President’s October highlights and updates

University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner made his report to the Board of Regents at their meeting on October 20, 2016.

Highlights included:

• Four-year graduation rates at UH Mānoa at an all time high (see video)
• Executive policy updated to address graduate students’ concerns (see video)
• Executive policy on use of preferred names established (see video)
• Hawaiʻi Promise Program proposed to provide scholarships to qualified UH Community College students (see video)
• Student fees clarified in new executive policy (see video)
• Policy updated to allow concentrations to be listed on diplomas (see video)
• Consultation with Gov. Ige on UH’s proposed legislation (see video)
• Seeking statutory prohibition against smoking on UH campuses (see video)
• Bills related to startups created around UH intellectual property (see video)
• Update on UH West Oʻahu and UH Mānoa chancellor searches (see video)
• UH Hilo Professor Mitchell Anderson awarded the Willard Wilson Award for exemplary service (read more) (see video)
• Kapiʻolani CC painter David Apostol honored with the President’s Award for Excellence in Building and Grounds Maintenance (read more) (see video)