Notice of Special Meeting

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I

BOARD OF REGENTS

Board business not completed on this day will be taken up on another day and time announced at the conclusion of the meeting.

Date:        Thursday, June 4, 2026

Time:       11:15 a.m.

Place:      University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Bachman Hall

1st Floor Conference Room 106 A/B

2444 Dole Street

Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96822

See the Board of Regents website to access the live broadcast of the meeting and related updates:  www.hawaii.edu/bor

ORDER OF THE DAY

             I.        Call Meeting to Order

            II.        Public Comment Period for Agenda Items:

All communications from the public to the Board of Regents are welcome and distributed to all regents.  To enable the Board to conduct its business, public comment at meetings may only be provided on agenda items noted below.  Individuals who are unable to provide testimony at this time will be allowed an opportunity to testify when specific agenda items are called.

All comments on agenda items received after posting of this agenda and up to the end of the meeting will be distributed to the board as testimony.  Written testimony may be submitted via the board’s website through the testimony link provided on the Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Materials page.  Testimony may also be submitted via email at bor.testimony@hawaii.edu, U.S. mail at 2444 Dole Street, Bachman 103, Honolulu, HI 96822, or facsimile at (808) 956-5156.

Those wishing to provide oral testimony virtually may register here. Individuals wishing to orally testify virtually are requested to register no later than 7:00 a.m. on the day of the meeting in order to be accommodated.  Registration for in-person oral testimony on agenda items will also be provided at the meeting location 15 minutes prior to the meeting.  It is highly recommended that written testimony be submitted in addition to registering to provide oral testimony.  Oral testimony will be limited to three (3) minutes per testifier.

This is a remote meeting by interactive conference technology under Section 92-3.7, Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS).  Therefore, the meeting will continue notwithstanding loss of audiovisual communication with remote testifiers or loss of the public broadcast of the meeting.

All written testimony submitted are public documents.  Therefore, any testimony that is submitted orally or in writing, electronically or in person, for use in the public meeting process is public information and will be posted on the board’s website.

          III.        Executive Session (closed to the public):

A.   Personnel and Legal Matters: (To consult with the boardʻs attorneys on questions and issues pertaining to the boardʻs powers, duties, privileges, immunities and liabilities, pursuant to Section 92-5(a)(4), HRS); and to consider the hire, evaluation, dismissal, or discipline of an officer or employee or of charges brought against the officer or employee where consideration of matters affecting privacy will be involved, pursuant to Section 92-5(a)(2), HRS.

1.    Chancellor of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

2.    Interim Academic Program Officer (Director of Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao)

          IV.        Agenda

A.   Request for Appointment of Dr. Vassilis Syrmos, Interim Provost, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, as Chancellor, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa

B.   Appointment of Dr. Jennifer Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, Professor, as Interim Academic Program Officer (Director of Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao), University of Hawaiʻi System/Mānoa

             V.      Adjournment

ATTACHMENTS

Attachment A-1 – Personnel actions posted for approval by the Board of Regents.

Attachment A-2 – Personnel actions posted for information only pursuant to Section 89C-4, HRS. These actions are not subject to approval by the Board of Regents.

If you need an auxiliary aid/service or other accommodation due to a disability, contact the Board Office at (808) 956-8213 or bor@hawaii.edu as soon as possible. Requests made as early as possible have a greater likelihood of being fulfilled.  Upon request, this notice is available in alternate/accessible formats.