Chancellor, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
Rose Tseng
Rose Tseng is chief executive officer of the growing UH Hilo campus, which offers baccalaureate and selected graduate programs on the Big Island of Hawai‘i. In addition to her responsibility for the campus' academic program, she oversees development of the University Research Park and other entrepreneurial initiatives designed to boost economic and social development of the island and state.
Prior to joining UH, Tseng served as system chancellor and chief executive officer of the West Valley Mission Community College District in California’s Silicon Valley, which includes Mission College, West Valley College and a 22,000-student Economic Development Institute. Under her leadership, the district reversed a budget shortfall, tripled the amount of grant monies it receives, increased business contacts and completed several land lease development projects that generated $4 million in annual revenues. She began her academic career in as a professor and founding chair of the Nutrition and Food Science Department and health division director at San Jose State University. She was a visiting professor at Fu Jen University in Taiwan and spent six years as dean of San Jose State University’s College of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Tseng attended Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, where she majored in architectural engineering and chemistry. She holds a BS in chemistry from Kansas State University and master’s and doctoral degrees in nutrition from the University of California at Berkeley.
As the principal consultant for the UH-sponsored Nutrition Manpower Development Project, Tseng helped develop MS and BS degree programs in nutrition and food in several countries. She was a founding board member of the Joint Silicon Valley 21st Century Education Initiative/Challenge 2000; co-chair and board member of Workforce Silicon Valley; senior fellow of American Leadership Forum, Silicon Valley Chapter; and chair of the National Science Foundation’s Northwest Center for Sustainable Resources National Visiting Committee. She served as an accreditation evaluator for the Western States Universities and Colleges for both two- and four-year colleges; is a past member of the American Council on Education’s Commission on Minorities in Higher Education and served on the Policy Council of the Test of English As a Foreign Language Educational Testing Service. She has authored more than 40 professional publications on higher education, nutrition and multicultural health issues.
Tseng was named one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Top 50 Women in Management by California business journals in 1997 and received the Against-All-Odds Role Model award from the California State Legislature. Other honors include the Outstanding Alumni award from National Cheng Kung University, the YWCA Tribute to Women and Industry (TWIN) award, Santa Clara County Women of Achievement Award, and Best Publications Award from the American Society of Allied Health Professions.
Tseng serves on the boards of the Hawai‘i Island Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Board and actively supports a variety of local charities. Married to Raymond Tseng, an engineer and high technology manager, she has two adult children.
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University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
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Hilo, HI 96720-4091