{"id":155598,"date":"2022-02-17T10:58:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=155598"},"modified":"2022-02-17T10:58:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T20:58:01","slug":"presidents-report-february-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/02\/17\/presidents-report-february-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s report: Booster change, record graduation and retention rates"},"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_19393\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uGVEMiuZZz8?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=\"Â鶹´«Ã½President\u2019s report: Booster change, record graduation and retention rates\"  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 David Lassner delivered his monthly report to the Board of Regents on February 17 and said that COVID-19 boosters will not be required to work and attend <abbr>UH<\/abbr> and that current student and employee COVID-19 vaccination policies will remain in place through fall 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Lassner also reported record graduation and retention rates across the 10 campus system in academic year 2021&#8211;22 despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No booster requirement planned (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=56s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Vaccination policies in place through 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=1m58s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Graduation and retention rates (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=2m54s\">video<\/a>)\n<ul>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=3m39s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=4m2s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=4m37s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=5m33s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Honolulu <abbr>CC<\/abbr> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=5m41s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=5m59s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=6m10s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=6m20s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Maui College (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=6m57s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Windward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=7m10s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Record graduation and retention rates (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=7m20s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Spring enrollment down (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=9m16s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Extramural funding up 10% (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/uGVEMiuZZz8?t=10m3s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/presidents-report\/\">See previous president&#8217;s reports to the Board of Regents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc.jpg\" alt=\"3 students in commencement gown with sunset behind them\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-92121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/uh-commencement-students-gnrc-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" 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