Student Representation at the University of Hawaii

Student Representation at the University of Hawaii is outlined in Chapter 7 of the UH System Policies and Procedures & Chapter 7 of Board of Regents Policy. The sole Systemwide is the University of Hawaii Student Caucus (UHSC). Universities and Colleges within the University system have student representation through Chartered Student Organizations (CSO). A CSO is defined as a "campus-wide student association organized to carry out functions or operations on behalf of the university for the purpose of serving the entire student body on its campus." Chartered Student Organizations include campus student governments, and boards of student publications.
UH Student Caucus
In 1990, Ross Kamakahi, Jr., president of the Associated Students of Leeward Community College, and Keith Kamisugi, president of ASUH at Manoa, worked with a team of students from each campus of the system to create a coalition of student governments. Through several organizing meetings, most taking place in conjunction with the rotating meetings of the UH Board of Regents, the students agreed upon an affiliation that exists today as the University of Hawai'i Student Caucus (UHSC). Although the UHSC now functions as an entity recognized and supported by the university administration, it initially was meant to function as an unincorporated association outside of the administration in order to provide the highest degree of independence. Kamakahi and Kamisugi were elected the initial co-chairs of the UHSC. Although each campus had different levels of enrollment, the UHSC founders decided to set two delegates per campus in an effort to recognize the importance of each campus, regardless of size.
UH Student Caucus lobbies annually during Hawaii States legislative sessions. Lobbying efforts include collective bargaining for Graduate Students, college affordability and student civil rights. The Executive chairman of UH Student Caucus is seated on the University of Hawaii Regents Advisory Council. Passed by the Hawaii state legislature in 2007, the candidate advisory council is tasked for identifying candidates for the University of Hawaii Board of Regents.
Student Governments
There are 10 different campus-level student government organizations and one organization for UH Manoa Graduate Students. Many of these organizations use the "Associated Students of the University of Hawaii" (ASUH) prefix.
* ASUH -
* ASUH - Honoulu CC
* ASUH - Kauai CC
* ASUH at Manoa
* ASUH - Leeward CC
* ASUH - Maui College
* ASUH - Winward CC
* ASUH -
* Grad Student Organization - representing UH Manoa graduate students
* Student Congress - Kapiolani Community College
* UH Hilo Student Association (UHHSA)

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