U N I V E R S I T Y O F H AWA I ‘ I - W E S T O ‘ A H U

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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘IWEST O‘AHU

More than 35 years ago, long before the city of Kapolei became known as “Kapolei,” state leaders envisioned a regional college that would serve citizens of central, leeward and north shore O`ahu. West O ‘ahu College opened its doors in 1976, sharing campus space with Leeward Community College in Pearl City.

On August 20, 2012, students of UH West O‘ahu will begin their college careers – or finish it if they are currently enrolled – at a new 202-acre campus in Kapolei situated at the intersection of Farrington Highway and Kualaka‘i Parkway (formerly known as the North-South Road).

At UH West O‘ahu, our goal is to provide island residents with educational opportunities that lead to fulfilling careers and healthy lifestyle choices. We aim to provide academic programs in emerging fields of study such as allied health and digital media. We work closely with the other nine campuses in the University of Hawai‘i System to ensure that we are not replicating existing programs, but supplementing their offerings with ours, all of which serve to benefit students from across the state.

UH WEST O‘AHU CORE VALUES

Excellence as a state of mind and way of being.

Entrepreneurial, innovative and

nimble.

Focus on project-based/applied learning.

Create opportunities for interdisciplinary

pursuits.

Promote social responsibility.

CONNECTED TO LEARNINGI N T H E C O M M U N I T Y

HENRY J.C. AQUINOState Representative

Chair - Public Safety and Military Affairs35th District: Waipahu, Crestview, SeaviewUniversity of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu Alumnus

Currently state house representative for the 35th representative district encompassing Waipahu, Crestview and Seaview, Rep. Henry Aquino also serves as chair of the Public

Safety and Military Affairs committee. His position as a legislator entails several key responsibilities including representation of the district’s concerns and helping to create laws and policies that affect or benefit the State of Hawai‘i and its residents through the legislative process. As committee chair, he oversees various state government agencies and operations including law enforcement, corrections, first responder agencies, civil

defense, National Guard and active military issues.

Born in Honolulu and raised in Waipahu, Aquino developed roots in the community by attending Waipahu Elementary, Waipahu Intermediate and graduating from Waipahu High School. He earned an associate degree from Honolulu Community College and furthered

his studies at UH West O‘ahu in Public Administration, specializing in Justice Administration. Aquino later earned a master’s in Communication from Hawai‘i Pacific

University in 2007. Aquino’s work background includes assisting the non-profit sector in delivery of direct services and grant administration. Prior to that, he worked in an assortment of character-building jobs including private security and warehouse/delivery

for a small company during his days at UH West O‘ahu. Aquino was elected to office in 2008 and is currently serving a second term in the State House.

“I chose UHWO for several reasons: affordability, location—it was close to work at that time and I lived about five minutes away—and small class size to ensure quality

instruction and interaction. My experience prepared me for my future endeavors. Working closely with others, my academic work gave me practical tools and knowledge that assisted with my transition to the workforce. The new UHWO campus in Kapolei will

expand the post-secondary opportunities for Leeward and Central O‘ahu. It brings world- class instruction to vibrant and growing communities, and we hope that these

opportunities will create a more educated and stronger workforce for our state.”

As an Aloha Airlines flight attendant for 16 years, Heather Manuel enjoyed a career that, as a mother of two, she could balance with family life. But after suffering a back injury while

on the job, she was told by doctors that she would not be able to endure the constant strain on her body caused by flying.

Manuel, who had previously earned an associate degree from Leeward Community College, now had the motivation and desire to move toward a new career. She just needed

direction. Through a class offered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, she learned how to create a business plan. With business plan drafted, approved and ready to implement, Manuel, who had previously trained as a veterinary technician, opened the first Tails of

Hawai‘i location in December of 2006 in Waipi‘o.

Like many new business owners, Manuel said, “We ran into it with blinders on, and we had a lot to learn. We worked hard, we lived at the shop—somebody had to watch the dogs!”

As part of her injury-related separation from Aloha Airlines, the process involved work rehabilitation. However, since working as a flight attendant was out of the question,

Manuel chose to go back to school. She figured that getting a business degree would supplement what she had learned the hard way through owning and managing her own

business. Manuel enrolled at UH West O`ahu to pursue a bachelor of arts degree in business which she expects to complete soon.

Since opening Tails of Hawai‘i in 2006, Manuel has brought on additional employees who now make up her staff of thirty-plus. In 2008, she opened a second location in

Māpunapuna, a perfect location for dog owners in need of a convenient place to leave their pets while traveling. With her success and the growing popularity of the care center’s

concept, Manuel hopes to franchise additional locations in the near future.

HEATHER MANUELClass of 2012

University of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu

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UH WEST O‘AHU AT A GLANCE

PROFILEENROLLMENT GROWTH

FINANCIAL AIDNATIVE HAWAIIAN POPULATION MAP

FOUNDED

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1976 as West O‘ahu College

1,702 on campus &216 distance learning

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Bachelor’s degrees in over20 areas of study and

six certificate programs

Since becoming a 4-year baccalaureate campus in 2007, enrollment has nearly

doubled in five years, from 866 students in 2006 to 1,662 in 2011.

Students range in age from 17 to 81 with over 13% living

on the neighbor islands

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4 YEAR DEGREE PROGRAMS & CERTIFICATES

FACULTY AT A GLANCE(post-secondary degrees earned at educational institutions)

BACHELOR OF ARTSAccounting Anthropology Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management Early Childhood Education* Economics & Finance EnglishFinance General Business Administration General Public Administration

BACHELOR OF EDUCATIONElementary Education

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCERespiratory Care* Culinary Management* Computer, Electronics & Networking Technology*Information Technology*

* Coursework for these programs require students to attend both the University and a partnering UH Community College. See your advisor for more details.

CERTIFICATE PROGRAMSApplied Forensic Anthropology* Disaster Preparedness & Emergency Management Health Care Administration Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies Risk Management & Insurance Substance Abuse & Addictions Studies

Case Western Reserve UniversityCentral Michigan UniversityColumbia UniversityFlorida State International UniversityHarvard UniversityJulliard School of MusicMichigan State UniversityMontana State UniversityNew York UniversityOklahoma State UniversitySan Jose State UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of California - DavisUniversity of California - IrvineUniversity of California - Los AngelesUniversity of California - Santa Barbara

University of Hawai‘i at ManoaUniversity of IllinoisUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of Massachusetts – AmherstUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Missouri – Kansas CityUniversity of MississippiUniversity of MontrealUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of OregonUniversity of PhoenixUniversity of SarasotaUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison

Hawaiian-Pacific Studies Health Care Administration History Justice Administration Management Marketing Philosophy Political Science Psychology Sociology

CONNECTED TO LEARNINGB E Y O N D C L A S S R O O M W A L L S

Growing up on North Shore O`ahu in the rural town of Hau`ula, Dr. Linda Furuto never dreamed she would have the honor and privilege of teaching at UHWO. Some of her earliest childhood memories include spear-fishing for

tako with her three brothers, bodysurfing with the brown plastic trays from McDonald’s and riding cardboard boxes down the dirt hill behind Hau‘ula Shopping Center.

After transferring from Kahuku High School to Punahou for her sophomore year of high school, Furuto learned about the innate connections between mathematics and the real world around us.

The values inculcated in her on the North Shore served as the foundation for pursuing mathematics as it relates to the land, ocean and resources of our islands. Upon completing her master’s degree at

Harvard and doctorate at UCLA, she knew it was time to come home and give back to the community, friends, family, and teachers that changed her life.

Furuto chose UH West O‘ahu because of the opportunity to work with its unique faculty, staff, and student body population, explore best practice pedagogies and connections to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) courses, build a consortium within Hawai‘i and the

Pacific region, and integrate research activities with major statewide, regional, and national mathematics initiatives. For example, in partnership with community organizations and research institutions, she designed and implemented the Ethnomathematics Summer Institute to engage UH West O‘ahu students in mathematics field studies throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Over the

past three years, the program has conducted bioacoustics research at the Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology’s Coconut Island in Kāne‘ohe Bay, studied vectors at Mokauea Island Fishing Village in Ke‘ehi Lagoon, sailed by celestial navigation with the Polynesian Voyaging Society around O‘ahu, and hiked down to the sacred Kalaupapa National Historical Park on the island of Moloka‘i. Through first-hand mathematical experiences on land and sea, students learned about intersections of environmental

conservation, tropical marine science, and sustainability in seafaring.

“UHWO provides the ideal environment to discover our unique, individual contributions as we consider our roles and responsibilities in the greater community. We should always remember where we came from, and give back to the community, the people and the land. On one of my sails with the

Hōkūle‘a voyaging canoe, we stopped on the island of Kaho‘olawe where the U.S. military bombed for 50 years. While there, I asked Uncle Maka how many people were in the Protect the Kaho‘olawe ‘Ohana. I will never forget his wise response: ‘Well, you’ve been here, so now it is your kuleana to

share with the world what you have learned, what you have seen, and what you have felt.’ Similarly, UHWO is critical because of its role as the only four-year baccalaureate degree

granting institution in West O‘ahu. Once part of the UHWO ‘ohana, it is the kuleana of students, faculty, and staff to go forth and serve State and regional needs.”

DR. LINDA FURUTOAssistant Professor of MathematicsUniversity of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu

Winner of the Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Teaching (2011)

OPENING AUGUST 20, 2012A new 202-acre campus in Kapolei

CLASSROOM & FACULTY OFFICES40,000 FT.2

LABORATORY & FACULTY OFFICES 40,000 FT.2

The new UH West O‘ahu campus will be organized around a large open

space within the “HEART” of the campus.

The Great Lawn, located west of Kalo‘i Gulch and bordered by campus buildings, comprises

approximately 3.9 acres.

Landscaping and site furnishings will be incorporated into the design to

provide space for students to gather, socialize, eat, and study. In addition,

commencement exercises will be held at the Great Lawn.

The classroom buildings will contain general classrooms, computer

classrooms, laboratories, faculty offices and meeting areas. These

two-story buildings are located to the south of the primary presence of major campus facilities framing the

Great Lawn.

STUDENT SERVICES/CAMPUS CENTER63, 000 FT.2

LIBRARY60,000 FT.2

This 63,000 square-foot building will accommodate the Student Services office that contains the Admissions, Registration, Financial Aid and Career Services units. In addition, the building will be home to the

Campus Center area that will include a food service area, a bookstore and meeting rooms. This L-shaped building borders the Great Lawn, and is

conceived as a building footprint with two angular wings with a shaded, walk-through galleria at the ground floor, allowing easy movement from

student parking and arrival areas to the northwest into the central campus area. Perimeter views from these two building wings are

directed toward the Wai‘anae Mountains to the northwest and the ocean to the west/southwest. The primary building frontages create a

welcoming enclosure and shaping of the Great Lawn formed on this northernmost monumental terrace platform on the campus, with a

triangular paved plaza at the building entries.

The Library/Resource Center will be a two-story building. The center will have

information commons, stack space, reading rooms, circulation desk, the main

computer center for students, a digital media center for faculty and students, the

Learning Assistance Center, small study rooms, information commons, the

Information Technology Operations Center, and the Henry Ku‘ualoha Giugni

Digital Archives, a restoration and storage facility including a unique catalog and

archive designed to preserve and digitize the moving image history of Hawai‘i. In

addition, the Library/Resource Center will be home to an approximately 100-foot high tower, planned to serve as a visual

landmark and as an iconic symbol of the campus for the surrounding community.

To say that Dr. Joseph Bariyanga has taken a circuitous road to UH West O‘ahu would be a vast understatement.

Born in Rwanda, Bariyanga attended the National University of Rwanda where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry and agriculture. He also obtained a Masters

degree in Biology and Chemistry from the same institution and taught one year as a lecturer of chemistry before heading to Canada where he successively earned a master’s degree in

chemistry from the University of Quebec at Montreal and a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Montreal. He worked as senior lecturer at the National University of Rwanda for

seven years, but was forced to flee his country during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The genocide stemmed from political manipulation of tribes and a lack of willingness to share

power between the Tutsi (minority) and Hutu (majority).

After two years of exile and extreme hardship in Congo and Zambia, he moved to South Africa in 1996 where he completed one-year postdoctoral fellowship at Wits University. He then took

his talents to the University of the North Qwaqwa Campus, a historically black institution in South Africa, where he acted as Vice Dean for the Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences and

Associate Professor of chemistry. In 2001, he accepted a visiting professorship at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and also acted as Associate Director of American Chemistry Society-Exam Institute. Then in 2004, he joined Lane College, a historically black college in Tennessee, where he was Chair of the Division of Natural and Physical Sciences. Bariyanga’s legacy at Lane College included the implementation of an undergraduate research program in chemistry for

underprivileged students.

Since joining UH West O‘ahu in Aug. of 2007, he has taught chemistry and physics for non-science majors.

“I enjoy working with students from disadvantaged backgrounds like myself. I was thrilled to come here and help in building an undergraduate program from the ground up for a newly minted four-year university. UHWO represents a unique opportunity for many high school

students to access higher education and acquire skills, knowledge and attitude for their life-long, fulfilling careers. There is also no doubt that UHWO constitutes a catalyst for economic,

social and cultural activities in this area.”

DR. JOSEPH BARIYANGAAssistant Professor of Chemistry

University of Hawai‘i - West O‘ahu

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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I - WEST O‘AHU

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I BOARD OF REGENTS

Eric Martinson, Chair

Carl A. Carlson Jr., Vice Chair

James H. Q. Lee

Artemio C. Baxa

Michael A. Dahilig

Ramon de la Pena

Chuck Y. Gee

Dennis I. Hirota

John C. Holzman

Coralie Chun Matayoshi

Barry T. Mizuno

Saedene Ota

Teena M. Rasmussen

Jan Naoe Sullivan

Matthew Williams

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I - WEST O‘AHU ADMINISTRATION

Dr. Gene I. Awakuni, Chancellor

Cynthia Vinluan, Secretary to the Chancellor

Dr. Joseph Mobley, Interim Vice Chancelor for Academic Affairs

Donna Kiyosaki, Vice Chancellor for Administration

Susan Nishida, Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

John Murakami, Director of Food Services

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I - WEST O‘AHU COUNCIL OF ADVISORS

Robin Campaniano

Meredith Ching

Kathy Fujihara-Chong

Micah Kane

Susan Matsushima

Colbert Matsumoto

Leigh-Ann Miyasato

David Nakada

Pono Shim

Oswald Stender

Lorrie Stone

Ron Taketa

James C. Wo

Alan Yamamoto

Eric Yeaman

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I - WEST O‘AHU

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