{"id":51818,"date":"2016-10-20T16:41:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T02:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=51818"},"modified":"2019-02-22T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T20:51:07","slug":"presidents-october-highlights-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/20\/presidents-october-highlights-and-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"President\u2019s October highlights and updates"},"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\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-YnwMNIgtXY?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" title=\"Youtube video player\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span><\/a> President <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/leadership\/david-lassner\/\"><strong>David Lassner<\/strong><\/a> made his report to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/offices\/bor\">Board of Regents<\/a> at their meeting on October 20, 2016.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\"><figure id=\"attachment_51813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51813\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-anderson-m2-260x142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"142\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-anderson-m2-260x142.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/hilo-anderson-m2.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Board of Regents Chair Jan Sullivan, left, and Â鶹´«Ã½President David Lassner, right, congratulate Mitchell Anderson on winning the Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"float:right;clear:right;margin:0 0 0 15px;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_51811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51811\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kapiolani-apostol-d-2-260x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"189\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51811\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kapiolani-apostol-d-2-260x189.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/kapiolani-apostol-d-2.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-51811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College&#8217;s David Apostol, center, is presented his award by, Board of Regents Chair Jan Sullivan and <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Highlights included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Four-year graduation rates at <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa<\/a> at an all time high (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=4s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Executive policy updated to address graduate students&#8217; concerns (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=2m37s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Executive policy on use of preferred names established (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=4m4s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Promise Program proposed to provide scholarships to qualified <abbr>UH<\/abbr> Community College students (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=5m29s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Student fees clarified in new executive policy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=2m57s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Policy updated to allow concentrations to be listed on diplomas (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=3m36s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Consultation with Gov. Ige on <abbr>UH<\/abbr>&#8217;s proposed legislation (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=4m45s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Seeking statutory prohibition against smoking on <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=7m13s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Bills related to startups created around <abbr>UH<\/abbr> intellectual property (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=7m47s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Update on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uhwo.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> West <span aria-label=\"Oahu\">O&#699;ahu<\/span><\/a> and <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M&#257;noa chancellor searches (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=8m55s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><abbr>UH<\/abbr> Hilo Professor Mitchell Anderson awarded the Willard Wilson Award for exemplary service (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/20\/mitchell-anderson-recognized-for-service-to-the-university\/\">read more<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=10m41s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"community college\">CC<\/abbr> painter David Apostol honored with the President&#8217;s Award for Excellence in Building and Grounds Maintenance (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/10\/20\/kapiolani-ccs-david-apostol-recognized-for-maintenance-excellence\/\">read more<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-YnwMNIgtXY&#038;feature=youtu.be&#038;t=13m3s\">see video<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights of the president&#8217;s report include M&#257;noa graduation rates at all time high and proposed community college scholarships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":51829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193,28,12],"tags":[72,61,340,62,63,64,65,394,1120,71,14,9,60,947,59,56,66],"class_list":["post-51818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","category-governance","category-video","tag-board-of-regents","tag-hawaii-community-college","tag-hawaii-graduation-initiative","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-kauai-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-presidents-office","tag-presidents-report","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-hilo","tag-uh-manoa","tag-maui-college","tag-uh-system","tag-uh-west-oahu","tag-video-2","tag-windward-community-college","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/system-lassner-bor-oct-20162f.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51818","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=51818"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80577,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51818\/revisions\/80577"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}