Hawai‘i
Recognized for Student Engagement
 Hawai‘i
CC was recognized among the highest-performing institutions in
its size category for outstanding performance on two of five
national benchmarks for student engagement—“active
and collaborative learning” and “academic challenge.” This
is according to a national report that was released on Nov. 29
by the Community College Survey of Student Engagement.
“In most businesses, customer satisfaction ranks as the number one benchmark
for company success,” says Chancellor Rockne
Freitas. “We are in the business of education and the remarkable
results of the CCSSE survey is a clear testament to the superior quality of work
being conducted at Hawai‘i Community College.”
Read
the press release.
Conference
Celebrates Medical School Opening
Two Nobel laureates will speak at the Hawai‘i Bioscience Conference to
celebrate the grand opening of the John A. Burns School of Medicine’s new
campus. Nobel Prize winners J. Michael Bishop, chancellor of the University of
California, San Francisco, and David Baltimore, president of California Institute
of Technology, will lead panel discussions at the two-day meeting January 13–14,
2005.
“This conference will showcase our new medical school, which has already
acted as a catalyst for the biotech industry for the state,” said Ed
Cadman, dean of the School of Medicine. “Attendees will
have the opportunity to see the business potential here in Hawai‘i, and
interact with scientists whose research led to the advent of the biotech industry.”
Read
more about the conference.
Hawai‘i
Innovation Center Opens for Business
 Participating
in the Hawai‘i Inovation Center blessing are, left to right,
Hilo alum Liko Puha, Regent John Kai, Interim President David McClain
and Chancellor Rose Tseng.
A blessing ceremony was held on Nov. 30 to mark the grand opening of the Hawai‘i
Innovation Center at Hilo. HICH will assist clients in their business development
by providing a wide range of business incubation facilities and services. The
two-story, 8,000-square- foot facility includes offices ranging from 137- to
307-square-feet, conference or training rooms and a full compliment of office
equipment and services.
Read
the press release.
Happy Holidays
from News@UH
This is the last issue for 2004 but look for the newsletter to resume on Jan.
10, 2005.
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Community College among top in the U.S.