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Making the Elephant Dance Award
Manoa Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Services David Hafner received the Making the Elephant Dance Award for the fourth quarter of 2008. The award was created this year by President David McClain to acknowledge individuals who successfully develop innovative ways to improve the university’s service to students and the community.
In his current role as the chief facilities officer for Manoa, Hafner oversees more than 350 facility professionals who are responsible for all the operations and maintenance of the campus’ buildings and grounds including mechanical systems both on campus and on several off-campus sites comprising over five million gross square feet. His department is also responsible for the design, engineering and construction of both major and minor renovation and repair projects as well as select new construction. The department has been working for several years to reduce campus energy consumption and promote sustainability.
“David Hafner’s leadership has notably increased the responsiveness of UH Manoa campus services units,” says McClain. “He has taken a prominent role in Manoa’s efforts to become a more sustainable, environmentally responsible campus. On the policy level, David has identified more precisely the repair and maintenance backlog, permitting Chancellor Hinshaw and me, and our Board of Regents, to give this unmet need the priority it deserves.”