{"id":7485,"date":"2012-06-19T17:08:52","date_gmt":"2012-06-20T03:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=7485"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:13:20","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T01:13:20","slug":"uh-manoa-chancellor-tom-apple-tours-arboretum-loi-and-aquarium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2012\/06\/19\/uh-manoa-chancellor-tom-apple-tours-arboretum-loi-and-aquarium\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Chancellor Tom Apple tours arboretum, lo’i<\/span> and aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

The new University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa<\/a> Chancellor Tom Apple<\/strong> spent his second day on the job with the UH<\/abbr> Mānoa executive team—the university’s vice-chancellors, deans and directors. They went on a tour of three integral parts of UH<\/abbr> Mānoa that just about every school age child on Oʻahu<\/span> has, or will visit at some point in their lives.<\/p>\n

The first stop was the Lyon Arboretum deep in Mānoa valley. The arboretum is the only botanical garden located in a tropical rainforest in the United States.<\/p>\n

The next stop was the Ka Papa Loʻi ʻO<\/span> Kānewai, a center for Hawaiian learning and home to a pure collection of kalo, native trees and shrubs along the Mānoa stream.<\/p>\n

The tour ended with a visit to the Waikīkī Aquarium<\/a>, where more than 300,000 people visit each year to see 500 species of aquatic animals and plants.<\/p>\n

“They are all wonderful examples of the university interacting with the community and really providing for a preservation of the land, starting from mauka and going to makai,” said Apple. “Today has been a great experience for getting a real flavor for Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.”<\/p>\n

Outgoing Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw<\/b> organized the tour, part of her efforts for a seamless leadership transition.<\/p>\n

All three locations are critical to Chancellor Apple’s focus on research and the benefits that come with it. “Our three big themes are to grow the research economy in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>, and then to also help our students to become active participants in that society and the new knowledge economy, and to preserve and perpetuate Hawaiian culture” said Apple.<\/p>\n

Chancellor Apple is the first to admit that he has a lot to learn but says he will work with everyone involved so that the university is an important partner in all that we do here in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mānoa Chancellor Tom Apple spent his second day on the job touring the Lyon Arboretum, Ka Papa Loʻi ʻO<\/span> Kānewai and the Waikīkī Aquarium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,12],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-7485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","category-video","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t