Manoa-Wide Committe Reports: Fall 2012

The Committee has not yet met during the Fall 2012 semester. Its first meeting is scheduled for 12/13.

Peter Nicholson

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The CFPB is an advisory group that reviews and advises the Chancellor on:

New construction projects:

• Presentation and discussion on Master Plan for College of Education (September)

Consulting architect selections for planning and design projects > $1 million:

• None

Space renovation and alterations:

• Report and Discussion on Keller Hall Renovation as naturally ventilated building (September)
• Discussion on Sinclair basement renovation (September)
• Report from Mike Kaptik on Student Housing Initiatives (October)
• Report from Reed Dasenbrock on Classroom Renovations (October)
• Report from Stephen Meder on Parking Count Update and transportation alternatives (October)

Biennium and supplemental CIP programs:

• Report from Reed Dasenbrock on Budget briefing; Renovate to Innovate, Kuykendall, Snyder. (September)

Develop, recommend, and maintain policies and budget requests related to … facilities and grounds:

• Report from Stephen Meder on development of new UHM Project Planning process which includes metrics and transparency. Various representative working groups will be set up including Housing, Athletics, Campus Center, OCI. (September)
• Report Update UHM Project Planning process (October)

Committee summary minutes are available on the CFPB website.

The Classroom Use Policy Implementation Group is a temporary working group that was established in April 2011 to determine implementation guidelines for the Classroom Use Policy that was endorsed by the Senate in April 2011.

As of November 16, 2012, the Group has not met.

This committee has met once this semester. The next meeting is scheduled for November 28, 2012. At the October 24 meeting, updates were given on fall 2012 enrollment, the Complete College America/Hawaii Graduation Initiative, and the Lt. Governor’s Initiative on International Student Recruitment. A goal of doubling the number of international students at the UH System is under consideration. Updates were also provided by each of the committee workgroups, which include: Out-of-State Student Retention, Increasing Mobility between Two and Four Year Sectors, Improving Retention and Graduation Rates, Addressing Differential Rate of Educational Attainment (focusing on recruitment of Hawaiian, Filipino, and Pacific Island students), and Keeping More of Hawai’i High School Graduates Attending UHM. Copies of all meeting notes for the CEP can be found on the Enrollment Planning website.

Council members met regularly on the second Thursday of the month. Key items for the Fall semester were the Study Abroad Fair held on the Hawaii Hall Lawn on Sept 19 and review of faculty applicants for the Summer 2013 Resident Director positions and the Fall 2012/ Spring 2013 faculty appointments. Council also had to correct the Spring 2012 External Program Review draft document. When the reviewers forwarded the draft, it contained a number of errors of fact and interpretation. That Review however did point out the excellent work being done by the Study Abroad Program in terms of students’ exposure to international understanding and faculty’s very varied site specific international research.

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The IUS Scholarship Committee was formed in January 2012.

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The ILO Implementation Committee was convened for the first time on October 15, 2012 and has been meeting weekly since that time. We have been tasked with developing a long-term implementation strategy for the ILOs that were recently approved by the faculty senate. Understanding how the ILOs have been implemented university wide will be crucial for future WASC accreditation processes. As a result, the committee has been meeting to work on the following:

• Map how the University currently meets the ILOs/
• Develop an FAQ for the University that helps explain the ILOs and the implementation process.
• Identify all groups, committees, and organizations on campus that are working on items related to the ILOs (for example the Critical Thinking working group).
• Expanding consciousness about the ILOs at the College and Departmental level.
• Developing a method of assessing the success of the ILOs across the University.

At this point in time, the committee is doing research, meeting with relevant and interested parties, and compiling information. We anticipate having recommendations to report by the end of the academic year.

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The Manoa Experience Work Group, chaired by Professor Jon Osorio from Hawaiinuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, has been exploring issues including: What makes the Manoa experience unique? In what distinctive and fundamental manner should students be changed by virtue of their experience with Manoa? What core values and competencies should students develop by way of the M?noa Experience? What do we mean by Hawaiian Place of Learning and Hawaiian sense of place? How do we reflect this in our curriculum and student and campus life?

Surveys have been conducted with alumni, new students, and graduating students. The surveys asked the respective groups whether these features were in fact reflected in their experience at UHM. Click here for reports from the surveys.

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The Manoa Sustainability Council (MSC), formerly known as the Manoa Sustainability Corps, was established as a forum for sharing sustainability activities taking place on the Manoa campus. Steven Meder, the Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Physical, Environmental, and Long Range Planning, is the convenor. The MSC meets on the first Wednesday of each month from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in KUY 307. The MSC has a web site, but it is not up to date. The Council is seeking volunteers to maintain it and the listserv.

The MSC is in the process of developing a governance structure. Currently, the voting membership is not well defined. The M?noa Faculty Senate has one at-large representative on the council, but Meder has voiced his desire to have one representative each from CAP and CORGE.

Meetings generally consist of individuals and groups reporting on various sustainability initiatives and activities, including the following:

• Development of a sustainability curriculum and degree programs flowing from Achieving Our Destiny: Strategic Plan Initiative 4
• Survey of portable buildings and their detrimental impacts on health and safety
• The Building Information Modeling (BIM) Project documenting how space is used on campus
• Kukui Cup, a competition for students that is designed to increase awareness of energy use and conservation
• Dedicated, consistent funding for sustainability projects such as the Kuykendall renovation
• Arbor Day tree planting
• Waste disposal on campus
• Senior capstone projects done by Environmental Studies majors
  

As of November 16, 2012, the Board has not met.

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