Strategic Plan Implementation Workshop

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Strategic Plan Implementation Workshop
Research Educational Social
Place Economic Culture
Technology
Effectiveness Justice
Development
Our Mission Leadership Excellence
Innovation Our Vision Manoa is a premier
research institution whose scholars are leaders
in their disciplines and whose students are
prepared for leadership roles in society.  Manoa
strives for excellence in teaching, research, and
public service.   Manoa is an innovative
institution, comfortable with change.  Manoa
celebrates its diversity and uniqueness as a
Hawaiian place of learning.  We build on our
strengths including our unparalleled natural
environment and tradition of outstanding
Asia-Pacific scholarship.
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Agenda

• Monday
• Opening Remarks - Chancellor Englert
• Continuing Our Commitments Neal Smatresk
• Questions and Discussion - Discussants
• Developing Action Steps - Neal Smatresk
• Breakout Sessions Karen Cross
• Tuesday
• Report Outs

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Research

• Benchmarks
• Our faculty and staff salaries increase to the
  80th percentile of peer institutions.
• Our contracts and grant volume increase by 10
  annually.
• Our library ranking according to the Association
  for Research Libraries improves from 68th to 40th
  (our former ranking) out of 11 3 U.S. and
  Canadian libraries.
• Strategic Imperatives
• Recruit, reward, and support outstanding faculty,
  staff, and students committed to research and
  graduate education.
• Set high standards for retention, post-tenure
  review, and merit pay.
• Engage all undergraduates in research and
  creative scholarship.
• Encourage research that benefits and involves the
  local community.
• Support research initiatives where Manoa is
  uniquely positioned to excel.
• Publicize our research more widely to local,
  national, and international community.
• Expand applied research and scholarship.
• Assess the research productivity of all faculty
  and programs on a regular basis.
• Invest in modern research facilities,
  infrastructure, administration, and services.
• Implement electronic contracts and grants
  administration.
• Streamline technology licensing and transfer.
• Support advanced research and scholarship on
  Hawaiian language and culture.

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Research Achievements

• For UH System, total contracts and grants
  increased by 28.33 in 2002-03 (majority UHM
  grants). For 2003-04, UH received record
  support of research and training. Extramural
  funds. . . reached 330M for FY 04, a 2 increase
  over the previous fiscal year, and an increase of
  2.3 times the support received ten years ago.
• New JABSOM facility at Kakaako now open.
  (Invest in modern research facilities,
  infrastructure, administration and services,
  Also shows public/private partnership with plans
  for research companies to setup there.)
• New Masters of Arts programs in Hawaiian and
  Hawaiian Studies approved by the Board of
  Regents. (Support advanced research/scholarship
  in Hawaiian language and culture.)
• Manoa held its first Student Invention
  Competition sponsored by the Office of Technology
  Transfer and Economic Development. (Engage all
  undergraduates in research and creative
  scholarship)
• Chancellor earmarked 500,000 in RTRF funding for
  Liberal Arts initiatives
• Manoa Chancellors Office co-sponsors the annual
  Undergraduate Research Symposium and the Testers
  Symposium (Engage all undergraduates in research
  and creative scholarship)
• Hiring of permanent Vice Chancellor for Research
  and Graduate Education
• The College of Tropical Agriculture and Human
  Resources sponsors an Annual Student Research
  Symposium in April of each year. (Engage all
  undergraduates in research and creative
  scholarship)
• Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities on
  the web - avail. from the Current Students page
  on the new UH Manoa website. (Engage all
  undergraduates in research and creative
  scholarship)
• Established better PR for research achievements
  through print and web upgrades in past 2 years.
• Significant growth of applied research, IP
  development and community relevant research in
  many programs.

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Educational Effectiveness

• Benchmarks
• Our undergraduate enrollment increases by 5
  percent annually.
• Our graduate enrollment increases by 15 annually
  in select programs.
• Our undergraduate retention rate increases by 20
  percent annually.
• Our NSSE (National Survey of Student Engagement)
  scores surpass peer institutions.
• Strategic Imperatives
• Deliver a modern, flexible, diverse, and
  multicultural curriculum supported by excellent
  teachers, classrooms, and information technology.
• Provide enriching applied educational experiences
  including freshmen programs, interdisciplinary
  learning communities, study abroad, and
  service-learning.
• Expand support for graduate students.
• Increase faculty involvement in advising and
  mentoring students.
• Facilitate timely student progress towards degree
  completion through improved course scheduling.
• Enhance the social, intellectual, cultural,
  residential, and recreational quality of student
  life.
• Initiate new learning centers that respond to
  societal needs such as public policy,
  environmental sustainability, and other
  interdisciplinary areas of inquiry.
• Evaluate and expand General Education course
  offerings.
• Evaluate a residential Honors College which
  provides a stimulating environment for gifted
  undergraduate students.
• Create a culture of evidence whereby every
  academic program is improved or discontinued
  based on measurement of student outcomes.
• Improve recruitment, retention, and degree
  completion for highly qualified undergraduates.
• Facilitate the transfer of students from peer
  institutions and other University of Hawaii
  campuses through clear articulation procedures.

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Educational Achievements

• Undergraduate enrollment increased 3.8 between
  Fall 2002 and Fall 2003 and 6.7 between Fall
  2003 and Fall 2004. (Undergraduate enrollment
  increases by 5 percent annually)
• Graduate enrollment increased 4 between 2002 and
  2003 and 3.1 between 2003 and 2004. (Graduate
  enrollment increases by 15 percent annually in
  select programs)
• Our National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)
  scores have surpassed those of our peers in
  certain categories.
• We are building more student housing/improving
  residence life for students We are currently
  selecting the finalist for the On-Campus Student
  Housing project that will add between 1000 and
  2000 new beds to campus. (Enhance the social,
  intellectual, cultural, residential, and
  recreational quality of student life.)
• Agreement between UHM, Honolulu Community College
  and Kapiolani Community College regarding
  procedures for articulation to UHM General
  Education Requirements. (Facilitate the transfer
  of students from peer institutions and other
  University of Hawaii campuses through clear
  articulation procedures.)
• The first UHM New Student Convocation and
  Hoolaulea was held in August 2004. The event
  offered an opportunity to showcase our campus for
  new students and their families as well as to
  celebrate the diversity of the student body and
  the Manoa experience. (Promote artistic and
  cultural expression as a means of personal,
  communal, and ethnic expression and identity,
  Enhance the social, intellectual, cultural,
  residential, and recreational quality of student
  life
• The Honors Program has been reviewed by a Task
  Force and the Manoa Faculty Senate. (Evaluate a
  residential Honors College)

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Educational Achievements

• Programs report annually on their assessment of
  student achievement of learning outcomes.
  (Create a culture of evidence whereby every
  academic program is improved or discontinued
  based on measurements of student outcomes.
• Changed grading system to /-. (Deliver a
  modern, flexible, diverse, and multicultural
  curriculum supported by excellent teachers,
  classrooms, and information technology.)
• UH Manoas average SAT-1 verbal and math scores
  of first-time freshmen entering the fall semester
  exceed average scores of US test takers (Improve
  recruitment, retention, and degree completion for
  highly qualified undergraduates)
• Enrollment Management improved with the Star
  Enrollment Management System. Online-pulls
  information from Banner in real time so that
  departments can better monitor enrollment in high
  demand classes and make adjustments as needed in
  a timely manner. Chancellors Office held a
  series of training workshops for dept. chairs and
  deans. Chancellors Office provided extra funding
  to add courses in response to increased
  enrollment in Fall 04, Spring 05. (Deliver a
  modern, flexible, diverse, and multicultural
  curriculum supported by excellent teachers,
  classrooms, and information technology,
  Facilitate timely student progress towards degree
  completion through improved course scheduling)
• Nine new interdisciplinary certificates were
  established that respond to societal needs,
  including Agribusiness Management Certificate
  Human Resources and Organizational Management
  Language Acquisition Human Language and
  Computers Language and Cognition Languages of
  Hawaii and the Pacific Political Economy
  Sustainable Tourism Disability and Diversity
  Studies (Initiate new learning centers
  (certificates) that respond to societal needs
  such as public policy, environmental
  sustainability, and other interdisciplinary areas
  of inquiry.)
• The Hawaii State Center for Nursing, housed at
  the UH School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, was
  established by the Legislature this year. The
  center will collect and analyze data, develop a
  plan for implementing recruitment and retention
  strategies and research best practices and
  quality outcomes in nursing. (Initiate new
  learning centers (certificates) that respond to
  societal needs such as public policy,
  environmental sustainability, and other
  interdisciplinary areas of inquiry.)

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Social Justice

• Benchmarks
• Our enrollment of Native Hawaiians increases to
  15 percent of the student population.
• We make continuous measurable progress toward
  gender equity and hiring of underrepresented
  groups.
• Our financial assistance to qualified students
  increases by 10 percent annually.
• Strategic Imperatives
• Recognize our kuleana (responsibility) to honor
  the indigenous people and promote social justice
  for Native Hawaiians.
• Advance stable, peaceful, prosperous and
  democratic relations in the region by being an
  international center of learning and exchange.
• Maintain the highest standards of integrity and
  conduct.
• Instill respect for human diversity and gender
  equity across the campus and curriculum.
• Create a positive, respectful, safe, and
  productive learning and working environment, free
  from harassment and discrimination.
• Promote the free exchange of ideas and be a
  source of renewal for our society.
• Actively recruit and retain administrators,
  faculty, staff and students from diverse
  backgrounds.

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Social Justice Achievements

• Enrollment of Native Hawaiian students increases
  in total numbers between Fall 2002 and Fall 2004
  from 1,577 to 1,632. However, the percentage of
  Native Hawaiian students decreased from 8.4 of
  total enrollment in Fall 2002 to 7.9 in Fall
  2004. (Enrollment of Native Hawaiians increases
  to 15 of the student population)
• UH Manoa participation in the NSF Louis Stokes
  Alliance for Minority Participation Pacific the
  numbers of minority students/graduates in STEM
  programs. With Chaminade, and other institutions
  in the Pacific. UHM to be PI. (Actively recruit
  and retain administrators, faculty, staff and
  students from diverse backgrounds, Our
  enrollment of Native Hawaiians increases to 15
  percent of the student population.)
• New International and Exchange Programs Office
  established in MCO reorganization. (Advance
  stable, peaceful, prosperous and democratic
  relations in the region by being an international
  center of learning and exchange)/
• In 2004, 33 workshops on harassment prevention,
  civil rights and responsibilities were held for
  students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
  (Create a positive, respectful, safe, and
  productive learning and working environment, free
  from harassment and discrimination, Instill
  respect for human diversity and gender equity
  across the campus and curriculum.)
• The Department of Native Hawaiian Health in the
  School of Medicine was established to be a center
  of excellence in education, research, and quality
  health care practices that embraces traditional
  Hawaiian values and customs and is committed to
  optimal health and wellness of Hawaii Maoli,
  their families and communities. (Recognize our
  kuleana (responsibility) to honor the indigenous
  people and promote social justice for Native
  Hawaiians.)
• MA in Hawaiian and Hawaiian Studies just approved
  at April BOR meeting.
• Biennium budget has Hawaiian Initiatives as top
  priorities.

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Place

• Benchmarks
• Our student housing availability doubles.
• We spend 20 million annually on repair and
  maintenance.
• Our energy consumption is reduced by 20 percent.
• Strategic Imperatives
• Promote an understanding of the Native Hawaiian
  ahupuaa concept by restoring and managing the
  Manoa stream and ecosystem.
• Create a Hawaiian sense of place on campus
  through improved landscaping, architectural
  design, signage, and the creation of gathering
  spaces.
• Vigorously recruit students from Asia and the
  Pacific and foster regional alumni relations.
• Build on our comparative advantages such as our
  unparalleled natural resources, cultural
  diversity, sense of aloha, and excellent
  reputation.
• Expand leadership in international affairs,
  emphasizing Hawaii, Asia, and the Pacific.
• Develop a Manoa Charter on sustainability to
  create a green campus and promote stewardship of
  natural resources.
• Make the campus bicycle and pedestrian friendly
  and encourage alternative modes of
  transportation.
• Expand and improve on-campus housing services
  with mixed-use communities.
• Work with the community to develop a vibrant
  college town surrounding the Manoa campus.
• Maintain exceptional campus facilities that
  service the diverse social needs of students,
  faculty, families, and persons with disabilities.

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Place Achievements

• We are building more student housing (discussed
  earlier). (Expand and improve on-campus housing
  services with mixed-use communities Student
  housing availability doubles)
• As an outgrowth of the 2002 Strategic Planning
  Event, we have had a number of campus cleanup
  days. The Office of Sustainability has fixed up
  the energy house and spearheaded a number of
  projects including the Kuykendall courtyard -
  which was transformed from a concrete, bland
  landscape to a gathering spot with plants,
  gardens, tables, benches and aesthetically-pleasin
  g signs (and organic food choices).
• New plans include a charter on sustainability,
  the addition of a venue for events, and improved
  landscaping. (Develop a Manoa Charter on
  sustainability to create a green campus and
  promote stewardship of natural resources, Build
  on our comparative advantages such as our
  unparalleled natural resources, cultural
  diversity, sense of aloha, and excellent
  reputation, Create a Hawaiian sense of place on
  campus through improved landscaping,
  architectural design, signage, and the creation
  of gathering spaces.)
• The reorganization established an Asst. VC for
  International and Exchange programs.
• We have proposed a major increase (to 20 million)
  in our Renovation and Maintenance budget for this
  legislative session.

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Economic Development

• Benchmarks
• Our share of the Gross State Product increases
  from 3 to 4 percent.
• The percentage of adults in Hawaii with
  post-secondary degrees increases annually.
• Our rates of invention disclosures and
  intellectual property commercialization
  agreements rank in the top quartile of
  universities surveyed by the Association of
  University Technology Managers.
• Strategic Imperatives
• Educate a highly skilled, flexible, world-class
  labor force.
• Enhance human capital and knowledge
  infrastructure, technology, and the integration
  of Hawaii into the global economy.
• Expand the funded research enterprise.
• Strengthen public and private partnerships.
• Promote research applications, commercialization
  of intellectual property rights, and
  entrepreneurship.
• Create employment opportunities for students both
  on campus and in the community.
• Respect indigenous intellectual and cultural
  property rights.
• Promote environmentally and culturally sensitive
  economic development in services, high
  technology, diversified agriculture, tourism, and
  emerging sectors.
• Increase student enrollment and recruit a greater
  percentage of non-residents.
• Partner with the Department of Education to
  improve the overall effectiveness of public
  education in Hawaii.
• Manage all funds efficiently and effectively.

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Economic Achievements

• The University of Hawaii is a 1.4 billion
  enterprise and represents a major economic force
  in Hawaii.
• The number of invention disclosures climbed
  slightly in FY 2003, while licensing revenues and
  the number of licenses and options executed
  during the year rose significantly.
  Cumulatively, OTTED received more than 130 issued
  patents and realized licensing revenues of
  slightly more than 3.3 million.
• Income from licenses of UH discoveries rose 51
  percent to about 800,000 in the year up from
  530,000 a year ago 2003. The number of unique
  ideas by faculty that have patent potential
  doubled to 50 in that same period.
• The Pacific Asian Center for Entrepreneurship and
  e-Business at the College of Business mentors and
  assists entrepreneurs throughout Hawaii with its
  annual Business Plan competition.
• Examples of Public/Private partnerships College
  of Engineering/Lockheed Martin Corp. the
  Colleges Industrial Affiliates program enables
  closer interaction between companies, faculty and
  students through sharing resources and joint
  participation in conferences and educational
  activities (Strengthen public and private
  partnerships, Promote research applications,
  commercialization of intellectual property
  rights, and entrepreneurship)
• UH was awarded three Accelerated Research
  Commercialization (ARC) grants, enabling faculty
  and local tech companies to conduct joint
  research with commercial potential. ARC grants
  were awarded for projects in biotechnology,
  alternative energy, and atmospheric science
  instrumentation. (Promote research applications,
  commercialization of intellectual property
  rights, and entrepreneurship,)
• College of Education received 2M grant from the
  US Department of Education to fund its Transition
  to Teaching program to increase the number of
  qualified teachers in Hawaiis high-need public
  schools July 2004. And gained state line
  funding fromt eh DOE this session (500,000)
  (Partner with the Department of Education to
  improve the overall effectiveness of public
  education in Hawaii.)
• CTAHR grant Hawai'i-Iraq Partnership for
  Revitalizing Agricultural Higher Education and
  Development. 3.7M to help rebuild Iraqs
  agriculture industry and higher education system.
  

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Culture, Society and the Arts

• Benchmarks
• Our alumni giving increases by 20 percent
  annually.
• Our attendance at cultural and sporting events
  increase by 10 percent annually.
• Alumni participation at our events increases by
  20 percent annually.
• Strategic Imperatives
• Promote the study of Hawaiian language, culture,
  and education.
• Support the arts as major fields of academic and
  creative scholarship that contribute to quality
  education and campus enrichment.
• Promote artistic and cultural expression as a
  means of personal, communal, and ethnic
  expression and identity.
• Expand our artistic and cultural reputation
  nationally and in Asia and the Pacific.
• Evaluate a film school to support the study of
  cinematic and digital arts.
• Enhance campus life with popular entertainment
  including movies, concerts, and plays.
• Build a vibrant alumni community through
  outreach, campus events, and unique services.
• Develop performance and exhibition venues.
• Provide an attractive variety of dining
  opportunities, including late night venues,
  coffee shops, and a faculty club.
• Build a sense of pride in Manoa by supporting
  intercollegiate athletics at the highest level.
• Expand opportunities for students to participate
  in a broad range of athletic programs.
• Support gender equity in intramural and
  intercollegiate sports programs.
• Develop meaningful and effective wellness
  programs for students, faculty, and staff.

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Culture Achievements

• New Masters of Arts in Hawaiian and Hawaiian
  Studies approved by the Board of Regents.
  (Promote the study of Hawaiian language,
  culture, and education.)
• The Academy for Creative Media established by the
  BOR. (Support the arts as major fields of
  academic and creative scholarship that contribute
  to quality education and campus enrichment,
  Evaluate a film school to support the study of
  cinematic and digital arts.)
• The ACM is creating a 500,000 documentary
  project on Hawaiis statehood and premiered
  student work at Hawaii International Film
  Festival in October 2004. (Support the arts as
  major fields of academic and creative scholarship
  that contribute to quality education and campus
  enrichment)
• Growing number of international exchange programs
  featuring cultural education and outcomes.
• UH Alumni Affairs now actively involved in
  commencement, convocation, and homecoming events.
  Seeking other opportunities to engage alumni. New
  online community developed. (Build a vibrant
  alumni community through outreach, campus events,
  and unique services.)
• New dining options on campus at Paradise Palms,
  Bale, CC dining room, organic food in Kuykendall
  Courtyard, Starbucks, and Jamba Juice. (Provide
  an attractive variety of dining opportunities,
  including late night venues, coffee shops, and a
  faculty club.)

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Technology

• Benchmarks
• Our classrooms have wireless network capability
  and are generally equipped to support
  technology-enhanced instruction.
• Strategic Imperatives
• Serve as an innovator and a conduit for new
  technologies and their applications in society.
• Effectively employ the most up-to-date
  information and communication technology to
  enhance instructional activities, on campus and
  globally.
• Share new technologies and computer resources
  with underserved public schools and others.
• Provide accurate and current online information
  to students regarding admissions, programs,
  classes, faculty, and policies.
• Modernize the Manoa website.
• Promote the use of technology through support
  services, professional development opportunities,
  and funds for computer hardware and software.
• Provide efficient and reliable technology and
  wireless network capabilities in classrooms,
  libraries, student housing, offices, and high
  public access locations.
• Modernize administrative information systems to
  reduce the paper environment and streamline
  business services.
• Assure equal access to technology including those
  with disabilities.

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Technology Achievements

• We launched the MyUH Portal (Banner) designed to
  provide the UH community with secure,
  personalized access to UH Services and
  Information such as registration and enrollment.
  It provides dynamic updates triggered by Banner
  events such as academic "holds". (Provide
  accurate and current online information to
  students regarding admissions, programs, classes,
  faculty, and policies.)
• Weve launched a new Manoa Website that
  integrates the strategic plan, with sites for
  current students, prospective students, and
  faculty staff, as well as calendar of events on
  front page. (Modernize the Manoa website)
• We now have a new webpage for prospective
  students from the Manoa webpage, with admissions
  links and information. (Provide accurate and
  current online information to students regarding
  admissions, programs, classes, faculty and
  policies.)
• We also have a page for current students that
  includes up-to-date information on programs,
  registration, and academic grievance
  procedures/student code of conduct. (Provide
  accurate and current online information to
  students regarding admissions, programs, classes,
  faculty and policies.)
• The Faculty and Staff page provides information
  on the bargaining contracts, and services
  available on campus. (Provide accurate and
  current online information to students regarding
  admissions, programs, classes, faculty and
  policies.)
• The STAR Enrollment Management system that was
  launched late last year provides real time data
  on enrollment to deans and department chairs,
  allowing us to make timely adjustments in the
  course of schedules to meet student demand.
  (Modernize administrative information systems to
  reduce the paper environment and streamline
  business services.)
• New UH electronic purchasing environment called
  the most advanced public sector electronic
  purchasing environment in Hawaii.
  Solicitation/selection of quotations now online.
  (Modernize administrative information systems to
  reduce the paper environment and streamline
  business services)
• The University of Hawaii and its project
  partners have received an award of 2.5 million
  from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to develop a
  new open source financial management system.
  March 2005 (Modernize administrative
  information systems to reduce the paper
  environment and streamline business services)

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Reorganization
Many features of the reorganization of the Manoa
Chancellors Office, which was approved by the
Board of Regents in February 2004, implement
imperatives in Manoas strategic plan.

• Created a stronger infrastructure for research
  activities and clarified the reporting
  relationship between the Vice Chancellor for
  Research and Graduate Education and Manoas
  organized research unit. (Research)
• Created an Office of Undergraduate Education,
  headed by an associate vice chancellor, within
  the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Academic
  Affairs. (Educational Effectiveness)
• Kualii Council was recognized as an official
  advisory group to the Chancellor. (Social
  Justice)
• Created an Ombudsmans Office reporting to the
  Chancellor. (Social Justice)
• Created a Native Hawaiian Academic Services Unit
  to work with other units to improve recruitment
  and retention of students of Native Hawaiian
  descent. (Social Justice)
• Created an Office of International and Exchange
  Programs to support, develop, and review
  international programs and students. (Social
  Justice and Place)

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Questions and Discussion

• Research Interim UH System Vice President for
  Research (James Gaines), Vice Chancellor for
  Research Graduate Education (Gary Ostrander)
• Educational Effectiveness General Education
  Office Administrator (Thomas Hilgers), Arts
  Sciences Associate Dean (Ron Cambra), Interim
  Assist. VC for Academic Affairs (Kelly Aune)
• Social Justice KOKUA Director (Ann Ito), Gender
  Equity Counselor (Beverly McCreary)
• Place Facilities/Grounds and Maintenance (Kalvin
  Kashimoto), Sustainability Office (Bruce Miller)
• Economic Development OTTED Director (Richard
  Cox, Jr.)
• Culture/Society/Arts. UH Foundation President
  (Donna Vuchinich), Athletics Director (Herman
  Frazier), Academy for Creative Media (Thomas
  Brislin), UH Alumni Affairs (Kevin Takamori)
• Technology UH System Chief Information Officer
  (David Lassner), Center for Instructional Support
  (Clifford Fujimoto), Banner Administrator, STAR
  Enrollment Management Representative (Gary
  Rodwell), Library Information Technology Services
  (Robert Schwarzwalder), KOKUA Director (Ann Ito)

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Developing Action Plans

• Build on the progress we have made to date.
• Identify the low hanging fruits so we can fast
  track them.
• Work together to achieve plans that are cross
  cutting.
• Keep our constrained budget in mind.
• Focus on implementing our current plan.
• Talk to others from around campus to get a better
  sense of needs and activities.
• If you miss a breakout session you can always
  submit entries online.
• Support initiatives you approve of by signing off
  on them.
• Report out is Tuesday at 930 am.