{"id":136063,"date":"2021-02-23T16:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T02:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=136063"},"modified":"2021-02-24T19:27:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T05:27:26","slug":"uh-manoa-2020-bor-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/02\/23\/uh-manoa-2020-bor-report\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa adjusts to pandemic, looks forward to future"},"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_84400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84400\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/manoa-mccarthy-mall.jpg\" alt=\"tree lined walkway at U H Manoa\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-84400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/manoa-mccarthy-mall.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/manoa-mccarthy-mall-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-84400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa&#8217;s McCarthy Mall<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Increased enrollment, graduation rates, and research grants highlighted the remarkable resilience of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<\/a> faculty, staff and students as they successfully navigated an extremely challenging 2020, without compromising its core mission to provide a high-quality education. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr>\u2019s flagship campus also updated its mission and vision statements and strategic goals to better position itself to serve its students and the people of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> for the coming decade and beyond. <\/p>\n<p>Those were among the top takeaways of an annual presentation to the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents on February 18, 2021, by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong>, which featured presentations from the the leaders of Associated Students of <abbr>UH<\/abbr>, the Graduate Student Organization, the M&#257;noa Faculty Senate, and the M\u0101noa Staff Senate. The provost highlighted the significant strides made in the unprecedented year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\/regular\/materials\/202102180830\/BOR_Meeting_of_02_18_2020_Materials___FOR_UPLOAD.pdf#page=32\">See slides of presentation<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Updated mission, vision and strategic goals<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_48559\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48559\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manoa-bruno-250px-192x260.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Bruno\" width=\"192\" height=\"260\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-48559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manoa-bruno-250px-192x260.jpg 192w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/manoa-bruno-250px.jpg 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48559\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Bruno<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bruno started by outlining the updated mission of the campus to \u201ccultivate creative and innovative leaders who m&#257;lama (care for) our people, our places and our ways of knowing in order to sustain and transform our islands and the world.\u201d Guiding the future are four strategic goals: <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=12\">Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Student Success<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=28\">Sustainability<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>) and <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=25\">Research Excellence<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>). <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The strategic goals include only four. That was intentional on the part of the committee, and really reflected the strong feedback we received from two years of discussions on campus,&rdquo; Bruno said. <\/p>\n<p>Academic units have begun the process of implementing the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/provost\/planning-for-post-pandemic-hawaii\/\">post-pandemic planning recommendations<\/a> agreed upon after consultation with faculty, administrators and other key stakeholders. A spreadsheet lists every unit by school or college along with each unit\u2019s list of recommendations, actions taken and actions completed. The <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vS8rJUZ2hMsuMz_qAAnMRlLJSLF3smCAzfcjqJZ05AFl4rVnrub_GwmbWgNfF9XED4AvZs1ozNeA_f6\/pubhtml\">spreadsheet will be updated regularly<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Increases in enrollment and graduation rates<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graduation rates continue to rise in a trend that started a decade ago that led to national recognition in 2017. In 2020, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa saw increases in both the four-year (&#43;1.3% to 61.8%) and six-year (&#43;0.5% to 37.1%) graduation rates.<\/p>\n<p>While nationally, most colleges and universities saw a decline in enrollment, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa saw an increase in student enrollment in fall 2020. The overall enrollment climbed by 3%, and the number of first-generation students increased by 7%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a first-generation student myself, I was really pleased to learn that we now have the capability to track our first-generation students and monitor how well we are doing in tracking and retaining those students,&rdquo; Bruno said.<\/p>\n<p>The number of Native Hawaiian students increased by 6.6% in the past year, bringing the total number of Native Hawaiian students to a record 17.7% of the campus enrollment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research continues to attract<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa\u2019s strong research programs continued an upward trend in 2020. The campus researchers brought in more extramural funding for a fourth-straight year. The $338 million in extramural funding was a record except for 2010 when stimulus funding supplemented the research.<\/p>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa research funding:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2020: $338 million<\/li>\n<li>2019: $314.5 million<\/li>\n<li>2018: $301.1 million<\/li>\n<li>2017: $294 million<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa is one of only 95 public universities in the elite Carnegie <abbr>R1<\/abbr> doctoral university category. The programs show they have been effective in spending those funds with disciplines such as ocean sciences and marine sciences ranking 4th out of 428 <abbr>R1<\/abbr> research universities and geological and earth sciences hitting <abbr title=\"number\">No.<\/abbr> 14 in the same group. <\/p>\n<p>One of the major success stories of the past two years was the increase in research opportunities for undergraduate students. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (<abbr>UROP<\/abbr>) broadened its reach, providing a 37% increase in distribution of funds from $296,000 to $408,000 per year and a 59% increase in applications from 153 to 244. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Some challenges overcome, more challenges ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While not everything was perfect in a less than perfect year, employees rose to the challenge placed on the campus community. The number of cases in 2020 remained low compared to other similar-sized universities around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Revenues were down in student housing and athletics because pandemic restrictions and precautions meant fewer student residents and the cancellation of some sports\u2019 seasons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As vaccinations are more widely spread across our community, we can\u2019t wait to get back on campus. I know that is true for our students, our faculty and our staff,&rdquo; Bruno said. &ldquo;But there are exciting opportunities that we are capitalizing on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Bruno said that teams are working to provide even more learning opportunities that will provide flexibility and expansion for improvements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The struggle and resilience of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa were highlighted to the Board of Regents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[691,72,962,507,33,1363,9,1450],"class_list":["post-136063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-administration","tag-board-of-regents","tag-enrollment","tag-graduate-education","tag-hawaiian","tag-manoa-research","tag-uh-manoa","tag-undergraduate","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136063","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=136063"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136124,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136063\/revisions\/136124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}