September 2010
Examining and celebrating higher education
More than 250 business, education, community and government leaders gathered for E Kamakani Hou, our first-ever higher education summit at the Hilton Hawaiian Village on Sept. 10. We’ve received extremely positive feedback. Video presentations and summary texts are available, including the remarks of U.S. Undersecretary of Education Martha Kanter’s keynote address.
Post-summit workgroups will be established with members from the various community sectors to build on the rich conversations that took place at the summit and to form a solid foundation as these partnerships begin to take shape and emerge from the summit in the coming weeks. I will visit all of our 10 campuses in the next several months to share information from the summit and listen to the thoughts, questions and ideas of our faculty, students and staff.
I will be traveling extensively over the next month for a variety of meetings, including a board meeting for the Monterey Bay Aquarium and meets at the National Science Foundation. I will speak at the Science and Technology in Society forum in Kyoto and host a presidents breakfast, and then return to California to receive the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences’ Award of Distinction and attend the Institute of Medicine annual meeting in Washington, D.C. and inauguration activities for C. L. Max Nikias at the University of Southern California.
University and campus news
- 2010 Convocation
- $36 milllion broadband grant
- Procurement and TMT project updates
- UH Hilo signs agreement with Samoa college
- Architecture students win national honor
- UH West O‘ahu focuses on K–12 teacher improvement
- Leeward automotive program certified
- UH Maui College professor gives back
- Kapi‘olani chancellor on national panel
Top News
2010 Convocation
The university community paid tribute to faculty and staff members for their dedication and service to the university and community on Sept. 14 in Kennedy Theatre on the Manoa campus.
Hawai‘i Gov. Linda Lingle joined the ceremony to convey her appreciation to more than 50 individuals from 10 campuses who were recognized for excellence in teaching, research and service to the university and community.
Read the president’s remarks or visit the awards page to view the video of the ceremony.
