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The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is a public, co-educational university and is the main campus of the greater University of Hawaii System. The school is located in Mānoa, an urban neighborhood community of Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, approximately three miles east and inland from downtown Honolulu and one mile from Ala Moana and Waikīkī. The campus occupies the eastern half of the mouth of the greater Mānoa Valley. It is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and is governed by the Hawaii State Legislature and a semi-autonomous Board of Regents, which in turn hires a president to be administrator.
Colleges
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa was founded in 1907 as a land grant college of agriculture and mechanical arts. In 1912 it was renamed the College of Hawaii and moved to its present location. William Kwai Fong Yap petitioned the territorial legislature six years later for university status which lead to another renaming to the University of Hawai'i in 1920. This is also the founding year of the College of Arts and Sciences.
In 1931 the Territorial Normal and Training School was absorbed into the university. It is now the College of Education.
Today the primary facet of the university consists of the Colleges of Arts and Sciences. The college of agriculture and mechanical arts is now the college of tropical agriculture and human resources (CTAHR), one of agricultural colleges focused on tropical research in the United States. The University of Hawaii at Mānoa is also home to two of the most prominent professional schools in the state. The William S. Richardson School of Law and the John A. Burns School of Medicine are the only law and medical schools in Hawaii, respectively.
All the colleges of the university offer bachelor degrees in 87 fields of study, master degrees in 87 fields, doctoral degrees in 53 fields, first professional degrees in three fields, post-baccalaureate degrees in three fields, 29 undergraduate certification programs and 26 graduate certification programs. Total enrollment as of 2004 was 20,549 students, 14,251 of which are undergraduates. There are fifteen students per instructor.
Ka Leo O Hawaii
Ka Leo O Hawaii is the student newspaper at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa, founded in 1922. The Ka Leo was printed daily during the fall and spring semesters, but as of Fall 2005, it is printed four times a week (Monday-Thursday), and weekly during the winter and summer breaks. Page length is normally 8 page, tabloid format. Circulation is 14,000.
Diversity
According to the 2003 report of the Institutional Research Office, a plurality of students at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa are Caucasian making up twenty-four percent of the student body. Japanese Americans represent twenty percent, Chinese Americans represent nine percent, Filipino Americans represent eight percent as do native Hawaiians. Ten percent of the student body are racially mixed. Smaller populations of Pacific Islanders and other ethnic groups make up the remainder.
Academics
Colleges & Schools
Colleges
=College of Arts and Sciences
=College of Arts and Humanities
College of Languages, Linguistics, and Literature
College of Natural Sciences
College of Social Sciences
=College of Business Administration
==College of Education
==College of Engineering
==College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources (CTAHR)
=Schools
=School of Architecture
==School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies
==School of Law
==School of Medicine
==School of Nursing
==School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
==School of Social Work
==School of Travel Industry Management
=Degrees offered
Undergraduate
The university offers BA, BBA, BEd, BFA, BMus, BS, and BSN degrees in addition to certificates. The BArch is no longer offered, although a BA can be earned through interdisciplinary studies (IS). Students can also choose to minor in some programs. See degree listing in the current catalog or departmental/program webpages for degrees and minors offered by specific programs.Graduate
Law (J.D., LL.M.)Architecture (Arch.D.)
Interdisciplinary PhD in Communication and Information Sciences]
Graduate division Administers masters (thesis and non-thesis), doctoral, and graduate certificate programs in various fields outside of the those listed above. This includes research degree programs in medical and public health areas, and professional programs in education, social work, business, nursing, speech pathology and audiology, and engineering. See list of graduate programs for complete list of programs offered by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Other
=Interdisciplinary studies (self designed major)
==Outreach college
==Special programs
==Summer session
=Student life
Places
Student organizations
Student government
Off-campus
- The Newman Center / Catholic Campus Ministry serves the community at the University and surrounding area.
Athletics
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa competes in NCAA Division I, the only Hawaii school to do so. In major sports, it competes in the Western Athletic Conference. In men's volleyball and women's water polo it competes in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.
The men's teams were formerly known as the Rainbow Warriors but in 2000, in response to complaints from the football program, the University of Hawaii at Mānoa athletics program allowed each sport to select their own team names. The current situation is rather confusing; various men's teams are called the Warriors, the Rainbow Warriors, or the Rainbows. The men's volleyball team chose the name Men of War, but that name proved to be unpopular and was replaced by the Warriors. See also Rainbow Warriors.
The women's teams are called the Rainbow Wahine. This name is often shortened to The Rainbows or The 'Bows. The nicknames "The Wahine" or "The Wahines" are considered grammatically incorrect and are discouraged in favor of "Na Wahine".
The Warriors and Rainbow Wahine are most notable for their highly-ranked men's and women's basketball, men's and women's volleyball, baseball and football programs. The principal sports venues are Aloha Stadium, Stan Sheriff Center, Les Murakami Stadium, Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium, and the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.
Chancellors
From 1986 to 2001, the President of the University of Hawaii system also served as the Mānoa campus's chancellor. In 2001, the position of Chancellor was recreated by then-UH president Evan Dobelle after several years of discussion around the possible conflict of interest that might arise in this dual role (being the president of a University system while concurrently being the chancellor of a specific campus within the system).
- Denise Konan 2005- interim
- Peter Englert 2002-2005
- Deane Neubauer 2001-2002 interim
- University president 1986-2002
- Kenneth P. Mortimer
- Albert J. Simone
Famous alumni & faculty
See University of Hawaii System page.
Points of interest
Resources
- University of Hawaii System
- University of Hawaii at Mānoa
- University of Hawaii Mānoa Athletics
- Ka Leo O Hawaii student newspaper
- Student Housing Student Housing
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