April 2011
Budget update
The legislative session is in the home stretch. They have now moved into conference committee meetings. We will gain a better idea of how the budget will shape up over the next two weeks as the session is scheduled to come to a close on May 5. We are anticipating and preparing for a reduction and the impact that reduction will have on the university.
I’d like to commend our faculty, staff and administrators who are dealing with the harsh realities of this budget situation every day. They continue to do all they can to make sure our students’ needs are met despite these challenges, and it will take everyone working together to move the university forward.
As I’ve said before, we welcome any and all support from the UH community and everyone who believes that higher education is a critical investment in our future to help us survive these very difficult times.
University and campus news
- Construction projects advancing
- APEC 2011 planning continues
- Latest Malamalama out
- Major childhood obesity grant
- Grad is 2011 Rolex Scholar
- Counseling psychology accredited
- Students head to national competition
- Wo Foundation funds new West O‘ahu program
- Campuses set to save energy
UH Manoa News
$24.8 million grant to fight childhood obesity
Manoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources has been awarded a $24.8 million grant to develop food, nutrition and physical activity intervention, training, monitoring and evaluation systems, together with local communities, in order to guide sustainable children’s obesity prevention program and policy development in the Pacific region.
The five-year competitive grant, the only one of its kind nationwide, funds the Children’s Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific led by Rachel Novotny, pictured announcing the grant, and was awarded by the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture. Its goal is to build social/cultural, political/economic, and physical/built environments that promote active play and intake of healthy food to prevent childhood obesity in the Pacific region.
Read the news release or the CTAHR news item.
