UHMānoa campus resumes.
An outdoor University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa event founded on the Hawaiian concept of ʻāina (Grandmother Earth) connection has been given the green light to safely resume during the spring 2021 semester. Aloha ʻĀina Fridays, a free series hosted by the Native Hawaiian Place of Learning Advancement Office, Campus Arboretum and Buildings and Grounds Management gathers students, faculty and staff to get to know and learn ways they can care for plants on campus.
The program promotes connecting with ʻāina while connecting with others as a way to heal and recharge.
UH Mānoa Native Hawaiian affairs program officer
UH Mānoa’s McCarthy Mall
Increased enrollment, graduation rates, and research grants highlighted the remarkable resilience of University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa faculty, staff and students as they successfully navigated an extremely challenging 2020, without compromising its core mission to provide a high-quality education. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic,
UH’s flagship campus also updated its mission and vision statements and strategic goals to better position itself to serve its students and the people of Hawaiʻi for the coming decade and beyond.
Those were among the top takeaways of an annual presentation to the
UH Board of Regents on February 18, 2021, by
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa has updated the 2015–25 Strategic Plan after extensive engagement with the campus community. The new plan, Mānoa 2025, articulates how the university will strive to meet its mission statement “E hoʻomālamalama i kō mālama: Cultivating the potential within each member of our community,” and vision statement “He lamakū o ke aloha ʻāina: A leading light of aloha ʻāina for Hawaiʻi and the world.” Both statements were updated during the process.
Mānoa 2025 identified four goals:
Becoming a Native Hawaiian Place of Learning
Enhancing Student Success
Building a Sustainable and Resilient Campus Environment