{"id":30933,"date":"2015-01-22T17:25:22","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T03:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=30933"},"modified":"2021-10-08T14:08:21","modified_gmt":"2021-10-09T00:08:21","slug":"chancellor-bley-vroman-delivers-state-of-uh-manoa-report-to-regents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2015\/01\/22\/chancellor-bley-vroman-delivers-state-of-uh-manoa-report-to-regents\/","title":{"rendered":"M\u0101noa Chancellor Bley-Vroman&#8217;s welcome remarks to regents"},"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><div class=\"responsive-video-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"676\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X15VaLCJamc\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30954\" style=\"width: 188px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/r-bley-vroman-188x260.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"260\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/r-bley-vroman-188x260.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/r-bley-vroman.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Bley-Vroman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On January 22, 2015, University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa Chancellor <strong>Robert Bley-Vroman<\/strong> gave the <a href=\"http:\/\/hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents<\/a> a status report on the M&#257;noa campus. <\/p>\n<p>For the complete message watch the video above. The prepared remarks are below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Regents, welcome to the campus that I have called home for almost 30 years. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> deserves a great university, and M&#257;noa is a great university. The challenge is preserving our acknowledged excellence in so many areas of academics and research, relentlessly pursuing our mission to serve students and achieving all of this during a time of fiscal restraint. <\/p>\n<p>It brings to mind the quote by President Teddy Roosevelt: &ldquo;It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.&ldquo; <\/p>\n<p>Basically, our biggest challenge is doing more with less. <\/p>\n<p>Briefly, I address the &ldquo;less&rdquo;&#8212;it means $60 million less in state government support for M&#257;noa in the past five years, with tuition increases making up only $30 million. <\/p>\n<p>That was the less. Now this is the &ldquo;more&rdquo;&#8212;it&#8217;s the good news. <\/p>\n<p><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa is performing, by all objective measures, at a higher level than it ever has. In 2011, we received a 10-year accreditation period from <abbr title=\"Western Association of Schools and Colleges\">WASC<\/abbr>, the longest possible term of accreditation and the longest accreditation term of any institution in the state. <abbr>WASC<\/abbr> praised M&#257;noa&#8217;s progress in glowing terms. <\/p>\n<p>We are proud to have a record number of graduates&#8212;from about 4,500 in 2008&#8211;09 to approximately 5,000 in 2013&#8211;14. Our six-year graduation rate has risen from 48 to 56 percent, and our four-year graduation rate has increased over the past two years from 19 to 24.7 percent&#8212;a remarkable improvement. <\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin:0 0 15px 15px;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dMO1xa4Aiio\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News video<\/strong>: <em>Historic $100 million gift presented to<br \/> Shidler College of Business<\/em>, October 17, 2014\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8BXt1ifNVnU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News video<\/strong>: <em>Gartley Hall built in 1921<br \/> receives 21st century renovation<\/em>, November 6, 2014\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AyG8o2UVp7s\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News video<\/strong>: <em>University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M&#257;noa<br \/> energy efficiency saves millions<\/em>, January 20, 2015\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ymmSqcnKn7w\" title=\"YouTube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<strong><abbr>UH<\/abbr> News video<\/strong>: <em>Record-setting space travel<br \/> simulation underway<\/em>, October 16, 2014\n<\/div>\n<p>We are very proud of our alumni, and are appreciative of their support. Of note in October, one alumnus of the business school, Jay Shidler, made an irrevocable commitment to the College of Business to increase his visionary gift to a total of $100 million. Mr. Shidler said he made the additional $69 million commitment because he was so impressed by the transformations made from his initial $31 million contribution. <\/p>\n<p>We are constantly improving our facilities. Witness the grand opening and blessing ceremony in November for our renovated Gartley Hall, which serves as home base for the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Work. And we continue to make major strides toward sustainability, with our energy efficiencies paying off. Since 2007, the campus has saved more than 9 percent on our project energy costs, representing $3.4 million in energy savings in 2014 alone. <\/p>\n<p>Through our vice chancellors, we have instituted a rigorous budget and spending review, and our deans and directors have responded responsibly. <\/p>\n<p>In research, since the last time the board met here in July, we continue to garner international interest in our projects and our people. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Researchers from <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa and NOAA announced the discovery of an intact &ldquo;ghost ship&ldquo; in 2,000 feet of water nearly 20 miles off the coast of <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span>. <\/li>\n<li>Marketing Professor Stephen Vargo was named one of the World&#8217;s Most Influential Scientific Minds of 2014. <\/li>\n<li>And our <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Space Exploration Analog and Simulation&#8212;or HI-SEAS&#8212;mission on <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Island, led by <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa and <abbr>NASA<\/abbr>, is preparing future astronauts for travel to Mars and back. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally and most important, student success is always foremost on our minds. Returning to our mantra of &ldquo;doing more with less,&rdquo; our commitment to students is more, more, more. <\/p>\n<p>Today, we have more financial aid, more opportunities for undergraduate research and offer more internships and community service opportunities in advising and tutoring. Students are getting the classes they need, with unsuccessful registration attempts falling from 29,000 five years ago, to 2,300 in fall 2014. Students are taking more classes, shortening their graduation time and lowering the cost to a student degree. We are especially proud that our Native Hawaiian student enrollment has increased from 2005 to 2013 by 64 percent. <\/p>\n<p>In closing, regents, welcome again to <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa. I leave you with another Teddy Roosevelt quote, and a reminder that he organized a cavalry group called the Rough Riders. He said, &ldquo;Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.&rdquo;  And that is exactly what we are doing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 22, 2015, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Chancellor Robert Bley-Vroman gave the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Board of Regents a status report on the M&#257;noa campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[72,484,174,9],"class_list":["post-30933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","tag-board-of-regents","tag-information-and-computer-science","tag-space","tag-uh-manoa","entry","no-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933","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=30933"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149459,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30933\/revisions\/149459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}