Kuleana Checklist SPRING 2025
Welcome to the HPU ‘Ohana! Here is where you will find simplified next steps to ensure you are ready for your arrival on campus. Check back periodically over the fall and winter to view Kuleana Checklists and watch 'Ohana Check-In recordings as we progress toward Spring!
COMPLETE YOUR KULEANA CHECKLISTS BELOW!
Make sure you're on the right track for a smooth transition to HPU! Kuleana means responsibility in Hawaiian. Complete YOUR Kuleana Checklists below!
MyHPU (my.hpu.edu) is your self-service student portal. If you haven’t already done so, go ahead and login for the first time. Click here for step-by-step instructions on MyHPU Account Creation.
Otherwise, sign in directly to your student portal by clicking the button above. Explore and get familiar!
Click the different tabs and icons in MyHPU to access important information regarding your:
- Financial Aid, Loans, and Scholarship requirements
- Tuition and Fees, eBill Statements *viewable when you are registered for at least one class*
- Housing Applications and Meal Plans
- Shark Shuttle Schedules and much more!
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO IN MYHPU PORTAL?
View academic and community events, HPU announcements, update your student profile, check your HPU email, view your degree plan, make online tuition payments, check your grades, and manage other important university business.
Be sure to sign-in to and/or set up your student email account early this fall to ensure you receive official university communications regarding your student account.
PRO TIP: Automatically forward your HPU emails to your personal email account so you don't miss important HPU announcements and deadlines this fall!
Please contact Information Technology Services (ITS) if you need to retrieve your username or if you run into any technical issues when logging into MyHPU for the first time.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
(ITS) HELP DESK
EMAIL: help@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 566-2411
2. SATISFY FINANCIAL AID REQUIREMENTS IN MYHPU
If you’ve already filed your FAFSA, review your financial aid status by double-checking that you’ve submitted all paperwork necessary to receive aid. Financial documents must be verified through MyHPU.
Check your HPU email in MyHPU regularly.
FOLLOW PATH: my.hpu.edu > Student Services > Financial Aid > Offer/Requirements
Please contact Financial Aid with questions about federal student aid (FAFSA), scholarships, and loan status. And always include YOUR NAME AND HPU STUDENT ID NUMBER when contacting Financial Aid.
FINANCIAL AID
EMAIL: financialaid@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-0253
3. LEVEL UP WITH PLACEMENT TESTING
If you are feeling extra ambitious early this FALL, consider leveling up through placement testing! Depending on your declared major, you may need to take a writing test, a math test or both. A unique voucher was assigned to you for writing, math, or both depending on the major you selected when you applied.
PLACEMENT TEST REQUIREMENTS BY MAJOR
Writing Placement Test: All Majors
Residential Honors students are exempt from the English writing placement assessment.
Math Placement Test: Business Administration, Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology Engineering, Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Science, Marine Biology, Mathematics, Oceanography
Click the button above to learn how you can access the placement tests.
ACT AND SAT SCORES
Depending on ACT, SAT, or other test results submitted at the time of applying, you may be exempt from placement testing.
Please review our placement guide and contact advising@hpu.edu if you believe you may be exempt.
Please contact Testing Services (CAS) with questions about English and Math placement testing.
CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS, TESTING SERVICES
EMAIL: assessment@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-9334
Click the button above to find out who your Academic Advisor is so you know who you will be working with this fall to craft your spring schedule. Your Advisor will email you a pre-registration form after you submit your enrollment deposit.
If you have only submitted your enrollment deposit in the past two weeks, No stress! Your pre-registration form is coming!
Please contact Academic Advising with questions regarding registration and your class schedule.
ACADEMIC ADVISING
EMAIL: advising@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-1198
APPLICATIONS FOR THE SPRING 2025 SEMESTER OPENED ON NOVEMBER 8!
- Submit Your Intent to Enroll Form and $200 Enrollment Deposit (if newly enrolled)
- Submit Your Housing Application and $400 Housing Deposit*
- Return Your Signed On-Campus Housing Agreement & Acceptance Form**
- Receive Your Housing and Roommate Assignment in August
*On-campus housing inventory is limited. If your housing application is received, and no housing is available, you will be informed within three business days that you have been placed on a waitlist.
**After submission of your housing application, a housing and meal plan agreement form will be sent to your HPU email account. Until this agreement form is submitted, your housing is not confirmed. Due to limited housing inventory, you are encouraged to sign and submit your housing agreement form upon receipt.
HOW TO APPLY
Step 1 - Go to the Housing Portal and log in with your MyHPU credentials.
Step 2 - Click on the Housing Application link in the top menu.
Step 3 - Follow the steps to complete your application.
MAKE SURE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION IN THE FINAL REVIEW STEP.
HOusing
EMAIL: housing@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-1436
Get ready for your eBill coming early December!
Your investment in your education is a commitment to your future. The HPU Business Office provides you with the resources and support you need to understand and pay your account balance, embrace financial responsibility, and maintain a strong financial foundation on which to build your academic and extracurricular success.
New students and families, click the button above to learn more about planning to pay tuition.
Please contact the Business Office with questions regarding account charges on your eBill.
BUSINESS OFFICE
EMAIL: studentaccounts@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 356-5272
1. FIND RESOURCES FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS
The Center for Academic Success offers a variety of educational services to enhance and promote learning. A full range of accessibility (including students with disabilities), testing, and tutoring services are provided at the Downtown Campus.
Limited services are available at the Aloha Tower Learning Commons.
Please contact the Center for Academic Success with questions regarding testing services and tutoring programs.
CENTER FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS
EMAIL: access@hpu.edu; assessment@hpu.edu; tutoring@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-9334
2. PRIORITIZE YOUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Prioritize your health and wellness!
Discover and explore the wide array of resources HPU offers to help students navigate the ups and downs of college life. Examples of resources include behavioral health counseling, information on health insurance, and even connecting with our university chaplain.
SUCCEED: Discover tools to support your academic and professional success.
THRIVE: Learn ways to nurture your well-being to help manage the stress of college.
MATTER: Explore options to find community and awaken your passions.
Get started today by going to YOU.HPU.EDU and entering your HPU username and password. The web portal prioritizes privacy so students can be honest and feel safe exploring.
Please contact our Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students with questions about wellness resources.
DEONNE YEAGER, M.ED., AVP/DEAN OF STUDENTS
EMAIL:dyeager@hpu.edu
3. CONSIDER LOOKING FOR A PART-TIME JOB
Whether you are eligible for on-campus Federal Work Study or just looking for any part-time job that fits your busy student lifestyle, HPU’s Career Development Center has you covered.
Click the button above to check out our job search page and get started on our job board, Handshake, to see what opportunities are available.
Please contact the Career Development Center for resume review and other resources to help you find part-time work that fits your school schedule.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT CENTER
EMAIL: cdc@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-0230
1. LEARN MORE ABOUT STUDENT LIFE
Check out fun student activities and ways to REMAIN ENGAGED on campus!
Extra and co-curricular activities are an essential part of an enriching campus life, and we encourage students to get involved and participate in school events.
Getting involved right from the start and continuing to seek out opportunities to learn and engage will help you make lasting friendships, perform well academically, and develop skillsets that will help you succeed in the future.
Stay stoked and keep looking forward to life at HPU! Follow us on Instagram: @hawaiipacificuniversity, @cabhpu, @hpu_sga, @hpucampusrec, @hpu.ssc, @hpufye, @hpustudentactivities
Please contact the Student Engagement team with questions regarding student and campus activities.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
EMAIL: readysetgo@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-0277
Whether you are traveling from abroad, moving from the mainland, or a resident of Hawaii, it is important to plan ahead and make sure all your transportation needs are addressed.
Click the button above to take advantage of a few resources we’ve compiled to help make your travels to Honolulu and HPU a little smoother.
Find helpful resources such as: discounted hotels in the area, airport shuttle service to campus, nearby and on-campus parking, and what to pack when moving to campus.
Check out our interactive campus maps below to familiarize yourself with the area ahead of time.
Please contact Student Engagement with questions on travel resources and what to bring to campus.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
EMAIL: readysetgo@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-0277
HPU and Barnes & Noble launched the Shark Bundle rental program where students will pay $25.75 per credit hour to get all required textbooks, lab manuals, access codes, and electronic book versions before the first day of your term's classes.
Click the button above to find out more about our textbook rental program.
Students are automatically signed up for Shark Bundle once registered for classes and must opt out of the program if it is not suitable for them.
Please note: each professor decides the format (digital or hard copy) for course materials.
Visit Barnes & Noble Bookstore at HPU to get Shark swag for the whole family!
Please contact our Bookstore with questions regarding the Shark Bundle program.
QUESTIONS ABOUT SHARK BUNDLE?
EMAIL: mmiyahira@bncollege.com
CALL: 808-544-0290
Check your spring schedule and make sure you understand it!
Click the button above to access your class schedule in MyHPU.
FOLLOW PATH: my.hpu.edu > Academic > Schedule
On your schedule, you will see:
Course Title
Campus (location)
Credits
Start and End Dates
Meeting Days and Times
Instructor Names
Take a look at our campus maps and our shuttle schedules to familiarize yourself with the area and start to think about what your daily commutes will look like.
Downtown Campus Map (ATM, WP, PL)
Please contact Academic Advising with questions about your spring schedule or to make an appointment with an advisor.
ACADEMIC ADVISING
EMAIL: advising@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-1198
2. REGISTER FOR NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION
New Student Orientation provides fun and engaging sessions and activities to help new students meet other students, navigate HPU's campuses, and learn about academic and co-curricular services and resources.
New full-time first-year, transfer, and visiting/exchange students are required to register for the orientation program. If you have not yet done so, please register here.
For more orientation information, please visit this our orientation website.
Please contact our Assistant Vice President and Dean of Students with questions about Orientation.
DEONNE YEAGER, M.ED., ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT AND DEAN OF STUDENTS
EMAIL: readysetgo@hpu.edu
Hawaiʻi Pacific University is committed to providing a safe learning, living, and working environment. Students, faculty, and staff are empowered to report incidents of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and retaliation to facilitate support services, a remedy or action, and prevention of recurrence.
Click the button above to learn more about Title IX and review our Student Handbook.
HPU provides our ‘ohana with opportunities for growth and the knowledge to make educated decisions. To aid in that process, new incoming students are required to complete three Title IX online courses: Know your Limit, Impressions, and Intervene. Please be on the lookout to complete your Title IX course modules.
Please contact HPU’s Title IX Coordinator with questions about TITLE IX discrimination, harassment, and reporting or questions about these mandatory Title IX modules.
CARLY MORMAN, TITLE IX COORDINATOR
EMAIL: cmorman@hpu.edu
CALL: (808) 544-0276