{"id":81169,"date":"2018-06-19T16:07:18","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T02:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=81169"},"modified":"2020-10-16T10:07:26","modified_gmt":"2020-10-16T20:07:26","slug":"uh-campuses-voted-hawaiis-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/06\/19\/uh-campuses-voted-hawaiis-best\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> campuses voted Hawai\u02bbi\u2019s best"},"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><figure id=\"attachment_65891\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65891\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-students-gnrc-1.jpg\" alt=\"Four Manoa students sitting in front of a tree\" width=\"676\" height=\"457\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-students-gnrc-1.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/manoa-students-gnrc-1-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-65891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa voted &ldquo;Best College&rdquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/hawaiis-best-2018.jpg\" alt=\"image with words &quot;First Place Hawaii&#039;s Best 2018, awarded by the Star Advertiser&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"291\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-81181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Multiple University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> campuses have been recognized for their excellence by the <em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser\u2019s<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.staradvertiser.com\/2018\/06\/17\/special-sections\/2018-hawaiis-best\/\"><span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> People&#8217;s Choice &ldquo;Best of&rdquo; Awards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2018 honors included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Best College: <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best Career and Technical Education: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leeward.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best Career and Technical Education Finalists: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.honolulu.hawaii.edu\/\">Honolulu Community College<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best Tutoring Center Finalist: <a href=\"https:\/\/windward.hawaii.edu\/trio\/student_support_services.php\">Windward Community College TRiO SSS<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Best Live Theatre Finalist: <a href=\"http:\/\/lcctheatre.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Theatre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&ldquo;It\u2019s gratifying to have readers of the state\u2019s largest daily newspaper recognize their public institutions of higher education as the best,&rdquo; said <abbr>UH<\/abbr> President and Interim <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Chancellor David Lassner. &ldquo;I thank the dedicated faculty and staff who are committed to excellence at every campus of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> Best Awards are chosen each year by the readers of the <em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser<\/em>. More than 100 categories are included in this year\u2019s publication, which was released on June 17, 2018. This was the fourth year in a row that Leeward <abbr>CC<\/abbr> received recognition in two categories.<\/p>\n<p>Leeward Chancellor Manny Cabral said, &ldquo;I\u2019m so proud of winning these awards for four years in a row! Our workforce development continues to expand in both credit and non-credit areas. Being selected as <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> Best is a reflection of the dedication and hard work of everyone at the college. We\u2019re also thrilled for the finalist award for our theatre, which is currently in the final stages of renovation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_81183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81183\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leeward-gnrc-students.jpg\" alt=\"students walking through Leeward Community College\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-81183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leeward-gnrc-students.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/leeward-gnrc-students-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-81183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leeward Community College voted &ldquo;Best Career and Technical Education&rdquo;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Multiple <abbr>UH<\/abbr> campuses have been recognized for their excellence by the <em>Honolulu Star-Advertiser\u2019s<\/em> <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\u2019s\">Â鶹´«Ã½\u2019s<\/span> People&#8217;s Choice &ldquo;Best of&rdquo; Awards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[735,62,63,65,911,196,1453,71,9,947],"class_list":["post-81169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-campus-recognition","tag-honolulu-community-college","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-program-recognition","tag-leeward-community-college-theatre","tag-trio-student-success-services","tag-uh-community-colleges","tag-uh-manoa","tag-uh-system","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81169","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=81169"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93572,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81169\/revisions\/93572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}