{"id":115408,"date":"2020-04-13T08:54:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=115408"},"modified":"2020-07-02T09:53:19","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T19:53:19","slug":"president-ohana-gratitude-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/13\/president-ohana-gratitude-message\/","title":{"rendered":"President Lassner thanks <abbr>UH<\/abbr> \u02bbohana for COVID-19 response"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap-post\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_43265\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jkkp3NfJNd0?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu&rel=0&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&disablekb=0&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"President Lassner shares hope and gratitude with Â鶹´«Ã½\u02bbohana\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure><\/div>\n<p>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> thanked the students, faculty, support staff, alumni and parents of <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses in a video message posted on Monday, April 13.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhfoundation.org\/give\/giving-opportunity\/covid-19\">Support the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Student Relief fund and COVID-19 research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--\n\n<p>Aloha,<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n\n<p>It breaks my heart to see how this global pandemic is devastating people throughout our islands and our world.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n\n<p>Even the healthy among us are impacted by the absolutely critical social distancing measures in place. This is changing how we teach, how we learn, how we work, how we play, and how we care for our families and those around us.<\/p>\n\n \n \n\n\n<p>But please know: these dark days will pass. And you are helping lead the way to a better future.<\/p>\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/maui-covid-online-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Computer screen with students\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-114295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/maui-covid-online-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/maui-covid-online-1-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/maui-covid-online-1-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/maui-covid-online-1.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<p>We have now completed three weeks of online delivery of more than 8,400 course sections across our 10 campuses serving students on all islands. Our faculty, instructors, lecturers, graduate teaching assistants, chairs, and our instructional support staff have been truly amazing in this unprecedented transformation. And our students have adapted and persevered beyond all reasonable expectations. Thousands will graduate this spring after a semester no one could have imagined.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n\n<p>At the same time, our <abbr>UH<\/abbr> &#699;ohana has been serving others by sewing cloth masks, using 3D printers to assemble protective masks, devising new ventilators, and working to develop COVID-19 treatments and vaccines. You are collecting essentials for k\u016bpuna and volunteering at healthcare facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-ctahr-kop-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"two people\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-115418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-ctahr-kop-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-ctahr-kop-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-ctahr-kop-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-ctahr-kop.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> \n\n\n<p>To our custodians, groundskeepers, facilities workers, security officers, health professionals, student housing teams, technical support staff and others who provide and enable essential work for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>: we recognize your dedication and hard work and we are immensely grateful to you for your commitment to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and the work we do for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n\n<p>I am also so proud of our alumni. Hundreds of thousands of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> graduates are working and leading in every sector across the state and beyond. Our alumni are the core of the health care teams who risk all to look after us. Our alumni are also the grocers, shopkeepers and delivery people who sustain us. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni are truly the backbone of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and communities wherever they live.<\/p>\n\n\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-dental-hygiene-gnrc-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dental hygiene students working on patient\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-114831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-dental-hygiene-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-dental-hygiene-gnrc-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-dental-hygiene-gnrc-630x353.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/manoa-dental-hygiene-gnrc.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<p>My heart is lifted by the stories of our <abbr>UH<\/abbr> &#699;ohana persevering through crushing personal challenges, succeeding in their work, and going beyond to serve others in this time of need. I couldn\u02bbt be more proud of this institution and all of you who are its heart, its mind, its soul.<\/p>\n\n\n \n\n\n<p>So mahalo&#8212;students, faculty, staff, leaders, alumni, parents&#8212;for everything.<\/p>\n\n \n \n\n\n<p>I am inspired every day by your dedication, your strength, your patience, your resilience, your caring for one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>E m\u0101lama pono.<\/p>\n\n --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> President Lassner shared a message of inspiration with the students, faculty and staff of the 10 <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,12],"tags":[1411,1416,61,62,63,64,65,394,14,9,60,947,59,56,66],"class_list":["post-115408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-video","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-presidents-office","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115408"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121980,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115408\/revisions\/121980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}