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student input and suggestions.”
The campus also leads housing town
halls at least once per semester, Gomes
said. She said discussions at recent housing
town halls have revolved around holding
housing rates flat for next year and
“talking (with students) about what’s working
well and what concerns they (have)
so we can continue to address them.”
The campus also revived this past year
its Resident Hall Advisory, Gomes said. The
advisory is comprised of student representatives
from each dorm who provide feedback
to campus housing about day-to-day operations
at the dorms along with long-term
issues — such as prioritizing suggestions
for repair and replacement projects.
“I think that back-and-forth is helping
rebuild relationships between campus administration
and students,” Gomes said. “Just
giving students individually the opportunity
to exercise their voice and become engaged.”
Discussion during a student town hall
meeting in late February focused on the topic,
“How do we best serve all of our students?”
The five students in attendance brainstormed
the feasibility of consolidating
student resource centers that have
aligned missions, such as the Women’s
Center and the LGBTQ+ Center.
They also discussed ways to make
finding those resources easier.
“I didn’t realize we’d all get to (provide)
our own important feedback and we’d actually
have a voice in this situation,” said recent
UH-Hilo transfer student David Patrick
Theodore, 29, who added he decided to attend
the meeting after hearing about it through
email. “I thought it’d literally just be someone
talking to us. So now the benefit is knowing I
can make a physical difference at this school.
“I honestly think it’s great. This school
is very inclusive and they are trying their
very best to have different facilities available
and it just needs to reach the students more
which I think is the point of this town hall.”
Email Kirsten Johnson at kjohnson@
hawaiitribune-herald.com.
TOWN HALL From page 14
HOLLYN JOHNSON/Tribune-Herald
David Patrick Theodore speaks during a student town hall
meeting in late February at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
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