Commencement Time
From left, Rep. Jerry Chang and Hawaiʻi County Councilmen Dennis “Fresh” Onishi and J Yoshimoto Throughout my career in higher education, no time has brought me more joy and fulfillment than the...
View ArticleAchieving the Dream
Leeward Community College students Achieving the Dream! Thursday’s Board of Regents meeting will give us a chance to boast about one of our most successful initiatives—Achieving the Dream. We...
View ArticleAchieving the Dream
Loea Akiona, a Windward Community College graduate now working in student affairs at the college, joins me to talk with Community Matters radio show host Mike Buck, right, about Achieving the Dream....
View ArticleAchieving the Dream – Part 2
Missed Sunday’s radio show? You can read about the university’s success in improving graduation rates among Native Hawaiian students in my guest editorial in the Star-Advertiser.
View ArticleHigher education conference convenes
College accrediting agency official Ralph Wolff, Vice President Linda Johnsrud and Chancellor Rota on arrival for the conference The University of Hawaiʻi was honored to be chosen by APEC (Asian...
View ArticleCareer and Technical Education conference
2011 Career and Technical Education ConferenceLeeward Community College hybrid car display Assistant professor Rodney Hirokawa, Vice President John Morton, UH President M.R.C. Greenwood, Professor...
View ArticleComplete College America
I am very pleased to report to you that results of one of our major initiatives—the Hawaiʻi Graduation Initiative—are garnering national attention for the University of Hawaiʻi. Part of our progress...
View Article55 by ’25 campaign launch
Senator Jill Tokuda; GG Weisenfeld, Executive Office on Early Learning; David Lassner, UH System; Karen Lee, Hawaiʻi P–20 Partnerships for Education, Kathryn Matayoshi, Hawaiʻi State Department of...
View ArticleU.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
I had the honor of meeting Arne Duncan, the U.S. Secretary of Education at a dinner coordinated by the Hawaiʻi Department of Education and hosted by Debbie Berger and Bill Reeves of The Learning...
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