The project will convert Sinclair Library into a hub of student interaction with modern, comfortable spaces for individual study, group study, academic advising and tutoring, and more.
Planning has begun with a $700,000 state appropriation, and Gov. David Ige has included the university’s $41 million request for the project in his proposed budget.
From 2010 to 2018, the four-year graduation rates for first-time freshmen increased from 10.3 percent to 32.3 percent for Native Hawaiian students, and from 13.8 percent to 37.7 percent for Filipino students.
The VIP program at UH Mānoa teams up undergraduates with graduate students and faculty on long-term research projects to provide hands-on learning opportunities.