University of Hawaii

This article is about the University of Hawaii system. For the flagship campus at Mānoa, see University of Hawaii at Manoa.

University of Hawaiʻi System
Motto	Ma luna aʻe o nā lāhui a pau ke ola ke kanaka (Hawaiian)
Motto in English	Above all nations is humanity
Established	1907
Type	Public University System
Endowment	$175.9 million[1]
President	M.R.C. Greenwood[1]
Students	50,310
Location	University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Honolulu, Hawaii
Campus	3 Campuses, 7 Community Colleges, 5 research centers, 3 University Centers, 4 education centers
Affiliations	ASAIHL
Website	www.hawaii.edu

The University of Hawaiʻi System, formally the University of Hawaiʻi and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout the state of Hawaii in the United States. All schools of the University of Hawaiʻi system are accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The system's main administrative offices are located on the property of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu CDP.^[2][3][4]

Colleges and universities

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, founded as a land grant college under the terms of the Morrill Act of 1862 for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts in the United States, is the flagship institution of the University of Hawaiʻi system. It is well respected for its programs in Hawaiian/Pacific Studies, Astronomy, East Asian Languages and Literature, Asian Studies, Comparative Philosophy, Marine Science, Second Language Studies, along with Botany, Engineering, Ethnomusicology, Geophysics, Law, Linguistics, Mathematics, and Medicine. The second-largest institution is the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. It teaches over 3,000 students. The smaller University of Hawaiʻi-West Oʻahu in Pearl City primarily serves students who reside on Honolulu's western and central suburban communities. The University of Hawaiʻi Community College system comprises four campuses on Oʻahu and one each on Maui, Kauaʻi, and Hawaiʻi. The schools were created to improve accessibility of courses to more Hawaiʻi residents and provide an affordable means of easing the transition from high school to college for many students. University of Hawaiʻi education centers are located in more remote areas of the state, supporting rural communities via distance education.

Universities

• University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa
• University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
• University of Hawaiʻi–West Oahu

Colleges

• University of Hawaii - Maui College

Community colleges

• Hawaiʻi Community College
• Honolulu Community College
• Kapiʻolani Community College
• Kauaʻi Community College
• Leeward Community College
• Windward Community College

Professional schools

• College of Pharmacy
• John A. Burns School of Medicine
• William S. Richardson School of Law

Research facilities

• Cancer Research Center of Hawai‘i
• East-West Center
• Haleakala Observatory
• Hawai‘i Natural Energy Institute
• Institute for Astronomy
• Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
• Institute of Marine Biology
• Lyon Arboretum
• Mauna Kea Observatory
• W. M. Keck Observatory
• Waikīkī Aquarium

University centers

• edit] Education centers
  • Hana Education Center
  • Waiʻanae Education Center
  • Lahaina Education Center

  Mission

  The mission of the University of Hawaiʻi system is to provide quality college and university education and training; create knowledge through research and scholarship; provide service through extension, technical assistance, and training; contribute to the cultural heritage of the community; and respond to state needs. The campuses, organized under one board, differentially emphasize instruction, research, and service. The system's special distinction is found in its Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific orientation and international leadership role. Common values bind the system together: aloha; academic freedom and intellectual vigor; institutional integrity and service; quality and opportunity; diversity, fairness, and equity; collaboration and respect; and accountability and fiscal integrity.

  Statistics

  In the entire University of Hawaiʻi system, there are approximately 50,317 students of which 44,122 are undergraduates. On average, the student body is 42% male and 58% female. 20% are Caucasian, 20% are Japanese, 15% are Filipino, 13% are Hawaiian or part Hawaiian and 32% are from other ethnicities. 89% of the professors reside in Hawaii while 6% are from the United States mainland. A total of 616 programs are offered throughout the University of Hawaiʻi system with 123 devoted for bachelor's degrees, 92 for master's degrees, 53 for doctoral degrees, 3 for first professional degrees, 4 for post baccalaureate degrees, 115 for associate's degrees and various other certifications.^{[citation needed]}

  University seal

  The University seal contains a torch and a book titled Mālamalama (the light of knowledge) in the center of a circular map of the Pacific, surrounded by the state motto, Ua mau ke ea o ka ʻāina i ka pono ("The life of the land is perpetuated in (by) righteousness".) The University motto, inscribed in both the Hawaiian and English languages on Founders' Gate at the Mānoa campus is Ma luna aʻe o nā lāhui a pau ke ola o ke kanaka ("Above all nations is humanity").

  Board of Regents^[5]

  Student regents

  The University's governing board includes a current student appointed by the Governor of Hawaii to serve a two-year term as a full voting regent. The practice of appointing a student to the Board was approved by the Hawaii State Legislature in 1997.

  Notable alumni

  Main article: List of University of Hawaii alumni

  Alumni of the University of Hawaii system has many noteable alumni in various walks of life. Senator Daniel Inouye and Tammi Duckworth both are veterans of the US military who were injured during in the line of duty then later entered government service. Bette Midler and Georgia Engle are successful entertainers on the national stage. President Barack Obama's parents, Barack Obama, Sr., and S. Ann Dunham, and half-sister, Maya Soetoro-Ng, also earned degrees from the Mānoa campus, where his parents met in a Russian language class. His mother earned three degrees from the University of Hawaii including a Ph. D. in anthropology.

  Notable faculty

  Main article: List of University of Hawaii faculty

  The University of Hawaii system has had many faculty members of note. Many were visiting faculty or came after they won major awards like Nobel Laureate Dr. Georg von Békésy. Dr. Ryuzo Yanagimachi, principal investigator of the research group that developed a method of cloning from adult animal cells, is still on the faculty.

  See also

  • University of Hawaii Marching Band

  Further reading

  • Malamalama: A History of the University of Hawaiʻi, ISBN 0-8248-2006-1

  References

  1. ^ http://www.nacubo.org/Documents/research/2010NCSE_Public_Tables_Endowment_Market_Values_Final.pdf
  2. ^ Magin, Janis L. "Land deals could breathe new life into Moiliili." Pacific Business News. Sunday July 1, 2007. 1. Retrieved on October 5, 2011. "Dobelle at that time had even suggested moving the University of Hawaii system offices from the Manoa campus to office space in Moiliili, something the current administration is not actively considering."
  3. ^ "Office of the President." University of Hawaii System. Retrieved on October 5, 2011. "Office of the President 2444 Dole Street Bachman 202 Honolulu, HI 96822"
  4. ^ "Office of the Board of Regents." University of Hawaii System. Retrieved on October 5, 2011. "Executive Administrator and Secretary of the Board of Regents 2444 Dole Street, Bachman Hall, Room 209 Honolulu, HI 96822"
  5. ^ Please check hawaii.edu/bor

  External links

  	Hawaii portal
  	University portal

  • University of Hawaiʻi System
  • University of Hawaiʻi Athletics