Lassner also provided updates on a project labor agreement, the marine education and training center and a community college summer tuition pilot program.
“It's been an amazing 47 years, including these last 11 as president. I feel great about what I've done and I feel great about what I'm gonna do next.”
Lassner also honored UH Cancer Center's Lang Wu, the UH nominee for state employee of the year, and provided updates on enrollment for fall 2024 and extramural funding for the current fiscal year.
The finalists will be introduced through open houses and public forums during the weeks of September 23 and September 30 in Maui, Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi and Honolulu counties.
President Lassner joined higher education leaders from 16 countries to foster a deeper understanding and exchange of knowledge concerning the impacts of climate change on oceans.