{"id":240799,"date":"2026-09-17T11:29:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T21:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=240799"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:29:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T21:29:49","slug":"september-2026-president-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/17\/september-2026-president-report\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s report: emergency preparedness, student access, strategic investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_56314\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hyYTUdcXAbA?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"President\u2019s report: emergency preparedness, student access, strategic investments\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> President Wendy Hensel highlighted <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心视频<\/abbr>&#8216;s response to recent severe weather events, efforts to simplify the application process for prospective students and an upcoming public forum on the university&#8217;s new budgeting process and $123-million strategic investment initiative during her September report to the <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> Board of Regents (<abbr>BOR<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n<p>Hensel delivered the report at the September 17 <abbr>BOR<\/abbr> meeting at Leeward Community College&#8217;s <span lang=\"haw\">Wahiaw&#257;<\/span> Value-Added Product Development Center. She began by recognizing <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr> teams who helped campuses respond to an unusually active year of severe weather, most recently Hurricane Lowell. The storm caused significant damage and prolonged power outages on <span lang=\"haw\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span>, forcing <span lang=\"haw\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> Community College to close for a week before reopening to students on September 16.<\/p>\n<p>Hensel also provided an update on fall enrollment, highlighted the October 1 launch of Apply <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, a single undergraduate application for all 10 campuses, and announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/09\/15\/budget-strategic-investment-forum\/\">September 28 public forum on <abbr>糖心视频<\/abbr>&#8216;s budget and $123 million strategic investment initiative<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Severe weather response and emergency preparedness (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hyYTUdcXAbA?t=15s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Fall 2026 enrollment (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hyYTUdcXAbA?t=1m45s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Apply <span lang=\"haw\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> launch (<a 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