Advising: Prospective Shidler College of Business BBA students

1. How to make an appointment
2. Office operational hours

Appointments*:

• All appointments for current or admitted-and-deposited students are scheduled through the Navigate system, not via email (instructions and links, below) (Prospective students may use a separate system, described below).
• All appointments are scheduled in Hawai‘i Standard Time. Appointments are 30 minutes
• When making the appointment, double-check the options for online or in-person meetings (in-person meetings may not be available every day).

I. To discuss BBA Business Major admission

BBA business majors at UH Mānoa start taking their advanced business courses in junior year (Most students at UH Mānoa who want to pursue a business major will be Exploratory Business (pre-business) majors in their first two years at UH, and then apply to start their chosen BBA business major).

• UH Manoa: Current students majoring in Exploratory Business (EXB) ∨
  • For questions about admission and post-admission, an appointment with the Shidler admissions advisor: use Navigate 360! This would be mostly to discuss the application/admission process or for a rough draft of ideas post-admission. 
    • log in with your UH username and password 
    • On the main page, click "Schedule an Appointment" (in the desktop version of the site, it is a blue button in the right column)
    • In the "What Can We Help You Find?" box:
      • Select Type of Appointment: Academic Advising 
      • Select Service: Explore Changing Major
      • Select a Date
      • Search for days/times for Mark Nakamoto
  • For general academic questions, an appointment with a Exploratory Pathways Advisor might be appropriate (EXCEPTION: EXB Students who have 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): make an appointment in Navigate360 through the following selections:
    1) METHOD 1 to meet with an EPA advisor:
    Log in to Navigate
    Click "Meet With Your Success Team” from the “Other Options” panel on the right side of the page. 
    
    2) METHOD 2 to meet with an EPA advisor:
    Log in to Navigate
  • Click "Schedule an Appointment" in the upper right
    Select Type of Appointment: Academic Advising 
    Select Service: Academic Advising
    Select a Date
    Click "Find Available Times"
     
• UH Manoa: Current UHM students with majors other than Exploratory Business ∨
  • Note: If you just want to change your major to Exploratory Business, just complete the online major change form*; no appointment is necessary. You will not be able to schedule an appointment yourself in STAR Balance for an appointment with a Exploratory Pathways advisor until your major has changed
    *If you encounter an access issue for the major-change form, (1) open an incognito/private browser window, paste in the link, click it, then log into your hawaii.edu account. (2) Alternatively, you can try to log out of all Google accounts on your device, then click the link, then log in to your hawaii.edu account
     
  • For an appointment with the Shidler admissions advisor: use Navigate360!
    • log in with your UH username and password 
    • On the main page, click "Schedule an Appointment" (in the desktop version of the site, it is a blue button in the right column)
    • In the "What Can We Help You Find?" box:
      • Select Type of Appointment: Academic Advising 
      • Select Service: Explore Changing Major
      • Select a Date
      • Search for days/times for Mark Nakamoto
• UH System: Students at any UH Community College, UH West Oahu, or UH Hilo ∨
  • For an appointment with the Shidler admissions advisor: 
  • If you have not yet been admitted to Manoa, you will need to use the old STAR Balance system (The Navigate system at Manoa only supports appointments with current or admitted Manoa students). 
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  • If you have been admitted to Manoa for the upcoming semester, you should be able to use Navigate 360! 
    • log in with your UH username and password 
    • On the main page, click "Schedule an Appointment" (in the desktop version of the site, it is a blue button in the right column)
    • In the "What Can We Help You Find?" box:
      • Select Type of Appointment: Academic Advising 
      • Select Service: Explore Changing Major
      • Select a Date
      • Search for days/times for Mark Nakamoto
• Any not in the UH System (other/non-UH colleges, second-degree seekers, etc.) ∨
  • If you have not yet been admitted to Manoa, or if you were admitted but have not paid the deposit:
    • For an appointment with the Shidler admissions advisor: you will make an appointment for up to 7 days in advance through UH's STAR Balance appointment system . Click the link, then select "I am not a UH student"; type in your name and email. (The Navigate appointment system you would use at Manoa only supports appointments with current or soon-to-be Manoa students)
  • If you were admitted to Manoa and paid your deposit more than 2 business days ago, you should have access to make an appointment through the Manoa Navigate360 system
    • log in with your UH username and password 
    • On the main page, click "Schedule an Appointment" (in the desktop version of the site, it is a blue button in the right column)
    • In the "What Can We Help You Find?" box:
      • Select Type of Appointment: Academic Advising 
      • Select Service: Explore Changing Major
      • Select a Date
      • Search for days/times for Mark Nakamoto

If you have technical issues the 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; the front-desk staff will not be able to grant appointments if there are none available.

II. Direct Admit Program (DAP) Students and Prospective DAP Students

DAP is a program for high-achieving high school students to gain admission to the BBA majors in Shidler College starting in their freshman year.

• High school students interested in learning more about DAP ∨
  • Too make an appointment with the Shidler DAP admissions advisor: Go to STAR Balance, then click "I am not a UH student"
  • Available appointments appear as blue boxes on the calendar screen only up to 7 days in advance (the 7th day appointments load into STAR on weekdays before noon/12pm). 
  • Close the pop-up and click on a blue box to book that time. 
  • If there are no blue boxes in the next 7 days, there are no appointments.
• Current DAP students ∨
  • make an appointment in Navigate360,  
  • log in with your UH username and password
  • In the "What Can We Help You Find?" box:
    • Select Type of Appointment: Academic Advising 
    • Select Service: Academic Advising

If you are having technical difficulties with STAR Balance, you may also contact the Shidler OSAS 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.

Please contact the Shidler OSAS Front Desk for assistance:

• Monday-Friday: 9:00am-3:00pm (HST)

• Closed: Weekends and Holidays

   

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