February 20, 2006

Presidential Search Update

After reviewing the chronology and consultative process concerning selection of a new president for the UH System, a Board of Regents Task Group recommended that the board suspend its national search. The task group recommended that BOR Chair Kitty Lagareta and task group member and Regent Al Landon offer David McClain an appointment as president and to negotiate mutually acceptable terms and conditions.

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Justice Kennedy Visits Manoa

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy speaks before law students.

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy participated in the School of Law’s Jurist-in-Resident program, Feb. 6–9 at Manoa. The law program brings distinguished jurist to the school to meet with students, faculty, the judiciary and the bar in special educational settings. Senior Judge Myron H. Bright, United States Court of Appeals for the Eight Circuit also participated.

President Releases UARC Statement

President David McClain recommended that the Board of Regents accept the Manoa chancellor's recommendation against proceeding with a University Affiliated Research Center on the campus. He proposes a UARC be established as an administrative unit attached to the UH System, with no classified research conducted during the first three years, and that the university evaluate UARC in the third year before deciding whether to invite the Navy to renew the contract for an additional two years.

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Hawai‘i Chosen for WICHE Project

Hawai‘i will participate in a project that examines the nexus between higher education and the state’s workforce and economic needs. Escalating Engagement: State Policy to Protect Access to Higher Education, a project of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, will focus on how Hawai‘i’s colleges and universities can educate and train students in ways that promote the state’s workforce and economic development goals.

The project has two goals: to assist states in preparing a competitive workforce for the high-skill, high-wage global economy of the future; and to assure that populations that have been disenfranchised in the past have access, through education, to high-skill jobs. Hawai‘i is one of only two states invited to participate in the project

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