March 19 2007 Issue News at UH, the weekly faculty and staff newsletter of the University of Hawaii System

March 19, 2007 [printable version]

BOR AppointeesBoard approves Virginia S. Hinshaw as Manoa chancellor, John Morton as permanent vice president for community colleges and Manuel Cabral as interim Leeward chancellor. Read more

Plans for the West O‘ahu CampusUH agrees on letter of intent with developer. Read more

Information Technology Center Receives FundingGovernor releases $1 million for IT center for the System. Read more

Manoa Searching for Two DeansEducation and architecture dean candidates visiting campus. Read more

Honolulu’s Excellence in Education DayFaculty and students explore A Journey into Hawai‘i‘s Future. Read more

Get More Fruits and VegetablesCTAHR heads Hawai‘i initiative to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption. Read more

Guide to Marine Plant LifeManoa’s Isabella Abbot and Celia Smith publish Hawaiian Reef Plants. Read more

KudosMaui’s Jennifer Owen, Hilo’s Ron Gordon and Ken Staton, Manoa’s Petrice R. Flowers, Bob Gibson, Kenton Harsch, Vilsoni Hereniko, Steve Jacques and Peter G. Nicholson. Read more

Photo HighlightsHonolulu's HS2HCC recruiting day and Manoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources' Insect Museum. Read more

UH EventsKapi‘olani’s International Festival, Hilo’s disaster preparedness seminar and Aesop’s Fables performances and Manoa’s HNEI seminars, Rosencranz and Lin performances, High Tea and Chan lecture. Read more

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Photo Highlights

student making koa box

More than 500 high school students attended the recent Honolulu Community College HS2HCC recruiting day. Participants explored the 20-plus shops on campus, including carpentry, where they put together koa wood boxes.

Future UH entomologists? Fern Elementary School third graders recently visited the College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources' Insect Museum to get a glimpse of a bug's life.