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Presented to the Mト]oa Faculty Senate by the Committee on Student Affairs for a vote of the full senate on
April 21, 2021, a resolution to increase student mental health and well-being support at フヌミトVlogケルキスM.フ Approved unanimously through acclamation by the Mト]oa Faculty Senate on April 21, 2021.フ
RESOLUTION TO INCREASE STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING SUPPORT AT フヌミトVlogケルキスMフ
WHEREAS, one of the missions of the University of Hawaii, at Manoa, is to achieve and maintain a healthy student body and university community; and
WHEREAS, as a steward of Native Hawaiian values, culture, and traditions, an important value of the University of Hawaii at Mト]oa is the concept of “Lナ耕ahi” – that total health is the balance and harmony of the physical, emotional, family, environmental, and spiritual; and
WHEREAS, there has been an on-going shortage of mental health specialists at the University of Hawaiハサi at Mト]oa (フヌミトVlogケルキスM) prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, as was identified and addressed by the Mト]oa Faculty Senate in 2015; and
WHEREAS, in 2021, students are facing increasingly difficult medical, emotional, financial, and academic challenges as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, of the フヌミトVlogケルキスM students who participated in an intake assessment appointment at the Counseling and Student Development Center in the fall 2020 semester, 43 percent considered suicide in the past, with 6.8 percent of students reporting they considered suicide in the past month; and
WHEREAS, JABSOM Department of Psychiatry is willing to participate in a hui with other key フヌミトVlogケルキスM departments and services to increase programs and resources to benefit students窶 mental health and well-being; and
WHEREAS, the hui is willing to create an action plan that meets students窶 mental health needs, and is in collaboration with other allied health professionals on campus, including but not limited to, the フヌミトVlogケルキスM Counseling and Student Development Center, Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health, and Department of Psychology; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mト]oa Faculty Senate requests the University of Hawaiハサi at Mト]oa administrative leadership prioritize mental and behavioral health for the フヌミトVlogケルキスM student body and support the establishment of the mental health and well-being hui under the leadership of the フヌミトVlogケルキスM Counseling and Student Development Center, supported by the JABSOM Department of Psychiatry; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mト]oa Faculty Senate recommends that フヌミトVlogケルキスM administrative leadership establish G-funded positions at the フヌミトVlogケルキス Mト]oa Counseling and Student Development Center, to help the institution attain the recommended national standard of one mental health professional per 1000-1500 students; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mト]oa Faculty Senate recommends that フヌミトVlogケルキスM administrative leadership provide funding to support JABSOM Department of Psychiatry trainee physicians who can provide services at the フヌミトVlogケルキス Mト]oa Counseling and Student Development Center; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Mト]oa Faculty Senate requests the hui be provided funding through the CARES Act and/or any other available COVID-19 pandemic funding.