{"id":176065,"date":"2023-04-20T13:21:51","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T23:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=176065"},"modified":"2023-04-20T13:56:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T23:56:28","slug":"april-2023-president-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/20\/april-2023-president-report\/","title":{"rendered":"April President\u2019s report: Tenure task force, extramural funding, esports"},"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_69641\"  width=\"620\" height=\"349\"  data-origwidth=\"620\" data-origheight=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wtzldObF43I?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=\"April President\u2019s report: Tenure task force, extramural funding, Esports\"  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>President <strong>David Lassner<\/strong> background and an update on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/vp-academic-strategy\/tenure-task-force\/\">SCR 201 Tenure Task Force<\/a> at today\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\/\">Board of Regents<\/a> (<abbr>BOR<\/abbr>) meeting at <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College. The task force was officially established by the legislature to &ldquo;examine and assess&rdquo; the faculty tenure system.<\/p>\n<p>Lassner also updated extramural funding, provided data from a national report on university leadership diversity and the latest on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> esports teams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_175336\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175336\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/system-esports-group-photo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people smiling at the camera\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-175336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/system-esports-group-photo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/system-esports-group-photo-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/system-esports-group-photo.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-175336\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All esports participants from six <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also at today\u2019s <abbr>BOR<\/abbr> meeting, the regents approved <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/20\/native-hawaiian-educators-honorary-doctorate-of-humane-letters\/\">Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters<\/a> for legendary kumu <strong>Edith <span aria-label=\"Kekuhikuhipuuoneonaaliiokohala\">Kekuhikuhipu&#699;uoneon&#257;ali&#699;i&#333;kohala<\/span> Kenao <span aria-label=\"Kanakaole\">Kanaka&#699;ole<\/span><\/strong>, <strong>Frank Kawaikapuokalani Hewett<\/strong> and <strong>Jerald Kimo Alama Keaulana<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The board also approved an agreement that clears the way for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/04\/20\/student-housing-project-cleared-for-construction\/\">new student housing facility on the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa campus<\/a> tentatively scheduled to open in fall 2025.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tenure project update (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wtzldObF43I?t=36s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Extramural funding down 7% compared to 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wtzldObF43I?t=6m43s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Pacific Islands visit (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wtzldObF43I?t=11m10s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Marshall Islands master\u2019s degree program impact (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wtzldObF43I?t=12m11s\">video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><higher education leadership diversity report (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wtzldObF43I?t=14m9s\">video)<\/higher><\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> esports update&#8212;<span aria-label=\"Kauai\">Kaua&#699;i<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> shines, South Korea trip planned (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/wtzldObF43I?t=16m9s\">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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The task force was officially established by the legislature to &ldquo;examine and assess&rdquo; 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