{"id":156381,"date":"2022-03-11T13:58:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T23:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=156381"},"modified":"2022-03-11T13:58:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T23:58:24","slug":"jeff-long-ktuh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/03\/11\/jeff-long-ktuh\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of HR<\/abbr> achieves balance through nearly 25-year KT东精影业<\/abbr> gig"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Jeffery Long in the KT东精影业<\/abbr> studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By day, Jeffery Long<\/strong> leads the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> System Office of Human Resources<\/a>. By night, he is a radio DJ<\/abbr> spinning his favorite tunes for 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s student radio station KT东精影业<\/abbr> FM<\/abbr> Honolulu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know of a better way to spend an evening. When I have the 3 CD<\/abbr> players loaded, both turntables queued, and a couple of tracks in the hopper, I\u2019m on Cloud Nine,” Long said.<\/p>\n

Long is an alumni\/community contributor for the station and his show “Infinite Pau Hana” airs on Wednesdays, 6–9 p.m. A lot of what goes into each show comes from developing a theme or vibe during the week, Long said. He then mobilizes his record collection or the KT东精影业<\/abbr> vinyl vault to complete the playlist.<\/p>\n

“Typically I do lean on older music (my joke is that my taste in music doesn\u2019t go beyond 1976); a mix of blues, jazz, funk, soul, though I will also dip into folk and country,” Long explained. “On Infinite Pau Hana, each episode tries to present a crystallized moment in music history (for instance, the Laurel Canyon scene, artists that appeared at the Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969, Bo Diddley and Oddballs of the Blues), or if not that, a cumulative vibe or feeling.”<\/p>\n

Lifelong music lover<\/h2>\n

Long has had an affinity for music and radio since he can remember. As a child, he was constantly listening to the radio, filing away everything he heard—something he was apparently doing subconsciously.<\/p>\n

“While driving, my dad used to quiz me about this or that particular piece of music, and I\u2019d rattle off the title, the artist, who wrote it,” Long said. “I listened to the radio while I slept. When I was sick, the radio would make me feel better. There was magic there.”<\/p>\n

Long and his family moved to the islands from San Francisco in 1992. After graduating from Castle High School in K\u0101neʻohe<\/span>, Long enrolled at 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa and began working as a DJ<\/abbr> at KT东精影业<\/abbr> around 1998.<\/p>\n

“When I was an undergraduate, I wanted an opportunity to see how the magic worked,” Long said. “I applied as a DJ<\/abbr> at KT东精影业<\/abbr> and, with active mentorship from my station colleagues, I developed deeper tastes in music and a broader palette, and this whole universe of feeling and movement opened up to me.”<\/p>\n

Back then, he was known as “The Little Red Rooster,” in honor of his Blues show. The first couple of years he was buried in Blues songcraft and history, all while exploring the timeless KT东精影业<\/abbr> vinyl vault. Since then, he has earned bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees from 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa, and worked in HR<\/abbr> positions with the 东精影业<\/abbr> System, 东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> and University Health Partners of Hawaiʻi<\/span><\/a>. In his current position as the interim director of the 东精影业<\/abbr> System Office of Human Resources, he has helped to navigate his office through the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n

“Things like Zoom have even made HR<\/abbr> professionals more accessible to one another,” Long said. “Feedback and communication is critical for our office, and I\u2019ve appreciated the opportunities to have more face-to-face contact with HR<\/abbr> partners, even if it wasn\u2019t in person.”<\/p>\n

Long has taken some breaks in between DJ<\/abbr> gigs at KT东精影业<\/abbr> to recharge, but he values the balance being a DJ<\/abbr> at KT东精影业<\/abbr> provides with his daily work life.<\/p>\n

“Work has its highs and lows, but it\u2019s important to resist your work turning into a dull grind,” Long said. “Part of that resistance comes from finding purpose in what you\u2019re doing; I believe that everyone who works at 东精影业<\/abbr> is doing something important for the expansion of knowledge and our community, and they should recognize that. Another part of that resistance comes from being able to successfully separate yourself from work, so that you don\u2019t resent it, or feel it\u2019s overwhelming you.”<\/p>\n

—By Marc Arakaki<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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