March 14, 2005

Johnsrud Named Interim Academic Planning and Policy VP

Linda Johnsurd

Linda Johnsrud was appointed interim vice president for academic planning and policy. She was previously interim associate vice president for planning and policy and acting chancellor of West O‘ahu. Johnsrud has been with the university for 16 years.

Linda Johnsrud is eminently qualified to be the chief academic officer of the University of Hawai‘i System,” said UH Interim President David McClain. “Her leadership over the past 18 months at UH-West O‘ahu has elevated the performance of that campus and has inspired the faculty and students there. The breadth and depth of her knowledge of the field of higher education management make her extraordinarily valuable to the UH System.”

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Kapi‘olani Receives National Honor

Kapi‘olani has been selected to participate in the 2005 cohort of the National Coalition on Electronic Portfolio Research, sponsored by the American Association for Higher Education. The national project will connect researchers across the country who are engaged in developing electronic portfolio learning. AAHE selected 11 institutions for this year’s cohort. Professor Judi Kirkpatrick and Title III coordinator Kelli Goya managed the application process.

The other cohort schools are Clemson University, George Mason University, St. Olaf College, Ohio State University, Thomas College, University of Georgia, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, University of Nebraska Omaha, University of Texas San Antonio and Washington State University.

ACM Sending “Super Interns” to Australia

Former regent and ACM supporter Roy and Hilda Takeyama, pictured middle, with Superman interns, left to right, Nelson Quan, Chrystal Jameson, Ronson Akina and Matthew Ortiz

Four students from the Academy for Creative Media have been selected to intern on the set of the Warner Brothers’ blockbuster Superman Returns. Ronson Akina, Chrystal Jameson, Matthew Ortiz and Nelson Quan will be the ACM exclusive production interns on the Superman set in Sydney, where ACM Chairman Chris Lee is on leave as executive producer for the film. The students will earn UH credit as well as get a unique immersion in a major film production.

The Roy and Hilda Takeyama Foundation is generously supporting the internship program with a $10,000 donation that will help the students defray their summer tuition and living expenses.

“This is an exceptional opportunity for our students to gain first-hand experience at the highest level of their discipline,” said Chancellor Peter Englert. “We are also grateful for the support of our donors and corporate sponsors that have helped to make this possible.”

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Osher Institute Receives $100,000

The Manoa Osher Lifelong Learning Institute received a $100,000 grant from The Bernard Osher Foundation of San Francisco to support continued growth of educational programming for older residents of Honolulu. This is the third consecutive $100,000 grant given to OLLI since February 2003. The award-winning program has more than 1,000 members and provides an array of courses, life review workshops, writers’ circles, poetry discussion groups, film series, performing arts events, museum tours, service projects and more.

“We deeply appreciate the generous financial assistance provided by The Bernard Osher Foundation and look forward to expanding our course and workshop offerings to older persons on O’ahu,” said Rebecca Goodman, director of OLLI at UH Manoa.

Read the press release.

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