{"id":207987,"date":"2024-12-17T19:56:37","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T05:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=207987"},"modified":"2024-12-18T09:08:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T19:08:09","slug":"uh-hawaiis-future-lassners-aloha-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/17\/uh-hawaiis-future-lassners-aloha-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> ‘most important institution for Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s future’: David Lassner\u2019s aloha interview"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 9<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\"Smiling<\/p>\n

Among the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s significant achievements under the leadership of President David Lassner are rebuilding enrollment, record graduation rates and student outcomes, record extramural funding, high-performance in philanthropy, and a new real estate program, all while UH<\/abbr> campuses are consistently rated among the most affordable in the country.<\/p>\n

\"President<\/p>\n

“President Lassner\u2019s tireless work has strengthened the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> academically, culturally, and financially,” the UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents wrote in a resolution presented to the 15th UH<\/abbr> president, who will retire at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

Lassner navigated UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses through the COVID-19 pandemic and controversy over Maunakea, while strengthening the university\u2019s commitment as an Indigenous-serving and -inspired institution. As one of the lowest paid university presidents in the country, Lassner also brought together the separate roles as the head of both the 10-campus statewide system and Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>\u2019s flagship research university, UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa. Last year, Lassner personally pledged $1 million<\/a> to the For UH<\/abbr> \u2022 For Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> $1 billion fundraising campaign he helped launch.<\/p>\n