  {"id":135034,"date":"2021-02-07T08:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-02-07T18:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=135034"},"modified":"2021-02-10T08:37:31","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T18:37:31","slug":"acm-facility-ready-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/07\/acm-facility-ready-for-students\/","title":{"rendered":"New state-of-the-art Academy for Creative Media facility ready for students"},"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\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_135053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135053\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-1.jpg\" alt=\"A C M building\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-1-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#169;Gensler\/Ryan Gobuty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When <a href=\"http:\/\/acmsystem.hawaii.edu\">Academy for Creative Media<\/a> (<abbr>ACM<\/abbr>) students at the <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2013West\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½\u2013West<\/span> <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> return to in-person classes, they will be limited only by their imaginations in the newly constructed 33,000-square foot, $37 million Creative Media Facility. The &ldquo;future-looking&rdquo; facility cements the campus as the destination for creative media education in the state by linking facilities and programs throughout the <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> System and across the state as a catalyst for <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> intellectual property workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This brand new <abbr>ACM<\/abbr> Facility is the culmination of years of efforts to bring the best possible creative media education to the state of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> and gives our students the skills they need to help diversify our economy. It really serves as the hub for the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> efforts,&rdquo; Academy for Creative Media System Founder and Director <strong>Chris Lee<\/strong> said.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Related <em><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News<\/em> stories\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/09\/25\/creative-media-facility-final-beam\/\">Community celebrates final beam for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Creative Media facility<\/a> [VIDEO], September 25, 2019<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/11\/academy-for-creative-media-begins-construction\/\">Construction on Academy for Creative Media building at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> begins<\/a> [VIDEO], January 11, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>High-demand degree<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135050\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135050\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-4-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"A C M classroom\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-135050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-4-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-4.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135050\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#169;Gensler\/Ryan Gobuty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The opening of the new building aligns with one of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\u2019s\">O&#699;ahu\u2019s<\/span> newest and fastest-growing degree programs&#8212;the <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/\">bachelor of arts in creative media<\/a>. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>\u2019s Creative Media program embraces digital media literacy and storytelling as experienced through video, animation, video games, design, social media, web and app development, virtual and augmented reality, and other new forms of media communication and design through concentrations in <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/communication-and-new-media-technologies\/\">communication and new media technologies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/design-and-media\/\">design and media<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/video-game-design-and-development\/\">game design and development<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/westoahu.hawaii.edu\/academics\/degrees\/creative-media\/general-creative-media\/\">general creative media<\/a>. Creative media was the fastest-growing degree program at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> in fall 2020, with 258 majors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sharla Hanaoka<\/strong>, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>\u2019s Academy for Creative Media director, called the symbiosis between the new building and academic programming paramount to the delivery of course materials and subjects that will prepare students for the industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It allows students to gain hands-on experiences that books cannot duplicate in an environment that promotes not only learning but exploration,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;This leads to the growth of confidence through experimentation with complex equipment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Industry-standard equipment<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135049\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135049\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-featured-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"student sitting at computer\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-135049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-featured-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-featured-2-130x130.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-featured-2.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#169;Gensler\/Ryan Gobuty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;The one room I\u2019m most excited about is the post-production room,&rdquo; said creative media student <strong>Nadine Castillo<\/strong>. By practicing on industry-standard equipment, Castillo can envision pursuing a career in film production, and she has her eye on the Black Magic\/Da Vinci color-correcting studio to improve her craft.<\/p>\n<p>The facility features a Dolby Atmos 100-seat screening room and mixing stage, Esports arena, post-production suites, an emerging media lab, incubator space, and industry-standard sound stage. The building also features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>16\u2019 wide x 9\u2019 high <abbr title=\"light-emitting diode\">LED<\/abbr> Planar video wall with seating risers and a cafe in the Roy and Hilda Takeyama Lobby. The video wall can be used to display student work, welcome visitors, thank donors and for esports tournaments.<\/li>\n<li>Interactive teaching boards, remote learning\/video conferencing equipment, in multiple flex classrooms and computer labs<\/li>\n<li>Incubator space for collaboration and student and alumni-run companies\n<\/li>\n<li>Mill shop with industrial equipment for set construction and design related projects and separate 3D maker space<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> European Cinema Writers Room for collaboration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Generous support<\/h2>\n<p>&ldquo;This state-of-the-art facility is the culmination of a long journey made possible by the generous support of many friends, including <abbr>UH<\/abbr> alumni like <strong>Roy and Hilda Takeyama<\/strong> and <strong>Jay Shidler<\/strong>, and consistent funding by the legislature and the governor,&rdquo; Lee said. &ldquo;In particular, many thanks to Senators Michelle Kidani, Donna Kim and Donovan Dela Cruz, as well as Representatives Sylvia Luke and Ty Cullen for their vision to include both planning and <abbr title=\"capital improvement project\">CIP<\/abbr> funds to make the building a reality.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Academy for Creative Media System partners with area high schools and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges to deliver creative media curriculum by bridging high school to college to the workforce. The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> Creative Media program has Early College (high school students earn college credits by taking college-level courses) partnerships with <span aria-label=\"Waianae,\">Wai&#699;anae,<\/span> Kapolei, Waipahu and Campbell high schools. All <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community Colleges have articulation agreements leading to a bachelor&#8217;s degree in creative media at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135051\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135051\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-2.jpg\" alt=\"inside the A C M building\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-135051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/west-oahu-acm-2021-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#169;Gensler\/Ryan Gobuty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creative media at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> has a new high-tech home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[21,112,549,59],"class_list":["post-135034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-21st-century-facilities","tag-academy-for-creative-media","tag-creative-media","tag-uh-west-oahu","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135034","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=135034"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135220,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135034\/revisions\/135220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}