 2022 and earlier.
Reminder: Service dates are required for all payment transactions approved through August 31, 2022. For payments approved after July 31, 2022, $100,000 or greater, and with service dates of June 30 or earlier, please complete the RCUH AP Worksheet. Please include estimates or projections for invoices that have not been received as of July 30. Please email your worksheet to Staci Saito at [email protected] by Monday, August 1, 2022.
Please refer to the Monday, June 20, 2022 General Announcement on Service Dates for more information.
Nominees for the 2022 RCUH Outstanding Employees of the Year Awards
It gives us great pleasure to announce the nominees for the 2022 RCUH Outstanding Employees of the Year (OEY) awards. Please join us in congratulating:
Researcher/Project Manager Category
- Jesse Abdul, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
- Cris Milne, Hawaiʻi Center for AIDS, UH John A. Burns School of Medicine
- Hank Oppenheimer, Maui Nui Plant Extinction Prevention Program, Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit, UH College of Natural Sciences
Project Support Staff Category
- Kelsey McBeain, Department of Oceanography, UH School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
- Naomi Moran, Subaru Telescope, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- Joanna Norton, Cassava Improvement Project, UH College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources
Team Category
- UH Cancer Center, Shepherd Research Lab – Nisa Kelly and En Liu
- UH Information Technology Services, Cyberinfrastructure – Michelle Choe, Sean Cleveland, Maria Dumanlang, Jennifer Geis, and Jared McLean
- UH Social Science Research Institute, Telecommunications and Social Informatics Program – Umerang Imetengel, Ginger Porter, and Alyssa Shimizu
We wish to thank the 9 Principal Investigators who nominated these exceptional individuals. The OEY awards program encourages, recognizes, and rewards RCUH employees who have made demonstrable, significant, and exemplary contributions to their project during the past fiscal year or years. All nominees will be honored at an awards luncheon in the fall.
2022 Forum Report & Recording Available
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s forum, “Pathways to Research Success: Lessons Learned.” If you were unable to attend the virtual event, please view the forum report below.
RCUH has also decided to make the recording available, but please be aware of some minor technical issues, such as video clarity, screen size. Click here to view the recording.
Designing, Furnishing, and Installing Functional Workspaces for the Relocation of RCUH Offices
The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii announces the issuance of Request for Proposals (RFP) No. CS2022-1, “Designing, Furnishing, and Installing Functional Workspaces for the Relocation of RCUH Offices from the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa Innovation Center to East-West Center Burns Hall”.
All questions about the RFP must be directed to Kaylee Hull at RCUH via email to [email protected]. Closing Date for Receipt of Offeror Questions is 4:00 PM (Hawaii Standard Time), July 15, 2022.
Completed proposals must be submitted via email to [email protected] and received no later than 4:00 PM (Hawaii Standard Time), August 12, 2022. It is the Offeror’s responsibility to ensure confirmation of proposal receipt prior to the Closing Date for Receipt of Proposals. Proposals received after the time and date fixed for submittal will not be considered.
A schedule of key dates is included in the RFP.
Click here to download the RFP.
What’s New in the RCUH Training Portal?
There are more than a hundred new online courses in the RCUH Training Portal, including a bunch of 5-minute introductory lessons on Microsoft 365. The following may interest you as well:
- Budgeting Basics for Managers
- Disability Awareness
- Effective Communication
The new courses are highlighted in blue in the course catalog. If you need access to the RCUH Training Portal, please complete the registration form.
If you have any questions about the training portal, please email [email protected].
Call for Project Photos
Throughout the year, RCUH visually features projects in publications, communications, videos, etc. And your project could be featured in the next calendar shot or annual report cover! Please send us a selection of your best project photos for our library.
- Ideal photos should be clear and bright
- Action or staged activities are preferred (no headshots)
- Minimum size: 600 x 600 pixels. Resolution: 300 dpi.
Please complete the photo information form and send your photos to [email protected] by Friday, September 30, 2022. Photos may be sent as attachments or via the UH File Drop (for require authentication, please select “No login required”).
Thank you for sharing your work with us!
Service Dates for Online Payments Processed During July 1 to August 31, 2022
The fiscal year-end cutoff for RCUH online payment transactions is 12:00 noon on Thursday, June 30, 2022. All online payment transactions processed after Thursday, June 30, 2022 through Wednesday, August 31, 2022, will require service dates. The service date format is MM/DD/YY.
For payments that will be processed or approved after Friday, July 29, 2022, are $100,000 or greater, and have service dates of June 30, 2022 or earlier, please complete the RCUH AP Worksheet. Please include estimates or projections for invoices that have not been received as of July 29. Please email your worksheet to Staci Saito at [email protected] by Monday, August 1, 2022. If there are no payments to report, please email Staci to report that there are no items by Monday, August 1, 2022.
A service date field is provided on all payment forms and is identified with the heading “S/D”. The service date is the date goods are received or services are performed. For certain types of payments including travel completions, petty cash reimbursements, extended services, etc., the service date entered should be the last day of the period covered by the payment. However, if the service period covers multiple fiscal years, allocate costs in each fiscal year incurred. For example, if the service period is from June 1, 2022 to July 31, 2022, record costs incurred from June 1 to June 30 with a 06/30/22 service date and costs incurred from July 1 to July 31 with a 07/31/22 service date.
This information is needed to ensure that RCUH liabilities are properly reported as of June 30, 2022. Our auditors, N&K CPAs Inc., will be reviewing selected documents processed during this period as part of their audit procedures. Accordingly, please be advised that we may be requesting copies of payment documents for review.
Please contact Maile Brooks at (808) 988-8340 or [email protected] if you have any questions. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.
Face masks required indoors on UH campuses and properties (Effective May 25, 2022)
A notification was sent out from the UH Office of Communications that effective Wednesday, May 25, 2022, face masks are once again required indoors across the University of Hawai’i System, except when working alone or separated from others by 6 feet or more. Restoration of this practice, consistent with current Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations, was recommended by UH medical and public health experts and the State of Hawai’i Department of Health and affirmed by UH leadership.
Reinstatement of the comprehensive indoor mask requirement will help prevent further spread of the COVID-19 virus and better protect the health of everyone as every county in the state but one is currently assessed to have a “high” level of COVID-19 community transmission by the CDC. Only Hawaiʻi County is still rated “medium.” The CDC also ranks the state as 4th highest in the nation with an average 7-day case rate of 495.9 cases per 100,000 people.
The indoor face mask requirement will remain in place and be re-evaluated when the level of COVID-19 transmission in the state decreases.
For additional information, you may visit UH COVID-19 Guidelines or State Department of Health return-to-work guidance.
Mahalo for your cooperation in keeping our community safe.
RCUH Financial Portal Down: Thursday, May 5, 2022, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
The RCUH Financial Portal will be down for system maintenance on Thursday, May 5, 2022, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. (HST).
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.