Advising: Prospective Shidler students

1. How to make an appointment
2. Office operational hours
3. Brief bios of the admissions advisors

Appointments*:

All appointments are scheduled online (*All appointments are scheduled in Hawai‘i Standard Time. Most are for 30 minutes, but we also allow some 15-minute quick question appointments). Check the options for online or in-person meetings (in person meetings may be restricted to certain days of the week)

Business major admission questions

• UH Manoa: Incoming Fall 2023 Exploratory Business/pre-business freshmen
  • Complete two steps before attempting an appointment: (1) Complete the New Student Advising Online Workshop and (2) download a sample 4-year plan (.xls file) (If you do not have Excel, you can read a text version of the curriculum: https://shidler.hawaii.edu/undergraduate/curriculum)
  • Exploratory Business students are eligible to meet with either Manoa Advising Center advisors or the Shidler admissions advisor
  • For Manoa Advising Center Advisors: make an appointment in STAR Balance up to 7 days in advance starting at midnight HST
  • For the Shidler admissions advisor: enter STAR Balance, log in with your UH username and password (you may need to select the box for "mark")

• UH Manoa: Current students majoring in Exploratory Business (EXB)
  • You are eligible to meet with either Manoa Advising Center advisors or the Shidler admissions advisor (an exception is for ROTC/VA forms---Manoa Advising Center advisors will NOT complete VA/ROTC forms for EXB students; these can only be done by the Shidler Admissions advisor).
  • For Manoa Advising Center Advisors: make an appointment in STAR Balance up to 7 days in advance starting at midnight HST
  • For the Shidler admissions advisor: Go to STAR Balance, log in with your UH username and password (you may need to select the box for "Mark")

• UH Manoa: Current students majoring outside Exploratory Business
  • If you just want to change your major to Exploratory Business, email: macadv@hawaii.edu. No appointment is necessary.
  • For the Shidler admissions advisor: Go to STAR Balance, log in with your UH username and password (you may need to select the box for "Mark")

• UH System students (UH West Oahu, Hilo, or Community College)
  • For the Shidler admissions advisor: Go to STAR Balance, log in with your UH username and password (you may need to select the box for "Mark")

• Students not in the UH System (other colleges, second-degree seekers, etc.)
  • For the Shidler admissions advisor: Go to STAR Balance, click "I am not a UH student"
  • Appointments show up to 7 days in advance and the 7th day appointments load into STAR on weekdays before noon/12pm (e.g., May 8th appointments load in STAR on May 1 before noon)

If you have technical issues the STAR Balance appointment website, you may contact the Shidler OSAS Front Desk at +1-808-956-8215 (generally M-F 9am-3pm) for assistance in making the appointment. Please note this is for technical issues; staff will not be able to grant appointments if there are none available.

DAP Program

• High school students interested in learning more about DAP
  • For the Shidler admissions advisor: Click to enter STAR Balance, then click "I am not a UH student
  • Appointments show up to 7 days in advance and the 7th day appointments load into STAR on weekdays before noon/12pm

• Current DAP students
  • Fall 2019 and Fall 2020 students: Call 808-956-8215 M-F between 9am-3pm to make an appointment with a Shidler advisor
  • Fall 2021 and Fall 2022 cohort students: enter STAR Balance, log in with your UH username and password (you may need to select the box for "Mark")
  • Fall 2023 newly admitted DAP students: You will be sent an email in early May detailing when/how to make an appointment

If you are having technical difficulties with STAR Balance, you may also contact the Shidler Front Desk at (808) 956-8215 or business@hawaii.edu. Please note this is for technical issues; staff will not be able to grant appointments if there are none available.

Contact Information

Office Hours

Virtual Office Hours

• Monday-Friday: 9:00am-3:00pm (HST) 
• Closed: Weekends and Holidays

• Monday-Friday 9:00am-11:00am, 1:30pm-3:00pm
• Closed: Weekends and Holidays

Meet the Undergraduate Admissions Advisor

Mark Nakamoto

mark.nakamoto@hawaii.edu

Admissions Advisor

Students advised:

• Pre-business students (UHM pre-business/Exploratory Business students, Prospective transfer students to UHM, Applicants with a bachelors seeking a Second bachelors Degree), and
  current UHM students interested in/pursuing the Business Minor
• Also, for Exploratory Business students at UHM (EXB majors), primary contact for: AFROTC Form 48, NROTC Form 117, ROTC Form 104-R, Coast Guard
• DAP first-year and second-year students
• Prospective DAP students in high school

 

 

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