University of Hawaiʻi

University of Hawaiʻi System

Motto	Maluna aʻe o nā lāhui āpau ke ola ke kānaka(Hawaiian)[1]
Motto in English	"Above all nations is humanity"
Type	Public university system
Established	1907; 117 years ago(1907)
Academic affiliations	Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Endowment	$491.36 million (2023)[2]
President	David Lassner
Students	50,310
Location	Honolulu , Hawaii , U.S.
Campus	3 universities, 7 community colleges, 5 research centers, 3 university centers, 4 education centers
Colors	Green and black[3]
Website	www.hawaii.edu

TheUniversity of Hawaiʻi System^[a](University of Hawaiʻiand popularly known asUH,Hawaiian:Ke Kulanui o Hawaiʻi) is apublic college and universitysystem. The system confers associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees through three universities, sevencommunity colleges, an employment training center, three university centers, four education centers and various other research facilities distributed across six islands throughout thestate of Hawaiiin the United States. All schools of the University of Hawaiʻi system are accredited by theWestern Association of Schools and Colleges. The UH system's main administrative offices are located on the property of theUniversity of Hawaiʻi at MānoainHonolulu CDP.^[4][5][6]

The present-day University of Hawai'i System was created in 1965 which combined the State of Hawai'i's technical and community colleges under one system within the formerUniversity of Hawaiʻi.

The former University of Hawai'i was created by the Territory of Hawaiʻi in 1907 as a land-grant college of agriculture and mechanical arts and held its first classes in 1907. In 1912 it moved to its present location in Mānoa Valley and was renamed the College of Hawaii. In 1919 the College of Hawaiʻi obtained university status by the Hawaiʻi Territorial Legislature and was renamed the University of Hawaiʻi.

In 1965, the state legislature created a system of community colleges and placed it within the university. The university was renamed the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa to distinguish it from other campuses in the University of Hawaiʻi System in 1972.

TheUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoais the flagship institution of the University of Hawaiʻi system. It was founded as aland-grant collegeunder the terms of theMorrill Acts of 1862 and 1890. Programs includeHawaiian/Pacific Studies,Astronomy,East AsianLanguages and Literature,Asian Studies, ComparativePhilosophy,Marine Science, Second Language Studies, along withBotany,Engineering,Ethnomusicology,Geophysics,Law,Business,Linguistics,Mathematics, andMedicine.

The second-largest institution is theUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hiloon the"Big Island" of Hawaiʻi, with over 3,000 students. TheUniversity of Hawaiʻi – West OʻahuinKapoleiprimarily serves students who reside inHonolulu'swestern and central suburban communities.

The University of Hawaiʻi Community College System comprises fourcommunity collegesisland campuses onO'ahuand one each onMaui,Kauaʻi, andHawaii. The colleges were created to improve accessibility of courses to more Hawaiʻi residents and provide an affordable means of easing the transition fromsecondary school/high schooltocollegefor many students. University of Hawaiʻi education centers are located in more remote areas of the State and its several islands, supporting rural communities via distance education.

• University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa(established 1907)
• University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo(established 1945)
• University of Hawaiʻi - West Oʻahu(established 1976)

• University of Hawaiʻi Maui College

• Hawaiʻi Community College in Hilo
• Hawaiʻi Community College in Kailua Kona
• Honolulu Community College
• Kapiʻolani Community College
• Kauaʻi Community College
• Leeward Community College
• Windward Community College

• Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy^[7]
• School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology^[8]
• John A. Burns School of Medicine
• William S. Richardson School of Law
• Shidler College of Business

• Center for Philippine Studies
• Cancer Research Center of Hawaiʻi
• [[East-West Center
• Haleakalā Observatory
• Hawaiʻi Natural Energy Institute
• Institute for Astronomy
• Institute of Geophysics and Planetology
• Institute of Marine Biology
• Lyon Arboretum
• Mauna Kea Observatory
• W. M. Keck Observatory
• Waikīkī Aquarium

• University of Hawaiʻi Center West Hawaiʻi
• University of Hawaiʻi Center Kauaʻi
• University of Hawaiʻi Center Maui

• Molokaʻi Education Center
• Lānaʻi Education Center
• Hāna Education Center
• Waiʻanae Education Center
• Lāhainā Education Center

In accordance with Article X, Section 6 of theConstitution of Hawaii, the University of Hawaiʻi is governed by a Board of Regents, composed of 15 unpaid members who are nominated by a Regents Candidate Advisory Council, appointed by the governor, and confirmed by the state legislature. The board oversees all aspects of governance for the university system, including its internal structure and management. The board also appoints, evaluates, and if necessary removes the president of the University of Hawaiʻi.^[9]

The university's governing board includes a current student appointed by the governor of Hawaiʻi to serve a two-year term as a full voting regent. The practice of appointing a student to the board was approved by the Hawaiʻi State Legislature in 1997.

Alumni of the University of Hawaiʻi system include many notable persons in various walks of life. SenatorDaniel InouyeandTammy Duckworthboth are veterans of the US military who were injured in the line of duty then later entered government service.Bette MidlerandGeorgia Engelare successful entertainers on the national stage. ComposerHsiung-Zee Wongalso attended the University of Hawai'i. PresidentBarack Obama's parents,Barack Obama Sr.andAnn Dunham, and half-sister,Maya Soetoro-Ng, also earned degrees from the Mānoa campus, where his parents met in a Russian language class. His mother earned three degrees from the University of Hawaiʻi including a PhD in anthropology.

Mazie Hironois a current U.S. senator. She graduated from the University of Hawaii with a BA in psychology. She is the first elected female senator from Hawaii, the firstAsian-Americanwoman elected to the Senate, the first U.S. senator born in Japan, and the nation's firstBuddhistsenator.

Alice Augusta Ballwas not only the first woman to graduate from the College of Hawaiʻi (now the University of Hawaiʻi) in 1915, but was also the first African American research chemist and instructor in the college'schemistrydepartment. In addition, she was the first person to successfully develop a water-soluble form ofchaulmoogra oilthat was used for decades to relieve the symptoms of Hansen's disease (leprosy).^[10]

The University of Hawaiʻi system has had many faculty members of note. Many were visiting faculty or came after they won major awards likeNobel LaureateGeorg von Békésy.Ryuzo Yanagimachi, principal investigator of the research group that developed a method of cloning from adult animal cells, is still on the faculty.

In July 2019, Bob Huey, a professor of Japanese literature in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, was presented the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon, one of Japan's highest honors for those without Japanese citizenship.^[11]

• Robert, Kamins (1998).Mālamalama: A History of the University of Hawaiʻi.
• David, Yount (1996).Who Runs The University? The Politics of Higher Education In Hawaiʻi, 1985-1992.

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