  {"id":138327,"date":"2021-03-31T10:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=138327"},"modified":"2021-03-31T09:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:28:00","slug":"manoa-application-deadline-extended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/31\/manoa-application-deadline-extended\/","title":{"rendered":"More time to apply! <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa application deadline extended through July"},"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\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus.jpg\" alt=\"students\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-138349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa is extending the deadline for prospective students to apply, providing more time to consider attending one of the best universities in the world without leaving <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> or going into major debt. <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is consistently ranked in the top <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/miro\/rankings\/#efs-tooglepane-1-4\">2&#37; of the best national and international universities<\/a> and a number of graduate programs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/manoa-grad-programs-nationally-recognized\/\">were ranked among the best in the nation this week by <em><abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> News and World Report<\/em><\/a>. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa is also a tremendous value, with affordable in-state tuition and millions of dollars available in financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>Prospective students are encouraged to apply now through July 31. Applicants should go to <a href=\"http:\/\/takemetomanoa.org\/\">TakeMeToManoa.org for more information and to apply<\/a> for the upcoming academic year and start their college journey in the fall 2021 semester. Those who may need student housing and financial assistance are encouraged to start the application processes as soon as possible, as awards are made on a first come, first served basis.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Barring any unforeseen setbacks, the upcoming academic year will see the reopening of our beautiful campus and its amenities,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Provost <strong>Michael Bruno<\/strong> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/03\/29\/uh-manoa-campus-fall-2021-spring-2022\/\">March 29 message to the campus community<\/a>. &ldquo;This upcoming fall 2021 semester will be a transition semester, as we navigate from a primarily online environment towards a primarily in-person semester by spring 2022. We believe our approach will ensure that our students will learn in a safe, flexible and stimulating environment, inspired and informed by the world-class research, scholarship and creative work of our faculty and reinforced by stellar support services.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus-ls-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"girl\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-138347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus-ls-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus-ls-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/manoa-admissions-campus-ls.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To prepare for fall 2021, prospective students can view a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/visit.manoa.hawaii.edu\/events\/64\/exhibitors\">New Rainbow Warrior webinars<\/a> and plan to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/welinamanoa\/new-student-orientation\/\">New Student Orientation<\/a>, scheduled from July 19 to August 2, providing students and their &#699;ohana all the necessary resources, tools and skills to be successful at <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n<p>The expectation is that there will be plenty of activity on campus when the semester begins as <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa has seen a surge in enrollment that started before the pandemic. More than 120 student clubs and organizations can start meeting in person again, and research opportunities for undergraduate students will continue. The <abbr>UH<\/abbr> football team will play its home games on campus for the very first time, in addition to the usual athletic events, performances and campus events.<\/p>\n<p>Graduate application deadlines for <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa are set by the specific graduate program. Prospective applicants should contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/graduate\/content\/graduate-programs\">graduate program(s) that they are interested in for further information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This effort is an example of <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Enhancing Student Success<\/a>, one of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015&#8211;25 Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/a>, updated in December 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To prepare for fall 2021, prospective students can view a series of New Rainbow Warrior webinars.<\/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":[757,1411,962,507,1466,386,9,1450],"class_list":["post-138327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-admissions","tag-covid-19","tag-enrollment","tag-graduate-education","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-manoa-institutional-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\/138327","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=138327"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138352,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138327\/revisions\/138352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}