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United for Learning:
Hawai‘i P–20 Initiative Creates Partnership for Education
Saying "No matter what I do as university president, it’s not as important
as what Liz does," UH President Evan Dobelle joined education colleagues
Pat Hamamoto, Hawai‘i Department of Education, center, and Elisabeth Chun,
Good Beginnings Aliance, in a pledge to promote seamless education from preschool
through post-graduate school.
Their signatures on the initiative were witnessed by, standing from left, Rep.
Ken Ito, Sen. Norman Sakamoto and business community representative Mitch D‘Olier
along with students from Princess Victoria Ka‘iulani School Head Start
and elementary grades and UH. For information about the initiative, see the
news release.
Groundbreaking for Kaka‘ako
Medical School
UH broke ground for the new School of Medicine on Thurs., Oct. 24. The project,
which is Phase I of plans for a larger biomedical research center, is anticipated
to be completed in fall 2005.
The first phase of the facility will include an Education/Administration Building
and a Biomedical Research Building—including a child care center, fitness
center and a central mechanical plant—totaling approximately 317,225 square
feet. The educational building will provide an outstanding teaching environment
that will include computerized and virtual instructional facilities, a state
of the art medical library, an auditorium and seminar rooms, a cafeteria and
dining area, and faculty laboratories and offices. The second phase will include
a research center and a parking structure that will accommodate 363 cars. Read
the press release.
(left to right) UH Manoa Chancellor Peter Englert, Board of Regents Chair
Bert Kobayashi, Governor Ben Cayetano, President Evan Dobelle, UH Kamehameha
Schools CEO Hamilton McCubbin, Senate President Robert Bunda, JABSOM Dean Edwin
Cadman and House Speaker Calvin Say.
Hawaiian Airlines Turns
Over DC-9 to Honolulu CC
Hawaiian Airlines turned it over its last DC-9 to Honolulu CC’s Pacific
Aerospace Training Center at a ceremony on Wed., Oct. 25. After serving Hawai‘i
residents and visitors for over 20 years, the aircraft will now serve future
aviation technicians as an educational tool at Honolulu CC. The PATC program
offers professional training in the aviation fields of flight training, aircraft
maintenance, aviation safety, air traffic management and aviation management
operations. PATC plans to incorporate Hawaiian Airlines’ DC-9 into its
curriculum as the aircraft offers a complete package to teach students about
hydraulics, pneumatics, structures, warning systems, engines, inspection, wheels,
brakes, landing gears, electrical systems, avionics, doors and windows and system
pressurization. Read
the full story.
Downtown Honolulu Center
Opened
In response to requests from the downtown Honolulu business community, the UH
Outreach College opened a center at Pioneer Plaza. UH Downtown features programs
customized to meet the needs of the many industries, businesses and individuals
located in downtown. A dedication ceremony for the new center was held on Wed.,
Oct. 23.
UH Downtown will feature a comprehensive program of Pacific New Media seminars,
talks and intensive workshop on film, video, photograph, Web design and digital
media. The center also has a flexible conference/meeting room, which is equipped
with outstanding video, AV and digital presentation capabilities.
Peter Tanaka, Outreach College; Peter Englert, UH Manoa; Susan Horowitz,
Pacific New Media; Victor Kobayashi UH Manoa and Reverend David Ka‘upu,
untied the maile lei to officially open the downtown center.
Nominate an Outstanding
UH Problem Solver
The university kicks off a new project to launch a fundamental shift in organizational
culture—The Natural Problem Solvers’ Project. Think about who you
and others turn to gain insight into problems. The UH Program on Conflict Resolution
is soliciting nominations for individuals whose unpaid and unsung contributions
toward effective dispute resolution effect us all. The university wants to honor
them and learn how they support a climate of cooperation, consensus building
and community through their good works. Nomination deadline in Nov. 8. Download
information and the nomination
form.
Honolulu CC Trains Thai
Educators
A delegation of educators from Thailand visited Honolulu CC from Oct. 14 to
18 to learn how to manage and administer new community colleges that opened
in that country. Honolulu CC is part of the East-West Community College Project
Consortium that was created in March 2001 at a Thai-U.S. Forum in Honolulu.
Beng Poh, director of international affairs and development at Honolulu CC explains
that as part of Thailand’s educational reform, the country has opened community
colleges in 10 rural provinces. Honolulu CC was the host campus for training
Thai Ministry of Education officials, administrators and community leaders in
community college administration, faculty development and teaching.
Four officials from the Malaysian Ministry of Education also visited the University
of Hawai‘i Community Colleges in October. Malaysia plans to establish 93
community college within the next five years and has already developed 17 of
them.
October Board of Regents
Meeting
At their monthly meeting on Oct. 18 at Kapi‘olani CC, the Board of Regents:
• approved a proposed legislative
package and authorized the administration to submit the proposal to the 2003
state Legislature.
• authorized public hearings to be
held on proposed amendments to parking regulations and rates at UH Manoa
• transfered $5 million from unrestricted
funds of the Endowment Fund for the purpose of assuring that sufficient funds
will be available in FY 2003 and FY 2004 for scholarships and other commitments
• established a Master in Law (LLM)
degree program for foreign law professionals in the UHM School of Law effective
fall 2003
Honolulu CC Students
Rebuild Zoo
 Honolulu
CC carpentry students rebuilt a portion of the children’s petting area
at the Honolulu Zoo. The kitchen and grooming supply storage area burned down
in March 2002. The loss of the food preparation area caused many problems for
animal caretakers as food now had to be transported to that site. The zoo supplied
the materials and Honolulu CC students provided the labor.
Kahiki Sakata (top) and Elliot Lau, carpentry students at HCC, take part
in rebuilding the petting zoo kitchen as a class project.
UH Hilo’s Turtle
Rescue Mission
UH Hilo students were involved in a mission to rescue two green sea turtles
believed to have been trapped in an enclosed brackish water pond in Ka‘u
for several years. The turtles were captured, examined and then released back
into the ocean. This mission was a multi-agency collaboration between UH Hilo’s
Marine Option Program, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Services (USNMFS)
and the Hawai`i Preparatory Academy.
This rescue mission is not the first of its kind. In 1999, Balazs and students
from UH Hilo rescued a hawksbill turtle that was stranded in a murky pond by
the Punalu‘u Black Sand Beach. The rescue team removed a fishing line wrapped
around one of its front flippers, tagged it, checked it for other injuries and
then released it back into the ocean.
George H. Balazs of USNMFS gives students involved in the rescue mission
a few pointers on tagging.
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