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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii Board of Regents unanimously approved the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s new strategic plan for 2011-2015 at its meeting recently held at Kauai Community College. The plan places students at the center of the University’s mission, vision and goals, setting a clear framework for enhancing learning and preparing students […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A blessing and dedication was held today for the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s new Sciences and Technology Building, located at the corner of Lanikaula and Nowelo Streets. “This facility will complement the Big Island’s living, learning laboratory by significantly enhancing student learning, teaching and research,” Chancellor Donald Straney said. “It will also […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A bilingual blessing and groundbreaking kicked off Phase I of permanent facilities to house programs and operations for the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s Ka Haka Ula O Keelikolani College of Hawaiian Language. The event took place at the project site on Nowelo Street, next to the Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii in […]

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MEDIA RELEASE A blessing and groundbreaking for the University of Hawaii at Hilo’s new Student Services Center was held Saturday, Jan. 15 at the project site fronting the Performing Arts Center. “High quality services to students help them get the most out of their university experience,” said Chancellor Donald Straney. “This building will make it […]

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“A Celebration of Academic Excellence and Philanthropy”

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MEDIA RELEASE The University of Hawaii at Hilo is launching a major new initiative this fall, the Center for Rural Health Science. It will draw together physicians, pharmacists, nurses and other health care providers to solve rural health problems in Hawaii and throughout the Pacific by means of research, education, community service and policy change. […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Ninety pharmacy students from the Class of 2014 will recite the “Oath of a Pharmacist” in front of their peers, professors, community and families at the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony, slated for Sunday, Oct. 17. The event, which is free and open to the public, begins […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Enrollment at the University of Hawaii at Hilo reached a new record by exceeding 4,000 for the first time. The 2010 fall opening enrollment figures released by the University of Hawaii System show that UH Hilo enrolled 4,085 students compared to 3,996 a year ago. “Surpassing 4,000 is noteworthy as a milestone of […]

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Donald Straney, dean of the College of Science and professor of biology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, has been appointed as the next chancellor of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Straney’s appointment is for three years beginning July 1, 2010.

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